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I enjoyed the tone of iZombie a lot as it followed Liv's journey to having to step away from her old perfect life and switch to working at the morgue as a zombie, but managed to somehow still bring in enough humour that it wasn't super dark or depressing. I really liked the performance of the actress playing Liv, I'm usually a huge fan of these sorts of shows anyway that have a directionless young person finding their purpose through the supernatural, while still being cynical and snarky about it. I've seen all the obvious Veronica Mars comparisons, but actually it reminded me even more of the vibe that Dead Like Me had!

Really all of the characters beats were great, Ravi especially when he first finds out about her and is just really exited at having his suspicions confirmed and asking why she's eating hot sauce with the brains lol. The platonic friends vibe there reminded me a bit of Wallace and Veronica from VM (also maybe it was just me, but I got a gay vibe from Ravi?) which should be sweet to follow.

I wasn't super into the procedural part of the show to be honest, it wasn't the most exciting case anyway, and I guess that I'd been picturing it as more Liv deciding to investigate the murders of the people on her own without bringing the police element into it. Still I did like the character of the detective, and I suppose that you can't really expect them to introduce their most exciting cases in the pilot when they're more focused on establishing the show. The crime mystery was still effective in bringing in the fun show-specific things like it turning out that Liv can pick up the languages from the brain that she's eaten

Also I really liked the choice of using the comic book panels to transition between scenes, plus it was a nice change for a CW show to have an actual title sequence for once, instead of just a title card!

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[http://users.livejournal.com/_profiterole_/]

I don't watch it, but I saw the actor playing the cop in the trailer and I like him from Breakout Kings. That was a fun show.

I wish all US shows had title sequences. The one from the 100 is so great.

[malicat.livejournal.com]

I thought this was a really good pilot episode and definitely left me wanting more :D

[stolenglimpse.livejournal.com]

I want to see this show. If it reminds of VM and DLM, I wanna see it even more.

I don't have CW however (sucks!). I'll have to find a way online I guess.

[black-panda-ops.livejournal.com]

I haven't watched it yet, but it's on Tivo. I've been looking forward to it because I was a pretty big Veronica Mars fan.

[bm-shipper.livejournal.com]

I really liked that pilot and I'll definitely keep watching. I mean, David ANders - for me - was one of the main reason I was looking forward to the show SO much. He's such a great actor and always kills it even though he mostly plays assholes, but I'm looking forward to his "big entrance" and I can't wait to see what he does with the role :D

Other than that, this is going to be a lot of fun... ;-)

On another note: There are quite a few CW Shows that do indeed have title sequences. Not many, but like Reign and The 100 have too for example :D

[marishna.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed it, too! As I was watching I wanted to be able to immediately watch the next episode, even before the pilot was over.

[penderies.livejournal.com]

I really liked it too! Can't wait to see more.

[braverys.livejournal.com]

I actually really enjoyed iZombie. Sure the pilot was a bit slow, but I definitely think it has the potential to be really great!

[ciaimpala.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking about giving this show a try-I already watch so much TV which is the only thing keeping me from giving it a go right away.

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

Gah, ok you're the third person I've seen post about iZombie today! I guess I have to give it a try. I kept meaning to read the comic book when I heard the tv show was picked up.

[woodycakes.livejournal.com]

I REALLY LIKED IT TOO!!! I'm hoping it turns out to be a great show because I'm kind of missing my CW shows (given how many i quit) so i hope this one brings back the ~glory days haha