Netflix's Black Summer

[pigtailed_goddess]

So I kinda watched Netflix's Black Summer. Had it bookmarked since I heard about it on the Z Nation podcast last year. Was super excited for Z Nation continuity. Disappointed it distanced itself from Z Nation, but tried to give it a fair shake as a potential zombie hit.

I made it 2 1/2 episodes and change. I really kinda hated it.

Didn't have characters with any personality. I didn't like all the needless profanity, which didn't help endear me to the characters. Color palate was dull. No overall plot, or world building, or character moments, and what little story action wasn't engaging and also felt very preachy in an aren't we all miserable way. Some of the beats felt very illogical as well.

For example SPOILERS people being bad at a group attack in the final shoot out is fine, but there is no follow through to focus on it from a story standpoint as it's the final episode, and then the remaining characters run a guantlet that doesn't make sense if you think at all about the logistics or layout of the area they are in. So it both just comes out looking ill thought out things thrown on-screen.

I felt the same in the way people ran around in episode 1 or the car chase or diner episode.


I think my overall feeling was it's pretentious. Styled with bland colors and long one-shots and stupid title cards, it has no earned emotional weight to anything it does and it does nothing interesting to boot.