So, I watched this, and it’s pretty terrible so far. The dialogue is terribly clunky and the plot is basically stolen from any number of pandemic stories (the Last Ship had a story arc which was a smushed down version of getting the immune person to the lab).
It was kind of interesting that something akin to a new religion has sprung up in the wake of the ZA, and I would like to see that explored more. But otherwise, it just seems like standard ZA dreck. Because everyone has a goal (delivering the immune guy), it may avoid some of the dreariness of Walking Dead.
Unfortunately, they killed off the only remotely interesting character (the military guy) in the first episode (and sigh, of course they kill of the black dude).
I’ll keep it on my DVR, but not sure how long I’ll continue to watch.
Two? Well, I guess I wasn’t paying attention very well. Lol.
I classify ZA movies/TV shows into “high-class” ones like Dawn of the Dead (remake) and “low-class” ones, like Zombie Apocalypse, both of which starred Ving Rhames. Z Nation definitely goes into the “low-class” category for me.
I think the baby was weak (they say it at one point) from malnutrition or dehydration or being a baby or something and then died because of that. And this appears to be a ZA where everyone is infected, so they turn automagically at death (at least, I think that’s what mercy killing the old lady was about).
Although, if everyone is already infected, then what is a vaccine going to do? How do I science??
Well the baby did seem to go from perfectly fine to dead to zombified in like five seconds, but other than that i mostly enjoyed it. I liked the Walking Dead shout out too.
It might prevent a latent infection from activating. Though I’m not overly confident in the a Zombie show’s ability to science, that has precedent.
The shingles vaccine prevents the reactivation of a virus previously acquired with Chicken Pox. The person is already infected with herpes zoster, it’s just sitting there dormant in the nerve cells, but the vaccine prevents it from activating at a later date. It could be the zombie vaccine operates the same way.
“I didn’t tell Hammond to go get eaten by a baby.”
-pwa-hahahahahaha… ludicrously stupid. The episode went ridiculously off the rails with the baby. How does it pose a threat - does it even have teeth? And why, unlike the adult zombies, does it forgo the mindless charge and go all stealth-and-sneak like the chestburster from Aliens? Then uglydork from The Core goes all outlaw DJ instead of, y’know, announcing to everyone who will listen that there’s a guy named Murphy who is headed for California and must get there. Meantime we’ve got ethnic Lara Croft showing lots of leg and being all mysterious and shit, and Emosniper…
The only way this material can distinguish itself from much better examples of the genre is with black humour - forget Walking Dead, go Zombieland.
It’s an hour of mindless zombie entertainment. Like most zombie material, there are plot holes to drive a tank through, but hell, I’ve already accepted zombies, so what the hell. Would have liked to see the black dude (Hammond?) stick around, but he went and got ate by a goddamn baby.
This. I saw the first episode and was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. It’s not relentlessly grim like TWD, (which I also love.) I’ll definitely be watching.
I just watched it. It compares unfavourably to the film (especially in the characterization of Tallahassee) but had its charms. Certainly better than Z Nation.
Best idea I’ve heard all day. I wasn’t overwhelmed by the premiere, but I’ll watch damned near anything post-apocalyptic, so I’ll keep watching until it becomes completely unwatchable.
You don’t suppose Zombie Baby was a direct crack at Walking Dead, do you?
Couldn’t be sillier than Zombieland, where there are a handful of zombies(maybe they ate everyone?) instead of hordes and a month or more after the fall of civilization the power is still on everywhere, gas stations have full tanks, etc.
I thought it was ok, although it is basically the plot of next seasons Walking Dead.