The Walking Dead

Aside from Glen and Andrea, yes, the group Rick met in tonight's episode was original characters who don't appear in the comic.

I know TWD was a comic before it became a TV series, but may I suggest those familiar with the comic not use that info to post predictions about how the series is going to go, or otherwise spoil unaired episodes?

Personally, I haven't any real interest in reading the comic, and I'd like to find out the things as I go, which is kinda difficult when those who have read it are all "in X scene, Y does Z, and A, B, and C die".

edited 19th Jan '11 7:44:09 AM by AJesterOnly

Horribly. Possibly with lovingly filmed 30-second pans of zombies passing around their intestines.

There really seems to be a love affair with intestines on the part of the special fx people.

Even with Adaptation Expansion, though, there's going to be some similarities between comic and show, if only in general plot. That's the kind of thing that was the primary focus in my previous post, really.

edited 8th Nov '10 7:43:57 AM by Nohbody

As I mentioned before, it looks like they're stretching out the plot of season 1 so that it only covers the first volume of the comic, so the season finale will probably be include that "It wasn't like shooting the dead ones." "It never should be, son. It never should be." scene that volume 1 ends with, especially since that's just a perfect place to end it.

Aside from that, I'm making no predictions.

edited 8th Nov '10 11:35:47 AM by LizardBite

I think that showing that the dead can climb fences is going to cause the writers trouble later on, because living in the prison isn't going to make sense anymore.

The dead probably can't climb high fences. That one was pretty short and rickety.

Maybe they'll use a fence/wall without convenient handholds?

I'm very impressed at how ballsy this show is when it comes to gore. Having horse intestines passed around is one thing, but having an extended scene involving people smearing human entrails all over themselves is pretty rare for even a cable show.

Meeble:

pretty rare

I prefer mine medium well.

^ But that doesn't work as well as a zombie disguise.

It would work if you set the zombies on fire first.

x5 You speak of madness!

^^^^ I'm amazed that this show is TV-14.

edited 19th Jan '11 7:44:20 AM by AJesterOnly

edited 19th Jan '11 7:44:27 AM by AJesterOnly

I'm hoping that the reason this season is only six episodes long and full of extra characters that stop the plot is because it's more of a trial run. And when AMC sees it is a good enough show or a second season they dump all the extra cast and move the story along.

"He won't wake up."

Also, WTH, Rick's friend?

^^ Yeah, the first season was mostly a test but they've already ordered a second, 12 episode, season.

^ I got to wonder how Lori knows Carl wouldn't wake up. I hope it wasn't from personal experience...

Also, dammit Shane, beating the crap out of abusive husbands is Rick's job!

TWD certainly isn't putting the "fun" in "dysfunctional families"...

And is it just me, or does it seem like almost every non-walker male so far is some variety of dickhead? Carl's exempted because he's too young for anything like that, but he's the only one.

ozaiangels: I'm pretty certain it is from personal experience. That was the implication, at least.

Anyway, not every male is a dickhead. I'm not even sure how you get at that. Sure, most of the dicks have been male so far, but... well, there's a reason that "dicks" are named what they are.

edited 19th Jan '11 7:44:36 AM by AJesterOnly

My friend and I had this discussion too, which is an incredibly hilarious clash of viewpoints. I'm the sexually open-minded virgin, and she's the one who's engaged, been getting regular nookie, and has a very strict view of relationships. I said that Lori and Shane were making the best of a bad situation, and she was focused more on how could she move on so quickly after she'd thought he was zombie chow?

Eventually we both settled on "Well, it was either her husband or her kid, at least she has a guilty conscience while bumping uglies on the forest floor."

I actually agree with your wife; I find that I'm better able to handle stress if I'm getting laid regularly. It's just not human nature to abstain if it's available.

Granted, I have no taste for sex in places that are likely ambushes. Seriously, kids: practice safe sex. Preferably in a bunker, with guards on patrol outside.