Ty Watches "Yellowjackets"

Over the past couple weeks I decided to start watching the show "Yellowjackets". It came about because I was looking for something to watch while waiting for each new episode of "Severance". I had heard good things about "Yellowjackets", and I finally decided to give it a go.

Where we sit right now, I have finished the first season and am just about done with episode one of season two. This show is really, really good. I find myself thinking about episodes long after I've already watched them. I think about what I would do in a situation like that. I enjoy the acting and the writing. I like the back and forth from present day to 1996, when they ended up in the wilderness. But what I like most about the show is the similarities between it and "Lord of the Flies".

"Lord of the Flies" is my all time favorite book. It is one of the few books that I try to read and reread regularly. And what "Yellowjackets" does so well is make that story more updated for today's audiences. This show is gory. It's brutal at times. The teenagers act like teenagers put in the most harrowing dilemma one can imagine. The one adult who is with them at the moment, only has one leg and he is not really in charge anymore. All of this gives me big time "Lord of the Flies" vibes. I know that they made some made for tv movie based on the book, but it didn't hold the same weight that this show does. I am a very visual person when it comes to things like this. I really like to read books and imagine things, but when I'm given a representation that I can look at and put a face to the name, that is key for me. I guess my imagination isn't as vast as I hoped it would be. And to have this show take place between a time when I was a highschooler and now, that is a chef's kiss.

Along with the story and the acting, the music is rad. I like the clothes that they wear on the show. It's nice to take myself back to that time when hypercolor and umbro shorts were widely recognized as the coolest clothes on the planet. But, in the end, when it comes to this show, it is so well made. I like the "Lost" vibe. I love to hike and trail run, so seeing the wilderness where they get stranded, I want to go to where they film and go for a run or hike. But the best thing, in my opinion, about the show is making such a bad situation and turning it into really good, binge level type tv. I am at a point where I cannot get enough. Like I said, I find myself reliving certain moments when going to sleep or out for a drive. I want to see how this all unfolds too. And, a good portion of these actors in the show are doing really good things in tv and movies right now. It's cool to see these people thrive.

I highly recommend watching "Yellowjackets" if you are putting it off and trying to find a reason to watch. It's a damn good show. 

Ty

Ty is the Pop Culture editor for SeedSing and the other host of the X Millennial Man Podcast.

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