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dippin · 11-29-2010, 05:34 PM

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I don't know what comes from the comics and what is specific to the series, but there are some serious issues that frustrate me.

For example, the day they saw the first walker within a few yards from the camp is also the day they decide to have a big ol fish fry without anyone as a look out?

One day they run from the city to the camp, the next the drive is so long as to overheat the RV and leave them almost out of gas, to the point where going to fort benning was not an option? And if the drive to the city left them almost without gas, why were they even considering the much longer drive to fort benning to begin with?

And the cdc bit made no sense. I won't go into how one guy survived alone in all that because that might be explained next week, but the decision to go there in the first place. I mean, they decide to go there to try to save Jim, but leave him behind when he asks? And they've been scavenging Atlanta for a while, and have CB radios, and the absolute lack of activity in the CDC doesn't tell them that there might not be an outpost there?

Finally, the time line makes Rick's coma even more nonsensical. 64 days since the infection has gone global? That means that Rick was in that hospital in a coma alone for a very long time.

I don't know if the comic had a tighter story than that, but the tv show seems too haphazard. In one scene there is a build up to a couple of guys walking up ahead to check if they can find a hose for the RV, the next shot the RV is fixed, no explanations provided.

I really think this would have been a superior show if they really took their time to develop their characters. Something like making the 6 episodes tell the story from the point rick is shot to the point he meets his family again. Because right now the series feels almost like they had 30 hours of footage and had to make last minute cuts to make it fit 6.

Still better than most current shows on tv, but that is damning it with faint praise.

11-29-2010, 05:34 PM	#57 (permalink)
dippin Crazy, indeed Location: the ether	Spoilers: I don't know what comes from the comics and what is specific to the series, but there are some serious issues that frustrate me. For example, the day they saw the first walker within a few yards from the camp is also the day they decide to have a big ol fish fry without anyone as a look out? One day they run from the city to the camp, the next the drive is so long as to overheat the RV and leave them almost out of gas, to the point where going to fort benning was not an option? And if the drive to the city left them almost without gas, why were they even considering the much longer drive to fort benning to begin with? And the cdc bit made no sense. I won't go into how one guy survived alone in all that because that might be explained next week, but the decision to go there in the first place. I mean, they decide to go there to try to save Jim, but leave him behind when he asks? And they've been scavenging Atlanta for a while, and have CB radios, and the absolute lack of activity in the CDC doesn't tell them that there might not be an outpost there? Finally, the time line makes Rick's coma even more nonsensical. 64 days since the infection has gone global? That means that Rick was in that hospital in a coma alone for a very long time. I don't know if the comic had a tighter story than that, but the tv show seems too haphazard. In one scene there is a build up to a couple of guys walking up ahead to check if they can find a hose for the RV, the next shot the RV is fixed, no explanations provided. I really think this would have been a superior show if they really took their time to develop their characters. Something like making the 6 episodes tell the story from the point rick is shot to the point he meets his family again. Because right now the series feels almost like they had 30 hours of footage and had to make last minute cuts to make it fit 6. Still better than most current shows on tv, but that is damning it with faint praise.