Jerking off into cups and leaving sperm around the globe on his global tour?
I admit it was what bugged me the most.
Because… what?
Well I left out the part where the sperm is frozen or used for artificial insemination, but assume that follows 
Ok in the setting it is established that all male mammals are dead, all male fetuses are dead, all frozen sperm is non viable somehow, all embryos non viable.
Uh but Yorick is a walking sperm generator, seems like someone might think to take advantage of that.
Does it say that about the sperm? I thought it was the amazon nutjobs who were destroying all sperm banks. In any case, the point of moving Yorick around is to keep his existence a secret, not leaving clues behind.
That’s more or less the plot of the entire series, isn’t it?
They could get Yorick’s sperm out to women who want it without revealing a man survived, “oh look guys we found some frozen sperm that is still viable!, How about that, who wants some?”.
Seems like it would be prudent to start distributing from day one, Yorick was often in danger.
Uh, the same reason he was bypassing a planet full of women to try and find one all the way in Australia who wasn’t all that into him? Interesting series, but Yorick was an idiot.
I hope this isn’t threashitting or too much hijacking, but I’ve been needing to get this off my chest for a long time.
The end of this series really pissed me off.
That is all.
Alas, poor Yorick was a total douchebag. The protagonist was the least interesting thing in that series.
Having the last man on earth be strong, brave, brilliant, and morally upright would have made for a terribly boring series.
Alas, poor Yorick. I knew him. Whore ratio? A fellow of infinite jets!
(I never read this so forgive me if that joke’s been used.)
This is the 2nd time in a week I’ve heard this sentiment expressed (on another forum, someone said something similar about WWZ). I really don’t think so - we’ve got a situation where he’s the only man left on the planet. Society is crumbling, he’s trying to cross the freaking planet undetected, for some reason a ruthless Israeli hit squad is trying to kill him and no one knows why all the men died or why he’s still alive. There are plenty of challenging story elements for even a brave, brilliant, morally upright guy; making the protagonist as self-centered douchebag is just stacking the deck against the audience.
It says something about America’s self-image when we can’t imagine people behaving like competent adults even in our fantasies. Personally, I’m kinda tired of books and movies comprised entirely of screaming ninnies. What’s next, porn with small-penised guys with ED?
Agreed. If you make the Last Man on Earth brave and all that, then you surround him with douchebags. It’s the same as Superman - you want a good Superman story? You surround him with varied, complex characters, and you see how Supes reacts to it.
I dont mind flawed heroes or complicated heroes. I do completely hate stupid heroes.
I think the point was his character started as a directionless, lazy underachiever but through his experiences he grew up and became a Man.