I’ve been hearing things about Day One for a while now, and remained fairly optimistic about it. The creator is, after all, Jesse Alexander who has experience on some of my favourite shows (Lost and Alias) and the plot sounded interesting; for those not in the know, Day One centres on the fortunes of a group of apartment block residents who mysteriously survive a global disaster.
That was about the sum total of my knowledge about the show, until I spotted this trailer:
And herein lies the conflict. On the one hand, yes, it all looks pretty impressive visually (though part of me suspects we’re seeing VFX from a big-budget premiere episode – the nice shiny CGI might diminish shortly afterwards!) On the other hand, it somehow feels a little bit… cheesy? The stand-out moment of the whole trailer has to be Jamie Thomas King’s character at around the 1:15 mark, with a line reading so hammy that those on a kosher diet may want to fast-forward through the scene.
Perhaps I’m being a little too harsh; I want Day One to be great, but I do have the nagging suspicion it might not be. If they can layer enough interesting characters, plot twists and sci-fi elements into it to keep the audience hooked then it’ll hopefully do well. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
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