Chaplin
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Sorry for you, but I doubt the creators/producers are crying over it. Highest rated cable premiere ever. Big test will be how many people tune in next weekend.
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Sorry for you, but I doubt the creators/producers are crying over it. Highest rated cable premiere ever. Big test will be how many people tune in next weekend.
Like you said they will be if ratings stat falling off over the next few weeks. So far, in all the forums it's been mostly positive but definitely some negative as well. More negative than I remember from the Pilot of TWD.
We shall see. I am not sold one way or the other at this point. I know plenty of shows that got off to a slow start story wise only to get better as it went along.
Chaplin
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Funny thing is, Walking Dead threads across the internet are WAAAAY more negative than anything I've seen about this pilot, so take it with a grain of salt.
I was talking mainly after the pilot debut. It was praised by critics and fans alike. I hardly remember seeing any negative. I have read lots of posts from people feeling the same way I did about this pilot......it plodded along and was boring.
Again, I can deal with that if it's not the norm because after all it was a setup for the series. I just hope it changes. My larger concern for the show is none of the cast jumped out at me like in TWD. Audiences are going to tune out the don't connect to any of the characters.
I am still really looking forward to episode 2.
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I can understand why some would not like the pilot, but only if you have never seen the Walking Dead. We all know everyone is infected, but what we don't know if how it all unraveled. The way they eased into it and started to hint at it starting to spread was exactly what I expected and loved. I even loved the old man in the other bed while the kid was strapped in. You were just waiting! It will pick up steam as is all unfolds.
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Glamour mainstream version trying to piggyback on the success of the original.
Clearly that is not the case. Most of the negative is I have read is coming from TWD fans. In fact, I don't recall seeing any negative from first time fans so far from the comments I have read on other forums.
And that is what I don't understand, other than Stout since I heard he even hates the childhood home videos. Bad angles, lighting and the story was a little weak. But seriously, many were begging for this and when you look at it, what did they expect?
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OK, my wife and I watched episode 1/pilot last night and really enjoyed it. We didn't mind the "slow" pace that many here are complaining about. The characters are interesting and we like the way it played out.
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Seemed pretty realistic to have the outbreak kind of hush hush, with people finding out about it over the internet while the gov. tries to figure out what to do and prevent a mass panic.
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Seemed pretty realistic to have the outbreak kind of hush hush, with people finding out about it over the internet while the gov. tries to figure out what to do and prevent a mass panic.
Maybe that was the problem. Way out of whack expectations. Honestly, I loved every minute of TWD pilot. They hit it out of the park. I was expecting the same thing.
I am not jumping off the bandwagon just yet though. I still see huge potential and the next episode could blow me out of the water.
True and I agree, but I think the writers are just riding the Walking Dead wave and feel they don't have to hook you in as if you are watching FWD then that means you are already into WD. Your already hooked.
I'm in the same boat as you Stout, it was pretty boring, but not going to give up on it just on the first show. Will give it a few more to see if I will stick with it or not.
I just finished it, thought it was very enjoyable, sucked me right in. I was expecting it to be exactly what it was though. This show is living in the zombie world that Rick slept through. Soon there will be anti walker airstrikes and complete chaos but that doesn't happen when 95% of society has no idea it's coming yet.
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Did they ever say how long he was out? Weeks, months? I can't remember.
they never did but in the comic it was just weeks. I don't remember how many, it was not long. Every person is infected so every person who dies will turn, that will easily thin society and cause mass chaos at a rapid speed.
TWD has some very strong black characters and this one has had a lot of black ones already which should increase their survival rate but maybe not. I still dont see why people get up in arms over which race is being killed.
PS: I doubt they will have any trouble creating tension moving forward.
I thought it was an OK Pilot. Some of the writing was weak as were a few of the characters. I agree with cheesebeef that they missed an oppertunity with the drug dealer friend. I thought he was the most interesting character of the entire show last night.
I thought the first scene was pretty cheesy. A druggie waking up and limping around like a walker. Then "Oh surprise!" the world as we know it hasn't ended yet. I get what they were trying to do but we all knew he wasn't a walker and we all knew that the world hadn't ended.
I found the mom to be uninteresting. As was the dynamic between her and her new husband.
The daughter seemed like she may be a solid character.
I'm not sure about the stepdad yet but his situation with his own son may be interesting so I will have to wait and see how that plays out.
I found the mom to be uninteresting. As was the dynamic between her and her new husband.
The daughter seemed like she may be a solid character.
I'm not sure about the stepdad yet but his situation with his own son may be interesting so I will have to wait and see how that plays out.
Chaplin
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My biggest question is about
The Church. If there were dead bodies all over the place (at least 3 that were shown -- one guy with his throat torn out, the girl herself and the person the girl was eating -- then they all became zombies. Where did they go? I mean, wouldn't they still be in the church and then attempt to kill the mother and boyfriend when they were there? If they were in another part of the church, why didn't they make any noise? I'm guessing it was pretty quiet in there when the Travis was looking around. And if the walkers left the church into a world that hasn't been torn down, how can nobody see them?
Huge plot hole IMO.
The episode was tolerable, but nothing special.
I dont think people thought he was a walker when he woke up, just that he was a junkie waking up after shooting up. That was very evident to me but
I like the main man, the girlfriend/wife not really. You would think during the final scene she would show emotion but no, shes just staring at someone who has been run over 4 times, mangled and still alive looking up at her and her expression is no different than a woman waiting for a bus
for your plot hole
I just assumed they are out of there, eating a neighbor or something. we do not know if "no one saw them". Maybe they were one of the ones on the overpass that was being shot
Chaplin
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I just don't think they could have gotten very far if they did get out--and to have nobody in the neighborhood be in panic mode just made the plot hole that much more bigger.
like I said, maybe they are in the neighbors house eating them. I wasnt that bothered by it. I did wonder where they went for a brief second but then rescinded that they simply left and are nearby somewhere. IMO not something big enough to complain about but to each their own. I enjoyed it thoroughly.
