The Walking Dead Season 2 Premiere Review-"What Lies Ahead"

In this video, I give my review of the season 2 premiere of The Walking Dead, AMC's hit tv series. In this episode a girl gets lost in the woods after being chased by "walkers," which serves as a plot device for the exploration of themes like ethics vs efficiency, the rationality of suicide, and the role of God.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• the
• walking
• dead
• rick
• grimes
• amc
• season
• premiere
• episode
• tv
• series
• horror
• zombie
• post-apocalyptic
• end
• of
• world
• global
• pandemic
• entertainment
• gore
• violence
• ethics
• suicide
• God
• rationality
• what
• lies
• ahead
• review

[420phishingformoe420]

sorry brother i am watching it as we speak so i did not watch your vid but will first thing when i can go buy it at wallmart netflix dose not have it all

[uberhikari]

@420phishingformoe420 Thanks for watching. If you don't mind torrenting, you could just download it. I don't have a tv so that's the only way I could watch/review the series, lol.

[WynneL]

On God--I think if anything, the point of earth is to give humanity a place to develop out from under the crushing omnipotence of a deity. If we knew 100% that a cosmic big brother watches our every move, we would have no real free will. We'd be affected, scared, never develop. So I don't think God can intervene unless asked, and not past a certain point--I think it's the only way for God to be good rather than tyrannical. Earth's for humans. If we F it up, we have to fix it. Our responsibility.

[uberhikari]

@WynneL But wouldn't you consider prayers asking for God's intervention? And at what point can God no longer intervene? As far as we know (although it could be different) civilization is over. Like I said, the casualties have to at least be in the billions. And the show doesn't seem to hint at it being our fault.

But I like the idea about the possibility of God becoming tyrannical by intervening in human affairs. It's a view I haven't heard before; it makes me think differently now.

[WynneL]

"I forget the black guy's name..." T-dog, man. Btw, when you say Adrian I think you mean Andrea... *lol* You make great points on Jim, but it gets murky when you realize that Jim had no choice but to die somehow--Andrea, on the other hand, had a chance to live. It's maybe not so unethical when Dale knew Jim was doomed, but having lost his wife Dale knew that Andrea was grieving, and maybe he wanted to die for a while as he grieved but got better, and expected the same thing to happen to Andrea.

[uberhikari]

@WynneL Yeah, I can see how Dale can be a more sympathetic character, so now I see him in a new light. But I still think he's treating Andrea like a child. They're in the midst of a zombie apocalypse and he takes her gun away?

And yeah, Jim was going to die eventually, but how he died was still HIS choice. He could have chosen to reanimate or killed himself. And the same goes for Andrea: it was her choice not Dale's.

[DELTABOY04]

This season sucks ass...i actually liked the first season...bad acting, bad dialogue (the writers suck) so so cliche, everyones story line sucks and is boring, i found myself dozing off a few times lol. barely any zombie encounters or deaths...the cast sucks ass!!! no charisma...none are likable...will be canceled mark my words bro...viewers will be lost

[macfint]

@uberhikari that was just a we're the only 2 black people thing. Your review was insightful though. The best show on TV

[Zipblockgory]

Good review bro.

[uberhikari]

@WynneL Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed my review.

[uberhikari]

@macfint I know. I just started watching this show 4 days ago (including season 1), so I haven't had time to properly memorize the names. Plus when I'm watching I'm more concentrated on taking notes and analyzing, so I forget the names.

I thought that the black lady and t-dog had something going on because right before she commits suicide she holds his face in her hands. I saw that as a sign of intimacy.

[uberhikari]

@cflingo211 Thanks for the compliment. But I do use a script; I can speak well, but not that well. If you look at my eyes you'll see them shift back and forth between my webcam and the script I have open in wordpad.