tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post8833319900579577340..comments2024-02-10T10:52:58.614-05:00Comments on THE DIG: Lookit Them WALKING DEADcinemarchaeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-88484531835091107322015-02-20T11:50:59.192-05:002015-02-20T11:50:59.192-05:00Yeah, I've thought about doing a round-up of s...Yeah, I've thought about doing a round-up of some of the incredibly stupid things that are blogged about TWD but I've never gone further than saving some links. Lebeau (from Le Blog--in my links section) is critical of it and often quite good (though he seems to have mostly stopped writing about it lately), and there are a few others. They're vastly outnumbered, though, by the scores of blogs and Youtube channels that offer up uncritical praise. I've long thought that was one of the reasons my TWD material is so popular; it taps into some underlying discontent with the series, something people feel but never see anyone else voice.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-81961784625151092602015-02-20T11:44:06.205-05:002015-02-20T11:44:06.205-05:00That's right, I'd forgotten. In both insta...That's right, I'd forgotten. In both instances, it only happened because of the needs of the plot.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-81485490449981384792015-02-17T15:25:23.513-05:002015-02-17T15:25:23.513-05:00It rained on and off that episode. So it happened ...It rained on and off that episode. So it happened a little more naturallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-63549002489181940092015-02-17T10:39:00.286-05:002015-02-17T10:39:00.286-05:00It rained Season 1 Episode "Guts". But ...It rained Season 1 Episode "Guts". But it only rained because they needed it to rinse the guts off of Rick and Glenn to make their stroll through the walkers into a sprint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-39186120056290185892015-02-16T15:08:28.386-05:002015-02-16T15:08:28.386-05:00Good point about just being a punchline to an anec...Good point about just being a punchline to an anecdote instead of actually have it really mean something for the characters and for the series as a whole.<br /><br />Well I didn't just read the TWD-articles, but reading "reviews" about this show that isn't mindlessly praising every goddamn thing about them was fascinating. Most other reviewers just spews out praise for it, completely forgetting that maybe something about the show isn't good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-65703053293356713702015-02-16T14:50:04.141-05:002015-02-16T14:50:04.141-05:00In the comic, it was an explosive moment that expr...In the comic, it was an explosive moment that expressed an ugly truth they had been unwilling to recognize. The creators of the show are unwilling to recognize it as well, which is why last night's ep wasted the line as a stupid punchline to yet another stupid, badly-written anecdote.<br /><br />Welcome to the Dig. I <i>do</i> write about things other than TWD; it just ended up getting an outsized amount of attention here the last few years (for a lot of weird reasons).cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-27703564808297244622015-02-16T14:22:28.889-05:002015-02-16T14:22:28.889-05:00How would you say the "We are the Walking Dea...How would you say the "We are the Walking Dead-line" stacks up against the books? The context was very different. Frankly I found it a bit lackluster in the show, whereas in the books it was well-written, put in good context(after Tyreese and Rick's fight) and related a lot more to what this new world is going to put them through. Seemingly painting a much grimmer tone.<br /><br />In the show Rick merely seems to suggest that they should, until they find a place to "live", "tell themselves" that they are the Walking Dead. It just didn't feel as complete and interesting.<br /><br />Btw, I recently read your articles, many of them very good. I am myself very critical of the show, yet I still find myself giving it 60 minutes of attention every week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-75276635892974115962015-02-16T13:37:21.606-05:002015-02-16T13:37:21.606-05:00Yeah, as someone else has noted you can't walk...Yeah, as someone else has noted you can't walk 2 miles in any direction in the southeast without hitting a water source, even in bad drought years.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-48360750599619819632015-02-16T12:10:36.610-05:002015-02-16T12:10:36.610-05:00Ugh. All style and no substance last night. The ...Ugh. All style and no substance last night. The water shortage seemed forced, especially since they're only 60 miles from DC. You'd think instead of being on the road out in the sticks, they'd be in the surburbs with plenty of oppurtunities to scavenge. But no, they have to hit rock bottom right before they hook up with Aaron.John Rottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07736420410333742002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-55834483645171110532015-02-16T10:59:32.296-05:002015-02-16T10:59:32.296-05:00or just one more episode.or just one more episode.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-37123125899077468912015-02-16T09:35:18.398-05:002015-02-16T09:35:18.398-05:00Yay. Now we get to have 5 episodes of them hanging...Yay. Now we get to have 5 episodes of them hanging out in a barn Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com