Do you like movies in the post-apocalypse genre, but their stories seem fresh and repetitive? We suggest you watch a new vision of the sunset of mankind - the series "The Last Man on Earth", whose actors will talk about a global catastrophe with humor. To date, two seasons of this series have already been released and a third is expected. This series reflects a new look at the end of humanity - without unnecessary heroism, but with a great deal of humor.
A bit about the film
A multi-part comedy about a man who survived the apocalypse was released on the Fox channel in 2015. It caused a lot of controversy among critics, as the name does not quite match the content. In the series "The Last Man on Earth," the actors are not involved in order to show what happened before the virus was defeated, but to tell about life after. The word "actors" we used for a reason, since not only the main character managed to survive. It is on this discrepancy that most reviews are built.
The script for the series was written by Will Forte, who became the main character of the picture. The pilot episode aroused the interest of ordinary viewers, and, thanks to the good response, the comedy was extended first to the second and then to the third season.
Will forte
In the series "The Last Man on Earth", actors are involved only those who have experience working with comedy projects. Will Forte is one of the most popular American scriptwriters, participation in this project helped him to realize his ideas in the same way as he did in a sketch show. This actor and screenwriter participated in the scoring of many animated films and starred in several comedies.
Will gave his character Phil Miller, which is formed from the names of the main directors of this series. “The Last Man on Earth” is a television series whose actors tell us about the life of not the most successful people, and the main character in it is a typical loser with boring work and a share of infantility. It is such a plot twist that makes the series comedy rather than dramatic. According to Forte, his comedy is for those who can ironize. Indeed, almost everyone, if left alone, will do some stupid thing.
Why are there so many actors in the series
Looking at the cast, the thought creeps in - did the creators decide to use banal cliches and included aliens or zombies in the film? Hurry to reassure you, this film is completely devoid of mysticism. Fiction in it is found only in the form of a story about a virus that has destroyed humanity. There are several actors in the series, as screenwriter Will Forte found it uninteresting to describe the life of a lonely person from series to series, especially since this topic has already been exhausted in cinema. Phil Miller resembles Tom Hanks in the movie Outcast. Some of the situations from the pilot series have something in common with this cult Zemeckis tape.
In the series "The Last Man on Earth", the actors and roles for them are selected so that you can see the lives of ordinary people, far from heroism and not thinking about tomorrow. At the end of the pilot episode, a woman appears in the series, which completely rebuilds the entire storyline and adds the theme of relationships to it. Moreover, the reaction of the heroes to each other is very mixed. The reviews noted that the main character is difficult to make the audience laugh alone, but after the appearance of other characters, watching the sitcom becomes interesting.
Kristen Shaal
One of the last women of the Earth is played by the brilliant comedian
Shaal Kristen, which you could see in American romantic comedies and episodes of TV shows. For example, she is famous for the film "Kate and Leo", which began her career. In addition, this actress is engaged in voicing cartoons and participated in major projects of the Pixar studio.
It was Kristen who proved that after participating in the television series "The Last Man on Earth", actors can build their careers. Her role in this series was appreciated by critics, after which she was invited as a supporting actress in a new Hollywood film, which was released in late April 2016. Together with her in the new film starred the most popular comedians -
Melissa McCarthy and
Peter Dinklage, the latter became famous after another series - “Game of Thrones”.
Perfect acting duet
According to critics, as an author, Will Forte created a somewhat weak script. Most of the viewers who tuned in to watch the life of a single hero were disappointed that new heroes began to appear in the final part of the pilot episode. However, the actors of the series "The Last Man on Earth" played wonderful and revived the series, turning it into an entertaining show.
Most critics felt that the rejection of men and women, vivid dialogues and things made the series really memorable and interesting. The acting duet of Forte and Shaal was able to make the ratings of the sitcom high enough to be extended for at least another two seasons. At the same time, the series remained a comedy and did not look like other popular works among viewers in this genre, such as “Lost” or “Domes”.