Kyle

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A REALLY AMAZING SHOW....when they aren't making cringey awkward jokes at the wrong time. No spoilers here. Man, I was watching the first episode live during the watch party and I can't tell you how many times my jaw dropped, or how many times I let out a "OOOOuuuuuhhh!!!!!" when something cool happened. Dude, it felt like 20 times that night I must have went "Ooooouuuu!!!!" hahaha. There's a lot of dark humor, which can be overbearing and annoying at times, with the occasional home run joke. SPOILER ALERT: THE REASON FOR THE 4 STARS Ok, so during the first episode, it shows an isolated classy society, far, far away from the reality of the apocalyptic chaotic wasteland above them. How does a vault girl, who's never hurt anything more than a boatfly, immediately become a hardened, cold blooded and calculated killer, who walks around just fine after just getting a 9 inch filet knife jammed into her kidney. During the first chaotic scene where the raiders invade the vault, it wasn't believable, AT ALL, to me. The way the victims were just so casual during and directly after all the death of the loved ones they grew up and bonded with their whole lives, was very awkward. They even tried to throw a joke in during all of this. What? What is this? A comedy, now? You guys are leaving a bad taste in peoples mouths with these weird jokes at weird times. The Councilman just witnessed half of his vault die and be stabbed by raiders, and as he's running away, he sees 2 unknowing vault members bringing some jello mold to the party. He screams "GET THE JELLO MOLD OUT OF HERE!" And that was the only line before the raiders come in and start killing people. He was more concerned about some jello mold rather than the 2 peoples lives who had no idea what they were walking into. Why in the hell are they purposefully making this show weird like that? And then seeing Chet casually, and calmly tell this raider that he "doesn't want to use force" was so awkward. I mean this guy just saw the people he grew up with die and he's all cool, calm and collected. What? People would be in shock and freaking the heck out, shaking, crying, screaming, instead the producers decided they would make a comedy out of it. Pick one guys, is it a comedy or a drama? So yeah, unfortunately, this is no 5 star show. There's a lot of cringe moments, and as I continue watching it, I understand where peoples frustrations lie. Stop with the cringey jokes and start making these scenes more believable. Spend some actual money on real background actors, next time. Listen to the audience.

No spoiler review about the first couple episodes. This is coming from a life long Walking Dead fan who read the comics before the TV show dropped. I APPROVE! With most new TV shows featuring forms of 'wokeness', which sucks the life out of the show, it's rare I give a show 5 stars. In the first 2 episodes, I haven't come across anything out of the ordinary. This is as wholesome as The Walking Dead was when it first came out. Grant it, lots of TV shows do start out wholesome, to drag an audience in (Last of Us) and then they turn woke. So we shall see. I'll update my review accordingly, but for now: This is pure, this is good, and you need to check it out! I won't spoil anything but I feel like rubbing my hands together in anticipation of the next time I get to watch an episode. It's that good! Best thing on TV in a long time guys.

My favorite part is when the staff talk amongst themselves, psychoanalyzing the candidates. They really get brutal and even develop plans to deal with certain mentalities. its really interesting. Based on what I've learned about SoF, it looks like they had a free hand, when designing the program/set. There's Hollywood drama still, but one can find all the realism and authenticity they need by just LISTENING to the staff try to better these people.