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[The Walking Dead] RIP Season Two
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I'm only commenting on the first part of your post because I haven't seen the episode yet. That being said, I agree. Why the fuck do people feel the need to spoil some of this shit? I've seen three posts where people have openly said what happened.
Stop being dick-bags people. Jesus.
The issue isn't the same, and has evolved the past few episodes.
He shows up because Rick couldn't leave him to be eaten by Zombies. They decide that they should help him recover, then drop him off far away from the farm. when they drop him off, they learn he knows a member of their group and likely where they are at. They bring him back, because Rick wants to think about it before just straight up killing the kid. He sits on it for a night, and decides it will be the best to just off him. A guy disagrees and convinces him to hold off till he can make sure everyone understands the gravity of the decision and they then talk about it. Then the kid reminds his father of what he is really doing, and Rick sees what it is turning his son into.
This happened over the course of three episodes(?). While all that was happening, we get a confrontation between Rick and Shane, Lori and Andrea, Herschel with himself, Glen with love vs respect or something I dunno, and other stuff I can't remember off the top of my head.
If you really think nothing happened that episode, then just stop watching because you are blind to what the show is really about.
For some of the detractors, I gotta wonder if you were ever going to like this show, for all its divergences, its actually following the comic material pretty closely in tone - the characters in the comic spend a lot of time "spinning wheels in the mud" as you put it as well, sometimes literally. There are no characters that are smart all the time, heck, Dale's
All the worst things you can say about the tv show characters are just as true of the comic book characters and it only gets "worse" the deeper down the zombie infested rabbit hole we go. Are you really ready for zombie tv? Were you ever going to be? I don't think this show suffers from terrible writing, if anything I think it should be applauded for not pulling punches but you really are proving a that good zombie fiction is unpalatable for the masses, if this forum sampling is anything to go by. Its like this thread wants Zombieland or Shaun of the Dead, which is still good, but got Diary of the Dead or The Road instead, which is also good but a whole lot more depressing.
Now the thread seems to be in some sort of hate tail spin, just looking for confirmation of its own bias, snake eating its own tail shit. Some of you claim to be done with the show, I wonder if I should be done with this thread, I'm not finding the over arcing discussion of characters and events I hoped for because people can't look past character flaws and instead see horribad writing in its place.
>.<
Remind me not to get stuck in a zombie apocalypse with you.
Rick is actually pretty consistant. He won't kill the living (unless in self defense).
And you'd be fine if you were stuck in a zombie apocolypse with me. It's being stuck in a zombie apocolypse outside those I consider me and mine you have to worry about.
This probably isn't your idea of an average child. This is a child who already had a scene where he was playing with weapons. And when Shane yelled at him to stop, Lori yelled at Shane for yelling at Carl.
This is also a child who we've seen have at least 1 shooting lesson already. So he's arguably not "playing" with the gun at all.
Curious - which episode was this in?
IIRC - when Carl and Sophia find a zombie near the Atlanta camp, it doesn't eat anyone. They run and get help and the other survivors kill the zombie. When zombies attack the Atlanta camp, Carl doesn't witness the attacks on Ed, Amy, or Jim. And no one sees Sophia get bitten/infected, Carl just sees her run off into the woods and disappear. And when Beth (coma girl) is attacked after the barn scene, she isn't bitten.
So exactly when did Carl witness a zombie eating someone?
He does, OTOH, see an entire barn-ful of zombies get shot to shit by people with guns. And he has a gun with him. All the people he knows who've been attacked (Ed, Amy, Jim, Sophia, Beth) up to that point were unarmed. I'm assuming he doesn't know about Otis, and
And what happens when "you and yours" get shot in the chest and don't have a doctor in the group, and need someone else's help?
Without a little bit of compassion from other people for strangers, Shane and Daryl would already be dead. Since it seems to be common wisdom that anyone on their own is practically dead already.
Remember, the Atlanta camp didn't have to take in Shane, or Daryl. They could have just left Shane or Daryl to go die on their own. There always needs to be a little bit of looking out for the other guy to hold any group together through a tough situation. If it really was every man for himself, they'd all be dead already.
Right now there are open spoilers on the current (just aired) ep, which rightfully pissed some people off.
Re Carl; (Spoilers from the comic and upcoming ep speculation!)
anyhoo... I just can't let it go.
anyone notice Merle's old motorcycle has SS lightning bolts on it
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Yep. My initial thought was WTF!?! Then I remembered it was Merle's bike.
Member of Randall's group. Calling it.
He'll probably be their damn leader
Seconded. And they'll be the reason they finally leave the goddamn farm.
... you DO understand that is an actor in zombie makeup and not a real zombie, right?
a prop rock would hardly be hard to make on their budget
on that note re:zombie effects
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(which I did already)
I dunno about other people, but personally I don't want Zombieland or Shaun of the Dead. I want The Road, and this show didn't deliver it at all.
Really, all I wanted was a TV version of the comic, but that didn't happen.
Personally, I want it more depressing than it is now. I wanted true zombie TV, and the show pulls way too many punches and doesn't kill enough characters that have it coming(as a direct result of stupid actions, for example), and had more or less granted the group plot armor for the season, removing whatever tension there might have been. Also, they chose to use the farm for pretty much all of the second season, which is one of the most boring/least interesting locations available to them. Granted, Hershel and some of the other characters have grown on me over time, but I'd still have rather seen some other kind of progress and more conflict that had to be manufactured to come up with something vaguely interesting due to lack of conflict, or interesting environments.
I consider the comic superior, but that's not saying I don't want to find out what happens next here. Don't get me wrong, I don't hate the show, and I'm interested to see where they'll take the plot. It's just that for this season, it's felt like they've spent at least three times the amount of time necessary to cover the farm and whatever plots surround it. I can't tell from memory what's happened in a large part of the episodes at all. It's just felt like they could've used the time and money to make something more interesting, considering the characters available and the existing storyline for ideas.
PS. The over-arcing discussions of characters can only be done for the ones that are written consistently. As discussed in the thread, some characters seem to change as needed to accomplish some plot detail, and it's difficult to ponder on character progression when said character is prone to doing a 180 every time a writer feels it's needed to accomplish something tangentially related. Character flaws should at least be consistent, and inconsistent character writing makes it difficult for people to relate at all.
PPS. I'm still going to continue watching in the hope that they'll get off the farm, things go to shit, and people start dying.
You dont get to insult people here. Get the fuck out.
It's almost as if this isn't reality and shows have these things called special effects or something. I mean, I don't know about you, but whenever people throw things in other shows and movies, sometimes they make it look like they're not throwing things like they're being extra careful not to hurt the extra. Mind blowing, I know.
I imagine the real reason is, hey, he's a kid actor. He probably was in drama camp and never played little league.
You can actually first see that sometime around the second half of season 1 when they left the Atlanta camp. It threw me off that Daryl was riding a bike with SS on it until I realized it belonged to his brother.
I don't remember an episode where he explicitly sees it, but I just figured he has by now. Even if he hasn't the point still stands. It doesn't make sense.
I wasn't too sure what to expect from TWD when I first heard it was being made into a series on AMC; I knew it was a comic about a zombie apocalypse and thought that might be fun but the specifics were pretty much lost on me.
When I saw it a while later I was fascinated by the quality of the production; booking off that intersection was no small feat and the impetus of the main characters was fascinating. further, there was always questions about how they would react when secrets were revealed. Above and beyond that, there was always a clear idea of where the characters were going and why.
This season is a totally different case, and has sadly suffered for it.
Happens every time this show is maligned. You don't think there are compelling characters? YOU JUST WANT ZOMBIE GUTS! Think people are doing stupid things that are out of character? WELL ARENT YOU MISTER FANCYPANTS SURVIVALIST.
That said, I thought Carl's actions made perfect sense, given the context and character.
When T-Dog showed up at the meeting scene I literally thought, for a second, "where did the black guy come from?"
I enjoyed the episode, overall.
No, it's the character. His parents never signed him up for little league. Lori certainly wasn't going to make the decision, and Rick just stood there with the waiver form in his hand, staring at it because he couldn't decide whether to sign it or tell Carl to take up gymnastics. Meanwhile, Carl was in the backyard poking a beehive with a stick because nobody was paying attention to him.
Shane eventually came over and used a can of hairspray and a lighter to take care of the beehive.
Carl was facing down his fears. He, like any kid, wants to be an adult more than anything. He wants to be like his dad, but he's fucking scared shitless of zombies.
I honestly don't see how Carl is being any more foolish than your average 12 year old. Seriously, go and spend some time with a 12 year old and see how stupid they are. I don't know about you guys, but I didn't think of death or dismemberment when I was that old and did lots of stupid shit that could have gotten me killed. Not only that, but I thought I was so much smarter than I actually was, which got me into a lot of trouble as well. It only stands out in this show because he's in constant mortal danger... but he's TWELVE, grew up in a rural suburban area and was pampered his whole life. He just doesn't get it yet.
As far as Dale goes, he's 64 fucking years old. This may shock you to hear, but people's senses degrade as you age.
I simply don't understand some people in this thread. Posters go on and on about how stupid people are in the show and how shitty the writing is but continue to watch it week after week? Seriously, I wouldn't waste my time watching a show I hate. Beyond that, you armchair survivalists who would never make any mistakes ever should really just stop watching the show altogether. Having read the comics, I guarantee this show is going to frustrate you more and more as it goes on. I get it that this is the internet, people are free to post their opinions... but the constant shitting all over this thread makes it pretty difficult to have a productive discussion about it.
I've been warning people of this from the start, but it seems many don't want to take heed. This isn't a show about zombies. It's a show about people (first) surviving the zombie (second) apocalypse and how that would change you. Zombies are the setting. If you're expecting a show about killing zombies then you're going to be bored. It's pretty simple.
I think this episode was great.
That last scene with Dale in pain, staring down the barrel of the revolver was downright haunting. My hats off to the actor for doing such an awesome job in that scene.
I give this post two rotting thumbs up.
As for the ninja-zombie sneaking up, I'd need to watch it again, but the way I visually read it, it went unnoticed because the half-dead cow was making all that noise.
Wow.
Shane's part made this amazing, honestly.