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It was only about a week ago I watched the entire first season on netflix. So it was good to start off watching it like that.

Great show, I wonder how many seasons they will do.
 
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The church thing confused me, why where there zombies in the church itself, behind a shut door?

I thought they were people who went to the church to pray and were either infected already or became infected by one of the others.

Same for the zombie that found its way into the motor home and knew that a panel was a door. Are they getting smarter? I wouldn't mind if that turned out to be the case.

The show has played with the idea that the zombies have some residual memory of their former selves and abilities and it wasn't that he tried to open the panel door so much as push through it to get at the girl.

Why run so far out into the woods to kill them almost silently with a rock to the face?

He was trying to put distance to separate them and make sure they were away from the herd.



I don't think the zombies are *that* intelligent anymore. When the church caretakers got run off or killed, I'll bet the bell had already been set (maybe they got run off/killed on a Sunday before or after a church service...)

And like I said in a previous post, I'll bet the zombies were just sitting there because they couldn't sense any activity going on, so they were kinda in "sleep mode".

I think you're right, the zombies are there because for whatever reason they got in, they're just waiting. They can't get out and the pew is a natural place to do so.

Plus, it's creepy.
 
The church thing confused me, why where there zombies in the church itself, behind a shut door? Same for the zombie that found its way into the motor home and knew that a panel was a door. Are they getting smarter?

Well I think I saw plenty of scenes in the first season of zombies in cars just chillin with the doors closed, until someone walked by, so I never questioned the church scene.

Don't think they are getting smarter, from last season only the brain stem comes back to life. Unless that spreads later, don't know.
 
I don't think the zombies are *that* intelligent anymore. When the church caretakers got run off or killed, I'll bet the bell had already been set (maybe they got run off/killed on a Sunday before or after a church service...)

Of course the zombies didn't turn on the bell. But, that doesn't mean they couldn't use it to their advantage. It's like how zombies "know" to seek food in places where people tend to be. Just because their dead doesn't mean they can't use their senses or the remaining instincts they have.
 
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Actually, because they're dead they shouldn't have senses. They are "mythical" beings, so I guess they can do whatever the writers want them to do.


Of course the zombies didn't turn on the bell. But, that doesn't mean they couldn't use it to their advantage. It's like how zombies "know" to seek food in places where people tend to be. Just because their dead doesn't mean they can't use their senses or the reamining instincts they have.
 
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Re: flash mob...they may not be able to smell too well, but they can see an agitated horse and rider pretty well. Rick scrambled under the tank, but the zombies were already on to him, so of course they would follow him under the tank also.

There were a few other instances of the zombies having supersonic senses of smell, not just that one scene. It's just the first one I could think of, but they went to a lot of trouble early on to establish the zombies having an uncanny sense of smell. And it actually really made the chase/escape exciting, because you knew they wouldn't be able to just....hide under things. That scene of them in the department store covering themselves in zombie carcass was a fantastic one because you knew they had no choice, as horrendous as it was. Now they can just hide under cars a foot away from a huge, shuffling mob? That's weak.

As far as bad writing, I realize this is somewhat of a cop out, but it could be a portrayal of an average person who is not particularly good at putting together a speech. You have to ask yourself is it authentic or not. As far as Carol not acting when she needed to act to save her daughter, then blaming everyone, I can see this happening. As far as zombie corpses, they could have been killed by people stuck in the traffic jam. Mostly I saw vehicles that had either run into others or got stuck in the jam.

Sorry, but that's not how it came off to me. The speeches came off as a cheap way to get in exposition about Rick's headspace. The first one might have been okay to let slide, since it was the opening scene a year after the first season. But the second one was not only clunky, but unnecessary. We knew Rick was starting to lose it with Carol blaming him, and the sniping, and the hopelessness of their situation. It wasn't necessary to have a speech full of on-the-nose dialogue reaffirming it. Instead of hustling out after a little girl lost in zombified woods, he's in there pleading with a statue of Jesus. And this was moments after Carol had already had her own chat with the same statue.

I think Carol would have shouldered more of the blame herself, since she stayed under a car watching her kid get chased by a walker before finally reacting. But I'm not overly invested one way or the other since she's a crappy, one-dimensional character and I sort of hope her and her daughter both croak.

So walkers turned drivers into zombies, which then sat behind the wheel of their car so regular humans could come and kill them off? That doesn't make any sense. Neither does all the flipped over cars. Traffic jam, yes. Fender benders, yes. Autos flipped onto their backs, no.

I may be nitpicking here, but all the little nonsensical things started adding up to me. I think they can do better, and I hope they do.
 
Personally I was a little disappointed with episode 1. 90 minutes long and it went no where. I'll agree the FX were cool and all, but it seems like they added gore just for the sake of gore.

I don't feel any connection to any of the cast right now. I have much higher hope for episode 2.
 
Regarding Andrea and Dale, I'm trying to remember, I know she wanted to die at the CFDC, but did she leave because Dale would not leave without her? I thought the discussion about her right to die if she wants to was a good one.

I hate to say it, but this was just a cheap suspense moment for people who haven't read the original source material.

While anything can happen because it's "based on" the comic, readers would know that neither Dale nor Andrea could stay at the CDC. Kill off two main characters at the end of the first season? No way. That's what the "extras" are there for :)

In a way, Amy was just an extra too, because she *was* killed in exactly that scene at the beginning of the comic also. The whole "grieving until she comes back" wasn't in the original though, thankfully...
 
Regarding my first post - I'm not disliking the show so much, I love the how tense it is but I'm not liking the characters. So far.

I'm just hoping this doesn't turn into another Heroes - tremendous first series, dire second series and just downhill from there.
 
Regarding my first post - I'm not disliking the show so much, I love the how tense it is but I'm not liking the characters. So far.

I'm just hoping this doesn't turn into another Heroes - tremendous first series, dire second series and just downhill from there.

I think we are all hoping it doesn't turn in to Heroes... what a great show that went so soutch so quick...............
 
I felt the season premier wasn't half bad. The monologue at the beginning of the show was a little weird, but the suspense kept me watching. They did a good job of making the viewer beg for more at the end.
 
Season One Spoilers

I just read the first two episodes of the Walking Dead comic and while it's good I've found that the part of the show that covers the same part of the story is superior and produces the type of tension that does not exist in the comic.

The part about the father/son holed up in a house, his wife who had been turned and kept coming back to the house, and then him (the husband) trying to get the nerve to shoot her was emotional.

And when Rick stumbles into Atlanta, ends up within seconds of blowing his brains out, but at the last minute discovering escape, hiding in an abandoned army tank, and getting called a "dummy" over the radio, was priceless.

I realize some were not impressed with the Season 2 premier, but I liked it and am hoping it holds up the standard set for tension and story telling in Season 1.
 
I just read the first two episodes of the Walking Dead comic and while it's good I've found that the part of the show that covers the same part of the story is superior and produces the type of tension that does not exist in the comic.

I agree, to some extent. Going back and re-reading The Walking Dead I'm always struck by how weak the first ~6-12 issues are in comparison to the rest of the run.
 
I agree, to some extent. Going back and re-reading The Walking Dead I'm always struck by how weak the first ~6-12 issues are in comparison to the rest of the run.

I've got access to a stack of them so I'll keep reading and see if they get better. :)
 
I feel the show, after some consider it a shaky Season Two Premier is back on track.

Shane's actions on the drug reconnoiter was shocking, pragmatic, but from an ethical stance incredibly self serving. He got the job done, saved Carl, saved himself, but at what moral price??

And Glen got lucky! :D
 
I feel the show, after some consider it a shaky Season Two Premier is back on track.

Yup
Shane's actions on the drug reconnoiter was shocking, pragmatic, but from an ethical stance incredibly self serving. He got the job done, saved Carl, saved himself, but at what moral price??

I know wow, the writers but him in quite a mess. If he had morals, Carl would probably have died. hmmm. Selfish thing to do, but saved Carl's life.


And Glen got lucky! :D

LOL, we knew she was interested in him...what an awkward moment.

...and ummm don't forget Shane or Rick is about to be a father.
 
Shane's actions on the drug reconnoiter was shocking, pragmatic, but from an ethical stance incredibly self serving. He got the job done, saved Carl, saved himself, but at what moral price??

I know wow, the writers but him in quite a mess. If he had morals, Carl would probably have died. hmmm. Selfish thing to do, but saved Carl's life.

My wife made the comment that Shane and Rick both want to protect Rick's family, but Shane is willing to do it "at any cost" where as Rick won't cross certain lines. It's almost like they are two different versions of the same character, hero/antihero, good/dark, moral/pragmatic, etc.
 
Yeah this has really picked up IMO, I'm still not liking some of the characters but they don't get as much screen time as my faves.

How many episodes are in this season?
 
The Stranger - 2011/10/24

Here's what I learned from last night's episode of The Walking Dead.

1) The zombie scenes are much more realistic when you leave your compost pail open.

2) The racist character is still the best character, and I hate you The Walking Dead for making me publicly say that.

3) When a doctor tells you he's actually a "vet," don't assume he means he's a doctor for veterans unless you're stupid.

4) It's okay to be disappointed after learning the man who's going to perform a difficult surgery on your son is actually a veterinarian. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE DIDN'T SAY UP FRONT HE WAS A ****ING VETERINARIAN!!!

5) The mark of a great actor is when you can't be mad at the character even after he shoots a little boy. (Unless you didn't like the little boy in the first place... and come to think of it, I kinda didn't.)

6) My new favorite character to hate is Grandpa Black Eyebrows. He's dumb.

7) Five bucks says the horse-riding hot daughter of the Vet (who decapitated the zombie with a baseball bat) is going to be boning Glenn within three episodes. (Glenn is the Asian guy, racist.)

8) Who's more stupid: Zombies who are universally distracted by flares, or Shane, who came up with the idea to throw the flares, but then came busting out of the Medivac trailer without taking a peek first?

9) Anyway, after last night's episode, I now I give a **** about this show again. I still don't forgive them for that half-ass lackluster premiere, though!! WTF was up with that? Didn't they know the impatient, way-too-quick-to-judge internet was watching?

10) Your turn!
 
OMG. I am addicted to this show! I watched Season 1 on Sunday/Monday on Netflix, and just finished watching the first four episodes of Season 2 today online.

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Yeah this has really picked up IMO, I'm still not liking some of the characters but they don't get as much screen time as my faves.

How many episodes are in this season?

7 or 13, I believe.
 
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Actually, because they're dead they shouldn't have senses. They are "mythical" beings, so I guess they can do whatever the writers want them to do.

I don't think they are 'mythical' by any degree. During the groups time at the CDC HQ there was plenty of 'biological' proof, I don't recall if it was a virus or bacterial. Nevertheless, the 'affliction' for lack of a better word, restarts the core of the brain, 'nothing that makes us human' as the scientist said, I wouldn't be surprised if they have some semblance of instincts, much like how some pack animals work together, they might have the ability to work together in a sense. Maybe not in the way a living group of humans can, but they are predators, and predators are pretty sneaky.:D
 
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