tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post6926283647361899006..comments2024-02-10T10:52:58.614-05:00Comments on THE DIG: A Tale of Two Zombie Talescinemarchaeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-54510363716861897342015-11-02T20:27:22.217-05:002015-11-02T20:27:22.217-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.A Blade In The Darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13817002295886432345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-61655902656472446982014-11-18T15:48:17.411-05:002014-11-18T15:48:17.411-05:00If ratings are a measure of quality then the final...If ratings are a measure of quality then the final episode of MASH is the greatest thing ever aired on television, followed, in order, by eps of CHEERS, SEINFELD, FRIENDS, and MAGNUM P.I. And BREAKING BAD, which never had great ratings, sucked.<br /><br />Or maybe not.<br /><br />Contrary to your assertion, Maggie, when the prison fell, had no idea where Glenn was heading. Her complete disinterest in her sister, to the point that she didn't even include Beth in the signs she left beside the railroad tracks, can't be explained except as an arbitrary choice of the writers--they had melodrama to milk elsewhere and their plot dictated their characterization. The same is true of Maggie's recent departure for D.C.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-7501943076338490352014-11-18T11:21:55.879-05:002014-11-18T11:21:55.879-05:00I love how people complain on how bad The Walking ...I love how people complain on how bad The Walking Dead is but yet every year in increases in viewers. If the show was really as bad as you say it is the show would lose viewers every week and the it would be canceled. <br /><br />Sorry Z Nation is an ok show but at the end of the day its no where near TWD.<br /><br />Also, you keep pointing that Maggie doesn't care about Beth but you forget that Maggie knows where Glenn was heading. She has no idea where the Beth is and when Daryl says she was kidnapped she knew there was no leads in finding her.<br /><br />Anytime you want to debate TWD I am down for it.NinjaGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01826170320976913144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-71746451408121323252014-11-11T11:21:10.552-05:002014-11-11T11:21:10.552-05:00No, good cinema--and that's what the best tv t...No, good cinema--and that's what the best tv these days is, long-form cinema--is a lot more than just good writing. Every department involved is telling a story, and you can get a good story out of everyone else's "writing" even when you don't have very good writing. Sometimes, everyone is doing good work but they're all pulling in different directions and the complete finished product is flawed or even bad because of it; sometimes, just one or a few elements are counter to the others (ZN's cinematography, something I've mentioned a few times, isn't bad; I just think it ill-suited to the tone of the show). Ideally, it all works and it all comes together. Ideally.<br /><br />ZN is a low-budget show and it embraces a low-budget aesthetic, but its budgets also place restrictions on it that, if seen as flaws, one must overlook in light of its merits. TWD has a healthy budget and absolutely no excuse for how exceedingly awful, uninspired and unambitious it has so often been.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-83895429078419691312014-11-10T19:32:58.525-05:002014-11-10T19:32:58.525-05:00I'll have to give Z Nation another chance. I w...I'll have to give Z Nation another chance. I watched the pilot and I couldn't justify wasting 45 minutes of my life watching the second episode. I can't figure out why TWD can't get their act together and make a great show. Even with great source material to work from, TWD proves that writing is the single most important aspect to TV and film media. Everyone focuses on actors, and to lesser extent directors. These people don't realize that great actors and directors pick projects based on their screenwriting and production budgets. A great actor can't save a bad script, and great actors are proficient at picking great scripts and roles. Writing first and foremost, something TWD just can't figure out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-84986885133430785252014-11-10T18:42:34.051-05:002014-11-10T18:42:34.051-05:00I totally agree with you Cin. And I totally agree...I totally agree with you Cin. And I totally agree with you, HPWB. As far as I'm concerned, Z Nation is getting better while The Walking Dead is getting worse. Last night's episode with Abraham's group on the road, (sigh).John Rottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736420410333742002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-54639289733891132422014-11-10T16:22:03.232-05:002014-11-10T16:22:03.232-05:00Another point I would like to add is that the worl...Another point I would like to add is that the world of Z-Nation is a society. There's trading for medicine, bullets, weapons and home-cooked drugs going on, there's a county fair with a contest, people interact with each other and have developed an economy. In a way the world of Z Nation is closer to Mad Max than to TWD, it's a more fully realised world with all sorts of people living their new life.<br />And that's a good thing because people ,<i>would</i> trade for aspirin, bullets and home-made booze and probably other things like food, fuel, a mechanic, whatever.<br />It's a shame many can't see past the low-budget aspect.HPWBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134105454128315918noreply@blogger.com