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AMC's The Walking Dead [Spoilers!]
November 1, 2010 at
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For a show on a non premium cable channel, I thought it was very good. I never read the comic, so I don't know how it compares, but I'll be watching every Sunday. pisses me off that I don't get AMC in HD though.
For a show on a non premium cable channel, I thought it was very good. I never read the comic, so I don't know how it compares, but I'll be watching every Sunday. pisses me off that I don't get AMC in HD though.
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When Sasha went all ninja on the zombies, as she slashes one zombie she cut Abraham's arm on the follow through. With zombie blood on the blade wouldn't that basically be the same as him getting bitten?
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It's like CliffNotes for the Walking Dead comics.
But yeah, really
But yeah, really
wasn't Alexandria supposed to be a good place?
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other than a few brewing conflicts (Glenn and scouting leader, Rick and the hairdresser's husband, Carl and his urges around a girl his own age), this appears to be as Aaron advertised. no obvious fractures in the psyche of the leader, relatively strong perimeter defenses (is it just me, or were the supports for the walls on the wrong side?), still caring for the weak and old, no signs of a systematic plan to lure and then butcher fellow survivors, etc.
i don't even care about the glossed-over explanation for its existence (oh, this area was evacuated. no matter season two showed us herds of walkers roaming all the way from downtown Atlanta to Hershel's farm); i love the group dancing on the edge of trust, all dealing with it and deciding the tipping point in their own way. Rick was helped along by a pretty face and the first human contact in a while that wasn't a manic hug by a "family" member after escaping slaughter. Michonne is all in, which i think is supposed to mean something since she sniffed out Woodbury pretty early. Carl is convinced of the community's intentions, but understandably fears the loss of the edge that has kept them alive. Daryl is being anti-authoritarian and brooding to appeal to women in the 18-34 demo.
Carol deserves her own paragraph. i didn't get it when they were turning in their weapons; "why is Carol so awkward with her gun? she's been slinging that thing like a pro since before Terminus." as her interview tape rolled, we were exposed to the genius that lives under that Roman cut. perfectly playing a role, she is allowing the people of Alexandria to underestimate and pigeonhole her as the housewife who is just lucky to be alive as opposed to the wrecker of worlds she really is. even better, she was given a job that will allow her to eavesdrop on conversations between the residents, letting her get the inside scoop on what is really happening. all hail Carol and her old-lady ruse.
Deanna seems a bit off her kilter, but the back story of being a congressperson would stereotypically make her a very forward and no-nonsense type of person, which she seems to be. however, it shouldn't be lost that the same stereotype means she's a liar and self-serving to a fault. she is politician-slick in how she words her statements and runs rhetorical circles around Rick, but again, that was her job at one point, so i'm going to stop short of calling it a hint of ill intent. she publicly sided with Rick's clan over her own son, though i would have liked to hear the conversation in her office afterward to see how she truly handled it. if she's a villain, at least she's a more layered one than The Governor or Dawn.
the taped interviews seemed vaguely creepy as a record taken during a vulnerable time that could possibly be used against someone in the future, but it became a method by which we were given a glimpse into each character. Glenn was short, poignant, and likely foreshadowy. i was actually kind of disappointed Daryl's was used as half-comedy relief (haha, he still has the bloody opossum!); i was really looking forward to him answering some pointed questions, but forgot he only goes polysyllabic around Carol. watching Carl deadpan the fact he shot his mother in the face reminded us how much he's been through and hearkens back to the days when he was itching to draw blood.
speaking of bloodlust and the "we may have been out there too long" narrative: how did you like Rick not even caring his only son was outside the walls of their newly-discovered oasis without a firearm, just excited they would be able to engage in some father-son bonding over some cracked walker skulls? Carl calling the final kill took me back to him shooting that kid in cold blood after the prison assault. between this and the closing line of the episode, i'm doubling down on my prediction the overall arc of this series is going to slowly morph our heroes into overt villains. Good Rick became Cynical Rick after Shane, Cynical Rick became Aimless Rick after Lori, Aimless Rick became Crazy Rick after biting out a man's neck, and Crazy Rick was upgraded to Evil Rick when he muttered "shut up" to Lamson's recently-emptied cranium. it's going to take more than a shave and a haircut to stop that train.
the conflict during the trial supply run was a bit contrived, but it helped to hammer home a major point: the people within Alexandria have been behind those walls since the beginning. just like Hershel, Lizzie, and many others, they still personify walkers, thinking there is still something approaching human understanding in there somewhere. this shows in their insistence to string one up to take revenge for their fallen comrade. everyone from Rick's group knows that's pure idiocy; walkers aren't even animals, and they should simply be dispatched as quickly and cleanly as possible. i'm hoping this divide of road warriors versus castle dwellers becomes the central point of conflict for the next few episodes.