Anyone else catch Season 2 Episode 8 (The "midseason premiere") Sunday night? I thought it was great. They're definitely getting out of that weird slump they'd been in for a great deal of of the season. The last ten minutes were awesome!
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We watched it last night, thought it was a great opening episode as well. I do like the direction they are taking it.
Did you happen to watch the premier episode of the new series The River by any chance?
Did not. Any good?
BTW they guy in the picture I posted ("from Philadelphia" -- so strange not to be hearing a southern accent on "Walking Dead") had a total Mickey Rourke thing going on, I thought. That entire sequence reminded me of some of the best stuff from The Stand...that immediate feeling of menace even though everyone's being so friendly.
Yes, the scene was great.
"The River" has a "Lost" feeling to it but much creepier. It's a found footage series and so far it's got my interest piqued. The first airing was a two hour slot featuring the first two episodes. The first sets the game and the second has some real creepy stuff going on, it takes place in the Amazon so anything is game.
That ending was fantastic indeed. I loved that they didn't drag out the tension over whether these guys were going to be a problem or not. Last season, we'd have seen 4 episodes of awkward foreboding conversations and walks in the woods before Rick blew them away.
Also great how competetent and deadly Rick was when it came down to it. The swiftness of that exchange was shocking and awesome in how understated it was--especially contrasted with how zombie kills are usually shown in such gore.
Gotta say, though, the show always has to bring some stupid along. The subplot that Laurie has go RIGHT NOW to do exactly what Rick just left to do was typical of the weird dumbness that affects these writers at times.
Yeah. Speaking of "weird dumbness" (or rather, writers' machinations that I become especially aware of since I have spent a certain amount of time engaged in my own plotting mechanics): How obvious is it that 1) Herschel needs to change his thinking about Rick (and about the environment beyond the borders of his farm); therefore 2) Herschel and Rick have to be in the same dire scenario off the farm; therefore 3) there needs to be a plot mechanism to get Herschel to leave the farm; therefore 4) previously-unmentioned booze problem and subsequent relapse.
Lorie's an idiot.
I wanted to smack Laurie upside the head, "You need to go find Rick and tell him to bring Hershel back." I turned to Tony and said, "Isn't that what Rick went to do? Furthermore, didn't she try to stop him from doing it?" She's a pain in the ass. I kinda hope she gets lunched although I'm sure we won't be that lucky.
Also, am I missing something obvious or didn't the farm girl "with a fever" get bitten by a walker during the opening? (And somehow they're all not noticing)?
I thought the same thing Jordan.
Again, from a story-construction standpoint that'd be an ideal development, because it'd be a "test" for Herschel.
I saw the premier at the movies with a big bowl of greasy popcorn and a cold glass of pecan porter. They showed the last episode first, which reminded me how much I enjoyed that episode...I predict the plot of most TV shows and movies, but Sophia walking out of the barn totally blindsided me. I was very pleased that the premier began exactly where the last episode left off. The premier was fun, but I have two major complaints...Laurie, of course, and also at the moment it appears they will be continuing residence on the farm. Honestly, I'm ready for them to move on. Maybe Laurie will lose the baby and then there will be less of a reason for them to stick around. You can definitely see that some of the crew are itching to hit the road.
Also, if Herschel's daughter did get bit that might stir up trouble and get them banished from the farm.
Herschel had to change his mind about 1) respecting Rick and 2) destroying walkers. The incident at the bar takes care of the first part; the upcoming (hypothetical) bitten daughter issue will force him to deal with the second.
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