Reviews

I've been waiting for the longest time until I got to see this one. Ever since it was first announced with an absolutely amazing cast, all I wanted was to get my hands on it. I have to say it was absolutely worth the wait.

For one thing, it is not a vampire movie per say. Sure, all the main characters are vampires, and a huge chunk of the plot revolves around their blood supply, but in all honesty, I don't think anyone expected this to play the genre straight. The metaphors on the decay of humanity (when not outright said)worked really well, and the film was filled with references to music, literature, and science that kept the tone.

For another, the character and world-building were nicely done. Tom Hiddleston's Adam is so self-involved in his own despair, that it's no wonder he's compared to Hamlet mid-movie. It's such a stereotypical character for a vampire flick post Anne Rice that you can't help but ironically love him. Tilda Swinton looks out of this world whenever you look at her, but here Eve was almost translucent, and I really enjoyed her scolding her husband whenever he was growing to become too petulant. I also found John Hurt and Anton Yelchin great,whereas Mia's Ava was so gratingly annoying, you could only applaud her for a job well-done.

Lastly, the soundtrack was amazing and I have to get my hands on it.

The premise is simple and in other circumstances would work quite well, but what this show massively suffers from is it's target. It's obviously pushed towards teens, and for some unknown reason that meant that all main characters are some teenage criminals propelled down to a still very-much radioactive Earth in order to find hope for humanity. Here's the thing. First of all, can anyone please tell me what's the point in jailing up tween criminals if you're going to execute them regardless after the become of age? That's just a stupid waste of resources. Second, did the officials on that space boat do not realize that a bunch of spiteful delinquents are going to go all Lord of the Flies the moment their bottoms hit mother Earth?! That's the dumbest control group I've ever seen. Further making it clear they can take off those dumb bracelets was also a glaring mistake. Do not even get me started on the glowing forest/two-headed deer/giant snake. And finally, while some characters have some sort of self-preservation skills the rest of them are literally too stupid to live, which definitely does little to garner any sympathy in me as a viewer.