THE WALKING DEAD
When a new series comes to TV I will normally watch the first 3 episodes and then make my decision from there if I want to keep watching or if this program has any legs to stay on the air.
THE WALKING DEAD
I was really excited about this show from all the previews I had seen to the marketing campaign it produced, I couldn’t wait until this program aired. I’m not the biggest fan of zombies as I believe they are very real and will one day destroy the world but was still very interested in seeing this show.
What I think of the show so far: I think it’s just okay; the first 15 minutes of the show were great. Not only did it hold up to being very realistic it used sound or should I say the lack of sound to scare me to not wanting to be alone in our dark house, my wife can validate to this.
After the 15 minute mark the show became very campy opting to use handheld camera angles and not in a good way on shots that didn’t need it and really showed the budget and inexperience of the director.
Now on to the budget: For a cable show you would expect the budget to be a little lower but with a second season already confirmed you think they would want to attack this show head on. Some of the camera angles are very cheap like panning up and around the trees when clearly the sound is coming from the ground. Most likely they didn’t have the room they needed in the woods to pan around the eye level of the trees. The CGI is not that good in very wide shots and exposes just what a budget they are working with but then they go and surprise me with a great roof top shoot.
Character development seems to be a little rocky with this show. Now I can understand the father and son acting the way they did with the main character but then he meets that blonde chick in the mall and she freaks out on him about making noise and that’s what she’s about to do. I think the acting is a little over par for me and I hope the editor and the director do a better job of cutting scenes together.
Anyway the show has some good things about it but I wouldn’t count on the good to over weighs the bad.
Are you going to keep watching or has the show already jumped the shark for you?
