Now Apocalypse

When I started watching this is I cringed hard and assumed it was trash but I take it back, it's actually weirdly excellent. TOTALLY worth watching as soon as you let go of your assumptions abt what it is. Yes the millennial affectations are irritating but that's the whole point.

"Now Apocalypse" is fun and sexy and young - and a good,30-minute diversion. It's kind of a better version of the disappointing and cumbersome "Here and Now" in that it involves some "is he or is he not psychic?" poppycock. But I find the characters all goofily likable, although clearly cast based on looks. Some of them seem like they are learning to act as they go. And Gregg Araki does not make easy roles: the tone needs to be just right, kind of self-conscious and arrogant and earnest. In other words...very young. The plot is insignificant: the show is all about Gregg Araki's style and the use of color, light, and young flesh. And how everyone looks (almost) naked. Very 1980s.

Anyone my age (55) and older that dislikes this show needs to think back to their own 20s and remember how clueless they were. This show is like a beginner's guide to having (and what to aviod in) a sex life and/or relationship.

I'm impressed by what I've seen so far (I'm writing this while watching episode 4). Yes, the show appears to be simplistic and has a plot that is mostly beside the point, but I think it's important to embrace this simplicity if you are going to enjoy the show.

The show is predominantly about human sexual interactions, many of which are transactional in nature. Regardless of Gregg Araki's filmography, I would say this is more a millenial- rather than a gay-oriented show; "Queer as Folk" this is not. What's even better, this show is both old-school and Progressive with a capital "P" at the same time. Old school because the situations these characters find themselves in have been played out repeatedly for ages. Progressive in that gender stereotypes are out the window, for instance the most masculine character in the show is also the most emotionally vulnerable.

Hopefully this show will continue to explore a broad gamut of the human emotional spectrum.

It's kind of too early to tell but cant help but be curious if this is supposed to the the spiritual successor to 97's Nowhere? Similar vibe but with today's 20 somethings opposed to 20 somethings in the late 90s. Anyway it's somewhat interesting.

To be honest I have no idea where the storyline of the show is going, but to me the first episode was fun, sexy and lighthearted