^ Wow. Got any links? I would like to learn a bit more about that.

I was actually wondering last season how much it must have cost to make the show since they had like hundreds of extras, and filming in what looked like half a dozen locations.

It would be a shame if that is the case though. If it is about cost, I would be willing to accept a 6 episode season if it meant better quality per episode.

But, then again, it is not like all the episodes this season have sucked. I guess the benefit of toning down the action is you get some more character development like what they did with Darryl in the last episode.

11/16/2011 11:47:21 AM

http://io9.com/5830082/amcs-crazy-ideas-for-cutting-costs-on-the-walking-dead
then
http://screenrant.com/frank-darabont-the-walking-dead-showrunner-yman-125588/

11/16/2011 11:58:58 AM

yeah, I would have liked 6 awesome shows for a series than 13 crappy ones. Shit, just make it into a 4 hour mini series, tv movie that actually told a story. I mean seriously, you could have cut the past 5 episodes down to about 30 mins and still have about the same amount of emotional/drama attachment to the show. Too much filler.

11/16/2011 1:53:25 PM

I've enjoyed most of the episodes this season. you people are hellbent to convince everyone that it sucks, when in fact it is much better than some constant zombie gore-fest.

11/16/2011 7:27:43 PM

^agreed, still sad to see that amc isnt putting the funding into a show that pulls more viewers than mad men and breaking bad combined

11/16/2011 7:29:20 PM

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"Well, we are probably seeing more of this crap because the producers didnt want to spend as much as they spent in the first season on zombie makeup. Apparently the producers are killing the show."

The budget got cut significantly. I expected far fewer zombies this season due to that, and sure enough....

11/16/2011 10:05:16 PM

this was actually a pretty decent ep, but this show should be renamed to "Stupid People Doing Stupid Things at the Worst Possible Times"

11/16/2011 10:52:57 PM

^with occasional zombies

11/16/2011 11:11:54 PM

I'd still watch it... but make it more like jackass...

11/16/2011 11:18:56 PM

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"Also, I don't get the whole "everyone wants to shoot darryl" comment. WTF? Why would everyone want to shoot him?"

He said everyone has wanted to shoot Darryl. Darryl was a dick in season 1. At first he seemed like he was going to be like his brother. He has actually progressed into a decent person this season.

11/17/2011 2:08:28 AM

Darryl is the only member of the group that should survive. His only flaw is following a band of idiots around.

11/17/2011 3:29:30 AM

i wish more effort would be put into fortifying their locations, especially if they are going to spend a significant amount of time stationary (for example if they were searching for someone)


^Agreed that he is pretty badass. I hope they don't take his character back to more like his brother though

[Edited on November 17, 2011 at 7:40 AM. Reason : ]

11/17/2011 7:39:12 AM

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"Darryl is the only member of the group that should survive. His only flaw is following a band of idiots around. "

This.
However I still enjoy watching this show. I think dude in the gimp suit from American Horror Story knocked up Lori.
Srs question, since she is obviously extremely upset about being pregnant. Is it just because of the fact that she IS pregnant or is she worried about who the dad is? The last time I remember seeing Shane with her was that incident at the CDC and that was more of a grope-rape, not a rape-rape or did I miss something? Is something to be implied that we didn't see?

11/17/2011 8:07:15 AM

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong because I drift in and out each episode but haven't we only seen like a week of the apocalypse, at the most? And weren't they steadily banging up until they found out Rick was still alive?

11/17/2011 8:10:27 AM

That's what I think is so stupid. She has been back with Rick for a (seemingly) long time now. They had sex when they first got back together. I would imagine it would be long enough for her to miss her period. Now she's worried that she's pregnant by Shane because she was almost raped at the CDC?



Unless there's part of the story we don't know (Rick was snipped a long time ago) or the zombie virus has caused some change to human reproduction (pregnancy is an airborne condition)...this show makes me touch your hands watch it for stupid reasons.

^If its only been a week, then either they're doing a god awful job of pacing, or I just can't pick that stuff up. It seems like at least a month of Rick being awake at this point.

Alright, since we're already going down that road...how long until a pregnancy makes you miss your period, you notice it, and a baby shows up in a piss test?

[Edited on November 17, 2011 at 8:19 AM. Reason : lkj]

11/17/2011 8:16:52 AM

I think it's just a case of them poorly portraying how little time has passed since she's been reunited with Rick. If she was pregnant and sure that it was his child I don't see why she would be so secretive about it. She would at least tell Rick about it. I guess it isn't unreasonable to say that the last time she had sex with Shane could have been the day after her last period and Rick came back a few days later.

11/17/2011 8:44:02 AM

I'd say the timeline between Rick waking up in the Hospital and the current time at Hershel's farm Could cover about a few weeks to a month, and I'd also say Lori could be a few weeks late.

Lori's definitely concerned that Shane is the dad, not from the Lori-Shane encounter at the CDC, but from the encounter(s) prior the them finding out Rick was alive. Don't forget that the CDC scientist whispered some secret to Rick that still hasn't been revealed, but it's suspected he told Shane Lori was pregnant.

11/17/2011 9:27:19 AM

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"Darryl is the only member of the group that should survive. His only flaw is following a band of idiots around."

x1,000,000

11/17/2011 9:32:27 AM

is it possible she's worried because having a baby in their situation would cause serious problems?

she'll be enormous and slow. then once the baby is born, it will cry and make noise at possibly inopportune times. there are a myriad of other issues a baby would cause. just doesn't seem like the appropriate time to re-populate the human race.

11/17/2011 11:26:40 AM

I do wish they would do a better job of showing how much time has passed.


Something simple like at the start of episode just have a xxx hours/days since Rick woke up or since the virus started spreading. Anything to give some context to time frame.

11/17/2011 11:58:03 AM

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"is it possible she's worried because having a baby in their situation would cause serious problems?"

That was my other thought for her freaking out. I mean, that's why I would be freaking out, but I'd be trying to throw myself down stairs. I have a sneaky feeling this baby will be kept in all it's loud, annoying glory. Unless she has a convenient miscarriage, there's no way a baby would be sacrificed for the good of the group - audiences would go completely apeshit no matter how logical it would be. Maybe I'm just a cold-hearted bitch. :-/

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"Don't forget that the CDC scientist whispered some secret to Rick that still hasn't been revealed"

Argh, yeah that's still eating away at me. He was about to spill it to his friend over the walkie talkie. I think his resolve has weakened since hearing that, but I could just be reading into things?

11/17/2011 12:12:30 PM

ScienTIST

11/17/2011 2:42:42 PM

^ lol best line of the season

11/17/2011 6:37:26 PM

http://www.roamersandlurkers.com/topic/1357-timeline-v23/

11/17/2011 7:27:58 PM

Hmmm so Shane and Rick both banged Lori the same day at the camp. I knew Rick had banged her when he returned but didn't remember Shane hitting it too that day.

11/17/2011 7:58:03 PM

so the show has covered 10 days?

11/17/2011 8:00:33 PM

Not surprising in the least given how much ground they've covered.

11/17/2011 8:03:08 PM

yeah the plot is really moving along quickly, hard to believe it's only across 10 days.

seriously, as has been mentioned, they need to do a better job of identifying a time frame per episode. this shit is making me angry because i have no idea how to analyze situations because there is no god damn time frame with which to refer.

11/18/2011 1:23:05 AM

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"ScienTIST"

LOL

11/18/2011 8:06:55 AM

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"yeah the plot is really moving along quickly, hard to believe it's only across 10 days. "

11/18/2011 8:28:04 AM

it has definitely been more than 10 days.

what ever happened to the black guy on the first episode he met?

11/18/2011 8:29:03 AM

^ did you read the link? Days 60-70 is from when Rick woke up in the hospital to the present

11/18/2011 8:34:03 AM

there is no possible way that Rick couldve survived for 60 days on his own, unconscious in the hospital

11/18/2011 8:41:21 AM

and without food. there wouldn't be zombie nurses changing out his bag of feeding tube food.

11/18/2011 8:46:10 AM

yeah that part is bullshit. The 10 days looks right though.

11/18/2011 8:48:17 AM

In that link, they mentioned a recently deceased body. Its possible that it was the nurse who was keeping him alive. Also, there was that Mexican group who was keeping up the nursing home, its possible some other group was doing that.

11/18/2011 10:36:49 AM

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"there is no possible way that Rick couldve survived for 60 days on his own, unconscious in the hospital"

yeah, but we don't know when the medical staff completely abandoned the hospital. There may have been people sticking around for all we know. I doubt it, but it could help explain that part if anyone really needs it to be more sensible.

11/19/2011 1:50:09 AM

the first season of this show absolutely kicked ass..so far the second season has been a disappointment for me..still love the show but I hope they decide to spend some more money and write / produce some better episodes for the next season

11/19/2011 9:03:29 AM

shane put a stretcher in front of ricks door before he left, when rick got up the stretcher was still blocking the door, no one got in or out of that room between then

11/19/2011 9:55:08 AM

^ good call. Forgot about them showing Shane lock him in there on his way out.

11/19/2011 2:37:13 PM

Who's to say that someone didn't place the stretcher back in front of the door after caring for him for a while?

11/19/2011 7:00:19 PM

I think, as a viewer, you can only assume that what has been shown is what has happened. They went out of their way to show Shane blocking the door, so it would seem like he was the last person to be in Rick's room

11/19/2011 8:03:23 PM

^^yeah, you could make that argument.

but in a show, when they make a point to accentuate a scene like that, it's pretty safe to assume that the bed stayed there the entire time. why would a nurse go in and out, care for Rick, then keep replacing the bed in the same way he/she found it? obvious show flaw, but i'll keep watching because there are zombies and they smash their heads.

11/19/2011 8:40:38 PM

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"Who's to say that someone didn't place the stretcher back in front of the door after caring for him for a while?"

at this point I'd ask why you feel the need to overanalyze a fucking show about zombies...you people

11/19/2011 11:14:31 PM

Yeah I'm not trying to overanalyze, just making a counterpoint. I actually stopped reading the thread because of the people overanalyzing and seemingly trying to not enjoy the show. I guess I should get out of here again.

11/20/2011 5:08:56 AM

goodness gracious these people are idiots.

[Edited on November 20, 2011 at 9:42 PM. Reason : though it's about time andrea became a crack shot.]

11/20/2011 9:40:27 PM

I remember Glen having bigger balls

This episode was pretty boring, even though there were more walkers

11/20/2011 11:16:49 PM

Dale is starting to really get annoying...i can't stand his shocked look. he just opens his eyes really wide.

no way Carl is walking around yet after getting shot. he'd be recovering for a few weeks after that.

11/21/2011 12:38:12 AM

I wish the kid would have died, he is a horrible actor

I don't see how a show like this can have 75% bad actors, while a show like Mad Men or other AMC productions can have 75%+ good actors. Is this a budget issue?

11/21/2011 12:53:05 AM

Casting maybe?... Most of the mad men actors were no names. And oh yea mad men is one of the best written tv shows ever heh

11/21/2011 1:16:33 AM