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It had good reviews, but...just dragged myself through the first two seasons of "Walking Dead."

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Enophile

Basically an over wrought soap opera.....with zombies.

It's like a really long Melissa Etheridge album....all the dialog is on "fully verklempt" at all times.

No dynamic range.

Thumbs down.

Follow Ups:

You're not a quick study, that's for sure. TWO SEASONS? - tinear 16:36:48 09/13/12 (5)
Whoa, nelly.
- Tin responds to his expected class level. - Enophile 00:23:54 09/14/12 (4)
  Keep up the low work!
  
  I also finish books I don't like and will kill a beer that wasn't a dilettante's brew.
  
  Must be a work ethic or something that prissy critic boys lack.
  - You finish books you don't like, drink beer you don't like. - tinear 09:03:30 09/15/12 (2)
    You're a drunken idiot.
    :-)
    - I will kill for a beer I don't like - Victor Khomenko 17:50:30 09/16/12 (1)
      I found myself in an unusual situation - there is not a drop of consumable alcohol in the house, and my body wants some!
      
      Better Rolling Rock than tap water!
      - No, better the water than RR. Yeeeesh... nt - tinear 18:42:33 09/27/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I will kill for a beer I don't like posted by Victor Khomenko on September 16, 2012 at 17:50:30
        
        d
  - RE: Sounds like masochism to me ... ;0) - Jeff Starrs 07:48:54 09/14/12 (0)
    (nt)
AMC has a formula, make a show edgy and foul and then create different genres - PhilJ 14:42:38 09/13/12 (6)
they have Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead and Hell on Wheels

all similar IMO
- Don't think that is fair - Daryl Zero 15:08:28 09/13/12 (5)
  AMC has been showing interesting shows that don't often work. Breaking Bad is one of the best things on tv right now (I would pick only Justified and Homeland over it). A couple of years ago, I thought Rubicon was a really good show but it didn't make it. Walking Dead is a frustrating show but a show I have stuck with. It is based upon a comic/graphic novel and has limitations of budget. I think it is worthwhile but would be in the bottom third of the shows I like. The next season is going into a different direction with some new characters and I am looking forward to more frustration. I don't watch Mad Men and I gave up on Hell on Wheels. Sometimes the concept is good but it just doesn't go anywhere.
  - I did not say that is all they do but they have a formula and are milking it - PhilJ 16:01:45 09/13/12 (4)
    I like BB and really liked Rubicon and I appreciate Mad Men but I think they are cheaping out on the shows I mentioned above...
    
    my two cents...
    - + 1 on all three of those. I like The Walking Dead but it would be # 4, - Road Warrior 19:44:03 09/13/12 (3)
      behind the 3 shows you mentioned. Rubicon never had a chance and it was damned good. Walking Dead is talky but not in a good way. Thank the Lord they killed off Dale. He got wayyyyyyyy too many lines. Still, even with all the talk, we're anticipating the fall season as well as the awesome Homeland.
      --------------------------
      Do I have to spell it out?
      
      C----H----E----E----S----E
      A---N---D
      O---N---I---O---N---S
      Oh no.....
      - Homeland is very good, it almost got me to subscribe to Showtime again - PhilJ 14:27:03 09/14/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: + 1 on all three of those. I like The Walking Dead but it would be # 4, posted by Road Warrior on September 13, 2012 at 19:44:03
        
        I look forward to it in the future.
        
        Also, ditto the shootout at the barn, the zinger with the daughter actually caught me off guard and was a pretty powerful moment.
      - One part I loved in W.D. - Enophile 00:40:04 09/14/12 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: + 1 on all three of those. I like The Walking Dead but it would be # 4, posted by Road Warrior on September 13, 2012 at 19:44:03
        
        When Herschel was reflecting on his faith and the state of the world and said, "I can't profess to understand God's plan, Christ promised the resurrection of the dead. I just thought he had something a little different in mind."
        
        That was killer.
        
        The series needs a little more irony and a little less "All My Zombie Children."
        
        LOL!! yes that WAS a great line and, from a character I initially put in Dale's class. - Road Warrior 06:56:36 09/14/12 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: One part I loved in W.D. posted by Enophile on September 14, 2012 at 00:40:04
        
        As opposed to Dale he flat out won me over. I thought Shootout At The Barn was pretty fn good, especially when that lady's daughter they'd been looking for for weeks came out all zombieized.
        With Shane dead hopefully there'll be less soap opera and more survival against the odds plotlines.
        
        --------------------------
        Do I have to spell it out?
        
        C----H----E----E----S----E
        A---N---D
        O---N---I---O---N---S
        Oh no.....
        
        Edits: 09/14/12
horrible show - mbnx01 14:13:53 09/13/12 (0)
I think I made it through three episodes. Maybe four.

It was awful.

"Lock up when you're done and don't touch the piano."
-Dr. Greg House
Yeah, overall it's more dead than alive... was a bearly passable filler but seems... - musetap 13:15:10 09/13/12 (0)
to have taken on a life of it's own.

Mediocrity seems to rise as quickly as cream does when it comes to popularity.

Hey! It's a TV series post - there's going to be a BAZILLION posts!

Be prepared, be very prepared.

"One this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
RE: It had good reviews, but...just dragged myself through the first two seasons of "Walking Dead." - Jack G 13:12:33 09/13/12 (1)
Then why did you sit through 2 seasons? Granted they are very short seasons, but even so...
Jack
- I kept hoping it would get better. Then it did...the end credits. - Enophile 14:18:20 09/13/12 (0)
  I kept thinking it had to pick up.
  
  Fooled me for two seasons, shame on me!

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