The Walking Dead

[YB85]

I need a new show. I tried Breaking Bad a year ago but gave up after a couple episodes. I'll try that one again at some point as I seem to recall Kicky saying give it 'til episode three but 'til that time, I want to try something new. Do you guys strongly recommend The Walking Dead? I love Mad Men and The Killing, also on AMC if it means anything.

I enjoy "The Walking Dead", but I don't strongly recommend it. I do STRONGLY recommend Breaking Bad. Like you, I loved "The Wire". I put "Breaking Bad" right there with it. Get into the second season and you're hooked.

 

[kwb]

I agree with it dragging on after a while. The first hour or so, I was glued to the tv and then I found myself cleaning up around the house and doing other things during the second hour.

 

[DutchJazzer]

The commercials for it showed him carrying his boy so you knew it was coming, the only thing was how, which yes that was surprising not that it happened but how, but again I knew it had to be coming from the commercials for the premier.

yeha that's why i download(legally just saying seeing as some people consider me a pirate). so i never turn on a tv never see 1 commercial. except when i wathc nbaLP.
anyways so no i did not see it comming. no previews from next episodes either!

 

[LogGrad98]

So, since I updated the Dexter thread, I might as well update the thread for the other show I watch. I don't have much time for TV so I only follow a couple of series, this year it is Dexter and The Walking Dead (and I have ordered DVD's for Breaking Bad, since it is getting such good press on JF).

Any thoughts on the season so far?

I like where it is headed to a point. For me a sticking point is that, if the walking dead are just what we have been told, which is truly dead people, then really this show only has about a 6-month to a year true timeline. After that the bodies would be so decomposed they couldn't do any damage. They couldn't walk around, definitely couldnt bite hard enough to tear skin (try doing that, it ain't easy). They would be heaps of goo with bones and the occasionaly waggling jaw and rolling weepy eye.

Anyway, because of that thought, much of their trials seems fabricated to increase the drama. I did like the twist at the end of the last epsiode however, with the discovery in the barn. Wtf? No wonder the old man wanted them to move along. How psycho is this guy gonna turn out to be anyway?

I thought that Daryl's experience was crazy. He is a tough ********* He is one of my favorite charaters so I hope they don't kill him off.

So I have liked the season so far. The timeline for each episode is right to help drag that 6-month to a year timeframe out for a few seasons. I am glad they have been able to keep the melodrama to a minimum, as this could easily devolve into "Days of Our Lives" + Zombies.

So, predictions? Will they find the girl? Will Merle turn up again for real and not just in hallucination form? Is it Shane's or Rick's baby?




(my thoughts: Yes they will find the girl. No Merle will not turn up again, but becomes for Daryl what Harry is for Dexter. I think it is Shane's baby.)

 

[jazz_fanatic]

Will they find the girl? Yes...maybe as a zombie.
Will Merle turn up again for real and not just in hallucination form? Yes.
Is it Shane's or Rick's baby? Neither. It's Glenn's babay.

I find myself getting and more and more annoyed of the characters each week...especially the female characters. The only person I can stand at this point is Dale and maybe Daryl. He acts like a hardass, but he has a big heart. Heh

I've also been watching American Horror Story...which I probably like more than Walking Dead. I don't remember the last time I watched this much TV. I guess it's my way of filling the NBA void.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Will they find the girl? Yes...maybe as a zombie.
Will Merle turn up again for real and not just in hallucination form? Yes.
Is it Shane's or Rick's baby? Neither. It's Glenn's babay.

I find myself getting and more and more annoyed of the characters each week...especially the female characters. The only person I can stand at this point is Dale and maybe Daryl. He acts like a hardass, but he has a big heart. Heh

I've also been watching American Horror Story...which I probably like more than Walking Dead. I don't remember the last time I watched this much TV. I guess it's my way of filling the NBA void.

In a spin to help promote Twilight it will be a zombie's baby (she's a freak like that) and it will start eating her from the inside and so they'll let a zombie bite her so she can have the baby then keep her and the baby in the barn. You ask wouldn't a zombie (or vampire) biting them even from the inside turn them? Well I didn't write this and if your questioning the reality of a show based on zombies being real then uhmmm go figure out how superman goes from flying super fast to super duper fast, a fart maybe?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

This show is starting to grate my nerves. The most interesting plot line at this point is "Can Glenn get laid twice?" and that is a problem. The discovery of the Zombie Farm is interesting, but I'm guessing it will turn out as a religious thing.

Will they find the girl? Yes, she is in the Zombie Barn.

Will Meril appear? No, he will just be a constant voice in Darryl's head tempting him to betray Shane and Rick.

Is it Shane or Rick's baby? Clearly it is Shane's. I think she will tell him about it in a moment of near death, then survive.


ALSO, does anyone else find the actor who plays Rick to be **************************************** terrible?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Next week is the season finale. Please let someone who isn't Glenn die.

 

[trigg3r]

This show is starting to grate my nerves. The most interesting plot line at this point is "Can Glenn get laid twice?" and that is a problem. The discovery of the Zombie Farm is interesting, but I'm guessing it will turn out as a religious thing.

Will they find the girl? Yes, she is in the Zombie Barn.

Will Meril appear? No, he will just be a constant voice in Darryl's head tempting him to betray Shane and Rick.

Is it Shane or Rick's baby? Clearly it is Shane's. I think she will tell him about it in a moment of near death, then survive.


ALSO, does anyone else find the actor who plays Rick to be **************************************** terrible?

I have to agree with you. This series was just okay to begin with IMO. Every passing episode is just more boring and drawn out.

 

[DutchJazzer]

Next week is the season finale. Please let someone who isn't Glenn die.

No it's not the season Finale.
season 2 consist of 13 episodes.
it is however going on a small winter hiatus like all other tv sereis eg Grey's anatomy, Desperate housewives

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

I realize they do it for the drama of the show but I'd be fine with any of the women getting got their whiny drama hissy fits have me eating my own brains, well except for the farmer/doc's daughter.

 

[NCJazz]

I have to agree with you. This series was just okay to begin with IMO. Every passing episode is just more boring and drawn out.

I think the big problem is that the cut the budget for season two so they are really drawing things out. Seems like this season is "stuck." Hopefully the midseason finale will move things along. Also their search for the girl is getting pretty sorry now. Also how quickly did Carl make an amazing recovery?