Poll: Favorite version of The Walking Dead
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I've tried the comics, I've tried the TV series, both were terrible. The comic's story progression is far too slow, but it doesn't help that the series creator wants it to be the longest running zombie comic on earth. TV show can be summed up in one image.
Now, Telltale's series however, knows how to do this crap right. Sure it was kinda dumbed down at a few points, but still better than the garbage that is the other 2.
Now, Telltale's series however, knows how to do this crap right. Sure it was kinda dumbed down at a few points, but still better than the garbage that is the other 2.
I used to be really into the TV Show, but I just can't be assed to care about it after the end of Season 3. I don't know, I guess I don't really care about what happens anymore, despite that obvious cliffhanger.
It had a good run with me, and I've moved on, so to speak.
Thinking back, I had a much more positive experience with the Telltale game, and am eagerly looking forward to Season 2. So I voted for the video game(s).
It had a good run with me, and I've moved on, so to speak.
Thinking back, I had a much more positive experience with the Telltale game, and am eagerly looking forward to Season 2. So I voted for the video game(s).
Voted "games" because the Telltale game was brilliant stuff.
I thought the comics were okay, but not great. A friend gave me the first 17 issues and I enjoyed them but didn't feel any need to keep reading beyond that (I kept comparing the series unfavourably to the very similarly themed Crossed).
I've never watched a full episode of the tv series, but the bits and pieces that I've caught (and the reviews I've heard) haven't given me any desire to seek them out.
I thought the comics were okay, but not great. A friend gave me the first 17 issues and I enjoyed them but didn't feel any need to keep reading beyond that (I kept comparing the series unfavourably to the very similarly themed Crossed).
I've never watched a full episode of the tv series, but the bits and pieces that I've caught (and the reviews I've heard) haven't given me any desire to seek them out.
I've seen the first 3 seasons of the TV show, read the first 15 books that I got from the library, and played the base Telltale game (didn't play 400 Days DLC), in that order. By far, my favourite is the adventure game. I cared about the characters more, didn't actively hate anyone for sitting on their asses doing nothing and found the story more engaging.
I liked the game and watch the show but I never picked up the comic. So I guess I cast my votes in that order (Game > Show > Never read the comic).
There's one thing I've always particularly disliked about the specifics of the zombie apocalypse scenario that the show follows (I call it the Romero Apocalypse, since it closely follows the way zombies work in his movies). Specifically, it's when any and all people who died from anything other than massive brain trauma injury are guarantied to rise up and become zombies while the survivors ALSO have to deal with their bites being infectious and turning you into zombies. It's just... so bloody unfair. You can never hope to ever win because there's no way to fully quarantine yourself from that. In a sufficiently large group, you're bound to end up with someone who dies from an illness, has a heart attack, committed suicide and so on and everyone he bites, even if it was just a grazing nibble, become zombies as well. There's no way to fight it, short of immediately amputating the bitten limb, when applicable.
The way the show explains it (at least when they were at the CDC), the zombie apocalypse was caused by a virus that's transmitted by bite and attacks the brain, shutting it down. Later, after the person is deceased, the virus kickstarts the brain-stem and you turn into a shuffling torso that likes to nibble on things. Then we're supposed to accept that everyone's infected, yet the virus only attacks and kills your brain if you're bitten. Inconsistency much?
I can get behind a zombie outbreak where it's either/or. Either it's a form of an infection (rage virus, fungus spores, etc) OR the dead are literally walking the earth (caused by funky space radiation, weird ass chemical that reanimates dead, no more room in hell or whatnot) and anyone that dies, no matter the situation will turn. In the latter, a bite wound wouldn't have to be a guarantied death sentence unless of course the bite(s) was(were) severe enough to kill.
At any rate, that's just my rant of frustration. Take it for what it's worth.
There's one thing I've always particularly disliked about the specifics of the zombie apocalypse scenario that the show follows (I call it the Romero Apocalypse, since it closely follows the way zombies work in his movies). Specifically, it's when any and all people who died from anything other than massive brain trauma injury are guarantied to rise up and become zombies while the survivors ALSO have to deal with their bites being infectious and turning you into zombies. It's just... so bloody unfair. You can never hope to ever win because there's no way to fully quarantine yourself from that. In a sufficiently large group, you're bound to end up with someone who dies from an illness, has a heart attack, committed suicide and so on and everyone he bites, even if it was just a grazing nibble, become zombies as well. There's no way to fight it, short of immediately amputating the bitten limb, when applicable.
The way the show explains it (at least when they were at the CDC), the zombie apocalypse was caused by a virus that's transmitted by bite and attacks the brain, shutting it down. Later, after the person is deceased, the virus kickstarts the brain-stem and you turn into a shuffling torso that likes to nibble on things. Then we're supposed to accept that everyone's infected, yet the virus only attacks and kills your brain if you're bitten. Inconsistency much?
I can get behind a zombie outbreak where it's either/or. Either it's a form of an infection (rage virus, fungus spores, etc) OR the dead are literally walking the earth (caused by funky space radiation, weird ass chemical that reanimates dead, no more room in hell or whatnot) and anyone that dies, no matter the situation will turn. In the latter, a bite wound wouldn't have to be a guarantied death sentence unless of course the bite(s) was(were) severe enough to kill.
At any rate, that's just my rant of frustration. Take it for what it's worth.
Not in the slightest HIV and AIDS are prime examples of viruses that can be kept in check by a healthy person (with help) but just because your infected doesn't mean you can't still get a worse more advanced version of the virus and as a result become much sicker much more quickly.
The idea is fine, of course you have to skip over the very fact that viruses require living hosts to survive and living cells in which to replicate. The virus behaviour is TV magic, it works, the concept that anyone you love anyone one you know, anyone you spend time on could potentially become a real threat if they get sick, well the last episode showed why the everyone is infected works.
TV Show -> Game -> Comic. The game would have scored higher if the options had given a wider more fluid set of results rather than feeling like a metric that would only be used as a reference at a later point in the game.
I have to go with the videogame option given what telltale did with it. It really put you into the story where choice after choice, rushed or not, carried weight with how the game played out.
I used to think the show was. The comic books just don't give the impact of gore that film and special effects can deliver. I honestly think the show peaked at season 2. As much as people ***** about it, it had plenty of action in it, strong character development for the most part, I thought the farm was a great setting, and I think they won't be able to top the Shane and Rick feud. Jon Bernthal had a magnetic presence that I think only Scott Wilson and Norman Reedus have brought to the table.
I read the comics up to the midpoint of the jail arc and lost interest. Its bold and daring in the American comic scenes to kill off so many major characters. So there was a weight to the book that is largely missing from DC or Marvel books, but after a while I just didn't see the point in reading it when it was really just watching people lose more and more of themselves before they inevitably die. It almost seems like a sadomasochistic story at this point, and seeing extinction as the endpoint just makes me lose interest.
I used to think the show was. The comic books just don't give the impact of gore that film and special effects can deliver. I honestly think the show peaked at season 2. As much as people ***** about it, it had plenty of action in it, strong character development for the most part, I thought the farm was a great setting, and I think they won't be able to top the Shane and Rick feud. Jon Bernthal had a magnetic presence that I think only Scott Wilson and Norman Reedus have brought to the table.
I read the comics up to the midpoint of the jail arc and lost interest. Its bold and daring in the American comic scenes to kill off so many major characters. So there was a weight to the book that is largely missing from DC or Marvel books, but after a while I just didn't see the point in reading it when it was really just watching people lose more and more of themselves before they inevitably die. It almost seems like a sadomasochistic story at this point, and seeing extinction as the endpoint just makes me lose interest.
From what I understand, Kirkman is intentionally keeping the TV series away from strictly following his comic series. It seems he's using the TV series to do things differently then when he penned them in his comics.
Personally, I like the TV series, mostly because I haven't read a whole lot of the comics or played much of Telltale's work on it either. I like to remind people that its not a zombie show, but a show about the survival of humanity (both the species and the idea)
Personally, I like the TV series, mostly because I haven't read a whole lot of the comics or played much of Telltale's work on it either. I like to remind people that its not a zombie show, but a show about the survival of humanity (both the species and the idea)