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Post by Warmonger on Oct 28, 2015 11:32:07 GMT -5
Whoa, can't believe there isn't a thread on this already.
I know I can't be the only fan on this board. Really love the show and the comic is basically the only ongoing series that I make sure to read every month.
What are you guys thinking of Season 6 so far and the series in general?
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Oct 28, 2015 11:56:52 GMT -5
I want to know who keeps mowing everyone's lawns.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 12:45:07 GMT -5
Eh...I watched the first 2 seasons of the show but I gave up on it after that. Didn't really care about any of the characters...they are complete counterparts from the ones that I love in the book. To me the ones on the show come across as shallow, arrogant and and totally unlikable. I LOVE the book though. Look forward to it every month.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 12:54:59 GMT -5
I read the first omnibus (collecting the first 8 trades) and thought it was a fair to middling comic with great art by Charlie Adlard, but didn't feel compelled to check out the second omnibus. I watched an episode of the show early on and felt the comic was better than the show, so didn't continue to watch.
To be fair, I burned out on the zombie genre doing a work for hire rpg product in '05-'06, so it takes something I feel is really special in the genre to pique my interest in it now, and I don't think the show is really special, good, solid in the genre entertainment possibly, but not good enough to overcome my ennui over the genre.
-M
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 28, 2015 16:45:42 GMT -5
Eh...I watched the first 2 seasons of the show but I gave up on it after that. Didn't really care about any of the characters...they are complete counterparts from the ones that I love in the book. To me the ones on the show come across as shallow, arrogant and and totally unlikable. I LOVE the book though. Look forward to it every month. 2nd season sucked and nearly turned me off from the show as well (they really milked the hell out of the "love triangle" between Lori, Rick and Shane) but it improved greatly in the 3rd season with the prison/governor arc. Now they're in Alexandria and I can only hope that Negan is introduced soon. |
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 28, 2015 19:34:40 GMT -5
How spoilery can we be?
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 28, 2015 23:31:07 GMT -5
 Not seeing anything that borders on a major spoiler here...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2015 23:48:37 GMT -5
There's always spoiler tags you could use if you think it might be too much of a spoiler. [ spoiler ] insert spoiler [ /spoiler ] without the space between words and brackets. It looks like this -M |
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Oct 29, 2015 4:29:11 GMT -5
I casualy follow it, and so far, each season had a few episodes that raised hope in its quality before crushing it to the ground. That being said, after 3 episodes, I feel that the new and current season might be the strongest by far.
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Post by Warmonger on Oct 29, 2015 5:36:24 GMT -5
Just a heads up...
They'll be showing a sneak peak of the upcoming AMC "Preacher" series during Sunday nights new episode.
DEFINITELY looking forward to this
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2015 15:37:59 GMT -5
Big fan of the TV series. Have never read the comic book. Only season I found boring was the second one.
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 29, 2015 19:08:46 GMT -5
Just a heads up... They'll be showing a sneak peak of the upcoming AMC "Preacher" series during Sunday nights new episode. DEFINITELY looking forward to this  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2015 21:10:02 GMT -5
GLENN ISN'T DEAD! NICHOLAS' CORPSE LANDED ON TOP OF HIM! |
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Post by batlaw on Oct 29, 2015 23:34:30 GMT -5
Like the show. like the comics. Unlikely I'd ever had tried the comics were it not for the TV show. And I doubt I'd enjoy the comic if the show hadn't been so good. horror isn't really much my thing nor is b+w comics. The show sucked me in by being so well done and compelling. It gave personalities and voices to the characters allowing the comics to suck me in as well. Especially with the little changes and differences existing between the two. At this point though I feel both the comic and show are starting to repeat themselves and spin their wheels. I'm still surprised by people's complaints of the second season. sure it wasn't packed with action, excitement and zombies / violence, but it was excellent. The third and following seasons had more action but became more inconsistent in characterization, storytelling and overall quality in my opinion. Time for some big shakeups I think or perhaps time to wrap them up? The show and comic are still far better than the fear spinoff show.
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Post by Arthur Gordon Scratch on Oct 30, 2015 7:51:52 GMT -5
All in all, even if I enjoy following the show, it's pretty terrible on so many aspects. Rick is so over the top all the time, ninja Carol also is a hard one to swallow, many many very bad acting performances throughout, and really stupid psychology most of the time. Yet, the FX and malke-ups are splendid. And this season has yet to disappoint supense-wise. TWD, the show I love despite its abyssimal characterization.
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