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Originally Posted by Matata
I'm one of those jerks who was all "first episode was amazing, rest of season 1 was ok, season 2 was awful. Are they really going to stretch the farmhouse (possibly the least interesting period of the entire comic series) into an entire season, and why the hell is XXX still alive?". My main gripes being with the characters and the pacing. Now I looooooooove the comics and was wondering if it's worth tuning in again. In short, has the series managed to find it's balls?
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It is moments like these that I am happy to have not read the comics prior to watching the show (Similarly so with
Contact, although in many respects I actually thought the movie was better than Sagan's book).
I have just finished watching season two again, and as a viewer with no knowledge of the books, I have to say that I do not share your impression of the farm story. I expect that this may have to do with the show producers and writers wanting something different from their story, as I think that the farm brilliantly highlights one of the main features of the show—that is, how different people cope in the different world. This is where a character like Dale becomes so under-appreciated, especially in his exchanges about and with Shane (I love the swamp and guns scene in "Pretty Much Dead Already"). The show itself becomes a study in human behaviour and response to questions of how much one's environment will ultimately shape him or her. I love the constant grappling among characters with how the world has changed, and how it is changing them. It is really one of the most interesting parts of the show.