By Corey Floyd
I know currently that most of you are probably
watching some Disney+ and that’s perfectly fine, but hear me out for just a second, I was
on Netflix, the other day and stumbled upon an interesting little nugget of a
show. What do you get when you cross Lord of
the flies, mad Max
fury Road, and Anna John Hughes's movie?
You get a show called
Daybreak!
It’s a funny, quiet,
action-packed and smart meta dark comedy. This is one of those shows that prove that despite losing a lot of
Disney related content on their platform they still have quite a diverse
arsenal.
The cast is quite an
interesting group of people you’ve seen once or twice, and they added a legend…
for the sauce. The main character is Josh Wheeler, a young smart Canadian
thrown into a Californian wasteland. He is played by Colin Ford who has been
working steadily over the last 10 years mostly on the show “Under the Dome.” Then
we have Austin Crute who is doing really well for himself. He first appeared on
the scene as Justin Bieber in the hip hop/ Twin Peaks phenomenon known as
Atlanta. He also delivered comedy gold in the criminally underrated movie “Booksmart.”
In “Daybreak” he is Wesley Fists who has to juggle a lot of internal issues on
top of avoiding a zombie-like death. Then you have the Legend Matthew Broderick.
The golden boy of screen and stage plays the kindhearted cannibal principal.
Ferris Bueller has
literally left the building.
The show is very creative
in its tone even while giving you character narration that breaks the fourth
wall. It doesn’t smash the fourth wall like Deadpool, it’s softer… think Zach Morris
from saved by the bell. The overall story of the season is about Josh trying to
save his “true love” Samaria in a post-apocalyptic setting that divides the
town into different groups. The separation is literally based on their social
status prior to the bomb going off and of course, the largest group is the
jocks. They go full Fury Road and it’s hilarious and scary. There are a few
other sets that have their
own work and their own creed something that hopefully you’ll check out as soon as possible.
The writing staff is
a lot of fresh faces and I believe that for some, this may be their big break.
If they have a head writer, I’m sure it’s Aron Eli Coleite. He was a writer on “Heroes”
and “Crossing Jordan.” The writing staff has a real good knack for world-building as well as dark humor.
I know there might be
some post-apocalyptic fatigue going on. The Walking Dead is still a thing plus
some of my fellow gamers are playing Death Stranding. But, I have to say this is
a surprisingly good show and you need to go check it out. That’s why I’m doing
my best not to get into spoiler territory.
But there’s one thing I do wanna say take everything the narrators say
with a huge spoonful of salt. You won’t be disappointed.
Hey, family new podcast is up on youtube!
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