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solid first episode back for walking dead. just so hard for me to judge anything right now comign off of breaking bad. but this will hopefully be an enjoyable season.
 
Dunno...thought it was kinda...meh. The whole 'talking-out-loud-to-Jesus' thing was lazy. And they went to that well twice. Sure the highway scene was tense, but it was overlong. Actually, the whole episode was. No reason that had to be 90 minutes long. If you rewatch/think about it, nothing really happened...and after a year I kinda wanted SOMETHING to happen. And if I am the only one that is pissed off at the tease in the beginning, when Rick is speaking on the walkie talkie and comesthisclose to saying what the guy at the CDC whispered in his ear, then something is really wrong here. The makeup was, as usual, fantastic but some of the off camera sound effects were a little wonky. Like the impromptu zombie autopsy, it kinda sounded like a kid making squelchy fart noises with his mouth. If I seem harsh it's only because the bar was set so high last season...and maybe, just maybe, it was a mistake to follow so closely on the heels of Breaking Bad.
 
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Overall I thought it was ok. The ending was awesome - I really thought they did that very well compared to the comic. The zombie herding was a good add - think Cell by Stephen King. I like the idea. I will say when the showed a lot of scenes in the "this is what will happen this season" it looks like we may get a good ride. I am hopeful.

I agree, though, that some of the 90 minutes seemed like filler. I was pretty ticked off that we had to wait for "coming attractions" at the end of that stupid talk show. AMC is really blowing this. I am surprised at the amount of gore they got away with last night. The motor home/screw driver scene was something.
 
roenick said:
Overall I thought it was ok. The ending was awesome - I really thought they did that very well compared to the comic. The zombie herding was a good add - think Cell by Stephen King. I like the idea. I will say when the showed a lot of scenes in the "this is what will happen this season" it looks like we may get a good ride. I am hopeful.

I agree, though, that some of the 90 minutes seemed like filler. I was pretty ticked off that we had to wait for "coming attractions" at the end of that stupid talk show. AMC is really blowing this. I am surprised at the amount of gore they got away with last night. The motor home/screw driver scene was something.
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Yeah...and this is totally out of character for me to say, it almost seemed excessive. The autopsy, the screwdriver, the church killings...it was like, look at us we are so gory and over-the-top ain't it cool??? I like my violence to have a little more depth/weight to it. But if they are just going to kill the **** out of every zombie then it's going to get old fast. I hate to keep going back to the Breaking Bad well, but that scene...almost comically grotesque, yet it had such an impact because graphic violence is used sparingly. Dunno, maybe I am nitpicking because, with all the turmoil behind the scenes, I am looking for cracks, but really nothing happened to advance the story last night. And with the exception of a few, all the character development was headed in the wrong direction(not very likeable). More storytelling, less gratuitous violence for violence's sake.
 
jerseydevil said:
Yeah...and this is totally out of character for me to say, it almost seemed excessive. The autopsy, the screwdriver, the church killings...it was like, look at us we are so gory and over-the-top ain't it cool??? I like my violence to have a little more depth/weight to it. But if they are just going to kill the **** out of every zombie then it's going to get old fast. I hate to keep going back to the Breaking Bad well, but that scene...almost comically grotesque, yet it had such an impact because graphic violence is used sparingly. Dunno, maybe I am nitpicking because, with all the turmoil behind the scenes, I am looking for cracks, but really nothing happened to advance the story last night. And with the exception of a few, all the character development was headed in the wrong direction(not very likeable). More storytelling, less gratuitous violence for violence's sake.
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Agree wholeheartedly on the violence. It did feel like it was over the top. I could understand from a character's perspective that once you got one of those suckers down you would want to make sure they are fully dead. The autopsy was unnecessary IMHO. By what Hurd and others are saying the violence/gore is going to be very heavy this year. To me that doesn't make this good - the drama, like at the end last night, is what makes this show good. Not caring for many of the characters either right now. Andrea has to stop being such a whiny b---h! And Shane? They are off the reservation there - wondering how they are going to tie that all up for us lovers of the comic ...
 
roenick said:
Agree wholeheartedly on the violence. It did feel like it was over the top. I could understand from a character's perspective that once you got one of those suckers down you would want to make sure they are fully dead. The autopsy was unnecessary IMHO. By what Hurd and others are saying the violence/gore is going to be very heavy this year. To me that doesn't make this good - the drama, like at the end last night, is what makes this show good. Not caring for many of the characters either right now. Andrea has to stop being such a whiny b---h! And Shane? They are off the reservation there - wondering how they are going to tie that all up for us lovers of the comic ...
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As far as the 'autopsy' what were they hoping to find/not find? A hand...I kept waiting to see the little girls shirt pop up. But they found a woodchuck skull. Far be it from me to whine but did the decaying zombie(and there's a fallacy with zombies...they are falling apart yet their teeth are pretty capable of tearing/rending) swallow the woodchucks skull whole? And another nitpick zombie logic wise, the forest zombie ate a woodchuck, yet the opening scene in the city had two fairly relaxed looking dogs foraging about. I hate complaining, but the key to the first season was really tight logic for the most part and good storytelling that may have moved so quickly due to the shortened time frame. I saw neither of those things last night. Maybe I am being too cranky...still.
 
The Walking Dead Season 2 premiere drew huge mobs of living, breathing Nielsen viewers on Sunday night, shattering a few records along the way.

The AMC series was welcomed back by 7.3 million total viewers in its 9 pm airing — a 38 percent surge over the show’s Season 1 average — with 4.8 million of ‘em falling into the coveted 18-49 demo. That breaks a record for basic cable set nearly 10 years ago, AMC reports.
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Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Ratings Break Records
 
IceDogsFan said:
They should have called it "The Walking Station Break"

Seemed like 5 minutes of program followed by 5 minutes of commercials (repeat 12 times)
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Yep. During one break I had enough time to go downstairs and spoon out a full bowl of ice cream and still had to sit through three or four more commercials. Then on the next break I was able to get downstairs, wash my bowl, spoon and scoop completely, ask the wife what was going on with Amazing Race, and get back and not miss a thing. That is too many commercials in my mind but AMC is going to squeeze this for every last nickel.
 
jerseydevil said:
As far as the 'autopsy' what were they hoping to find/not find? A hand...I kept waiting to see the little girls shirt pop up. But they found a woodchuck skull. Far be it from me to whine but did the decaying zombie(and there's a fallacy with zombies...they are falling apart yet their teeth are pretty capable of tearing/rending) swallow the woodchucks skull whole? And another nitpick zombie logic wise, the forest zombie ate a woodchuck, yet the opening scene in the city had two fairly relaxed looking dogs foraging about. I hate complaining, but the key to the first season was really tight logic for the most part and good storytelling that may have moved so quickly due to the shortened time frame. I saw neither of those things last night. Maybe I am being too cranky...still.
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Dogs can usually outrun people on their worst days, so I just assumed that those dogs simply can outrun any walker whenever they want. How the forest walker caught a woodchuck is a puzzler.
 
Ok, that's more like it. An almost zombie free show and bingo, we have a winner. So much better than the 90-minutes-for-commercials-sake premiere. A lot of good stuff here. T-Dog saying basically what a lot of us were thinking, Shane continuing to develop as a very conflicting/conflicted character(he loves Lori, but he loves Rick too), the farmhouse, etc...lots of stuff to like here. I think Andrea was even more pissed at Dale after her close call because she may have realized that she doesn't want to die after all. I have to say, my fave is Darryl. He just quietly keeps surprising. The little fit that made Lori giggle was a funny scene. I do not like the fast walkers either. Shane and (more likely) Otis sure seem to be in a tough spot. I sure hope that they haven't put Pruitt Taylor Vince on just to get killed after one episode. Scott Wilson as Hershell is as great as I thought it would be. Still wondering what happened to the little girl. I have a feeling that a death is very closely on the horizon. This show has to sacrifice somone in order to keep the 'anybody can die at anytime' personality of the comics. After, what I thought was, a stinker of a premiere, the second season is officially underway.
 
Did You Know There Was A BREAKING BAD Prequel Covering Jesse Pinkman’s High School Years? | CHUD.com

So as it turns out, those interested in the high school years of Breaking Bad’s Jesse Pinkman, played by the Emmy-winning Aaron Paul, can get a small taste. It’s not a new mini-series, or a web featurette, or a feature film spin-off…

It’s a 2002 Korn video.

Before I lose you though, note that not only does this video for the band’s single “Thoughtless” star Aaron Paul as a scrawny high school kid with ****ty facial hair and an attitude, but he’s also a marginalized loner who’s prone to sketching. And while there’s no Mr. White cameo (I’m sure there will be a cut on YouTube soon that does), we do see Jesse in the science lab and having problems at home.
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Is it just me or does it seem like they are cutting costs this season what with all the implied butchering and killing where its just a character smashing a zombie and all you hear are splashes and squishes? Im not sure if last season they would of showed all that gore or if its just my bias because i know they cut their budgets.
 
Wow is all I can say. Shane is more like the comic book character all the time. Great episode.
 
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