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AMC's The Walking Dead [Spoilers!]

4,698 1,580 November 1, 2010 at 09:00 AM in Chat (4)
Did you watch?

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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11-21-2011 at 01:09 AM.
11-21-2011 at 01:09 AM.
I'm really enjoying the show. Its easy to make a show about people running around killing zombies. That gets boring after 3 episodes. Its harder to make a show with an actual plot and storyline, but much better :]
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11-21-2011 at 06:34 AM.
11-21-2011 at 06:34 AM.
I'm torn.

Season one was great, campy, zombie-killing fun. Sure, it was low budget cheese, but for what it was it was fantastic!

Season two...eh. They changed the rules in the first episode (hiding under cars? Seriously?) and that as annoying, but I figured they did it for a reason. So far, that reason hasn't come back up in the story, and so now the rules change seems arbitrary at best.

The story...seems so far the last six episodes really could have been wrapped up into two episodes at the most. The writers seem to be stretching a bit for lack of material. I'm just about to the point that if they don't find that stupid little girl, dead or alive soon, I'm nearly done. I literally find myself getting frustrated with the pace of the show.

Still, it's zombies, and that in and of itself just about means it's worth watching.

I tend to find myself comparing the show (somewhat unfavorably, admittedly) to We're Alive - A Story of Survival [zombiepodcast.com]. I keep thinking that if that radio show was made into a screenplay that it would be similar to The Walking Dead, only better. I keep thinking that the characters in TWD are missing some major points, and that this whole farmhouse sanctuary is a bunch of BS, too easily attacked from too many directions with no warning system in place. That is not how I will be passing time when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives.
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11-21-2011 at 06:56 AM.
11-21-2011 at 06:56 AM.
Quote from The.Walrus :

The story...seems so far the last six episodes really could have been wrapped up into two episodes at the most. The writers seem to be stretching a bit for lack of material. I'm just about to the point that if they don't find that stupid little girl, dead or alive soon, I'm nearly done. I literally find myself getting frustrated with the pace of the show.

Still, it's zombies, and that in and of itself just about means it's worth watching.

I tend to find myself comparing the show (somewhat unfavorably, admittedly) to We're Alive - A Story of Survival [zombiepodcast.com]. I keep thinking that if that radio show was made into a screenplay that it would be similar to The Walking Dead, only better. I keep thinking that the characters in TWD are missing some major points, and that this whole farmhouse sanctuary is a bunch of BS, too easily attacked from too many directions with no warning system in place. That is not how I will be passing time when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives.
Iagree although, there is plenty of material to work with. The comic series has a ton of stuff to work with.

I really liked the We're Alive series. Much better than this show has shaped up to be for its second season.
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11-21-2011 at 07:27 AM.
11-21-2011 at 07:27 AM.
I'm with you guys - this show is DRAGGING. I want to like it. Really!! But they've got to do something about that girl. Either find her or don't, and move on. I'm glad that Rick and Lori have cleared the air finally. Shane needs to be run out on a rail. Love that Dale sees right through everyone.

I'm anxiously waiting for season 3 of We're Alive to start. An announcement is due by the end of the month as to when it'll start!

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11-21-2011 at 09:58 PM.
11-21-2011 at 09:58 PM.
Quote from BayArea :
I'm really enjoying the show. Its easy to make a show about people running around killing zombies. That gets boring after 3 episodes. Its harder to make a show with an actual plot and storyline, but much better :]
Disagree I want to see non-stop zombie killing.

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Season two...eh. They changed the rules in the first episode (hiding under cars? Seriously?) and that as annoying, but I figured they did it for a reason. So far, that reason hasn't come back up in the story, and so now the rules change seems arbitrary at best.

The story...seems so far the last six episodes really could have been wrapped up into two episodes at the most. The writers seem to be stretching a bit for lack of material. I'm just about to the point that if they don't find that stupid little girl, dead or alive soon, I'm nearly done. I literally find myself getting frustrated with the pace of the show.
At first the hiding under cars bothered me too, but if you assume the smell of the dead bodies in the cars hides the smell of the living it makes sense.

More like 6 episodes that could have been wrapped up in 2 minutes.

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Shane needs to be run out on a rail.
He might enjoy that. laugh out loud
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11-21-2011 at 10:55 PM.
11-21-2011 at 10:55 PM.
Quote from AggieMom :
I'm with you guys - this show is DRAGGING. I want to like it. Really!! But they've got to do something about that girl. Either find her or don't, and move on. I'm glad that Rick and Lori have cleared the air finally. Shane needs to be run out on a rail. Love that Dale sees right through everyone.

I'm anxiously waiting for season 3 of We're Alive to start. An announcement is due by the end of the month as to when it'll start!

I'm psyched for we're alive to start up again after the intense season finale they had.

On topic, I think they are just building up to have something to do with the barn.
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Deusxmachina
11-22-2011 at 01:06 AM.
11-22-2011 at 01:06 AM.
There was talk of season two getting budget cuts, but I read that didn't happen. That would have been my first thought for having so many episodes at the house area. The fewer shooting locations, and the more they're shot in nowheres-ville like most this season are, the lower the budget.

Yay, more guns this episode at least. pew! pew!
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11-22-2011 at 06:44 PM.
11-22-2011 at 06:44 PM.
Quote from Deusxmachina :
There was talk of season two getting budget cuts, but I read that didn't happen. That would have been my first thought for having so many episodes at the house area. The fewer shooting locations, and the more they're shot in nowheres-ville like most this season are, the lower the budget.

Yay, more guns this episode at least. pew! pew!
And fewer zombies to do make up for, so where'd the money go? Dontknow

More guns!! Woot If I were in Atlanta when Z Day hit, I would head about 15 miles NW to Smyrna, HQ for Glock pistols, so I could score a few Glock 18s. For those that don't know what a Glock 18 is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyyB0M6wAV8 ThumbsupRock
Then to Fort Benning, where if I'm not mistake is the home base for the Army Marksmanship Unit and you know those boys can shoot.

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I tend to find myself comparing the show (somewhat unfavorably, admittedly) to We're Alive - A Story of Survival [zombiepodcast.com]. I keep thinking that if that radio show was made into a screenplay that it would be similar to The Walking Dead, only better. I keep thinking that the characters in TWD are missing some major points, and that this whole farmhouse sanctuary is a bunch of BS, too easily attacked from too many directions with no warning system in place. That is not how I will be passing time when the Zombie Apocalypse arrives.
Thanks for the link. I wasn't familiar with that show, listened to some of it and it was pretty good.
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11-23-2011 at 09:43 PM.
11-23-2011 at 09:43 PM.
When Z day hits I hope everyone's stocked up on these:
http://www.hornady.com/store/Zombie-Max-new
This is a REAL product, I had a box in my hand earlier today.
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11-23-2011 at 09:53 PM.
11-23-2011 at 09:53 PM.
Quote from ericcartman :
When Z day hits I hope everyone's stocked up on these:
http://www.hornady.com/store/Zombie-Max-new
This is a REAL product, I had a box in my hand earlier today.
Repost! Grin
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11-23-2011 at 10:22 PM.
11-23-2011 at 10:22 PM.
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Repost! Grin
How did I miss that?
Should I ask how many cases of it you have stockpiled? LMAO Personally I think I'll just stick with what I already have in my stash. Although the tips are supposed to glow in the dark, so at least they'd be easy to find in the dark.
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11-24-2011 at 09:52 AM.
11-24-2011 at 09:52 AM.
liking the show still keeps my sunday interesting
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11-24-2011 at 06:22 PM.
11-24-2011 at 06:22 PM.
I keep watching because its filmed close to here. For the past month everytime we drive down the road past where the kid ran off i ask the bf if he wants to stop and look for Sophie. Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) The lack of zombies has gotten old though.
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11-24-2011 at 07:19 PM.
11-24-2011 at 07:19 PM.
Quote from ashley032 :
I keep watching because its filmed close to here. For the past month everytime we drive down the road past where the kid ran off i ask the bf if he wants to stop and look for Sophie. Roll Eyes (Sarcastic) The lack of zombies has gotten old though.
When you find her, please lead her back to the show.
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11-24-2011 at 07:36 PM.
11-24-2011 at 07:36 PM.
They need to find/kill the girl in the next episode, this has been going on WAY too long.
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