I thought I'd open a separate discussion thread since the series officially premiered in the states on Sunday and FX will be showing it on Friday over here. The opening episode of the show on AMC (which normally gets about 1 - 2 million max for Mad Men) and about the same for Breaking Bad got huge numbers when it came in. A staggering 5.3 million tuned in for the first showing, and it got up to 8.1 if you count the late-at-night showing (2.7 18-49).
**light spoilers**
I liked the first episode, a lot. I had my niggles, mainly wanting the characters to be a little more genre-savvy, but I can get past that. The tone and pacing was excellent, probably the best thing in it. The special effects really were great, as was Bear McCreary's effectively used score, and, of course, I was loving the cinematography -- AMC has some of the best looking shows on TV, and The Walking Dead is definitely no exception. I'm quite excited for where it can go, and I'm totally willing to look past next weeks apparent mis-step for a brilliant character study in the future.
**light spoilers**
I liked the first episode, a lot. I had my niggles, mainly wanting the characters to be a little more genre-savvy, but I can get past that. The tone and pacing was excellent, probably the best thing in it. The special effects really were great, as was Bear McCreary's effectively used score, and, of course, I was loving the cinematography -- AMC has some of the best looking shows on TV, and The Walking Dead is definitely no exception. I'm quite excited for where it can go, and I'm totally willing to look past next weeks apparent mis-step for a brilliant character study in the future.