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iZombie: The Complete First Season
DVD Release Date: September 29, 2015
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Number of discs: 3
Run Time: 780 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
ASIN: B010MZ4D00
From the executive producers of ‘Veronica Mars’, comes iZombie.
The television show iZombie is based on a rather whimsical and imaginative comic book that came out several years ago. In the comic, a young woman named Gwen comes back as a zombie. She keeps her regular personality as long as she eats brains often enough. One of the side effects of brain eating is that she has the deceased’s memories. Some of them died violent deaths or had some other unresolved issues in their lives which the girl tries to resolve. She has a ghost and a were-terrier helping her out, kind of like a Scooby Gang. Gwen works as a grave digger in an Oregon “green” cemetery where they don’t embalm bodies, so the brains are still edible.
The television version changes some things. The young woman is named Liv Moore, get it? like ‘live more’ and she has memories from eating brains which she uses to solve crimes. She was a medical student but takes a new job in the Seattle coroner’s office (this gives her access to brains which happen to be from homicide victims). She also has a mother, brother and an ex-fiance (she broke it off when she became a zombie). She was infected at a boat party where a new recreational drug was in use. At the beginning of the show, it seems like the drug is what has caused her and the others to become zombies.
The series starts with some “murder of the week” episodes that have bits of an overarching narrative included.
The show’s early tone is fairly comedic with some drama thrown in. By the end of the season, this balance is flipped where it is mostly drama with snappy dialogue. The tone is also set by Liv’s inner voice about what’s happening–mostly a jokey commentary on what’s happening though she shows more of her character (as well it is often the character of the person whose brains she’s eaten). The voiceovers are a bit too much in the earlier episodes (especially at the end of episodes where the point of the episode is clear without Liv having to explain it). I was happy that the voiceovers are fewer by the end of the season. The last episode is very dramatic and the creators are confident enough to let the story tell itself, leaving a great ending wanting me to see more. The show doesn’t come back till early October, so it will be perfect to start up after just finishing season one.
You can purchase Season One of iZombie on Amazon.
Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- iZombie: 2014 Comic-Con Panel
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I heard this had a lot of funny moments and is a really good series. Thanks for the review.
I don’t do scary very well…but love funny-scary movies. I’m sure this movie will be well-seen this month!!! Her makeup was done well!!
I’ve been hearing about this show but I haven’t seen it yet. The trailer looks good, I like dark comedy!
I’ve heard so many good things about this show. I definitely want to check it out!
I have never heard of this show (but then again I don’t typically watch zombie shows). 🙂 Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I hadn’t heard of this series, but it sounds like fun! I like watching something entertaining when it comes to the end of the day 🙂 Thanks for sharing, I’ll have to take a look at this!