Y: The Last Man

If they are smart, they'll show that it's power that corrupts and humans in general are just shitbags when they get a taste of it

first 3 episodes dropped

its extremely mediocre, I love apocalyptic movies/shows so expected to love this but its hard. Most of the actors are terrible, the writing is really bad, and the show is wearing its politics right on its sleeve -- domestic white terrorist bombers, misogynistic politicians, making fun of gun rednecks, and Karen army moments in just the first 15 minutes.

The actual "event" occurs at the end of the first episode and its pretty disappointing, I expected shock and awe and it was pretty limp and cheap. I'll stick with a few more episodes since I really like the idea of exploring a world where men are gone, but I expect it to get modern woke ludicrous pretty quickly.

I'm guessing the main character, Yorick, will be the one who has to carry the show but he's barely in episode 1 so hard to judge. Diane Lane was the only character I liked, everyone else idgaf.

I read the comic during it's original run, but I can't remember how it ended. This is probably not a good thing as evidenced by recently having to review the ending of the third Matrix movie.

Animosity said:

I’m assuming you never read the comic?

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i mighta read the first graphic novel at a nephews house or something years ago but don't remember anything about it, so yeah never really read it.

watched episode 2 & 3, predictably it gets worse and worse.

episode 2: quote from episode "there are plenty of men, but none with Y chromosomes". They show a couple of "guys", I was really really confused as to how there are other men until they start talking about running out of testosterone bottles. Good luck, trannies!

episode 3: a new villain appears, a female politician based off lauren boebert i think, a pro-life, anti-immigrant, anti-vaxxer (they made sure to bring that up!), gun toting caricature Karen type.


i was really hoping they'd get into the logistics of how all US cities are 10 days away from starving (all food trucked in), power would stop working, most people will die to sickness and starvation, no one would be clean anymore unless they live by a river/lake, millions will die to the cold and heat, etc. instead every women looks pretty healthy (lotta fatties still), 1 single woman is apparently able to keep the hundreds of power plants in the US running, and post apocalyptic wise this is just pathetic. Its 90% a soap opera show with long dialogue scenes between women against a backdrop of "oh, some bad stuff may be happening... somewhere else..."

i wouldn't bother with this show at all, its getting worse every episode. I think a reviewer mentioned that Yorick in the show is the son of the now President of the USA, which apparently is not a thing in the books

Qhue said:

I read the comic during it's original run, but I can't remember how it ended. This is probably not a good thing as evidenced by recently having to review the ending of the third Matrix movie.

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end spoilers. seriously. do not read.

Oh right. Yeah that's why I blocked it out.

Based on DC Comics' acclaimed series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man...

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Yeah nope.

spronk said:

i wouldn't bother with this show at all, its getting worse every episode. I think a reviewer mentioned that Yorick in the show is the son of the now President of the USA, which apparently is not a thing in the books

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He is the son of a US representative, who does not become president, in the comic. However, I don't actually remember the president mattering all that much and him mostly talking with his mother when he interacted with the government. Some Cabinet Secretary becomes the president in the comic (since that's how presidential succession works).

spronk said:

episode 2: quote from episode "there are plenty of men, but none with Y chromosomes". They show a couple of "guys", I was really really confused as to how there are other men until they start talking about running out of testosterone bottles. Good luck, trannies!

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I figured this looked like shit, but hey, at least they stuck with the genetic aspect of the event. Did they risk the twitter mob by referencing the death of every transwoman?

Y as in why does this show exist?

Caliane said:

end spoilers. seriously. do not read.

Spoiler

ampersand dies of old age

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That's not how I would have phrased it but sorta.

Arbitrary said:

That's not how I would have phrased it but sorta.

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oh, double checked, and I was totally misremembering what happened. Also, 355.. not 311 lol. confused a couple other things as well.

Hei, this show is not that bad, come on.
Granted, I am only one episode in, but it is interesting and well made.

Trying to give this a chance but this stupid monkey always getting away from and him chasing it down is really, really dumb

And also, I'm hoping this isnt the case because it's so in your face, but they talk about monkey being a biter several times and the monkey is also Male so... Yorick got bit and got some anti death Monkeyman immunity?

i bailed after 3 episodes, show was total garbage. i heard it got even more woke, although i don't even understand how thats possible

apparently episode 6 has a bunch of titties

but its all fat chicks LOLOL

goddamn look at this verbal diarrhea

I never even got past the start of the first episode. I just felt underwhelmed and figured I might go back to it later. Guess I won't!