The Walking Dead is
not any ordinary cliché zombie series, although it may give off that
impression. Before I commenced this new journey while watching this sequence I
thought this show would be idiotic and uninteresting. Although, only the finest
can take a theme as accustomed as zombie apocalypse and make a moving drama
that also feels shiny and thrilling. Frank Darabont unquestionably tackled the
seemingly perilous task of making an original and exhilarating zombie series.
The Walking Dead:
Season 1 premiered on October 31,
2010 on the television channel AMC. This
show tells a story of a small group of survivors of a zombie apocalypse. The
first season takes place in Atlanta. The sheriff’s deputy, Rick, gets shot and
goes into a coma at the beginning of the first episode and amazingly wakes up
to find that zombies had run over his whole town. The world as he knows it is gone,
and for now at least, are only two things to think about: The persistent ambush
of greedy eaters of human flesh; and the struggle, sometimes with other humans
to survive. He later finds a man and his son who save his life and shelter him
for a bit until he leaves to go search for his wife and son. On his way he
meets another survivor named Glen who also saves his life and takes Rick into
his group. These survivors search for a safe place from the “walkers” as they
call them or “biters”. When the group takes him back to their camp he sees that
his wife and son have been there the whole time. The group has to leave camp
due to zombies invading it. Some of their group members die while this occurred
and miserably they have to let go and keep moving forward to find safety for
the rest of the group. On their quest to
find a safe zone they encounter a Center for Disease control and Prevention
(CDC). It is safe there from all zombies. Unfortunately, before the group got
there he doctor lost hope of there being any humans alive. He whispers
something into Rick’s ear and just pauses with a shocking look, and the group
escapes just in time within seconds of the CDC eruption.
The
criteria I will use to review walking dead includes originality, humor, plot
twists and how the actors are portrayed. When I look for originality it has to
be something different and eye captivating. If I know what’s going to happen
next it isn’t original to me and I will most likely change the channel. They
can’t be an accumulation of other show plots. I love watching a show that is
serious but it still has humor in it. I love getting a laugh when they are in
the middle of a life and death situation. Humor is a big must for me. I don’t
like staged set ups, I like honest jokes and genuine humor. Plot twists are my
favorite. Shows can’t always have a happy ending, I want something realistic,
something that will make me mad and want to cry. Again back to originality I
will not watch a show that is predictable and unoriginal, plot twists are what
attain my attention. The actors have to be virtuous, they have to give you a
good vibe. The actors must be realistic
if not I won’t watch the show.
In
the first season of The Walking Dead
I had to watch it a couple times for it to really attain my attention. First of
all I knew it was about zombies which doesn’t make it very original, it sounded
cliché to me. As I’m watching the first episode I see that while Rick was in
the coma his wife was having an intimate relationship with his best friend
Shane. This was mind blowing to me, I didn’t expect that at all especially
during a zombie apocalypse. One thing I would change is probably the racial
comments made by one of the actors it can be original because I don’t normally
see that on television, but it’s not something I like listening to. I would give
the originality a 7 out of 10.
There was a couple scenes where humor did occur.
I’m not expecting the whole show to be a comedy, it is nice having some humor
inserted into a serious event. There was one part where Rick asks the guy who
saved his life (Glen) what he did to survive, and Glen responds “Nothing I was
just the pizza guy.” What makes this so funny is how he said it and how random it was. It happens a couple times throughout the seasons as well. I would give the
humor and 8 out of 10.
This series is filled with plot twists. In the first
season I did not expect to see the people who were like main actors to die. You
think they are safe and within seconds they’re going to be blown into pieces. I
would give the plot twists a 9 out of 10.
For the most part the actors are all astounding. They don’t over
exaggerate, everything seems so real. What I don’t like is how easy they make
it seem to shoot people and zombies. Rick can pull it off but his son can’t.
He’s like ten years old, he cannot pull that off. I would give the acting a 7
out of 10.
Overall the first season captured my attention and till this day I
still keep up with series even though I scarcely watch television, I’ll put time
for this eye-capturing show.
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