Probably not, but yesterday I still binge watched Black Summer (2019) (except for a couple of episodes that looked boring), taking the point of view of someone who has never heard of zombies.
It opens with running. People running fast through a suburban neighborhood (filmed in Calgary), trying to reach the army trucks that will evacuate them. Something bad happened several weeks ago, and the world is in chaos, There are marauders everywhere who will steal your supplies.
Plus when people die, they instantly turn into monsters and attack their companions. The monsters are very fast and impervious to bullets unless you hit them in the head, but they can't open doors.
In the first episode, there are five interconnected stories of survivors running, and when the army trucks leave without them, trying to get to the Stadium, where all of the survivors are gathering.
There is a lot of heterosexist rhetoric: "Do you have a family?" "I'm a good guy. I have a family." "I have to find my wife/daughter/husband/ boyfriend." And no gay characters or male-male bonding to speak of. Mostly people interact in boy-girl dyads.
Finally they merge into 2 groups.
1. Rose (Jaimie King), whose husband monsterized, but her daughter got on the truck.
2. Ryan (Mustafa Alabssi, a deaf Syrian refugee). His character is apparently not Syrian. Cop-out!
At least Justin Chu Cary has some beefcake photos.
More after the break
