Re: The Walking Dead - TV Series on AMC
I always feel the word whore gets thrown around a bit much by people these days.
Here you have a woman who for all she knows has lost a husband, is trying to live in a world where most everyone wants to eat her brains, may have possibly been saved, along with her son, by a man that she's known for a long time and probably just looking for a bit of comfort or normalcy. I have no idea what I would be doing in a situation like that. I think calling her a whore is a bit unfair.
As for saving his ring, she "was" married to the guy and he "died". It's not like they got divorced. She still loves him. That doesn't go away with "death".
You tell 'em Ween.
Some people (viewers) are simply prejudiced by the fact that they know Rick is alive and well and looking for her and their son... and they're overlooking the fact that she clearly believes he's dead. It's a known phenomenon in writing or movies... if you present something to the audience that is unknown to other characters and it's an emotional device (like a woman sleeping with her husband's best friend) they often times project that onto the character as guilty, even though he/she is ignorant to it. Knowing the talent behind this show, this was likely done on purpose.
Nothing better than letting the audience in on what's coming, without letting them know it all. Manufacturing suspense, plain and simple. It's all over the show so far, and they're acing it.
And, as Mike said, nothing draws an audience in like challenging their moral perspective. If you want people to pay attention, that is the fastest way to their emotional core.
IrishJedi said:
It's still kinda icky, regardless. But as it develops more people will see that she's not really in love with Shane... these are just primal urges coming out in the face of the world collapsing around them. And since she believes Rick is dead I don't see it as cheating, either. Just... icky. Heh.
That was my first reaction reading the comic. You know Rick's going to make it back, and that's what he'll be walking into. I wouldn't wish that on anyone, especially someone like him, who I was completely invested in from square one.
But again, as Mike said, she's still wearing the ring, and she couldn't bear to wear it while she was having sex with Shane. To me, that says everything.
This is a natural human thing to do in a time where everything seems so ____ed up and surreal you just want to grab whatever you can that seems like a connection to the real world.
Yes. Exactly. I don't know why anyone would want her trying to take care of that little boy while she's completely detached and lost in the death of her husband. Doesn't exactly project a sense of security.
I like the character a lot so far. I think she's smart, and tough, even if she's a bit too insecure when it comes to her doubts about Shane. She's letting herself be led, and she knows she shouldn't be. The scene in the tent in the first episode when he tells her not to storm off in front of Carl gives me the sense that she's trying not to bring unnecessary conflict into the situation. She backed down to him in a way that she hadn't for Rick, and and I think it's clear that she does have more respect for her husband than her lover.
I think I like the book better
I think they are two separate entities. The second you bring a story to a new medium, you are going to have new possibilities open to you. To not exploit them out of deference to the source material would be to admit you're not willing to make your version the best it can be. If that was their attitude, I'd already be done with this. Why bother watching the series at all?
