2012 TV Thread

[juddling]

It was nice to see Rick Grimes turn into Raylan Givens if even for a moment....

 

[Jenksismyhero]

The Walking Dead is so boring these days.

 

50 minutes of absolute, complete boredom, followed by 10 minutes of genuinely tense stuff. Pretty typical.

 

What I don't understand is why the writers think the audience gives two s***s about these characters. From what little I know of the comic, new characters will be introduced, so that will help. But after a 2 month break, why are we still subjected to one on one conversations about nothing that matters? Grimes and his wife arguing again? Gee, haven't seen that before. Shane going off on someone? Haven't seen that before either.

 

Also, the whole Glenn/farmers daughter angle is hilarious. Didn't they meet like 3 days ago? And then didn't they keep their relationship hidden? And now they're saying I love you's and making out in front of people? Wtf?

 

D-

Edited February 13, 2012 by Jenksismybitch

[Steve9347]

50 minutes of absolute, complete boredom, followed by 10 minutes of genuinely tense stuff. Pretty typical.

 

What I don't understand is why the writers think the audience gives two s***s about these characters. From what little I know of the comic, new characters will be introduced, so that will help. But after a 2 months break, why are we still subjected to one on one conversations about nothing that matters? Grimes and his wife arguing again? Gee, haven't seen that before. Shane going off on someone? Haven't seen that before either.

 

Also, the whole Glenn/farmers daughter angle is hilarious. Didn't they meet like 3 days ago? And then didn't they keep their relationship hidden? And now they're saying I love you's and making out in front of people? Wtf?

 

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Yeah, I'm finally dropping it.

[SoxAce]

Yeah, I'm finally dropping it.

 

Not a chance for me. I said that a while back, but this damn show keeps luring me in. Interested to see what happens with certain characters.

[Kyyle23]

Damn I love Shameless so much. Franks mom is so scary and hilarious, I love how she walks all over Frank and he just takes it

[GoSox05]

50 minutes of absolute, complete boredom, followed by 10 minutes of genuinely tense stuff. Pretty typical.

 

What I don't understand is why the writers think the audience gives two s***s about these characters. From what little I know of the comic, new characters will be introduced, so that will help. But after a 2 month break, why are we still subjected to one on one conversations about nothing that matters? Grimes and his wife arguing again? Gee, haven't seen that before. Shane going off on someone? Haven't seen that before either.

 

Also, the whole Glenn/farmers daughter angle is hilarious. Didn't they meet like 3 days ago? And then didn't they keep their relationship hidden? And now they're saying I love you's and making out in front of people? Wtf?

 

D-

 

 

The show is just like the comic book. I think people are expecting it to be this crazy action movie zombie show. The comic is not like that at all.

[Steve9347]

The show is just like the comic book. I think people are expecting it to be this crazy action movie zombie show. The comic is not like that at all.

Yeah, but the down time is filled with complete cheese and boredom.

[SoxAce]

The show is just like the comic book. I think people are expecting it to be this crazy action movie zombie show. The comic is not like that at all.

 

Can't please everybody I guess. I'm fine with what I've seen of this show so far.

[Jenksismyhero]

Yeah i'm not looking for a zombie escape every episode. I'm looking for something to actually happen. We've been at this farm for 7 episodes now. Nothing has really changed. It's been boring ass conversation after boring ass conversation with a sprinkle of action every 3rd hour.

 

Alan Greenwald at Grantland had a pretty good recap:

 

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-pr...ice-in-nebraska

 

 

SoxAce what characters are you referring to? I don't think there's a single character left that I care for. They're all pretty annoying.

 

 

Edit: and the conversation angle would be fine if this was well written. This is hack writing at it's best. Same themes/issues covered repeatedly, over and over and over again.

Edited February 13, 2012 by Jenksismybitch

[GoSox05]

Yeah i'm not looking for a zombie escape every episode. I'm looking for something to actually happen. We've been at this farm for 7 episodes now. Nothing has really changed. It's been boring ass conversation after boring ass conversation with a sprinkle of action every 3rd hour.

 

Alan Greenwald at Grantland had a pretty good recap:

 

http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-pr...ice-in-nebraska

 

 

SoxAce what characters are you referring to? I don't think there's a single character left that I care for. They're all pretty annoying.

 

 

Edit: and the conversation angle would be fine if this was well written. This is hack writing at it's best. Same themes/issues covered repeatedly, over and over and over again.

 

 

You seem to really hate it.

[Jenksismyhero]

You seem to really hate it.

 

I'm just annoyed with it. It started out with such promise, and it's just been craptastic since.

 

Here's my review of the first 6 episodes if you're interested:

 

http://stewover.com/2012/01/05/the-walking...o-win-and-soon/

 

 

 

[GoSox05]

I'm just annoyed with it. It started out with such promise, and it's just been craptastic since.

 

Here's my review of the first 6 episodes if you're interested:

 

http://stewover.com/2012/01/05/the-walking...o-win-and-soon/

 

 

This show is not going to be Left 4 Dead(that would be an awesome show though). I think the first few episodes of the show may have tricked people into thinking it was going to be like that all the time. Like the comic, the characters don't go very far. It's seems like people want to see them in a new location every episode. It's not going to happen. They stay at the farm and if they follow the comic, they will go to a prison and stay there for a long time.

 

There are a bunch of characters that they haven't introduced yet. I do hope they do that soon, because some of them are really cool.

 

 

[Jenksismyhero]

This show is not going to be Left 4 Dead(that would be an awesome show though). I think the first few episodes of the show may have tricked people into thinking it was going to be like that all the time. Like the comic, the characters don't go very far. It's seems like people want to see them in a new location every episode. It's not going to happen. They stay at the farm and if they follow the comic, they will go to a prison and stay there for a long time.

 

There are a bunch of characters that they haven't introduced yet. I do hope they do that soon, because some of them are really cool.

 

That's really the main reason I'm still watching. Everyone tells me the new characters were good in the comic. And as last night showed, a battle/showdown between survivors is infinitely more interesting than a group of survivors v. the zombie world.

[danman31]

That's really the main reason I'm still watching. Everyone tells me the new characters were good in the comic. And as last night showed, a battle/showdown between survivors is infinitely more interesting than a group of survivors v. the zombie world.

They definitely need new characters. Something needs to shake up the dynamic. I just kept talking to myself when the car accident happened. I mean really? f***ing really? That's your drama point? Talk about not showing creativity.

[hogan873]

I'm a couple episodes behind on Shameless, but I think it's as good if not better than last season. Frank is such an incredible low-life, but then he shows the occasional (very occasional) flash of being human. William H. Macy plays that role so well.

[Felix]

This show is not going to be Left 4 Dead(that would be an awesome show though). I think the first few episodes of the show may have tricked people into thinking it was going to be like that all the time. Like the comic, the characters don't go very far. It's seems like people want to see them in a new location every episode. It's not going to happen. They stay at the farm and if they follow the comic, they will go to a prison and stay there for a long time.

 

There are a bunch of characters that they haven't introduced yet. I do hope they do that soon, because some of them are really cool.

It's already abundantly clear that they don't want to follow the comic. They've butchered some of the main characters already.

 

That being said, they seriously need to get the f*** to the prison already and introduce Michonne and Tyreese already.

[Soxbadger]

I enjoy Walking Dead. Never read the comic.

[bigruss]

It's already abundantly clear that they don't want to follow the comic. They've butchered some of the main characters already.

 

That being said, they seriously need to get the f*** to the prison already and introduce Michonne and Tyreese already.

As a fellow reader of the comic book, I think we need to just forget about the comic book and expect something totally different out of the show.

 

But still, this farm situation has been ridiculously long and the character development has been s***ty. They need to do something quick to save the show, even though there are plenty of viewers who will keep watching (me included, just because the premise of the show is still amazing).

[Felix]

As a fellow reader of the comic book, I think we need to just forget about the comic book and expect something totally different out of the show.

Yeah, I know

 

It's mostly just frustrating, but I knew it was going to happen from the start, so I guess I can't complain too much.

 

But still, this farm situation has been ridiculously long and the character development has been s***ty. They need to do something quick to save the show, even though there are plenty of viewers who will keep watching (me included, just because the premise of the show is still amazing).

I'd include myself in that group, but even my dedication is wavering the more and more it drags on. I don't want it to be ridiculously fast paced every episode, but if they're going to go with the slow character development episodes, would it kill them to at least make it interesting? Ugh.

[JPN366]

I'm a couple episodes behind on Shameless, but I think it's as good if not better than last season. Frank is such an incredible low-life, but then he shows the occasional (very occasional) flash of being human. William H. Macy plays that role so well.

 

It's actually feeling a little slow to me. It's lacking some bite, I actually wish Frank would die. I know that he is technically the protagonist, but still. Was Jeremy Allen White told that he would spend all season brooding, smoldering, drinking, smoking, raging and wearing the same clothes the whole time?

[hogan873]

It's actually feeling a little slow to me. It's lacking some bite, I actually wish Frank would die. I know that he is technically the protagonist, but still. Was Jeremy Allen White told that he would spend all season brooding, smoldering, drinking, smoking, raging and wearing the same clothes the whole time?

And what's with those floods he wears?

 

But it did look like in the previews after the last episode that things will change between him and Karen...and him and Ian for that matter.

[ChiSox_Sonix]

I enjoy Walking Dead. Never read the comic.

 

I never read it either and have been enjoying it but I am losing patience with it. Laurie is so damn annoying that it's becoming hard to watch any scene with her in it. And they need to leave that farm. I want to see how the group fares surviving in this world surrounded by the walkers. Not how they survive by themselves on a farm. Story line has got to start moving along or I may stop watching soon. Last episode had a good first 3 minutes and a great last 10. Everything in the middle was pointless time fillers

[Kyyle23]

It's actually feeling a little slow to me. It's lacking some bite, I actually wish Frank would die. I know that he is technically the protagonist, but still. Was Jeremy Allen White told that he would spend all season brooding, smoldering, drinking, smoking, raging and wearing the same clothes the whole time?

 

 

The show would totally suck if that happened

[iamshack]

I wish the show was on HBO so I could at least hope to see the blonde's boobs.

[Jenksismyhero]

Anyone still watching Alcatraz or The River? I thought both this week were pretty meh, though I'll give props to The River for creating some genuinely tense moments.

 

re: Alcatraz, the whole land mine thing at the end made no sense. If he was able to get off the thing (probably impossible) with just sticking a knife on it, why not go get a bunch of heavy weights and put it on the knife, then run away? Hell, the defuser guy had enough time to take it apart, cut some wires, and hold it up in the air before he was blown to bits. You're telling me he could haven't done the same thing but run away in time to not be killed? Pretty dumb. And i'm still not sure how/why Big Boobs and Hurley show up at every crime scene in the city under the assumption it's a case for them.