The Walking Dead, Am I Alone?

I started watching TWD because of all the fanfare about it, and have just finished watching Season 3 episode 14. What do viewers really like about this show? I like action, blood & guts & gore doesn't phase me at all, but this show is a bit over the top don't you think?
 
AprilT said:
I was just wondering, are any tv watchers out there looking forward to the upcoming season of TWD. Most watchers don't need me to spell out the initials, but for others I'm talking about The Walking Dead.

I've never liked this genre of tv or movies, but from the first time I wached the reruns of season one on netflix, I was hooked. So now, I live and breath this show during the season it's on. Well this and a few other shows, but none as much as this one.

I can't be the only on the site that loves this show, will I always have to go rehash what happened on the previous show over elsewhere with those half my age. :sorrow::wiggle:
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I'm the same way! No use for most Zombie fare but I just binge-watched the first five seasons of this masterpiece on Netflix and I am completely and utterly HOOKED!
 
I started watching TWD because of all the fanfare about it, and have just finished watching Season 3 episode 14. What do viewers really like about this show? I like action, blood & guts & gore doesn't phase me at all, but this show is a bit over the top don't you think?
 
truespock said:
I'm the same way! No use for most Zombie fare but I just binge-watched the first five seasons of this masterpiece on Netflix and I am completely and utterly HOOKED!
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As with what you said in the other posting, the blood and gore are of little interest to me, it's the human interest stories, the will to survive, the sense of people finding a way through all the struggles and their journies and the bonds, struggles, inner demons and all that jazz. Oh and the action, gotta have the tense moments of escape and action in there. :) But, if it had been primarily a story about zombies, I wouldn't have been interested, I would have lost interest after a few minutes. I wanted to see how Rick was going to find his way through that first day and from then on I just became vested in his survival and wanted to see more.

I watch the first two seasons pretty much in one week or weekend, I don't I came up for anything more than a bath and my meals those first seasons on that weekend and loved every minute of it. I think I've sore of relived that with Breaking Bad, If Game of Thrones had been on Netflix the same way, probably would have been the same experience, I had to watch GOT via DVD disc, so, one season at a time, only took one full day of my weekend or weekday. :D

That was a good question Lon, there are quite a few people who are drawn to the blood , guts and gore as there are people such as Truespock and myself, the show has quite a diverse audience tuning in and now that they put it on network tv, I'm sure even more viewers will tune in when the next season starts up. It's not of the quality of season 1, but it did improve over start getting nearly as good second half of season 5.

Anyway, I am always willing to come out to talk about these shows. Now back to my cave.
 
AprilT said:
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As with what you said in the other posting, the blood and gore are of little interest to me, it's the human interest stories, the will to survive, the sense of people finding a way through all the struggles and their journies and the bonds, struggles, inner demons and all that jazz. Oh and the action, gotta have the tense moments of escape and action in there. :) But, if it had been primarily a story about zombies, I wouldn't have been interested, I would have lost interest after a few minutes. I wanted to see how Rick was going to find his way through that first day and from then on I just became vested in his survival and wanted to see more.

I watch the first two seasons pretty much in one week or weekend, I don't I came up for anything more than a bath and my meals those first seasons on that weekend and loved every minute of it. I think I've sore of relived that with Breaking Bad, If Game of Thrones had been on Netflix the same way, probably would have been the same experience, I had to watch GOT via DVD disc, so, one season at a time, only took one full day of my weekend or weekday. :D

That was a good question Lon, there are quite a few people who are drawn to the blood , guts and gore as there are people such as Truespock and myself, the show has quite a diverse audience tuning in and now that they put it on network tv, I'm sure even more viewers will tune in when the next season starts up. It's not of the quality of season 1, but it did improve over start getting nearly as good second half of season 5.

Anyway, I am always willing to come out to talk about these shows. Now back to my cave.
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NO!!!! Come outta that damn cave and stay awhile....
 
....the other day while coming home from work, I got behind a car that was turning onto a road that leads to my turn-off. It had two bumper stickers, one was 'The Walking Dead", the other sticker read: "Dead inside- do not open trunk".

I wanted so much to reach out and connect......

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Just sitting here watching a TWD marathon on AMC- season 1 episode 3("Tell It To The Frogs") airing right now. Rick reunites with Lori and Karl. Shane looks chagrined.

The spinoff series titled "Fear the Walking Dead" is set to premier August 23, 2015. AMC has announced that the sixth season of their hugely-popular series The Walking Dead will kick off on Sunday, October 11th, with a special 90-minute episode.

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I do not recall ever seeing any movie or TV show that has as much visual blood, viscera,brains,stabbings, decapitations,gore,slime,body parts as TWD. If you know of one please refer me to it. Could it be that this is the major attraction to TWD? Now don't give me a bunch of crap about the intellectual aspects of the show. IMHO a large percentage of the folks that enjoy the show are the same people that will double park at a highway accident in anticipation of seeing some blood and guts, not necessarily to render aid. As one that has been a part of hundreds of autopsies I am not impressed.
 
tnthomas said:
Just sitting here watching a TWD marathon on AMC- season 1 episode 3("Tell It To The Frogs") airing right now. Rick reunites with Lori and Karl. Shane looks chagrined.

The spinoff series titled "Fear the Walking Dead" is set to premier August 23, 2015. AMC has announced that the sixth season of their hugely-popular series The Walking Dead will kick off on Sunday, October 11th, with a special 90-minute episode.

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Hi Thomas, that's all good news. I so am looking forward to the next season of TWD and am really happy to hear we have a start date for FTWD.

Lon, believe what you must, but, many of us turn our heads during some of the bloodier scenes if we can anticipate certain things or walk out of the room. There came a time I myself almost stopped watching because I became so upset with a couple of scenes, but, for me, the show has other more gripping dynamics going on. This year there is a show I did stop watching and it was up till this new season one of my top favorites, but, they seemed to run out of story and put gore way above telling a story so I stopped watching and I mean, I was really into that show big time for the characters though the gore was a big part of the story, but, the psychological drama of the show was so well finessed in the earlier episodes, I loved it and watch it every week in spite of the bloodiness of which I wasn't a fan.

Do I wish they would have less gore in the show, for sure, do I think some people are mostly drawn to the show for its goriness? I do believe so, however, I do believe we've gone over this before, a lot of people who aren't interested in zombie fare or the like, watch this show and for reasons not related to what some people seem to not to be able to comprehend. ;)

Oh and that other show I was talking about is called "Hannibal" it airs on NBC, I'm not sure what night used to be Thurs, but, since I haven't watched it in a while, they could have changed that. Another of my favorite shows is Grimm, lots of blood and decapitations in that too. :D Oh, oh, wait and Game of Thrones. Hmmmmm I'm sensing a theme with me, maybe I do like blood and gore more than I let my conscious believe. :shussh: Is there blood in gore in the show "Spongebob Squarepants" tv show? :playful: Not one of my favorites, but, I love that one too.
 
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Lon, I think that the vast majority of TWD fans are hooked on the human drama, the interpersonal interactions and all that goes with that. No doubt some want to see some zombies, but the graphic bloody guts and gore do push the limits.
 
I am a huge fan as is my husband and 2 kids (adult renting age kids) its our sunday night ritual, early dinner, walking dead then talking dead for the wind down.
I CAN NOT wait for Fear the Walking Dead starting August 23.
I look forward to future discussions about my fave show.
 
Yay! Thanks April! :wave:

I'm looking forward to the FTWD as it is not only a fresh source of WD goodness, but also because it's situated just about 1 1/2 hr.s from here down the freeway.


I've actually been spotting walkers out this way for some time, usually by mid-morning in Walmart.
 
I know some of you have seen part of this trailer, but, here is a longer season 6 preview trailer, it contains some previous peeks, but more is included, well more than what I've seen in the past.

 
Shirley said:
April, I'm afraid all the guts and gore will give me nightmares. Can you just tell me what happens? :D
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:wave: LOL Shirley. How do I break this show down in as few words as possible. A world wide virus breaks out, people are trying in every way possible to find rhyme and reason to fight for survival while also avoiding being consumed by those who have died and been revived due to the virus causing them to come back to a monstrous form of life ie zombie, know in this show as walkers.

If you watch the first episode, you just might get an idea of why some people were able to get into this show and why it wasn't just about the zombies. I hadn't any interest in watching it, but, out of boredom one day, I tuned in and I couldn't tear myself away from the screen as I wanted to know what was going to happen to Rick and eventually others he encountered along his journey.

The show is now airing on regular network tv, I'm not sure what channel or days, but, they usually run marathons of the show just before the newest season is suppose to start up. I think I might be able to pull up an episode of season one if you are interested. or at the very least a clip from season 1 or if you have on demand tv watching, you might be able to see it that way. That is if you aren't pulling my chain, but me thinks you likely are. LOL, but, that's ok, I'm such a geek/nerd when it comes to these shows, I could delight in talking about it all day. :wiggle:

Wait, did you just want me to tell you what happens after the new season starts? :D I'll be more than happy too, but, that doesn't start till sometime in OCT :cry: But the newer show is starting up this month, in a couple-few weeks:) . Anyhoo, I'll be back with others to ramble on about the new show when it airs or anytime someone post about either of the shows here.
 
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