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Underwhelming start - the trailer looked much better
I was really intrigued by what seemed to be the first ever Zombie-verse BL drama and that whole 'the boy who lived'- thing...the trailer looked quite good too...but, the first two episodes disappoint
BL-Needle Score: 7.5 Reasonable BL-ness so far
Too many script loopholes, and the tone swings between serious and unsure where to go....and then, some scenes seem almost comic...I think the makers were confused whether to make a show with completely serious apocalypse tone, or make use of the 'zombie' to poke some fun...as it is, no matter what shows they make about zombies, almost all of them mandate those weirdly comical hand-body movements as SOP for all zombies across nations...which kinda takes the seriousness away
The leads are not bad and A Lie, the one hunting for the immune one seems good...but one can only do so much with intense stares, etc. when the script is bad. For e.g., They give absolutely no explanation as to A lie he wanted Lin Zai to feed him the food when he could easily use his own hands for that death-grip on him right after he woke up and thought Lin Zai was a threat...there are many like that all through these two episodes
I will continue to watch for the novelty of the theme and see where this goes after another two episodes, but my hunch is, it won't make much of a difference.
Verdict: Wait for more episodes and reviews to decide
BL-Needle Score: 7.5 Reasonable BL-ness so far
Too many script loopholes, and the tone swings between serious and unsure where to go....and then, some scenes seem almost comic...I think the makers were confused whether to make a show with completely serious apocalypse tone, or make use of the 'zombie' to poke some fun...as it is, no matter what shows they make about zombies, almost all of them mandate those weirdly comical hand-body movements as SOP for all zombies across nations...which kinda takes the seriousness away
The leads are not bad and A Lie, the one hunting for the immune one seems good...but one can only do so much with intense stares, etc. when the script is bad. For e.g., They give absolutely no explanation as to A lie he wanted Lin Zai to feed him the food when he could easily use his own hands for that death-grip on him right after he woke up and thought Lin Zai was a threat...there are many like that all through these two episodes
I will continue to watch for the novelty of the theme and see where this goes after another two episodes, but my hunch is, it won't make much of a difference.
Verdict: Wait for more episodes and reviews to decide
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