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My new obsession: All Of Us Are Dead
Feb. 12th, 2022 10:45 pm So, here's the thing: New Zombie K-Drama dropped and it's fricking amazing.
It's 12 episodes, the whole thing dropped in one day, and it's got some amazing cinematography and art direction which, wow - money was spent on this.
So, it's set mainly in a SK high school which has some serious problems with next-level bullying and violence, and that's before the zombie virus becomes a thing.
Even though the 2014 Sewol Ferry disaster has been cited as inspiration for various forms of media, without saying it outright, this here is officially the most inspired. Sure, the original webtoon (Here in our school) was published a decade before that, but various visual and thematic callbacks refer to that particular dark event in SK's recent history. And the social disparity and corruption which gave rise to Parasite are front and centre here, too.
Have I mentioned the acting? I have not. These young actors are pretty amazing, and the group dynamics are really something.
I might go through the series episode by episode, because I'm really interested how the sense of who's the main character changes from one episode to the other.
For those repelled by Train to Busan type zombie horror - yes, this is full of that. But if you don't let it put you off, there's a lot to get out of this show.
It's 12 episodes, the whole thing dropped in one day, and it's got some amazing cinematography and art direction which, wow - money was spent on this.
So, it's set mainly in a SK high school which has some serious problems with next-level bullying and violence, and that's before the zombie virus becomes a thing.
Even though the 2014 Sewol Ferry disaster has been cited as inspiration for various forms of media, without saying it outright, this here is officially the most inspired. Sure, the original webtoon (Here in our school) was published a decade before that, but various visual and thematic callbacks refer to that particular dark event in SK's recent history. And the social disparity and corruption which gave rise to Parasite are front and centre here, too.
Have I mentioned the acting? I have not. These young actors are pretty amazing, and the group dynamics are really something.
I might go through the series episode by episode, because I'm really interested how the sense of who's the main character changes from one episode to the other.
For those repelled by Train to Busan type zombie horror - yes, this is full of that. But if you don't let it put you off, there's a lot to get out of this show.
