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Netflix’s The Electric State is full of big, goofy bots in first trailer
Image: Netflix Seven years after Simon Stalenhag's The Electric State was picked up for a live-action adaptation, and a few weeks after first-look images were revealed, we finally have the first trailer. The clip sets up what seems like a big battle in a retrofuturistic world - but it's hard not to focus on the cartoonish tech and robots, which feel like goofier takes on Stalenhag's distinctive art.The Netflix adaptation is being directed Avengers-returnees Anthony and Joe Russo, and according to the streamer it's set in an alternate, retro-futuristic version of the 1990s," exploring life in a society where sentient robots resembling cartoons and mascots, who once served peacefully among humans, now live in exile following a failed uprising."It... Continue reading...
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