it's the Cloverfield effect! overly attractive people get attacked by poorly rendered CGI monsters with no real threat levied at the principal players! compelling!
I wouldn't want a complete Aspergers-tastic nerd in Congress either, but just someone who is more of a critical thinker who can take info presented to him/her and analyze it rationally with the help of experts, instead of jumping to the first conclusion of back-patting luddites - PANIC AND BURN ALL THE BOOKS
I saw the Bella hair straightener at a Best Buy the other day. Right by the impulse aisle - for the long suffering girlfriend who had to accompany you while you bought Modern Warfare 3 and a new headset!
"The thing is, we really aren't sure what caused the cyanobacteria to start photosynthesizing and throwing off all that free oxygen in the first place."
I thought it was a good start to the season, but definitely more B+ than A+ material. The scene on the highway was absolutely fantastic. The zombie sniffing around the winnebago though, was a bit on the nose (heh)...he acted a lot more human than the others but still, it added to a good scene. The praying scenes were freaking cheesy as hell though. They're living in a world full of flesh eating zombies - how far does the world have to go to prove that there was no god after all? The time you spent praying could have been used to look for the girl. Just sayin'.
Also, is it just a hallmark of modern acting to constantly be out of breath during high-drama scenes? Notice the actors in the church yard, they always seem to be drawing heavy breaths while saying their lines. I notice this a lot these days - do directors just tell actors that seeming super tired = high drama? I know they just combed a forest for the girl, but they did have time to catch their breath since.
Problem with the Star Trek (or any) franchise being restarted by someone who claims to be a long time fan - sometimes that can backfire. There are plenty of people out there who have deep, encyclopedic knowledge about their favorite book, movie or TV series and have claimed to have grown up on it, love it passionately etc, but when pressed to actually produce something to complement said franchise, output something more akin to obsequious fan fiction than something everyone can enjoy. So I think Macfarlane would probably be someone way too busy showing how much he knows about Star Trek's history, instead of giving everyone new exciting characters, stories and locales. Look at his current output - it's all based on nostalgia and pop-culture references with nary an original concept in sight.
looks like a kid mugging for the camera. nothing special here. and judging by his Spider-Man t shirt, and the fact that he's watching Empire, he's probably the poor kid of some aging nerd who wants to force his own interests onto his kids. And then exploit them for easy Youtube hits. Sad, really.