The Walking Dead (New Show On AMC)

[thebruce44]

You're right on Raw Biz. I guess given the content, I just want more. I do think there are plenty of network tv series with more properly fleshed out characters. A lot more actually.

[TracyThom]

Well, that was surprising. One of my favorite characters on the show. Gone.

[razzzorsharp]

I wasn't surprised and in fact, I expect a lot more death next week. That's what the show needs to do as long as they can build up new characters (Tyrese/Michonne) that the audience cares about. Build them up to break them down.

[prophet]

It's been a long time since i read the comics and even then, I read them sporadically. But, if I remember, the Dixon brothers weren't in the comics right? If that's correct, then I'm glad that they don't follow the comic exactly, because Darryl is awesome and even as a walker Merle was a badass.

[pretendastronaut]

Correct, the Dixon brothers have never been in the comic. I think they're about the only main characters that aren't.

[RobDeer 45]

Would people agree that they are doing a better job of letting us in on some of the characters? I feel much better about the second half of this season. Sure there is room to improve but I feel like the show is taking a step forward.

 

I agree on more shock deaths (coming out of nowhere) but I also think that a strong core group of characters is needed. Ones that have made a long journey on the show. Seems to me that there haven't been a lot of DBWs lately until last night (Death By Walkers). That's always good to have. I'm probably forgetting some but I can't remember them off hand.

 

The show is really good and just really has so much potential and areas to go. I love it.

[chadomac]

I would agree that the character development might be a little bit improved... but I'm not sure about that - as maybe I'm just invested due to the amount of time I've watched the show at this point.

 

That finale was WEAK, in my opinion. Not much satisfaction after the entire second half of the season was basically building towards this standoff. I watched the entire second half all in a row over the past few days and it STILL felt like a lot of stalling to get to that fight between the two camps... which was incredibly anti-climactic... and I wasn't too upset at the major character death. She made a lot of terrible decisions leading up to that point.

[razzzorsharp]

That was the first episode that I really did not like in a long time...

 

1) Governor going that crazy.

2) Andrea taking her time getting the pliers.

3) The "others" being scared about two shooters (Were they thinking that Rick's group wasn't going to shoot back?)

4) Nobody stopping the Governor or even firing back at him.

 

And my main complaint...

 

You went all season with a build-up to this moment and then push it further away. That's extremely weak. It's almost like they were afraid to get rid of the bad guy so soon because they don't have other ideas in the works.

[jjkoestler]

I'm done with this show. I don't want to go through another season where a main component of an episode is a character fumbling with a pair of pliers. I'm glad Game of Thrones is back on.

[thebruce44]

To be fair, did anything really happen in the premier of Thrones?

[jjkoestler]

To be fair, did anything really happen in the premier of Thrones?

 

Dialog that wasn't written by 8th graders.

[thebruce44]

Truf.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Not a bad episode, but a really weak season finale.

 

 

At least this time they delivered on the 'major character death', unlike the big fight at the farm, in which the only deaths were place-holder characters who played no actual roles in the show.

[TURBO]

I think you guys are being to hard on this show.

 

I like it, look forward to it every week, and am sad that I have to wait until October for a new episode.

 

GREAT show!

[PeaveyFury]

I agree with RoCo- good episode, not an ideal finale. More like a mid-season finale before their usual mid-season gap.

 

I thought the Andrea stuff was well done, but leaving the Governor story open is not only a huge departure from the comics, but creates a lot of intrigue for me going forward since I don't know where they're going to go with the story from here since this is where they left the prison in the books.

 

I do worry that the new group of people and the unfinished 'Governor' storyline will have them dwell at the prison too long like the farm, but the arrival (and potential development) of the Tyrese character leaves me hoping that they've got something in mind for next season already.

[DuWayne Steurer]

As I recap season three, the thing that really strikes me, is the thing I feared going into it, and that's that, IMO of course, the show veered away from the more gritty realism it was shooting for in seasons 1 and 2 and went with more cartoony caricature type characters here in season 3.

 

The Governor's henchmen were the very archetype of 'goon' style rent-a-henchmen that I almost expect to be working for the Joker or the Penguin in a Batman comic. Most of the new characters that were introduced in season 3 just seemed to be very much cartoon or comic book caricatures (Governor and Michonne especially) rather than fleshed out personalities. When the henchmen were doing 'bad guy stuff', it got to the point where I wasn't surprised to hear the 'evil chuckle' or see the sly grin on their faces like "we know something you don't know, because we're up to no good".

[Nottso]

I like the show, but sometimes I get rather exasperated with it. For instance, when Andrea kept stopping for several seconds at a time to see if Milton was alive or dead I about lost my mind. I have no problem with her being dead as she annoyed me anyways but I was hoping to see Milton's character expand (nerds, unite!). Although I must say that I thought the Governor leaving Milton mortally wounded in the locked room with Andrea was deliciously fiendish.

 

Now that pretty much all of the able-bodied Woodburians (or whatever they're called) have been murdered, why would you bring the children and the elderly to the prison? Why would you not just move your group into Woodbury?

 

And going further, why would you not constantly work on expanding Woodbury by building new walls, each slightly further out than the last, and bringing in new people? What's the point in trying to survive if you're not going to at least try to reclaim the planet? Or at least a large enough portion of it to recreate some semblance of normalcy.

[RobertR]

I really don't know if I have the patience for the show any more. Sometimes I think they'd all be better off if they just put Carl in charge.

[logan82]

And going further, why would you not constantly work on expanding Woodbury by building new walls, each slightly further out than the last, and bringing in new people? What's the point in trying to survive if you're not going to at least try to reclaim the planet? Or at least a large enough portion of it to recreate some semblance of normalcy.

You would still want to keep the other walls in case one broke.

[Nottso]

And going further, why would you not constantly work on expanding Woodbury by building new walls, each slightly further out than the last, and bringing in new people? What's the point in trying to survive if you're not going to at least try to reclaim the planet? Or at least a large enough portion of it to recreate some semblance of normalcy.

You would still want to keep the other walls in case one broke.

 

Yes, exactly. I'd leave the present walls up and work on a second set covering more area. Then a third set, and upon its completion I'd take down the first set because I would still have a double wall left.

 

Then I'd start another set further out yet, and every time I finished a new set of walls, the oldest set would come down. That way I would always have a completed (4 sided) double wall in place and I'd always be expanding, reclaiming at least this continent bit by bit.

[pepsimax23]

I think it's well within the range of possibilities they talk about moving out of a prison into "town life"

[RobertR]

The series is really at a turning point. Does it track with the comic book or does it go in the direction that the events in the series are pointing towards? I agree that moving into Woodbury and starting to rebuild civilization, with scouting missions, people wandering into town, zombie threats, etc. seems like a more logical direction for the series. But, I understand that it's a drastic departure from the comics and I don't know how willing they are to go in that direction.

[PeaveyFury]

.....Spoiler.....

 

 

 

It's only a drastic departure in the comics if they move into Woodbury instead of Alexandria. The recent issues of the comics have a town/place called the latter with all of the plot elements you discuss. That was the eventual destination after they left the prison.

[RobDeer 45]

I thought the episode was solid but not great. I agree it left too much hanging for a season finale. I'm hoping that the first episode may bring some closure though. I could go without the Governor going forward.

 

I agree that staying in Woodbury would probably be the best move to get back to normal. The prison could be great for keeping walkers out but really sucks that a car or truck can just run right through the fence. As I've stated before, I have no issues with some down time in the show with no bad guys to worry about. I like when the walkers are the only thing they are having to worry about for awhile.

[homer]

I like the show I just wish there was some goal in mind or some possibility of a cure or a place of refuge or something. It's going to be real boring if it's just another whole season of them defending the prison against the Governor.