Mark Carroll Ha, yes, he's from Glasgow, which is where I now live.But I suspect they’re all in California right now and probably not reading TMINE, so I’d advise everyone else not to bother with Now Apocalypse. Then again, I’m not really the right age for the show, so maybe there’s a few Generation Zers out there with whom it will chime. I found myself drifting off several times while watching it, hoping that the show would make either its characters less narcissistic or the peril to the entire world more perilous but never achieving gratification on that score. At the same time, it doesn’t have the jokes or the insight that you’d hope for in a show that’s a statement piece like this. While the sexual fluidity is new, it really doesn’t have much to add beyond slightly more explicit sex scenes than Man Seeking Woman had, for example. Kelli Berglund in Now Apocalypse FluidĪs the first episode doesn’t really go into the alien plot very much, what we’re left with is a bunch of really annoying young people navigating the dating scene and going through the usual problems of ‘open relationships’, people who only want sex, people who lie on their dating profiles et al, that have been the stuff of relationship advice columns for decades – just with the added vicissitudes of sexual fluidity, apps, Internet porn and being Californian to deal with. That is, until he falls off his bike in a weed haze and finds a man having sex with a giant reptile in an alley. But every so often Mesquida drops hints that the world is coming to an end and that possibly she might be an alien, which Jogia half picks up on, half ignores. Then there’s his pal webcam girl Kelli Berglund, with whom he trades dating stories from time to time. Most of the drama revolves around Avan Jogia’s ‘Ulysses’, a “4 on the Kinsey scale” who mostly wants to get off with his flat mate, but occasionally has fantasies about his flat mate’s slightly Aspy (“I find social cues hard to read”), slightly sexy research scientist girlfriend (Roxane Mesquida). These may be weed-induced hallucinations, though. And there may be reptile aliens in the dating pool. They complain about their dates to one another, while intermittently trying to get off with one another. What plot there is to Now Apocalypse can be summarised as follows: there’s a group of friends and lovers in LA. So I’ve no idea if Now Apocalypse is supposed to be a satire of this group, or even of what group it might be a satire: LA’s Generation Z, Generation Z in particular or just a bunch of dicks who hang out in California. But even though I have been known to hang out with and work with millennials and Generation Zers, I’m still no longer one of the kids. I wasn’t when I started TMINE, but that’s writing for you. Roxane Mesquida in Now Apocalypse Apocalypse Generation Z Because it feels like the Apocalypse couldn’t come sooner. Has so much to say about today’s young people.īut maybe they want you to emphasise Apocalypse. I’m pretty sure that the producers of Now Apocalypse want you to pronounce it Now Apocalypse. Because it’s saying something about human nature and human existence about us. Look at This is Us. It so badly wants you to say us. The order also furthers Soderbergh’s relationship with Starz, for whom he also executive produces the drama series “The Girlfriend Experience,” based on his 2009 film of the same name.Some TV shows beg you to emphasise a word in their title. “Now Apocalypse” will be created and executive produced by Gregg Araki, with Steven Soderbergh also set to executive produce. Starz has ordered a 10-episode first season of “Now Apocalypse.” All 10 episodes are co-written by author and sex columnist Karley Sciortino, creator and host of “Slutever” on Viceland. He is repped by Gersh and 3 Arts Entertainment. Posey also recently starred in the Blumhouse film “Truth or Dare,” Kevin Smith’s feature comedy “Yoga Hosers.”He has also appeared in films like “Scary Movie 5” and “White Frog.” Currently, he recurs on the CW’s “Jane the Virgin” and recently joined the cast of MTV’s “Scream: The TV Series” for Season 3. Posey played the lead character on MTV’s “Teen Wolf,” which aired its 100th and final episode in September 2017. The series stars Avan Jogia, Kelli Berglund, Beau Mirchoff and Roxane Mesquida.
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