Humanity The Walking Dead “Pilot” AMC, Sundays, 9/10 PM Teleplay by Frank Darabont Directed by Frank Darabont “The fever burns you out. But then, after awhile, you come back.” — Morgan In the first scene of AMC’s new series, The Walking Dead, the hero shoots a little blonde girl carrying a teddy bear in the head. We’re supposed to accept this gory head shot, because her face is a nightmare; we’re supposed to approve because she’s a zombie, not a “real” human being. I find that point of view repellent and callous, and it’s why I’m not normally a fan of zombie…
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The Walking Dead: “Guts”
Siege Mentality The Walking Dead AMC, Sundays, 9/10 PM “Guts” Written by Frank Darabont Directed by Michelle McLaren “Nice moves there, Clint Eastwood. You the new sheriff come riding in to clean up the town?” — Glenn This episode of The Walking Dead may be the best example of humanity under pressure I’ve seen since The Mist. Which was written and directed by Frank Darabont so, no surprise. There’s nothing like locking a bunch of strangers up in a castle/dungeon/redoubt and surrounding them with fiercely attacking enemies to shine the bright light of revelation on a character. Evangelist Dwight Moody, who had more…