All Of Us Are Dead - General Discussion

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All Of Us Are Dead is a 12 episode zombie horror series arriving Jan. 28, 2022 on Netflix.

Inspired by a 130 chapter digital webtoon comic "All Of Us Are Dead / Now At Our School" by Joo Dong-Geun originally published between 2009 and 2011. The description of the webtoon is as follows: Life at Hyosan High School is nothing special… until the students realize they’re in ground zero of a deadly virus that turns its victims into flesh-eating monsters. As the virus tears through their schoolmates in a matter of hours, they realize they have nowhere to run. Trapped in their high school with zombified versions of their friends and teachers, they must find a way to fight - and escape with their lives.

All Of Us Are Dead Webtoon information:
https://www.webtoons.com/en/thriller/all-of-us-are-dead/list?title_no=2810&page=1

https://webtoon.fandom.com/wiki/All_of_Us_Are_Dead

"All of us will die. 
There is no hope.
The school turned into a bloody battleground 
and our friends, into our worst enemies.
Who will make it out alive?
Will you kill
Or let yourself be killed
School's out for the Apocalypse
All of Us Are Dead"

The Netflix Series is about a group of students trapped in their high school (without food or their phones) after their school gets infested with zombies. The endangered students try not to get infected with the Zombie Virus and have to fight to survive and escape the zombie invasion that breaks out fast. They begin to realize that no one is coming to rescue them.

The All of Us Are Dead Netflix series is directed by Lee JQ (Lee Jae-Kyu) and Kim Nam-su. Chun Sung-il wrote all 12 episodes of the first season.

 

 

Cast:
Yoon Chan-young as Cheong-san

Park Ji-hoo as On-jo

Cho Yi-hyun as Nam-ra
Park Solomon as Lee Su-hyeok
Yoo In-soo as Yoon Gwi-nam
Bae Hae-sun as Park Eui-won
Shin Jae-hwi as Chang-hoon
Kim Byung-chul as Lee Byung-chan
Jo Dal-hwan as Jo Dal-ho
Lee You-Mi

Lim Jae-hyeok
 

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All Of Us Are Dead    Jan. 28, 2022    Netflix
Episodes 1-12 Descriptions

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S01.E01: Episode 1

Inside Lee Byeong-chan's science lab, a student incurs a seemingly harmless bite. Shortly after, a fast-spreading outbreak soaks the school in blood.

S01.E02: Episode 2

The infected multiply in droves. Scrambling for their lives, Nam On-jo and Lee Cheong-san find safety with others inside a classroom — but not for long.

S01.E03: Episode 3

When one of the group is scratched while fighting a zombie, Lee Na-yeon demands they kick him out. Outside, the virus swallows up the city.

S01.E04: Episode 4

In need of a cellphone, two students take a risky journey to the teachers' office. Byeong-chan passes on critical information to Detective Song Jae-ik.

S01.E05: Episode 5

Martial law is imposed on the city. When Cheong-san is separated from the rest of the group, On-jo leads a mission to use a drone to locate him.

S01.E06: Episode 6

The group clears a path to Cheong-san using sound to draw away zombies, but a new type of threat surfaces. Nam So-ju breaks out of the quarantine camp.

S01.E07: Episode 7

To make it out of the music room and onto the roof, the students put into action their most perilous plan yet. Elsewhere, Jae-ik comes across a setback.

S01.E08: Episode 8

Jae-ik and his crew run into a student from the school. Na-yeon works up the courage to face her peers. The group shares confessions around a fire.

S01.E09: Episode 9

A disturbance at the camp shifts the military's understanding of the virus. A thunderstorm provides cover as the group agrees to keep on moving.

S01.E10: Episode 10

The auditorium quickly becomes a trap for the two newly united teams of survivors. Byeong-chan's video logs reveal a drastic solution to the crisis.

S01.E11: Episode 11

Though a surprise protector provides the group safe passage to their next stop, Yoon Gwi-nam is not far behind. The military makes a grave decision.

S01.E12: Episode 12

The students make it to the quarantine camp, each of them weighed down by tragic loss. Months later, they hang on to hope for a survivor.

 

 

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‘All of Us Are Dead,’ Netflix’s Inventive New Korean Drama, Strands Zombies in High-School Nightmare: TV Review

[For Cereals]

It’s quiet in here.  I feel cheated by the US educational system.  We were never taught to tie knots!  

For once a show acknowledges the existence of zombies and hambies. 

[libgirl2]

WE are three episodes in and we love it! Took a bit to get going though. 

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‘All of Us Are Dead’ Review: Everything You Expect from a High School Zombie Story, Just More of It

[Nicmar]

23 hours ago, libgirl2 said:

WE are three episodes in and we love it! Took a bit to get going though. 

I love it as well I on episode 8!

[natyxg]

This was a good zombie show, but I think it was better suited for 8 episodes instead of 12. You want to see zombie action but at some point there was SO much zombie action that I was a bit fatigued, lol. But they were good with cliffhangers so you wanted to keep going episode after episode. I also liked what they did with the virus lore, and I kind of thought that it's a really obvious thing that most zombie shows/movies tend to ignore, when you think about it.

Good show.

[Nicmar]

14 hours ago, natyxg said:

This was a good zombie show, but I think it was better suited for 8 episodes instead of 12. You want to see zombie action but at some point there was SO much zombie action that I was a bit fatigued, lol. But they were good with cliffhangers so you wanted to keep going episode after episode. I also liked what they did with the virus lore, and I kind of thought that it's a really obvious thing that most zombie shows/movies tend to ignore, when you think about it.

Good show.

I like that they have half-bies, never seen that before.

[natyxg]

23 hours ago, Nicmar said:

I like that they have half-bies, never seen that before.

Yes, that what I meant. Viruses mutate, yet it's not something you tend to see in zombie stories. Except maybe Resident Evil, but there you get the sense that it's umbrella doing it, not it happening naturally. So it was like such an obvious development for a zombie show that at the same time no one had ever thought about before.

[iRarelyWatchTV36]

Haven't watched it yet, but is this - more or less - a live-action version of HighSchool of the Dead, only without all the ecchi?

[Nicmar]

34 minutes ago, iRarelyWatchTV36 said:

Haven't watched it yet, but is this - more or less - a live-action version of HighSchool of the Dead, only without all the ecchi?

High School of the Dead is good.

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11 hours ago, Nicmar said:

High School of the Dead is good.

Not saying it isn't, just saying I imagine that All of Us Are Dead is probably lacking the HSotD's 'fanservice'.

[meatball77]

The creepiest thing is when the people turn and they break all their bones.  The sound and movements when they do that.  So scary.

[moonshine71]

On 1/29/2022 at 7:47 PM, For Cereals said:

It’s quiet in here.  I feel cheated by the US educational system.  We were never taught to tie knots!  

For once a show acknowledges the existence of zombies and hambies.

 

Spoiler

We might not tie knots as well, but I'm confident we would come up w/ a simpler yet infinitely better and less gross looking plan for using the bathroom. I'd start with not dismissing the completely logical suggestion of having the boys pee out the window.

 

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‘All Of Us Are Dead’ Hits No. 1 On Netflix In New Milestone For Korean Series

[Anela]

I started watching it yesterday, and will get back to it. I prefer it over the show I started to watch last weekend (and didn't finish). 

[libgirl2]

Just finished it up. Excellent 

[ctmd]

I just started this yesterday, and watched the first 3 episodes back to back. It started a little slow, and perhaps because Im watching dubbed, I had a hard time at the beginning telling whether this was going to be a dramatic, scary show, or a campy zombie show. Bad dubbing really makes it hard to know sometimes. As it's found and defined itself more clearly, I am definitely loving it now, and have some thoughts. 

1. Chicken-mom: was she really so clueless that as the city is being evacuated for Zombies, she heads out on her own, and tries to chit chat with a zombie just because she recognizes him? No thoughts of observing the scene before YELLING to someone, even if he weren't a zombie?

2. Chicken-son: at first I was thinking he had a crush on On-Jon, but now I'm wondering if he and On-Jon's crush are gay and have a thing for each other? (sorry I can't remember most people's name even on shows with traditional American names!)

3. Zombie Dad/Science Teacher and virus lore: I'm really enjoying the context of how the virus came out and how it works (triggered by fear response interacting with the hormone). Of course everyone we've seen turn for the most part has turned right away because they were terrified and being attacked. But with On-Jon's best friend (Izak?) and Chicken-son's friend "Welfy," they both seemed to turn very gradually, perhaps because they were not in an acute state of fight/flight as the people who turned completely while being attacked. This also may explain why benzodiazepines were helping the son and the first girl at school that the science teacher were giving shots to. It calmed their fear and muted the hormone reaction to rage. 

4. The zombie kids at the playground were kind of hilarious to me, ganging up on the livestreaming guy who got in over his head. 

5. I'm guessing On-Jon, her dad, and the cop that got out as Science Teacher died holding back zombies will be our heroes for the series. At least one of them will die, and I feel like it will be On-Jon's dad, while saving her. 

 

Looking forward to watching more!! They're long episodes, so I won't get to watch another 3 in a row :(

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‘All of Us Are Dead’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

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[Anela]

I never did finish this. I keep meaning to get back to it. 

[PrincessPurrsALot]

I enjoyed the show.  I appreciated that the kids didn't just somehow know things without any idea of where that knowledge came from.  Too many shows act like children are always smarter than their parents.  They would say things along the lines of, "when camping with my dad, I learned . . . ".  I also appreciated that they showed real grief.  In so many shows, while everyone around them dies, there is one tear then everyone is back to kicking ass.  They did care that their friends and families died.  They also tried to support each other within the limited abilities of teenagers in a crisis. 

Of course, the number of highly aggressive zombies that were thwarted by a kick to the chest was getting ridiculously high.  However, archery girl was great.  South Korea is known for their archery teams.  Why yes, I do follow women's archery.  Who doesn't? 😁

Halfbies!  Of course the virus mutates and some are partially immune.  Bully boy was getting to be a bit much.  Halfbies are incredibly strong.  Nam Ra is so tiny and so fierce.  However, I wouldn't want to sit next to her when she's hungry. 

The show did drag a bit in the later episodes when we got a lot of the teens in love stuff.  I prefered it being more quietly stated than the focus of the discussions.  At the same time, they did feel like high school romances.  

I could have done without almost every joke being at the expense of the heavy kids and them being treated like they were not capable of doing things.  They could have had the one be a singer without having him sing about how much he likes chicken, pork, and trans fat. 

They set it up well for a second season.  No need to forget what happened in season one to move forward.