The Last Kids on Earth (Book 1)

The Last Kids on Earth is an American-Canadian television series animation web television series, based on the book series of the same name by Max Brallier, that premiered on Netflix on September 17, 2019.

Bad Qualities
Note: Most (but not all) of these pointers apply to Book 1 only, which is only first episode ironically.


 * 1) Similar to Włatcy móch, mh:besttvshows:The Amazing World of Gumball, Scruff, and Danger Mouse, the animation tries to combine 2D animation within CGI backgrounds, but unlike those shows, it comes off as cheap-looking, and sometimes, there are animation errors from here and there.
 * 2) Jack Sullivan is a complete unlikable idiot, but yet we are supposed to treat him like some kind of hero. He literally thinks his life is now some plot of a video game, and never takes anything seriously. He also calls his love interest, June Del Toro, a "damsel-in-distress," without any explanation what that means.
 * 3) *June Del Toro is also an extremely unlikable character, and yet she is Jack's love interest. June always yells a lot, acts extremely disrespectful towards many students, but even after June acts like a complete jerk in front of Jack for being called a "damsel-in-distress," Jack still loves her no matter what.
 * 4) ** We're also given a generic "sob story" for her. One time, I saw my parents, they were at the escape bus, I waved for them, but they didn't see me, so they left me.
 * 5) Cheap-looking backgrounds.
 * 6) We are given a cliched stereotyped group, which you have the following: the hero, the nerd, the jerk, and the love interest, which have been done many times before.
 * 7) Rover's design looks nothing like the book, and rather looks like a mutated version of a mountain lion, rather than an actual monster.
 * 8) Unfunny attempts at humor, such as Quint farting in the middle of the night after freaking out with Jack about the dead silence in the treehouse.
 * 9) Speaking of their treehouse, their treehouse's name is extremely generic. It's actually called "the Treehouse of Awesomeness."
 * 10) It keeps cramming in the "friendship" moral in unnecessary situations.
 * 11) Despite being aimed towards kids, the show actually shows blood from monsters being stabbed in the eye.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The monster designs are pretty good, even though Rover looks nothing like he did in the book.
 * 2) Some characters are likable such as Dirk Savage.
 * 3) The voice acting is great from actors such as Nick Wolfhard, Mark Hamill, and Montse Hernandez.
 * 4) The show did improve starting in Book 2.
 * 5) Fans of the book will likely enjoy it.
 * 6) Some funny moments, such as Quint's plans throughout the episode.
 * 7) The 2D animation is beautiful and smooth.