AMC zombie series from Frank 'Majestic' Darabont - The Walking Dead

just finished season one myself. really disappointing but yeah, im gonna watch season two

have forgotten every character but egg and only thing I remember about him is that he's egg

his wife was in prison break surprised to remember I managed to resist watching beyond the first season of that

don't even remember season one being this shit, the script is horrendous. that opening monologue was just truly awful. the zombies still look great and it surprises me with how disgusting it is, will keep watching but it's dumb as hell.

I was getting pissed off with the whole "fuel situation" stopping them from choosing alternate routes, shouting "there are literally thousands of fucking cars everywhere, siphon some fuel!" then of them said "hey why don't we siphon some fuel?" so I let them off.

Zombie gut check was good. As was the wtf unexpected shooting - I expected something unexpected but not that.

All of the woman are better actors than all of the men.

the boring dead

missed opportunity to have the buck turn around and its face is a zombie!

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb156/XredpunkX/EvilDead-DeerLOL.gif

This premiere was a near deal breaker for me, because they had so much time to do it right (especially after that season finale, which was so wrong). And instead they not only went the dull route, they kept bringing all this pandering religion stuff into it. And it's terribly written to boot. All 70+ issues of the comics keep your attention from start to finish, and manage to squeeze in plenty of drama and excitement and characterization in each short installment. How come a show with a staff and a head start can't get it right for an hour once a week?

especialloy given this ep was written by the writer of the comics which, sure, not everyone's a fan of, but they manage better than this

really badly written, mostly badly acted, still watching it though because the zombies look cool

that cheating wife woman really needs to find some haircare products and a pair of scissors in an abandoned salon, cuz her droopy, thin, long locks are bugging the fuck out of me

she wasn't cheating, or at least she didn't know she was

Was there a new episode? Was it any good, or at least better?

Whether or not she was technically "cheating," she did manage to hook up with her husband's partner within days of the zombiepocalypse. Though I want to say one of the early eps implied some marital strife at the time? Damned if I'm going to go back and watch season one ever again.

every character on this show is intolerably emo. I don't see why the writers need to resort to that sort of thing to create conflict when there's a built in plot mechanism for conflict and motivation that's the entire premise of the show.

plus they all seem relatively fragile. maybe im wrong, but i think the survivors of a situation like this would pretty much be hard ass pragmatists at all times, and wouldn't really tolerate emotional instability.

Yeah, the comic is also mostly about the survival of the badass. Because zombie hordes don't tolerate dead weight (so to speak).

every character on this show is intolerably emo. I don't see why the writers need to resort to that sort of thing to create conflict when there's a built in plot mechanism for conflict and motivation that's the entire premise of the show.

sounds like the comic.

Yeah, but the comic has a sniper pro chick and another going all berserker with a ninja sword. This TV version of that world is more southern rednecks rule. Everyone knows how to hunt, shoot and fix a car.

I can do none of that stuff, I'd be useless in a zombocalypse - though I have played a lot of Dead Rising and Resident Evil.

just managed to watch the end of the first ep

what the fuck was that such a weird and shit and inexplicable end to a SEASON PR'MEEEER - egg and his pal watching the kid approach the stag or whatever for what seemed like quarter of an hour both looking at him smiling expectantly but expectant of what what was the kid gonna do and then when he got shot egg and his pal didn't even really look around to see who had fired the shot weird and crap gonna watch the second ep

Renewed for a Third Season. shocking, I know.

egg left the house and deliberately wiped his son's blood onto his forehead so his pal could wipe it off - I'm out

CONRAD OUT

I'm watching this to the bitter end despite everything.

i'm done with living

So I take it that means this ep sucked, too? I don't really want to bother with this show anymore, other than the fact that it's so much fun to make fun of.

Or there at least zombies in this episode, or is it another wander around the woods special?

tbh, all the emotional characterization stuff reminds me of Lost

the fx of the thru-deer-to-kid shot was pretty hilarious.

missed opportunity to have the buck turn around and its face is a zombie!

otfm

The comic book has lost its way too. The 'we're safe let's build a society! just kidding not really!' thing is getting boring.

Mutually self-assured creative destruction: creator takes on TV show while still doing the comic, both fall apart. Or fail upwards, as the case may be. Though surely there are people out there who actually like the writing and characters and are put-off by all the zombies.

still enjoying this despite myself, still better than the comic, can't really defend the show on its own terms though, its just junk (w/great makeup effects)

every character on this show is intolerably emo. I don't see why the writers need to resort to that sort of thing to create conflict when there's a built in plot mechanism for conflict and motivation that's the entire premise of the show.

― ryan, Monday, October 24, 2011 10:25 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark

you couldnt wring a full season of tv out of fighting zombies. too expensive, and the last 30 years of terrible zombie movies have already put paid to how boring that is. they have the right idea concentrating on the characters, its just that these characters are overwrought dipshits

I skimmed around at a couple of other forums, and the degree of fan disdain for this show is so high. Apparently this last ep actually had the mom interrogate a purported doctor at length to make sure he was OK to operate on Carl? When, of course, there is literally no fucking other alternative, anywhere?

Predominant fan conspiracy theory is that they must skimp on sets, actors, writing in order to afford zombie F/X.

Also, apparently in one character's bag of drugs (?), there was "Breaking Bad" blue meth! Crossover!

you couldnt wring a full season of tv out of fighting zombies. too expensive, and the last 30 years of terrible zombie movies have already put paid to how boring that is. they have the right idea concentrating on the characters, its just that these characters are overwrought dipshits

you're definitely right. i think there's a middle ground though--in that you can concentrate on what these particular situations would reveal about the characters. who's a coward, who's a sadist, etc. The show is in some ways about people "clinging to their humanity" when it would be more interesting to see what would change about them, what humanity they would lose, in order to survive, the things they would do that we'd balk at in our zombie-less existence.

When, of course, there is literally no fucking other alternative, anywhere?

This is the thing that killed me! Watching it, I was thinking 'Lady, what other choice do you have?' Morans.

Having not seen this POS second ep, do they explain how dude hunting deer managed to shoot the boy right next to the deer, and also miss the two grown ass men a few feet away? Is he some sort of one-eyed deaf magic sniper?

Also, I hear they drag out the "will he live?" drama for at least another ep, when we all know they're not going to kill the kid. True?

killing off the kid would be a great idea! im hoping they basically find another group of survivors and we can just start following them around.

Someone somewhere else pointed out the narrative boneheadedness of introducing viewers to another group of survivors a million times more interesting than the ones we've been following.

do they explain how dude hunting deer managed to shoot the boy right next to the deer,

He shot through the deer into the kid. Dr. Veterinarian notes that the deer slowed the bullet enough to make the wound non-fatal.

So he was so focused on the deer he didn't see the boy? Right next to the fucking deer?

deer was inbetween the two- the shot probably came from far away

i'm not ruling out a second gunman

Yeah, it was:

Dudes ------- Boy -------- Deer ----------------------------- Shooter

lol i was going to post

c...D.............DH

the guy didn't think it was weird the deer had six legs and two of them were the legs of a child

Maybe he thought the zombie deer was eating the kid? Or the smiling, enraptured kid was a zombie, trying to eat the deer?

It's zombie times, man, anything's possible.

maybe he didn't see the kid

peeps getting incredulous about the kid deer shooting thing obv dont live in states where hunting accidents happen sometimes

This was no HUNTING ACCIDENT!

http://media.screened.com/uploads/0/1167/223491-richardbig2.jpg

shot a deer in atlanta just to see what was behind

i think the laziest writing trope this show seems to keep using is the delay of information to raise tension that isnt there, ie the "you cant go to the high school. you cant. thats your boy in there." for 5 minutes instead of saying "i will go" or the 5 minute vetting (hah) of the doctor when WE ALL KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. its really starting to drive me crazy, because they do it all the fucking time.

like i am really trying to like this show, but yknow theres still better special effects in mid-level horror movies, and they at least have a shot at being well written or compelling.

also these might be the worst written female characters on a show ever, its like the writing staff just brainstorms ways to make them vulnerable irrational and overcome by emotion every week

Well, they are women.

In real life, most of these men would be blubbering wrecks, too. I mean, flesh-eating back from the dead zombies!