The Planet As We Knew It Has Disappeared But Keeping Humanity Is Our Choice
In 2010, the TV series "The Walking Dead" was introduced on the telly, suddenly becoming a cult and gathering a large audience of fans. The first season of The Walkers was directed by Frank Darabont, who had already got his face to face horror movies, noted for his highly successful screen adaptations of Stephen King's novels. Even though Darabont subsequently left the project, "The Walking Dead" always stayed afloat, changing showrunners, but without losing the company atmosphere, whether or not each season was distinguished by its own special style, or, more correctly, individuality. The pilot episode of the first season attracted above 5 million viewers from the screens, plus the season itself received an incredibly warm welcome and ideal reviews, including from professional critics. The plot on the series revolves around the story plot of former cop Rick Grimes, who wakes up in the hospital in the midst of a zombie apocalypse and attempts to find his family and survive in the field of the revived dead. Eventually, Rick makes new friends and enemies, moving along side east coast from the United States and shooting crowds of hungry walking dead.
At the very first viewing, the series leaves the sense of a task that sets a new bar for creating zombie slashers, partially bypassing even typically the most popular film franchise in their genre "Resident Evil", needless to say, not in the caliber of lighting tricks, but in the level of elaboration with the universe. "The Walking Dead" bribes already by the fact that it isn't merely another shooter, with a ridiculous script and characters written "for their knees." Thus, the "Walking Dead" managed, as it were, "shoot" for similar reason as being the "Game of Thrones" released annually later. Before the making of your last bright fantasy of the amount of "The Lord on the Rings" clearly there was practically no, and the series, conveniently occupying a vacant niche, became a cult. So might be zombie horror - yes, they shine in quantity, and not in quality; few films of this genre can easily pleasantly surprise, for a lot of them stereotyped and mediocrity are extremely characteristic, while "Walking" is done modestly, although with taste. The project does not require the stars of the very first magnitude, and plenty of actors, not so, came into common use thanks to their roles in The Walking Dead. The cost, apparently, isn't going to allow relying on expensive lighting tricks, plot moves are uncomplicated, and morality is often completely banal - value your loved ones and never substitute. It seems apparant that you'll find nothing special to hook the viewer with, but all this can be forgiven and repays with interest, because of the mesmerizing atmosphere of the post-apocalypse, captivating from the initial minutes of viewing.
The age rating of your project "18+" speaks for itself - blood, meat, the style of dismembered bodies and broken skulls are abundant here; hardly any episode is complete without murders by survivors or walkers, but it's not why the fans love the series. Although at first, The Walking Dead is only a crimson jackpot, but should you dig deeper, apparently the ominous zombie apocalypse is simply the scenery by which the leading story develops. The storyplot of survivors fighting to preserve the most crucial human values, including love, friendship, family. The tale of methods difficult it is to remain humane and human in inhuman conditions. And, apparently, it had become these ideas that inspired last year's South Korean thriller Train to Busan, which managed to check out a hackneyed topic from an alternative angle and tell a touching story of the zombie horror, adding a little soulfulness. Hence the series itself, considering the bloodshed abundance, is not an adaptation of "Left 4 Dead", built on the key of "run and shoot", where such an idea will interest only teenagers and, first of all, adolescents. Here, a great portion of the screen time is about the disclosure of characters and their reincarnations, the partnership totally and conflicts; the dramatic content of "The Walking Dead" occupies one of the main places inside script, all at once commemorate it clear to us there's little romance in survival in post-apocalypse conditions, this is the severe test of strength, where there isn't any place for your weak, where even among the living - like among wolves.
However, you will find a second side to this particular medal, behind which, obviously, lies one of the biggest weaknesses of the series. Sometimes the bias towards drama to your detriment of your drive and tense atmosphere is the series look bland, dragging on only occasionally, which makes the plot progress seem indecently slow. Another specific feature of "Walkers" is, not immediately apparent, having less freshness of the surroundings, of this particular monotony from the setting and also the monotony in the scenery. Along with the unhurried development of events, this will cause some disappointment, since series, flashing brightly at the beginning and setting a robust pace, ceases to ensure that is stays, rarely returning to truly stormy action and vigorous narration. But what definitely will likely not let you receive bored will be the many colorful and deep characters.
