The Walking Dead - Season 2

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 2:57 pm

^I don't disagree with that , as this series is based on comic books. And I don't doubt for a second that the comic books are far less flawed than the TV show. I just would never read a comic book. Moving pictures , yall.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:22 pm

Blockhead wrote:I just would never read a comic book.

ALASKA · Post by **ALASKA** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:07 pm

Blockhead wrote:Moving pictures , yall.

Cash Rulz · Post by **Cash Rulz** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 4:16 pm

Blockhead wrote:^I don't disagree with that , as this series is based on comic books. And I don't doubt for a second that the comic books are far less flawed than the TV show. I just would never read a comic book. Moving pictures , yall.

Avant garde ass nigga.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 5:34 pm

Nah, I just have ADD and reading bores the shit out of me in general. Strangely enough , add cartoons and I give even less of a fuck.

Smooth Lou · Post by **Smooth Lou** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:28 am

Finally got around to finishing this show. I couldn't be bothered with the second half of season 2 after how dreadful the first half was, but I found the absolute best way to watch it. D/L the video wherever, then play it at 150% speed on VLC (or 1.5x on PS3).

It's fast enough that the awful, truly dreadful writing won't bog you down but it isn't too fast that you can't understand the dialogue.

Plus, each episode comes out to about 22 minutes. Fantastic!

The last two eps were entertaining yet retardulous and I'm glad they're finally moving on to the prison for season 3.

Req · Post by **Req** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:55 am

some pics from S3 including Merle, Governer & Michonne: http://blogs.amctv.com/photo-galleries/ ... chonne.php

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:57 pm

I half suspected that Merle would resurface at the prison. Why would AMC just go ahead and spoil that for everyone, though?

AMASK · Post by **AMASK** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 2:29 pm

Danny Trejo not being cast as the Governor is absolutely fucking unacceptable to me.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:07 pm

probably be down in a second, but
<object width="560" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Wb3m_qoDu4?ve ... ram><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2Wb3m_qoDu4?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:00 pm

Smooth Lou wrote:Finally got around to finishing this show. I couldn't be bothered with the second half of season 2 after how dreadful the first half was, but I found the absolute best way to watch it. D/L the video wherever, then play it at 150% speed on VLC (or 1.5x on PS3).

It's fast enough that the awful, truly dreadful writing won't bog you down but it isn't too fast that you can't understand the dialogue.

Plus, each episode comes out to about 22 minutes. Fantastic!

The last two eps were entertaining yet retardulous and I'm glad they're finally moving on to the prison for season 3.

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:36 am

Monotonous · Post by **Monotonous** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:44 am

looks dope

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:52 am

something I read yesterday is that they're taking the governor character in a different direction than the comics.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 12:11 pm

HERSCHEL LET THY HAIR DOWN OH BOY

elohim · Post by **elohim** » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:34 pm

Fuck yes! I have a feeling season 3 will be the best yet. 16 episodes, the prison, Woodbury and the Govenor, Michonne, etc. They also promised a lot of deaths on that preview last week..

Speaking of deaths, did anyone read Issue100? Crazy shit, I kinda thought that character might make it to the end.

elohim · Post by **elohim** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:19 am

This might be one of my favorite shows since The Wire, especially for cable. Complaining about dialogue in zombie shit is

, even though I think the writing and character development in this series has been excellent. Yeah, maybe they dropped the ball on Sophia in S2, but I'm not sure where else they've erred.

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Sun Jul 29, 2012 10:35 am

elohim wrote: I think the writing and character development in this series has been excellent.

/

elohim · Post by **elohim** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:03 am

Care to elaborate? Not sure how it could've been translated from the comic better. Maybe I used too many superlatives, but regardless. I'm still pretty stoked for an extended season. This was a perfect fit to AMC's programming. Don't get the backlash at all?

If you expect Breaking Bad or Mad Men, you're in the wrong place; not sure how else to put it (even if id rather watch TWD than either, personally)

jamrage · Post by **jamrage** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:56 am

elohim wrote:Care to elaborate? Not sure how it could've been translated from the comic better. Maybe I used too many superlatives, but regardless. I'm still pretty stoked for an extended season. This was a perfect fit to AMC's programming. Don't get the backlash at all?

If you expect Breaking Bad or Mad Men, you're in the wrong place; not sure how else to put it (even if id rather watch TWD than either, personally)

The first season had some really deplorable writing (Cholo retirement home for starters) which is why all the writers got fired before the second season. The second season was better, but it still had more than its share of problems which I discussed earlier in this thread.

Basically, the actors aren't great and I thus find it difficult to care about any of them. They just killed the most interesting character (on the tv show) in Shane, and Carl is one of the most unlikeable children ever. There was a lot of them going round in circles in the second season where not a lot happened, but they didn't really get more in depth with the characters either.

I'd really like for the show to make the leap in quality from season two to three that we had from season one to two. If that happens then maybe it will start earning some accolades.

Bringing up The Wire within three sentences of this show is blasphemy of the highest order.

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:26 am

Definitely agree with much of the criticism but I've still found it enjoyable regardless.

Looking forward to season 3.

elohim · Post by **elohim** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:37 am

jamrage wrote:
elohim wrote:Care to elaborate? Not sure how it could've been translated from the comic better. Maybe I used too many superlatives, but regardless. I'm still pretty stoked for an extended season. This was a perfect fit to AMC's programming. Don't get the backlash at all?

If you expect Breaking Bad or Mad Men, you're in the wrong place; not sure how else to put it (even if id rather watch TWD than either, personally)
The first season had some really deplorable writing (Cholo retirement home for starters) which is why all the writers got fired before the second season. The second season was better, but it still had more than its share of problems which I discussed earlier in this thread.

Basically, the actors aren't great and I thus find it difficult to care about any of them. They just killed the most interesting character (on the tv show) in Shane, and Carl is one of the most unlikeable children ever. There was a lot of them going round in circles in the second season where not a lot happened, but they didn't really get more in depth with the characters either.

I'd really like for the show to make the leap in quality from season two to three that we had from season one to two. If that happens then maybe it will start earning some accolades.

Bringing up The Wire within three sentences of this show is blasphemy of the highest order.

I completely respect that. Sorry about that 'Wire' refernce!, just personal opinion. I'm an admitted fanboy from the comics. I just disagree that Darabont interpreted it wrong in the first season. Sophia dragged too long in season 2, I said that. She's still alive in the comics, so I don't like that. But this season is crammn in so much, I'm Icesickle cysed. There will be atleast 5 seasons, maybe 6