Well, okay… I still say that American Horror Story gives you more bang for your creepy TV show buck, but last night’s The Walking Dead was a VAST improvement after last week’s anemic season premiere. Wanna chitty-chat about it? YES, YOU DO! Hit the jump for some my spoilerific thoughts, or go straight to the comments and dive in!
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Here’s what I learned from last night’s episode of The Walking Dead.
1) The zombie scenes are much more realistic when you leave your compost pail open.
2) The racist character is still the best character, and I hate you The Walking Dead for making me publicly say that.
3) When a doctor tells you he’s actually a “vet,” don’t assume he means he’s a doctor for veterans unless you’re stupid.
4) It’s okay to be disappointed after learning the man who’s going to perform a difficult surgery on your son is actually a veterinarian. ESPECIALLY WHEN HE DIDN’T SAY UP FRONT HE WAS A FUCKING VETERINARIAN!!!
5) The mark of a great actor is when you can’t be mad at the character even after he shoots a little boy. (Unless you didn’t like the little boy in the first place… and come to think of it, I kinda didn’t.)
6) My new favorite character to hate is Grandpa Black Eyebrows. He’s dumb.
7) Five bucks says the horse-riding hot daughter of the Vet (who decapitated the zombie with a baseball bat) is going to be boning Glenn within three episodes. (Glenn is the Asian guy, racist.)
8) Who’s more stupid: Zombies who are universally distracted by flares, or Shane, who came up with the idea to throw the flares, but then came busting out of the Medivac trailer without taking a peek first?
9) Anyway, after last night’s episode, I now I give a shit about this show again. I still don’t forgive them for that half-ass lackluster premiere, though!! WTF was up with that? Didn’t they know the impatient, way-too-quick-to-judge internet was watching?
10) Your turn!
I hate that when I am reading this on the mobile version there is no jump. And that I looked anyway. And that I don’t have cable so I am spoiling my NEXT year when this goes on Netflix streaming like last season just did which is why I could not quiiiiite get over to wiggle my fingers with Occupy Westlake over the weekend.
I’m super pissed that they shot the little boy. The single most horrifying scene of the show so far was where the vet removes the bullet. Seriously, that shit made me angry. I’ll watch any adult get their toes gnawed off by zombies, but I do not need to listen to a little boy screaming in anguish. Fuck that.
#2: The one thing I love about “The Walking Dead” comic books is that no one is spared from the horror of the situation, not even cute little children; it is dire and grim for everyone. I am happy that at least on this the producers of the show have followed the original comic, it is a zombie apocalypse, it is supposed to be horrible for all.
Shane should have kept a couple of flares and looked for some aerosol cans and burn his fucking way through the zombie horde.
Still think its yawnsville. There’s been one good episode–the pilot.
Love it. If any of you haven’t read the comics, get them; read them. Fair warning that they are a relentless downer.
Did not dig Rick’s constant need to be anywhere other than, you know, tending to his son laying on a bed dying of a fucking gunshot wound.
@Mary: Carl gets shot in the comic too. At least in the show they’re treating it a bit more realistically. In the comic it’s basically, Carl gets shot, they find Hershel, he fixes Carl up, Carl recovers, all within a couple-few pages.
@4: I was expecting Shane and Otis to throw an oxygen tank out there and blast it with a rifle shot. But that would require a Walking Dead character to show some semblance of forethought, believable motivation, and general self-awareness. In other words, not gonna happen.
I do hope that kindly old Hershel turns out to
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have a barn full of zombies.
Were the zombies faster than usual or they really wanted the fat guy?
Haven’t read the comic and not a huge horror guy, so maybe my bar is lower that Humphrey’s, but I thoroughly enjoyed the season premier.
@7: I understand why Rick acted like that– it’s not that he wanted to be somewhere else (that is, to avoid the whole ‘my son is dying on that bed’ thing)– it’s that he wanted to be doing something helpful other than just sitting and waiting. Even if he did need to be close by for transfusions, that doesn’t feel proactive. It’s just more waiting.
I twigged to the old guy being a vet when I saw that his medical gear was all glass and reusable needles and stuff. Medical gear for humans is usually plastic and disposable… I don’t know if that was a hint or not, but it was a nice detail.
@10 – Plus, there’s just the general attitude of “If a thing is happening, Rick feels responsible for it. If nothing at all is happening, Rick feels responsible for coming up with a fresh disaster.”
I hated the fact that Shane and shooter guy went in all black ops style with guns and flares and a great plan, but then just threw the door open on their way out. As if that wasn’t bad enough, they get into the high school, lock the gate, and then just stand there waiting for the zombies to break through the gate. /facepalm
Thank god I have a fast forward button for all the endless sentimental boring non-zombie scenes. I’m not really an action/zombie fan but I’m certainly not a fan of endless, pointless, “I feel sad and conflicted and need to talk about it FOREVER” scenes.
I was glad they fired the season one director/writer because I thought the new guy might spice it up a bit. I’ll sit through a couple more episodes hoping something interesting happens, but I swear this is the most boring apocalyptic *anything* I’ve ever seen.
I hope Shane dies really fucking soon.
Why was the doctor’s house, out there in the middle of a field, completely exposed without boards on any of the first floor windows? Lacey curtains are not likely to keep a wandering herd of zombies out after they see the lights on inside…
1st, The hottie on horseback DID NOT DECAPITATE the zombie in the woods, she knocked it off of the stupid blonde. It sat up shortly afterward and was put down by an arow through the head. If your going to post something, at least get it right.
2nd It would not do any good to take an oxygen tank and shoot it, to distract the zombies, or kill them. A: Oxygen tanks will not explode just because you shoot them, you need a spark or something, AFTER you shoot it. B: The sound of the gunshot would draw more walkers to you.
3rd, The speed of the Walkers is dependant uppon how long they have ben dead. The fresher the Zombie, the quicker it will move. The Writter, and Director have stated that numorous times, on the aftershow, and in blogs.
4th, Would it be too much to ask if those of you who have read the comic, KEEP YOUR FUCKING MOUTH SHUT ABOUT WHAT IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN? lots of us hav not read the comics, and would like to be somewhat suprised about what is going to happen. Besides, they have strayed from the comic some what anyway.