The Walking Dead on AMC (part 2)

April -> October. Little more than half a year (but I'm sure it will feel like a year).

 

Ah, I'm bummed-out that you were right. Andrea was actually my favorite character -- she grew from a whiney @@@@ to a character capable of action, unselfishness, and well-intended thinking. I expected the Governor to bite the dust and was surprised when he hasn't; they're really dragging this out much too long, especially given that we're going to have to wait another six months for new episodes.

Many unanswered questions: how many are left at the Governor's Woodbury? Who among the new characters who showed up will be key regulars? How will they fix up the prison to stop future infestations? How screwed up is Carl, the kid, getting? How long before they fire the next showrunner? (I have many questions.)

Here's some previews on the next season, from Entertainment Weekly:

http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/04/01/the-walking-dead-exclusive-season-4-preview-video/

BTW, note that this season finale just got the highest ratings in history: 12.4 million viewers, which I think might be a record for basic cable. Hell, it's pretty damned good for network TV! I think AMC won the night.

 

How weird is this? From today's Hints From Heloise in the local paper:

Dear Readers: Other uses for pliers:

• Use to open difficult cans.
• Hold a match to light a fireplace.
• For pulling weeds.
• Use to remove a perfume nozzle.
• Use to thread shoelaces.

Obviously need to add "Dispatch a zombie."

 

Oh good..I feel better now!

 

Can anyone who has read the graphic novels advise how closely the plot/storylines of the the TV show follow that of the print version?

IMO, the third season ran out of gas in the second half. Way too talky.

 

I felt that the opening segment in the torture room was the best part of the season finale... after that everything became drawn out and dull. The future interactions between Carl and Rick have promise for the next season, that is really the only thing keeping me hanging on at this point.

 

SPOILERS just in case



Series is veering away from the comic books at a quicker pace than I expected. I watched the episode on a weak internet stream (Im moving so no cable atm) and the episode kept cutting out. It cut out as the kid was lowering his shotty but still pointing it at Carl. I didnt know Carl gunned the kid down until the stream came back up and Hershel and Rick were talking about it. There is a similar scene in the comic books that serves the same purpose but its a little colder.

I think the TV show is dragging some of these encounters out because in an Apocalypse outside antagonists are getting harder to come by. Internal strife should start up again but hopefully without hourlong expository monologues.

There is a point in the comic books were something clicks in Ricks head and he gets his **** together and sees a way forward. I dont know if were there yet with the show but taking in the townspeople was significant.

 

I concur.

I liked watching her character evolve over the course of the series and truly rooted for her when she stopped drinking the Woodbury Kool-Aid and decided to take action instead of planning the next barbeque.

I thought for sure Andrea could get things done when everyone else just wanted to stand around and talk. That sequence with the zombies in the warehouse was top notch and I was seriously bummed that she never made it back to the prison, especially after her talk with Herschel about how she belonged with Rick & Co.; how they're family.

Andrea only became unpopular because she sometimes made bonehead choices, namely the safety and security of Woodbury over a life on the run with Michonne. Remember, the winter post Herschel's farm nearly killed her! I probably would've picked Woodbury, too.

Her backstory made Andrea quite complex and I would have loved to see how her past affected future character motivations in forthcoming episodes. And hey, she was pretty great with a gun. Knives, not so much. Maybe I just have a thing for tough blondes.

 

As far as I'm concerned Andrea lost her way when she put a romp in bed with the (at the time) seemingly nice Governor over Michonne- it's not like Michonne was just someone she met....she saved her life back near the farm and they formed a bond.....as soon as she turned her back on that kind of a friend I was ready for her character to be dispatched.

 

Point taken. That's one of the bonehead choices Andrea made. But I guess the lure of "normalcy" or life as it was before was too great to ignore. Clearly, that decision to stay drove a wedge between her and Michonne.

 

Hey it had been awhile since she had sex. Good for her....

 

Not that long. She got it on with Shane not long before he died at the farm.

 

that was a long time

 

You may want to let your friends know you'll let them die in the woods if it means you can get a booty call. Sounds like you're a stand up guy!!

 

Not as long as it's been for some of the other characters!

 

Especially the living dead ones...

 

You mean Ol' One-Eye?

I'm surprised Sunday's Talking Dead didn't feature Laurie Holden. Or Dallas Roberts. Or even Sarah Wayne Callies, since I assume we've (finally) seen the last of her on the show.

 

this comment is very telling.

 

M nursed her for quite some time...what a scum that witch was...fitting end.

 

Carl has become my favorite character next to "M"...

 

in the head.

 

When that Woodbury boy did not heed the "drop the weapon" order but instead inched closer to Carl, I was yelling "shoot him, shoot him". I was dumfounded to hear Herschel tell Rick that Carl killed the boy in cold blood. That's not how I saw it at all.

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