Hey now, don't be mean, haha

Visceral is actually a really good way to put it. The show definitely leans on the emotional side of storytelling. The storytelling left a lot to be desired for me personally, but I can understand how that would appeal to someone.

Cool, I'll check it out.

Now that you made the student film comparison, I can't unsee it, haha. That's a perfect description.

What's it on?

I also just watched an episode where the ham radio was getting contact, albeit through static, and the characters reaction was to smash the entire thing to bits. It really makes me furious at times.

I totally get not liking giallo, haha. Nah, thanks for taking the time to explain why you dig it. I can also acknowledge that there is a ton of talent involved in those action shots, from all parties. It just doesn't do it for me personally.

You know, part of it could be that I never got into The Walking Dead either, so I had no fatigue from it. I made it to the second season of TWD and realized it was going to be a soap opera with zombies, and I was out. I'm also not a huge action movie guy, so the continuous action shots got old really fast.

Now, I'm aware that this is about to be one of the most pretentious-sounding things I've ever posted, but......

I personally feel like a long, beautifully framed shot (like the final scene of Lady Vengeance) is way more impactful than the jotting, go-pro style.

Also, I'm personally a big fan of Argento, which is 99% style, 1% substance, so that shows where my priorities lie.

I appreciate the response, though. I enjoy hearing other people's perspectives.

I actually really enjoyed the decision to forgoe the subtitles, it helped make it feel much more realistic. The blond woman who was the lead was not good at all though, so it may have skewed my view of the acting.

The editing is great and I really enjoyed their choice of color saturation as well. It certainly isn't all bad.

I don't know about the realistic approach, I didn't get that. I found it more of a "Fast and Furious" approach. The decisions of the characters were catered towards keeping the action moving. Many of the choices the characters made were unnecessarily idiotic. I get that they are meant to be frazzled and that would be realistic and all, but the music room scene, the corridor scene with the military officers and the scene in season two where they simply circle around the zombie, with no cover what so ever, and the zombie loses their scent right in the middle of the snow? They were too much.

Also, I'm a big fan of beautiful cinematography and this series went out of their way to make sure there weren't any extended, beautiful shots. This does get better in season 2 though.

Hey, no hate from me. Like whatever you like. It just felt like there was no artistic merit to it. I love the concept though.

While that's fair, what I meant was that I have no idea how critics thought this was good from a technical point of view, either. That is where it really seems to suffer for me. Bad screenplay, bad cinematography, and sub-par acting. Of course, no one is required to dislike the show, I just found it surprising how much praise it got on Reddit.