MaliA wrote:
Mr Kissyfur wrote:
MaliA wrote:
I like it, it does tense very well and the zombies look scary real enough. Worth 45 minutes of my time once a week. I don't have huge expectations for it, but I think the level is consitenly higher than some stuff I watch.
*ahem e.g. Terra Nova ahem*
Walking Dead > Terra nova
To clarify this point further;
Over the past ten years or so, there's been some awesome TV that we've watched. Really good, standout stuff which I'm not going to bother to really list, as it's the usual suspects. However, if you look at that list of 'awesome, really good, stand-out stuff' I think that there's only really been one show a year that's been that good, and stood the test of time. one show that runs for 12 episodes or so. The rest of the year, the other 40 weeks, is going to have inferior programs to that stand-out show broadcast. Then, when the next program comes along, the cycle repeats itself.
I think that the Walking Dead suffers more than most as the protagonists are always going to be short of food/water/fanbelt and have to run, or hide each week. To be honest, there's not that much you can do with zombies, their interaction with other characters is pretty much limited to "eating" or "being hit with a hammer", so the plot has to really then run along the characters of the main party. I think I've already said that I found myself toward the end not really caring for any of the protagonists, and after this episode, I don't really much, again, but, as an entertaining drama about some people who clearly should *not* have survived for as long as they have in that world it's entertainment enough for me, although I'm probably secretly rooting for the zombies. What it does, it does well; the vastness of Georgia, the isolation and self reliance needed, the expansive freeways that are often impassable.
Expecting each TV program to be chock full of writing to Ibsen's level isn't a realistic expectation, for anything, really. Some will be incredibly engaging and believable, but those won't be set in a fantasy world with the undead shambling through Georgia, as fantasy stories seldom, if ever, lend themselves to high writing. Couple that, with the sheer volume of shows being broadcast or downloaded, then of course some are going to be better than others, but it is perfectly possible to forgive the odd shonky line, or the ludicrous plot twist and not let it spoil your enjoyment of something, and you should do, too, as it's makes you considerably more happy. Because, otherwise, we'd all ahve given up making TV programs whenever someone saw the first episode of
X and said "Boys, they've done it all so well, let's go home".
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