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The Walking Dead review - NY Daily News

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"The Walking Dead" is a good watch, but a hard one.

 

A very hard one.

 

A faithful adaptation of the popular comic-book series, "The Walking Dead" drops us into a world overrun by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies who now threaten the few pockets of living humans that survived.

 

That may sound like a familiar setup to fans of zombie epics like "Dawn of the Dead." Don't be fooled. "The Walking Dead" is no campy horror flick full of winks, parody and self-aware excess.

 

Compared to this series, "Dawn of the Dead" looks like "Touched by an Angel." :o

 

In several ways, "The Walking Dead" complements other shows in AMC's growing and admirable stable of first-class television. It's a serious drama tackling a serious subject with terribly flawed characters and deeply dark undertones.

 

But even "Breaking Bad," in which the main character becomes an increasingly cold drug dealer, doesn't suggest the levels of moral bankruptcy that "The Walking Dead" finds in much of the human race.

 

Without giving the specifics away, it's safe to say the behavior of the survivors at times becomes more reprehensible than that of the zombies, who exist for the sole purpose of devouring human flesh and creating more zombies.

 

Like other AMC series, "The Walking Dead" also takes its time, both in setting up the premise and in playing out specific scenes.

 

It begins with Deputy Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who has been wounded in a wild shootout and hospitalized, awaking from semi-consciousness to find he is alone.

 

Though still dazed from pain, a gunshot wound and medication, he stumbles out into a world that seems to consist entirely of mutilated corpses.

 

We see all this through his eyes, and the disorienting terror grows geometrically as he slowly grasps that he is it. At this moment, in this place, there is no one else.

 

That doesn't last forever. But finding other survivors hardly turns the zombie tide, and viewers of "The Walking Dead" should prepare themselves for a long struggle.

 

Based on the first two episodes, those will be beautifully written, acted and filmed. Like its AMC siblings, it's a series with something to say.

 

Unlike "Mad Men," however, or even "Rubicon," "The Walking Dead" offers no relief. No humor, no side moments that release a little of the pressure.

 

Given the subject and the situation - apocalypse that could end life as we know it - that makes sense. It also makes the show relentless, a feeling not lessened by periodic bursts of extreme violence and menacing dialogue.

 

Fans of the comic book and first-rate psycho-horror may form a large enough audience to make this a hit. Those not in those groups may want to start by taking a deep breath.

 

 

 

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

 

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That may sound like a familiar setup to fans of zombie epics like "Dawn of the Dead." Don't be fooled. "The Walking Dead" is no campy horror flick full of winks, parody and self-aware excess.

 

 

This is good and I hope it doesnt develop into a "campy horror" series...

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

 

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I listen to The Cure when I read TWD!

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I agree that the WD books are a tough read and definitely depressing at times. I loved them because its one of the most "real" stories I've come across. There's absolutely zero pulling of punches. As I sit in my office in the middle of NYC I could easily imagine the insanity that would occur if something like this were to actually happen, as fantasy as it might be. A panic, plague or even serious accident tends to bring out the brightest moments in human history but at the same time the darkest points aren't far behind, we just tend to ignore them. I enjoy the harshness of the WD series, its realistic, lifelike and all about survival, as sad as that might be. When your put in a corner, you fight or you die. I hope the TV show reflects this and from what I've read, it will. I look forward to Sunday.

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

 

+1

 

I listen to The Cure when I read TWD!

 

 

I think The Smiths and Morrisey would have been a better fit here...

 

 

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

 

+1

 

I listen to The Cure when I read TWD!

 

 

I think The Smiths and Morrisey would have been a better fit here...

 

 

The Smiths always make me happy when I listen to them, the music is very uplifting if you distance from the lyrics (which are genius).

 

Samael would be more fitting to listen to while reading WD.

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Sounds like the reviewer felt the same way I did when I read the comic. It is relenting, crushing, and depressing. So it sounds like the series will mirror the books well.

 

I had to put the books down simply because they made me feel....bad. Well scripted tale but not for the faint of heart.

 

There is a woman in my office who loves to read and she loves zombie. She is reading The Walking Dead ahead of the series and she feels the same. Its depressing to read...I hope I can keep up with the series.

 

+1

 

I listen to The Cure when I read TWD!

 

 

I think The Smiths and Morrisey would have been a better fit here...

 

 

good call, I am going to slit my wrists now. ;)

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