This series has continued where season one ended - badly. Such massive potential and clearly a talent for creating excellent high-tension set pieces, all wasted because it is determined to sit all the characters in one location as they bicker about banal issues.
As mentioned on RLLM, after the studio cut the budget so drastically it's almost like they had to rewrite something that set the whole series in one location. Little wonder Darabont left so quickly.
It isn't terrible, but other than the excellent opening set-piece in episode one it has actually been worse than the first series.
Of all the extra non-comic characters, I've really warmed to Daryl Dixon.
He's gone out of his way to help the rest of the group and even shown moments of real humanity when he gave the Cherokee rose.
It felt like he'd finally stepped out of his brother's shadow.
The look of despair when Hershel drops to his knees, after the door opens was incredibly well done. The fact no one gave a **** about the Sophia arc, and it still have that powerful effect was amazing.
shoot out, which by the way was really well done, actually i'd even go as far to say it was probably the best killing of zombies i've seen. I'm sure for a moment I had a little sympathy for them - Then just as you're recovering from all of that, out pops Sophia - whoever plays her who must be congratulated for a great performance in making a zombie look vulnerable.
Is peeps general consensus that this is worth sticking with? I've watched Season 1 and found ti to be well made but uber cliched and predictable which dampened the enjoyment quite a bit. I know Season 2 has been picked at for being slow so far but does it mix things up a bit so you can't see what's coming a mile off?
generally i think its a bit ****, with a couple of little cool bits every few episodes. but even then i'd say they're pretty obvious.
if there was any other zombie tv shows around i would have given up on this, but there arent, and i still think it has potential to be great. they just have to stop dragging it out so long.
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