Things I'm excited About: Cowboys and Aliens

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The Walking Dead

This past Sunday was the premiere of The Walking Dead, the AMC television adaptation of one of my favorite comic book's. Was it good? In a word, very!

I don't watch a lot of TV and to be honest it takes quite a bit of presentation to make me even consider watching something (I keep getting burnt by things like the Battlestar Galactica reboot), however I was thoroughly looking forward to this one, so when you put those two things together, a disinclination to watch TV and a heightened expectation and still allow me to walk away on a very positive note? That spells success to me.

I've heard time and time again what a major input the creator, Robert Kirkman, has had on the tv show and, although I can't cite any actual evidence of this, after watching the pilot I'm willing to believe it; at the very least they're making a major effort to keep it true to Kirkman's vision. The show had a lot of the same feel as the comic to it and made a phenomenal transition from the black and white base material to full color live action; this doesn't often occur successfully, case in point, 300.

As for the characters? All I can say is I was impressed with the casting. Not only did they manage to find people who physically looked the part, but managed to keep them on track for their persona's. I'm looking forward to seeing Shane get shot.

I'm pretty sure if you're at all interested you've already seen the show and if you're not, there is very little I can say to make you change you're mind and convince you to watch it. All I can do is give it a very hearty recommend, give this show a chance and I don't think you'll be disappointed.