I think the guy who made the comic was influenced by silent hill and resident evil. 28days later too. See a lot of similar scenes in the 1st two epi.barely started watching
The first season was only 6 episodes and I'm sure they were just testing the waters. Most dramas are at least 13 episodes per season so hopefully the story won't be as rushed and their will be better character development. I really hate the actress playing the main guy's wife though, too trailer trash-like to me.
I'm with the camp that thought the first season was very mediocre to borderline bad. Started off great with the first episode, but as it went on, the worse and worse it got. The character development was seriously lacking and the writers/director didn't make me feel like I would give a damn if anyone of them died. I'm glad season 2 has a new set of writers as the premise of the show is intriguing, but for a network that has Mad Men and Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead is FAR behind either one of those two.
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Good news or bad news? Frank Darabont Exits "The Walking Dead" Wed, July 27th, 2011 at 6:27am PDT|Updated: July 27th, 2011 at 6:33am A mere four days after an enthusiastic Frank Darabont appeared at Comic-Con International in San Diego to preview the second season of "The Walking Dead," Deadline reports he's stepped down as showrunner of the hit AMC drama. While the news has been confirmed by "Entertainment Weekly," "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety," it remains unclear whether Darabont will remain with the series in another capacity. Comic Book Resources is reaching out to AMC for further details. The departure of Darabont, who spent five years bringing the acclaimed horror comic by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard to television, comes as filming is under way in Georgia for the 13-episode second season. It premieres October 16 on AMC. Deadline suggests the Oscar-nominated Darabont, best known as the director of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Green Mile," "never quite adjusted to the daily grind of producing a TV series." The website points to conflicting reports from December that Darabont considered dropping a writing staff in favor of freelancers following the departure of his No. 2, Charles "Chic" Eglee, who moved on to become an executive producer and writer for FX's adaptation of "Powers." However, as recently as May, Darabont expressed concerns that network cuts to the second-season budget of "The Walking Dead, "will affect the show creatively...in a negative way." Deadline adds that the shakeup apparently hasn't affected the production of the show's second season, which is about seven weeks into filming. It seems likely that “The Shield” alum Glen Mazzara, who replaced Eglee on “The Walking Dead,” will step in as showrunner. But that, like most of the other details, remains unclear.
I liked every episode season 1 except the last. I think the climax for me was the attack on the camp in episode 4. I think character development is a BIG part of this show as opposed to some thoughts posted here. I've never felt worse for a guy who can't kill his zombie wife... a white trash wife in georgia? imagine that?!
I love zombie movies and I liked the show. However, they need more zombie action. Agreed with the post above, character development is a major part of this show, as it is with any other series that is a continuation of the previous show. But, that being so, they needed more action and less development in the first 6 to capture attention. Either way, looking forward to the next season.
an update: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-a...ng-dead-glen-mazzara-takes-over-as-showrunner The bizarre behind-the-scenes shuffle at "The Walking Dead" seems to have settled down, with Glen Mazzara named to succeed Frank Darabont as showrunner. As with Darabont's abrupt departure from the top job, the news was first reported by Deadline Hollywood's Nellie Andreeva, then confirmed to me by a source close to the production. Whatever went on with Darabont, this was the only logical move the show could make. They're in the middle of season 2, which is no time to bring in someone from outside. Mazzara was Darabont's #2, and also has showrunning experience, having been in charge for a season of both Starz's "Crash" and TNT's "Hawthorne." (And before that, he wrote some terrific episodes of "The Shield," notably season 1's "Cupid and Psycho.") Neither "Crash" nor "Hawthorne" were very good, but in the former Mazzara was working with iffy source material and what looked like a budget of $50 bucks an episode, $49 of which went to Dennis Hopper, while the latter was taking over in season 2 of a Jada Pinkett Smith vanity project. Of more interest to me here is that Mazzara wrote probably my favorite non-pilot episode of "The Walking Dead" season 1: the fifth episode, "Wildfire," which featured that great scene where Andrea says goodbye to her zombified sister, as well as the memorable montage of Noah Emmerich's CDC doctor coping with isolation in the weeks after the zombie apocalypse began.
....trying to skip all the spoilers. I'd love to get into this show. This along with "Eastbound and Down" somehow escaped us and we've got a lot of catching up to do. Just leery about getting into a show that is switching creative talent after season freakin' 1.
I literally just finished Eastbound and Down season 2 a few minutes ago. Very hilarious and enjoyable.
some of the acting with the family was pretty bad, but it's all good in the canon of the show. the scene with the neighbor is what this show is about, asking the tough "what would you do" questions...
