So stupid to the point that it's funny
Newtopia is an identity crisis in a nutshell. The script can't decide on whether it wants to be something goofy and comedic, a la Daybreak or Anna and the Apocalypse, or something more serious such as The Last of Us. It constantly flips back and forth between themes with whiplash, wherein it tries to get you to laugh at how much the characters are "lil goofballs" only for the next scene to be gruesome carnage.You honestly couldn't pay me any amount of money to believe most, if any, of these characters wouldn't have died day one of the apocalypse. They're all total numbskulls who only survive because of ridiculous plot armor or elements that get brought up only to never be expanded upon.
That being said, the show did admittedly make me laugh a couple times. The first half is definitely the weakest link, with the second part of the show standing on much more solid ground. If you have some time to kill, you might as well give it a watch due to the short run-time.
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