The Lions' Pride

I've been a fan of the comic series since before the show was even an idea in anyone's mind. Issue 100 came out this past week, and I don't remember numbers exactly, but I think the show isn't even halfway through that. If I had to guess I 'd say the show has covered (more or less, since season one really went on it's own direction) a third of the current series.

It's an entertaining show, and I'm fine with some of the changes because I know it wouldn't translate very well to TV, but overall the show is pretty subpar compared to the source material.

I still haven't seen The Hunger games. I've read all three books, and I didn't want to blow money in theaters knowing I'll have gripes about it. From what I heard, they did a great job with the movie though.

Back to Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman still has the reigns for the TV series. He said it'll follow the general story line of the comic, but will still take on it's own path for various reasons. If you're already two seasons in, I'd say stay away from the comic for the time being. Once the show is over, I recommend picking up the trade paperbacks, or collected editions of the comic and read those. The writing isn't anything special, but the characters and story lend themselves much more to the comic medium than TV. Much more endearing and engaging, and Kirkman doesn't have to worry about TV censorship or FX budgets when doing comics.

Hank why do you drink? Why do you blow smoke? Why must you live by the songs that you wrote.

Sounds like the book is similar to the Saw movies. Always liked those.

Can't really explain too much without spoiling, but it's not pushing the boundary in the same way Saw did.

And stop calling it "the book." It's not a novel, it's a comic.

Mr. Hank Williams I is a musical saint, and deserves respect.

Hank Jr. is a dipshit, and doesn't quite have the talent his dad did but still could be good.

Hank III, is even more of a moron than his dad, but has more talent than either of the two before him. If he would quit singing songs that can't be repeated mainstream and quit demanding girls take their shirts off at concerts then he'd be a hell of a lot more successful.

God, I love that show

If people would kindly keep any spoilers of consequence of Breaking Bad out of this thread, I would appreciate it. Probably won't get around to it 'til Tuesday.

Raul Ibanez. -In the right field stands - baseball to the head

No idea, but does Direct tv have hbogo? At least you could watch it there.

hbogo.com - hbo lets you watch all their shows and movies for free if you have an HBO account through most of the major tv services. Pretty awesome. Cinemax and Showtime both do it as well (maybe others too, I'm not sure).

Watch OZ.

Yeah, Hank 3 is a special type of person. He's more than capable of creating stuff that his dad and grandpa made, but he makes more stuff like his material with Superjoint Ritual.

Well step one sounds like it's complete: ditch the bad wife

Step two is: watch the show