Friday, November 7, 2014

Walking Dead Pilot Blog


The pilot episode of the walking dead was particularly interesting to me. It’s always a treat to read text first and then see how it plays out on screen. What I found most intriguing was the way the characters were depicted, specifically Dwayne and his father. I was really taken back when I first heard Dwayne speak; I was interested in the choice of accent and dialect they used for his character. Honestly, I thought it was a poor choice because in the comic we don’t get that characteristic from the two of them, and it came off to me like they were uneducated. I will say I loved the dynamic of watching Rick encounter the zombies for the fist time, he’s afraid and shocked but as the episode progresses we see his attitude change towards them and he slowly turns into the strong leading character we see later on in the show.  Particularly, when he goes back the women in the field and shoots her because he now realizes what she has become. I think the writers did a good job at hooking the audience with the opening scene of the young girl that turned into a zombie that is shot. I honestly wasn’t expecting it to be so gruesome but It represents a lot and really shows us this new world in the body of one girl and the new things Rick has to do to survive. Sorry I analyzed this episode backwards; I got excited to talk about The Walking Dead, which I am currently watching all the old episodes so I can watch the new season and so far it has been amazing!

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