THE WALKING DEAD

I watched the first part of the first episode over on amctv.com.  It glitched up during the first sponsor break, and I wasn’t particularly disappointed with that.  It’s a really well-made show, with great performances and wonderful zombie effects, but here’s the deal:

I am sick to death with watching people learn to deal with the zombie apocalypse.  In fact, I’m sick to death with apocalypse scenarios of every stripe.  Is there anything new that can be said about the human condition, the collapse of society, etc., in these apocalyptic stories?  Even as well-made as the show was, it was treading material we’ve seen time and time again.  Plus, to be honest…everything Frank Darabont does seems like a Stephen King adaptation, even in those rare instances when it actually isn’t.

So, yeah…I know the Internet is really excited about this show and everything, but you can count me out, because I find the whole thing terribly boring, especially when the inventor of the modern zombie genre is desperately trying to do something new with it (Survival of the Dead).

At the end of the day, I’ll take George A. Romero’s near-genius misfires over a slick and competent same-old any time.