# The Walking Dead - Does it get any better? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2013, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924 "2013-02-11T00:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/21 "2013-02-11T21:44:23Z")
Also lame-brains. maybe it was the bad guys Rick and the other met in the bar, in town. One of them said, ‘you call them walkers? we call them lame-brains.’ ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/22 "2013-02-11T21:48:12Z")
Didn’t a few people called them ‘geeks’ in the first season? ---
**Author:** ![Sweetums](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Sweetums](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sweetums)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/23 "2013-02-11T22:19:10Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > 1. There are no likeable characters; they’re all miserable, stupid, or megalomaniacal. In fact most of TV has gotten this way lately, where in order to make an interesting character they’ve made them as ambiguously edgy and dark, and consequently as irritating, as possible. I like fun cheerful and charismatic characters, not miserable killers and angry drug addicts. > . ``` This seem to be common with today's TV writing. Writers seem to have gotten the idea that adding a few flaws to a characters makes them more interesting. Fair enough. The problem that most seem to not realize is that if you give a characters more flaws than positive traits, you don't have a well rounded hero, you have an asshole. ``` ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/24 "2013-02-11T23:14:32Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Have you met my friend, Daryl? He is none of those things. He’s clearly the most competent of the group, he probably doesn’t need them to survive, but he knows they need him, so he sticks around. Okay, but he’s not really charismatic either, and usually has three lines per episode if he’s lucky. I would also have expected Glenn to be a good character to root for, but actually he’s a bit boring. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/25 "2013-02-15T01:17:52Z")
Okay, I took your advice and skimmed the 2nd half of season 2 on Netflix. Having watched a few episodes of season 3 - now we have a prison, instead of a farm. A few characters are dead. Situation otherwise unchanged. I don’t think this is the show for me. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/26 "2013-02-15T02:30:59Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > I have been watching episode 5 while reading other posts on the SDMB. So far, the most interesting thing that’s happened is the big stupid obnoxious hick fell off his horse, and had a vision of his big stupid obnoxious hick brother. Then a few zombies showed up, and he killed the zombies. They might as well have been rabid raccoons for all the threat they posed. > > Back at the farm, it is a bunch of stupid, miserable, dirty, sweaty people being unhappy at each other in various ways that manage to consume a lot of time without advancing the plot one fucking inch. > > EDIT: Oh great, big stupid obnoxious hick got shot. Not bad enough to kill the big stupid obnoxious hick, but likely enough to guarantee the next 10 minutes consists of everyone whining about how the stupid woman should not have shot him. The “big stupid obnoxious hick” you keep referring to is Daryl. This show is definitely not for you. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/27 "2013-02-15T03:02:14Z")
The show isn’t perfect but it’s probably one of the few zombie shows/movies that is actually somewhat realistic. The show has pretty much stayed away from smart zombies or main characters who are indestructable. I guess you have to be somewhat of a zombie fan to like it because I can see why viewers who aren’t zombie fans would feel the characters or plot is a bit stupid. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924/28 "2013-02-15T03:15:45Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > The “big stupid obnoxious hick” you keep referring to is Daryl. This show is definitely not for you. 🙂 ``` This forum requires that you wait 60 seconds between posts. Please try again in 2 seconds. ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-does-it-get-any-better/649924.md?page=1)