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Darabont takes The Walking Dead to TV
scarred:
--- Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 24 Nov 2010, 10:08 ---Meaning, I really didn't like The Walking Dead books at first either. I thought "my god these characters are horrible and almost everything that happens is a parody of a cliche" but then, a couple issues in, I was completely hooked and it managed to do a complete 180 in my mind.
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this, and again, it's kind of hard to top a pilot that is written and directed by Frank fucking Darabont. they went from this all-star director to people who haven't done anything besides an episode or two of law & order.
i was expecting a massive drop in quality but the last episode was actually quite good imo, although yeah the mexican gang sucked dicks.
remember guys, the first season of a show is usually where they iron out all the issues and really find the series' footing. we're only like, 4 episodes in.
Inlander:
Yeah but that's four out of six episodes. I don't know at what point in the creative process they found out they were only getting six episodes for a first season, but I feel like they should have made everything a hell of a lot tighter given the limited run. And a lot of the problems with the series so far haven't been the typical tonal problems you get in early episodes, they've been actual issues of the people involved not being able to see something in the script and realise "Holy shit, this Mexican gang stuff is awful", or "Does Merle need to be quite such a cardboard-cutout southern redneck racist cliche?" That's worrying.
scarred:
They're doing a good job of weeding out a lot of the less-interesting characters already. I mean, I see what you mean and I agree, but I've been avid fans of shows that have downright silly and/or annoying subplots/characters 4 or 5 seasons in.
Either way I guess my point is that this show isn't trying my patience that much (although "Guts" came close).
Vuk:
--- Quote from: scarred on 24 Nov 2010, 13:36 ---
--- Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 24 Nov 2010, 10:08 ---Meaning, I really didn't like The Walking Dead books at first either. I thought "my god these characters are horrible and almost everything that happens is a parody of a cliche" but then, a couple issues in, I was completely hooked and it managed to do a complete 180 in my mind.
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this, and again, it's kind of hard to top a pilot that is written and directed by Frank fucking Darabont. they went from this all-star director to people who haven't done anything besides an episode or two of law & order.
i was expecting a massive drop in quality but the last episode was actually quite good imo, although yeah the mexican gang sucked dicks.
remember guys, the first season of a show is usually where they iron out all the issues and really find the series' footing. we're only like, 4 episodes in.
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This. Although, I'm quite impressed with what they've done so far. Episode 2 was a bit iffy for me, but they picked it up again on the 3rd.
DavidGrohl:
--- Quote from: Vuk on 25 Nov 2010, 10:27 ---
This. Although, I'm quite impressed with what they've done so far. Episode 2 was a bit iffy for me, but they picked it up again on the 3rd.
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Really? The third episode bored me to tears. It felt to me that there were forced 'family moments' that had to happen. It was all very predictable and way too long.
For me so far : Episodes 1 > 4 >> 2 >> 3
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