Journal 6: Features to Die For

     “The Walking Dead: Complete First Season: When Featurettes Are More Plentiful Than Brains”, by Evan Sawdey covers the special features available in The Walking Dead season 1 special edition DVD package. While not necessarily about the show itself, I find it interesting how the review focuses in on its audience. Sawdey begins by revealing the hype that the show got when announced to air, as it was based on a popular comic book. He goes on to talk about the positive reviews it got and that other show writers on AMC began to take action against it. He then stats that the director, Frank Darabont, was fired, and that this could be good for the show. The remainder of the review focuses on the featurettes present in the DVD package. He considers the majority to be interesting and worthwhile, focusing particularly on the hour long documentary narrated by the cast of the show. He concludes by saying that the special features do not contribute to the story, they give meaningful understanding of how the film was made. While I have not seen the following seasons of The Walking Dead, and cannot review them myself, I have heard good things about it, and so Sawdey could be correct. I have, however, seen the first season, and loved it. The special features examined by Sawdey sound intriguing, giving fans many reasons to make the purchase.