Walking Dead Season Two

[Wicked Lester]

Yeah, I felt this episode was fairly underwhelming as well. No escape plan for the trailer? Dumb. And each episode is so slow, dragging everything out. If and when they finally find Sophia, who will care?

Will there be a stupid twist to this? After wasting all our time on finding the kid I think the best thing is we see her in a night shot lumbering out of the forest a little zombie girl while everyone else is asleep and chews mommy dear to shreds then has open gun fire on her evil ass making everyone else that much more paranoid. Hmm Hmm.

[twilitezoner]

Will there be a stupid twist to this? After wasting all our time on finding the kid I think the best thing is we see her in a night shot lumbering out of the forest a little zombie girl while everyone else is asleep and chews mommy dear to shreds then has open gun fire on her evil ass making everyone else that much more paranoid. Hmm Hmm.

We were just discussing this very thing here in the office. I do wish the shows had a faster pace to them. These are filmed not far from where I live.

[Wicked Lester]

We were just discussing this very thing here in the office. I do wish the shows had a faster pace to them. These are filmed not far from where I live.

Then maybe you could do us all a favor and do a quickie zombie make up job ,lumber up to the director and scream "SPEED THINGS UP JUNIOR , WE ARE F"N BORED!!

[twilitezoner]

LOL. Hey, I'll give it a try. They're filming this week as a matter of fact.

[Zardoz]

Monster show's have most always
been tuned more for the male viewers not allway's though i.e Dark shadows
But nowdays shows have been arranged to appeal to everybody!!
They have put soap opera,daytime television,lifetime type drama, and everything else
into these shows till they are nothing but hint of what they could have been.
a  beautiful seed  covered in crap.
I've seen this happen to alot of shows.
BOGGED DOWN WITH SO MUCH DIALOG !!
Small Snippets of action
THEN BACK TO THE DRAMA petty squables,love intrests,BLAH,BLAH,BLAH !!!!!!
BRING BACK WHAT THE MALES FIRST LIKED ABOUT HORROR
BRING BACK THE SCARE
BRING BACK THE NON-STOP ACTION
THE RELENTLESS HORRIBLE MONSTERS
THE THINGS THAT MADE THE FEMALES WANT TO PUT THERE HANDS OVER THEIR EYES FROM FRIGHT !!!!! REMEMBER ?
If they don't do this the genre will be lost
I don't mean to sound sexist about this
but that's the way horror movies work I think

[GillmanLives]

I take it not many of you watching the show have read the book?...lol...If you don't like the show now...stop watching. The zombies are nothing more than a backdrop in the book. The focus is solely on the characters and their stories. Yes, the zombies are around and do cause some havok, but even the main violence and death is human to human. This is a show about the survivors, not the zombies.

Robert Kirkman's comic series is currently at 90 issues. 90 issues for a black & white "zombie" comic book is unheard of in the comics industry. The reason the comic has lasted this long, and won several awards, is because the characters drive the story. No one is safe in the book, including Rick, and there's been more than one time I've been very upset over events in the book. But that's what keeps me reading, it's truly great stuff.

I see the show attempting to do the same thing, which to me, is exactly how I want the show. If your watching hoping the show is going to turn into a "zombie fest" every episode, walk away now. If, on the other hand, you like great character driven drama with a horror backdrop, keep watching! There are surprises and SHOCKERS heading your way. 

[twilitezoner]

I'm familiar with the comics and yes there are some shockers ahead if they follow the comics closely. You have to remember that comic pacing doesn't always transfer well to TV or movies for that matter.

This show is meant for the masses not necessarily the people who read the comics. Take the Nolan Batman films as an example.

[GillmanLives]

I see what your saying, and do agree. Keep in mind though that the Season 2 premiere had the highest ratings yet for the show and caused AMC to green light Season 3, so....they appear to be doing something right!

And, just on a personal note, I don't find anything wrong with the pacing of the show. I'd be willing to admit that the reason for that might be because I read the book and am used to it. I can, and do, understand how someone who hasn't read the book might feel the show moves at a slow pace. I still hold firm though to my thought that if people stick with it the payoff will be worth it. 

[Moonshadow]

I see what your saying, and do agree. Keep in mind though that the Season 2 premiere had the highest ratings yet for the show and caused AMC to green light Season 3, so....they appear to be doing something right!

And, just on a personal note, I don't find anything wrong with the pacing of the show. I'd be willing to admit that the reason for that might be because I read the book and am used to it. I can, and do, understand how someone who hasn't read the book might feel the show moves at a slow pace. I still hold firm though to my thought that if people stick with it the payoff will be worth it. 

I've read every issue of the comic but I still find the pacing of the show to be incredibly slow. I've enjoyed the comics but they do suffer from decompression syndrome as well. However I have no problem with what others have labeled 'soap opera' elements because the story is really about how people react or change when faced with dire circumstances. But I think we could have a little more progress each episode.

[Wicked Lester]

Well ,after reading the last few posts I guess my surmising that this is really nothing but LOST with zombies sounds about right. If things don't pick up and the stupidity of some of the plot fade away I'll just go and buy the first season and be happy with that.
On a side note I thought it was a nice dark humor move to gut the one zombie "just to make SURE" the girl was not eaten.

[twilitezoner]

I thought that was a pretty cool call back to Jaws.

[RICKH]

I like the show a lot and so far the slow pacing hasn't bothered me too much.  However, there is the danger of the show becoming like Heroes where people just lose interest because everything is drawn out. 

[FACTO2]

10/30/11 episode.  Damn!!!  I didn't like Shane last season but I really hate him now.     Time for him to get his.   

[Mitchellmania]

I think Shane wanted to give up and become zombie food, but Otis urged him on, that;s why he pounded the ground, he knew what he had to do if the boy was to survive.

[Toy Ranch]

Just not really liking what I'm seeing so far this year.  I don't watch many TV shows, and loved this one last year, but I'm getting close to giving up on it.

As far as the premiere having huge ratings, it was eagerly anticipated, but if it fails to deliver and the ratings fall off, that doesn't mean they are doing something right.  Check the ratings after the 6th or 7th episode this season.  Then check them again after the 12th.  We'll see if they are doing it right.  Maybe it will turn around and get better.