Zombieverse

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.

A zombie reality show in a so-called "unscripted" setting is a recipe for disaster. I couldn't take it seriously when it was painfully obvious to me that the cast were just acting like they were seeing zombies in real life saying "they'll die" and stuff like that. It felt like the show was belittling my intelligence. And it also made the zombies acting seem fake and not scary.

I can't believe Netflix halted production of a brilliant series like All Of Us Are Dead season 2 and also Kingdom 3 for this, just because this reality show needed the zombie art and choreography team of the former 2 shows. Netflix should better stick with producing zombie fictious series like AOUAD which has proved to be one of the best in the world.

A few episodes in, and i like this somewhat improvised reality show. From their reactions, etc., it seemed to me the contestants were told they'd start out being on a reality dating-type show but that "something" would happen and they would then be on their own.

I can't imagine that this is any more than minimally scripted, because the producers obviously spent a lot of time setting up the various locations and situations, and it doesn't make any sense that they would do that for people who are just reading lines. From their reactions as the dating show starts to go sideways they seemed genuinely taken by surprise.

The "something" turns out to be a zombie apocalypse, which they are supposed to somehow survive. They travel around together to complete various escape-related tasks (and try to avoid being taken out by the zombies). You can also tell the zombies are really into the concept.

For imported shows like this, i much prefer the original audio accompanied by subtitles. The voiceover is kind of bland, and doesn't really match what was very likely more honest reactions to what's going on. Would recommend for fans of reality (and, sure, zombie stuff too)

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.

People need to understand that "unscripted" doesn't mean that the cast knows nothing. Obviously they do know that they're in a reality show and what they need to do to survive, otherwise they would harm the zombie-actors. But their reactions and characters seemed genuine to me. I found it really funny and interesting. It is a reality show, so you don't have to question their actions, it's not a movie nor a series. Some people didn't like the fact that the cast laughed and seemed to enjoy it, but I really liked that, because it made it more genuine for me. I think that it was really entertaining and I would like to see another season with different cast!