"The Walking Dead" developed by Frank Darabont and AMC - Part 2

[Dwarf lord]

I didn't like the end. Most of the characters aren't anything like they are in the comics, the events have a pretty vague connection to the comics and now they're killing off random characters who are still alive in the comics. Honestly from where I stand, if they decided to not call this the Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman wouldn't have any right to sue for copywrite infringement. I'm okay with changes, but I'm not okay with fundamentally changing the story.

 

[Mogwai]

I found it heart breaking for the mom.

That was hard to watch.

 

[Evelisse]

Enjoyed the Sophia story ending, and yes they could have cut out at least 3 filler episodes where they are searching for Sophia, this episode could have aired 3 weeks ago and could have given us the last three episodes of the aftermath because that I feel will be much more interesting. But overall still a great show that could have ended up falling into a zombie attack of the week type deal which would have sucked.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

It's true.. This show is mostly pure grade A crap. The snail pace. The constant Rick whining. Shane mostly being kept alive to cause unnecessary drama. Lori's every episode pep talks to whiny baby Rick. Most of the other survivors being just as annoying.

There's maybe 4 characters on the show that you can actually care for. One of the fundamentals of a good TV series is having enjoyable characters and plotlines. This show doesn't have one at all with the snail pace that they focus on one thing for 6 episodes. And the other they are severely lacking in.

Might I suggest not watching the show then?

 

[DIRECTOR]

I just wiki Sophia........ and well......... i'm happy that the show isn't following the comics...........

so what i stumbled upon in this thread [blackout]about Shane getting shot by Carl[/blackout] may never happen, which i'm happy about, because that was a big spoiler

 

[danoyse]

He didn't exactly leave them much of a choice when he broke open the doors. It was either take them out or stand there and get eaten.

Shane's berserk, but he was right about the barn. What do they do when the barn fills up? They weren't going to be able to keep them locked up forever.

 

[DIRECTOR]

Man, I read the spoiler, but it didn't dawn on me Sophia would be in the barn until Shane started opening the barn. I was like Holy Crap! Watch her be in the barn.

I found it heart breaking for the mom.

ya, it's kinda sad....... i could understand the abusive father, but Sophia's perdicament is sad........

everybody is hating on Sophia being missing and saying she is stupid, when in fact she was bite, died, and transported to the barn as a "Walker".......... SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE

 

[Specter313]

Shane's berserk, but he was right about the barn. What do they do when the barn fills up? They weren't going to be able to keep them locked up forever.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that they shouldn't have dealt with the walkers in the barn, but having Shane lead the charge is likely only going to have him walk around going "I was right!" and make him even more annoying.

 

[Evelisse]

But if Kirkman approved of the changes and gave input into the changes, what's it matter, I'm sure he'd let his displeasure with the show's direction if he felt that way. Overall I think the show is doing just fine not sticking to the comics too much.

 

[Specter313]

ya, it's kinda sad....... i could understand the abusive father, but Sophia's perdicament is sad........

everybody is hating on Sophia being missing and saying she is stupid, when in fact she was bite, died, and transported to the barn as a "Walker".......... SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE

People are hating on it because it was a dumb plotline that wasted the first half of a season. It never would have come to it if they had her actually listen to Rick in the very beginning and stay put until he got back, but she didn't even try. They had a character make a stupid mistake that dragged on for six more episodes afterward leading to a climax that most people saw coming. It wasn't a good payoff for an ending that is supposed to last viewers three months until it comes back.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Wow, fantastic episode overall, IMO. That ending made my jaw drop.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

everybody is hating on Sophia being missing and saying she is stupid,

Seriously! I'm guessing you're not a parent? (Not you, DIRECTOR, I mean those hating)

And Shane has a point about the walkers in the barn, but he's seriously snapping!

And I'm glad Dale didn't kill Shane. For Dale's sake.

 

[HighFivingMF]

It never would have come to it if they had her actually listen to Rick in the very beginning and stay put until he got back, but she didn't even try.

Um... Rick didn't tell her to stay put. He told her to run back to the highway.

 

[Spider-Gnome]

People are hating on it because it was a dumb plotline that wasted the first half of a season. It never would have come to it if they had her actually listen to Rick in the very beginning and stay put until he got back, but she didn't even try. They had a character make a stupid mistake that dragged on for six more episodes afterward leading to a climax that most people saw coming. It wasn't a good payoff for an ending that is supposed to last viewers three months until it comes back.

How do you know when she actually left? She's a KID in a very extreme situation!

 

[Dwarf lord]

But if Kirkman approved of the changes and gave input into the changes, what's it matter, I'm sure he'd let his displeasure with the show's direction if he felt that way. Overall I think the show is doing just fine not sticking to the comics too much.

Honestly, I care about what the creator writes, not what he or she signs off on for movies and/or TV shows. J.K. Rowling signed off on the scripts of the Harry Potter movies, that doesn't mean some of the changes are any less jarring. Now if Kirkman were the executive producer/show runner, the show would get a lot more free passes.

Look at it this way. Lord of the Rings. I know a lot of fans were up in arms over some relatively minor changes to the narrative, but over all the story remained the same. This show is telling a completely different story, yet the fans of the source material are supposed to shrug it off? It's not like it's a comic book like X-Men or Spider-Man which have been constantly rebooted and have told hundreds of stories with the characters only aging a couple of years. The Walking Dead is tells a linear narrative similar to Lord of the Rings.

I don't know. Change change the way I feel about this.

 

[Specter313]

But if Kirkman approved of the changes and gave input into the changes, what's it matter, I'm sure he'd let his displeasure with the show's direction if he felt that way. Overall I think the show is doing just fine not sticking to the comics too much.

Honestly, I don't want the show to fully stick to the comics. I don't want a lot of the shows that I watch that are based on previous written material (True Blood, Once Upon a Time), to fully stick to the source material because then I would see everything coming, and then it wouldn't be as entertaining. But if they're going to make changes, then they need to be good changes that are entertaining, gripping, but at the most, SENSIBLE.

 

[Sawyer]

I don't think Sophia being missing this long was a waste. It showed us that Daryl was just as good a man as the others. For that alone, I dig it.

 

[Specter313]

Um... Rick didn't tell her to stay put. He told her to run back to the highway.

How do you know when she actually left? She's a KID in a very extreme situation!

I saw the episode several times. When he put her in that little enclosure, he told her flat out, "Wait here until I come back, if I don't come back after a certain amount of time, follow these specific directions to get back to everyone else." As soon as the walkers were past her she took off and we watched her do it! She did not listen to Rick and stay put like he said.

 

[danoyse]

Seriously! I'm guessing you're not a parent? (Not you, DIRECTOR, I mean those hating)

Seriously! She was just a little girl. That was heartbreaking.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Daryl and Carol were literally the only people who benefited from the plotline. Everyone else was whiny, preachy, insane or annoying about it.

 

[Specter313]

I don't think Sophia being missing this long was a waste. It showed us that Daryl was just as good a man as the others. For that alone, I dig it.

That was of the very, very few bright spots to this whole thing.

 

[Evelisse]

Yea i don't understand any Sophia hate, she's what a 10yr old little girl lost in the woods in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, no reason to say she's dumb or a brat, may not have liked the story line on the show but, come on

 

[danoyse]

I saw the episode several times. When he put her in that little enclosure, he told her flat out, "Wait here until I come back, if I don't come back after a certain amount of time, follow these specific directions to get back to everyone else." As soon as the walkers were past her she took off and we watched her do it! She did not listen to Rick and stay put like he said.

Yeah, but you don't know exactly what happened after that. Another walker could have showed up and she had to run. We don't enough about what happened after Rick left to decide whether or not she was being stupid.

 

[Donut]

Seriously! She was just a little girl. That was heartbreaking.

She has no one but herself to blame for not listening to directions

 

[Spider-Gnome]

She has no one but herself to blame for not listening to directions

Because she was obviously in the right state of mind at the time, right?