THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (Photo : article.wn.com)
Fox's new Sunday comedy "Last Man on Earth," which premiered on March 1, Sunday, is a post-apocalyptic comedy television series created by Will Forte about the life and adventures of the last man on earth Phil Miller (Forte). This new single-camera comedy created many hues over its first one hour long episode, in which Kristen Schaal shown as the last woman on earth (at the end of the episode).
With two of its episode "Alive In Tucson" and "The Elephant In The Room" "The Last Man on Earth" premiered at 9:00 Sunday will goes to its regular 9:30 Sunday time period on March 8. Hitfix reported.
The pilot episode was written by Forte, a former Saturday Night Live cast member and directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, directors of The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street series. Miller and Lord have a very particular style of directing that slants on cinematic delights, with this one episode you can applaud their work for sure as the pilot being wrote and performed by Forte, who is known well for upskilling his character with amiable glee and gestures.
In "Alive In Tucson" (the first half hour of the premiere episode), a title card in the beginning tells us that this world exists after "the virus-attack" and shows Phil Miller as an only survivor.
You find Phil as a lonely man and unfortunately the only man rolling a bus over the road and screaming over a loudspeaker in a hope to get back any response from anyone anywhere. Hopping and destructing everything which comes across his way, where in a scene he throws volleyball on fish tanks and playing bowling with cars in a parking lot. As sources acquired by A.V.Club
With these gags one can easily imbue the wretchedness of the character, as he is left all alone with all the time of the world. The first half instantly connects the viewers to Phil's character and his despair. More over to that, there are some quiet moments which are really long, though sustained to be hilarious.
This neatly sketched pilot by Forte, his unique style of doing comedy involving his muscles shows that a silent comedy with some gestures, few dialogues but witty enough to catch your ears and music in the background can still work very well on the American sitcom legacy.
