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

I'm hoping they transplant his head to T-Dawg's shoulder like that movie, The Thing With Two Heads. Although, with regards to acting, T-Dawg is no Rosey Grier.

making convicts run like little bitches

Season 2 now on Netflix. Have watched 2 1/2 eps, am about to stop because it seems like there's, um, lots of talking and rehashing and emoting and staring off into the middle distance, and very little walking dead, and what walking dead business there is doesn't seem to add anything to what's come before (OK, there's a herd, they walk towards us, we chop their heads in one by one, etc.) Should I persist, and how long? I liked season 1.

Herschel got with Andrea in the comic? I thought that was the old dude with the RV.

eephus: 2 was a bit of a snooze but so far season 3 seems to have figured out what it wants to do, imo

back half of season 2's a lot better imo. season 3 seems good so far, especially since it looks like they're press fast foward on a bunch of these storylines

i have to admit, though, i'm a little disappointed they immediately undercut Michonne's badass psycho loner into Andrea's nursemaid, but oh well lol AMC :( maybe we'll get some flashbacking on that one

and yeah i think it was Dale who hooked up with Andrea AND her sister (ick). didn't the Herschel amputation happen waaay later too?

Yeah eephus season 2 is good the very beginning and 2 or 3 from the end. Season 3 though seems very promising though. They seemed to have saved up for gore special effects and makeup during all of the nothingness that happened in season 2.

i just finished season two the other day on netflix. love it all. probably shouldn't read the new stuff on here. though maybe i'll actually keep up with it via sidereel or something. don't know if i can wait a year or whatever.

how many new episodes have there been so far, two? didn't it just start?

i just started watching jericho too on netflix. haven't seen them all. i could watch the end of the world forever.

walking dead is maddening of course and here's hoping that they can finally learn to bring a minimum of three people on their little trips out and about. and just the cause and effect of all their dumb decisions. every trip abroad ends up in someone dead pretty much. but i do love both seasons.

I got the issue everyone had with season 2 but wasn't tortured by it. Season 3 indeed only has 2 episodes so far but it looks like there is going to be a lot more happening episode to episode this time.

i'll have to read this thread. already noticed that some people just hate it.

even herschel's unconscious face was an example of bad acting.

I don't get the herschel hate but it is pretty hilarious as a thread meme

it's not so much hate as just finding him awful. i blame the script tho, i think. that more hirsute prisoner whom they spared was like he was auditioning to steal king hersch's stoic simpleton crown, "i knew these men, they were good men."

If you break down individual parts of S2 and S3, it's pretty terrible - bad acting, ponderous dialogue, some WTF choices, etc. - but it's somewhat compelling in the big picture. Enough to keep watching.
S1 was terrible, IMO, so I didn't give S2 a chance until it came on Netflix.

I'd still like a show like this that didn't have a core group of characters - it would just follow different groups trying to make their way in the New Zombie Overlord world on the same timeline.

Herschel got with Andrea in the comic? I thought that was the old dude with the RV.

That's true--sorry, annoying old git confusion

I love this show, regardless of herschel, bad acting or whatever else you guys find at fault. It's a zombie drama!!! Season 3 is off to a great start too. I love/despise the new sheriff, making the tough choices, wonder when he'll fall or get vetoed out? The son is shaping up into a tough little zombie killer, after being a pain in the ass in season 2.

I'd still like a show like this that didn't have a core group of characters - it would just follow different groups trying to make their way in the New Zombie Overlord world on the same timeline.

― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, October 22, 2012 7:24 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Totally have always loved this idea. Caring about the characters ups the drama a ton but not caring quite as much means everyone can die- then on to the next group. Would be a fantastic concept.

As annoying as Lori is, I don't totally see the motivation behind Rick hating on her as hard as he is?

Not to be geeky or anything...

xpost also diff climates/environments. surviving zombies in the desert! surviving zombies in the snow!

Yeah finding out you're wife was screwing your buddy while zombie overtook the world is one thing, but carrying his baby. ALso did she get mad at him for killing Shane after she kind of egged it on? Or am I remembering wrong?

xpost Oh yeah good point! I've thought that too. So interesting to see what zombies are like under the sun melting on old roads in the desert or freezing to ice and thawing during their aimless shuffling in the snow somewhere

forest zombies! mountain zombies! zombies in overgrown cornfields! so much potential

This show has had so much potential from ep one, yet squandered it at nearly every turn, somehow mistaking enthusiasm for gory zombie action for interest in the internal moral battles of these wet blankets. So far season 3 (which I have not seen anything of) is getting good notices, but I would be shocked if the show doesn't find a way to screw up this promise and potential, too.

I guess Rick is all HARD now cause he kills peoples.

i kept worrying that the baby would die in the womb and then turn into baby zombie and start eating her.

i love this show, but i would. man, lots of hate on this thread.

I still don't understand why short haired lady wanted to operate on the lady zombie, is she assuming Lori will have to have a c-section?

No I have fun watching the show myself! Love zombie stories, especially this thorough. With all those stupid survival books they sell at Urban Outfitters etc. it's about time they took the fantasy to a show of some sort.

Carful Jacob scott hasn't watched this far yet.

sorry

spoiler

how did the prisoners survive in the cafeteria for 300 days without water

I know right?

Jacob I realized I was treading spoiler territory too! oops.

its okay i'll stop reading. i'll catch up.

thinking of what ifs is stupid but i can't stop doing it. if farmer didn't go into town to get drunk no shooting of humans no car crash no bringing back lame-ass kid no future shot in the woods to alert horde and direct them towards farm. etc, etc, etc. but people typically do the wrong thing all the time so it all makes sense. but it drives me crazy.

Yeah I think that is the strength of the show, and a theme.

i watched this the other night. toxic stuff that drives people crazy starring sam waterston and the RV dude from The Walking Dead. RV dude looked good all young!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCJYHM3C9E

Yaphet Katto! I must find that film.

how did the prisoners survive in the cafeteria for 300 days without water

I thought that was just the rotten meat supply.

i've been told season three is a grand improvement
is this really true? i need it to be at least twice as good as the second season to even think about trying again.

it's twice as good

"I still don't understand why short haired lady wanted to operate on the lady zombie, is she assuming Lori will have to have a c-section?"

I think it was just an excuse for her to cut some zombie bitch

sigh okay i'll try it

that last moment between rick & laurie was OMG COLD

i kind of love rick for that; and feel some sympathy for her being so outcast with her family while being so pregnant & needing the support she cant get

But why? because they had a squabble last fall? They weren't like that at the farm right before they left.

i love this show, btw. this has come up before, i think, it seems to be flawed and has dumb dialogue and a few stupid characters and yet i watch it religiously, as soon as i can download it the day after us broadcast.

i didn't have a problem with Rick's change; he'd been holding in a lot of suspicion and anger at Lori for a long time, and I think the combination of being forced to kill Shane, risk everything to protect what is obviously Shane's kid, and raise Carl as a potential psycho killer (I mean, remember that crazy scene at the end of S2 where he WANTS to watch that guy get executed?) cracked him and now he's putting all the weight on her

that last scene was really good though. the choice of "we" instead of "I" especially

Yeah, good point.