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On May 31,Scavengers Reigndebuted on Netflix.
But whats their story?
Are the masks and robes ritualistic?
Is this anEyes Wide Shutsituation?
Are they part of a religious order?
Have they been to Vesta before?
Flat insect buddy
Odd, inoffensive.
Big-eyed little guys
Odd, inoffensive, slightly more memorable than No.
53 because of those gigantic eyes.
Capybara-cows
Capybaralike biology with cowlike docility.
Roger Rabbit whirligigs
How do their vertical ears (maybe??)
give them the power of flight and defy all my understanding of gravity and physics?
(See also: No.
Chopper-fliers
Same idea as No.
50 but slightly higher placement on this list because they go so much higher into the sky.
This is a story in two parts, continued in No.
Mean, rude, low-ranked as a result.
Keeping them near the bottom of the list to hedge my bets, but they are pleasantly statuesque.
Exoskeleton raft
Love a bug husk that can be flipped over and repurposed as a boat.
That is very useful.
Thank you to the huge bug I never want to see when it is alive!
Glowing caterpillar
Scavengers Reigns version of the hookah-highcaterpillarfromAlice in Wonderland.
Hes just swaying back and forth, and hes not bothering anyone.
On this planet, thats something to be grateful for.
Bulbous deer
Those balls are what bone?
I just think it looks rad.
But these animals dont reallydoanything.
If only they did.
Sentient beets
Whoever thought of giving a Koosh ball skinny legs, thank you.
Yo-yo arms
This thing ricochets itself around to move, which is a point in its favor.
But it doesnt have an expressive face, so its hard to imprint on.
Ruff-eared dog
More on ears: Look at this good boy!
Thats a recognizable construct.
Thats it thats the whole thing and I find such a clarity of produce purpose aspirational.
I could have rewatchedJustice Leagueto better make this comparison, but … Where is its stop-motion franchise?!
Its a thought experiment.
Its beautiful and gnarly, which is Vesta in a nutshell.
Eye squiggly
A gigantic eye and optic nerve that glow red of their own volition and somehow look judgmental?
Congratulations to the animators for that emotionality.
But this ones just hungry for dead skin, setting up a nice, spalike experience for Azi.
Nice to know that Vesta could have one pampering tourist attraction if it so chooses!
I didnt care for it at all!
Chinchilla cutie
Is anyone still sayingsquee?
This jaunty guy (that tail!
He should have eaten Kamen, honestly.
Antenna-fox
A few animals inScavengers Reignmake itseem like the animators pulled inspiration fromPokemon.
This majestic dragonlike bird or birdlike dragon seems a bit like the legendary bird Pokemon Lugia.
Its wispy mustache blowing in the wind is a lovely touch.
Evolution in action, because who would be suspicious of these fuzzy dryer balls?
Sometimes the simplest things are the best things.
Split-tongued quadruped
TheJurassic Parkraptors of Vesta, frolicking amid humanitys ruins on the crashedDemeter.
Those squidlike mouth-feelers would make the Reapers inBlade IIso jealous.
Bass-eared beauty
How can one little creature have so much personality (part one)?
The shocked face formed by its eyes and ears!
Dippy-bird mimicry
How can one little creature have so much personality (part two)?
Its expanding body as it takes a drink!
Headbutting excellence
How can one little creature have so much personality (part three)?!
The fact that its forehead is also somehow its nose!
Puffer-balloon exit
Who was the first person to stick their fist in this animal and cause it to inflate?
The balloon feels like something out of a Roald Dahl novel, while …
13.
The close-up on the tentacles wriggling before Ursula sticks this thing in her nose?
Its as moving a eulogy as Sam could ever receive.
Spider-vagina
Its an arachnid; its genitalia its both!
Love a parasite with big dreams.
Ursula often serves as the series Will you look at this shit?
Cattails
After the skipping stone (No.
It is essentially the aquatic cattail plant reinterpreted as a mammalian monster.
Inflated-horse stampede
When that first red chest pops?
Inject that transportive feeling of wonder directly into my veins.
Those wild things from No.
Thats already metal enough.
An adapter, a survivor, a chef.
The copy then dies, too, spreading the plants seeds and continuing its invasive entry into new environments.
Plus, look at the little bugger!
Baby Levi embodies Vestas transformational manifestation of life and death, and it looks damn cute while doing so.
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