The Walking Dead

[custom36 4]

2nd episode veered in some directions I didn't think they'd go. Also there is a we are trapped we need to get away from the zombie scene in every movie and I didn't find that part to entertaining. I hope they find a good mix of story and zombie related issues and it could be a cool show.

I thought it made sense from the point of he's never been in a zombie-city before and needed the other 'normal' people to bail him out, leaving him emotionally invested in the group.I think this first season might be the crew stumbling through already-done zombie scenes to see what works, and then the show taking off in the second season. At least, I hope so anyway.

[sandwedge 30]

Not too excited about all of the love triangle/wife abuse angles that the plot is taking. I guess they figure they have to keep the female audience watching so that they won't nag their boyfriends/husbands into watching Desperate Housewives or something.Overall, a pretty good start so far. So, who will be the first person in the group to become Zombie lunch?I'll predict the season ending episode here :

Of course, Rick finds out that Shane has been bagging his wife well before this episode, and the love triangle continues until the season finale, where Rick and Shane are neck deep in Zombie trouble. Shane becomes helpless, and Rick is his only hope for rescue. The season ends with the audience wondering what Rick will do.

[hank213 1,823]

CONTAINS SPOILERS(If you aren't up to date on all episodes)As much as I much would like to go all fanboi over the show, I'm starting to get kind of fed up. There is a real tendency by the writers to have the characters behave so stupidly in order to amplify drama. Like the hacksaw bit. The damn thing was five feet away but the black guy decided he didn't have time to reach for it. Instead, let's get all the way back to camp then decide to go back into town. Makes very little sense.Or the bag of guns being a big enough factor to justify the trip back to the known hot zone of the department store. Like those are the only guns in the entire city of Atlanta? Sheeeeeit. Isn't that where BMF is from? I'm pretty sure gangs use guns. Or I'm betting there's more than one cop shop in Atlanta, they probably have a couple firearms laying around. Not to mention if there was survivors camp there, then there was probably an Army detachment as well to protect them....most likely with trucks full of really good guns.Finally, coming full circle to the hacksaw again. This former military redneck chooses to cut his own hand off instead of cutting through a 1/4" rusty bolt? It just doesn't make sense.I'll keep watching the rest of the season because I like the genre, but I'm starting to watch it now more just to see what lazy plot device is going to piss me off this week.

[SBriand 4]

I am enjoying it. I could nitpick but no point. This is a comic book turned into a TV series. If you can't get past the little things then don't watch anymore because it will be more of the same. I have looked into the Graphic Novels before and I know where things are headed and what happens next.

[ajs510 122]

Finally, coming full circle to the hacksaw again. This former military redneck chooses to cut his own hand off instead of cutting through a 1/4" rusty bolt? It just doesn't make sense.

I had a huge issue with that as well...like c'mon now, a guy is going to lop off his own hand with a tool that could cut through that bolt with the same amount of time required?In order of what I'd cut first with a hacksaw:The boltWhatever the bolt is attached toThe cuff chainThe cuff itselfMy own handIt almost feels like a fakeout, like he didn't really do it and they'll explain later because it's way too unbelievable that he would have. I'm still a big fan of the show, but it definitely needs more Lennie James.

[king_tanner 84]

weeeee thanks for posting about this show! I would have never found out about it if it wasn't for this forum. I just watched the first episode On Demand and I loved it!

[powerpoker 0]

The whole thing with the hacksaw that i dont get is where did he go. The door was locked with a padlock and he is on the roof. Other than that i liked the episode. As long as i get a semi reasonable explanation ill be ok.

[custom36 4]

This week didn't make much sense to me either, for the reasons stated above. Cutting through the hand vs the handcuff seemed way too bad of an oversight...there'd better be an explanation coming. The guy that beat down the wife-beater might be my favorite secondary character right now.Also, we need more zombies. I was expecting more zombies.

[SBriand 4]

It was a comic book people...it's not Hamlet.

[frautotenkinder 1,025]

I've read the first couple of books of the series, so I'm a little ahead of the storytelling. They hinted at the next plot point, and I think that's about where I stopped reading. (Not for any reason other than laziness, but that should be pronounced as "jam packed social life".)The lead character is from Love Actually. He was the love lorn guy chasing after Keira Knightley.Really good sound design--especially the scene where they're smearing zombie guts all over.In episode three, right after Rick reunites with Lori and Carl, they cut to a shot of Shane (the partner). Shane literally took a step backwards, which I thought was a great way of visually telling the story before the characters spelled it out. Shane's going to step out of his relationship with Lori--and I think because I had this observation as I watched the episode--I felt more sympathetic towards him.I don't think Rick and Lori are going to last. If your relationship is rocky, not even a zombie apocalypse will save it.

[ltrainkoja55 0]

CONTAINS SPOILERS(If you aren't up to date on all episodes)As much as I much would like to go all fanboi over the show, I'm starting to get kind of fed up. There is a real tendency by the writers to have the characters behave so stupidly in order to amplify drama. Like the hacksaw bit. The damn thing was five feet away but the black guy decided he didn't have time to reach for it. Instead, let's get all the way back to camp then decide to go back into town. Makes very little sense.Or the bag of guns being a big enough factor to justify the trip back to the known hot zone of the department store. Like those are the only guns in the entire city of Atlanta? Sheeeeeit. Isn't that where BMF is from? I'm pretty sure gangs use guns. Or I'm betting there's more than one cop shop in Atlanta, they probably have a couple firearms laying around. Not to mention if there was survivors camp there, then there was probably an Army detachment as well to protect them....most likely with trucks full of really good guns.Finally, coming full circle to the hacksaw again. This former military redneck chooses to cut his own hand off instead of cutting through a 1/4" rusty bolt? It just doesn't make sense.I'll keep watching the rest of the season because I like the genre, but I'm starting to watch it now more just to see what lazy plot device is going to piss me off this week.

first two points of the show did not seem stupid to me-- the chaos and fear made for a tense situation. I do stupid things when I am not worried about zombies eating me. I imagine trying to rush down the stairs in time so the escape truck doesn't leave me behind might lead to mistakes.The writers tried to explain the need for the bag of guns. the walkie talkie is the only communication available to the man and his son that saved his life in episode one. Needs the talkie to stop him from going to Atlanta-- trying to pay back a life debt -- little weak but such is tvI could not agree more about the saw to hand. as everyone has stated -- makes no sense. I am hoping they address this somehow.My biggest problem is I knew the guy on the roof would be alive-- bad casting to cast no names in every role but the one on the roof. ( Michael Rooker from Days of thunder and 30 to 40 other movies) obv he is not taking a part that lasts ten minutes. that is the one role that should have definitely be cast with an unknown

[Suited_Up 2]

Has the first Saw movie taught us nothing? Trying to cut through metal with a saw will break the saw blade. Duh.

[custom36 4]

Wooo zombie killin! This was a great episode.Booo only 2 episodes left.

[king_tanner 84]

I know they don't have a lot of gas and all that, but shouldn't they just be going to somewhere in the middle of nowhere without trees and buildings.... so they can see the zombies coming? I'm suprised that hasn't come up yet lol.

[ajs510 122]

I know they don't have a lot of gas and all that, but shouldn't they just be going to somewhere in the middle of nowhere without trees and buildings.... so they can see the zombies coming? I'm suprised that hasn't come up yet lol.

If it was me I'd be going full-on "Swiss Family Robiinson" and building a sweet tree house with a long zip line to a waiting truck if needed. I can't see zombies mastering the fine art of tree-climbing very quickly, especially if you lop off the low branches.Great episode, but this whole CDC angle has me concerned. I also seriously don't get introducing Lennie James in the first episode and then not having him in the entire rest of the 1st season at all, but it seems like they're trying to deal with that lately, maybe he'll be the focus of season 2?

[hank213 1,823]

I thought this episode was a step in the right direction. They're beginning to focus on the drama of survival and group dynamics under pressure than on the more "soap opera" type drama.

I know they don't have a lot of gas and all that, but shouldn't they just be going to somewhere in the middle of nowhere without trees and buildings.... so they can see the zombies coming? I'm suprised that hasn't come up yet lol.

I've been thinking about this and my first instict would be something very similar. However, maybe this part of the story is demonstrative of the death throes of rugged individualism and self reliance in the American spirit which has widely been replaced with a culture of beggardom and victimhood.

If it was me I'd be going full-on "Swiss Family Robiinson" and building a sweet tree house with a long zip line to a waiting truck if needed. I can't see zombies mastering the fine art of tree-climbing very quickly, especially if you lop off the low branches.Great episode, but this whole CDC angle has me concerned. I also seriously don't get introducing Lennie James in the first episode and then not having him in the entire rest of the 1st season at all, but it seems like they're trying to deal with that lately, maybe he'll be the focus of season 2?

From what I've read on another forum that character in the graphic novel doesn't resurface for quite some time, maybe they are playing his role a little closer to the original story arc.

[king_tanner 84]

Also, how about luring the zombies into some kind of trap... like walking off a cliff, or luring them into an arena then locking them in, drowning them in water.Cmon people... life sucks, but it shouldn't be this bad.

[ajs510 122]

Soooo...you know that hand grenade you took from the tank? You left it in your pants pocket when you turned in your laundry and I kept it in my purse ever since...you know, in case we had to invade Poland or break out of the CDC or something.LOL...it's still a good show but that was pretty hilarious. If I had a nickel for everytime I forgot about the baseball sized explosive fragmentation device in my hip pocket when I take in the dry cleaning...

[MapleLeafs 142]

I want my last 6 Sundays back.OK, 5. I thought the first show was good.

[Fluffdog87 2]

It's entertaining mostly and the zombie scenes have been cool but the episode plots and writing were lol bad.