I liked it, I think because I really wanted to like it. After the first episode they seemed to skip season 1 and went directly to season 2. Some zombies showed up and next thing you know the army is abandoning an already collapsed Los Angeles. I get it that things would happen quickly, but not instantaneously. It seems they went right past a whole treasure trove of stories about people learning about, and reacting to, the very beginning of the end of civilization. Nothing works, no one has a job, no income, no medicine, money is worthless, and if there is something you need to have, you're going to have to take it from someone else. Everyone becomes a looter and thief. I'd think good writers ought to be able to come up with dozens of compelling stories about the first week of people realizing that everything is really going to hell, permanently. Instead, our heroes are already on their first road trip and it's starting to look like The Walking Dead, west coast chapter.
I don't dislike the show. I'm rooting for it to succeed and I, like everyone else I'm sure, am intrigued as hell about the wealthy black guy (forget his name). I hope the writers can keep him compelling. He and Salazar are the most interesting characters on the show in my view.
I agree with everything you said. Darryl is sane, Rick is not, and I was relieved to see the writers acknowledge that by having Pete's wife properly creeped out by Ricks totally inappropriate advances. Rick needs to be tied down until they can find the right medicine for him.
I've seen every episode of the The Walking Dead and it's the only show I watch regularly. Well, that and Talking Dead, of which, I think Chris Hartline is just the perfect host. So I'm a big fan, but this premiere left me disappointed. I'm not 13 anymore. I don't need a million zombies to keep me interested. I wish the show would use them as a seasoning rather than the entree. The way Westerns use horses and landscape, it has to be there, but you still need to have a compelling story. What this show needs, and what I hope we're going to get this Sunday, is a really good villain. Another Governor, Shane, or "can't go back Bob" Bob. A dangerous human challenger and zombies thrown in to complicate things. Also I hope, I pray, I get to see Carl run over by a tank and churned into mud. I don't like the character at all and I think Chandler Riggs is absolutely the worst young actor in the world.
Another thing that kinda bugged me. The Alexandrians are living near normal lives in an actual functioning town while the Grimes Gang are the ones living in a van down by the river, yet it's supposedly highly doubtful that the Alexandrians can ever even hope to be halfway as awesome as Rick & company. If the Grimes gang could cope and adapt (with a long casualty list of their own, btw) I see no reason the people of Alexandria couldn't do the same in the same reasonable amount of time. Rick, Darryl, Glenn, et all do not have super powers and the people in Alexandria are not hapless idiots totally incapable of learning a few rudimentary skills in order to stay alive.
Oh. I was just ready to post this and I just remembered something. How could I forget?
I don't get HBO and a couple years ago somebody gave me a birthday present of the first 3 seasons of Game of Thrones. I'd heard of it but thought it was a video game. It was a couple weeks until I finally popped the first one in. I was a complete and total junkie after the first hour. Really, I couldn't stop watching it. I saw all 30 hours in less than 4 days. And they are 60 minute hours, not 42. I'd stay up 'til 3,4 in the morning. Top notch, as good as it gets, acting, terrific characters, great stories, and the production is unbelievably good. Each episode is a feature film. For me, this show is the zenith of television entertainment. It's Breaking Bad good and then some. If you've never seen it I hope you'll check it out. Odds are really good you'll enjoy it like all its other fans, plus I envy you that you'll have 50 hours to watch and another 10 coming up. I can't wait.
If you have seen GoT I have to say I miss the Hound. The interaction between the Hound and Arrya on their road trip was just great and one of my favorite scenarios of the whole series.I Miss Oberyn Martell. Varys is always interesting. And Jaime and Brienne. Shit, what am I trying to do here? All the characters are good (not too into the Sand Snakes though). Even the weakest is better than most any other you'll see because story and surrounding characters always serve to keep your interest. There is no annoying Carl, and Chandler Riggs would have zero chance(as in never, ever) of ever getting a role on Game of Thrones.
So that's that. Long live the Hound!
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