Walking Dead TV vs Graphic Novel. Spoilers may be seen! Enter at your own risk!!

How far along are you in the comics? I don't want to spoil anything for you.

(I just ordered the seventh book.)

One thing that really bugged the hell out of me about the Walking Dead graphic novel? The fact that A) Everyone looked the same and B) Everyone keeps dying constantly. By the time they got to jail, I just stopped caring, and stopped reading.

The TV show is much better, if you ask me.

Just to clarify, the Walking Dead is an ongoing comic book series. It's not a graphic novel.

I think that if they don't get to the jail, and/or they don't introduce Michonne as a character, fans of the comic series will revolt and never watch the show again.

Michonne will certainly show at some point, she just has to. I think they are just dragging it out a bit.

Vince524 said:

I really hope Lori & the baby aren't killed in the show.

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Oh, I really hope she's killed. She annoys the hell out of me.

And here are the official news about Michonne:
http://www.movieweb.com/news/the-walking-dead-season-2-no-michonne-maybe-stephen-king

Grrarrgh said:

I think that if they don't get to the jail, and/or they don't introduce Michonne as a character, fans of the comic series will revolt and never watch the show again.

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Agreed. Now that they finally learned what happened to Sophia (and making it 1000% clear that the comic book is no indication of whether any of the characters will survive), I hope they get the hell off that farm and find the prison. The last six (right?) episodes of season 2 should be all about settling in the prison, getting new members (Tyrese, perhaps, with his daughter and her boyfriend; Michonne, definitely), and meeting the Governor -- I think it would be a great ending to have Rick, Glenn and Michonne captured by the Governor so they can fight in the gladiator pit -- and show what happens to Rick's hand. But hey, the creative minds behind the show didn't ask for my opinion...

Vince524 said:

Will they make it only in the even of zombie related death, or will it be anyone who buys the big one?

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Great question! Yet another thing that would hopefully be shown at the prison.

I think Shane is hot, but I'm ready for him and Carl to have a little date with a gun, if you know what I mean. If Carl accidentally hit Lori, too, I wouldn't be upset.

Really, I think they should just change this show to Daryl is Awesome and Shoots Zombies with a Crossbow. I would watch that show all day.

mhjess said:

I think Shane is hot, but I'm ready for him and Carl to have a little date with a gun, if you know what I mean. If Carl accidentally hit Lori, too, I wouldn't be upset.

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I wonder if the show is going to develop Carl's character in the same way that the comic book has. I have a feeling it won't. But I also have a feeling that they're going to kill Carl off because the People In Charge are going to quickly realize that dang, kid actors grow up REAL fast, and while the adult actors may all look like only a day or two has passed, the child actors will look like they've suddenly grown seven inches. So my money is that Carl will die and Lori and the baby will live.

mhjess said:

Really, I think they should just change this show to Daryl is Awesome and Shoots Zombies with a Crossbow. I would watch that show all day.

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He is absolutely a terrific character. He sort of is the person that Rick in the comic book becomes. You know, without the pesky limb-loss thing...

mhjess said:

Really, I think they should just change this show to Daryl is Awesome and Shoots Zombies with a Crossbow. I would watch that show all day.

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THIS. Normally adaptations set my teeth on edge, but the fact that Daryl is a TV-only character (so far) makes the series a billiongazillibillybobbion times more awesome.

I kinda hope Carl doesn't die, though. He's one of my favorites in the graphic novel, too, and he's the best example of a kid learning to mature and adapt the right way despite all the crazy homicidal adults around him.

I don't want to see Carl die, if only because Lori would be even more insufferable than she already is.

I hold out hope that Lori will somehow die. She is kind of too stupid to live as is. I mean, who goes out into a field in the middle of the night to pee on a stick when there are perfectly good bathrooms right there? She was just asking to get eaten by a zombie.

I've been really frustrated with the television season 2 of TWD, but one thing I am thankful for is the show introducing me to Norman Reedus. That is one fine man.

I guess we all want the prison, and want crazy-ass Michonne. But I hope Rick keeps his hand; not out of sentimentality, but because I think it was a bad choice on Kirkman's part. (And it'd be a pain in the ass to film thereafter.)

Manuel Royal said:

I guess we all want the prison, and want crazy-ass Michonne. But I hope Rick keeps his hand; not out of sentimentality, but because I think it was a bad choice on Kirkman's part. (And it'd be a pain in the ass to film thereafter.)

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That was relatively early in the series. So much has changed since then.

dragonjax said:

That was relatively early in the series. So much has changed since then.

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Right. Bad choice early on, and it's affected things ever since.

Manuel Royal said:

Right. Bad choice early on, and it's affected things ever since.

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Yeah, prosthetic limbs are sort of a rarity now... Although Rick with a chainsaw hand would be made of awesomesauce... **channels Evil Dead**