McMunchly
Since: Aug, 2013
10/21/2015 00:00:00
As somebody who felt exactly the same way, I'm glad to say the second season has so far been much better. Phil is a much more likable character.
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The Soul-Crushing Despair of the Apocaly-SEX!..
Witness the story of Phil Miller. A man completely divested of human contact, as he deals with the unimaginable solitude of an empty world. Only able to hold on to sanity via meaningless destruction and talking to soccer balls with faces on them. He eventually must come to terms with the lonely freedom the apocalypse gives him and whether or not life is actually worth living anymor—...SEX!
...SEX, SEX, SEX, SEX, SEX, SEX...
Sorry, did you want a sad and funny story about a man alone in the world trying to find meaning? Or the adventures of one man's sexual frustration?
Because by episode 3, the apocalypse is background noise at best, and it's all about Will forte's character trying and failing to bed a hot chick, putting up with his quirky plain jane wife...And his descent into skeevy lying horndog douchebaggery.
It's still a good show by all accounts. It just feels like the it's wasted it's "end of the world" genre after two episodes. Literally the second other "last" men and (hot)women show up, it becomes a sort of average black comedy sitcom show.
Try to get Laid. Do something stupid. Get punished for it. Pitiful and selfish Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist character.
You cringe, and gasp at the stupid, awful things he does...then wait for Karma to strike.
One shake up this show provides though, is the narrative turning against the main character. He displays all the (negative)qualities, but This Loser Is NOT You. You don't identify with him, or find him relatable...not for long anyway. He even skirts dangerously close into the Villain Protagonist trope. Possibly even Big Bad trope because there is no one worse around.
But there is no major 'I Am Legend' twist of mutants or zombies or anything.
I absolutely recommend watching the first episode. It's unique, hilarious and heartbreaking. But the third episode is a deal breaker; where it descends into RomCom territory and the end of the world is no more than an excuse for why people would put up with such an awful person.