I've decided to review each of the short films that make up this series individually.
When a hyperjump goes wrong, Starship captain Thom (voiced by Henry Douthwaite) awakens to discover his ship is on a mysterious spacestation captained by Greta (Madaline Knight) who is Thom's former lover. Incredible as all this seems, it's only made worse when his navigator (Rebecca Banatvala) wakes up and begins ranting that all is not as it seems.
At times, this one is genuinely the most staggeringly realistic bits of animation I've ever seen. The human forms in this are rendered and move with stunning realism. The use of mixed focus helps to sell that as camera work, rather than artistic choices too. It is tremendous.
For perhaps the first time in this series too, the story and plot of the episode are worthy of the animation that goes with it. It's nothing too original admittedly, but its execution is near perfect and its bleak fate-accepting ending is excellent.
When a hyperjump goes wrong, Starship captain Thom (voiced by Henry Douthwaite) awakens to discover his ship is on a mysterious spacestation captained by Greta (Madaline Knight) who is Thom's former lover. Incredible as all this seems, it's only made worse when his navigator (Rebecca Banatvala) wakes up and begins ranting that all is not as it seems.
At times, this one is genuinely the most staggeringly realistic bits of animation I've ever seen. The human forms in this are rendered and move with stunning realism. The use of mixed focus helps to sell that as camera work, rather than artistic choices too. It is tremendous.
For perhaps the first time in this series too, the story and plot of the episode are worthy of the animation that goes with it. It's nothing too original admittedly, but its execution is near perfect and its bleak fate-accepting ending is excellent.