tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post3610470198493121046..comments2024-03-18T20:52:54.768-04:00Comments on The Horror Club: The Walking Dead: a rant against the haters.The M'haelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00770238259793573664noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-44289907970971193382012-07-29T11:30:42.139-04:002012-07-29T11:30:42.139-04:00I'm seven episodes into season 2. WOW this is ...I'm seven episodes into season 2. WOW this is a massive improvement over season 1. Great TVAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-2363749601232817322011-12-07T15:22:01.676-05:002011-12-07T15:22:01.676-05:00I started reading the comic, but sort of fell out ...I started reading the comic, but sort of fell out of it after Tony Moore stop drawing it. I think I lasted until issue 20. (Tony stopped before issue 10 if i recall)<br /><br />Weird thing is, though I really love horror movies, horror comics just don't do it for me.Clarence Dasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236678012061388501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-14261260372062984532011-12-02T14:15:47.773-05:002011-12-02T14:15:47.773-05:00Score. I'm pretty stoked about it.Score. I'm pretty stoked about it.Kitchen Bitch (Hillary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09672767198230965890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-89595097263451040552011-12-01T19:29:14.254-05:002011-12-01T19:29:14.254-05:00Love the site and for the most part agree with a l...Love the site and for the most part agree with a large portion of your reviews. I do agree on TWD in that it is a solid for the most part show. The complaints some might have over pacing and character development are to a small degree warranted HOWEVER:<br /><br />I don't know if any of the other posters or yourself have actually read the comic. I have and have been a huge fan for years. Many of the complaints people have are a result of deviations from the comic. For instance...<br /><br />Rick is not a semi-whiney douche who needs to lay the smack down. Rick is a MORAL hero. He is ALWAYS morally superior even in the face of impossible decisions. This has always made him the core of the book and what makes you come back for more. The "hard decisions" Rick makes on a regular basis prove him to be more of a hero than any cardboard cliche Van Damme cutout. Rick is not unlike Sheridan from B5 or Picard from STTNG (the thinking TV show version not the maniacal gun crazy movie version)...one of those heroes that at first you don't fully get but then understand that you realize is in fact John Wayne. He kicks unbelievable ass. One reason to watch the show: Rick being the one to shoot the little girl was total comic book Rick. As the success of the show grows so I hope grows Kirklands ability to get rid of the lame desperate housewives shit and get down to real business. The elements of these characters are there he just has to be allowed to hone them.<br /><br />Anyone who has read the comic knows it is the best zombie thing done since Romeros trilogy BAR NONE. So the hope is that in time he will be allowed to get to the point.<br /><br />As for Andrea and Dale. They were two of the most endearing characters of the comic and YES they had a romance together and YES it kicked ass. Dale was Rick's conscience always telling him to ease up and Andrea was the shoot first cynic. I hope they can still be.<br /><br />Also not to SPOIT it for you but Shane should have died in episode 6! How's that for breakneck speed? The reason the comic book rocked is it dealt with and brought to fruition the story without dragging it on. Unlike SOA with the murder of Jax dad, this show should NOT be about Rick's wife being a whore. <br /><br />The comic was a success because they brought that to a conclusion in a stunning and unexpected way and then moved on to the next set of issues. I hope they can in time correct the pace and get back to the heart of the character development that made the comic so well done. I do think they deserve time to figure it out.<br /><br />One last thing on Shane. In Game of Thrones Mamoa's character wasn't kept alive just because he was good to "stir" things up and Shane's shouldn't be kept alive either. There are plenty of great antagonists like the Mayor and we don't need his story dragged out just because they are scared to kill him off.Boogermannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-90723212583211647312011-11-30T18:36:52.242-05:002011-11-30T18:36:52.242-05:00I have a love hate relationship with this show.
...I have a love hate relationship with this show. <br /><br />I watched the 1st season not missing an episode, because like you I was just happy to have a good gory horror show to watch weekly.<br /><br />But with season 2, I still watch the show, but not regularly. Whenever I feel like catching up on it I just 'acquire' the episodes I've missed. I have to admit that I do find it a bit slow, but I don't hate on that. I'm just a shallow zombie lover that likes blood and gore, over story and substance :P<br /><br />At the end of the day I love that the show is out there, spreading the infected love over mainstream TV. <br /><br />ps. The only thing I can't afford to miss right now is Dexter.Clarence Dasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07236678012061388501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-68172129823690493172011-11-30T00:10:00.639-05:002011-11-30T00:10:00.639-05:00LOL Kitchen Bitch, what a dumb question! :)~
Just...LOL Kitchen Bitch, what a dumb question! :)~<br /><br />Just kidding lol<br /><br />I was actually going to do a thing about AHS a few ep's ago, and then decided to hold off. We definitely will talk about the show soon though, as we've already broken our silence on The Walking Dead.<br /><br />Like TWD, we figured that AHS is so talked about by every site and horror fan out there, that there was no hurry to put in our 2 cents. <br /><br />We will be curious to hear what you guys think about it too.The M'haelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00770238259793573664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-89355005110150750312011-11-29T19:30:24.743-05:002011-11-29T19:30:24.743-05:00So, I gotta ask (and I'm sure you'll just ...So, I gotta ask (and I'm sure you'll just laugh at me but)are you ever going to review American Horror Story? I love your take on things, and I watch a lot of the movies you recommend. I'm pretty much excited to read what your take on AHS is, not gonna lie.Kitchen Bitch (Hillary)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09672767198230965890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-46970298843986730262011-11-24T22:29:55.072-05:002011-11-24T22:29:55.072-05:00We're big fans of The Horror Club over at Film...We're big fans of The Horror Club over at Film Deviant and couldn't resist chiming in on your "rant".<br /><br />Couldn't agree with you more about The Walking Dead. Especially concerning the "peaks and valleys" of the show. I've been a fan of horror all of my life and have been basically waiting for this moment for a very long time. The genre has never seen any justice on television until this very moment. There are seriously so many different kinds of horror on TV these days...you can literally pick and choose what appeals to your taste at will. I even felt compelled to write an editorial about it...(Shameless Plug: http://www.filmdeviant.com/2011/11/words-from-deviant.html).<br /><br />But getting back to TWD...it stands as one of my favorite shows on television. Not just for the absolutely amazing Nicotero zombies on display every week. But, for the entire package. The character development, the depth of the story and most of all...for the focus on all of the elements of humanity scattered throughout the show. It is a great television show...AND...it has fuckin' zombies in it!<br /><br />So, I'm with you in not completely understanding why there are so many haters of this show within our own genre. For all of the years that I've been alive on this Earth...I finally have a great horror-themed show that I can sit down and watch with millions of viewers that caters to the many intellectual elements that my brain hungers for. It's not just a show about zombies...it's so much more.<br /><br />Thank you for this long article. It's a great read and I like knowing that you guys aren't among the many haters out there.Film Devianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10417535673710752961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-89247757015168385082011-11-22T09:31:59.457-05:002011-11-22T09:31:59.457-05:00I'm with you man. I'm sick of 'so-cal...I'm with you man. I'm sick of 'so-called' zombie film fans. I'm sick of people who like ZOMBIES rather than liking zombie FILMS. A good zombie film is never about the zombies.<br /><br />It's supposed to be about character.<br /><br />It's supposed to be about the human condition.<br /><br />People that think Resident Evil is a good zombie film, should, as Quentin Tarantino once said "Go stick their dick in a Nintendo."<br /><br />Yes, gore is important, and yes, so are the zombies... but they are only supposed to be there to propel the story forward. A good zombie film should have more in common with a disaster film than an action film, or even other horror films.<br /><br />Obviously there are exceptions to what I have just said, but even the exceptions tend to have proper character development.<br /><br />Anyone can write a story about people killing zombies, it takes a good team of people to put together a story that you want to see through.<br /><br />And I definitely want to see what's going to happen next on The Walking Dead.<br /><br />Loved your post. Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone with my mentality...<br /><br />I could go on for hours about this, but I should get back to work :)<br /><br />http://zombiehall.blogspot.com/Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8877385849157369308.post-809150385626224992011-11-22T01:12:36.443-05:002011-11-22T01:12:36.443-05:00There are a lot of logical (and logistical) proble...There are a lot of logical (and logistical) problems with TWD, the most poignant being that it is outdated in a market flooded with zombie movies and zombie games. Every 6 year old knows what a zombie is and how to kill it in a myriad ways, yet they are slowly walking around and surprising lively people and biting them like they're hotdogs in TWD.<br /><br />But let's assume we ignore all these issues. After all, this is a national cable network, as you said, and people need to be educated in the ways of the zombie before we can combine 28 Days Later with Resident Evil and Rammbock. But that is also the problem. Instead of something resembling Night of the Living Dead, which I still believe to be the best zombie movie ever and as much of a social commentary as I can stomach in a film, we get Desperate Zombiewives. There is no true inspiration in TWD, only people that have been defined as characters and are going through the motions. Whenever the series gets too boring, a new crisis is thrown in the face of the characters, like sleep deprivation torture, but had nothing to do with a higher arc or with a resolution. <br /><br />Basically, you get random normal people running away from zombies and waiting as always for something to save them. The problem is not defined, a solution is not sought, while random situations are created in order to keep the tension, while the time is filled with personal dramas that have no point.<br /><br />So, yeah, a zombie series on mainstream TV is great. And it is based on a material, so they can't move away from it too much. But they should a little.Sideritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15900117719824630437noreply@blogger.com