Pick your own doomscape: The future looks bleak on TV
LA TimesThe world is not safe for travelers in “The Last of Us,” starring Pedro Pascal. Aesthetic: “There’s a lot of things in ‘The Last of Us’ having to do with nature taking back the earth without mankind getting in the way,” says director of photography Eben Bolter. “If you look at a shopping mall right now, it’s probably going to be pretty ugly but if you go for 20 years and nature creeps back into that mall, you really appreciate the natural beauty.” Upside: Noting that the show’s young hero was raised in a blighted “quarantine zone,” Bolter says, “Ellie’s seeing sunsets for the first time.” “The Walking Dead” gives us a world with a major zombie problem. Scott M. Gimple, AMC’s chief content officer of “The Walking Dead” universe, says “It isn’t definitively a virus or fungus or bacteria or a space spore, as Mr. Kirkman joked. ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Apple TV+ What went wrong: The timeless plagues of loneliness and quiet desperation When: The late 1950s reconfigured as a retro-futuristic parallel universe Premise: A slick salesman optimistically pitches “Brightside” condos on the moon to the unhappy citizens of suburban Vistaville.
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