^
― old LOKO heads (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Apparently Darabont fired the entire writing staff:
http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1137550p1.html
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
*applauds*
― gr8080 of missing ILX (gr8080), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I've seen Darabont's movies - hard to believe the writing staff was the real problem here.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 04:34 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, according to that article, Darabont's going to be doing the heavy lifting in the writing dept all by his lonesome, so I'm not holding out hope for a real change in tone or a shift towards subtlety.
― Clay, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 05:12 (thirteen years ago) link
can't be worse.
― old LOKO heads (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 05:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, that was easily my least favorite episode yet. So much talk, so many looooooooong goodbyes, so few zombies. The show needs to find a way to ratchet up the tension so that we feel a zombie attack is always imminent. 'Cause, jeez, what a drag all this somber talking is. And then the CDC stuff? That was just goofy, and a literal dead-end. Of course there's no cure! And the only thing that can make this show look cheaper and more single-set is the stick them all in an underground bunker, watching wandering zombies on TV. Though that would be kind of meta ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:12 (thirteen years ago) link
the preview for "the killing" looked good.
― Mark Chmuras Hot Tub Crime Machine (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
the introduction of the CDC guy reminded me of Desmond's introduction in season 2 of LOST
― gr8080 of missing ILX (gr8080), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:28 (2 days ago)
yeah... not really as cool tho... that opening sequence from s2e1 of lost is one of my fav tv moments ever... show was all downhill from there...
― https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0 (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 15:16 (2 days ago)
I don't know. Seems to me that if you were still watching Lost by the end of series 1, you've already eaten more shit than The Walking Dead has served up so far. AT least we haven't had any episode-long "it was all a dream" crap and the like
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Wednesday, 1 December 2010 22:41 (thirteen years ago) link
How did that youtube end up in there? Sorry!
season 1 and 2 of LOST are fucking awesome wtf r u talking about
― gr8080 of missing ILX (gr8080), Thursday, 2 December 2010 00:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I have to admit I know nothing of S2, having bailed after S1's episode where someone was killed off, and then someone else woke up and the whole episode had been a dream
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Thursday, 2 December 2010 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, just want to thank mr. mandelbrot flythrough vertigo, esq. (Edward III) for recommending 'The Signal', because I watched it last night and really, really enjoyed it.
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Thursday, 2 December 2010 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
ok guys i havent read most of this thread but i just watched ep 3 and it was basically torture to get through, can anyone present a compelling argument for continuing on with this shit
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:21 (thirteen years ago) link
although glimpsing this:
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:12 AM (5 days ago) Bookmark
does not make me hopeful
i actually wouldn't mind if this show was all dialogue if it was GOOD and TENSE and compelling and made u feel like u were living in zombie world
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I only just enjoy this show, but I think it's worth watching for the narrative possibilities in season 2. But on the basis of the rest of the 1st season's six episodes, if you found episode 3 torture to get through then I wouldn't bother. I will say episode 4 and 5 are better though.
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 December 2010 05:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"narrative possibilities in season 2" = * sound of toilet flushing *
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I wouldn't blame you.
Still, a long-running zombie series does have a lot of potential. I've never read the books and don't intend to, so I can't say how much it worked there, but I like the idea of it. Even though the thought of Frank Darabont writing every episode of the second season doesn't get me particularly excited (I'm not really a fan of his), I think it's heartening that he sacked the writing staff. He must realize that there is definite room for improvement, especially since the strong ratings that have continued since the premiere seem to indicate that nobody really had to do change much to stay successful.
― Gukbe, Monday, 6 December 2010 05:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I liked about half of this but boy was that a crappy finale.
― Simon H., Monday, 6 December 2010 06:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Hated that episode so much.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, 6 December 2010 07:35 (thirteen years ago) link
o man they couldnt even pull it together for the finale eh
why is THIS show of all things doing so well
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 13:24 (thirteen years ago) link
nerds on the internet love zombies
― ed smanger (cozen), Monday, 6 December 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
hoping the improvement from this 6 part first season is going to be similar to the improvement parks & rec got when it jumped to 20+ eps
SPOILER
so did the doctor tell andrew lincoln that his kid is carrying?
― ed smanger (cozen), Monday, 6 December 2010 14:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i53.tinypic.com/2mgoxnl.jpg
jk I didn't enjoy this.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought the finale was sick as hellllll
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i even choked up a lil when blacklady and mr. truman show held hands at the end ;_;
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 15:14 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i also choked up at the ending of Deep Impact so
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i asked my friend what he thought of the finale and he said "computer countdown to an exploding building. that's what i thought of it."
which i cant really argue with. everything in this ep was super obvious and telegraphed, but i will say that a lot of it still worked for me. like when they finally used chekhov's grenade.
i think one thing that's weird about the show/needs to be become better is the fact that it's an ensemble show but everyone aside from rick and shane are total blanks... there's all these big moments that have no impact because we dont know the characters at all. when the old guy and the blonde broad stayed behind that actually did stir something in me a lil, since we knew those characters better, but then they zipped out in time anyway. it was a nice moment, but it took what like 6 episodes to get a character that wasn't a stereotype.
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
what's up. my name? yeah. im T-Dog.
checked out after episode 3, mostly because of schedule conflicts or forgetting to watch it, maybe i'll catch up during reruns or on dvd.
― omar little, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I think they should remake this series as a movie, and then adapt the movie into a graphic novel. Then repeat over and over until it's nothing but zombies.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 December 2010 18:25 (thirteen years ago) link
is there any way they're going towards rick being some anomalous case? i wondered if the doc told him he was carrying or something. i mean tell me if this is nuts but wouldn't that explain shane checking his pulse and not getting a beat etc?
probably a wild theory in truth, anyone got any idea what the doc might have said?
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 6 December 2010 21:58 (thirteen years ago) link
"this show sucks ass"
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
you are getting kinda morbs-like abt this, slocki
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
haha i was thinking that earlier... gettin uncharacteristic morbs-trotting-into-an-apatow-thread vibes from the s1ockmeister here
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:11 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Except that he's right and this show is an overwhelming disappointment.
― Clay, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i did actually watch half of it
i believe that entitles me to be a wiseass
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
you guys really should've read the comic first, then you'd have been pleasantly surprised by the show
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i read the first couple trade paperbacks, i thought htey were better than the show
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
god that scene where they're talking abotu missing their vibrators was so so bad, was this talked about upthread
i would love it if you'd watch the fourth episode and came back to us with your thoughts
― Princess TamTam, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i can make that happen
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Either that, or that everyone already has the disease whether they've been bit or not
― buildings with goats on the roof (James Morrison), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmm, I can't remember if that was a plot point in the comics or not. Seem to think it was? Or maybe I'm thinking of something else, from World War Z. Regardless, in these sorts of stories everyone has to have the disease, bit or not, because otherwise how would the dead come back to life in the first place, without a first-bite, as it were?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 6 December 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
http://goremasternews.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/love-at-first-bite.jpg
― shirley summistake (s1ocki), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
They kind of hit you over the head with the CDC doctor's name: Edwin Jenner. Just a few letters difference to throw you off though. But for this show, that's subtlety.
― righteousmaelstrom, Monday, 6 December 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I... liked the finale. Much more than the previous couple of episodes. But maybe I'm just a sucker for Lost-style imminent death in a basement "suspense."
― mini-skirt and gogol books (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 7 December 2010 00:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't watched it yet, but I could have sworn Darabont promised there would be no cliffhanger. So he's a liar-pants?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 01:04 (thirteen years ago) link
there's no cliffhanger
― Princess TamTam, Tuesday, 7 December 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link