Lost became a chore. An ungrateful & tedious chore the last 3 seasons. The last season was as grim & stupid as the George W Bush administration. These are just my opinions but ultimately, it was a huge failure because I was probably one of its biggest fans (first 2 seasons).
When word got out of a possible successor to LOST but with zombies I was optimistic. Maybe too much so. My filmmaker friends sang THE WALKING DEAD’ praises. I stayed away so I could watch it all in 1 sitting & here is my impression.
I known it’s based on a graphic novel/comic book of the same name & I have no exposure to it. Maybe with that context I’d feel differently but without, the first season is a big serving of MEH. Nothing great. Nothing grand. Nothing unknown. Maybe the sub genre (I consider zombie films to be a sub genre of vampire films) is dead. Maybe it’s got little left in it to be revived. There’s a strange hyper sexuality in the first 2 episodes with the lead hero always barely naked which constantly bugged me.
There’s a business with the lead hero’s wife sleeping with his friend & that’s handled badly, too (not blaming the script here but maybe I’m blaming the direction & editing). The whole thing would be fine as a a vehicle for something else (if it were cut scenes for a video game). But all I can go by are its stark lack of soundtrack & over the top realism in direction & with that, it doesn’t succeed. At least Jericho, Surface, Survivors, Torchwood, & countless other short lived Sci-Fi/Action miniseries/shows with small budgets proved to be charming & different. Sorry TWD. You’re not for me & I can see why the show was gutted in the hope of surviving through a second season. Hope they make it out alive the second time around
