Epic Amazon Prime sci-fi series lauded as ‘definitely worth the binge’
Epic Amazon Prime sci-fi series lauded as ‘definitely worth the binge’
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Amazon Prime has added a unique apocalyptic sci-fi miniseries, Earth Abides, that’s already been praised as ‘ambitious’ and ‘charming’.
The six-episode show – of which four episodes have come out in the UK so far – is based on the popular 1949 Georg R. Stewart novel and imagines a world wiped out by a deadly disease and forced to restart. The dystopian premise, reminiscent of the HBO show The Last Of Us and Apple TV+ series Silo, follows a group of ‘shattered survivors’ including Isherwood ‘Ish’ Williams (played by Hunger Games star Alexander Ludwig) as they rebuild humanity.
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The series, created by Todd Komarnicki, also stars Ozark’s Jessica Frances Dukes, Kim’s Convenience actor Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll and Tony-winning star Aaron Tveit. ‘It’s the perfect glimpse of how you can find joy in the mundane search for something resembling a “normal” life in an extraordinary time.
‘Sometimes, it’s not about the survival of the human race: it’s about the survival of your family and your loved ones,’ Inverse wrote in its review. And The Age shared: ‘Nothing is rushed, as isolation eventually gives way to a budding new community, and the show stoically focuses on the difficulties, both practically and ethically, of restarting a society.’.
There has been a mixed reaction to the series so far, with Reddit user kinisonkhan writing: ‘This is definitely worth the binge watch. In the style of Station Eleven, in that in the aftermath of a global plauge, there isn’t a biblical fight of good vs evil and it’s spread out over many years.
