[TV] The Walking Dead - Page 68

On November 01 2011 02:52 relyt wrote:
are they ever gonna show what happened to Merle?

On November 01 2011 03:43 MooseyFate wrote:
I recently re-watched the Pilot episode. Everything (the pacing, the cinematography, the directing) felt like I was watching a movie and that's how I remember feeling the first time I saw it last year. With my friends being huge fans of the comics, the hype was huge for me and it actually exceeded my expectations by a lot. I rarely enjoy TV dramas so I don't watch them often, preferring to watch movies. This show actually had my attention. With the 5-6th episodes, I was a little concerned for the path they were headed down, but I was excited for the next season.

When I heard about Frank being booted off the show, I was very concerned with how it would effect the final product.

AMC had one of the best shows on "regular" cable. Better than what a lot of premium cable channels (HBO, Showtime, etc) had at the time. Now they have Lost with zombies (and not that many).
The only way this show could possibly redeem itself for me is to have all but one or two characters die off and completely change directions with the plot.

For everyone saying " if you want tons of zombies, go watch Dawn of the Dead!", that is not the issue. The show has no direction anymore, and no x-factor. AMC made the change for financial reasons, not creative ones, and it killed the show for me and a lot of folks I know who were fans of the first season (especially the first 3-4 episodes). GG.

On October 31 2011 23:27 Karshe wrote:

I don't think too many people are arguing this... the problem is, the drama half of things can be pretty cringe-worthy at times. Not necessarily bad acting, but bad writing.

"He talked about the deer. He talked about the deer."

Also the whole Dale/Andrea thing is getting very stale and seems directionless, and I'm actually in the minority that still likes both characters.

And this is a very minor nitpick, but the actress playing Lori was driving me crazy last night. During the scene outside where she was talking to Rick about Carl's future, she spent half the scene with her hand covering her mouth. It looked stupid and very unnatural... it was all I could focus on.

On October 31 2011 19:41 Skilledblob wrote:


well at least now we know why the second season sucked so much so far -_-

On November 01 2011 07:15 BlackJack wrote:
I like the new girl from the house they are staying at. I wish they had cast her as Lori instead of Dr. Tancredi from Prison Break. It would have been much better to go with an "unknown" especially since Lori has a southern accent. I don't see her as Lori. I see her as an actress playing Lori, and that completely destroys the illusion of television.

On November 01 2011 10:28 PepperoniPiZZa wrote:
The stupidity in this series is just too fucking much. It's unacceptable for the characters to not carry any bombs or molotov cocktails. I can ignore the fact that zombies would probably never work because no parasite in the world would manage to stand up, much less walk but, I just can't force myself to care about people who are too stupid to defend themselves against deaf and crippled zombies using bombs.

Who cares if these people survive, they're all useless.

On November 01 2011 12:31 Mordiford wrote:


Your gripes honestly sound like an issue with the zombie genre altogether. Welcome to suspension of disbelief, where parasites manage to stand up and walk. Whenever you watch a sci-fi or fantasy film/show, do you go out of your way to debunk the science of it? If not, then why even bring it up here?

It's unacceptable for them to not carry molotov cocktails an bombs when they have trouble finding guns and bullets? I'm sorry, let me urinate some alcohol into this bottle so I can create a molotov cocktail. These are ordinary people, few of them even have firearm training, they didn't have bombs lying around when the outbreak happened and the assumption in these scenarios is that panic lead to a worldwide collapse.

Welcome to the zombie genre, I guess it's not for you.

On November 01 2011 13:24 PepperoniPiZZa wrote:


I'm so sorry, what was I thinking. Of course, who in his right mind would think about using bombs when going up against hundreds of zombies that gather around in gigantic clumps. Certainly, filling a glass bottle with gasoline requires years of expert training. I forgot how it's common sense that zombies drink gasoline so naturally, there wouldn't be any left in the tanks of those cars on that jammed road.
Seriously, how the fuck could I have ever assumed that police officers in america would possess knowledge about home-made bombs?

On November 01 2011 13:24 PepperoniPiZZa wrote:


I'm so sorry, what was I thinking. Of course, who in his right mind would think about using bombs when going up against hundreds of zombies that gather around in gigantic clumps. Certainly, filling a glass bottle with gasoline requires years of expert training. I forgot how it's common sense that zombies drink gasoline so naturally, there wouldn't be any left in the tanks of those cars on that jammed road.
Seriously, how the fuck could I have ever assumed that police officers in america would possess knowledge about home-made bombs?

On November 01 2011 13:29 Mordiford wrote:


It's a pretty obvious trade-off, utilizing gasoline for weaponry limits their ability to travel and has the potential of attracting more zombies. It's not that big of a deal, and certainly isn't "unacceptable" for them to not carry bombs everywhere, Rick even mentioned that he didn't want to use his gun earlier in the season to avoid making noise.

Also, once again, this criticism could be applied to every piece of zombie fiction, "Why doesn't everyone just have 20 bombs on them, ready to use at any time?", maybe because it's not that simple and it could be counterproductive considering it's potential of attracting a larger horde.