S01.E01: Alone

[AnimeMania]

Ish, a solitary young geologist, barely survives a snake bite. After a coma, he drives to the nearest town only to find dead bodies. He searches for survivors, from San Francisco to Las Vegas. There must be someone else left...

Premiere Date: Friday, December 1, 2024       MGM+    9pm     

[PurpleTentacle]

Tbh, I fast forewarded through a lot of this. It's kinda atmospheric till he sees that flashing sign, but after that point, yeah we get it. Get on with it already.

I don't think this is the show for me. Nothing much happening and just atmosphere and "deep" conversations can be fun for a 90 minute movie, but it can't sustain a whole season of a TV show.

Also he is taking the elevator? Is he crazy? You don't know for how long that power is going to stay on.

[Anela]

I fast-forwarded parts, too. Like his fever. 

 

Edited December 4 by Anela

[ROEHUNTER]

On 12/3/2024 at 6:01 PM, Anela said:

I fast-forwarded parts, too. Like his fever. 

 

That fever took FOREVER!

[babyrambo]

Well shot and mostly well acted but the dialogue was pretty rough. Especially in the casino. When the lady said ‘just because my heart is beating, doesn’t mean that I’m alive’ I got flashes to being 14 and listening to  tacky emo lyrics, thinking they’re were so deep and genius lol. Felt like the writers were trying so hard to be deep yet the conversations were full of dull cliches. And none of the actors sold the gravity of the vibe at all. 

But the show isn’t super dark/muddy (lighting wise) like almost every other show right now & I like the premise well enough—looks like it’s going trying for a slower less action driven version of a post apocalyptic series which I think could be interesting if the writing gets stronger and less self indulgently pretentious.