Breaking this into 2 parts... one after I've just watched the Pilot and a little bit of Episode 2... and One once I've finished the series because I have some Predictions about what's going to happen after the pilot... so yeah. There will be some spoilers in here.
After The Pilot
I really liked this. I can tell this is going to be kind of a slower season though... and that is kind of what I expected. I think the full trailer gave a little bit too much information. We know that she's going to kill bad people and eat them from the trailer... but I think it takes the characters a while to figure it out... so that's what I think is making it a little slower.
I think the characters are great... I like that there really aren't too many characters in the first episode at least. It just kind of works well for the show in my opinion. I love Drew Barrymore, so I'm always happy to watch her in something. It's funny that she's a vegan and she's playing a zombie... but Hollywood, right?
My prediction: Her husband was trying to kill her. He was happy when he thought that she died and he freaks out over the fact that she's still alive... I also think she's going to eat him. Maybe not... but that is my prediction for now because I think he's a bad guy. Maybe not in this season... but I think it might happen.
I'm also going to watch while eating a BLT sandwich... so hopefully I can do that...
The Rest of the Series...
I was expecting to finish this in a few days or so... but I couldn't wait that long! Not good with suspense!
Spoilers: I was totally wrong about the husband... it seems for now. Maybe it'll come up in a later season... maybe he just froze because he was too scared to do anything... but I liked him. I thought all the characters had a really strong arc. Shelia's moods kept changing, Joel was scared at the beginning... but then he got braver... it was just a really strong arc. I thought it was going to be this basic, predictable storyline.... but it really wasn't. I know I said I kept watching for the suspense... but it wasn't even all that suspenseful or gory even... it was kind of a good mix of dark and funny and whimsical...
Also Drew Barrymore was kinda perfect because publicly, she is kind of a hippie and that's sort of how she played a Zombie. She didn't want to kill, she didn't want to waste any part of anybody... but she did what she had to do in the way she thought was best. And that was kind of cool just to see a zombie so modern like that.
When I saw the beginning of the show I immediately thought of Weeds, and I would pace the suspense that way too. Like the first couple of seasons before it got a little too ridiculous... but back when a lot of stuff was going on... it made sense. And an average housewife doing bad things... it was just sort of similar to Weeds... so I think if you liked the pace of the first season of Weeds... you'll like this. It's very exciting.
The way the show ended was not... what I was expecting and it was sort of open-ended and I think it really worked for that. It left off very creepy on a show that made being a zombie look kind of adorable. It wasn't glorifying it or anything, everyone was an anti-hero... but it's like if Jess from New Girl was a zombie... only she's a little more of a rich hippy than that. So that was kind of fun to see it all really really go downhill at the end.
And it's funny that at some points it was like a very serious Dexter type of show and then sometimes it just stopped that and it was like Growing Pains or a regular teen show. There was a lot of great comic relief to distract from the fact that they were eating people but... everything about the show was well-paced and well timed. All the funny moments were right on time and the scarier moments were too.
If you were going to watch this show expecting it to be a Horror show or something more Dexter like... I don't think you'll love it. They don't even really kill that many people on it... I don't even know if I would say this is as dark as something like Scream Queens... maybe because there wasn't really a mystery going on just sort of a "What's going to happen next" thing.
Overall I really enjoyed it! I'd like to see more seasons... so far they are off to a good start!Not for everyone... but I really liked it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
After The Pilot
I really liked this. I can tell this is going to be kind of a slower season though... and that is kind of what I expected. I think the full trailer gave a little bit too much information. We know that she's going to kill bad people and eat them from the trailer... but I think it takes the characters a while to figure it out... so that's what I think is making it a little slower.
I think the characters are great... I like that there really aren't too many characters in the first episode at least. It just kind of works well for the show in my opinion. I love Drew Barrymore, so I'm always happy to watch her in something. It's funny that she's a vegan and she's playing a zombie... but Hollywood, right?
My prediction: Her husband was trying to kill her. He was happy when he thought that she died and he freaks out over the fact that she's still alive... I also think she's going to eat him. Maybe not... but that is my prediction for now because I think he's a bad guy. Maybe not in this season... but I think it might happen.
I'm also going to watch while eating a BLT sandwich... so hopefully I can do that...
The Rest of the Series...
I was expecting to finish this in a few days or so... but I couldn't wait that long! Not good with suspense!
Spoilers: I was totally wrong about the husband... it seems for now. Maybe it'll come up in a later season... maybe he just froze because he was too scared to do anything... but I liked him. I thought all the characters had a really strong arc. Shelia's moods kept changing, Joel was scared at the beginning... but then he got braver... it was just a really strong arc. I thought it was going to be this basic, predictable storyline.... but it really wasn't. I know I said I kept watching for the suspense... but it wasn't even all that suspenseful or gory even... it was kind of a good mix of dark and funny and whimsical...
Also Drew Barrymore was kinda perfect because publicly, she is kind of a hippie and that's sort of how she played a Zombie. She didn't want to kill, she didn't want to waste any part of anybody... but she did what she had to do in the way she thought was best. And that was kind of cool just to see a zombie so modern like that.
When I saw the beginning of the show I immediately thought of Weeds, and I would pace the suspense that way too. Like the first couple of seasons before it got a little too ridiculous... but back when a lot of stuff was going on... it made sense. And an average housewife doing bad things... it was just sort of similar to Weeds... so I think if you liked the pace of the first season of Weeds... you'll like this. It's very exciting.
The way the show ended was not... what I was expecting and it was sort of open-ended and I think it really worked for that. It left off very creepy on a show that made being a zombie look kind of adorable. It wasn't glorifying it or anything, everyone was an anti-hero... but it's like if Jess from New Girl was a zombie... only she's a little more of a rich hippy than that. So that was kind of fun to see it all really really go downhill at the end.
And it's funny that at some points it was like a very serious Dexter type of show and then sometimes it just stopped that and it was like Growing Pains or a regular teen show. There was a lot of great comic relief to distract from the fact that they were eating people but... everything about the show was well-paced and well timed. All the funny moments were right on time and the scarier moments were too.
If you were going to watch this show expecting it to be a Horror show or something more Dexter like... I don't think you'll love it. They don't even really kill that many people on it... I don't even know if I would say this is as dark as something like Scream Queens... maybe because there wasn't really a mystery going on just sort of a "What's going to happen next" thing.
Overall I really enjoyed it! I'd like to see more seasons... so far they are off to a good start!Not for everyone... but I really liked it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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