Show is great so far. I'm like five-six episodes in. I have two more double shifts to get through and parents are in town, but I look forward to seeing another episode. The world is so atmospheric. The jets screaming above, the endless suburbia; fucking rage zombies. I want a scene where humans try to take one down and the fuck takes one out so now instead of 5 on 1 it's 4 on two then 3 on three, oh fuck get out.
Yeah there are some annoying ass characters that make me yell at the TV. I want them to die and I don't root for them like typical protagonist, but I'm enthralled to see what happens to them next.
Here's the difference: "You fucking bitch, I can't believe you did that; fuck you" vs. "Aw fuck that shit, that wouldn't have happened. fuck this show and its forced bullshit."
In one you have some unbelievable thing happen just to move the show forward, whether it be awful dialogue or whathaveyou. In Black Summer the blond and the curly head headed goober both do enragingly stupid things, but if such a person existed they would indeed act that way. Would I want the show to focus on somebody else? yes. but is it also refreshing that the focus isn't some alpha? maybe. Rage zombies are intense and can tank and do all these feats, but I'd love to see a squad with their shit together use tactics against the beast.
I hope the show doesn't stay with a group long. I hope it shakes scatterings of humans in and out, having them merge and break apart - and of course get owned.