The Internet seems to be split on whether The Walking Dead is the greatest thing ever or the worst thing ever. My take is that it's a little bit of both. The special effects are pretty great, and the show can be quite exciting and suspenseful, but good God could the acting and plot lines be worse? It's a zombie show, so I'm not expecting Emmy-caliber performances, but Breaking Bad and Mad Men have made my expectations a bit higher for AMC. It's gonna stay on my DVR, cuz the pluses (gore) outweigh the minuses (acting, plot). To focus on the negative, I can't remember when I've seen such stock, uncomplicated characters in a TV show. The "good guys" should have straight up put a bullet in the heads of racist Merle, Daryl, and wife-beating Ed, squirrel hunting capabilities be damned. When Armageddon comes, if you have no redeeming social value, then you have no value period. No time for assholes. But the zombies are really cool, and seeing this amount of gore on basic cable kinda rules.
its pretty much stuck to the original comic, so the plot line isnt entirely their fault. I think the lead guy is pretty good, hes more of a TV actor tho.
ReplyDeleteBut hey, forget all that shit, the zombies are fuckin great!
True. But it will keep it from being a truly great show.
ReplyDeletei'm not a comic book guy by any stretch, so i haven't read any of the original stuff.
ReplyDeletebut i'm excited about the show, and maybe they'll go somewhere new with it.
i like the format of a tv show for a story like this. maybe they'll be able to explore something new than what a 2 hour movie is able to.
i couldn't get into mad men due to my short attention span. breaking bad is one of the best shows on television EVER. not a big horror fan anymore. zombie movies, you seen one you seen 'em all. i don't think they can do anything new with that.
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