Somehow this series escaped my attention when it first aired. Sadly, I discovered it recently and honestly, I wish it had continued to escape my attention.
The first two episodes are not too terrible but then it rapidly goes downhill from there. We have a terrible rip-off of Lord of the Flies in one episode where, despite it being relatively soon after the zomb-pocalypse, children are forming tribes and murdering people. Why? For what purpose?
The power is still on. The stores are full of goods. There are plenty of vehicles everywhere. Yet people act is if there is nothing for them to scavenge. They walk rather than drive. Everyone is either part of the survivor group, a zombie, or out to screw over anyone they meet.
When zombies appear, the characters run away and leave doors wide open behind them. They act in the most idiotic and dangerous manner possible and when they finally wise up and decide they need weapons, they come up with a ridiculously convoluted plan to rob an outpost run by military types that have gone rogue. Remind me again how many guns there are in America? Is this really the only way they can get guns? Wouldn't simply searching the abandoned houses be a far safer option?
In short, this series is another in the "Do dumb crap....further the plot" school of writing. That, plus the pretentious "break the episode into segments with title-cards" nonsense that no doubt makes the creators feel very clever and awesome.
You will not care for any of the people in this show. They are dumb, act dumber and do nothing a normal person would do in the situations they find themselves in.
I mean, some of them even act as if they are mentally challenged. The deaf guy who seems delighted to bang on a drum and feel the vibrations, apparently oblivious to the actual noise he is creating. The bearded guy who, having become separated from the group, goes shopping in a store as if he was stocking up for a barbecue, complete with beer.
All of this in a zombie apocalypse.
Now, some of these characters die off and, when they do, there is no feeling of sadness or empathy, because honestly, they deserved it.
To be honest, if you found yourself coming across this group in the apocalypse, you'd quickly ditch them and go your own way. All they succeed in doing is getting themselves and each other killed. You'd be fine, safe in the knowledge that these idiots would draw all the zombies to them. All twenty or so zombies you ever see, that is.
SUMMARY: Bad writing. Really BAD! Characters you won't care about. Idiotic "dumbness drives the plot" writing and a docu-style of presentation that will irritate you very quickly. NOT recommended!
The first two episodes are not too terrible but then it rapidly goes downhill from there. We have a terrible rip-off of Lord of the Flies in one episode where, despite it being relatively soon after the zomb-pocalypse, children are forming tribes and murdering people. Why? For what purpose?
The power is still on. The stores are full of goods. There are plenty of vehicles everywhere. Yet people act is if there is nothing for them to scavenge. They walk rather than drive. Everyone is either part of the survivor group, a zombie, or out to screw over anyone they meet.
When zombies appear, the characters run away and leave doors wide open behind them. They act in the most idiotic and dangerous manner possible and when they finally wise up and decide they need weapons, they come up with a ridiculously convoluted plan to rob an outpost run by military types that have gone rogue. Remind me again how many guns there are in America? Is this really the only way they can get guns? Wouldn't simply searching the abandoned houses be a far safer option?
In short, this series is another in the "Do dumb crap....further the plot" school of writing. That, plus the pretentious "break the episode into segments with title-cards" nonsense that no doubt makes the creators feel very clever and awesome.
You will not care for any of the people in this show. They are dumb, act dumber and do nothing a normal person would do in the situations they find themselves in.
I mean, some of them even act as if they are mentally challenged. The deaf guy who seems delighted to bang on a drum and feel the vibrations, apparently oblivious to the actual noise he is creating. The bearded guy who, having become separated from the group, goes shopping in a store as if he was stocking up for a barbecue, complete with beer.
All of this in a zombie apocalypse.
Now, some of these characters die off and, when they do, there is no feeling of sadness or empathy, because honestly, they deserved it.
To be honest, if you found yourself coming across this group in the apocalypse, you'd quickly ditch them and go your own way. All they succeed in doing is getting themselves and each other killed. You'd be fine, safe in the knowledge that these idiots would draw all the zombies to them. All twenty or so zombies you ever see, that is.
SUMMARY: Bad writing. Really BAD! Characters you won't care about. Idiotic "dumbness drives the plot" writing and a docu-style of presentation that will irritate you very quickly. NOT recommended!