The Walking Dead: Season 1

I have always thought the idea of zombies to be stupid. The concept was lame, impossible and cheesy at best. When my boyfriend "made" me watch zombie movies I did everything I could to hold back laughter. It was just that dumb, in my opinion. Then one day this new television show began to air called The Walking Dead. The hype, to me, was just another zombiefest riding on a new generational obsession. Check back in with me in 15 more years when the next generation hypes it up again. Like waves on the beach, fads do come and go. Come back, go .. wash, rinse and repeat. Then my Mom watched the show. I felt defeated. Outnumbered. I now had two people pressing the issue telling me to tune in. I didn't wanna .. and I didn't do it. Season One came and went. I don't know how it happened but one day during the long Summer break I gave in to my boyfriend's persistence. I sat down with him and watched one episode of the Season One dvd set I had bought him as a gift. Then another episode, then the third .. I realized that day there was something different about this zombie craze. But I still resisted! Weeks went by and I did not pick up where we left off. Eventually though, I found myself flipping through cable channels at night or on the weekends and would see The Walking Dead reruns on. I would just keep it on there .. you know, for background noise. By the time season two came on I was hooked and had been highly anticipating the return of Rick and Shane for weeks. I now watch every single episode the moment they come on. The first night of this most recent season my cable provider did not offer us AMC due to a contract dispute (yes, I was one of the helpless victims caught in the middle). I found myself hitting "refresh" every five seconds trying my best to get AMC's one-time free airing of The Walking Dead to load on their website for those of us who were with the ill reputed cable service provider. While I missed the first 20 minutes of that episode, I found myself laughing at my desperation. Of all things, I was freaking out over not getting to watch zombies. By that following weekend, I canceled service with my cable provider and switched over to a competitor. The very next day I found out my former cable provider finally cut a deal with AMC and they got my zombies back. I didn't care, though. I was more than happy to go elsewhere to a provider that would not take away my zombie show due to their own financial issues. I cannot risk it .. not ever again! As for The Walking Dead and what keeps me on the edge of my seat for more .. I cannot get enough of the characters, the story plots, the emotion. While the possibility of zombies can still be passionately debated (I still laugh at the thought) what took hold of me and jerked me right into the vortex of what can only be described as one of THE best television shows ever is the way these people become a part of your life. No, I'm not setting a spot at the dinner table for Rick (although i would love to!). All the important elements that make for amazingly wonderful television and entertainment is right here within this show. For the first time since I was a kid I am excited to tune in and watch a show that is so worth my time and my love. It really doesn't get much better than this.

What is it about Zomebies that makes them so appealing nowadays? As one that loves the classic monster movies, Zombies are the new kids on the block. They became a hit with the cult-classic "Night of the Living Dead" back in 1968. Back then, Zombies were reanimated dead people that had an insatiable craving for human brains. They were slow fumbling "simple" folk. As other people made Zombie movies, each writer, director, and producer added their own twists on what it was to be one of the undead. Of crouse the biggest inside joke was that in all the movies, they are never called "Zombies". Today, Zombies have a cool factor about them. They have even starred in extremely hilarious cult movies such as Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead, and Fido. Now the cable channel AMC has brought back an entirely new Zombie story and for the first time, they are at the heart of an episodic television show. The first season of "The Walking Dead" was truly landmark TV and something TV viewers are so desperate to have. It's unique, compelling, and highly entertaining. My only lament is that the first season was only six episodes long. So what makes it so special? Well for one, like all good science fiction, it's about the human condition and our society set in a fantastic fictional setting. A sheriff is shot in action and slips into a coma. When he wakes up, the hospital has become a wild abandoned haunted house with things that go bump in the night locked behind chained doors. When he gets up and gets out, he discovers his home town almost deserted. He makss a bee line to his home where he discovers his wife and son have packed up thier most precious belongings and fled, He then meets a man and his son that have been surviving the "zombie-pocolypse" that bring him up to speed on what's gone on. There has been a deadly virus that once it kills you, it reanimates your body into a mindless flesh-eater. The rumor has it a lot of people have fled to nearby Atlanta for sanctuary, so our Sheriff goes to his local precinct, loads up for bear, and heads for Atlanta. Once there, he meets up with a reg-tag band of survivors and this is where the great dynamic begins. The survivors are a cross-section of Americana, complete with all its flaws. The only thing they have in common is that they want to survive. This is what makes Walking Dead stand out amoung all the other zombie stories. It reminds me of what I thought made the recent version of Battlestar Galactica so great. Its not about the Zombies, its about the human condition. The Zombies are there to present an on-going crisis that compells tha central characters on to confront their frailties and issues. The stories and scripts are so well written, I am going to be quite upset if this off-beat show is not nominated for an Emmy for its writing. Also, it's writers are not afraid to take risks and just like Battlestar, everyone is at risk. People die and they have made it quite clear that no one, even its central characters, are safe from death or zombification. Another thing I quite liked is that so much was packed into these six episodes, it seems like a series that had twice the number of episodes. The pacing is extrordinary and while it's never overpwoering, it moves at a brisk pace. Also, when the last scenes have played out in the final episode of the season, it is a great ending that not only leaves the door open for Season 2, but it clears the slate so that anything can happen. This is must-see TV and I highly reccommend anyone that can get past the concept of Zombies to watch this series. I can not wait until Seaosn 2 airs.

I have researched a bit looking up why the minority reviewers here gave The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season the lowest rating--1 star. What stood out to me were reasons of poor acting and being very predictable. I have yet to hint any poor acting by the actors and it is not really predictable from where I stand. The acting is quite superb and this is not an understatement; the actors are not the typical soap opera actors on afternoon TV. They each have that little something that evolves into a huge flow of depth expressed in dialogue and emotion. I keep an open mind when I watch each episode to the acting and to say it is a joke, not funny. But to each his own. As to my own review of the first season, it is just spectacular. I am a fan of zombies. I enjoy a movie depicting endless zombies furnished with a small group of survivors trying to overcome their odds to stay alive. This fits the description of The Walking Dead yet not in its entirety. As opposed to many movies in the typical zombie apocalypse plot, this series is very unique in that it heavily makes you think and critique every character and their actions. The relationships between them interacts so vividly I dare to say The Walking Dead is not so much about zombies and blasting them to smithereens with shotguns, revolvers and the all-so silent melee weapons like a baseball bat or sword than it is the love-hate and personal demons circulating about. This field is not explored much by the zombie-genre and it has always been missing until now. Speaking of characters, the love-hate factor is evident right from the beginning. The same feelings will not always be there as you will change due to the fact character development is literally on steroids here. It is almost like a biography of every one packed into a series. In summary, the action is all there just like any other zombie movie you would expect. What clearly makes the series stand out from the rest is the portrayal of how and what the word humanity means. What does humanity mean? How do you balance between humanity and the will to survive? Is humanity relevant even in this day? Or is humanity obsolete? Humanity has never been more subjective than it is now. I am a late-comer since initially I was not interested about The Walking Dead. I think it is because I do not have cable, believe it or not, nor do I own any other series on DVD. True, I had heard about it before with all the praises. I bought the first and second season just recently out of curiosity [ bored at shows featuring now on regular TV ] and the praises were all true. I am going to get the third season as soon as possible and have a good feeling I will re-watch it again and again. I also would like to note: Andrew Lincoln has that Wolverine persona in him from my observation. [ Even though I have not seen The Walking Dead on any other media besides the DVDs, there is quite a stir of this being edited. After reading several reviews and forum posts, if you select Play All I understand there are edits. If you select by Episode, there are no edits. ]

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM SOME ARE HAVING WITH EPISODE 2, "GUTS." IT APPEARS THAT SOME ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTAGE (3+ MINUTES OR SO) CONCERNING THE GROUPS TAKING INDOORS "WAYNE DULAP", THE DEAD, WALKER. THIS FOOTAGE OF GORE AS THE GROUP HACKS AWAY AT HIM WITH AN AXE IN GRAPHIC DETAIL. I TOO HAVE SEEN THIS DELETION. BUT, YOU CAN SEE IT ALL! A SIMPLE CHANGE AS TO HOW YOU BEGIN WATCHING THE FIRST DISC IS KEY. SIMPLY VIEW EACH EPISODE AS A SINGLE EPISODE IN ITSELF. RATHER THAN CLICKING "PLAY ALL." TO VIEW EACH EPISODE AS A SINGLE PLAY, YOU WILL SEE EVERY FRAME OF INTENDED GORE AND BLOOD! OR AS REAL AS IT WAS INTENDED! I HOPE THIS CLEARS THE MISCONCEPTIONS OF "MISSING FOOTAGE." As a Verified Amazon Purchased item, I can attest to this with my honesty and heart. Growing up on the original "Night of the Living Dead", that movie scared me for years. To this day, it still sends shivers down my spine. In fact, the only thing that truly gets my heart pounding in fright, is the dead coming back to life! For decades hundreds of movies have imitated, but never duplicated that 1968 low-budget film. One man's view took others with him and the select few became giants in the industry in their own right. Tom Savini was Romero's make-up & special effects artist on NOTLD and he branched off to make the dead more real in his views. Another man, Greg Nicottero, followed Savini, and in time, along with Howard Berger, became the predominant forces when it came to bringing the dead to life. Fast forward to 2010. When I heard whispers at Horror Conventions that the Graphic Novel I loved, "The Walking Dead" would be picked up by AMC for a single, 6 episode season, I knew my dreams of NOTLD had come full circle. Having met Mr. Romero on several occasions, I had asked him of his thoughts on the TV jump? He just said, "If anyone can pull this off, Greg can." That was golden for me. But how does one take a comic of sorts and turn it into a TV series? AMC gave the go-ahead for an unprecedented attempt to where TV had not gone before. No different than Star Trek and the realms it charted. Wow. Was I shocked and happily worth the 50 year wait! Robert Kirkman's take on the "Undead" was and is breathtaking. While there are certain differences between the Graphic Novel & TV show, some subtle, others much more outright, "The Walking Dead Season 1" was absolutely brilliant! Sure, the first episode mirrors "28 Days Later" as Rick Grimes awakes from a coma to find the world has turned upside down, he remains true to his Sheriff's law abiding ways. As well as a man seeking his wife and son. Only to find every BODY he passes is either "put down" or NOT! As he arrives to his home, his life, you see what I believe any of us would do. Collapse. He breaks down as he realizes that all he knew is no more, but with a grip on "maybe?" He patrols outdoors to his former neighbors home. Only to be whacked with a shovel by an even more scared Duane. Only a child himself trying to deal with DEAD PEOPLE NOT STAYING DEAD! As Rick regains his wits for a sec, he sees Morgan with a muzzle in his face. Wait? Isn't Rick the Sheriff? No wonder he passes out! We as the audience do not need the growing ensemble cast yet. Rick needs to learn about the new reality first, first hand. The brief cut-aways at his prior gun shot are necessary for US to learn about him. Rick learns of the world from Morgan and Duane. All the while Morgans pathetic wife mopes just outside because Morgan himself still hasn't come to terms yet. And he is 1 month into this insanity! All in this first episode, the 3 members must deal with this together. Yet prepare to go separate ways. An amazing moment when Morgan has his new rifle that Rick gave him. One full month on of his morbid wife lurking outside the front door, and the Human Element keeps him from putting her down. He knows she is dead. It is the right thing to do. But the LOVE keeps him from pulling that trigger. Duane knows the moment is near and covers his ears and cringes with fright! Morgan hesitates. He is not ready to deal with the "Walking Dead." Fore his wife is not his wife anymore. Given the chance, she would tear into his flesh in a sec! Rick drives off in a Sheriff's car in search of Lori and Carl. He KNOWS they made it. He hangs onto this simple yet strong notion. If not, then all hope is truly lost! All in the first episode! I shall not go on about the remaining 5 episodes of Season 1. By now, I'm sure most of you have either seen them or know about them. Many on here have written much as I. Yes, some hate the premise of Zombies altogether. I say to them, just don't watch, don't read this and change the channel. As Bruce Springstien sang, "500 channels and nothing to watch." I'm sure there is. As for myself and Millions of loyal Undead fans, THIS is exactly what we have been waiting for. All thanks to George A. Romero and his original vision of "NIGHT OF THE FLESH EATERS." I'm so glad that name never took! I am highly recommending this set in Blu-Ray! To watch this in the best possible clarity and sound is like nothing else! I have also purchased "The Walking Dead Seasons 2&3" on Blu-Ray as well. I shall be leaving follow-up reviews for them as well. By far, aside from the original "Star Trek Series", AMC's "The Walking Dead" is the BEST thing on cable television...

The first season of the hit The Walking Dead. A classic. Worth buying and the other sets.

I'm a big fan of horror. HOWEVER, the zombie genre is waaaaaay down on the bottom of my 'to watch' list. I've seen them, but personally I don't like them very much, never really have. Maybe it's because at one time these were human beings. Heck, even the young aren't spared the possibiltiy of being turned into a rotling. And, it's never just one zomboid comin' after your arse, but a bagillion at once. The walking dead have always just creeped me out! With that being said my son MADE me watch the first episode. I was sooooo agitated, uneasy, and hyper darn near yelling at the TV to "SHOOT IT, SHOOT IT, DON'T GO IN THERE, RUN YOU SOB, RUN!!, DON'T GO DOWN IN THAT PITCH BLACK STAIRWELL, DON'T DO THAT, GO GO GO!!! (alas, the TV nor the actors ever listen!). Yet, by the end of the first episode and how it ended, I felt strangely compelled to watch another episode. YEAH.... let's set myself up for more MAJOR squik factors, agitation, and nightmares which are sure to follow! Needless to say, I'm hooked!! I love this show! It's so much more than just the rotlings looking for their next snackie. Plus you find yourself saying, "Oh hell no..... a person wouldn't do this or that", thereby putting yourself in the situation of how you'd handle yourself in a Zombie Apocalypse. This show definately elicits strong emotional repsonses from the viewing audience, as this core group of survivors do some bone head things. I think that's why I get agitated & aggrevated, because in a real life survival situation, you wouldn't DO some of the DUMB THINGS they do. No way in hell I'd be going out into the forest to pick mushrooms alone....ALONE!!!! "Off I trapse, tra la, tra la....." I'd have more friggin' armed sentry around me than the Queen of England protectin' my butt!!. I'd also be raiding places for silencers, heck, even poor man silencers would do, (noise attracts the rotlings, among other things). But then if our group of survivors didn't do all these stupid things, we wouldn't have a show, now would we? I would soooo want Daryl on my side when things go in the pooper!... Go Team Daryl! He rocks!! Glen also has a good head on this shoulders. There are excellent character dynamics going on. You come to care about these folks in their quest for survival. Some of their behavior will shock and surprise. But that's what makes this show awesome, you're never really sure what's happening next. The special effects are quite good too. The first season was only 6 episodes long. A&E wanted to see how well this show would be received. Apparently it's been overwhelmingly positive. Season 2 is following suit, though a little bit slower paced. They didn't have to cram so much into just six episodes, and the mid-season finale for season 2 was a corker!! Even those who get squiked and are squimish about rotlings and all things dead should give this series a try. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at just how good it is. ~ jade ~

I absoloutely love horror films, and to be more specific I love zombie movies. But, with every zombie movie, it must end.. or it just gets dragged on, IE Resident Evil. If you're in my shoes, trust me you will LOVE this series. It is simply amazing. Just as a little FYI this series is based off the comic books The Walking Dead created by Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore. First off, I love the characters, and I also love that their story is unpredictable. In a movie you can basically tell who is going to live and who is going to die. In this series its up in the air; if there is any one character you expect to live you may be surprised. Not to mention the fact that they're all really great actors. My favorite characters are Rick Grimes, whom the story primarily focuses on (played by Andrew Lincoln.) His journey into this new world overtaken by zombies begins in a hospital bed. He has been neglected after a gun shot wound, and walks out into the real world to find everything he loves is gone. Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker) is another character to watch out for. He's a military vet, and is handcuffed to a metal pole as impending doom is knocking at his door (literally.) Don't worry though, he finds a way to survive... by removing his own body part. And finally you have Glenn (Steven Yeun) who provides comic relief to the characters as they are enduring the Zombiecolypse, haha Another thing to watch for: the zombies themselves. My fiance and I agreed the zombies in this series are probably one of the best special effect make-up we've ever seen. They truly are a work of art, something you have to see for yourself. Not to mention the fact that the zombies must be killed by destroying the brain, and the show spares no expense showing the viewers the gruesome scenes. This isn't your typical zombie movie. These people are trying to survive during the zombie attacks... and just when you think they're safe.......... well, see for yourself :) The only negative that I have about this series is that it is wayyyy too short. This is normally why I only purchase series when I know they are done filming, and I can buy a complete set... and not have to wait until October 2011 to see what happens! (Even longer actually, we don't have TV out here so I have to wait until it comes out on DVD.)

When I was introduced to The Walking Dead comic a couple years ago, I was blown away. Great, taut writing that is thrilling and unpredictable. At first, when I heard it was coming out on TV (not on HBO), I was immediately suspicious. American TV has very strange rules, as are American sensibilities. We can see all the gore and violence we want, but show a boob or say f--k, and many Americans' ears and eyes begin to bleed. A strange dichotomy, to be sure, but there is a lot of all of these elements in the book, as well as some very extreme situations that I thought would not translate well to the small screen. It turns out my fears were unfounded. AMC was able to take a great book (for more info, see my or other reviews on the compendium) and make a truly great show. The focus is still there; that is, the main characters are what is important, not the zombies. They are almost incidental to what is going on. They just frame the situations the characters must face, and that is the true genius of the story. But something else I found great about the TV show is that it does not slavishly follow the source material, changing it subtly in places, drastically in others, to create an all-new entertainment experience that rivets me to the tube every week. If you read the book, it is a good introduction to the show and vice-versa. But what is great is if you liked one, you only get the outline for the other. You get two great experiences. The extras on tacked on and like most DVD extras, are totally dumb and unnecessary. Mostly, it is just people in the cast, crew and writers congratulating each other on how great it is as a story and how wonderful it is to work with each other. Honestly, I can only see this so much until it makes me throw up. Tell me interesting stories in making it, obstacles you had to overcome, the adversity of making the show. None of these productions are harmonious in nature or smooth in execution. I want to know the hiccups and travails. THAT, ultimately, is what is interesting. But the show is really why we buy these things, so get it and be prepared to be wowed. One last thing, do NOT show to children. This is some pretty extreme stuff, hard R to NC-17 territory.

bien recu tres contente je pensai que il etais en anglais mais il est en francais tellement contente sa a faite ma journee un gros MERCI bonne journee

This box set contains all six episodes of the first season of the Walking Dead. Spread across two dvds. Just in case you haven't read the comic from which this is adapted: The central character is Rick Grimes. A sheriff's deputy in Georgia, who is left in a coma following a shooting. He wakes up to find the world has changed in the meantime. Civilisation has collapsed. There are zombies everywhere. And survivors of this apocalypse face a battle to survive. Setting out to find his wife and son he witnesses the way the world has changed. And the hard decisions people need to make if they want to carry on living. Many tough choices await him. There are four episodes on the first dvd, and two on the second. The first, being the pilot episode for the series, runs for just over an hour. The others are forty four minutes each [approx]. This is a production into which a lot of effort has gone. Which is obvious from the off, thanks to some very impressive visuals. The first episode throws you into the middle of this new world as it introduces you to it via Rick's experiences after awakening. Judicious use of incidental music really helps, as does the fact that some scenes are deathly silent. Some are downright scary as well. You will eventually meet more characters, who are an electic bunch, but well drawn in that they represent ordinary people from all walks of life being thrown together, and starting out as total strangers, then having to work with each other to survive. This, in addition to being zombie horror, is also a character drama. All about the effect that life changes and tough moral decisions have on people, and how they change as a result, plus asking the viewer what they might do in such situation. Each episode does tend to take a very different approach to the story. The first two are fast paced with a fair amount of action. The third slows down slightly to introduce characters. The fourth has a central dilemma with some good plot developments. The fifth deals with the aftermath of an incident and the choices it forces on people. The sixth shows what certain other people have been up to. And reiterates one of the show's main themes. British actor Andrew Lincoln makes for an excellent Rick, doing an American accent very well, making his character a commanding presence. There are some excellent supporting performances also. Those characters don't always get proper introductions so you may take a short while to get used to them, but they are all strong creations. Some of the Georgia accents can be a little tricky for international viewers to get used to, but that's only a minor complaint. Because you will. If you have read the comics, then you'll find this season of the show does bring a lot of the set pieces from the first volume of collected issues The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye: Days Gone Bye v. 1 , but does include a lot of extra stories. And a few characters that may be new on you. A lot of the actors do look uncannily like their characters as shown on the printed page, which is appealing. If you haven't read the comics and want to get into them after seeing this, then that's the volume to start with. There are some very minor cuts to one episode from it's transmitted edition [I base that comment on a thread in the product forum, not having seen this on tv first time around] for reasons of gore, so those not happy with that fact will possibly want to look for other editions of this. But if you want to get into a good throught provoking post apocalyptic character drama, then you shouldn't mind. The dvd's have the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English. Subtitles: English. There's a decent amount of extras on disc two. The making of the Walking Dead is a thirty minute long [approx] making of documentary. Which is a very good watch. Inside the Walking Dead episodes one to six are six five minute long features about each individual episode, discussing the story of each. They are all run together so there's no option to watch them individually, but they are all also very good and work a look. A sneak peek with Robert Kirkman is a four minute long promotional feature for the season, seeing the creator of the comic introducing a few clips. Convention panel with producers runs for eleven minutes and shows some of the cast and crew being interviewed at comic-con. Zombie make up tips last for roughly five minutes and shows you how they do the zombie make up. And how you can do it yourself if you wish. It's good viewing for any aspiring make up artists. Extra footage is a section of short features: Zombie school. This last two minutes and shows how the extras playing the zombies were put through their paces. On set with Robert Kirkman last three minutes and sees him watching a scene being filmed. Hanging with Steven Yeun is a three minute feature with various short clips of one of the cast on set, introducing you to a few things. Inside Dale's rv is of similar length and looks around the inside of one key prop. On set with Andrew Lincoln is a short feature with him talking directly to camera about the show. You don't see anything much of the set, but it's a good chat. Great show. Excellent dvd.

E' assolutamente consigliata, prende da subito e mano a mano che si va avanti con le stagioni ci si affezziona tantissimo a tutti i personaggi L' ho iniziato a guardare per caso e non ho più smesso Ho così deciso di avere tutte le stagioni nella mia libreria di dvd Un epidemia che uccide le persone e le trasforma in zombie, pochi sopravvissuti che dovranno lottare per restare vivi in un mondo molto ostile e pericoloso Non si ride, si sta in ansia quasi sempre 😂 ma è una serie bellissima che merita di essere guardata Sono 2 dvd per un totale di 4 ore e 40 minuti con tanti contenuti extra e la versione estesa del primo episodio Consigliatissima!

Es un dvd normal, sin el cartón de protección. Pero es de buena calidad. Satisfecho con mi compra.

Essa minissérie tem que estar na coleção de quem curte esse universo de apocalipse zumbi, mortos vivos e cataátrofes. Ela é focada no elemento humano, não nos zumbis em si. O lado psicológico dos personagens é muito bem elaborado.