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I love The Walking Dead and I've seen the first two seasons more than any of the others and just about know them inside out. I have to say, ranger613 has done an excellent job of distilling the core of nearly 900 minutes of TV show into a managable 3 hour chunk of fast paced, suspenseful, zombie slaying entertainment. A lot of character development, sub plots and characters have obviously been sacrificed from the hours of TV show footage in order to tell a very streamlined concise story, but to be honest, as much as I noticed it was gone I didn't actually miss it in the context of the new tale the editor was telling. I liked how much darker Shane's character was in this version and how it kept moving forward at a really brisk pace yet without skipping over story or feeling like it's 3 hours long, it felt well balanced between the character moments and the walker mayhem. I wouldn't take this as a replacement for the original TV show but it makes for an excellent introduction for anyone that's been living under a rock for the last 4 years and hasn't seen TWD, or for the times when I need a flashback to the early days and want a complete story in under 3 hours. This is a very successful project, it works as a standalone film for the uninitiated or a quick fix for a TWD junky like me. I hope ranger613 tackles more seasons as he's proved he can really deliver the goods. I know I'll watch this edit a lot more times in the future and it passed the girlfriend test aswell, she's an even bigger TWD fan than me and she specifically made time to watch it and liked the results very much. Great work.