![]() Alyvia Alyn Lind’s precocious Angelica cusses a lot for a 12 year old but at least her cutting voiceover is a nice break from the camera-talking. There are some gory moments that are almost cartoonish.Ĭolin Ford is a watchable, if a little bland, lead as invisible bullied transfer Josh, who is required to sell a bunch of material (largely exposition) by breaking the fourth wall in an attempt to chase down Sophie Simnett’s similarly bland but nice Samaira, one of the few students in his life who showed him kindness pre-disaster. The silly is likely the point, with the biggest form of post-nuclear grief is actually a lovelorn protagonist running off the fumes of a maybe relationship. There’s Mad Max, some Walking Dead, and a whole bunch of fake-wokeness (a white girl character tells a Black gay male character to stop being “gay” + “retarded”) that is either the point or a serious series flaw. The DC antihero film is certainly not the only point of inspiration, as the series owes much to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, reinforced by Matthew Broderick’s casting as a nebbish-ish principal. Some of the world’s rules are established mostly through exposition, but occasionally through fun, stereotype-upending moments. Tribes help illuminate high school hierarchies, like if the cafeteria meme came to life and was filtered through Suicide Squad’s neon punk vibes. afters: a tween drug dealer turns potty-mouthed pyrotechnic, a former jock turned ronin, an adult witch whose ghoulie (zombie, natch) transformation is laughably half-done. Inspired by Brian Ralph’s comic book, Daybreak attempts to be a pleasing antidote to the abject bleakness of HBO’s youth-centering Euphoria. The social commentary does make a few potent points, particularly how the world remains comparatively unchanged, nuclear apocalypse be damned. An opportunity for outsiders to reign, only to have that dream crushed by prevailing tropes groups. As Netflix’s love affair with the Gen Z condition continues, its newest largely avoids many of the mistakes The Society makes by trying to have some fun. Though most of its structural elements weren’t successful, there were still some points made. ![]() Lord of the Flies that functionally could happen.
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