Why not? Larry King keeps going on another decade and could be a zombie, the way he looks.
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Why not? Larry King keeps going on another decade and could be a zombie, the way he looks.
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I had successfully avoided seeing The Walking Dead for nearly 4 years, but just three weeks ago I fell upon the first season. I watched the entire first season in one 5 hours sitting. I was hooked. I am half way through season 4 now. I am really not "into" the governor's story, and the "tribe vs tribe" Jericho rehash is old hat so I have stalled there. Perhaps this weekend I will try to catch the next few episodes. I definitely want to finish season 4 before 5 starts. Though I cringe at the fact that I will be watching AMC. 
I had successfully avoided seeing The Walking Dead for nearly 4 years,
debating whether you should be congratulated or slapped!
:Personally I love to "binge watch" so watching all 4 seasons straight must have been awesome (again, those mid season breaks STINK).
However, how you managed for 4 years to stay away from it... thats impressive
Cheers,K
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Being caught up to the season sucks. I hate waiting for a season to start back up. I was late to the Walking Dead scene as well. I didn't start watching them until season 3 started. I ended up watching the first two seasons and the first half of season 3 in a little over a week. I watched almost 4 episodes each night and it was AWESOME. Now I have to wait til next season and it drives me crazy. At least I can keep reading the comics.
That's why the Netflix model for their original series like House of Cards is awesome. They make the entire new season available at once so binge watchers can have at it. I'm not sure why Amazon isn't following that model that so many people seem to like for their original series. Amazon is still doing one episode per week like traditional TV. Of course, even with the Netflix model, the wait between the season 1 finale and the season 2 launch still sucks.
I do hate the way AMC is breaking up their seasons though. They do that stupid midseason finale and then make us wait a couple months. Now they are starting a trend where the last season of their popular shows is being broken up into two years. They did it with Breaking Bad and now they are doing it with Mad Men. I think I heard that they are only showing like 7 episodes of Mad Men this summer and you have to wait a year to see the second half of the season.
I do hate the way AMC is breaking up their seasons though. They do that stupid midseason finale and then make us wait a couple months. Now they are starting a trend where the last season of their popular shows is being broken up into two years. They did it with Breaking Bad and now they are doing it with Mad Men. I think I heard that they are only showing like 7 episodes of Mad Men this summer and you have to wait a year to see the second half of the season.
I had successfully avoided seeing The Walking Dead for nearly 4 years, but just three weeks ago I fell upon the first season. I watched the entire first season in one 5 hours sitting. I was hooked. I am half way through season 4 now. I am really not "into" the governor's story, and the "tribe vs tribe" Jericho rehash is old hat so I have stalled there. Perhaps this weekend I will try to catch the next few episodes. I definitely want to finish season 4 before 5 starts. Though I cringe at the fact that I will be watching AMC.
I still like the first season the best.
You can still wait and watch on Netflix a year later and avoid AMC...
The second half of season 4 (from "After" and beyond) is BRILLIANT. The mid-season finale, which I originally found pointless, set up a slew of amazingly good and engrossing character-driven stories. I personally prefer this kind of story to the "tribe vs tribe" stories with pointless never-ending battles.
I think because it is trying to do what season one did... Get the band back together.... I think the gripe most people had with the second half of last season is that it took too long, look what season 1 did with 6 episodes vs the last 7 of season 4.
The second half of the season may have had the thread of "getting the band back together again", but each episode was much deeper than that. Each episode explored character motivations, emotions, doubts, etc. Each fleshed out the human side of all the main characters. This type of story, to me is much more entertaining and interesting than an episode with 10 minutes worth of story and 40 minutes worth of shooting, running, killing and dying as filler.
The first six episodes (Season 1) was not only an introduction to the characters, it was an introduction to the entire universe. The cast of characters was smaller, and in an introduction one only needs the broad strokes. Season 1 was also brilliant in its way. But, to me, it is much harder to effectively humanize the characters after the audience gets to know them and care for them. The second half of season 4 was some of the best story telling I have seen on any TV show for a long time.
Now I am with the rest of you who have been watching this show for the last 4 years... waiting with barely contained anticipation for then next episode!
And now onto "House of Cards".
The first six episodes (Season 1) was not only an introduction to the characters, it was an introduction to the entire universe. The cast of characters was smaller, and in an introduction one only needs the broad strokes. Season 1 was also brilliant in its way. But, to me, it is much harder to effectively humanize the characters after the audience gets to know them and care for them. The second half of season 4 was some of the best story telling I have seen on any TV show for a long time.
Now I am with the rest of you who have been watching this show for the last 4 years... waiting with barely contained anticipation for then next episode!
And now onto "House of Cards".
The last season would definitely have been better to watch in a marathon. If you watched it during the season, one week apart, you can imagine how it felt dragged out.
I can see that, Hall. I don't know if I would have had the same reaction if I would have seen these 6 episodes in 6 weeks rather than two days. I don't know if I would have thought it was dragged out. I'm sure these stories could have been condensed to make them shorter, but I'm not sure how much power they would have lost. I'm sure you've figured out by now that I feel the "tribe vs tribe" battles are what I find to be "dragging out" the story. To me these battles are pointless action to fill the need of the video game generation to see all sorts of shooting, killing and needless jeopardy. I like a good fight when it is used to actually move the story forward, not as a crutch or filler to satisfy the violence porn that many crave.
Again, I look forward to the return of the series.
Again, I look forward to the return of the series.
I don't need the constant action of battles but I need there to be a little more excitement than what they were showing. Like Hall said, it is probably much better when watching the episodes back to back. It sucked waiting a week with excitement and then just watching a slow story about one of the characters. After a month of episodes it felt like the story went nowhere but we did get to know a lot more about the characters. Getting more in-depth with the characters was a good thing but I just wanted to see the plot move along some.
I like seeing the characters being faced with tough decisions along with a little action from zombies and humans. I don't want to complain much since I really love the show. I need to wait until the season is over and then watch them because waiting for each episode can ruin it for me. Nothing beats watching each episode in a row.
These tribe vs tribes are real though. it is how mankind has been throughout history. So i dont see it as filler or just to glorify the violence but rather an honest perception of how a world without government would be.
Perhaps before the next season starts I will try to watch all the episodes back to back and see if it makes a difference, instead of one a week.
Seth Gilliam Joins 'The Walking Dead' As New Regular
Enter The Wire alum Seth Gilliam, who has joined Walking Dead as a new series regular for Season 5. He will play a character listed on the breakdown as Michael Todd, though his real name is being kept under wraps.
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Enter The Wire alum Seth Gilliam, who has joined Walking Dead as a new series regular for Season 5. He will play a character listed on the breakdown as Michael Todd, though his real name is being kept under wraps.
deadline.com
'Walking Dead' Adds Another 'Wire' Alum for Season 5 https://tv.yahoo.com/news/walking-dead-adds-another-wire-alum-season-5-050000182.html
