Black Summer (NetFlix)
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Watched whole season - Very minor spoilers below in mini review:
Watched the whole thing over a couple of evenings, it's decent, well worth a watch. They clearly listened to a lot of complaints about the Walking Dead in recent seasons and decided to have their own go at it.
The "zombies" are actually a credible threat and they focus more on small horror situations than the mundane overarching situations that many Walking Dead episodes fail from.
It still hasn't fully fallen into the 'humans are the real bad guys' theme like the Walking Dead either, nor the 'meek housewife turns into the ultimate badass who's a way better shot and much braver than anyone else for inexplicable reasons' trope either, but there are signs of both already.
A character that gets a lot of screen time who doesn't speak English nor is translated gives it a bit of a trite element as well, it smacks of the writers or director trying too hard to be 'cool'.
It's also very light on any preachy elements for a Netflix show which is refreshing, though there is still a good representation of diversity and it feels relatively believable.
As long as they keep the zombies the main threat and allow characters to actually be vulnerable, this could be better than the Walking Dead.
The "zombies" are actually a credible threat and they focus more on small horror situations than the mundane overarching situations that many Walking Dead episodes fail from.
It still hasn't fully fallen into the 'humans are the real bad guys' theme like the Walking Dead either, nor the 'meek housewife turns into the ultimate badass who's a way better shot and much braver than anyone else for inexplicable reasons' trope either, but there are signs of both already.
A character that gets a lot of screen time who doesn't speak English nor is translated gives it a bit of a trite element as well, it smacks of the writers or director trying too hard to be 'cool'.
It's also very light on any preachy elements for a Netflix show which is refreshing, though there is still a good representation of diversity and it feels relatively believable.
As long as they keep the zombies the main threat and allow characters to actually be vulnerable, this could be better than the Walking Dead.
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Thats exactly the thought i was hoping for when watching it, "please don't be trotting zombies like TWD" to my surprise they are quite manic and just like 28 days later.I'm liking this, mainly due to the zombies behaving more like "28 days later" than the shambling dolts they usually get played as, adds much more terror to it all
Intrigued now if these zombies are the scary ones from 28 days later or world war z then this has promise.
Many were saying around the net this was a prequel to Z nation but turned up false, Z nation has finished sadly but imo it ran its course a while ago.
Many were saying around the net this was a prequel to Z nation but turned up false, Z nation has finished sadly but imo it ran its course a while ago.
Might give this a go, especially if the zombies are a scarier threat. TWD got silly very quickly.
That’s a great series, I loved it despite generally hating zombies. Perhaps because I liked stuff like the Japanese film 13 Assasins - it had that sort of feel to it albeit with zombies!!!
Similar time period but Kingdom is actually Korean, though they do have cultural similarities with Japan.
That’s a great series, I loved it despite generally hating zombies. Perhaps because I liked stuff like the Japanese film 13 Assasins - it had that sort of feel to it albeit with zombies!!!
Similar time period but Kingdom is actually Korean, though they do have cultural similarities with Japan.
Quite a few are saying similar in the acting and story line telling.... so important to nail those 2 elements first otherwise if either are missing its gonna get chopped. I think ill still give it a bash since I love zombie stuff.
Bit like Star trek tng, season 1/2 acting was quite wooden but by season 3-4 they really got use to living there characters and story line's were always good so the success continued despite its initial failings.
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I think it's pants to be honest. Wtf is with all the randomness in the pilot? Stinks of low budget too.
Although I will watch ep3
Although I will watch ep3