I thnk the makeup looks pretty good, as good as any other zombie makeup i've seen. And if I were Meryl, I would have cut off my thumb, not my whole hand... he's probably bleeding a lot and he was already starting to go kinda crazy and the loss of blood is not going to help, lol. Really since the zombies are kinda slow he could have got the saw and waited to see if they broke thru the door, but since they could see him and smell him there maybe him getting free and going somewhere else (where ever he went) was what cause the zombies to leave too... since when the group gets there to save him there are no zombies at the door or in the stair well anymore.
When I saw them in person, the zombies looked terrible. They look a little bit better on TV, but still pretty bad. That said, I really like that show.
It's got a decent storyline and can be nail biting at times.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.