Earth Abides | Episode 1 BREAKDOWN, Deep Dive & Theories

Earth Abides | Episode 1 BREAKDOWN, Deep Dive & Theories | MGM Plus

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@ij8580 12 сағат бұрын

I don't think the couple were interested when Ish showed up, because they knew that there were likely to be other survivors (given that they were randomly in the same hotel and were still alive) and it didn't matter because they had already decided their course of action. The lack of bodies didn't surprise me particularly, if people are dying from an acute illness they are more likely to die at home, in a hotel room or in a church or hopsital than outside or in a casino.

@virginiapickles6032 Ай бұрын

I read the book fifty years ago when I was a teen in rural California close to where the book takes place. I loved it. I don't subscribe to any streaming series so I can't watch the series. All I can do is watch videos like this one. It appears that although the series follows some portions of the plot closely, it also deviates significantly in places. I am glad that then book was made into a series. I was valedictorian of my small town high school where valedictorians often went to UC Berkeley where Ish was a graduate student. I understood some his feelings of isolation among other people. I was the egghead who was never asked to dance at dances so I didn't go to them. I wasn't interested in geology as much as I was in plants, animals, ecology and the science of evolution. The book was written by an English professor at UC Berkeley who went to talk to professors in the various fields of science--botany, zoology and geology. Today zoology and botany come under the department of evolution and ecology at least they do at UC Davis. It is fun to watch these videos as they remind me of one of my favorite books. I fear, that between endless war and global warming made much worse by endless wars , that my children may be living through global warming and scenarios which may have some parallels to this book and series. Don't believe me. Wait a few decades. You will know that I am right. Hopefully by then I will have died from old age.

@Drew1701D Ай бұрын

Vegas devoid of any bodies was indeed very odd. Even with the two survivors saying the bodies were there, just all in their rooms and that once the generators gave out you'd smell their presence. Generators or not, rotting bodies would give off a stench no matter the condition. Ish must be good at siphoning gas from vehicles or non powered gas stations as he drove around with wreckless abandon, even through the desert where one flat tire would have doomed him.

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

Absolutely!! Flooring his car for that distance would have put some serious pressure on the tires never mind the petrol! It would have been nice to see him stop to change vehicles. But yeah, the bodies thing really annoyed me! You are right, the stench almond would have attracted small animals too.

@xiongboon Ай бұрын

Here's my opinion on this series. Please bear in mind I didn't read the book. My only gripe with this show/series is that Ish doesn't even try to talk them out of their suicidal path. They are literally the first alive humans he meets and they tell him about how they are going to kill themselves soon and all he ever said was "the world is big", like bro, give them some hope, even though it is bleak, the fact that the three of them are alive means there some others who are alive. But nope, he just leaves them to their mission, and acts sad and mad that he drove off leaving them to their fate. But, wait, whats, this? He stops himself from running over a, potentially feral, dog and takes it in as a pet, but those two human back at Vegas, fuck them. Yeah, I ain't even going to try to watch the second episode, already saw the trailer for it and it's already stupid. Like, oh look another human, I'll save/stick with this one human. but those other two, screw them.

@fergieferg9192 Ай бұрын

I hope it improves over the next few episodes

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

Me too. Fingers crossed but I do have doubts with it being only 6 episodes

@flowerspringtime Ай бұрын

I think the Steven king depiction of world ending apocalypse was good, in the stand rotting bodies everywhere

@ElGatoBlanco1970 Ай бұрын

How did he drive back and forth from Vegas and San Francisco? Where was he getting ⛽️

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

I did wonder that. It's taken him pretty much a day to get there.

@tacrewgirl Ай бұрын

Gas stations still probably work and not much competition

@higgsmerino3925 Ай бұрын

@@tacrewgirl Electricity can stop in hours or days depending how it's set up in their locale. Gas stations ,may be first to stop working with today's safeguards.

@asmoday4729 Ай бұрын

the problem with that kind of show is we already know what going to happen ....survivor fighting each others and of course one big bad wolf with a big team that want to rule over the others.....

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

Completely agree. It does seem like a predictable series

@LNVKRmusic Ай бұрын

will definitely watch the next episode but first episode gave me nothing atall

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

Fingers crossed for episode 2 .... I'll make sure to keep you updated 😂

@eugenej.6331 Ай бұрын

I feel like this show was insanely hyped up. The filmography is stunning but the writing leaves a lot to be desired.. entirety of episode 1 is a whole lot of nothing. The whole Vegas sequence that lasts for half the episode could've been cut out and it wouldn't have changed anything. Show's incredibly boring, what a waste..

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

I agree. Not sure about the hype as not seen much in the UK but yeah, the episode consisted of nothing for most of it and although I appreciated the visual elements, still needed something else. I'm holding out for episode 2 🤞🏻

@SHANELL032007 Ай бұрын

its just the 1st episode

@uncletubgaming 16 күн бұрын

It was ok hated when JoJo died

@djrudd8455 Ай бұрын

I always give a new show three episodes to hook me in and if it hasn't by then I'm pretty sure it's not my cup of tea. It's not looking good for Earth Abides, this was the least interesting premiere of a show I think I've seen in a decade, I don't know if it's because it's based on an old book or the genre is played out but this all just felt so generic, cliche and predictable - no disrespect to the actors, the did what they could with it but the material was just nothing compelling. I'll give it two more eps to convince me, but this wasn't a good start (perhaps that's why MGM felt they had to piggyback it on the excellent From). Thanks for the review, I appreciate you taking such a balanced approach, you helped me see some positives I didn't see myself :)

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

You are very welcome, glad I helped in some way 😀 I agree with you, I tend to give a show at least a few episodes before fully writing it off. I think with this being a mini series (6 episodes) they could have released them in one go. The actors were good, Alexander Ludwig is a great actor I personally believe! It's a shame this first episode let us down, which I feel is down to the genre which to make it stand out, needed something more but I'm holding hope for the next one 🤞🏻

@happyderpface Ай бұрын

Have to give it the old 3eps try,

@rachelvoiles9699 Ай бұрын

Maybe the people in the hotel moved the bodies out. I mean, it would be extremely hard to live in the hotel for 3 weeks if rotting bodies were inside.

@Q-Dads Ай бұрын

Yeah, extremely hard and the volume of people, no chance.