31 Days of Halloween Hijinks: The Walking Dead Super Post

Day Sixteen: The Walking Dead Super Post

Sorry about how late this blog is, but I wanted to wait until I watched the Season Two Premiere of AMC’s The Walking Dead before I posted this.  Not that I want to offer up spoilers, but I will say that as a huge fan of the graphic novel, I continue to be underwhelmed by this show.  I really liked about half of the first season, but after that point, I felt the show kind of lost direction and got a bit hokey.  Plus, the finale at the CDC was completely unnecessary, especially with how many engaging, and completely devastating storylines Kirkman has written in the comic that would be great to see adapted.  Sure, I get the fact that it’s not possible (hell, it may not even be desired) to do straight adaptations, but in my opinion, the majority of the writing for the television show on Season One just doesn’t hold up to the source material.

Still, overall, it was a good show with a lot of potential.  I was excited AMC renewed the show for an entire season.  Everything was great.  Season Two just had to touch on Herschel’s Farm (which production stills confirms), and Michonne and The Governor would definitely need to show up, right?  With how far the TV show has already strayed from the source material (Shane Walsh anyone?), it’s hard to say how they’ll treat the next phase in the group of survivor’s journey.  All I know is that if they end up turning Merle Dixon (I do think his brother – Daryl Dixon – kicks ass though) into the Governor, I’ll be completely pissed – especially after reading Kirkman’s stunning, and absolutely terrifying, origin story for The Governor (read it ASAP – seriously…one of the best zombie books since World War Z).  Seriously, I was speechless after finishing it; I felt uncomfortable (in a good way) as the story unfolded; and I had horrific nightmares on more than one occasion after reading a chapter or two each night.

READ THIS BOOK ASAP!

So, to me, season two of Walking Dead has the deck stacked against it.  Not only is Frank Darabont no longer involved with the project, but the show’s writing staff was fired and weren’t replaced.  Instead, writing duties were handled episode by episode.  I wonder if not having a dedicated writing staff will make the show feel disjointed.  Only time will tell.  And, no matter how hard my fan boy radar is going off, I will do my best to distance the world of the comics with the world of the show.

Episode one of season two kind of dragged a bit for my taste (and it almost seemed like they were trying to push the boundaries of violence without having to change the rating to TV-MA), but I completely realize it was essentially a bridge between the finale of season one and the set up for the first major conflict of season two.  All I can say after watching the first episode of the new season is BRING ON HERSCHEL’S FARM!

And, the best thing about waiting for episode two of The Walking Dead is that AMC has started their annual Fear Fest, so there’s plenty of good stuff to watch in between episodes.

UPDATE:  In very sad, completely bummer news, I came across this link, which confirms Season Two will not include Michonne, Tyrese, or The Governor.  That sucks.

31 Days of Halloween Hijinks

As you can see by the above image, I’m getting ready for my 31 Day Challenge.  As extra motivation, I’m linking up with a collection of blogs filled with folks who are also doing other types of 31 Day Challenges.  Check out The Nesting Place linked over on the right in my blogroll (or click here – )

As you look to follow along my 31 day journey, use this page as your one-stop shop for everything.  While I’ll be adding each day of the challenge to my blog, I’ll also be direct linking all 31 Days to the bottom of this original post to make sure there’s an easy way to keep track of everything.

Based on my poll results, it looks like my readers want everything but book recommendations (too bad, I’m a bookseller, so you’re getting some of those too….), so expect a very diverse month of posts inspired by the Halloween season.  You’ll get everything from reviews, recommendations, recipes, craft ideas, costume ideas, interviews, and posts about all things that go bump in the night (among other things).

I’m very excited about this undertaking.  Thanks for supporting me in my efforts to make this October a spooktacular one.

Also, if you like what you see and want to link up with me on your blog, feel free to use the image below -Happy Horror…Happy Haunting…Happy Halloween!