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The walking dead season 2

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waaaaah.............thank you ah..........
so season 2 is sort of like a series of prequels...............

did you see season 1? there is a zombie in season 1 pilot series where a zombie without leg crawl toward the lead. The sequels to show how did the zombie lost the body.

season 2 follow the season 1 after the CDC, but the short sequels are to get people excited about season 2. Not related to season 2.
 

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‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 Premiere Review
“The Walking Dead” kicked off its second season on AMC tonight with more zombie attacks, apocalyptic cityscapes, and gross-out horror. Now that the show is over, you can read about it without worrying about spoilers. Here’s what the critics had to say about the latest incarnation of the hit series:

–”We just want to know if ‘The Walking Dead’ is still as preoccupied with the socio-psychological dynamic — “The Lord of the Flies”-type desperation of the proto-community — as it was last time around. It is, but the show seems somehow sleeker and better paced. Characters may now be people first and archetypes second. This has the subtle but immediate effect of making “The Walking Dead” less predictable and more frightening.” [Hank Stuever, The Washington Post]

–”‘The Walking Dead’ may be under new management, but it seems to have kept its rhythm, moving easily between bursts of intense violence and long stretches of psychological sparring.Coming out of the starting blocks, at least, the show is still clinging to its complexity, darkness and humor.” [David Hickley, The Daily News]

–”With new showrunner Glen Mazzara, The Walking Dead hasn’t lost the most important ingredient in its strangely successful recipe: it’s thrilling.” [Tim Goodman, THR]

–”The new season begins on the road but almost instantly pulls off to the side, literally and metaphorically. Something bad happens — no spoilers here — and the chasees are forced into becoming chasers, frantically wandering through the dark, soulless woods. Their actions lead to consequences, which lead to cliffhangers. The ‘walkers’ have effectively become background props that are thrust into the foreground opportunistically, when the show needs a short burst of adrenaline, or when you do. ‘Dead’ still feels cinematic, but now also feels more like a TV show.
 

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'The Walking Dead' Season 2 Premiere Review: 'What Lies Ahead' Exceeds Expectations

The series premiere was the biggest in AMC's history, and for good reason. Seen through the eyes of small town sheriff Rick Grimes, the premiere was a masterful 90-minute thrill ride through the initial horrors of a zombie apocalypse. The five episodes that followed had their moments, but none could really live up to the show's initial outing. Too many and too broadly drawn characters, hyper-realistic gore layered atop unrealistic plot developments and serious pacing issues too often distracted from the show's strengths: its action sequences, mainly, and its actors, who have been consistently great even if their material wasn't. While not an outright disappointment, the lasting impression of The Walking Dead season one wasn't of amazing, groundbreaking television, but of glimmers of brilliance amid a sea of unrealized potential.

Over the break, the show has also been plagued by behind-the-scenes shakeups that threatened our hopes for the series (shakeups that, if you care enough to know about them, you've probably read enough about them already) with the short version being: Co-creator Frank Darabont, the man behind the series premiere, left the show this summer for unconfirmed creative reasons, and everyone freaked the eff out, wondering if the show would be able to survive without him.

I name all of these complaints and concerns that I and others threw at The Walking Dead after season one not to rub them in, nor because I refuse to move on, but because they make the season two premiere, "What Lies Ahead," an even more impressive 90 minutes of television. Maybe The Walking Dead just needed a few of its initial hours to figure out what it wanted to be, and if that's the case, my hope is that Sunday's episode is the identity the show decides to stick with.

We pick up shortly after the CDC explosion, a tragedy for the characters (who hoped to find a cure) that actually leads to positive developments for the show. The group of survivors is now smaller, and unified around one goal: Get out of the city and to Fort Benning, in the hope that some of the army has survived. This goal -- simple in theory, not even close in execution -- leads them on a journey that is quickly sidetracked by a block of abandoned cars and -- surprise! -- a hoard of walkers, which the humans note seem to have developed a new and terrifying "herd" (un)mentality.

What follows is a thrilling game of undead hide-and-seek, made more so by the fact that this episode is significantly less rushed and more focused than any Walking Dead episode that I can remember since the series premiere. We get to live in the moment with the characters, for whom every walker is a threat. A feeling of prolonged, quiet dread has become their new normal, but that doesn't make it any more comfortable -- for them, or for us.

And The Walking Dead is at its best when we are at our most uncomfortable. The show has always done gore well, but seems to be growing more adept at tying these gross-out moments into the stories. The necessity of the violence and gore make them more real, and more horrifying. (On a sidenote, the press materials I received with my screener teased that one upcoming zombie took the effects team five weeks to build. I can't wait to see what that bloodbath looks like.)

This seems to be a natural outcome of another positive development -- that is, actual character development. At times in season one, the survivors felt more like robotic archetypes (the sheriff, the racist, the old guy, etc.) who were so busy reacting to their environments that any relating they did to one another had to be quick, spelled-out and on-the-surface. Those roles begin to change and expand in the premiere, and though there's still lots of room to grow, the effects are immediate and welcome.


Even the character I hated most in season one for his over-dramatic, unrealistic outbursts about his affair with Rick's wife, Shane (Jon Bernthal), has a more nuanced and interesting air about him now. With his sadness finally grounded and substantial, not just a plot vehicle for causing conflicts, I even found myself rooting for him a little bit. The rest of the cast similarly seem to have (if you'll pardon the term) fleshed out their characters, and it's a testament to the actors and the writers that they've achieved this level of development without completely changing the tone of the show.

I've seen the first two episodes of the season (produced under Darabont's vision), and so far, the only complaint I have for The Walking Dead season 2 is that they didn't send me more. What lies ahead for the show remains to be seen, but if "What Lies Ahead" the episode is any indication, The Walking Dead may have finally found its stride.
 

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1 kid lost, 1 kid shot, 7 zombies terminated, wow it is a nice pilot episode. The team broken up badly. It really get me hook.
 

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AMC's The Walking Dead returns this weekend, kicking off the network's Fearfest lead-up to Halloween. The first season of the survival horror adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic series debuted with a fantastic pilot and even more fantastic numbers as it quickly became the prestige network's biggest hit. The early and rousing success - critics, viewers, everyone - led to a surefire second season renewal despite what would follow...

Now, this is where you and I may differ or where I'll finally voice what you've been thinking all along, the show became, well, terrible. Somewhere during those six episodes the writing slipped toward the melodramatic, the acting was more painful to watch than the kills and, well, the stakes were not nearly escalated to the same level as the comic. There are a few moments very early in the comic's run that highlight, nay, cement that this is a story where no one is safe. You may think they're a lead character then the next chapter they're being eaten, turned and/or blown away by the survivors. This was important to lay the groundwork of constant unease, of being in a perpetual state of fear, a tone which was often lacking in the television series.

The first season just didn't live up to the hype, to the quality of the network or the quality of the source material. However, I'm not ready to write this one off just yet because there is still a lot of promise. Therefore, the off-season turmoil and ensuing shake-ups, first the writers and then showrunner Frank Darabont himself, came as no surprise to me. In fact, I saw it as a beacon of hope (even in the face of the money woes) knowing the show would be in different creative hands. It also didn't hurt that most of the terrible acting was killed off last season and only a few more need killin' to leave what could be a very good ensemble.

Lastly, this wouldn't be the first series that had a lackluster first year while it struggled to find its footing (in fact, Parks and Rec has one of the most forgettable 6 episode first seasons ever and now, I love that show). Of course, these are just a few of the general or surface reasons that I'm going to be giving this survival horror series another shot on Sunday. In more detail, here are the five main reasons why I (barely) still have hope for The Walking Dead Season 2...



The Off-Season - Sure, some of the issues were budgetary but the shake-ups that occurred in between seasons suggests that I wasn't the only one smelling something rotten besides the decaying undead bodies. First, showrunner Frank Darabont announced that all of the writing staff, save Kirkman and his number two Glen Mazzara would not be returning to pen the second season. Yes! Second, Darabont himself was put on the chopping block, apparently over budgetary issues, bumping Mazzara up to Showrunner and effects guru Greg Nicotero to Executive Producer. The show also had to start casting in the off-season and some of the actors the brought in (for example, Scott Wilson to play as Hershel Greene) assuage my fears that the terrible acting will continue. Fresh blood for the show, and not just for the zombies to munch on, offers some promise moving forward.



(In)Fidelity - This is a tricky situation for any adaptation, especially when you're dealing with a hit, fanboy-ish property, because in so many ways you're damned if you do and damned if you don't. While I don't think the deviations from the source material were always successful, I am buoyed by the knowledge that the network and the writers are willing to deviate if they feel like it will improve the show's relationships, narrative trajectory or thrills. For example, the CDC situation at the end of last season didn't occur in the comics but seems like a perfectly logical (if not necessary) quest for our heroes. Now, there are definitely passages in the book which I want to see recreated shot for shot (literally) but I also admire and find solace in the fact that they have the stones to stray... just don't stray too far from the themes, characters and plot points central to the series. One final note of interest, is Shane and what they plan to do with his character since his path has been altered... or at least delayed.



The Network - There was nothing pretty various contract disputes and money issues that have plagued AMC and its three hit series Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. However, when you cast aside the money woes (the first two shows, while being critically acclaimed and have amassed cult followings, do not exactly bring in waves of viewers) there is also little doubt about the quality of the programming. Mad Men is an exceptional show but the real gem is Breaking Bad, especially when putting it context of the promise of The Walking Dead, namely in that the creative freedom that AMC gives BB allows for some of the most gut-wrenching and gruesome sequences put on television - something that is a definite requirement when you're trying to pull off a legit horror series and also have Greg Nicotero's master make-up artistry to showcase. There are some unflinchingly gory and, more importantly, psychological shattering sequences in the graphic novel that they cannot afford to pussy-foot around if they want to satisfy the faithful.



The Source Material - This brings us to the source material itself. Although, I argued that the writers' willingness to stray from Kirkman's blueprint is a positive, there is also an unbelievable amount of wealth to draw from in the source material. We have new and awesome characters (Hershel, Tyrese, Michonne, The Governor), new settings (the farm, the prison) and tragic and devastating deaths (COMIC SPOILERS!) just waiting around the bend as our survivors leave Atlanta in search of, well, in search of anything safe. Don't expect to see all those mentioned above in this season (don't hold your breath on the Governor) but we know for sure that Rick will lead the group to the Farm... and if the reason they have to go remains the same (as hinted at by Gale Ann Hurd) then let the shocks begin. The best conflicts in the series arise when they're between human and human, pitted against one another in the nasty game of survival, suggesting that perhaps we, and not the zombies, are the real monsters and the most frightening. As I said before, there is a wealth of great material (shocks, scares, moral dilemmas) to draw from and I hope that they don't pull any punches.



The Secret - Lastly, and probably the most basic and fun reason to return to the series is the cliff-hanger... Even from my high-horse, looking down on the show, I was able to take away some excitement from the finale. I think heading to the CDC was a smart move on the writers' part and, once they arrived, highlighting the futility of their survival quest brought the tone back to an underlying sense of dread that needs to permeate almost every frame. The secret I'm referring to, of course, is what Jenner (the remaining CDC researcher) whispered to Rick in the final moments before the whole place went up - taking some of our more annoying cast members with it - which, if what I think was said, was said, it also makes what I'll call the 'Shane deviation' an even more interesting choice by the writers. Baby mama drama.

What we have here is a package. A number of things that, taken as a whole, still offer a chance for a really promising piece of horror television. Yes, I'm skeptical and if the first few episodes resemble the 'soap-opera' with zombies that aired every Sunday night starting last Halloween then I'm going to quickly throw in the towel. I can only watch a great fighter go so many embarrassing rounds... but hey, there's still time for a comeback.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC for Season 2 this Sunday with a 90 minute premiere at 9 p.m. ET. It will run for 7 episodes, then take a break before returning with the remaining 6 on February 12, 2012.
 

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walking season 2 is coming to the end, the start is pretty bad, nothing happen except talking, but now towards the end, the original group die off one per episode. More going to die next week final episode of the season. season 2 is not great, but still fun to follow.
 
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did you see walking dead s3e4? a lot of people die.
[video=youtube;y4vjuDAUnOQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4vjuDAUnOQ&feature=share&list=UUMVCs1F_XGueuaD9AfgTWmg[/video]
 

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As mentioned earlier by the poster before me, that particular part for season 3 was really heartbreaking. The truth hit home (and harder!) when the affected member took in the news badly. What followed was an understandable act of raging insanity.

The trend of making of "major films" has been very disappointing since 5 to 7 years ago for the United States when it started to bend towards commercialism, or the lack of good scripts. Walking Dead, however, along with other made-for-televisions like "True Blood" (save for the not-so-necessary sexual scenes *yawns*), "Falling Skies" and "American Horror Story" are turning the tide for film and television industry for serious entertainment go-ers who are seeking supernatural/ Sci-Fi-themed thrill, action, blood and gore.
 

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mediacorp say they gonna show season 2 but until now still boh leh............go where can watch ah ? which website leh ?
 

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U want to watch from mediacorpse? there will be nothing to see as all will be censored,,,filter out the violence and gore,,watch wat ah?

mediacorp say they gonna show season 2 but until now still boh leh............go where can watch ah ? which website leh ?
 
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