The Walking Dead (Season 2)

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I'd be happy with the drama aspect when someone pops a bullet through shaven head woman's head.

Do you honestly believe a woman like her would have acted any differently in real life? She lost her child and the last person to see her child was the same guy who left her alone. We the viewers know why he did it. And we know that he told her to stay there unless he took too long. But the mother wasn't there and all she had was her imagination.

Anyway, I agree whole heartedly that the people do some seriously stupid stuff. Like the black guy cutting his arm, the little girl making noise, the mother being unable to control her own whimpering, the blond chick making noise in the bathroom... It seems the writers rely too much of stupid characters rather than relying on bad luck, coincidence, and other plot drivers that could create a greater sense of stress rather than creating a sense of fury in the viewers.

Raise your hand if you were ****ed when the guy opened up the jug of water and basically let it flow freely on his face as if it were a shower. What kind of ******* does that when drinking water is extremely scarce and a river is within walking distance?

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Do you honestly believe a woman like her would have acted any differently in real life? She lost her child and the last person to see her child was the same guy who left her alone. We the viewers know why he did it. And we know that he told her to stay there unless he took too long. But the mother wasn't there and all she had was her imagination.

Anyway, I agree whole heartedly that the people do some seriously stupid stuff. Like the black guy cutting his arm, the little girl making noise, the mother being unable to control her own whimpering, the blond chick making noise in the bathroom... It seems the writers rely too much of stupid characters rather than relying on bad luck, coincidence, and other plot drivers that could create a greater sense of stress rather than creating a sense of fury in the viewers.

Raise your hand if you were ****ed when the guy opened up the jug of water and basically let it flow freely on his face as if it were a shower. What kind of ******* does that when drinking water is extremely scarce and a river is within walking distance?

This made me so mad how ****ing stupid can you really be!! That jug probably would have lasted 2 days if they all drank from it. Might not sound like much, but in the situation they are in water is like gold.

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Pretty sure the truck was loaded. One jug wasted isn't gonna make or break their survival

In their situation, they need to be thinking about long-term survival. I certainly wouldn't waste all that clean water. It's not like you could go to a river a drink from it without getting sick. If he needed a shower, he could bathe himself in unclean water. He didn't need to waste all that safe drinking water.

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I didn't like the Gerber product placement, 90% of their products have unlisted mystery steel that is usually Chinese in origin.

Most people just blindly buy it for the Gerber brand name, but the company itself has greatly changed from solid USA made products to mostly outsourced foreign ones.

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The way the blonde was obsessed with fixing the gun just rubbed me the wrong way. All she had to do was sit still for 5 min and let the pack pass. She obviously didnt have a clue in how to fix it so why not JUST SIT STILL!!

She deserved to die. The guy on top of the camper should of just waved at her instead of giving her a screwdriver.

Stupid doesnt make it more interesting.

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The way the blonde was obsessed with fixing the gun just rubbed me the wrong way. All she had to do was sit still for 5 min and let the pack pass. She obviously didnt have a clue in how to fix it so why not JUST SIT STILL!!

She deserved to die. The guy on top of the camper should of just waved at her instead of giving her a screwdriver.

Stupid doesnt make it more interesting.

It was a highly stressful situation. And when you're stressed out, you don't think straight. I think the way she behaved was realistic. It's not like she used to be a soldier with training on how to assemble/disassemble a weapon as well as use it.

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It was a highly stressful situation. And when you're stressed out, you don't think straight. I think the way she behaved was realistic. It's not like she used to be a soldier with training on how to assemble/disassemble a weapon as well as use it.

So if someone outside would kill you if you made the slightest noise, you would decide to try your luck at putting a gun together instead of letting them just pass by? The zombie is mindless but would go all out to kill you if he knows your there. MMM stay quite or take my chances. Ya seems reasonable.

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So if someone outside would kill you if you made the slightest noise, you would decide to try your luck at putting a gun together instead of letting them just pass by? The zombie is mindless but would go all out to kill you if he knows your there. MMM stay quite or take my chances. Ya seems reasonable.

The best thing would've been to stay quiet, yes... but it's a TV show. She messed up and made a sound because that's more dramatic than simply staying quiet and waiting for the zombie to leave. I could argue that she had an opportunity to close the RV's door which would've prevented the zombie from coming inside. It would've been far less scary though.

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I got the impression they weren't aware of the river at first.

They weren't but taking a shower should be the last thing on their minds. If I was in their position, I'd be worrying about other things like food, water, and ammunition.

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I have never been so mad at a TV shows characters as I was watching this 1st episode of Season 02. Just incredibly stupid decision after incredibly stupid decision. If the whole point of the show is they are all a bunch of people no longer capable of rationale thought, they got that point across. :laugh:

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I have never been so mad at a TV shows characters as I was watching this 1st episode of Season 02. Just incredibly stupid decision after incredibly stupid decision. If the whole point of the show is they are all a bunch of people no longer capable of rationale thought, they got that point across. :laugh:

That is all I'm saying. :D

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You can already see the writing and storytelling slipping just from this first episode. 8(

Dumping the two key creative producers/writers was clearly a HUGE mistake by AMC.

I didn't notice a slip. It's just my opinion, but I think the series is still in good hands. The first episode of the second season is the last one Frank Darabont will exec-produce, and it was co-written by the writer of the comic series. It looks like many of the directors and writers from the first season will be returning with some new blood throw in there.

I have never been so mad at a TV shows characters as I was watching this 1st episode of Season 02. Just incredibly stupid decision after incredibly stupid decision. If the whole point of the show is they are all a bunch of people no longer capable of rationale thought, they got that point across. :laugh:

LOL! Have you read the comic? There have been many a times where I'm sitting there thinking, "Why do you think you're safe where you are? You're acting stupid OMG LOOK BEHIND YOU!" *zombie food*

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Didn't hook me that well. Then again i didn't expect it to based on the promos, unfortunately. I do think/hope it'll get better though. I don't mind there being a lot of drama (there was plenty in S1 and S1 was excellent), but the drama in S2E1 was mostly crap. Probably would've been better if they hadn't drawn it out to 90 minutes.

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Here's a perfect example of how they could have written some of those scenes better. Instead of making the kid stupid by making noise, they could have had one of the zombies trip and fall over. I mean that would be stressful but not at the expense of making the kid out to be a complete moron. Right?

With the black dude they could have had a situation where there was a zombie they didn't see before that only had half his body and one arm that tripped him up, causing him to fall over and get injured. Instead he puts all his weight on his arm against a sharp piece of metal.

Then they could have left the blond girl scene alone because 1 stupid person out of 3 is much less infuriating.

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Do you honestly believe a woman like her would have acted any differently in real life? She lost her child and the last person to see her child was the same guy who left her alone. We the viewers know why he did it. And we know that he told her to stay there unless he took too long. But the mother wasn't there and all she had was her imagination.

I never said the character wasn't realistic, I still find her annoying. She's consistently over emotional, especially at the most annoying times. Zombies are passing by, a kid around 10 years old another that's a young teen, as well as everyone else in the group can stay perfectly quiet but she has to have another member cover her mouth to stop her from screaming. I remember countless annoying moments with her from the last season too.

Oh and by the way, I can perfectly understand the characters stance on her missing daughter, my comment is about practically everything else relating to that character except for that single aspect of her.

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