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So i think from the moment they started out the writers for Z nation knew they weren't going to compete with the walking dead. They were the new kid on the block and to make another gritty apocalypse show, well they just weren't going to win in terms of plot or character development. So they focused on adding just the most awesome ridiculous sh*t you could ever expect to hope from a zombie show, and they won their niche that way. Overall this is a B show that knows its a B show and embraces it wholly. And it does pretty well for that. In fact, this show has done so many firsts for zombie film while still in its first season that it actually redeems itself in that aspect. They were the first to do baby zombies, bear zombies, zombie tornados, zombie groundhog day, crack zombies, zombies with boners, getting stoned with zombies, radioactive glowing zombies, zombie mind control, and i'm sure i'm missing some other ones but the endless source of outrageous zombie situations is definitely a bit more entertaining then constantly killing generic stock zombies episode after episode. I wasn't hooked after the first few episodes, but it grows on you. Just as long as you don't expect it to be all serious and realistic.

This show might actually be good if it wasn't for the musical parts. which are 90% of it. It has a few good jokes, packaged between some painful to watch musical numbers which drag on and are frankly just annoying as hell. Literally everything good about the show was displayed in the commercial. You can watch the commercial itself and not miss any of the good parts.

I don't know what else to say. All the saccharine Disney-esque stuff has me groaning. They could literally fit the plot of an entire episode into 2 minutes if it wasn't for the singing. I can't watch a single episode without fast forwarding through most of it because it just drags on and on and on.

So going into this film, i didn't really know much about what i was in for. The commercial was very vague about the plot, all it said was that it was something to do with the afterlife and now afterwards i see why. This movie is shocking, hallucinogenic, and metaphysical, and it will leave you feeling as though you actually died watching it, a similar feeling to watching the matrix for the first time and thinking you're stuck in the matrix. It questions the very nature of human experience, consciousness, life and death and does it in this traumatizing, very personal way. The entire film is shot from first person, some through the eyes of the main character, some as an out of body experience, and some--well, its probably best not to say so you can see for yourself. And the visual effects are spectacular, using a style of cinematography i've never actually seen before... somewhat like the infinite zoom from limitless. I was smoking weed while watching this film but it made me feel like i was on a whole other drug entirely.

EPILEPTICS BEWARE!!!!!! This movie does have a lot of strobing light, and it does it to induce a drug like state. Make sure you're in a comfortable spot, because it is one hell of a trip. And don't watch this movie on acid. Not for the faint of heart, especially if you can't handle "french" level nudity