Zombiverso

Some fun moments and ideas here and there but overall its just pretty bad and annoying.

The Bad: -Some actors cannot decide if they are in a zombie apocalypse or in a reality-tv show. (half-assed acting comes of as bad and annoying) -Absolutely horrible acting with annoying fake crying by some of the cast.

-Being loud all the time when its supposed to be a zombie apocalypse takes away any small amount of immersion you might be lucky to find.

The Good: -Some of them are not trying so hard to act and it comes of much more fun and enjoyable.

-Some of them are actually good at acting.

-Hong Chul

Not recommended even for the diehard zombie fans.

It was silly and funny to watch. I actually came here to read reviews because I was really not sure about it. They way the promoted it, that the contestants didn't know made me scoff, because if they were going to fake it and really scare people like some elaborate prank, some of those zombie actors would be dead. Seriously, I have watched enough zombie shows that I would weapon up because I'd need to. And then there were rules?

One comment said they thought of it as a murder mystery, everyone got their rolls and then went for it. That actually put it in perspective for me and I was able to laugh and just enjoy the sillyness.

Lets be honest, South Korea produces the best zombie shows and movies. As a huge fan of the zombie genre I spent no time downloading the whole show on netflix so I could watch it on my vacation. I spent the first 15 to 30 minutes figuring out what was going on. I completely lost it when they mentioned it was "unscripted". Sure there was no script to follow but the whole show was made to look like a reality show where the characters have no clue what is going on when it is very obvious they are in on the show. The very convenient cut between the episodes gives them enough time for makeup and prop setup. Now I was stuck on a vacation with nothing else to watch except for this. The more I watched the more I felt I was losing my braincells. There was nothing to look forward to. The characters are real life celebrities that had nothing to offer. There were no stakes. Just a bunch of fake zombies, and fake characters.

At first I thought this will be a horror series. Like a proper fictional story where there is a zombie outbreak but it is already been tamed (much like the end of shaun of the dead) and these characters join this game show where the have to do challenges while also escaping the zombies (basically squid game but with zombies). And it'll be shot much like we are watching a reality show.

But alas, the show is basically just role play.

Knowing these people are actually safe made it hard to believe in it. As well as them unable to truly hurt the zombies (since they are just real people), makes the whole thing kinda stupid (not that I endorsed violence but it is like watching people do tag and run but with zombies).

Dex is the star of the show for sure, but it also made the others looked incompetent by a lot.

Season 2: LOL Defconn? From Live Solo on the show? A contestant? Maybe he can finally find a wife and let's hope she doesn't turn into a Zombie! So happy to see DEX - it wouldn't be good w/o DEX and he proves his worth with UDT soldier expertise right from the beginning in ep. 1; he is so handsome and manly, in contrast to some of the other cute but scaredy cat guys (no names but you will see in ep. 1). Will raise my rating to a 9 just for entertainment value. Its cheesy and fun at the same time so have fun with it. Also noticed Code Kunst's military skills and how he steps up to the plate and does what he needs to do too.

Season 1: I gave it an 8 mostly for DEX (fans of DEX know who he is) and for comedy value as I found it extremely funny from the very beginning. It can't be serious but I've seen some great acting amongst the zombies - it is advertised as unscripted per se, but we all know it is fake so it comes out as hilarious. The one actor contestant with the hat with the ear flaps is laughing the whole time - even he can't help it. Dex is playing his cool self as usual and figures out how to escape the zombies in an early quest using his UDT soldier experience. Am kind of wondering if it isn't treated kind of like a mystery dinner where each contestant is given their roll to play in advance, but there is no script. Have no idea about the producing but each episode is a different quest (gas station, grocery store, etc). Will have to see how this ends - 8 episodes in all.