Who's Ready for the New Season of The Walking Dead?!...Not This Guy!

OK, after my GTA V induced hiatus, I'm back.  This will probably be a little more complain-y than my previous posts, so bear with my nerd rants a little.

Warning: This blog post contains SPOILERS, TV and Comic Book References.
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I am a huge fan of The Walking Dead, a comic book from Image comics, created by Robert Kirkman.  It is probably my most favorite comic book series to date.  The series is essentially about one man, Rick Grimes, and the effect the zombie apocalypse has on him and his family.  It deals with how much society and day-to-day life change after something impossible destroys our world as we know it.  This is a dark book.  People die. I worked it out not too long ago, and there was a rough average of one person dying per issue. This accounts for wars and nameless people too, but still, with 115 issues, that is a ton of people getting killed off. This might not sound like a lot, but this is also the "end times," where people are scarce, and these are people dying "on camera."

All that being said, I am NOT a huge fan of The Walking Dead, a television show that airs on AMC, created by Robert Kirkman.  I really honestly thought that Kirkman having a major role in the TV development would make the show amazing.  I was way wrong.  Where do I start?

Arrested Development: Season 4 Critique

Since 2006, I feverishly awaited the return of Arrested Development.  When the creators of the show announced that they would be turning the television show with a huge cult following into a movie, but not before releasing another full season of episodes to catch us all up on the Bluths, I was more than thrilled, I was (insert one word synonym for "more than thrilled" here).

It's release date has come and gone, and a two day binge of 15 brand new episodes later, and I almost feel like I was "catfished" (insert Manti Teo joke here).  Don't get me wrong, most of the humor was there, but this wasn't the same show that displayed to me what real television writing was all about.  It was unrecognizable at points, and I'm not just Portia di Rossi's appearance.

For me, the new season was just "meh."  Metaphorically speaking, it was like meeting up with a good friend you haven't seen in 7 years, and realizing in that time away you grew far apart.  Of course, there are certain moments that take you back to the fun you had in the past, but there are even more instances that tell you that the chemistry is gone and you probably can't be friends anymore.

Now, for those reading this and calling me a hater at the same time, please believe that Arrested Development will always have a place in my heart as one of my favorite television shows, but its return was lack luster, and here's the main reasons why.