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[TV] AMC Has No Plan To End "The Walking Dead" (Even Though I've Ended It Already...) -

I’ve grown incredibly frustrated with AMC’s treatment of the series, and their inability to openly acknowledge the criticism. Because of the strong ratings, they continue to rub it in our noses that they know what’s best. This doesn’t mean the show has to be bad, in fact, eventually people will catch on. Much like each season before, I continue to keep faith alive that they’ll right the ship and get things on the correct course – only this time they have to convince me to start watching again…
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Ain't Hell on Wheels good. Season 3...I'm a little worried. The creators bailed(wrote a lot of the show), they bumped up the showrunner to exec producer...and he said 'waitaminnit' and also bailed. You will see, S2 ends pretty solid...like they would have felt complete if not renewed. So, all new creative team and, from what I have read, a different location/starting point...could go tits up. Let's hope not.
 
Nothing about The Killing yet? I didn't catch the whole episode...but I dug the inmate guy and the ending quite a bit.
 
SmytheKing said:
Nothing about The Killing yet? I didn't catch the whole episode...but I dug the inmate guy and the ending quite a bit.
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GoT was kind of in the way. I did manage to watch the first hour and was holding off until I saw the second...but I really like the year passage of time. I like that their positions have reversed. Liked the interaction between them(which was the best part of the show) and the fact that they both lied to each other(re:smoking, the file). Glad that her son has been tidily placed into a smaller box so far...
Saarsgard...terrific, and I can't see that being cut and dry at all. The street kids was a little annoying till the end of the first episode and what looks like a development I didn't see coming. All in all a really solid return and very promising.

Found it odd that the always good Greg Henry was not in the starring or guest starring credits. Or I missed it. I hope he sticks around a while.
 
jerseydevil said:
SmytheKing said:
Nothing about The Killing yet? I didn't catch the whole episode...but I dug the inmate guy and the ending quite a bit.
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GoT was kind of in the way. I did manage to watch the first hour and was holding off until I saw the second...but I really like the year passage of time. I like that their positions have reversed. Liked the interaction between them(which was the best part of the show) and the fact that they both lied to each other(re:smoking, the file). Glad that her son has been tidily placed into a smaller box so far...
Saarsgard...terrific, and I can't see that being cut and dry at all. The street kids was a little annoying till the end of the first episode and what looks like a development I didn't see coming. All in all a really solid return and very promising.

Found it odd that the always good Greg Henry was not in the starring or guest starring credits. Or I missed it. I hope he sticks around a while.
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I'm going to have to catch the rest of it (and got) but I'll be thrilled if her son isn't Carl in this season. The last 45 minutes was all I saw so in sure there are pieces that will make sense. Really dug her "interrogation" on the phone and the facial expressions they made after he realized she was smarter than he thought.
 
Ok, finished The Killing 2 hr premiere last night. Man...I do not get the critic hate. I LOVE this show. And the passage of a year has really benifitted. Nice to see Holder rewarded and Linden humbled. Damn she is murder on relationships. Meanwhile Holder is moving up, has a lady friend and all seems to be going great. Yet he is drawn magnetically back to her like the junkie that he is deep down. The additions of Saarsgard and Elias Koteas(who is just spectacular in anything he does...really) and the moving plots of the 'Jungle' runaways and whether the soon to be hanged Seward(?) seem pretty solid as far as storylines moving forward. There is just something so wonderfully dreary about this show(sorry...Doc Naysay should avoid, he's reached his dreary fill line). It's a slow burn and like Seppinwall wrote in the review I pasted above there are some coincedences that stretch credibility but the overall atmosphere and performances have me totally immersed. Really, don't listen to the haters. This is some damned fine television.
 
Just finished The Killing. Really good main story. Hated the 'street urchin' stuff, but that might've been the bad acting. That ending shot was something else though.

Did not know Jewel Staite was in this as Holder's GF.
 
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