I had watched a few episodes of TWD prior and I \kept dozing on when this new series came on. Mostly because I can’t relate to the pretty boy junkie and his plight. The parent’s don’t seem like good actors and they don’t seem to relate to each other very well.
I also do not like the scenery. We left LA and will not go back: the graffiti, the concrete waterways, the ugly neighborhoods, everything was cold and trashed. The music was too sharp. But I am interested in watching the collapse of the city.
I was thinking while watching TWD how nice the woods and country roads look and the soothing colors of the homes in Alexandria, and how much I like and admire the characters in that show. I mean, Carol and her casseroles and Daryl and his goodness only partly hidden by his greasy hair.
TWD started out strong and still does not abate.Last season’s finale was just as good, second time around.
I think also this show is going for diversity. The main characters are Mexican, even though the mom is blond, the son looks mixed, and we can see that her boyfriend is some kind of Hispanic.
Well, it is reflection of who is left in LA, I suppose. To me the show seems to want to appeal to the Latino demographic.Slice of life or pandering?
It would have been more appealing to me if the cast was of my old neighborhood in north county LA Santa Clarita, a republican stronghold, salt of the earth people, who celebrate the 4th of July with parades and have an annual rodeo week. I could see them trying to keep the hordes from coming up the pass on I5 (once a natural detriment) and forming a community defense and survival.
I hope at some point this season Carol will ditch the casseroles and the flowered sweaters and get back to her tough clothes and boots.
Did you see the commercial for TWD at the beginning of this show-—the one with Daryl, Michonne, Carol, and Rick in sort of a strobe light flash? I loved it.
I haven’t read the comics, but I visit spoilthedead.com; it has lots of talk about comic spoilers. Plus the site has a solid source on TWD set who always leaks show spoilers ahead of time.