tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426052636690673661.post3185178118144226453..comments2023-10-16T15:06:21.563-04:00Comments on Friend Mouse Speaks: The Walking Dead S2E12 "Better Angels" (3/12/12)Friend Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10508344668185037119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426052636690673661.post-59224761243380170352012-03-14T12:49:20.202-04:002012-03-14T12:49:20.202-04:00From what I've read in the WD wiki, in the boo...From what I've read in the WD wiki, in the books, Shane (alive and not a zombie) is about to kill Rick and Carl shoots him first.Yankee1969https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335455983772742832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426052636690673661.post-77963486477983634012012-03-14T10:25:52.179-04:002012-03-14T10:25:52.179-04:00Wait - in the books, does Carl kill Shane when he&...Wait - in the books, does Carl kill Shane when he's still ALIVE and not just when he's a zombie? That seems out of character. I gotta start reading the books. I also read that in the books, Shane gets killed off a lot earlier but Dale sticks around a lot longer. I liked Dale too but they wrote him too one-note. At least offing some major characters might bring some change to the show.<br /><br />I guess I can accept the whole getting zombified without getting bitten from the hanging guy earlier in the season. It's just such a huge departure from traditional zombie canon to have it happen this way in this universe. I suppose that helps explain why there are so damn many of them walking around, tho'.<br /><br />Thanks for commenting, y'all!Friend Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10508344668185037119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426052636690673661.post-71287872003798853352012-03-14T03:51:34.586-04:002012-03-14T03:51:34.586-04:00Thanks for pointing out the weak writing when Lori...Thanks for pointing out the weak writing when Lori was speaking to Shane. I think the writing has been very weak this season. In S1, Dale was one of my favorite characters, yet I wanted him dead in S2. The difference in quality between the two seasons is very telling and not just via special effects budget, the writing has definitely suffered. Don't get me wrong, it's still my favorite apocalyptic zombie show on television, but S1 set a bar that S2 has not met. Last season, I religiously watched each episode as it came out and then again immediately afterwards. This season... meh, I watch a tivo'd version when I get around to it.<br /><br />I actually wonder if the ending of this episode is one of the reasons that Darabont left (if it wasn't over budget). The idea that (SPOILER) Rick kills Shane rather than Carl is a major change from the source material. With the whole Columbine fear that still grips our society, I could easily see why AMC decided to not have a child shoot and kill an adult who acted as a parental figure to said child earlier in the episode. That said, that is exactly why it is should have been kept as is. The original scene (in the comic) was far more climatic/dramatic with much bigger impact.<br /><br />Don't think I'll be buying this Season on DVD/Blu-Ray anytime soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4426052636690673661.post-91729053152352149292012-03-13T08:48:43.452-04:002012-03-13T08:48:43.452-04:00Did Rick go deaf? Z-Shane is gurgling, lurching,...Did Rick go deaf? Z-Shane is gurgling, lurching, and not generally being very stealthy only a few steps from Rick, yet Rick can't hear him. Was he that focussed on Carl? Not a great survivalist. <br />And again, they have no qualms (or discussion) on Randall knowing EXACTLY where the farm is, down to his buddies camp being "5 miles" away. Seriously.<br />An interview I saw on the EW blog with the head writer says the you die and become a zombie thing has been there. The group just hasn't seen someone die from something other than a zombie-related cause, so how would they know? After I read that, I thought about the hanging zombie from the first half of the season. They assumed he hung himself after he was bitten, but did we ever see them confirm it? The writing is so bad, they may have just gotten lucky that it now might back up their no bite needed to be a zombie angle.Yankee1969https://www.blogger.com/profile/08335455983772742832noreply@blogger.com