A character waking up into an unfamiliar world as a way to bring the audience along with them is a method so old I don't think it can be identified as an homage to anything specific. Just within the field of zombie movies, the end of Resident Evil did the same thing to establish a shot of the chick in a gown with a shotgun as a cliffhanger. RE and 28 Days Later came out the same year, the grapbhic novel came out the year after.

However, that said, 28 Days Later did it so well and so memorably with the empty London that this suffered in comparison, especially since it was practically a shot-for-shot ripoff. Oh, yeah, and opening with a scary little blonde girl zombie... also been done.

I don't understand why he went in the coma for a month, though, he didn't get shot in the head or anything. In 28 Days Later the dude had a traumatic brain injury and woke up all skinny and bearded, in this one he got shot in the side. How long was he asleep for? He had a short beard and the same length hair so that seems like a week or so, but in that time period the gas got shut of and some of the walkers are seriously decomposed.

By the way, what was with that establishing shot of a stopped wall clock to show the power was off? I mean, I can sorta imagine that nobody there knew how wall clocks worked before the shot, but when they were taking out the battery to make it stop you'd think they'd realize wall clocks don't run off the power grid. OTOH, during the flashback to him getting shot there's a scene where the main dude tells the idiot cop to take off the safety on his gun. Dude had a Glock, there's no external safety, but not only did the actor pretend to move his thumb where a safety normally is they foleyed in a click.

These are minor nits, obviously, the show was amazing. I can't believe how graphically violent this was. This had more closeup zombie headshots than Dawn of the Dead, which was rated R 6 years ago. Also, for an hour and a half show this thing flew by and I can't wait for the other 5 eps.

Didn't think I was gonna like this.

LUUUUUVED IT!!!!!!!!!!

"Hey you. Dumbass."

Put me on the list of "Not a zombie fan but this was awesome" people.

there was supposed to be a huge refugee camp in atlanta protected by the military and it was a likely place for his wife and kid to be.

loved the first episode. really curious as to if his wife was banging his partner before he got shot... and also why they decided to not go see if he was okay try to help him. if they just left him there because they wanted to be together then that is FUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGED up.

love the show and cant wait for the next one. also people if you can watch it on amc and not via torrent. show needs to get good ratings so we can get season 2 and more shows like it!

Based on AMC's commitment to it and the fact that it is AMC, I don't think that'll be a problem. They're at the point with me that I'll watch anything they ever put out with even knowing about it ahead of time.

Curious if their relationship was pre-shooting too. But the reason they didn't go help him was because his partner thought it was too risky, plus they lost his signal. That and they definitely didn't recognize his voice.

** I'm stoned. Did you mean leave him at the hospital? If so, disregard this post..

yes i meant leave him at the hospital lol

Yea I'm a little slow sometimes.

There are lots of wall clocks that run off the building's power, especially in institutions that need centrally controlled clock systems that keep consistent time from room to room, like a hospital would.

If you're going to nitpick anything, how about how did the guy survive for a month or more in a coma without daily care? There isn't a month's worth of sucrose solution in an IV bag.

I thought this was really good, but I'm not sure I want to keep watching it, as Zombie movies, and horror in general isn't really my thing. Basically their clhallenge is to be good enough that I want to watch despite finding zombies about the most trite, played out thing ever.

This. The worst part of the show was the opening with the little zombie girl, such a cliche it bugged me.

A nit thinks this is nitty.

The only thing I can think of that would make sense is that maybe the hospital was still functional (at least for patients who couldn't be moved) for up to a few days before he woke up, until those few dedicated staff who stayed either got eaten or said "**** it, I'm leaving, good luck buddy. I'll put a gurney in front of your door to give you a fighting chance."

I assumed, possibly wrongly, that there are a group of humans in Atlanta of some size, and they are nearby, hence the mass of zombies trying to get to them and the guy calling on the radio when he was in the tank.

This seems possible, as it was a drop off point for bodies. Perhaps it was manned by the woman dead in the hall, and she locked the others in the closet when they were killed.

Liked it

The weirdest part was him just walking away from the zombie trying to get out of the hospital morgue. How did he not consider that it could have been a person in need of help?

He was apparently comatose long enough for trees to start growing out of buildings in downtown Atlanta.

the way the cops handled the shootout was lol bad. from not being able to hit the guy in the open, to not checking the car for more people (1 already came out for ****s sake)...

love the show

its especially cool to be living in atlanta and see how they most definitely shot on location (with some computerized help obviously)

I would have to go back and check the comic but I believe this is explained in more detail. IIRC, Rick is put into a medically induced coma from complications due to the gun shot. I think they left him there because he couldn't be moved and woken up from the coma at the time so they barricaded his door. I also think that they mentioned something to the effect that there is no brain function while in a coma and that is the reason the zombies wouldn't find him and kill him. I don't think they ever mentioned about having enough supply to keep him under for a long period, but again, I would have to go back and check it out.

Overall I thought the show was done really well. I'm interested to see how far into the story this show goes. I would say the first show got though 1/3 or maybe even 1/2 of the first trade so I assume they will be getting through 2-3 trades worth of the stories.

Holy ****. The premiere brought in 5.3 million viewers. The Mad Men finale drew 2.44 million viewers.

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/01...source=twitter

you'd think a lot of people would be at home on halloween night looking to watch something exactly like this

Maybe the warning that was written on the door. And the gruesome dead nurse/doctor he just encountered in the hallway.

That basically means S2-3 are a go.

Wouldn't he have needed to poop for the several weeks he was in a coma?