iZombie

Like I didn't have enough, I've decided to add one more on my TV watch list and sat down for the first episode of CW's iZombie. It is a loosely based on DC Comics' same named comic book first published in 2010.

I found the storyline a little bit loose but I'm gonna give it to the excitement of pilot episode and since it created tiny bit of a controversy on its area with the worries of 'romanticising zombies' it can be defended as being cautious. Personally I'm not a zombie fan and I was relieved that the zombie concept is starting to be taken in a -literally- fresher approach.

The main character of the show, Liv Moore, is an overachieving ex-medical employee who obviously gets infected with the zombie virus. Discovering her appetite for human brains she moves on to work in a morgue and starts realising that as she eats the brains of the dead, she also gains their memories which she uses to help solve criminal investigations for the story's sake.

To be honest I did like the idea. It's creative and even though the zombies are very popular recently, something like this has never been done before. However, even when I defend that the cliches are not necessarily a bad thing despite what everybody says, I personally am very tired of the psychic cliche used in the crime drama series. Some excuse more creative than saying you're psychic when you have an ability you can't explain must exist.

Aside from the storyline I'm convinced with the acting which in my opinion is enough for a TV show production. The comic book effects, I've always loved. Since it is adapted from a comic book it is also relevant but I really enjoy the transition between means using this effect and I believe it makes it easier to cover up any possible holes in the storyline so it must be useful for the writers too.

I am more of a Marvel fan, you will hear this from me many more times in the future, however I've always admired that dark side of DC that I believe Marvel is shy on. They are not afraid to involve dark aspects of life, prostitution, dirty cops and such, and I think that this gives the production more of a quality along with the involvement of the reality.

Of course this was only the first episode and we have a lot more to come our way, but I found the pilot more successful than I expected. I have my hopes up for this one and I would really like to see the story to develop into something really exciting.

Thank you for reading my humble opinion.

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