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kaplin42 · 11-03-2011, 08:43 AM

TBH, this show is not nearly what I was hoping it would be. I'm not entranced by the characters, nor do I really give a crap about what happens to any of them except for the fact that I keep hoping they will go back to the graphic novels.

I will keep watching for now because, well, zombies! But I just don't understand why they have to deviate from the novel's so much. If they stuck more to the novels, this show would be amazing. There is so much drama and tension in those novels, all they have to do is get the gist of them onto film, but instead, they are doing whatever the crap they are doing, and it's boring quite frankly. And to be clear, yes I know the farm is in the novels, and all that.

Spoiler!

11-03-2011, 08:43 AM	#740
kaplin42 Thats Right, Sniff the Glue!!! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: tubbytronic superdome Casino cash: $10007177	TBH, this show is not nearly what I was hoping it would be. I'm not entranced by the characters, nor do I really give a crap about what happens to any of them except for the fact that I keep hoping they will go back to the graphic novels. I will keep watching for now because, well, zombies! But I just don't understand why they have to deviate from the novel's so much. If they stuck more to the novels, this show would be amazing. There is so much drama and tension in those novels, all they have to do is get the gist of them onto film, but instead, they are doing whatever the crap they are doing, and it's boring quite frankly. And to be clear, yes I know the farm is in the novels, and all that. Spoiler! An example to me seems that they are making Shane out to be Rick's darker side. Meaning that in the graphic novels, Rick ends up performing some atrocious acts to save his family and his crew, and is constantly put in terrible situations that he has to make horrible situations that slowly are chipping away at his humanity. In the show, they are making Shane do all of that, while Rick remains the happy go lucky good guy. This ultimately makes Shane the more interesting character and the one you want to watch, and make Rick completely expendable.
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