It was good to just have some action though, and I liked how they introduced the herd concept in detail pretty early in the show. They didn’t really talk about this in the comic until later.

I liked that Laurie is pretty much a worthless asshole. She was in comic as well, she doesn’t keep tabs on her kid at all, then the whole world is supposed to stop to help her search for her kid. There is like mass death closing in, and she wants people to basically commit suicide looking for Carl. How often is Carl off just doing whatever, it’s like letting your kid go play on the African savannah or something. He probably won’t get eaten by lions.

She gassed up Shane which caused him to try to kill Rick, and she also gassed up Rick telling him that Shane is a dangerous murderer. Then Rick kills Shane and she acts all upset and offended. I said this before I think it’s great she is a lead and she sucks. If she was Ms. Perfect June Cleaver style it would be boring.

Then once they escape, and Rick lets them know about the guy from CDC telling him they are all carriers of whatever makes them reanimate. Everyone gets upset, what for? It was kind of a stupid thing to do, but at the same time, who gives a shit? What difference does it make, its not like there is bunch of people around living long enough to die of natural causes anyway.

Then Carol piping in about striking out on her own. STFU, bitch, she just had to be rescued by Daryl or she would be dead. So far all she has been able to do is watch her daughter and husband die, and cry about it. She thinks she should strike out on her own?

Andreas chase though the woods was great . And finally Michonne is introduced, similar situation as the comic. She appears out of nowhere and saves one of the group from some zombies. I hope they do a better job with her then Andrea.

Rest of the episode was great, and the final show down between Rick and Shane was good. In the comic Carl shot living Shane when he threatened Rick. I guess they thought it would better better to show him shoot a zombie Shane in the show for some reason.

They are kind of beating the premise that anyone who dies becomes a zombie into the ground at this point, it has been mentioned several times.  It’s a big revelation but at the same time doesn’t really change much in terms of course of action does it.

Well one episode left until we have to wait for season 3.

Someone needs to smack the shit of Carl. First he mouths of to Carol, the he steals a gun from Squirrel man, he loses the gun and warns no one about the zombie. Then he follows the guys into the execution and screws that up. Seriously does anyone keep an eye on him.

Then Dale finds the cow with its guts torn out. See I kind of thought this end was pretty whack. How is that scrawny zombie going to kill a cow. Cows are huge and they can mess you up if you mess with them.  How would the zombie kill it? Bite it? One bite and the cow is going to leave, its not going to stand there while someone hurts it.

The the way the zombie killed Dale was pretty whack as well. Can you stick your hand into to your stomach? How strong do you have to be to stick your hand into a person’s abdomen? How sharp does your hand have to be? I don’t think it is possible. I mean its already been established that the zombies are not as strong as living people and also slower. So what was it a super zombie that can just disembowel people with its hand?

Guy Pile!

Well after last week’s good episode this week’s kind of sucked. The preview of what was coming at the beginning of the episode kind of sucked in my opinion. What is up with cutting your hand to get a little blood. Do you know what a pain in the ass a cut like that is. I mean it’s going to take weeks to heal and that’s if it doesn’t get infected. It can be a serious impediment. Anyone reading this who works with their hands knows what I mean.

Anyways the zombie action seemed kind of stale. I felt no stress for the characters.  Last week’s episode with the shoot out in the bar and approaching zombies was tense at the same level as a good movie. This fight at the public works just really didn’t grab me. Why are Shane and Rick carrying only one gun and knife each? The new young guy seems OK, so far. You can’t really tell if he is good or bad. Although when he was killing the girl zombie, he seemed like he might have a bad streak in him.

The zombie makeup is not that great, showing the zombies close in sunlight looks kind of weak. They should either step up the makeup of bit , or stick to night scenes without close ups. Obviously this a observation made by some talentless random blogger on the internet, but still. How much scarier did the zombies look last week than this week.

The suicide drama was kind of boring. It tapped that hopeless insanity that the comic captured so well for about 30 seconds when Maggie’s sister was suggesting they kill themselves together. Then the rest of it kind of got old and boring. In the comic there was an actual group suicide of some prominent characters, doesn’t look like we are getting it in the show.  Also Maggie’s’ sister was kind of an idiot in the comic, she repeatedly put the group in danger by doing stupid things.

Laurie was true to the comic in this episode, kind of idealistic, not realistic and self centered and self righteous. I like that, none of characters are supposed to be perfect.  Some of line’s the women said in this episode were kind of groan worthy though.

Andrea is still no where near as cool as she was in the comic.

There really wasn’t much respite in the action in the this episode. Maybe for a minute when Carol was trying to communicate with squirrel man but it was short and ok.

The story arc has really left the comic book these last two episodes. In the comic they left Hershel’s farm peacefully in search for a new home. In the TV series it looks they may be driven from there.

Not really sure why Andrea is subscribing so much to Shane’s philosophy.  It would have been real hard to leave one wounded guy to get eaten, but at the same time he could prove dangerous.  I wonder if there will be a big fight for Hershel’s farm?

How long before someone kills Shane? He should really move on from Lori at some point, shouldn’t he? Andrea seems more fun without all the baggage.

Come at me bro

Well the show is finally back on and it is good. That the show blends personal drama almost to the point of boredom and then suddenly snaps out of it, into some bizarre, bloody violent situation is great, in my opinion.

This episode primarily took place around Hershel’s farm in the aftermath of the shooting of the zombies in the barn. There is some debate on how wrong or right Shane was in getting rid of the walkers. Of course Dale is whining like a little bitch as usual, although he is accurate in portraying Shane as dangerous.

It struck me as kind of strange that Laurie would tell everyone where to bury the bodies of the dead. It’s not her farm, her land, and she only knew one of the dead. That just struck me as strange.

In the comic at this point everyone in Rick’s group left the farm along with Maggie, not sure where the show is going , though.

It also seemed stupid that Laurie would go to get Rick and Glen by herself. I mean they just left to go get Herschel, then she leaves right after to go get them. Give it a minute. Plus how many people are just kind of chilling around camp? She couldn’t have taken anyone with her? What was Daryle doing exactly, cutting sticks to throw at squirrels?

The ending was great.

I would have to say with the hundreds of crappy zombie movies out there this movie is pretty good. It’s only an hour long so I don’t really know if it’s a show or movie or what. It’s in German with subtitles.

The story takes place in an apartment building in Berlin after a 28 Days Later style outbreak. A kind of pathetically lovesick guy and a young plumber are trapped in the lovesick guy’s ex-girlfriend’s apartment. The action is tight, there are some realy brutal parts and overall it’s a really fun movie.

The thing that was kind of great about this movie is the lead is kind of pathetic. I mean he is losing his hair young, he has a belly, he is kind of a wimp. He is chasing after this girlfriend who appears to have moved on. He is pretty much the guy who would be the first to die in a more mainstream movie. It’s kind of refreshing to see actually.

It’s on watch it now , on netflix so check it out.

Anyways it doesn’t really matter because it was good, maybe not good like Gone With the Wind but good like the comic. The story chronicles the as the title says the rise of the governor. If you have read the comic you know who this Character is.  If you have only watched the show, he will probably be in season 3.

The story takes place nested right in the world of the comic and there are a couple points were the comic and novel intersect. It basically chronicles a group similar to Rick’s group surviving the same events, at the same time, with slightly different locations.

If you like the comic and the show you will most likely like this novel so check it out if you get a chance.

Ok I know I mention stuff that is different from the comic book all the time but bear with me, there isn’t going to be an episode for a while and I need to keep this site going.

This second season started with group traveling on the highway and getting caught in a traffic jam, which in turn leads them to the events which brings them to the Herschel Farm. In the comic book they are on the road but before they get to the Herschel farm they run into Tyreese along with his teenage daughter and her boyfriend. Tyreese is not in the show at least not yet.  I am kind of wondering if T-dog and Daryl are sort of Tyreese split into two characters. In the comic Tyresse is a black ex-football player who ends up hooking up with Carol and is pretty bad ass when it comes to killing the “walkers”.  In the show it looks like  Daryl is hooking up with Carol and is kind of bad ass and well.  T-Dog is black and has a name that starts with “T”, kind of a reach maybe.

Along the way they find what they think is a deserted housing development called “Wiltshire Estates” and camp out in it. Long story short it’s full of zombies and Donna gets eaten. This “Wiltshire Estates” is pretty much exactly like the development Shane took Andrea to in the show when she is learning to shoot. Also this is where Andrea and Dale hook up, also Andrea is younger in the comic, Dale is fatter and not a clown like in the show.

Andrea is much different in the comic although she is kind of becoming more like her comic version in the last couple episodes. In the comic she learned to shoot after  Amy died and never went  through the suicidal dysfunctional period that is in the show. In fact in the comic this other character  Donna’s husband gets all fatalistic after Donna’s death and Andrea jumps on him for being weak and self centered.

When they get to Herschel’s farm there are more people there in the comic then in the show, there is Lacey, Arnold, Rachael and Susie.  Also Glen was actually trying to hookup with Carol before Tyreese swept her away in the comic.