the walking dead, 2.01
dear Walking Dead,
you are the still the goriest, scariest and most entertaining show this side of cable tv this season. don't change. but if you must, i have here a wish list of sorts, starting with making it possible for the fans to stop wishing for Lori to be chowed down by the zombies.
because walking dead writers, Lori is that annoying. it's bad enough that you hired an actress who has only one facial expression, but can you decouple tv-Lori from her comics version who was faithless and passive-aggressive. i mean you've managed to not kill off Shane, so you should be able to write Lori into a character which the viewers, specially its female segment can like. as it stands now, Lori is topping many a fandom survey on which characters the viewers want offed. also the love triangle thing? never my cup of tea even during normal times, so a love triangle during a zombie apocalypse is taxing my limit of stupid ideas.
i hope you allow Carol to grow a backbone and start looking after herself and her daughter, instead of relying too much on the men. for the first time i wanted to whack Carol on the head for not running to her daughter's rescue. come on carol, be a mother and protect your kid!
i don't care that Dale is a manipulative SOB because his agenda is to keep the group intact. but i don't like that he is smug about it. he deserves the smack-down from Andrea, who remains my favorite female character even though she wanted to off herself last season. i like comics-Andrea, but i love tv-Andrea. Laurie Holden is always kick-ass onscreen.
i have no complaints with Glenn and Darryl. keep them cool and useful. T-Bone though should stop being clumsy, getting his self cut and blooding all over the place just when a herd of zombie are bearing down on the survivors. he'll be zombie chow if he can't keep his wits about.
finally, i will be the happiest zombified fan this side of slackerdom, if you promise no more Rick monologues in the future. i'm almost certain that such an awkwardly written and staged scene would have been shot down by Frank Darabont who ran the show in season 1. opening episode writer Robert Kirkman may be the author of the original source material (and it is a fine graphic novel), but he could stand a good editing. this is a minor quibble. for now.
you are the still the goriest, scariest and most entertaining show this side of cable tv this season. don't change. but if you must, i have here a wish list of sorts, starting with making it possible for the fans to stop wishing for Lori to be chowed down by the zombies.
because walking dead writers, Lori is that annoying. it's bad enough that you hired an actress who has only one facial expression, but can you decouple tv-Lori from her comics version who was faithless and passive-aggressive. i mean you've managed to not kill off Shane, so you should be able to write Lori into a character which the viewers, specially its female segment can like. as it stands now, Lori is topping many a fandom survey on which characters the viewers want offed. also the love triangle thing? never my cup of tea even during normal times, so a love triangle during a zombie apocalypse is taxing my limit of stupid ideas.
i hope you allow Carol to grow a backbone and start looking after herself and her daughter, instead of relying too much on the men. for the first time i wanted to whack Carol on the head for not running to her daughter's rescue. come on carol, be a mother and protect your kid!
i don't care that Dale is a manipulative SOB because his agenda is to keep the group intact. but i don't like that he is smug about it. he deserves the smack-down from Andrea, who remains my favorite female character even though she wanted to off herself last season. i like comics-Andrea, but i love tv-Andrea. Laurie Holden is always kick-ass onscreen.
i have no complaints with Glenn and Darryl. keep them cool and useful. T-Bone though should stop being clumsy, getting his self cut and blooding all over the place just when a herd of zombie are bearing down on the survivors. he'll be zombie chow if he can't keep his wits about.
finally, i will be the happiest zombified fan this side of slackerdom, if you promise no more Rick monologues in the future. i'm almost certain that such an awkwardly written and staged scene would have been shot down by Frank Darabont who ran the show in season 1. opening episode writer Robert Kirkman may be the author of the original source material (and it is a fine graphic novel), but he could stand a good editing. this is a minor quibble. for now.