• I was verrrry skeptical but it was available on Netflix Instant Watch and I had been hearing hype about this show for awhile now so I decided to give it a try.  I was especially intrigued when one of my coworkers said that eventually, “The humans are scarier than the zombies.”
• This is easily the best television show pilot I’ve ever seen.  My favorite TV show series of all time is still The Wire but it took awhile to sink its hooks into me.  Not this show.  In one episode, I was hooked.  We watched the entire Season One in one weekend.
• The drama of the relationships in this show are borderline too much.  The husband has a low tolerance for drama for the sake of drama and this show walks that line pretty well.  I think it does a good job of provoking your emotions — making you question how you would handle the situation if you were in it.  
• I was HORRIFIED to see Lori had hooked up with Shane.  Horrified.  
• This season really made me question my survival instinct and will to live.  I don’t know if I’d be brave enough to leave the CDC and keep on fighting.  I want to believe that I would but I have my doubts.
• I really like the character Daryl, who is played by Norman Reedus of Boondock Saints fame.  

28 DAYS LATER

• My friend Allan lent me the Blu Ray for this movie and 28 Weeks Later.
• I sort of hated this movie.  I wouldn’t recommend it.
• The opening scenes of this movie started out very similar to The Walking Dead pilot.  But it was more drawn out and less convincing.
• The acting felt artificial and forced.
• Phony love story between the main characters.
• The planned assault of the girls was really upsetting… ugh, okay let me stop here.  

28 WEEKS LATER

• After watching 28 Days Later, I was ready to give up on zombie movies.  I thought maybe The Walking Dead was just an anomaly.  So I actually returned the two Blu Rays to Allan.  After a short discussion, he explained that he actually watched 28 Weeks Later first and that it was a lot more exciting and action packed.  Wanting to give it another chance, I agreed to take the second Blu Ray back home and watch it.
• I loved this movie.  It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in quite some time.
• The pace of the movie was perfect — the cinematography was indulgent.
• The opening scene left me breathless!  Wow, what an opening!  It also made me realize that I really need to get in shape because there’s no way I could run that fast and for that long if there really was a zombie apocalypse.  
• The moment when Alice, Don’s wife, realizes that he is not going to try to save them and is going to run for his own life is terrifying, heartbreaking, and brutal to watch. I think it’s because her realization runs so parallel to your slow realization at what’s happening — your horror mirrors hers.  And yet, you hear your survival instinct screaming, questioning you, daring you to blame Don.  Wouldn’t you also run for your life?
• The scene where Don kills Alice is really gruesome.  Gruesome because of method and because of the graphic visuals.  What’s horrible is thinking about how hard Alice worked to stay alive and yet here she was, being murdered so senselessly.
• The age old dilemma of sacrificing a few for the greater good was a pretty strong theme throughout this movie.  When the snipers were ordered to open fire on all targets, it was hard to watch.  It felt crazy that Doyle (played by the great Jeremy Renner) was having to survive the military attacks and not necessarily the zombie attacks.  
• Rose Byrne did a good job playing her role.  Usually women who play that specific role become annoying and she did a good job not going down that path.  Usually that talent is unique to actresses like Jodie Foster.  
• The end was a surprise to me.  I thought they were going to wrap it up neatly.  The husband is hoping they come out with 28 Months Later.  I think they should quit while they’re ahead.