‘Primal’s’ Resurrection Is A Totemic Animated Achievement [Season 3 Review]
Primal’s third seasons receives an undead makeover that pushes Tartakovsky’s already-ambitious action epic even further out of its comfort zone.
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal is why people watch television in the first place. It’s a sprawling, ultra-violent, survival tale between neanderthal and dinosaur that plays out almost entirely without dialogue. Primal taps into something ancient and, well, primal – in order to engage with storytelling in its purest form. Primal is something truly special; it’s an anomaly that works in spite of itself, barreling ahead and fueled purely on confidence, ambition, and passion. There is literally nothing else like it on television, and every single episode is a blessing. Not only is it a true joy to get more installments of this story, but season three is such a success that it solidifies Primal as Genndy Tartakovsky’s magnum opus.