Well, as you might have realized from my last recap of the show, the finale came this Sunday, a little too soon for my liking, but what are you gonna do? Begging the producers, actors and zombies to stop their everyday life and start filming? Hm…I wonder if that would work? I am sure I can summon up those 5-6 million viewers they had going each week and organized something. Until that cunning plan comes to fruition let’s see the best and the worse of this series that really had the world on fire. Keep in mind that those five million viewers are only the ones that got to see the show as it aired. There are several thousand or million people that used less orthodox methods of viewing – streaming, download, such and such. The point is, it went places. And now let’s see the best and the worse the show had to offer. The Best. The zombies! Oh my God! They had some of the best zombies I have ever seen. The make-up artists have become my heroes. I worship at their shrine. The little girl in the very first episode was done flawlessly, keeping an air of [...]
The Walking Dead – Wildfire
Another week brought a new great episode from the AMC. I mentioned before this series just seems unable to go wrong. There were some odd things in this episode, I’ll nitpick at them later, but first things first. This week’s episode starts with Rick trying in vain to reach Morgan (in case you forgot who he is – the guy that nearly bashed Rick’s head in with a bat during the Pilot). Rick seems to be aware of the futility of the act judging by his behaviour when trying to raise Morgan on the radio. Most of his despair probably stems from the previous nights events – all the campers that were bitten and killed by walkers. I can understand that. It was pretty much the first time he, and us had a chance to see the walkers in action and not just as dead masses running around looking creepy. Back at the camp Andrea is going a little crazy with grief over her younger sister’s death. She pulls a gun on our hero who backs away from her and doesn’t pursue the issue of having to “re-kill” Amy or she’ll rise as a walker. Daryl is the voice of [...]
The Walking Dead – Tell it to the frogs
Another Sunday, another episode of The Walking Dead. So far one of the few shows about which I can say – they can’t go wrong! Or, they haven’t gone wrong so far. The episode starts with a moment that actually broke my heart. Merle, our more than villainous character was still tied up on the roof of the building where T-Dog left him after “conveniently” dropping the key down a drain. True, it didn’t seem intentional, but I don’t believe in the goodness of people…so, yeah. Merle played by Michael Rooker was amazingly touching. Watching him face his own demise was like watching the five stages of grief in action. Except he didn’t reach acceptance and in turn tried to fight it off until the end. We are left wondering about his fate until the end of the episode though, so let’s move on with a glowing praise for his acting skills. I hate Merle, but I still wanted to give him a hug during that scene. Or, even more useful a key. Rick and the rest of the merry gang end up back to the camp where the other survivors have settled, Glen raising the dead (no pun intended) [...]
The Walking Dead – Guts and Gore
Well, this show keeps getting better and better. But also gorier and gorier. The last episode left us wondering what will happen to our new discovered hero – Rick. He was in a tank, surrounded by thousands of zombies with only a cocky voice for company. Remember the – “Hey, you! In the tank! Cozy in there?” I do to, which is why I was a bit confused with what happened next. Well, that voice – who I thought belonged to Norman Reedus – turned all whiny in under 2 seconds predicting impending doom. OK, so it didn’t really predict impending doom, but it was just not as cool as it made itself look the previous episode. But alas before that we were regaled with a sex scene. I mean it’s a zombie show, sex is a given. All that death going on. So, we get Shane, the not so dutiful friend of Rick, and Rick’s not so faithful wife in the forest picking mushrooms. Well…that’s what they were supposed to do. They failed mushroom picking forever in my book. She at least had the decency to remove her wedding band from around her neck. In her defense, she might [...]
The Walking Dead – Zombies on the loose
I have noticed a tendency in later years towards fantasy series. Vampires, demons, ghosts and lately zombies are part of the regular day to day television and cinema. The Walking Dead joined the ever-growing crowd and it’s making a pretty good impression so far. If I were to ignore everything else, for make-up alone this show deserves an award. I know it’s only been one episode, but those zombies were scary. Kudos to whoever did the prosthetics. If you have not seen the episode yet beware – SPOILERS AHEAD. Don’t come crying later because you didn’t want to see them. Back to the action. The show starts with something I hate in horror movies, cause well…it’s scary. Creepy children. A sheriff is walking around an area that seems vacant of human life and spots a little blond girl walking around. He calls out to the girl and as she turns hearing his assurances that everything will be ok, we see she isn’t a little girl anymore. She looks to have been dead for quite a while, with decay surrounding her features. It’s made creepier by the fact that she is still holding a stuffed bear. After a moment’s hesitation the [...]
