The Walking Dead (New Show On AMC)

[RobertR]

Glen and Daryl aka Redneck Legolas (thanks internet!) are really the only two characters that I find really consistently entertaining at present. I'd say they could split off to their own spinoff, but that's Zombieland. I sorta like Rick and there are moments with the other characters, but there's a whole lot of dross to sit through. Right now it's a zombie apocalypse show with awesome zombie attacks, saddled with often dumb melodrama, poorly fleshed out characters, and a murky goal beyond surviving the next zombie attack. There are real nuggets of gold, especially in the pilot, but they've wasted a lot of the pilot's goodwill. Hopefully when they actually start writing the second season they'll take a long look at what worked and what didn't and address the very real problems with the show.

Robert

[pitchleague]

I was fairly neutral on the finale. The only cliff hanger was what was whispered into Rick's ear. I'm curious what it was (I didn't read the comic book and I prefer not to know what it was.)

 

Hopefully, it'll be like Parks and Recreation. Okay-to-mediocre first season. Gold in the 2nd.

[logan82]

They need more flashbacks to develop the characters more.

[Katuluu]

I was fairly neutral on the finale. The only cliff hanger was what was whispered into Rick's ear. I'm curious what it was (I didn't read the comic book and I prefer not to know what it was.)

The CDC is not in the original comic.

[logan82]

I have a good idea what was whispered in Rick's ear.

[bucksbeat]

Hmm.. Care to throw your speculation out there since no one knows for sure?

 

I'm thinking it has to do with Lori. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

[logan82]

I'm thinking it has to do with Lori. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

or everybody.

[TracyThom]

bucksbeat]Hmm.. Care to throw your speculation out there since no one knows for sure?

 

I'm thinking it has to do with Lori. http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/wink.gif

I agree. There is a storyline in the novels that I suspect the show will follow. I've got a pretty strong feeling that's what was whispered in Rick's ear.

 

[kalle8]

a bit disappointed by the finale.

i wanted some updates to the guy who sew off his hand on the roof of that building in one of the first episode.

[GoudaBrew]

Anybody still watching? I've opted for football every Sunday night, but am starting to get caught up on Season 2 via OnDemand. I've watched the first two episodes. I actually like it a lot more than I did in Season 1. I'm starting to actually care for the characters some.

[radman12484]

I'm still watching. Season 2 has been pretty good so far. I did enjoy the preview for next weeks which looks like its gonna be a good one.

[chadomac]

I am done watching The Walking Dead. I have wanted so badly to like this show, but the fact of the matter is that it's terrible. There is no character development and therefore the show is filled with a bunch of boring and/or unlikeable people that I don't ultimately care about. The pacing is painfully slow. Nothing actually happens most of time, except occasionally during the last couple of minutes so that you want to tune into the next one. Reminds me of some of the worst episodes of LOST, but at least LOST had some interesting/likable characters. Oh, and the dialogue is embarrassing. This was a great idea for a show that the writers are completely screwing up in almost every way.

[Nottso]

At what point do they realize that they have to save the human race and start actively breeding? Or do they decide not to save the human race? Lori's pregnant (by whom?), Glenn got Zombie Apocalypse Sex (maybe a baby, condom or no), so who's next? And will they try to chart things and avoid inbreeding as far as possible? I bet the old veterinarian is pretty accomplished in in-vitro.

 

Just stuff to think about. And let me know if you find my teeth.

[pretendastronaut]

Generally, I agree with your criticisms chadomac, but for some reason I'm not overly aggravated by the show. This week's episode though was almost entirely pointless and lacked any tense moments really and I was let down this week, but I've still found myself enjoying the show so far. Hopefully this isn't the turn down a bad path like last season. I don't suspect it will be, I suspect they'll follow the comic as it pertains to the barn on the farm, and that should make some good drama.

[RobertR]

Glen and Daryl aka Redneck Legolas (thanks internet!) are really the only two characters that I find really consistently entertaining at present. I'd say they could split off to their own spinoff, but that's Zombieland. I sorta like Rick and there are moments with the other characters, but there's a whole lot of dross to sit through. Right now it's a zombie apocalypse show with awesome zombie attacks, saddled with often dumb melodrama, poorly fleshed out characters, and a murky goal beyond surviving the next zombie attack. There are real nuggets of gold, especially in the pilot, but they've wasted a lot of the pilot's goodwill. Hopefully when they actually start writing the second season they'll take a long look at what worked and what didn't and address the very real problems with the show.

 

I'm quoting myself because I find it hard to invest more energy and thought into the show than the writers who have apparently learned nothing from the first season.

 

Robert

[Katuluu]

Its probably why the show runner was let go.

[TracyThom]

The show has really just been spinning its wheels the past few weeks. Completely drawing out the Sophia and Carl storylines. Did anyone actually think Carl was not going to recover? HOWEVER, business is about to pick up next week with the return of Merle.

[Nottso]

Might mot be Merle. Might be just someone dreaming of Merle. If you've read the comic, please no spoilers (I haven't read the comic). Thanks.

[Raw Biz]

I haven't read the comic but I know that a lot of stuff is different. I think the two rednecks weren't even in the comic (and if they were, they weren't really main characters). Kirkman even came out and said he wants to do a little George Lucas stuff with the show. In other words, change stuff that happened the first time around (in the comics). Also, I'm pretty sure that the budget was cut in half from last season (because of Mad Men) while the episodes doubled. That shouldn't really affect stuff like character development but its probably why there hasn't been as much action/zombie/kill scenes as the first season.

[pretendastronaut]

I read some of the comic after the show started, and it's like any other transition from print to screen, some stuff is the same, some sort of the same, and some completely different.

[Glennron]

Attempting to lure out the zombie from the farm's well might've been the dumbest thing that anyone has done on this show. And that includes Merle refusing to put aside his racism in a post-apocolyptic world infested with zombies. Every scene with that guy from season 1 was cringe worthy, and there are still plenty of those moments without him.

 

Are we supposed to care if Sophia is found or not? They've now dragged this on throughout four episodes, and it's a character who had a small handful of lines throughout the first 7 episodes of the season. Just really frustrating pacing.

[young guns]

Attempting to lure out the zombie from the farm's well might've been the dumbest thing that anyone has done on this show. And that includes Merle refusing to put aside his racism in a post-apocolyptic world infested with zombies. Every scene with that guy from season 1 was cringe worthy, and there are still plenty of those moments without him.

 

Are we supposed to care if Sophia is found or not? They've now dragged this on throughout four episodes, and it's a character who had a small handful of lines throughout the first 7 episodes of the season. Just really frustrating pacing.

 

For the well, I don't know. I guess it was really a risk reward thing, though I don't know if I would have drunk from the well even if they were able to get it out without it falling apart. My problem is why didn't the person, I forget who, that was right by the well help get it out when it was stuck at the lip of the well. It seemed to me there wouldn't have been any risk of being bit and just needed to lift the legs up and out.

 

As for Merle, I wouldn't expect any racist jerk to put it aside even in a post-apocolyptic world infested with zombies.

 

I do agree the Sophia thing is starting to get annoying, though it looked like Daryl my have found a place she might have been hiding, so I hope they conclude that soon. Like next episode.

[pretendastronaut]

I have to say, the people on the show make some stupid choices that the people in the comic don't. As annoying as the Sophia storyline is, how do you go from finding a credible lead one week, to thinking she's maybe hiding out in a subdivision that anyone should have known would be full of walkers? And how do they go through their initial sweep of the houses with guns drawn instead of some sort of quiet weapon? They go far from the house to shoot guns and not attract walkers to themselves earlier in the episode, but when they go into a deadzone, they prepare to start shooting first?

 

The show is just going far to slow to make up for lameness like that.

[TooLiveBrew]

Principessa21 has officially given up on this show. That surprises me, since I thought she'd love it. I've watched about four episodes, but it's not my kind of show.

[davego]

I'm hoping some Cylons show up to fight the Zombies, but the Borg forge an alliance with the surviving humans to finally defeat the dark forces of the empire.