The Walking Dead Show Discussion - with potential spoilers

[Scareb]

IIRC, Frank Darabont said that they wont be following the comic's panel for panel, putting their own spin on things but that they would be following it in a non-linear fashion.

 

[superDrool]

they've gone into an asinine format with adding nonessential characters and the CDC storyline. I read they were going back to Marshall's farm, which is great but assbackwards. I wish Frank Darabont would get his head out of his ass and go panel to panel. It's worked quite well for Zack Snyder. The numbers don't lie, man.

 

[CB2001]

they've gone into an asinine format with adding nonessential characters and the CDC storyline. I read they were going back to Marshall's farm, which is great but assbackwards. I wish Frank Darabont would get his head out of his ass and go panel to panel. It's worked quite well for Zack Snyder. The numbers don't lie, man.

First off, are you sure it's not Hershall's farm instead of Marshall's farm?

Second of all, didn't they go to Hershall's farm in the comic?

And doesn't that mean, after that, they end up going to the prison and also eventually meet Michonne, who is considered one of the more truly bad-ass characters in the comic?

 

[superDrool]

"Hershall's",yes. Excuse my memory. Unlike the comic-counterpart they didn't divert and add any gangs and bother to explain the reanimated dead. Better off that way, left unsaid. In my opinion, explainations are played out and pointless, especially with the story of survival and attempt at normalcy. I wanted them to go to the farm in the first season or at least go to the gated community. But attempting to go back to the farm seems like the writers/Frank Darabont realized they screwed up and diverted too much at the end of the first season. Too much fluff, got all those writers fired. Oh, so the reports go.

I was a fan from day one of the comic, not hopping on this bandwagon. So, that numbering system you're using doesn't work.

 

[Scareb]

Personally I like that they divert from the comics ever so little, that way I don't go "then they go here next, then this guy dies next, then this happens" I mean as long as it's not stupid (i wasnt a huge fan of the CDC episodes) then it can't harm the the story line. Also you gotta remember that there were only 6 episodes in the first season. To cram all that storyline into 6 episodes would have been ****e with them going to the farm for half an episode.

 

[superDrool]

Yeah for those that already know the story from the book, there would be no suprises at all. I'm sure that was the intention, I guess I'm still bitter about the overall feeling that the first season left me with. I didn't even bother with the last episode, because characters were altered so much and the story had gone on into this place I didn't think it could be redeemed from.
And Michonne IS the most anticipated character from the books. The opening scene of her will make or break it for me. Sounds trivial, but that splash page in the book said it all.

 

[Scareb]

Hopefully they keep her backstory word for word when they introduce her, it's the most random and awesome.

 

[MooCriket]

^I agree. I really love that character.

 

[Nugget]

Yeah for those that already know the story from the book, there would be no suprises at all. I'm sure that was the intention, I guess I'm still bitter about the overall feeling that the first season left me with. I didn't even bother with the last episode, because characters were altered so much and the story had gone on into this place I didn't think it could be redeemed from.
And Michonne IS the most anticipated character from the books. The opening scene of her will make or break it for me. Sounds trivial, but that splash page in the book said it all.

The last episode was a real let-down for me. I was surprised that the deviation from the book didn't create some tension or drama to carry over into the next season. It just abruptly ended all of a sudden with the CDC destruction. I do love the zombie effects though.

 

[MooCriket]

Season 2 has started filming!!!
Season 2 Filming has started in Atlanta | The Walking Dead

 

[Scareb]

 

[Scareb]

Stupid blocking of my picture.....

 

[Burke]

When does season 2 air?

 

[.:MirrorminD:.]

When does season 2 air?

If I recall, beginning of Nov

 

[Soulinertia]

Oh goodie!

 

[Laspector]

Okay, I know I'm waaaaay behind here, but I just started this series yesterday and am only 3 episodes in on season one.. Here's what I don't get--dude wakes up in the hospital, all the bodies and walkers and stuff going on. By the end of episode 3 it seems to have been several days he has been awake, yet NOT ONCE has he asked anybody what happened. WTF? Why are there zombies everywhere?

Does he eventually decide to inquire as to why the situation is happening? Do they ever tell what happened?

 

[harrisonp]

Okay, I know I'm waaaaay behind here, but I just started this series yesterday and am only 3 episodes in on season one.. Here's what I don't get--dude wakes up in the hospital, all the bodies and walkers and stuff going on. By the end of episode 3 it seems to have been several days he has been awake, yet NOT ONCE has he asked anybody what happened. WTF? Why are there zombies everywhere?

Does he eventually decide to inquire as to why the situation is happening? Do they ever tell what happened?

They touch on it in Season 1 and then basically never again. Kirkman's inspiration for writing TWD was the fact that he hated seeing traditional zombie stories end or come to a resolution, so he has never put any time into explaining where it all started. Both TWD and FTWD have followed that path and I don't think we'll ever get a real explanation. Also while it seemingly takes place in our real world but with the addition of zombies it actually occurs in a parallel universe (for lack of a better term) where the course of pop culture and mythology is different and no zombie lore exists within the show's universe. While this doesn't absolve people from asking what the heck is going on it does explain why they are so grossly unprepared for what they are experiencing.

 

[ghostryder]

 

[Laspector]

I just finished up all first 6 seasons. Had never watched an episode before about a month ago. It's practically ALL I have watched recently. Now I almost wish I had waited another month before I started it all. I'm dying to know who Negan killed.