tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871262178483802731.post7543207552639389221..comments2024-03-26T23:40:35.715-04:00Comments on HorrO's Gory Reviews: THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 1 REVIEWUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871262178483802731.post-55565401251529425292010-12-10T11:58:54.646-05:002010-12-10T11:58:54.646-05:00Fritz: thanks for the great insight to the comic. ...Fritz: thanks for the great insight to the comic. Like I mentioned, I haven't read the comic so everything is new to me. I like not knowing what is going to happen. When I wrote those questions, I kind of figured some of them would be answered in the comics, while other questions were just for the fun of it. I have had the conversation about the drama of the series with people on twitter. They told me the same as you have, that the series focuses on the characters, not the zombies. I completely agree that the show is good for tv because of the drama. If it was zombie killings the entire show, it wouldn't survive a minute. Personally, I like the zombies as you can see, but I will stick with the show. It was really great even with all the emotional stuff. Like you said, it may lose some fans that just want the zombie kills. Again, thanks for taking the time to comment, and hopefully we can talk soon, or at least during season 2.HorrOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18384229602693596518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2871262178483802731.post-68237752267814989982010-12-10T08:41:30.936-05:002010-12-10T08:41:30.936-05:00Good summary of the first six episodes (I have a h...Good summary of the first six episodes (I have a hard time calling six episodes a season) of The Walking Dead, Horro. Most of your questions at the end of your review would be answered if you read the original comic book series that the TV show is based on. I only read the first six issues before watching the AMC series, to get a feel for how the series was going to be. I can tell you that the TV series has made some fairly significant changes already; in both plot and character. In the comic series, Shane and Rick have a fight over Shane’s infidelity with Rick’s wife and he leaves the group before they leave the camp. In an Entertainment Weekly interview with the show’s producer Frank Darabont, he explained that they felt there was a lot more that they wanted to do with the Rick/Lori/Shane triad, so they have kept Shane around longer than the comic series. Frank also went on to say that they would be keeping some of the more popular plot lines and characters from the comics series, but they would not be making an exact remake of it. The Walking Dead comics are unusual (especially for a horror comic) in that they concentrate on the characterization instead of the zombie-action-horror plot. I think this is why AMC thought it would work well as a Television series, as character drama is what TV has done best since its earliest days. Horror fans looking for zombie-action-gore will most likely grow impatient with some episodes of the TV series, as you already seemed to have been. I like The Walking Dead show more than the comics, so I won’t be reading any more of the comics, but I will be watching the show when it returns next year.Fritz "Doc" Freakensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209589620766485745noreply@blogger.com