As a fan of the comics and also a fan of the horror genre I was beyond pleased with how the opening episode unfolded. The entire time I felt as if I had been tossed into a time machine and returned to the golden days of zombie films, "Night of The Living Dead", "Dawn of The Dead", and "Day of The Dead", for a moment in time I returned home to when Romero was the king and released only solid gold zombie goodness.
It was a wonderful night to be a horror fan, and I believe it will go down in horror history as a very important night as well. I was so blown away by how much gore AMC got away with in "The Walking Dead", from the blood splattering head shots, to the impressive zombie make up, special FX wise I would not have changed one thing. It's going to be interesting to see how many people go out and buy the books now that they have been exposed to the franchise.
** WARNING SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT **
The intro really sucked me in right away, and I have to say when that first little girl zombie showed her face I felt myself squeaking like a school girl inside. The slow burn of showing you the degree of the sudden zombie uprising was incredible; the thought of waking up in a hospital in a world you no longer recognize is truly terrifying. "The Walking Dead" in my opinion did a flawless job at creating tension as well, when Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), came around the corner and we got our first glimpse at an actual horde of flesh craving zombies, it quickly became a scream out loud in happiness situation. Not to mention how intense it was during the tank scene, when he put the gun to his head I stopped everything I was doing and just stared in anticipation, one of my favorite moments from this first episode.
Rewinding a bit, I also loved the scenes showing that Rick's wife and children are very much alive, but in the hands of someone else close and dear to him. AMC did such an excellent job at creating the same human emotion and atmosphere that the graphic novels have always created, a feat that I'm sure was not easy I for one am just happy to see that AMC treated the franchise with care and really did it justice.
Of course we cannot forget the horse being ripped to shreds, inside the back of my mind all I could think is R.I.P Rhoads, a name I felt would be fitting for the horse considering its method of demise.
"The Walking Dead" was the perfect graphic novel series to translate into a television series in my opinion, with its large array of deep and memorable characters, and one of the best zombie related stories to come along in ages, I could not be happier with what it in either media form.
I cannot wait to experience the first season of "The Walking Dead" and have a feeling it's going to be a show that sticks around for a very long time to come.
My Top 3 Scenes
1. The tank scene
2. Morgan unable to kill wife scene
3. The horse torn to shreads
- Ted "Ritualistic" Brown
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