The Walking Dead: Season One

Lynn’s Druthers Marathon, part 4

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Title: The Walking Dead: Season One
Year: 2010
Network: AMC
Episodes: 6; 1 at 64 minutes, 5 at 45 minutes
Creators: Frank Darabont (developer); Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore & Charlie Adlard (graphic novels)
Directors: Frank Darabont (1 episode), Ernest Dickerson (1), Guy Ferland (1), Gwyneth Horder-Payton (1), Michelle MacLaren (1), Johan Renck (1)
Writers: Frank Darabont (4 episodes), Charles H. Eglee (1), Adam Fierro (1), Robert Kirkman (1), Jack LoGiudice (1), Glen Mazzara (1)
Starring: Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies
Music: Bear McCreary (and non-original music)
I saw it: online (free VOD from Amazon), over the past few days
Synopsis: some self-important people survive the zombie apocalypse

My reaction
Concept:
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Music:
Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, ). I was really expecting this to be awesome. Turns out it's just a bad soap opera. There's about ten or fifteen minutes of action/horror stuff in each episode, and those bits are really good, but otherwise it's terrible.
Objective Rating (Average):