GasBandit
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Some people like it, I guess.
[TV] The Walking Dead
- Thread starter Ravenpoe
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I wonder if they are gonna reveal what the scientist told Rick ever or just hope the viewer forgets that happened
I thought it was interesting that the group had no problem killing the dead coming out of the barn since they had no emotional ties to any of them while Hershel just sat there stunned. But when Sohpia came out the group got hit with the reality Hershel faced. Instead of them being nameless, faceless dead it became real since it was one if their own. At that moment the roles were reversed and nobody had the stones to put her down but Rick. Rick does have compassion and does not want to kill for the sake of killing. But he can when pushed.
Much like this forum needs Charlie (and for the record I do enjoy the exchanges between many of you and Charlie) the group needs Shane. Charlie is our Shane. When this place implodes and chaos rules only Charlie will be able to restore order.
STFU Steve
Yeah, they could hire better writers and directors, most likely
Wait, this means
we'll get to have an eight year old
I'd watch that.
Actually, Rick alludes to that in the very first episode of season 2 while on the Walkie Talkie, trying to contact Morgan. Jackass.
I did watch the first episode of Season 2 before I gave up (when the kid got hilariously shot playing with the deer), but alluding is quite different from saying what it was. And I assume it hasn't been brought up since.
ALSO - a good column from a great site with good columns (Grantland.com) about ways to fix The Walking Dead: http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/38373/how-wed-fix-the-walking-dead
Wow, that is a good article.
eh, he makes some good points, but overall its pretentious douchery. i like the condesending comments about how e eryone in the group is a skilled tracker etc and how more realistic characters should be brought in... yeah bud, at this point in the game people with no survival skills have long been zombie chow, or in a group with a shane/rick/ daryl.
Not to mention that "Everyone in the group" refers to the two police officers and the one hunter.
I agreed with a lot of the points, but disagree with many as well.
I read that "This show is bad because it tries to do something other TV shows haven't tried".
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Robazoid
Actually, Rick isn't a good tracker (Ep 1 had Darryl pointing out really simple things to a confused Rick). So only Shane and Darryl are trackers, really. That's around three less trackers than Lost happened to have on a single airplane.
The entire point of Lost isn't that people "happened to be" on a plane.
Its like you didn't even read the article you posted.
The article I posted didn't say anything about Lost?
Welp, I glossed over that one I guess
You glossed over a really large paragraph.
I'm guessing you do this with quite a bit of things. As long as some jerk-off with a title says it sucks, Charlie's on board.
LOL! overmatched suits and well-prepared geeks? THEY'RE DEAD! The only people in this world are those that managed to eek out survival. Again, this dude's not getting the point. At this stage of the game, the exaggerated gun-nut survivalists and people with survival training relevant to zombies are the only one's left. The best you can hope for is a Jack-of-all-trades, criminal, construction worker, etc...
It's probably better to say "They haven't met any of them." Honestly, the reason these particular people are still alive is like 90% luck. Some of them got trapped at the end of the car line for the Shelter and saw it get firebombed, while some of them were already out of populated areas when the infection started to spread hard. Herschel and his crew were already living in the country, where the infection was mild to begin with. That is the ONLY reason they are alive. If it was preparedness, the wife beating asshole wouldn't have gotten eatten so early on, as it's clear he had planned for something like this.
Basically what I'm trying to say is that the having skill and preparation only keeps you from starving and getting eaten post outbreak. It really doesn't have that much to do with surviving the actual outbreak, unless your already holed up in your militia camp.
Now we get word of Frank Darabont's idea for this season of The Walking Dead (or the first episode of season 2) and it would have been great. It was to be a stand alone story of a group of soldiers in Atlanta trying to stop the outbreak and would tie in the soldier who Rick encountered in the tank in season 1. Budget would have been through the roof, though. Oh, what could have been.
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/09/frank-darabont-walking-dead-season-2-plan/
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52526
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/09/frank-darabont-walking-dead-season-2-plan/
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/52526
I think it's a great idea, but unless there's a good payoff for the present characters, I don't see much of the point. Sure, it sounds like a great, action-packed flashback, but I don't see how it would add to or influence the characters in their current situation. I actually like that the show is, for the most part, flashback free.
Actually Nick, have to disagree on the flashback part, we already had several flashbacks used as episode openers in the series. I think it would be cool to have seen a slice of the fall of Atalanta but I don't know that we'd need a whole episode devoted to it.
On another note, I just recently finished reading the most recent trade paperback for WD and I really can wait to see what other characters show up as the TV show continues, so many good ones with interesting stories.
On another note, I just recently finished reading the most recent trade paperback for WD and I really can wait to see what other characters show up as the TV show continues, so many good ones with interesting stories.
Almost every episode starts with a flashback.
"For the most part" was the key phrase there. It's not like Lost where half the show is flashbacks. A 2-5 minute flashback is hardly much to sneeze at. From what this describes, it'd be something like a full episode, yes?