The Walking Dead - Season 2 [DVD]

The second season of the Walking Dead comes to dvd. With all thirteen episodes and a few extras in a four disc set. The show is about a group of characters trying to survive when the world is overrun by Zombies. Although the first episode does begin with a scene designed to bring people up to speed and explain everything you might need to know about the characters and what's going on, you're probably still better off starting with season one. This is based on a long running comic. As those who have read that and who saw season one will know, it follows the comic in some ways but diverges from it greatly in others. Thus those familiar with the comic will never be quite sure what is going to happen, as some things will not play out the way the way they did in that. The season starts with Rick and his group of survivors headed out of the city and looking for somewhere safe. Circumstances force them to take refuge on a farm. Whilst they search for someone. But with tensions in the group getting greater, and with tensions between Rick's people and those on the farm, plus the likelihood of zombie attack whenever they least expect it, the place may turn out to be anything but a safe haven.... The episodes are spread across the first three discs. With the extras on the fourth. The first episode runs for sixty minutes. The others for forty. This is a season that takes a while to get going, and does feel as if it has pacing issues at first. The first episode feels a little overlong at sixty minutes. And then not much drama happens in the next few. You can go a while without seeing a zombie. Also you recall that the comic did this storyline in less than six issues. And yet the show takes nearly a whole season on it. But - as per the writer's introduction to the first volume of the comic - this isn't meant to be a zombie action horror show. If you want that, you will be disappointed. It's meant to be a character drama first and foremost. About how Rick grows and changes as a person as a result of this horrifying new world, and the things that he has to do in order to survive. With the emphasis on that, and the resulting character interactions and conflict, this steadily does become very watchable and a show when you will find yourself desperate to know what is going to happen next. All of which comes together for a very memorable seventh episode. With that resolving a few things, the next few episodes then bring in a few new storylines and dilemmas. There can be those when little happens and yet they do move along very nicely because the characters are interacting so well. And most importantly, the show is forcing the viewer to think about the moral dilemmas it raises and what they might do in the same situation. Those wanting zombie action will get what they are looking for in the season finale - which contains a few things that will get the blood racing of those who know the comic - although the music does drown out some of the dialogue at points. A season that, as a whole, could perhaps do with some tightening up pacing wise. And won't please those looking for zombie action. But as a character drama, it's very good television indeed. The dvd has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English. Subtitles; English. Disc four contains various extras: Deleted scenes from eight different episodes. These can be watched by individual episode or all in a row. The one from the season opener runs for almost ten minutes and forms a totally alternate opening to it. The ones from the other episodes are all quite short, each of them having no more than three to four minutes worth of such scenes in total. These can all be watched with or without a commentary from the executive producer of the show, where he explains why they were cut. There are various featurettes: All the guts inside: About the make up and effects in one key very gory zombie scene. Live or let die: About one of the main characters and the actor who plays them. The meat of the music: about the music of the show. Fire on set: About the location of the season and some of the visuals in the season finale. The ink is alive: In which the creator of the comic talks about the differences between it and the tv show. The sound of the effects: All about the sound effects. In the dead water: about a key scene in an early episode and the actor playing the zombie in it. You could make a killing: about those involved in one key episode late on. She will fight: also about one of the main characters and the person who plays them. The cast on season two: one of those short promo features with clips of a season and of cast members talking about what will happen in it. In generalities rather than specifics. Wardrobe of the Walking Dead; about the costume department putting together what those who play the zombies wear. The shortest of these is three minutes long. The longest is ten minutes long. All bar the cast on season two are very good and well worth a watch. The cast on season two one is just okay because although it's well put together it's not going to tell you anything much unless you've yet to watch the season. The box does promise a feature exclusive to the uk: character profiles. But this is just a short section of single text pages about a handful of the characters. Still, a pretty good season, and a pretty good box set for it.

This isn't a review about the Product, Its about the seller and how good of a job he/she has done. amazing speed in Delivery Service, out of all the years I have been confined to my wheelchair and losing my eyesight Your delivery was very very fast. OK I wIll say 1 thing about the Product and season 2 The second season begins with Rick and his group of survivors leaving Atlanta. They decide Fort Benning will be their next destination. Along the way, they encounter a traffic jam of abandoned vehicles on I-85. The group loots several vehicles and, as a large horde of walkers approaches, are forced to hide under the vehicles. Carol's daughter, Sophia, chased away from the camp by two of the remaining walkers, runs off into the woods. Carl is accidentally shot during the initial search. The remaining group deals with interpersonal relationships while various searches for Sophia are performed. Otis, a hunter who shot Carl, leads Rick and Shane to a large, isolated farm owned by a veterinarian named Hershel Greene. The remainder of Rick's group moves to the farm while Carl recovers. The group tries to co-exist alongside Hershel's family, but dangerous secrets and disagreements over leadership cause tensions to rise. Daryl leads the initiative to search for Sophia, and becomes close to Carol as a result. Glenn builds a romantic relationship with Hershel's daughter Maggie and discovers that Hershel's barn is full of walkers, many of whom in life had been Hershel's friends and relatives. When Shane forces the walkers out of the barn and the group opens fire, Sophia appears as one of the undead and Rick shoots her. The bonds of the group are tested in the aftermath of the showdown at the barn. Carol, in her grief, withdraws, as does Daryl, who claims that the group is "broken." Hershel, reacting to what has happened, orders Rick and his group to leave immediately, before disappearing to grieve for his family. Rick and Glenn go searching for Hershel and discover him drinking heavily in a local tavern. After trying to persuade Hershel to return, two other men enter the bar - survivors from another group. They tell Rick that Fort Benning has been overrun and the two men insist on moving onto Hershel's farm, only to be repeatedly turned down by Rick. The situation rapidly turns violent, and there is a brief, bloody gunfight which leaves the two new survivors dead. The dead men's former group quickly finds and opens fire on Rick, Hershel, and Glenn. The noise of the firefight attracts a large horde of walkers, and in their desperation to get away, the other group of survivors leaves Randall, one of their members, behind. Rick cannot stand the thought of leaving him to be killed by walkers, so the three blindfold him and take him to the farm. With the secrecy of the farm possibly compromised, Rick decides to drive Randall into the countryside and abandon him. When a disagreement with Shane botches the plan, Rick decides to bring Randall back for execution instead. Hershel's daughter Beth tries to kill herself in order to escape a seemingly hopeless situation. Carol, done with mourning, and with new resolve, does her best to bring Daryl back into the fold. The group deliberates over Randall's fate and, despite Dale's protests, decides to execute him. Carl is found watching Rick as he prepares to execute Randall. Dale is fatally wounded by a walker on the farm, and Daryl euthanizes him as an act of mercy. After Dale's funeral, the group decides they need to rediscover their humanity. They conduct a search for Randall, whom Shane had secretly released and killed nearby. Daryl and Glenn, who discover that Randall died of a broken neck and was not bitten or scratched by walkers, come to the realization that the dead can reanimate without having previous exposure to the zombies. Shane uses the search for Randall as a ploy to silence Rick, but the plan backfires and Rick is faced with killing Shane. After Shane dies, he reanimates and Carl shoots him in the head. The gunshot attracts a large horde of nearby walkers and Rick and Carl are forced into the barn for safety. They ignite the barn after drawing walkers inside, both to draw attention and to save themselves. In the cumulative battle to save the farm, Jimmy and Patricia are killed, Andrea is left behind, and the RV is lost. Andrea attempts to survive on her own, and is later rescued by a mysterious person, leading chained, armless, walkers. The remaining survivors - Rick, Lori, Carl, Glenn, Daryl, Carol, T-Dog, Maggie, Beth, and Hershel - regroup on the highway, but are forced to make camp due to a shortage of gas. Frustrated, Rick reveals the truth behind Shane's death and what Dr. Jenner whispered to him at the CDC: whatever the plague is, they all carry it and will return as walkers upon death, even if they are not bitten or scratched by a walker. A large prison looms in the distance as the season ends. The second season received generally positive reviews with a score of 80 out of 100 based on 22 reviews on Metacritic.[36] Some critics have been less than enthused with the second season, such as Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly, who now describes the series as "a nighttime soap with occasional appearances by deceased but moving, flesh-rotting, flesh-eating cameo monsters. [...] Every week, it seemed, a passel of folks went out and rooted around for awhile, came back to camp, and everyone lives off the fat of Hershel's land until it was time to go out and search for Sophia again. Occasionally someone reminded Rick they're supposed to be headed for Fort Benning and he gets all huffy about not leaving any child behind. It became a parody of a Samuel Beckett play."[37] Nate Rawlings of Time's online entertainment section noted that "the pace during the first half of this season has been brutally slow. Changes in pace would be fine if the writers had used that time well, which they have not. They've tried to develop individual characters, but each subplot meant to add a layer to a character has been quickly resolved."[38] Other critics such as Scott Wampler of Collider.com recognised the mediocre first half of the season claiming that "there seemed to be a helluva lot of water-treading." However Wampler also distinguished the increased quality of the second half saying "The second-half of the season, on the other hand, seemed far more intense, more interesting, better written. thats all i got to say on that

After a decent yet rather short and somewhat unrefined first season, the second season really delivers and improves on quantity (13 episodes compared to the first one's 6) as well as quality. All of the old characters are back, but it's here where they truly come to life (no pun intended). There's of course the protagonist Rick Grimes, the law and order sheriff who tries to lead the group with fairness as well as protect his family. Then there's his wife and son, the latter of whom goes from being something of a background character to having a personality. And then there's Shane, his best friend. In Shane I thought I really did see one of the best villains in a TV series. He's a tragic yet very brutal figure. As seen in the first season, Shane was always prone to rough justice and a dark side. Here he's truly transformed. I won't spoil anything, but the acts he does do shock. And yet you feel a bit sorry for him (I did anyway). He's a tragic figure who oddly belongs in a zombie apocalypse. Indeed when he took over the group and had a relationship with Rick's wife and son, he likely had it going better for him than before. And of course that's gone now. There are other characters as well who are fleshed out more. Andrea is bitter at Dale for what happened in season 1 and develops a stronger character. Dale acts as the moral compass of the group and the voice of reason in the midst of zombie apocalypse. Carol, a background character in season 1, is also fleshed out more, though I'd spoil it if I said how. And of course there's Daryl Dixon, perhaps most loved redneck in Television and the show's breakout character. I'd say more, but there's plenty of other reviews here and not to be anti-climactic, but I have to rush.

La série est vraiment géniale et faite pour combler bon nombre de téléspectateur. En effet, la dimension de terreur liée au monde apocalyptique dans lequel nos personnages évoluent est constamment présente et a permis de développer plus profondément dans cette saison les différentes personnalités des personnages. Ces derniers sont donc loin d'être creux, ce qui renforce nos attachements et nos identifications avec eux ! Le cadre de la ferme et la vie qui s'organise autour est très bien développé sachant que dans le comics, qui est la source de cette série, la ferme n'est qu'un lieu de passage furtif. Les nouveaux personnages sont très attachants surtout Herschel et Maggy, de plus que cette dernière permet la mise en place dans la série de la naissance d'une histoire d'amour qui permet de diversifier et d'élargir les visées de la série. L'histoire entre Rick, Lori et Shane s'enflamme de plus en plus pour permettre un final redoutable. Le caractère de Carl évolue également, le petit garçon s'endurcit chaque jour de plus dans ce mode de terreur. Mais évolue-t-il du bon côté ? Tout comme Rick dont on voit la fermeté et la dureté face aux autres survivants qui le critique dans le dernier épisode. La mort de certains personnages importants comme on doit s'y attendre régulièrement dans ce genre de série nous rappelle la cruauté du monde dans lequel ils vivent. Cependant ils pourront être remplacés par de nouveaux personnages très prometteurs comme l'inconnue présentée vers la fin du dernier épisode qui munit de son Katana extrêmement aiguisé et de ses deux Zombies d'escorte se présente comme la survivante idéale aux talents de combattante certains, de plus qu'elle sauve Andréa d'un funeste destin ! Si dans certains épisodes les "Rôdeurs" sont laissés de côté au profit du développement des relations entre les personnages. Ceci n'est que pour retenir le caractère explosif du dernier épisode qui est tout simplement éblouissant et captivant de la première à la dernière seconde. L'histoire avec la Grange est vraiment intrigante également. D'ailleurs les dernières secondes de la série nous présente un gros plan d'une prison qui paraît correspondre parfaitement aux critères du lieu parfait pour Rick afin de reconstruire une nouvelle petite société. Ce lieu est donc très prometteur et sera donc probablement au cœur de la saison 3 dont j'attends impatiemment la sortie en DVD (4 septembre 2013) bien que je l'ai déjà vu en Streaming. N'hésitez, d'ailleurs, pas à acheter cette troisième saison, elle répondra largement à vos attentes étant tout simplement autant parfaite que les précédentes, qui font de The Walking Dead une série culte à ne manquer sous aucun prétexte ! Pour de ce qui est de la qualité Image-Son. Le son est tout simplement génialissime puisqu'il permet une immersion directe à chaque nouveau épisode dans ce monde de terreur où l'on retient notre souffle à chaque seconde. Les musiques sont très bien surtout celle du générique ! La qualité de l'image est très bonne mais je ne pense pas qu'il y est une grosse différence par contre entre la qualité de celle du DVD et du Blu-ray c'est le seul bémol. Les effets spéciaux sont tout simplement parfaits. C'est époustouflant, venant dune série. Les "Rôdeurs" sont parfaits également car ils sont suffisamment ravagés par le virus sans en faire trop au niveau des maquillages qui apparaissent ridicule dans certains films de Zombies parfois. On voit la qualité des zombies notamment avec la fille à la bicyclette dans la première saison dont la moitié du corps lui manque, mais aussi le zombie obèse et boursouflé du puits dont le corps se déchire en deux également. Bref, c'est tout simplement une série à voir absolument !

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En cuanto al producto, viene todo en perfectas condiciones y definitivamente es mejor que la versión de Zima además de que tiene mucho material extra interesante, lo malo es que no trae Slip Cover como se muestra en la imagen.

La serie está bien en estas primeras temporadas. Corre el peligro de cualquier serie: que eternicen las temporadas y pierda paulatinamente el interés. De momento, buena serie, con publicación tardía, como siempre.

When former showrunner Frank Darabont "left" THE WALKING DEAD before the start of the second season, I was extremely worried for its future. It seemed to be going in a very positive direction after only a few episodes in its first season, and much of that seemed to be Darabont's passion for the project as well as creator Robert Kirkman's desire to not slavishly adhere to his own source material. That was a surprising high point for the first season, since the comic itself is so amazingly good, and has several fans, that he would be more than willing to depart from his own material in order to keep audiences on their toes. It was even rumored that a major cast member was ready to walk off set since Darabont's leaving, but who it was was never confirmed, and it certainly didn't happen. But when the show came back for its first episode of the second season, it made a point of adhering to certain major plot points of the comic while keeping the relationships and characters fresh, and with Glen Mazzara as the new showrunner, it seemed like the show was going to keep going along with all of the forward momentum it had gained from the previous season. However, I had some concerns about the bonafides of Mazzara. He had been an Exec Producer on several disappointing TV series, like "Life", "Crash" and "HawthoRNe", but he was also an exec on one of the best cop shows ever, "The Shield". So, with any work on "The Shield" cancelling any of the poorer parts of his career out, it was looking like smooth scary sailing for this season. Now, it's worth pointing out that THE WALKING DEAD has easily become the most contentious piece of genre television since SyFy's reboot of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. If you look at the internet after an episode, it's aflutter with conversations proclaiming it either one of the worst shows ever or one of the best shows ever. It's also worth mentioning that neither side is right. When an episode of TWD is good, it ranks amongst some of the very best TV has to offer. Episodes like "Chupacabra" where Daryl is stranded in the wilderness, "Pretty Much Dead Already" when the group opens the barn, and "Better Angels" as Shane enacts some of his solutions to some of his problems are some of the best episodes of TV in recent memory. But further more, there is another group of viewers that sound off even more frequently than either other group: The "I'm Watching Because I Want It To Get Better" group. This is the group with the most complaints, and in my opinion, the ones with the most validity to their claims. They want the show to have tighter writing. They want the characters not to be glossed over. They don't want too many 'Red Shirts' on the show (referring of course to the old "Star Trek" and how the nameless characters existed merely to get killed in an episode). They want the show to keep moving. There are moments that I agree with all of these statements, but I'm seeing what the show is doing (or trying to do) and am much more willing to forgive the show's occasional plot hole or deus ex machina or the "This Character is About to Do Something REALLY Stupid" moments in favor of the work being done by the cast, crew and creative staff. However, it's far from perfect when plot and characters start to get bogged down from over-expository moments to a particular episode. Characters like Lori, Dale, Carol and ESPECIALLY T-Dog are essentially lost in the character arc shuffle despite the major things happen (Carol and Sophia, Lori and The Surprise, Dale and his staunch sense of humanity, and T-Dog and his... well... he did have that arm injury... yes, I'm essentially calling T-Dog a useless character bordering on being the "Token Black Stereotype"). However, when there are moments of their arcs moving forward, they do so with tremendous momentum. But even with Rick struggling to lead the group as a paragon of virtue, Andrea overcoming her personal demons and becoming a strong element to the group's assault force, Carl spending formative moments in the midst of far too many moral grey areas for a child to have to experience, the new character of Herschel and his staunch religious and moral beliefs and then having those beliefs shattered, and Glenn and his discovery of his more masculine side with the help of new character Maggie... this season belonged to one character: Shane. If there is a character that we can identify with the most AND the least, it's Shane. Here's a man willing to do anything to keep himself safe as well as the woman and child he loves. He also is willing to commit to an almost morally bankrupt existence so that he can do those things. Jon Bernthal proves to be the most versatile cast member for this season, and his arc is the most compelling. If Bernthal doesn't get an Emmy nod for his work on this season, it honestly won't make sense. Speaking of the cast, there are several who shine: Jeffrey DeMunn as the ever-watchful ever-wise Dale, Laurie Holden as the struggling-to-find-her-place Andrea, Steven Yeun as the occasionally-wisecracking and romantically-challenged Glenn, Andrew Lincoln as the constantly-conflicted Rick, but the other two strongest performances besides Bernthal are Scott Wilson as Herschel and Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon. Sadly, the weakest link to the cast is Sarah Wayne Callies as Lori. She didn't impress during her run on the show PRISON BREAK, and just seems too far out of her depth since most of her scenes are with other, better performances. Also sad are the criticisms of Chandler Riggs playing young Carl. He's actually not out of his depth here, and his character is that of a young boy who is trying to maintain some of his youthful nature despite the omnipresent death that looms around him in either physical or metaphysical form. He's reckless, impatient, irresponsible, and sometimes flat-out dumb. But surprisingly, most kids that age are like that, and I don't think that the character or the young actor deserves the criticism he gets. From a technical standpoint, the effects work on the show is flawless. Greg Nicotero, who also transitioned into directing during this season, has supervised all the VFX and makeup and has done so with an expert eye for detail, even if some of that detail is EXTREMELY gory. Other directors like Ernest Dickerson, who's directed several episodes of this show, as well as many other shows such as BURN NOTICE, DEXTER, TREME, and most especially THE WIRE (not arguably the greatest cop show ever to hit television), shows a great eye for striking visuals as well as being a very good actor's director, which was especially proven in his direction of the season finale, "Beside The Dying Fire". Other strong creative forces kept proving themselves time and again this season, such as writer/co-producer Evan Reilly, who came from another favorite show of mine, RESCUE ME, and Kirkman himself who did his share of heavy lifting in the writing and exec producing this season, despite being the writer of at least three monthly comic books as well. The only problem I have with the show consistently is the same problem I have with all action or genre-oriented entertainment: The unerring shootist or unlimited ammo UNLESS the moment requires them to run out of ammo, or miss to create tension or suspense. You see, characters walk around this show like Wild Bill Hickok in a John Woo film. Sure, there were moments when Shane and Rick taught the members of the group how to shoot, but BELIEVE ME, you still can't shoot a zombie in the head hanging out of a moving car no matter how many months you might have been practicing, and you can't fire 20-odd rounds of a 7-round shotgun. The only time the people miss or run out of ammo is when the story requires it, like reloading with a Walker creeping up behind you, or just grazing the skull of a fellow group member when if it had been a Walker, it would be a completely perfect headshot. The most common complaint I hear about this show is the lack of Walkers. That is one of those complaints that I dismiss entirely out of hand. You want constant zombie presence and constant zombie killing, watch the RESIDENT EVIL films. THE WALKING DEAD is not just a zombie show, much in the same way that BATTLESTAR GALACTICA wasn't just a space-battle show. The characters have to interact and grow, especially in an environment such as this where society no longer exists other than in their own memories. Morality is something that appears to be the relic of a bygone era, and this is a land that seems to be ruled strictly by Darwinian principles. Concepts of good and evil have become luxuries, and the new law is survival. Some members of this group believe that very strongly, and some are shouting to the heavens that there must be a better way to live other than just survival. The argument could honestly be made either way, and more often than not, those are the moments when the show can either be at its best or it can wither away any momentum it had. The show is already great, but finding a balance between words and deeds will be how the show will live or die, but there are far too many smart and talented people behind this program for that to happen. The show has only had 19 episodes. Young shows will have growing pains, but when I rewatched the season finale, there were too many things that showed even more promise for the new season.