Looks fucking awesome. Don't disappoint me, AMC.
Quote from: Kermit IV on October 17, 2010, 10:07:21 PM
Looks fucking awesome. Don't disappoint me, AMC.
I read the comic book.
SPOILER: pretty much everyone dies
Quote from: Canadouche on October 19, 2010, 06:00:13 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on October 17, 2010, 10:07:21 PM
Looks fucking awesome. Don't disappoint me, AMC.
I read the comic book.
SPOILER: pretty much everyone dies
I think that I have heard that before.
Quote from: Canadouche on October 19, 2010, 06:00:13 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on October 17, 2010, 10:07:21 PM
Looks fucking awesome. Don't disappoint me, AMC.
I read the comic book.
SPOILER: pretty much everyone dies I am a school teacher and I touch little boys' peni when other adults aren't looking and then tell them that if they tell anybody about what I just did to them they'll never graduate and I'll murder their parents. And I'm Canadian and a nerd.
truth'd
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on October 20, 2010, 05:39:48 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 19, 2010, 06:00:13 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on October 17, 2010, 10:07:21 PM
Looks fucking awesome. Don't disappoint me, AMC.
I read the comic book.
SPOILER: pretty much everyone dies I am a school teacher and I touch little boys' peni when other adults aren't looking and then tell them that if they tell anybody about what I just did to them they'll never graduate and I'll murder their parents. And I'm Canadian and a nerd. I frequent this forum because I can tell the same joke for three years and it's still funny. it gets funnier every single time.
truth'd
truth'd
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:47:07 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Wait. What are you saying?
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:47:07 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Wait. What are you saying?
Nothing. I have perhaps exaggerated in my mind a proclivity of yours to comment on some vague sense that your life has been somewhat painful.
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:56:37 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:47:07 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Wait. What are you saying?
Nothing. I have perhaps exaggerated in my mind a proclivity of yours to comment on some vague sense that your life has been somewhat painful.
I had my brains eaten by a zombie once. I got better.
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 10:47:17 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:56:37 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:47:07 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Wait. What are you saying?
Nothing. I have perhaps exaggerated in my mind a proclivity of yours to comment on some vague sense that your life has been somewhat painful.
I had my brains eaten by a zombie once. I got better.
I loathe the undead.
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
In answer to your question, yes. Yes, it was very good. Great production value, the main character is likable, and I actually felt bad for zombies for the first time. This is a DVR keeper for sure.
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 10:47:17 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:56:37 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:52:00 AM
Quote from: SKO on November 01, 2010, 09:47:07 AM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
Jesus CHRIST WE GET IT. ITS HARD GROWING UP IN INDIANA.
Wait. What are you saying?
Nothing. I have perhaps exaggerated in my mind a proclivity of yours to comment on some vague sense that your life has been somewhat painful.
I had my brains eaten by a zombie once. I got better.
Ayup.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 01, 2010, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
In answer to your question, yes. Yes, it was very good. Great production value, the main character is likable, and I actually felt bad for zombies for the first time. This is a DVR keeper for sure.
I was wondering if anyone would get the the point. Thanks.
Yeah, all of what you said. I think Morgan (?) is a strong character as well but I still keep picturing him as the guy from Jericho.
They've built up a ton of interest with the guy's wife and his partner already bumping it. Pretty excellent intro.
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 06:50:37 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 01, 2010, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
In answer to your question, yes. Yes, it was very good. Great production value, the main character is likable, and I actually felt bad for zombies for the first time. This is a DVR keeper for sure.
I was wondering if anyone would get the the point. Thanks.
Yeah, all of what you said. I think Morgan (?) is a strong character as well but I still keep picturing him as the guy from Jericho.
They've built up a ton of interest with the guy's wife and his partner already bumping it. Pretty excellent intro.
The sequence where they alternated between Rick killing the half-zombie and Morgan trying to kill his wifezombie was masterfully done.
Quote from: R-V on November 02, 2010, 06:44:19 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 06:50:37 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 01, 2010, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
In answer to your question, yes. Yes, it was very good. Great production value, the main character is likable, and I actually felt bad for zombies for the first time. This is a DVR keeper for sure.
I was wondering if anyone would get the the point. Thanks.
Yeah, all of what you said. I think Morgan (?) is a strong character as well but I still keep picturing him as the guy from Jericho.
They've built up a ton of interest with the guy's wife and his partner already bumping it. Pretty excellent intro.
The sequence where they alternated between Rick killing the half-zombie and Morgan trying to kill his wifezombie was masterfully done.
He's not a very good actor b/c he is the exact same as the Jericho guy. And I liked the main character better in Love, Actually.
Great show, though. Some of those zombies are fast. They almost caught a horse.
Quote from: R-V on November 02, 2010, 06:44:19 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 06:50:37 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 01, 2010, 04:25:10 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 01, 2010, 09:44:37 AM
Holy shit, this was incredible. Anyone else see it? Top notch everything.
In answer to your question, yes. Yes, it was very good. Great production value, the main character is likable, and I actually felt bad for zombies for the first time. This is a DVR keeper for sure.
I was wondering if anyone would get the the point. Thanks.
Yeah, all of what you said. I think Morgan (?) is a strong character as well but I still keep picturing him as the guy from Jericho.
They've built up a ton of interest with the guy's wife and his partner already bumping it. Pretty excellent intro.
The sequence where they alternated between Rick killing the half-zombie and Morgan trying to kill his wifezombie was masterfully done.
Finally saw this last night, and I agree. Great show.
Also, I'm pretty sure the kid being named Duane is a nod to Duane Jones from the original Night of the Living Dead.
I started watching this when it was on in repeat on Friday night. After 15 minutes I had the entire series recorded on DVR. Great show. Acting's mediocre, but I'm interested to see how this plays out.
This show is so good that my non-horror fan wife is addicted.
Quote from: Bort on November 08, 2010, 08:59:25 AM
This show is so good that my non-horror fan wife is addicted.
Same here. She doesn't like zombies at all but her face lit up when I told her there was a new one on last night.
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 08, 2010, 08:00:07 AM
I started watching this when it was on in repeat on Friday night. After 15 minutes I had the entire series recorded on DVR. Great show. Acting's mediocre, but I'm interested to see how this plays out.
All BOTH episodes? You madman!!!
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 03:16:01 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 08, 2010, 08:00:07 AM
I started watching this when it was on in repeat on Friday night. After 15 minutes I had the entire series recorded on DVR. Great show. Acting's mediocre, but I'm interested to see how this plays out.
All BOTH episodes? You madman!!!
No, I meant that I'd be recording future episodes, you mope.
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Better than a horsemeat dinner while watching the first episode.
Hmmm... Zombielicious.
Quote from: flannj on November 08, 2010, 08:42:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Better than a horsemeat dinner while watching the first episode.
Hmmm... Zombielicious.
I made the unenviable mistake of watching the first episode inside a tank with a corpse.
Quote from: Bort on November 08, 2010, 08:58:46 PM
Quote from: flannj on November 08, 2010, 08:42:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Better than a horsemeat dinner while watching the first episode.
Hmmm... Zombielicious.
I made the unenviable mistake of watching the first episode inside a tank with a corpse.
Ears still ringing?
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Quote from: Bort on November 08, 2010, 08:58:46 PM
Quote from: flannj on November 08, 2010, 08:42:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Better than a horsemeat dinner while watching the first episode.
Hmmm... Zombielicious.
I made the unenviable mistake of watching the first episode inside a tank with a corpse.
I laughed pretty hard.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:35:08 PM
Quote from: Bort on November 08, 2010, 08:58:46 PM
Quote from: flannj on November 08, 2010, 08:42:39 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2010, 08:35:17 PM
So I decided the right time to catch up on last night's episode was while eating a dinner of BBQ chicken.
Nice choice.
Better than a horsemeat dinner while watching the first episode.
Hmmm... Zombielicious.
I made the unenviable mistake of watching the first episode inside a tank with a corpse.
I laughed pretty hard.
Ditto.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 07:44:10 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
I don't think they were fucking before any of this. If they were, she wouldn't care about taking that necklace off before the other guy aggresively forestfucked her from behind.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 07:44:10 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
Good call, all the manuals say that when the zombie apocolypse comes, you want to be wheeling a guy in a coma around with you.
Quote from: CT III on November 09, 2010, 08:20:02 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 07:44:10 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
Good call, all the manuals say that when the zombie apocolypse comes, you want to be wheeling a guy in a coma around with you.
That.
I just figured that they assumed he was taken in the zombie uprising at the hospital (or whatever the military was there to put down) and that Alpha Dog Bohunk insisted that risking their lives to find out for sure would be foolhardy.
"He knew the risks when he stayed there in that coma!"At the very least, that's what they'll say.
That said, I still feel like Bohunk and Tancredi could have been bumping uglies on the sly beforehand. And I won't be surprised at all if the blonde klepto factors into the Zombie Apocalypse Love Triangle herself.
Quote from: CT III on November 09, 2010, 08:20:02 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 07:44:10 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
Good call, all the manuals say that when the zombie apocolypse comes, you want to be wheeling a guy in a coma around with you.
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
I'm not saying it's a bad bit of storytelling; on the contrary I think it's great. It adds to the plot. I'm just saying had I been coming out of that coma knee deep in Zed Heads and not a trace of family, not even a fucking note, I'd be pissed. Especially since it's clear they were having problems to begin with.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
Quote from: CT III on November 09, 2010, 08:20:02 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 07:44:10 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2010, 11:34:43 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 08, 2010, 08:00:52 PM
So the wife and that partner guy have been banging for a while right? Like before the outbreak?
I think the conversation in episode one in the car between the two about their own personal lady problems was kind of a hint.
That was my assumption. Either that, or that is one fast-moving adulterer. Also, if they were banging earlier, it would make more sense that they didn't bother checking to see if poor what's-his-nuts was still laying in the hospital.
Another fair point. Generally the family of a guy in a coma spends quite a bit of time in the hospital by his bed, don't they? Isn't that protocol? Maybe the zombie horde came through when they were both off of coma duty and they didn't have time to go grab him out of the hospital. It is a little weird that while on the run they didn't even consider risking their lives to go get dear ol' dad out of the hospital and try to bring him with.
Damn, if I'm the main guy I'd have already thought all of this through and stopped looking for those assholes a long time ago.
Good call, all the manuals say that when the zombie apocolypse comes, you want to be wheeling a guy in a coma around with you.
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
I'm not saying it's a bad bit of storytelling; on the contrary I think it's great. It adds to the plot. I'm just saying had I been coming out of that coma knee deep in Zed Heads and not a trace of family, not even a fucking note, I'd be pissed. Especially since it's clear they were having problems to begin with.
That's what I was thinking. Of course, I also thought it was weird that the main guy didn't wake up covered in his own piss and shit.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi Bohunk is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
Oily Bohunk is the oily bohunk. Tancredi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tancredi) is the bohunk slam piece, the betrothed of Jethro Tull's son-in-law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lincoln#Personal_life).
And Bohunk wouldn't even let them put a sign on the highway, he's sure as hell not gonna let them trudge into Goon Central to leave a note by the hospital bed.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2010, 09:55:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi Bohunk is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
Oily Bohunk is the oily bohunk. Tancredi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tancredi) is the bohunk slam piece, the betrothed of Jethro Tull's son-in-law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lincoln#Personal_life).
And Bohunk wouldn't even let them put a sign on the highway, he's sure as hell not gonna let them trudge into Goon Central to leave a note by the hospital bed.
My fault. I'll just refer to her as Skinny Bitch from now on. SB if you're into the whole brevity thing.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 09:57:48 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2010, 09:55:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi Bohunk is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
Oily Bohunk is the oily bohunk. Tancredi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tancredi) is the bohunk slam piece, the betrothed of Jethro Tull's son-in-law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lincoln#Personal_life).
And Bohunk wouldn't even let them put a sign on the highway, he's sure as hell not gonna let them trudge into Goon Central to leave a note by the hospital bed.
My fault. I'll just refer to her as Skinny Bitch from now on. SB if you're into the whole brevity thing.
Brevity is...wit.
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2010, 10:11:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 09:57:48 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2010, 09:55:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi Bohunk is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
Oily Bohunk is the oily bohunk. Tancredi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tancredi) is the bohunk slam piece, the betrothed of Jethro Tull's son-in-law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lincoln#Personal_life).
And Bohunk wouldn't even let them put a sign on the highway, he's sure as hell not gonna let them trudge into Goon Central to leave a note by the hospital bed.
My fault. I'll just refer to her as Skinny Bitch from now on. SB if you're into the whole brevity thing.
Brevity is...wit.Are you EMPLOYED, sir?
The only acceptable reply to Slaky's comment'd.
Looks like we can go on overanalyzing this show for another season. (http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-ap-us-tv-walking-dead-renewed,0,6377011.story)
Quote from: PANK! on November 09, 2010, 10:19:27 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2010, 10:11:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 09:57:48 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2010, 09:55:56 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2010, 08:45:59 AM
They're sitting in a trailer park doing fuck all. Obviously Tancredi Bohunk is a bit of a task master and wouldn't let anyone stray to go find Coma Boy. I'm just saying they didn't try and leave a note. Hey, we're in the trailer park! Nothing?
Oily Bohunk is the oily bohunk. Tancredi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Tancredi) is the bohunk slam piece, the betrothed of Jethro Tull's son-in-law (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lincoln#Personal_life).
And Bohunk wouldn't even let them put a sign on the highway, he's sure as hell not gonna let them trudge into Goon Central to leave a note by the hospital bed.
My fault. I'll just refer to her as Skinny Bitch from now on. SB if you're into the whole brevity thing.
Brevity is...wit.Are you EMPLOYED, sir?
The only acceptable reply to Slaky's comment'd.
I have no idea why that is the case, but ok.
I chuckled.
(http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/qwin5.png)
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 09, 2010, 02:24:09 PM
I chuckled.
(http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/qwin5.png)
Hey, my name isn't Dominic...
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2010, 02:24:52 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 09, 2010, 02:24:09 PM
I chuckled.
(http://www.lamebook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/qwin5.png)
Hey, my name isn't Dominic...
My name
is Execution.
Did smg have her baby yet?
Zsa Zsa Gabor still on this side of the grass?
The zombiegutsmearing scene was great. Reminded me of the Alan Finger classic (http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=recording&videoId=70811) from back in the mid-oughts.
Michael Rooker gave a very realistic portrayal of Tdubbs after the zompocalypse.
Quote from: R-V on November 10, 2010, 08:03:57 AM
The zombiegutsmearing scene was great. Reminded me of the Alan Finger classic (http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=recording&videoId=70811) from back in the mid-oughts.
FYI... My cousin HG from DC is a PA for BET. And I'm gonna need the CD ASAP, OK?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 10, 2010, 08:32:43 AM
Quote from: R-V on November 10, 2010, 08:03:57 AM
The zombiegutsmearing scene was great. Reminded me of the Alan Finger classic (http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?title=recording&videoId=70811) from back in the mid-oughts.
FYI... My cousin HG from DC is a PA for BET. And I'm gonna need the CD ASAP, OK?
It's on Netflix instant watch. Not as good as the British version, but still a funny show.
OK, what the hell happened to Merle?
Did he cut his hand off?
If so why didn't he just use the hacksaw to cut the handcuffs or cut what he was handcuffed to?
Did the zombies get him?
If so why would they leave behind a perfectly delicious hand?
Did he cut his hand off and get away?
How, if the zombies are in the stairwell?
I NEED ANSWERS!!!
Quote from: flannj on November 15, 2010, 08:00:29 AM
Did he cut his hand off?
I think he did.
Quote from: flannj on November 15, 2010, 08:00:29 AM
If so why didn't he just use the hacksaw to cut the handcuffs or cut what he was handcuffed to?
Either he tried and it didn't work or he just went straight for the wrist because he was going nuts.
Quote from: flannj on November 15, 2010, 08:00:29 AM
Did he cut his hand off and get away?
How, if the zombies are in the stairwell?
I... don't... know...
Quote from: flannj on November 15, 2010, 08:00:29 AM
I NEED ANSWERS!!!
Temper. Temper. You know Cousin Merle "ain't been quite right lately." (http://www.nohomers.net/SBA/sounds_4F14_N_14.wav)
I'm glad they explained why Tancredi just up and ditched her husband. PEOPLE LIKE ME DEMAND TO KNOW.
I hope this improves past the first episode, which I'd put on par with The Savage Bees.
I think last night's episode was the best yet. Whoever is in charge of the splattering sound effects for zombie slaying deserves a medal.
Quote from: R-V on November 22, 2010, 10:12:25 AM
I think last night's episode was the best yet. Whoever is in charge of the splattering sound effects for zombie slaying deserves a medal.
I'm distressed that there are only two episodes left.
Quote from: R-V on November 22, 2010, 10:12:25 AM
I think last night's episode was the best yet. Whoever is in charge of the splattering sound effects for zombie slaying deserves a medal.
(http://www.daemonstv.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/THE-WALKING-DEAD-Vatos-29.jpg)
Finally saw it. That kicked it up a notch.
Okay, I'm going to say it. The production value is awesome, the special effects are awesome, zombies are awesome, and the past episode was definitely the best episode yet. The sister's reaction to her sister's death felt very real (though I'm not quite sure why she didn't turn into a zombie).
But...
They're not really breaking new ground in the zombie genre, are they? This is just going to end up being a XX-hour, conventional zombie movie, right? I feel like this show is getting WAY over-praised.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 24, 2010, 07:17:36 PM
Okay, I'm going to say it. The production value is awesome, the special effects are awesome, zombies are awesome, and the past episode was definitely the best episode yet. The sister's reaction to her sister's death felt very real (though I'm not quite sure why she didn't turn into a zombie).
But...
They're not really breaking new ground in the zombie genre, are they? This is just going to end up being a XX-hour, conventional zombie movie, right? I feel like this show is getting WAY over-praised.
I haven't seen it, but I'm inclined to agree with you.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 24, 2010, 07:17:36 PM
Okay, I'm going to say it. The production value is awesome, the special effects are awesome, zombies are awesome, and the past episode was definitely the best episode yet. The sister's reaction to her sister's death felt very real (though I'm not quite sure why she didn't turn into a zombie).
But...
They're not really breaking new ground in the zombie genre, are they? This is just going to end up being a XX-hour, conventional zombie movie, right? I feel like this show is getting WAY over-praised.
I think in some ways they are, because the focus is less on the actual zombies and more on how people live (live, not just survive) in a world where all values and all comfortable expectations have been suddenly thrown out the window. I mean, yeah, it's not like they're showing what it would be like if a zombie was elected president or a zombie outbreak on a spaceship, but it's definitely taking things a few steps beyond the pointed social satire of Romero or the insane, illogical gorefests of Fulci.
I think the sister is going to "turn" next episode, and I assume Andrea is going to have to either "kill" her herself or be restrained as someone else does it.
Quote from: Bort on November 25, 2010, 10:13:37 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 24, 2010, 07:17:36 PM
Okay, I'm going to say it. The production value is awesome, the special effects are awesome, zombies are awesome, and the past episode was definitely the best episode yet. The sister's reaction to her sister's death felt very real (though I'm not quite sure why she didn't turn into a zombie).
But...
They're not really breaking new ground in the zombie genre, are they? This is just going to end up being a XX-hour, conventional zombie movie, right? I feel like this show is getting WAY over-praised.
I think in some ways they are, because the focus is less on the actual zombies and more on how people live (live, not just survive) in a world where all values and all comfortable expectations have been suddenly thrown out the window. I mean, yeah, it's not like they're showing what it would be like if a zombie was elected president or a zombie outbreak on a spaceship, but it's definitely taking things a few steps beyond the pointed social satire of Romero or the insane, illogical gorefests of Fulci.
I think the sister is going to "turn" next episode, and I assume Andrea is going to have to either "kill" her herself or be restrained as someone else does it.
You'd think they'd be smart enough to cremate the body or something similar but the idea here is that rationality goes out the window when you watch a loved one bleed out from a zombie bite. Those more removed from the situation would probably have to try and reason with her about what to do with her sister's remains but I think you've got the right idea. This is, after all, a TV show and the logical choice doesn't make for the most entertaining.
Quote from: Bort on November 25, 2010, 10:13:37 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 24, 2010, 07:17:36 PM
Okay, I'm going to say it. The production value is awesome, the special effects are awesome, zombies are awesome, and the past episode was definitely the best episode yet. The sister's reaction to her sister's death felt very real (though I'm not quite sure why she didn't turn into a zombie).
But...
They're not really breaking new ground in the zombie genre, are they? This is just going to end up being a XX-hour, conventional zombie movie, right? I feel like this show is getting WAY over-praised.
I think in some ways they are, because the focus is less on the actual zombies and more on how people live (live, not just survive) in a world where all values and all comfortable expectations have been suddenly thrown out the window. I mean, yeah, it's not like they're showing what it would be like if a zombie was elected president or a zombie outbreak on a spaceship, but it's definitely taking things a few steps beyond the pointed social satire of Romero or the insane, illogical gorefests of Fulci.
I think the sister is going to "turn" next episode, and I assume Andrea is going to have to either "kill" her herself or be restrained as someone else does it.
More of THI, please.
Something witty about the CDC guy being similar to Desmond from Lost.
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Where IAN is from, they just get the Voodoo ones.
Quote from: Bort on November 29, 2010, 09:33:41 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Where IAN is from, they just get the Voodoo ones.
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/194613.1020.A.jpg)
The Horror.
Quote from: SKO on November 29, 2010, 10:43:09 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 29, 2010, 09:33:41 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Where IAN is from, they just get the Voodoo ones.
(http://www.moviegoods.com/Assets/product_images/1020/194613.1020.A.jpg)
The Horror.
Barry Bostwick as "Hummel"... Production Designer: Michael Bolton
Quote from: R-V on November 29, 2010, 08:59:31 AM
Something witty about the CDC guy being similar to Desmond from Lost.
Love that twist. At first I wasn't sure if the show had come back from commercial or not. It was jarringly different than anything they'd shown up until this point.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 11:34:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
(http://robertbonnett.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/zombie-attack-poster.jpg)
Now hang on a second - don't they burn the walking dead in this show? I remember the Asian kid said we don't burn our own.
Hmm.
Quote from: flannj on November 29, 2010, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 11:34:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
(http://robertbonnett.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/zombie-attack-poster.jpg)
Well, I'll be damn.
Quote from: flannj on November 29, 2010, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 11:34:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
(http://robertbonnett.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/zombie-attack-poster.jpg)
Bigger picture please
Quote from: Yeti on November 30, 2010, 12:18:47 AM
Quote from: flannj on November 29, 2010, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 11:34:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
(http://robertbonnett.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/zombie-attack-poster.jpg)
Bigger picture please
(http://i.imgur.com/neG0Z.jpg)
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2010, 08:28:13 AM
Quote from: Yeti on November 30, 2010, 12:18:47 AM
Quote from: flannj on November 29, 2010, 11:51:41 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 11:34:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 29, 2010, 09:27:47 AM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on November 29, 2010, 09:22:39 AM
My wife and I were discussing how they're going about "killing" the walkers. From what I gather about the show, they can't really be killed right? I mean, they get baseball batted to the head and lay dormant for weeks, then start crawling and walking again. I did hear Merle's brother say something about "the brain" and "don't you know nothing?" when he shot one of the walkers in the eye with his crossbow. Does that (getting shot, crossbowed, baseball batted, tomahawked to the head) kill them for good?
I NEED ANSWERS
Have you never heard of a zombie before?
Of course, but I never watched much of anything about them up until now. I didn't now rules for zombies in one movie/TV show were universal to all zombies in all movie/TV shows.
(http://robertbonnett.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/zombie-attack-poster.jpg)
Bigger picture please
(http://i.imgur.com/neG0Z.jpg)
Thanks
(channels inner Eli)
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/the-walking-dead-lets-go-of-writers-considers-no-writing-staff-for-season-2/
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: I hear The Walking Dead writer/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont has let go of the writers on the hot freshman AMC series, which has already renewed for a second season. That includes Darabont's No. 2, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee. Writer turnover on series between seasons is commonplace but wholesale overhauls are unusual. What's more, I hear Darabont is looking to forgo having a writing staff for the second season of Walking Dead altogether and assign scripts to freelancers.
Darabont, who hails from the feature world with The Young Indiana Jones as the only series credit before Walking Dead, ended up writing 2 of the first season's 6 episodes of Walking Dead - the pilot and the second episode - and co-writing/rewriting the other 4. Two of those 4 were written by non-staff writers, one by executive producer Robert Kirkman, on whose comics the series is based, and one by Glen Mazzara. The freelance model is employed by the Starz/BBC series Tourchwood, which in turn borrowed it from the U.K. where the show originated. Having BBC as producer has allowed Torchwood to proceed with no writing staff but I hear such a plan on an U.S.-based network series such as Walking Dead may face issues with the Writers Guild. And, while the first season of Walking Dead was only 6 episodes, its second-season order is for 13, which may prove harder to manage in pre-production, production and post-production with no writing staff. Sources tell me that no final decision has been made yet with all options open, including using some combination of a writing staff/freelances. There is time - AMC is mulling launching Walking Dead's second season the way it did the first one - in October during Fearfest.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2010, 12:42:39 AM
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/the-walking-dead-lets-go-of-writers-considers-no-writing-staff-for-season-2/
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: I hear The Walking Dead writer/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont has let go of the writers on the hot freshman AMC series, which has already renewed for a second season. That includes Darabont's No. 2, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee. Writer turnover on series between seasons is commonplace but wholesale overhauls are unusual. What's more, I hear Darabont is looking to forgo having a writing staff for the second season of Walking Dead altogether and assign scripts to freelancers.
Darabont, who hails from the feature world with The Young Indiana Jones as the only series credit before Walking Dead, ended up writing 2 of the first season's 6 episodes of Walking Dead - the pilot and the second episode - and co-writing/rewriting the other 4. Two of those 4 were written by non-staff writers, one by executive producer Robert Kirkman, on whose comics the series is based, and one by Glen Mazzara. The freelance model is employed by the Starz/BBC series Tourchwood, which in turn borrowed it from the U.K. where the show originated. Having BBC as producer has allowed Torchwood to proceed with no writing staff but I hear such a plan on an U.S.-based network series such as Walking Dead may face issues with the Writers Guild. And, while the first season of Walking Dead was only 6 episodes, its second-season order is for 13, which may prove harder to manage in pre-production, production and post-production with no writing staff. Sources tell me that no final decision has been made yet with all options open, including using some combination of a writing staff/freelances. There is time - AMC is mulling launching Walking Dead's second season the way it did the first one - in October during Fearfest.
Tourchwood? Damn limeys...
Quote from: Bort on December 01, 2010, 08:49:16 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2010, 12:42:39 AM
http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/the-walking-dead-lets-go-of-writers-considers-no-writing-staff-for-season-2/
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: I hear The Walking Dead writer/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont has let go of the writers on the hot freshman AMC series, which has already renewed for a second season. That includes Darabont's No. 2, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee. Writer turnover on series between seasons is commonplace but wholesale overhauls are unusual. What's more, I hear Darabont is looking to forgo having a writing staff for the second season of Walking Dead altogether and assign scripts to freelancers.
Darabont, who hails from the feature world with The Young Indiana Jones as the only series credit before Walking Dead, ended up writing 2 of the first season's 6 episodes of Walking Dead - the pilot and the second episode - and co-writing/rewriting the other 4. Two of those 4 were written by non-staff writers, one by executive producer Robert Kirkman, on whose comics the series is based, and one by Glen Mazzara. The freelance model is employed by the Starz/BBC series Tourchwood, which in turn borrowed it from the U.K. where the show originated. Having BBC as producer has allowed Torchwood to proceed with no writing staff but I hear such a plan on an U.S.-based network series such as Walking Dead may face issues with the Writers Guild. And, while the first season of Walking Dead was only 6 episodes, its second-season order is for 13, which may prove harder to manage in pre-production, production and post-production with no writing staff. Sources tell me that no final decision has been made yet with all options open, including using some combination of a writing staff/freelances. There is time - AMC is mulling launching Walking Dead's second season the way it did the first one - in October during Fearfest.
Tourchwood? Damn limeys...
Perhaps the Canadians have infiltrated that article.
The best parts of the show (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afcWyJhsBXo) in just over a minute.
I'm not sure what, if anything, to make of the fact that my brain stem was able to recognize a Ms. Pac Man cabinet all by itself.
It's back; it's still awesome.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 17, 2011, 01:20:10 AM
It's back; it's still awesome.
Definitely stepped up the gore and creative zombie kills.
It is indeed awesome.
Kind of a meh episode last night.
Has the group given up on looking for the little girl?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 24, 2011, 10:48:12 AM
Kind of a meh episode last night.
Kind of a meh your mom last night.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 24, 2011, 10:48:12 AM
Kind of a meh episode last night.
Has the group given up on looking for the little girl?
Thrill can't believe that Boondock Saints shot that zombie from behind just b/c it made a sudden movement
Renewed for a third season.
Never trust a bohunk.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2011, 11:07:19 PM
Never trust a bohunk.
Could you blame him though? I mean, they need to get the medical equipment to Hershel and this common Yeti, who arguably put the group in this situation to begin with, was slowing him down.
My only moral question was whether or not he recovered Rick's Python.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2011, 11:07:19 PM
Never trust a bohunk.
I don't have to be faster than the bear... I just have to be faster than you.
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
I have never watched it because I assumed that it was about the Cubs and I need a break during the off season.
Quote from: CBStew on October 31, 2011, 12:57:47 PM
Quote from: Internet Apex on November 01, 2010, 09:46:36 AM
I can't watch zombie stuff. It gives me nightmares about all the dead people I know. I know too many.
I have never watched it because I assumed that it was about the Cubs and I need a break during the off season.
When did anyone on the Cubs start walking?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 31, 2011, 09:17:49 AM
My only moral question was whether or not he recovered Rick's Python.
Otis was carrying it, right?
If Shane brought it back with him, what's his explanation?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 31, 2011, 01:11:37 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 31, 2011, 09:17:49 AM
My only moral question was whether or not he recovered Rick's Python.
Otis was carrying it, right?
If Shane brought it back with him, what's his explanation?
Yes and that's a good question.
"Otis didn't make it, but here's your gun that he was using. If you promise that you have absolutely no follow up questions whatsoever, he died a noble death and I was able to get it at the last second."
I'm not quite as thirsty as I was before this episode started.
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
Sweet, this thread is finally gonna get good.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
How do you find the time?
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
You couldn't be more wrong.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
I guess I can see that.
I'm definitely starting to hate a few characters this season. Hopefully they stop just standing around bitching so much or Daryl might have to start crossbowing the shit out of the living, too.
I have faith, though, that Merle's return will liven things up nicely.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2011, 03:28:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
I guess I can see that.
I'm definitely starting to hate a few characters this season. Hopefully they stop just standing around bitching so much or Daryl might have to start crossbowing the shit out of the living, too.
I have faith, though, that Merle's return will liven things up nicely.
Merle's return will fix the terrible acting rather handily.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2011, 03:28:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
I guess I can see that.
I'm definitely starting to hate a few characters this season. Hopefully they stop just standing around bitching so much or Daryl might have to start crossbowing the shit out of the living, too.
I have faith, though, that Merle's return will liven things up nicely.
As I've said in the SBox, Skinny Bitch is really the worst character on the show. I feel that Rick is becoming a less likable character too. Nevertheless, Bohunk and Daryl have been outstanding of late. Andrea is tolerable for now. I have to think that she and Bohunk are going to get it on soon.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 08, 2011, 03:19:39 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
You couldn't be more wrong.
Ah, the old "wrong opinion" theory. It's every single tired zombie movie cliche (the guys at the high school didn't hear 50 zombies ten feet away until one of them slammed into a chain-link fence?), but now it's strung out over three seasons instead of 90 minutes. That leaves for an awful lot of down time, whining, and repetitive dialog. The only interesting character in the whole bunch is the Boondock Saints guy, and they've hardly spent any time on him. I find every one of the other characters to be grating, whether it's because of the bad writing, bad acting, or bad accents. Again, the 10 minutes of solid zombie action per week is entertaining, and has obviously kept me watching. But bad drama is bad drama, whether there are zombies involved or not.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 08, 2011, 05:32:35 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 08, 2011, 03:28:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
I guess I can see that.
I'm definitely starting to hate a few characters this season. Hopefully they stop just standing around bitching so much or Daryl might have to start crossbowing the shit out of the living, too.
I have faith, though, that Merle's return will liven things up nicely.
As I've said in the SBox, Skinny Bitch is really the worst character on the show. I feel that Rick is becoming a less likable character too. Nevertheless, Bohunk and Daryl have been outstanding of late. Andrea is tolerable for now. I have to think that she and Bohunk are going to get it on soon.
Oh, Lori's useless.
I'm not sure I can stand much more of Shane, though, particularly now that he's going the "dark brooder" route. Greasy bohunks should know better than to try to get philosophical.
Maybe now that Andrea has her precious gun she'll stop bitching and moaning about not having her gun. And maybe they'll find Sophia and we'll get to stop giving a shit about Sophia's mom's fee-fees.
I like Dale. But he's not really much more than window dressing.
But it looks like Merle's coming back. And Daryl's still with us. And Maggie's got some nice sideboob on her. Good on ya, Glen.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 08, 2011, 03:18:47 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
How do you find the time?
I missed this place so much.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 07:16:17 PM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 08, 2011, 03:18:47 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 08, 2011, 03:03:43 PM
I'm still watching this show, but it's 40 minutes of boring writing and terrible acting wrapped around 10 minutes of awesome zombie porn.
How do you find the time?
I missed this place so much.
So, you finally LOOKED IN THE FUCKING MIRROR and decided to come back?
I frankly can't even remember the glue that led to Mission to Respirator Parts, but I will note that in the last episode of October, Callies protests with an explicit version of the Weak Death in Life Principle.
I am so thankful that Andrea has such shitty aim.
Quote from: Bort on November 14, 2011, 08:34:04 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 13, 2011, 11:22:10 PM
I am so thankful that Andrea has such shitty aim.
This.
I'll be especially thankful if this signals the end to her bitching and moaning.
Hopefully they'll just ditch the fucking kid. Maybe my not having a kid has somethig to do with that, but the kid has been missing quite a while in a zombie apocalypse. I think its dead. Given my firing predictions, she will show up next week.
So, why keep all the zombies in the barn? Is it cause Doc is too sentimental to kill them? Are they friends of them? Or maybe the original farm owners?
Dale's a real fucking mindreader, huh?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 20, 2011, 09:02:49 PM
Dale's a real fucking mindreader, huh?
The sooner that annoying fucker and the wife get bitten, the better. All they do is whine.
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMI like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot.
Apparently among the normal rules of ordinary life in civil society that went out the window in the zombie apocalypse was "don't stick your dick in crazy."
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMPlus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
Would it, though?
I mean, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with staging so much of the season around the search for Sophia (http://i.imgur.com/dqGVL.jpg) in and of itself. At this point she's almost incidental to what's actually been going on. A sort of MacGuffin,
Would the show automatically be more interesting if they were running into zombies On The Road To Ft. Benning rather than on excursions away from Maggie's Farm?
Would the school full of FEMA zombies or Daryl hallucinating about Merle be more awesome, or would Lori be less irritating, if only everyone had just piled into Dale's Winnebago first and hit the road?
The problem, as RV says, is the writing itself. The dialogue is stolid, the characterizations often dull.
So far it looks like the total overhaul (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg231918#msg231918) of the writing staff over the summer (http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/glen-mazzara-joins-walking-dead-as-ep-show-will-have-writing-staff-after-all/) hasn't really paid off.
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Glen Mazzara has closed a deal to join AMC's breakout hit The Walking Dead as a writing executive producer and No.2 to creator/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont for the show's upcoming second season. He is in the process of putting together a staff of about 5 writers.
The move comes 3 months after the writing staff for The Walking Dead's first season was disbanded, including then-No. 2 to Darabont, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee (most of the writers were let go, Eglee joined another project, FX's Powers). At the time, Durabont was exploring the idea of forgoing a writing staff altogether in favor of using freelancers. In the end, the show is reverting to the traditional writing staff model with a staff comparable or a little bigger in size to Season 1 whose order was for 6 episodes vs. 13 for Season 2. One of the 6 episodes of Walking Dead's first season was written on freelance basis by Mazzara. The Shield alum Mazzara recently served as showrunner on the first season of Starz's Crash and the second season of Hawthorne.
I feel like Darabont and Kirkman should just take over and write every fucking episode themselves at this point. That, or poach some writers from Justified.
On the plus side, here are a few things that I was afraid the writers were going to totally fucking drag out:
1) Lori's secret pregnancy
2) Lori's Shane issue
3) Shane's Otis/evil bohunk issue
And all three were more or less tackled head on by the end of last night's episode. So, hopefully we can forget about Lori's Rick drama now, and maybe Shane's life as not-a-good-dude can actually start to go places as the Bohunk Darkness overtakes him.
But someone really needs to die soon.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 21, 2011, 05:14:36 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 20, 2011, 09:02:49 PM
Dale's a real fucking mindreader, huh?
The sooner that annoying fucker and the wife get bitten, the better. All they do is whine.
He shouldn't be more than a background character but, whining aside, I kind of like Dale.
Kill Lori. Kill Sophia's mom. Hell, kill Sophia.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 21, 2011, 10:15:32 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMI like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot.
Apparently among the normal rules of ordinary life in civil society that went out the window in the zombie apocalypse was "don't stick your dick in crazy."
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMPlus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
Would it, though?
I mean, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with staging so much of the season around the search for Sophia (http://i.imgur.com/dqGVL.jpg) in and of itself. At this point she's almost incidental to what's actually been going on. A sort of MacGuffin,
Would the show automatically be more interesting if they were running into zombies On The Road To Ft. Benning rather than on excursions away from Maggie's Farm?
Would the school full of FEMA zombies or Daryl hallucinating about Merle be more awesome, or would Lori be less irritating, if only everyone had just piled into Dale's Winnebago first and hit the road?
The problem, as RV says, is the writing itself. The dialogue is stolid, the characterizations often dull.
So far it looks like the total overhaul (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg231918#msg231918) of the writing staff over the summer (http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/glen-mazzara-joins-walking-dead-as-ep-show-will-have-writing-staff-after-all/) hasn't really paid off.
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Glen Mazzara has closed a deal to join AMC's breakout hit The Walking Dead as a writing executive producer and No.2 to creator/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont for the show's upcoming second season. He is in the process of putting together a staff of about 5 writers.
The move comes 3 months after the writing staff for The Walking Dead's first season was disbanded, including then-No. 2 to Darabont, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee (most of the writers were let go, Eglee joined another project, FX's Powers). At the time, Durabont was exploring the idea of forgoing a writing staff altogether in favor of using freelancers. In the end, the show is reverting to the traditional writing staff model with a staff comparable or a little bigger in size to Season 1 whose order was for 6 episodes vs. 13 for Season 2. One of the 6 episodes of Walking Dead's first season was written on freelance basis by Mazzara. The Shield alum Mazzara recently served as showrunner on the first season of Starz's Crash and the second season of Hawthorne.
I feel like Darabont and Kirkman should just take over and write every fucking episode themselves at this point. That, or poach some writers from Justified.
On the plus side, here are a few things that I was afraid the writers were going to totally fucking drag out:
1) Lori's secret pregnancy
2) Lori's Shane issue
3) Shane's Otis/evil bohunk issue
And all three were more or less tackled head on by the end of last night's episode. So, hopefully we can forget about Lori's Rick drama now, and maybe Shane's life as not-a-good-dude can actually start to go places as the Bohunk Darkness overtakes him.
But someone really needs to die soon.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 21, 2011, 05:14:36 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 20, 2011, 09:02:49 PM
Dale's a real fucking mindreader, huh?
The sooner that annoying fucker and the wife get bitten, the better. All they do is whine.
He shouldn't be more than a background character but, whining aside, I kind of like Dale.
Kill Lori. Kill Sophia's mom. Hell, kill Sophia.
Lori is unbearable. Her facial expressions as she tries to appear tortured are more excruciating than the actual anguish she's trying summon. That said I think she's in it for the long haul. A main character needs to die soon to add some uncertainty hear. A Ned Stark-type death.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 21, 2011, 10:15:32 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMI like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot.
Apparently among the normal rules of ordinary life in civil society that went out the window in the zombie apocalypse was "don't stick your dick in crazy."
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AMPlus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
Would it, though?
I mean, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with staging so much of the season around the search for Sophia (http://i.imgur.com/dqGVL.jpg) in and of itself. At this point she's almost incidental to what's actually been going on. A sort of MacGuffin,
Would the show automatically be more interesting if they were running into zombies On The Road To Ft. Benning rather than on excursions away from Maggie's Farm?
Would the school full of FEMA zombies or Daryl hallucinating about Merle be more awesome, or would Lori be less irritating, if only everyone had just piled into Dale's Winnebago first and hit the road?
The problem, as RV says, is the writing itself. The dialogue is stolid, the characterizations often dull.
So far it looks like the total overhaul (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg231918#msg231918) of the writing staff over the summer (http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/glen-mazzara-joins-walking-dead-as-ep-show-will-have-writing-staff-after-all/) hasn't really paid off.
QuoteEXCLUSIVE: Glen Mazzara has closed a deal to join AMC's breakout hit The Walking Dead as a writing executive producer and No.2 to creator/ executive producer/ director Frank Darabont for the show's upcoming second season. He is in the process of putting together a staff of about 5 writers.
The move comes 3 months after the writing staff for The Walking Dead's first season was disbanded, including then-No. 2 to Darabont, writing executive producer Charles "Chic" Eglee (most of the writers were let go, Eglee joined another project, FX's Powers). At the time, Durabont was exploring the idea of forgoing a writing staff altogether in favor of using freelancers. In the end, the show is reverting to the traditional writing staff model with a staff comparable or a little bigger in size to Season 1 whose order was for 6 episodes vs. 13 for Season 2. One of the 6 episodes of Walking Dead's first season was written on freelance basis by Mazzara. The Shield alum Mazzara recently served as showrunner on the first season of Starz's Crash and the second season of Hawthorne.
I feel like Darabont and Kirkman should just take over and write every fucking episode themselves at this point. That, or poach some writers from Justified.
On the plus side, here are a few things that I was afraid the writers were going to totally fucking drag out:
1) Lori's secret pregnancy
2) Lori's Shane issue
3) Shane's Otis/evil bohunk issue
And all three were more or less tackled head on by the end of last night's episode. So, hopefully we can forget about Lori's Rick drama now, and maybe Shane's life as not-a-good-dude can actually start to go places as the Bohunk Darkness overtakes him.
But someone really needs to die soon.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on November 21, 2011, 05:14:36 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 20, 2011, 09:02:49 PM
Dale's a real fucking mindreader, huh?
The sooner that annoying fucker and the wife get bitten, the better. All they do is whine.
He shouldn't be more than a background character but, whining aside, I kind of like Dale.
Kill Lori. Kill Sophia's mom. Hell, kill Sophia.
I too am grateful that they wrapped up these potential storylines before they got out of hand.
However, save me the abortion/euthanisa overtones and give me more Bohunk/Andrea humping, Dale's death (I hope), and Maggie/Glenn shag scenes.
Zombies added in would help.
"Seasoned harlots know that Plan B is two tiny white round pills, like Barbie sized communion wafers. (http://jezebel.com/5861592/the-walking-dead-is-spreading-icky-morning+after-pill-myths/)"
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
This show fucking sucks. It's sad that a show about zombies can be so aggressively BORING. I have no idea why I'm still watching, but it's sort of fun watching such bad writing made so much worse by terrible acting. The scene where Rick and Lori were deciding whether or not to have the kid was pure agony. Also, THIS (http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/2011/11/14/bored-to-death/).
(http://www.letsbefriendsagain.com/comics/2011-11-14.jpg)
If AMC is so desperate for a zombie show, just have Gus reappear on Breaking Bad next year. I'LL WATCH THAT.
So, apparently Otis captured himself a fresh 12-year-old female zombie just before Rick and Carl showed up on the doorstep of Greene Farm.
And, given the way he runs his farm with a folksy iron fist, Hershel certainly must have known all along.
What a dick.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 27, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
So, apparently Otis captured himself a fresh 12-year-old female zombie just before Rick and Carl showed up on the doorstep of Greene Farm.
And, given the way he runs his farm with a folksy iron fist, Hershel certainly must have known all along.
What a dick.
They should have shot Dale too. What a bitch.
Quote from: R-V on November 21, 2011, 08:55:53 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Well it was Rick instead of Weepy Mom, but I'll take it, especially considering the level of Bohunk Madness we saw. Nice to see something finally happen after several weeks of boring.
Quote from: R-V on November 28, 2011, 09:10:27 AM
Quote from: R-V on November 21, 2011, 08:55:53 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Well it was Rick instead of Weepy Mom, but I'll take it, especially considering the level of Bohunk Madness we saw. Nice to see something finally happen after several weeks of boring.
Take aim at a slow moving zombie from 20 feet away with a 12 ga. and you hit him in the shoulder?
Man those people are some bad shots.
Quote from: R-V on November 28, 2011, 09:10:27 AM
Quote from: R-V on November 21, 2011, 08:55:53 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Well it was Rick instead of Weepy Mom, but I'll take it, especially considering the level of Bohunk Madness we saw. Nice to see something finally happen after several weeks of boring.
I was mildly impressed that the writers had the balls to write the "realistic" ending for Sophia. Now can they PLEASE leave the goddamn farm?
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 28, 2011, 01:49:29 PM
Quote from: R-V on November 28, 2011, 09:10:27 AM
Quote from: R-V on November 21, 2011, 08:55:53 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Well it was Rick instead of Weepy Mom, but I'll take it, especially considering the level of Bohunk Madness we saw. Nice to see something finally happen after several weeks of boring.
I was mildly impressed that the writers had the balls to write the "realistic" ending for Sophia. Now can they PLEASE leave the goddamn farm?
I doubt they'll be sticking around too much longer in the wake of last night's Massacre of the Innocents.
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Quote from: Slaky on November 21, 2011, 07:35:22 AM
Someone has to get Kerm's back, here. This is a lot of wasted potential right here. Instead of killing off all of these unlikeable characters we're spending each week finding out just how right we were that they're irredeemable pieces of shit.
I like Glenn because he's useful and I like Maggie but really, only because she's hot. The scene where she suddenly got all worked up about Glenn being a leader and not realizing it yet was an After School Special kind of hokey out-of-nowhere melodrama. "Listen Glenn, we've known each other for three days and you may have fucked me because I let you because I thought we were going to die and also I loved zombies until that one tried to eat my arm but you killed it and I LOVE YOU. DONT YOU GO DYIN ON ME!"
Damn, and I liked Maggie.
Also, Horse Doctor and his Psycho Farm is getting real fucking old. These people should be on the run trying to find out if there is any hope outside of Buttfuck, GA but instead they're sitting around trying to find Susan Powter's fucking daughter. Shane said it himself: in the regular, civilized world they give up on this kid after 72 hours. They think she survived out there? And they're all getting crippled while they try to find her. They'd save a lot of time if they'd just have Bohunk put a live chamber in Ms. Powter's skull, leave her behind for zedhead bait and hit the fucking road. Think of all the gas they could get from the cars along the road.
Plus think of how much more interesting it would be if they were traveling rather than spending time playing hide and go seek with a dead girl.
I'll keep watching, though.
I agree with everything in this post. The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
At this point the only way they could redeem the wheel-spinning Sophia search is if she walks into camp as a zombie and her mom blows her head off. That's the kind of depraved action I'm jonesing for.
Well it was Rick instead of Weepy Mom, but I'll take it, especially considering the level of Bohunk Madness we saw. Nice to see something finally happen after several weeks of boring.
I was mildly impressed that the writers had the balls to write the "realistic" ending for Sophia. Now can they PLEASE leave the goddamn farm?
I doubt they'll be sticking around too much longer in the wake of last night's Massacre of the Innocents.
We should start cataloguing the instances of bad writing on this show. Here's a start:
- Dale is presumably supposed to be the Fatherly Figure Who Maintains His Humanity in Spite of All These Zombies that we in the audience should sympathize with, and yet he comes off as totally unlikeable. I found myself hoping that Bohunk would just shoot him in the beard during their Swamp Rendezvous.
- I still know absolutely nothing about T Dawg (hell, I don't even know if it's spelled T Dog or T Dogg).
- Bohunk is supposed to be the One Who Understands the Danger of Zombies, yet he was sticking his sweaty bohunk face right up in the barnhole. Huh?
And yet I'll spend many more minutes writing and thinking about this show than the superior Boardwalk Empire. WHY?!
We were finally able to watch this last night. It didn't really redeem much for me and based on the Twitter reaction I think I was expecting something much more shocking than that. I figured they'd wrap up the Sophia stuff but it just seemed hammy the way she happened to be the last zombie to come out of the barn. Would have been cooler if she came out in the middle of the chaos and while everyone was in shock over what had become of her, the other zombies, who don't feel emotions or pause to reflect on heavy moments, manage to mangle some flesh. Preferably Hershel or Jamie Lite Curtis. When the fuck does a woman decide that a grey buzzcut is a good look? Screw you lady.
Anyway, the "preview" which told us almost nothing showed them mostly in the woods or still on the farm. There's no way Hershel didn't know about Sophia the whole time but here's the thing - they were leading those two zombies into the barn, were they not? Clearly, when they shoved them into the barn, had Shane not thrown a hissy fit, Rick would have noticed the zombified remains of Sophia. So there's another example of shit writing.
F minus.
The only way we're going to see improvement in this show is if they get picked up for a third season (have they already?) and can start from scratch with new, talented writers and a bigger budget. It's clear they've already shot most, if not all of the second half of this season so that's pretty much in the turrlet.
A-pluses for both R-V's and Slak's posts, but I still think the shittiest example of "writing" was when the Bohunk-fucking blonde turned from a skittish, suicidal pussy to a BOOM! head-shottin', cold-blooded, zombie-killin' MACHINE in literally ten seconds. I honestly think Falling Skies was written better than this pile, and Falling Skies was (is?) godawful.
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 06:41:04 PM
I honestly think Falling Skies was written better than this pile, and Falling Skies was (is?) godawful.
It's funny you should say that. (http://hje.me/sbox/dlog.php?highlight=p123121884&date=2011-6-20#p123121884)
I made it to episode two of that one. Godawful indeed.
Also: apparently it's "is" (http://turner.tekgroup.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=5735).
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Really?
Missing from it: Carl getting shot by Otis. Daryl wasting a precious arrow on the zombie in the tree. Daryl hallucinating about Merle, shooting a zombie in the head with an arrow he'd just pulled through his own abdomen and making himself an ear necklace. Andrea shooting Daryl in the head. Andrea and Shane opening fire on a pack of suburban zombies and getting so hot they have to bump uglies in the Hyundai afterward. Zombie Sophia emerging from the zombie barn and Rick tapping her in her zombie skull.
Honestly, you could probably edit together 2 full minutes of just Daryl badassery from SOPHIA HUNT and it would probably come off as pretty decent. But it's beside the point.
Sophia was the MacGuffin: the reason for the group to stay around Greene Farm (and the reason for the injuries sustained while looking for her) but otherwise largely irrelevant.
I mean, how many minutes of screen time of this season's 5 hours 15 minutes have actually been devoted to looking for her? Not all that much outside of the first episode and "Chupacabra" (which were, incidentally, this season's best episodes). The search for Sophia is what has set the scene for everything else. And it's
the everything else that has mostly sucked.
This season has sucked so far because of Lori's constant dramas.
It's sucked because of various characters' (Lori, Andrea, Dale) constant bitching and moaning.
It's sucked because, as hot as Maggie may be and as glad we all were to see her finally jump Glenn's bones, every single conversation between the two of them makes me want to stab myself in the brain.
It has sucked because the bulk of the many discussions about why anyone should even bother to go on living after the zombie apocalypse (arguably the theme underlying everything in these seven episodes) have been dull and uninspired thanks to a combination of singularly dull and uninspired dialogue and some shitty acting (I'm looking at you, Sarah Wayne Callies).
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Really?
Missing from it: Carl getting shot by Otis. Daryl wasting a precious arrow on the zombie in the tree. Daryl hallucinating about Merle, shooting a zombie in the head with an arrow he'd just pulled through his own abdomen and making himself an ear necklace. Andrea shooting Daryl in the head. Andrea and Shane opening fire on a pack of suburban zombies and getting so hot they have to bump uglies in the Hyundai afterward. Zombie Sophia emerging from the zombie barn and Rick tapping her in her zombie skull.
Honestly, you could probably edit together 2 full minutes of just Daryl badassery from SOPHIA HUNT and it would probably come off as pretty decent. But it's beside the point.
Sophia was the MacGuffin: the reason for the group to stay around Greene Farm (and the reason for the injuries sustained while looking for her) but otherwise largely irrelevant.
I mean, how many minutes of screen time of this season's 5 hours 15 minutes have actually been devoted to looking for her? Not all that much outside of the first episode and "Chupacabra" (which were, incidentally, this season's best episodes). The search for Sophia is what has set the scene for everything else. And it's the everything else that has mostly sucked.
This season has sucked so far because of Lori's constant dramas.
It's sucked because of various characters' (Lori, Andrea, Dale) constant bitching and moaning.
It's sucked because, as hot as Maggie may be and as glad we all were to see her finally jump Glenn's bones, every single conversation between the two of them makes me want to stab myself in the brain.
It has sucked because the bulk of the many discussions about why anyone should even bother to go on living after the zombie apocalypse (arguably the theme underlying everything in these seven episodes) have been dull and uninspired thanks to a combination of singularly dull and uninspired dialogue and some shitty acting (I'm looking at you, Sarah Wayne Callies).
That's one of the big things I keep getting angry about, meaning the constant discussions about the will to go on. I guess this is mostly because of my non-religious background but really, what the fuck else is there? You die, you're dead. That's it. Lori, the one who does a lot of the existential whining and opining, still has her husband and her son
and possibly another child on the way assuming she doesn't down another coathanger cocktail out of angst again. You have everyone in your life that you care about and you're wondering if it's worth going on living? Fuck you bitch.
I
really hope she gets eaten.
I never seen this show and I'm only nominally following this thread, but sure seems like a lot of discussion for a show that everyone thinks kind of sucks.
And yes, I'm new here.
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 10:37:32 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Really?
Missing from it: Carl getting shot by Otis. Daryl wasting a precious arrow on the zombie in the tree. Daryl hallucinating about Merle, shooting a zombie in the head with an arrow he'd just pulled through his own abdomen and making himself an ear necklace. Andrea shooting Daryl in the head. Andrea and Shane opening fire on a pack of suburban zombies and getting so hot they have to bump uglies in the Hyundai afterward. Zombie Sophia emerging from the zombie barn and Rick tapping her in her zombie skull.
Honestly, you could probably edit together 2 full minutes of just Daryl badassery from SOPHIA HUNT and it would probably come off as pretty decent. But it's beside the point.
Sophia was the MacGuffin: the reason for the group to stay around Greene Farm (and the reason for the injuries sustained while looking for her) but otherwise largely irrelevant.
I mean, how many minutes of screen time of this season's 5 hours 15 minutes have actually been devoted to looking for her? Not all that much outside of the first episode and "Chupacabra" (which were, incidentally, this season's best episodes). The search for Sophia is what has set the scene for everything else. And it's the everything else that has mostly sucked.
This season has sucked so far because of Lori's constant dramas.
It's sucked because of various characters' (Lori, Andrea, Dale) constant bitching and moaning.
It's sucked because, as hot as Maggie may be and as glad we all were to see her finally jump Glenn's bones, every single conversation between the two of them makes me want to stab myself in the brain.
It has sucked because the bulk of the many discussions about why anyone should even bother to go on living after the zombie apocalypse (arguably the theme underlying everything in these seven episodes) have been dull and uninspired thanks to a combination of singularly dull and uninspired dialogue and some shitty acting (I'm looking at you, Sarah Wayne Callies).
That's one of the big things I keep getting angry about, meaning the constant discussions about the will to go on. I guess this is mostly because of my non-religious background but really, what the fuck else is there? You die, you're dead. That's it. Lori, the one who does a lot of the existential whining and opining, still has her husband and her son and possibly another child on the way assuming she doesn't down another coathanger cocktail out of angst again. You have everyone in your life that you care about and you're wondering if it's worth going on living? Fuck you bitch.
I really hope she gets eaten.
The thing is, I think that sort of theme had potential. But for the shitty writing.
I keep coming back to this:
Quote from: R-V on November 21, 2011, 08:55:53 AM
The writing on this show is awful. If you've got writers of Mad Men or Breaking Bad quality you can have entire episodes of people sitting around with their thumbs up their asses and it'll still be entertaining, but that's not the case on this show.
And even as far as the writing goes, it's not the overarching story arc that I have a beef with so much as the dialogue driving it, which is thoroughly wooden and shallow.
That and Sarah Wayne Callies. Fucking Tancredi.
Quote from: PenPho on December 01, 2011, 10:57:44 AM
I never seen this show and I'm only nominally following this thread, but sure seems like a lot of discussion for a show that everyone thinks kind of sucks.
And yes, I'm new here.
I'm starting to realize that it's almost more fun being fully engrossed in something that sucks because it's infinitely more fun to complain than it is to praise.
Kind of makes sense considering our choice (arguably not a choice) of baseball teams.
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 11:14:19 AM
I'm starting to realize that it's almost more fun being fully engrossed in something that sucks because it's infinitely more fun to complain than it is to praise.
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on December 01, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 11:14:19 AM
I'm starting to realize that it's almost more fun being fully engrossed in something that sucks because it's infinitely more fun to complain than it is to praise.
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.
This is the most self-aware thing you've ever posted.
Quote from: PenPho on December 01, 2011, 11:53:54 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on December 01, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 11:14:19 AM
I'm starting to realize that it's almost more fun being fully engrossed in something that sucks because it's infinitely more fun to complain than it is to praise.
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.
This is the most self-aware thing you've ever posted.
And... he stole it from Ratatouille (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ik3yHjP2I).
(
Edit: Which is not to suggest I thought Pen was unaware of this. It's a Pixar film, after all.)
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2011, 11:59:49 AM
Quote from: PenPho on December 01, 2011, 11:53:54 AM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on December 01, 2011, 11:46:12 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 11:14:19 AM
I'm starting to realize that it's almost more fun being fully engrossed in something that sucks because it's infinitely more fun to complain than it is to praise.
In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.
This is the most self-aware thing you've ever posted.
And... he stole it from Ratatouille (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ik3yHjP2I).
Why not use it? It was appropriate and good. I think it's brilliant! What an idea! And I was there! He took the idea! He saw it ripe on the tree, he plucked it, and he put it in his pocket. It's, it's, dare I say... genius? Ah, no, no! But maybe, ooh! ah! maybe it is! Maybe I'm in the presence of greatness, maybe I just don't know it. But I saw it...
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Really?
Missing from it: Carl getting shot by Otis. Daryl wasting a precious arrow on the zombie in the tree. Daryl hallucinating about Merle, shooting a zombie in the head with an arrow he'd just pulled through his own abdomen and making himself an ear necklace. Andrea shooting Daryl in the head. Andrea and Shane opening fire on a pack of suburban zombies and getting so hot they have to bump uglies in the Hyundai afterward. Zombie Sophia emerging from the zombie barn and Rick tapping her in her zombie skull.
Honestly, you could probably edit together 2 full minutes of just Daryl badassery from SOPHIA HUNT and it would probably come off as pretty decent. But it's beside the point.
Sophia was the MacGuffin: the reason for the group to stay around Greene Farm (and the reason for the injuries sustained while looking for her) but otherwise largely irrelevant.
I mean, how many minutes of screen time of this season's 5 hours 15 minutes have actually been devoted to looking for her? Not all that much outside of the first episode and "Chupacabra" (which were, incidentally, this season's best episodes). The search for Sophia is what has set the scene for everything else. And it's the everything else that has mostly sucked.
This season has sucked so far because of Lori's constant dramas.
It's sucked because of various characters' (Lori, Andrea, Dale) constant bitching and moaning.
It's sucked because, as hot as Maggie may be and as glad we all were to see her finally jump Glenn's bones, every single conversation between the two of them makes me want to stab myself in the brain.
It has sucked because the bulk of the many discussions about why anyone should even bother to go on living after the zombie apocalypse (arguably the theme underlying everything in these seven episodes) have been dull and uninspired thanks to a combination of singularly dull and uninspired dialogue and some shitty acting (I'm looking at you, Sarah Wayne Callies).
Please allow me to wallow in my bitterness as well as celebrate the fact that I got this HateWGN rolling.
You are right, of course, about Daryl's involvement in SOPHIA HUNT. That guy is far and away the most interesting part of this show, meaning they'll probably kill him off in February.
Quote from: Kermit IV on December 02, 2011, 03:07:49 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 01, 2011, 10:24:53 AM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 11:20:29 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 30, 2011, 08:33:15 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on November 30, 2011, 08:24:48 PM
When you boil the entire SOPHIA HUNT down to less than two minutes (http://io9.com/5863372/the-entire-infuriating-walking-dead-lost-sophia-saga-in-2-minutes), it's still boring and shitty.
I'm on record as saying that this season has offered a lot of boring TV thanks to some regrettably shitty writing, but that's retarded.
Anything will be boring if you edit together two minutes of its most boring parts.
I don't really understand why they didn't include Rick blowing her unholy head off. But I honestly think that was a highlight reel of that tedious hunt.
Really?
Missing from it: Carl getting shot by Otis. Daryl wasting a precious arrow on the zombie in the tree. Daryl hallucinating about Merle, shooting a zombie in the head with an arrow he'd just pulled through his own abdomen and making himself an ear necklace. Andrea shooting Daryl in the head. Andrea and Shane opening fire on a pack of suburban zombies and getting so hot they have to bump uglies in the Hyundai afterward. Zombie Sophia emerging from the zombie barn and Rick tapping her in her zombie skull.
Honestly, you could probably edit together 2 full minutes of just Daryl badassery from SOPHIA HUNT and it would probably come off as pretty decent. But it's beside the point.
Sophia was the MacGuffin: the reason for the group to stay around Greene Farm (and the reason for the injuries sustained while looking for her) but otherwise largely irrelevant.
I mean, how many minutes of screen time of this season's 5 hours 15 minutes have actually been devoted to looking for her? Not all that much outside of the first episode and "Chupacabra" (which were, incidentally, this season's best episodes). The search for Sophia is what has set the scene for everything else. And it's the everything else that has mostly sucked.
This season has sucked so far because of Lori's constant dramas.
It's sucked because of various characters' (Lori, Andrea, Dale) constant bitching and moaning.
It's sucked because, as hot as Maggie may be and as glad we all were to see her finally jump Glenn's bones, every single conversation between the two of them makes me want to stab myself in the brain.
It has sucked because the bulk of the many discussions about why anyone should even bother to go on living after the zombie apocalypse (arguably the theme underlying everything in these seven episodes) have been dull and uninspired thanks to a combination of singularly dull and uninspired dialogue and some shitty acting (I'm looking at you, Sarah Wayne Callies).
Please allow me to wallow in my bitterness as well as celebrate the fact that I got this HateWGN rolling.
You are right, of course, about Daryl's involvement in SOPHIA HUNT. That guy is far and away the most interesting part of this show, meaning they'll probably kill him off in February.
I don't like WGN either.
And Skinny Bitch should die first, but since she's preggers (and a principal cast member), it'll mean she's on the show until the bitter end.
God help them if they kill off Bohunk, however.
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 10:37:32 AM
That's one of the big things I keep getting angry about, meaning the constant discussions about the will to go on. I guess this is mostly because of my non-religious background but really, what the fuck else is there? You die, you're dead.
Suicides, how do they work?
Quote from: Wheezer on December 05, 2011, 08:49:15 PM
Quote from: Slaky on December 01, 2011, 10:37:32 AM
That's one of the big things I keep getting angry about, meaning the constant discussions about the will to go on. I guess this is mostly because of my non-religious background but really, what the fuck else is there? You die, you're dead.
Suicides, how do they work?
Right, but this woman is not suicidal - just whiny.
I don't think the writers actually realize what the problems are with this show. (http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/tv/2012/01/14/the-walking-dead-gets-a-16-episode-third-season-kirkman-and-mazzara-defend-first-half/)
My God, this would have been SO much better!
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/09/frank-darabont-walking-dead-season-2-plan/
Quote from: morpheus on January 28, 2012, 12:56:37 AM
My God, this would have been SO much better!
http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/01/09/frank-darabont-walking-dead-season-2-plan/
When AMC played hardball with Mad Men over an extra 2 minutes of commercials per episode, that was a bit WTF.
But Walking Dead has been far and away their most popular show ever from the very first episode, and only getting more popular as it went on. That they'd kneecap
this show with budget
cuts boggles the mind.
From last August (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/walking-dead-what-happened-fired-221449):
QuoteWhat remains a central mystery, even to those closely involved, is what triggered AMC's move to fire Darabont. As noted, AMC's decision to cut the budget dated to the previous fall, when the network instructed Darabont to produce 13 episodes for a second season, up from six for the first season, for less money. Not only would the show get a lower budget, but AMC also decided that Walking Dead would no longer reap the benefit of a 30 percent tax credit per episode that came with filming in Georgia. Now the network was going to hold on to that money.
At the time, a source says, the show's producers decided not to get into a confrontation. "To have a fight over a number when they didn't know what the show was going to do didn't make sense," says this source. But when Walking Dead began to break AMC records, those involved figured that a negotiation would take place and the cuts might be reduced.
But this source says that AMC had its own ideas about how to make the show more cheaply. The show shoots for eight days per episode, and the network suggested that half should be indoors. "Four days inside and four days out? That's not Walking Dead," says this insider. "This is not a show that takes place around the dinner table." That was just one of what this person describes as "silly notes" from AMC. Couldn't the audience hear the zombies sometimes and not see them, to save on makeup? The source says Darabont fought "a constant battle to keep the show big in scope and style."
AMC: Story Matters Here™
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
Fun ways to kill babies!
I highly doubt she's dead but it seems like Rick and Herschel forged their bond at the bar so I guess we're GOING TO BE STUCK ON THE FARM AGAIN.
HALLELUJAH!
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
As did I. I really hate the Skinny Bitch.
At the rate we're going, Herschel's going to die, isn't he?
He can't live, right?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
As did I. I really hate the Skinny Bitch.
At the rate we're going, Herschel's going to die, isn't he?
He can't live, right?
I thought Glenn was going to die in that bar.
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
Now I'll admit that I haven't watched much of the show. Maybe the first two episodes of season one. But I reckon, from the ways folks been talking, that the problem is that you got yerselves a zombie show that ain't got enough killing of the zombies. Seems like you'd be right fine if you threw in a little more of that and a little less of the whinin' and cryin. That's just my two cents.
Quote from: Slaky on February 13, 2012, 10:27:04 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
As did I. I really hate the Skinny Bitch.
At the rate we're going, Herschel's going to die, isn't he?
He can't live, right?
I thought Glenn was going to die in that bar.
I was afraid of that too. Who would bump uglies with Maggie?!?!
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 11:13:17 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 13, 2012, 10:27:04 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
As did I. I really hate the Skinny Bitch.
At the rate we're going, Herschel's going to die, isn't he?
He can't live, right?
I thought Glenn was going to die in that bar.
I was afraid of that too. Who would bump uglies with Maggie?!?!
The whole love conversation seemed like good foreshadowing. Something good happening in all this - would have been perfect to end it with a gruesome death.
Seems like all these assholes are immune now. Except for unborn babies, anyway.
Seems to me, if they're not going to have a lot of actual zombies - it would serve them well to introduce more travelers and their stories of the world outside of Yawning Farms.
I think lost in that was the place the group had intended to head toward, Fort Bennett, was apparently overrun and is now uninhabitable. So that's something.
Just given the fact that they probably shot this in conjunction with the first half of the season, meaning there wasn't any ability to take viewer criticism and apply knowledge to any of these story lines, we're going to end up with more of the same until season three.
Quote from: Slaky on February 13, 2012, 11:33:16 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 11:13:17 AM
Quote from: Slaky on February 13, 2012, 10:27:04 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 13, 2012, 10:07:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 13, 2012, 08:49:52 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 12, 2012, 11:10:14 PM
Amazing how good this show got for a few minutes there just by adding Michael Raymond-James.
Too bad.
On the other hand, I literally cheered the car accident.
As did I. I really hate the Skinny Bitch.
At the rate we're going, Herschel's going to die, isn't he?
He can't live, right?
I thought Glenn was going to die in that bar.
I was afraid of that too. Who would bump uglies with Maggie?!?!
The whole love conversation seemed like good foreshadowing. Something good happening in all this - would have been perfect to end it with a gruesome death.
Seems like all these assholes are immune now. Except for unborn babies, anyway.
Seems to me, if they're not going to have a lot of actual zombies - it would serve them well to introduce more travelers and their stories of the world outside of Yawning Farms.
I think lost in that was the place the group had intended to head toward, Fort Bennett, was apparently overrun and is now uninhabitable. So that's something.
Just given the fact that they probably shot this in conjunction with the first half of the season, meaning there wasn't any ability to take viewer criticism and apply knowledge to any of these story lines, we're going to end up with more of the same until season three.
Guh.
I'll say again: budget. (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg250380#msg250380)
"The Walking Dead" is apparently the only big show AMC owns outright, so they're free to do what they like with it without any threat of it finding another home. And what they apparently like is pinching pennies.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 12:18:31 PM
I'll say again: budget. (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=7572.msg250380#msg250380)
"The Walking Dead" is apparently the only big show AMC owns outright, so they're free to do what they like with it without any threat of it finding another home. And what they apparently like is pinching pennies.
Yep, Which is why it's even more alarming that this show is going to be dependent on good writing to carry it and since we already know these writers are awful...
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own telescope it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Minor adjustment.
The best part of that episode was the teaser for Mad Men. J. Walt, you're absolutely right about the cast being truly awful, but the writing is just as much to blame for this show being utter shit. It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over. Also, why did Skinny Bitch feel the need to send ANYONE out to chase down Rick and Glenn, like, 20 minutes after they left? Oh, right. Just to have an excuse to get into a car accident, since they've been doing nothing but sitting on a farm for half of a season. There was ONE goddamn zombie moment in that whole episode (unless you count Skinny Bitch driving like a woman, AMIRIGHT???). Also, I loved how "previously on The Walking Dead" summed up the entire first half of the season with about 4 clips. Fuck this fucking show.
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
The best part of that episode was the teaser for Mad Men. J. Walt, you're absolutely right about the cast being truly awful, but the writing is just as much to blame for this show being utter shit. It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over. Also, why did Skinny Bitch feel the need to send ANYONE out to chase down Rick and Glenn, like, 20 minutes after they left? Oh, right. Just to have an excuse to get into a car accident, since they've been doing nothing but sitting on a farm for half of a season. There was ONE goddamn zombie moment in that whole episode (unless you count Skinny Bitch driving like a woman, AMIRIGHT???). Also, I loved how "previously on The Walking Dead" summed up the entire first half of the season with about 4 clips. Fuck this fucking show.
I don't think there's anything in here that's wrong.
To Skinny Bitch (who had the weird arm thing going on in this episode too): Why didn't you map out your trip to town before you left the farm? Why did you need to pull out (||) a map while you were driving? If you're going out into the zombie wasteland with limited fuel supplies, wouldn't you want to minimize your trip and secure the route in advance?
I don't think this is nitpicking. For a show that putatively focuses on how one lives their life in the aftermath of something like this, it would appear to be axiomatic.
But, yeah, fuck it.
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over.
1. Who gets to use guns and who doesn't.
2. The zombies are no longer human beings. Yes they are, that's my relative / loved one.
3. Who gave you the right to be in charge and / or make decisions for everyone else?
You mean those three goddamn arguments?
Quote from: flannj on February 14, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over.
1. Who gets to use guns and who doesn't.
2. The zombies are no longer human beings. Yes they are, that's my relative / loved one.
3. Who gave you the right to be in charge and / or make decisions for everone else?
You mean those three goddamn arguments?
You forgot: "Is it even worth living anymore if this is how we have to live?"
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 14, 2012, 02:48:24 PM
Quote from: flannj on February 14, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over.
1. Who gets to use guns and who doesn't.
2. The zombies are no longer human beings. Yes they are, that's my relative / loved one.
3. Who gave you the right to be in charge and / or make decisions for everone else?
You mean those three goddamn arguments?
You forgot: "Is it even worth living anymore if this is how we have to live?"
And "Will any of us other than Rick, Glenn, and Shane ever get to have secks again? With a woman, that is?"
Quote from: morpheus on February 14, 2012, 04:42:59 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 14, 2012, 02:48:24 PM
Quote from: flannj on February 14, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over.
1. Who gets to use guns and who doesn't.
2. The zombies are no longer human beings. Yes they are, that's my relative / loved one.
3. Who gave you the right to be in charge and / or make decisions for everone else?
You mean those three goddamn arguments?
You forgot: "Is it even worth living anymore if this is how we have to live?"
And "Will any of us other than Rick, Glenn, and Shane ever get to have secks again? With a woman, that is?"
Also: "Where are we going to go, Fort Benning or some other fresh hell?"
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
The best part of that episode was the teaser for Mad Men. J. Walt, you're absolutely right about the cast being truly awful, but the writing is just as much to blame for this show being utter shit. It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over. Also, why did Skinny Bitch feel the need to send ANYONE out to chase down Rick and Glenn, like, 20 minutes after they left? Oh, right. Just to have an excuse to get into a car accident, since they've been doing nothing but sitting on a farm for half of a season. There was ONE goddamn zombie moment in that whole episode (unless you count Skinny Bitch driving like a woman, AMIRIGHT???). Also, I loved how "previously on The Walking Dead" summed up the entire first half of the season with about 4 clips. Fuck this fucking show.
That's what bugged me. They just left and she is trying to send Daryl to get them and Herschel? THEY WENT TO GET HERSCHEL. It's like trying to clean up a puddle of piss by pissing on it. Fuck you lady. Please be dead. PLEASE BE DEAD.
Quote from: Slaky on February 14, 2012, 11:07:32 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
The best part of that episode was the teaser for Mad Men. J. Walt, you're absolutely right about the cast being truly awful, but the writing is just as much to blame for this show being utter shit. It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over. Also, why did Skinny Bitch feel the need to send ANYONE out to chase down Rick and Glenn, like, 20 minutes after they left? Oh, right. Just to have an excuse to get into a car accident, since they've been doing nothing but sitting on a farm for half of a season. There was ONE goddamn zombie moment in that whole episode (unless you count Skinny Bitch driving like a woman, AMIRIGHT???). Also, I loved how "previously on The Walking Dead" summed up the entire first half of the season with about 4 clips. Fuck this fucking show.
That's what bugged me. They just left and she is trying to send Daryl to get them and Herschel? THEY WENT TO GET HERSCHEL. It's like trying to clean up a puddle of piss by pissing on it. Fuck you lady. Please be dead. PLEASE BE DEAD.
Leave Daryl alone, Skinny Bitch; do your own dirty work (that has no plausible rationale for being done in the first place)
Quote from: flannj on February 14, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over.
1. Who gets to use guns and who doesn't.
2. The zombies are no longer human beings. Yes they are, that's my relative / loved one.
3. Who gave you the right to be in charge and / or make decisions for everyone else?
You mean those three goddamn arguments?
Basically. Though I would replace #1 with, "Is it morally irresponsible to bear/raise a child in this new, horrible world where the soulless walk the earth bickering at each other for 20 hours a day?" I think #1 fits into #3.
Quote from: Slaky on February 14, 2012, 11:07:32 PM
Quote from: Kermit IV on February 14, 2012, 01:19:05 PM
The best part of that episode was the teaser for Mad Men. J. Walt, you're absolutely right about the cast being truly awful, but the writing is just as much to blame for this show being utter shit. It's the same three goddamn arguments over and over. Also, why did Skinny Bitch feel the need to send ANYONE out to chase down Rick and Glenn, like, 20 minutes after they left? Oh, right. Just to have an excuse to get into a car accident, since they've been doing nothing but sitting on a farm for half of a season. There was ONE goddamn zombie moment in that whole episode (unless you count Skinny Bitch driving like a woman, AMIRIGHT???). Also, I loved how "previously on The Walking Dead" summed up the entire first half of the season with about 4 clips. Fuck this fucking show.
That's what bugged me. They just left and she is trying to send Daryl to get them and Herschel? THEY WENT TO GET HERSCHEL. It's like trying to clean up a puddle of piss by pissing on it. Fuck you lady. Please be dead. PLEASE BE DEAD.
I HATE THIS GODDAMN SHOW.
I officially cut it from my DVR roster, so I expect to come in here and be entertained on a weekly basis by how horrible it remains. Remains. Get it? LIKE DEAD PEOPLE.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Quote from: R-V on February 19, 2012, 10:22:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Can't wait to see the fallout from the car accident tonight. 44 minutes of mourning over the baby that never was and Herschel and Rick squabbling over how or if they should let them stay at the farm until she heals from her injuries while Shane stews in the background and probably makes fun of Dale for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, off in the distance where there are no cameras, zombies do cool shit.
Quote from: Slaky on February 19, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: R-V on February 19, 2012, 10:22:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Can't wait to see the fallout from the car accident tonight. 44 minutes of mourning over the baby that never was and Herschel and Rick squabbling over how or if they should let them stay at the farm until she heals from her injuries while Shane stews in the background and probably makes fun of Dale for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, off in the distance where there are no cameras, zombies do cool shit.
Ha, they sure showed
you. They brought in Damian from
Rescue Me to almost get them all killed as they weighed the moral implications of helping other non-zombies.
Quote from: morpheus on February 20, 2012, 03:44:26 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 19, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: R-V on February 19, 2012, 10:22:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Can't wait to see the fallout from the car accident tonight. 44 minutes of mourning over the baby that never was and Herschel and Rick squabbling over how or if they should let them stay at the farm until she heals from her injuries while Shane stews in the background and probably makes fun of Dale for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, off in the distance where there are no cameras, zombies do cool shit.
Ha, they sure showed you. They brought in Damian from Rescue Me to almost get them all killed as they weighed the moral implications of helping other non-zombies.
I thought this episode was less bad than previous ones. I just watched it last night so bear with me. Did everyone quit on this? I'm surprised no one else had anything to say.
I think Rick getting pissed off is definitely a good thing but I'm annoyed that Lori is playing him like a fiddle. I don't think there's any doubt she hates herself for having fallen for Shane and the fact that she won't admit to him that it was real for a time is what's making this division so irreparable.
That said, THIS STORYLINE IS FUCKING BULLSHIT AND IT'S SOAP OPERA SHIT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HORROR SHOW AND NOW IT'S
ALL MY CHILDREN ON A FUCKING FARM.
Anyway, the firefight was cool and the zombie tearing it's face skin off trying to eat Lori was bad ass. Too bad he failed. Nice to see her flip her car and not sustain any injuries and everyone just assumes the baby is fine. Not one person asked, "Hey, you were in a car accident don't you think it's possible that you might have lost the baby?" Nope.
And yeah, Rick trying to save that dipshit from the fence was retarded. And Glenn's even turning into a sopping wet pussy.
What is all this love shit?
I hate every single character in this show.
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 10:29:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 20, 2012, 03:44:26 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 19, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: R-V on February 19, 2012, 10:22:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Can't wait to see the fallout from the car accident tonight. 44 minutes of mourning over the baby that never was and Herschel and Rick squabbling over how or if they should let them stay at the farm until she heals from her injuries while Shane stews in the background and probably makes fun of Dale for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, off in the distance where there are no cameras, zombies do cool shit.
Ha, they sure showed you. They brought in Damian from Rescue Me to almost get them all killed as they weighed the moral implications of helping other non-zombies.
I thought this episode was less bad than previous ones. I just watched it last night so bear with me. Did everyone quit on this? I'm surprised no one else had anything to say.
I think Rick getting pissed off is definitely a good thing but I'm annoyed that Lori is playing him like a fiddle. I don't think there's any doubt she hates herself for having fallen for Shane and the fact that she won't admit to him that it was real for a time is what's making this division so irreparable.
That said, THIS STORYLINE IS FUCKING BULLSHIT AND IT'S SOAP OPERA SHIT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HORROR SHOW AND NOW IT'S ALL MY CHILDREN ON A FUCKING FARM.
Anyway, the firefight was cool and the zombie tearing it's face skin off trying to eat Lori was bad ass. Too bad he failed. Nice to see her flip her car and not sustain any injuries and everyone just assumes the baby is fine. Not one person asked, "Hey, you were in a car accident don't you think it's possible that you might have lost the baby?" Nope.
And yeah, Rick trying to save that dipshit from the fence was retarded. And Glenn's even turning into a sopping wet pussy.
What is all this love shit?
I hate every single character in this show.
Be sure to tune in next week!
Quote from: Slaky on February 21, 2012, 10:29:34 AM
Quote from: morpheus on February 20, 2012, 03:44:26 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 19, 2012, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: R-V on February 19, 2012, 10:22:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 13, 2012, 10:42:27 AM
Not to diminish Michael Raymond-James, but the fact that he can walk into this show for a ten-minute stint and utterly fucking own it suggests to me that maybe the biggest problem with this show is actually the cast.
Now that I'm thinking about it, all of the actors, aside from maybe Norman Reedus, seem pretty one-note. And that could pose some problems when it comes to rich characterization.
Maybe the writers' biggest problem is not recognizing their actors' limitations.
I'm pretty sure my 3 favorite characters on this show (other than Daryl) were:
1. Dude from Terriers from the bar scene
2. Scientist at the CDC
3. Black dude who was holed up in his house with his kid in the pilot
All of them were either killed off immediately or haven't been seen since the pilot. Contrast that with Lost, where when the writers saw what they had in the Ben Linus character, scrapped their plans to kill him off and decided to keep him in the show. Boourns.
I'd really like to talk about Justified because it's so goddamn good but I'm like 3 episodes behind so I'll just have a quick sad instead of clicking on that thread.
Can't wait to see the fallout from the car accident tonight. 44 minutes of mourning over the baby that never was and Herschel and Rick squabbling over how or if they should let them stay at the farm until she heals from her injuries while Shane stews in the background and probably makes fun of Dale for a few minutes.
Meanwhile, off in the distance where there are no cameras, zombies do cool shit.
Ha, they sure showed you. They brought in Damian from Rescue Me to almost get them all killed as they weighed the moral implications of helping other non-zombies.
I thought this episode was less bad than previous ones. I just watched it last night so bear with me. Did everyone quit on this? I'm surprised no one else had anything to say.
I think Rick getting pissed off is definitely a good thing but I'm annoyed that Lori is playing him like a fiddle. I don't think there's any doubt she hates herself for having fallen for Shane and the fact that she won't admit to him that it was real for a time is what's making this division so irreparable.
That said, THIS STORYLINE IS FUCKING BULLSHIT AND IT'S SOAP OPERA SHIT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HORROR SHOW AND NOW IT'S ALL MY CHILDREN ON A FUCKING FARM.
Anyway, the firefight was cool and the zombie tearing it's face skin off trying to eat Lori was bad ass. Too bad he failed. Nice to see her flip her car and not sustain any injuries and everyone just assumes the baby is fine. Not one person asked, "Hey, you were in a car accident don't you think it's possible that you might have lost the baby?" Nope.
And yeah, Rick trying to save that dipshit from the fence was retarded. And Glenn's even turning into a sopping wet pussy.
What is all this love shit?
I hate every single character in this show.
Shane is still good. HE DOES WHAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, YOU STUPID CHIEF!!
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
Quote from: Wheezer on February 25, 2012, 11:38:10 PM
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
"Generators. Now stop asking questions."
Quote from: Bort on February 26, 2012, 09:46:01 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on February 25, 2012, 11:38:10 PM
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
"Generators. Now stop asking questions."
Or from where they're getting the gasoline?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 26, 2012, 07:02:47 PM
Quote from: Bort on February 26, 2012, 09:46:01 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on February 25, 2012, 11:38:10 PM
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
"Generators. Now stop asking questions."
Or from where they're getting the gasoline?
Maybe if we're lucky we'll get an entire episode this season on the operation of the farm's generators. I'm sure it's quite fascinating.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 26, 2012, 07:07:52 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 26, 2012, 07:02:47 PM
Quote from: Bort on February 26, 2012, 09:46:01 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on February 25, 2012, 11:38:10 PM
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
"Generators. Now stop asking questions."
Or from where they're getting the gasoline?
Maybe if we're lucky we'll get an entire episode this season on the operation of the farm's generators. I'm sure it's quite fascinating.
Episode? That's a story arc, man. What would happen if the secondary generator for running the pump from the storage tanks to the main generator gives out? They have to send Shane into dangerous territory with a hapless companion to get another one, that's what.
Quote from: Wheezer on February 26, 2012, 07:12:55 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on February 26, 2012, 07:07:52 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 26, 2012, 07:02:47 PM
Quote from: Bort on February 26, 2012, 09:46:01 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on February 25, 2012, 11:38:10 PM
Did I miss the explanation for why the farmhouse has electricity?
"Generators. Now stop asking questions."
Or from where they're getting the gasoline?
Maybe if we're lucky we'll get an entire episode this season on the operation of the farm's generators. I'm sure it's quite fascinating.
Episode? That's a story arc, man. What would happen if the secondary generator for running the pump from the storage tanks to the main generator gives out? They have to send Shane into dangerous territory with a hapless companion to get another one, that's what.
Wheezer's on to something. Judging from the previews, it looks like we've got another 46 episodes until they figure out what to do with the kid. That's this show for you. Take an inconsequential event and turn it into a two month storyline.
I thought this episode was actually decent when you had the confrontation with the walkers but when you consider why they were there in the first place the wind is sucked right out of the whole thing. Then you've got Rick and Shane beating each other up for an endless amount of time like Tom and fucking Jerry. What was the goal there? Nothing was resolved. Even with Rick's "heroic" change of heart to come back and save Shane it's obvious Shane still wants to control the group and yet he's still too big of a pussy to leave because of Stick Lady and Carl so nothing -
literally nothing - was accomplished.
So the next episode is going to be all about what to do with the kid. Just like this one. And the one before that.
What are the writers from Lost, Terriers and Rubicon up to these days? If they killed off every character (OK, maybe keep Daryl) and hired all new writers from good shows, this show could be pretty good.
So glad they finally killed that annoying asshole. Fuck it's about time.
Quote from: R-V on February 28, 2012, 12:04:19 PM
What are the writers from Lost, Terriers and Rubicon up to these days? If they killed off every character (OK, maybe keep Daryl) and hired all new writers from good shows, this show could be pretty good.
Funny thing... The writer of last night's episode (plus the episode earlier this season in which Angela jumps Shane's bohunk bone) was also a staff writer on Terriers, writing two episodes (she wrote the episode in which Hank and Britt track down the cancer woman's "stolen" ring and co-wrote the second to last episode, where the guy who looks like John-Boy Walton gets killed).
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 05, 2012, 04:37:21 AM
So glad they finally killed that annoying asshole. Fuck it's about time.
Yes, now maybe something will actually get done. I mentioned to my wife that this show has such endless possibilities as far as the things they can explore within this new world. Whether it's finding out how other cities/towns are handling the crisis to finding a larger settlement to ANYTHING.
Instead they're exploring the breakdown of humanity when placed in group like a zombified Lord of the Flies. It's interesting at times and I get it, I really do. But 99% of me is just holding out hope that next season they finally use that budget money to hire some great writers and build some fantastic sets to take this show where it really needs to go.
Though I should probably just hang my head and resign myself to the fact that this is what
The Walking Dead is. It's LOST with every single character as Kate.
Quote from: Slaky on March 05, 2012, 11:46:48 AM
Though I should probably just hang my head and resign myself to the fact that this is what The Walking Dead is. It's LOST with every single character as Kate.
Holy shit,
this.
On the bright side, this has inspired me to read back through all of the AV Club's Terriers recaps (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/tvshow/terriers,125/) today.
What an amazing fucking show.
Quote from: Slaky on March 05, 2012, 11:46:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 05, 2012, 04:37:21 AM
So glad they finally killed that annoying asshole. Fuck it's about time.
Yes, now maybe something will actually get done. I mentioned to my wife that this show has such endless possibilities as far as the things they can explore within this new world. Whether it's finding out how other cities/towns are handling the crisis to finding a larger settlement to ANYTHING.
Instead they're exploring the breakdown of humanity when placed in group like a zombified Lord of the Flies. It's interesting at times and I get it, I really do. But 99% of me is just holding out hope that next season they finally use that budget money to hire some great writers and build some fantastic sets to take this show where it really needs to go.
Though I should probably just hang my head and resign myself to the fact that this is what The Walking Dead is. It's LOST with every single character as Kate.
With Dale out of the picture we're one step closer to getting rid of every last terrible character on this show. What a painful hour of television.
Dale talks to everyone (except T-Dog of course. Apparently the zombies took the right to vote away from black dudes) in advance of THE BIG VOTE. But (a) they're never really clear if it's a vote or simply a discussion. Then they don't take a vote. Then the entire discussion is rendered pointless because regardless of what the group decides it's all up to Noble Rick in the end anyway.
I did get a kick out of Dale's death being Carl's fault. Carl is such a dipshit.
I wish to the zombie gods that they would take this show in the direction everyone who is not a dipshit can see they should take it.
Quote from: R-V on March 05, 2012, 10:01:39 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 05, 2012, 11:46:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 05, 2012, 04:37:21 AM
So glad they finally killed that annoying asshole. Fuck it's about time.
Yes, now maybe something will actually get done. I mentioned to my wife that this show has such endless possibilities as far as the things they can explore within this new world. Whether it's finding out how other cities/towns are handling the crisis to finding a larger settlement to ANYTHING.
Instead they're exploring the breakdown of humanity when placed in group like a zombified Lord of the Flies. It's interesting at times and I get it, I really do. But 99% of me is just holding out hope that next season they finally use that budget money to hire some great writers and build some fantastic sets to take this show where it really needs to go.
Though I should probably just hang my head and resign myself to the fact that this is what The Walking Dead is. It's LOST with every single character as Kate.
With Dale out of the picture we're one step closer to getting rid of every last terrible character on this show. What a painful hour of television.
Dale talks to everyone (except T-Dog of course. Apparently the zombies took the right to vote away from black dudes) in advance of THE BIG VOTE. But (a) they're never really clear if it's a vote or simply a discussion. Then they don't take a vote. Then the entire discussion is rendered pointless because regardless of what the group decides it's all up to Noble Rick in the end anyway.
I did get a kick out of Dale's death being Carl's fault. Carl is such a dipshit.
I wish to the zombie gods that they would take this show in the direction everyone who is not a dipshit can see they should take it.
Just go back to a neighborhood or a city. SOMETHING. For FUCKS SAKE.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:35:44 AM
Quote from: R-V on February 28, 2012, 12:04:19 PM
What are the writers from Lost, Terriers and Rubicon up to these days? If they killed off every character (OK, maybe keep Daryl) and hired all new writers from good shows, this show could be pretty good.
Funny thing... The writer of last night's episode (plus the episode earlier this season in which Angela jumps Shane's bohunk bone) was also a staff writer on Terriers, writing two episodes (she wrote the episode in which Hank and Britt track down the cancer woman's "stolen" ring and co-wrote the second to last episode, where the guy who looks like John-Boy Walton gets killed).
So we've got writers from at least 2 excellent shows - Terriers and The Shield - and yet we still have an end product which, if we're lucky, includes 5 minutes of entertainment and 40 minutes of shitty actors delivering Entourage level dialogue. Maybe this show is just DOOMED.
DPD. Fun with T-Dog from the AV Club comments (http://www.avclub.com/articles/judge-jury-executioner,70248/).
QuoteT-Dog is the perfect character that anyone can gravitate to because he's the empty vessel that can be filled however necessary. With every other character on this show, the better I know them, the less I like them; thus, I like T-Dog best.
QuoteNow I'm going to imagine him as this George Costanza type who finally saw an opportunity to have a cool nick name after everyone who knew him died, and decided on T-Dog.
QuoteWas T-Dog even in the house for that meeting?
QuoteWhen Dale said "Isn't anyone going to be speak?!" I was expecting T-Dog to launch into a stirring 3-minute monologue, starting with "Look, I know I don't say much around here, but..."
QuoteThe fun thing about T-Dog is that when he is inevitably bitten and turned into a zombie, we'll have 3 or 4 four episodes of guessing whether he's actually been converted or if he's just moping around in a wordless stupor per usual. Still, I really hope he gets a catchphrase....
QuoteOn the "Talking Dead" show they mentioned that the dying cow that Dale finds was originally written to be another cast member, but they don't say who. I wonder if it was supposed to be T-Dog. It's not like he's doing anything else.
(for Gil)
QuoteT-Dog is a black Observer.
Quote from: R-V on March 06, 2012, 12:03:45 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 09:35:44 AM
Quote from: R-V on February 28, 2012, 12:04:19 PM
What are the writers from Lost, Terriers and Rubicon up to these days? If they killed off every character (OK, maybe keep Daryl) and hired all new writers from good shows, this show could be pretty good.
Funny thing... The writer of last night's episode (plus the episode earlier this season in which Angela jumps Shane's bohunk bone) was also a staff writer on Terriers, writing two episodes (she wrote the episode in which Hank and Britt track down the cancer woman's "stolen" ring and co-wrote the second to last episode, where the guy who looks like John-Boy Walton gets killed).
So we've got writers from at least 2 excellent shows - Terriers and The Shield - and yet we still have an end product which, if we're lucky, includes 5 minutes of entertainment and 40 minutes of shitty actors delivering Entourage level dialogue. Maybe this show is just DOOMED.
There's also a writer from Rescue Me (which I've never really watched but which some people seem to like... I guess), Evan Reilly.
He wrote "Cherokee Rose" (the walker in the well, Glen and Maggie bumping uglies) and "Nebraska" (Britt from Terriers, Lori crashing Maggie's car) and co-wrote next week's episode with Glen Mazzara (showrunner, ex-Shield).
Also: the guy who wrote the screenplay for the movie Orphan (http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/spoiler-alert---orphan-extended).
Why are you all still watching this?
Quote from: Tonker on March 07, 2012, 03:27:30 AM
Why are you all still watching this?
You're asking that question to people that continually watch the Cubs...
But, really, after the promise of last season, I believe there is a huge desire by those who watch to enjoy the show, and it is failing
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 07, 2012, 07:40:27 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 07, 2012, 03:27:30 AM
Why are you all still watching this?
You're asking that question to people that continually watch the Cubs...
But, really, after the promise of last season, I believe there is a huge desire by those who watch to enjoy the show, and it is failing
Yeti scores big. It's obvious we're drawn to watch things we hate.
I think I actually like hating this show.
Quote from: Slaky on March 07, 2012, 09:54:12 AM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 07, 2012, 07:40:27 AM
Quote from: Tonker on March 07, 2012, 03:27:30 AM
Why are you all still watching this?
You're asking that question to people that continually watch the Cubs...
But, really, after the promise of last season, I believe there is a huge desire by those who watch to enjoy the show, and it is failing
Yeti scores big. It's obvious we're drawn to watch things we hate.
I think I actually like hating this show.
(http://i39.tinypic.com/ra9qw0.jpg)
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 05, 2012, 12:31:03 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 05, 2012, 11:46:48 AM
Though I should probably just hang my head and resign myself to the fact that this is what The Walking Dead is. It's LOST with every single character as Kate.
Holy shit, this.
No, it's worse. I'm only two-thirds of the way through episode 10, and it is unspeakably worse. I should just get in a cab and get a bracelet.
Quote from: Slaky on March 05, 2012, 11:46:48 AM
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 05, 2012, 04:37:21 AM
So glad they finally killed that annoying asshole. Fuck it's about time.
Yes, now maybe something will actually get done.
No, they've got to get rid of that little shit Carl. He offers nothing except inertia. Doll-eyed, slack-jawed, smart-ass inertia. And then Frog Lips the "civil rights attorney." And Susan Powter. Fuck it, turn them all into zombies and put them back into the barn. Except T-Dog, who can be put to work growing cabbage for Glenn's postapocalyptic kimchi empire.
I did not see that coming.
#RIPBohunk
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
Also: apparently Carl didn't get the memo about using their knives more now.
What a little asshole.
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Same thing with the kid they were keeping in the barn. Bohunk only snapped his neck, but he came back full zombie. Games are changing.
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 12, 2012, 04:36:25 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Same thing with the kid they were keeping in the barn. Bohunk only snapped his neck, but he came back full zombie. Games are changing.
And the security guard zombies Rick and Shane killed at that school a couple episodes back.
Let it never be said that TDubbs can't CONNECT those narrative DOTS, folks.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
Quote from: morpheus on March 12, 2012, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
Fuck that little dipshit.
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 12, 2012, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Several things about that scene pissed me off. First, the establishing shot after the Shane kill shows that they weren't too far away from the farm house. So what was Shane going to do? Put Rick down within earshot of the entire group? Second, the first gunshot fired when Rick stabs Shane does nothing in terms of attracting the zombies, but the second shot from Carl does? What happened during the barn shooting spree? Third, after it's been established that going out into the woods at night is bad idea, the men of the group again...go out into the woods at night.
But, hey, more lines for T-Dog, amiright?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 12, 2012, 09:27:31 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 12, 2012, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Several things about that scene pissed me off. First, the establishing shot after the Shane kill shows that they weren't too far away from the farm house. So what was Shane going to do? Put Rick down within earshot of the entire group? Second, the first gunshot fired when Rick stabs Shane does nothing in terms of attracting the zombies, but the second shot from Carl does? What happened during the barn shooting spree? Third, after it's been established that going out into the woods at night is bad idea, the men of the group again...go out into the woods at night.
But, hey, more lines for T-Dog, amiright?
AW HELL NAW!
Every plotline on this show is driven by someone doing something stupid.
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:31:50 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 12, 2012, 09:27:31 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 12, 2012, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Several things about that scene pissed me off. First, the establishing shot after the Shane kill shows that they weren't too far away from the farm house. So what was Shane going to do? Put Rick down within earshot of the entire group? Second, the first gunshot fired when Rick stabs Shane does nothing in terms of attracting the zombies, but the second shot from Carl does? What happened during the barn shooting spree? Third, after it's been established that going out into the woods at night is bad idea, the men of the group again...go out into the woods at night.
But, hey, more lines for T-Dog, amiright?
AW HELL NAW!
Every plotline on this show is driven by someone doing something stupid.
To be fair, almost all zombie stories involve someone doing something stupid that dooms them all.
(not meant as a defense of lazy writing. Just giving the devil his due.)
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:31:50 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 12, 2012, 09:27:31 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 12, 2012, 08:36:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 02:04:32 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 11, 2012, 11:36:55 PM
Quote from: Slaky on March 11, 2012, 11:15:20 PM
Quote from: Tollbooth Yeti on March 11, 2012, 10:32:49 PM
So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Several things about that scene pissed me off. First, the establishing shot after the Shane kill shows that they weren't too far away from the farm house. So what was Shane going to do? Put Rick down within earshot of the entire group? Second, the first gunshot fired when Rick stabs Shane does nothing in terms of attracting the zombies, but the second shot from Carl does? What happened during the barn shooting spree? Third, after it's been established that going out into the woods at night is bad idea, the men of the group again...go out into the woods at night.
But, hey, more lines for T-Dog, amiright?
AW HELL NAW!
Every plotline on this show is driven by someone doing something stupid.
Side note: was I the only one who found that Mad Men ad juxtaposing it and The Walking Dead absoultely unbearable?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 12, 2012, 12:17:39 PM
Side note: was I the only one who found that Mad Men ad juxtaposing it and The Walking Dead absoultely unbearable?
No. That was a retarded ball of awful.
I blame PenFoe.
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So, how the fuck was bohunk infected?
Airborne zombification? I don't get it.
Either way, finally something is happening.
Remember at the end of season 1, when Jenner, the CDC guy, whispered something to Rick about the blood tests?
Could it have been that Bohunk was infected? Hence the violent mood swings and the sudden transformation post-death?
Maybe some people are semi-resistant carriers of the virus for whom it isn't fatal and who thus only fully zombify after dying from other causes.
THIS. I said virtually the same thing to SMorph last night when Glenn and Daryl found Randall.
I wonder if Shane got infected when he got all stabby with that horde of zombies when he was trapped on the bus. He may have swapped blood with Randall when he squeezed his raw wrists through the shackles.
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
The CDC guy probably figured out that the virus or whatever was mutating into something airborne.
Several things about that scene pissed me off. First, the establishing shot after the Shane kill shows that they weren't too far away from the farm house. So what was Shane going to do? Put Rick down within earshot of the entire group? Second, the first gunshot fired when Rick stabs Shane does nothing in terms of attracting the zombies, but the second shot from Carl does? What happened during the barn shooting spree? Third, after it's been established that going out into the woods at night is bad idea, the men of the group again...go out into the woods at night.
But, hey, more lines for T-Dog, amiright?
On the Talking Dead, which we watched out of pure laze - Maggie's real life person portrayer lady mentioned she thought Shane lured Rick out in order to have him kill
him. Basically, if you take into account Shane doing work around the house while stewing over his new role as Rick's Bitch and notice that a) not being able to have Lori and Carl is becoming unbearable to his person and b) Lori's speech to him basically saying thanks but no thanks made up his mind that he didn't want to live anymore.
So he did what he thought was right, killing Randall, who he deemed a threat to Carl and Lori's safety and then made up the story to lure Rick out into the arguably not so distant woods only to pull his gun on him, taunt him about what a terrible father/man he is which in turn led to Rick actually getting mad enough to kill Shane.
It might be crazy enough to work although it's still a bit of a stretch. I kind of like the theory.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 09:13:56 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
Fuck that little dipshit.
Why can't we have nice things?
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/1790/1749739-carl_super.png)
(http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/0318cb80433447be89b13cac235a372f/l.jpg)
(http://i.newsarama.com/images/lori-grimes-death.jpg)
(http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/upload/2010/12/gallagher_is_coming/20111222_gallagher_190x190.jpg)
Quote from: Wheezer on March 14, 2012, 01:32:14 AM
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Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
Fuck that little dipshit.
Why can't we have nice things?
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/1790/1749739-carl_super.png)
(http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/0318cb80433447be89b13cac235a372f/l.jpg)
(http://i.newsarama.com/images/lori-grimes-death.jpg)
(http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/upload/2010/12/gallagher_is_coming/20111222_gallagher_190x190.jpg)
Holy shit that's Huey
Quote from: Richard Chuggar on March 14, 2012, 03:15:59 AM
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Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 12, 2012, 09:13:56 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 12, 2012, 09:01:41 AM
Even the good episodes of this show piss me off. The way the final scene with Carl shooting Zane was staged was just dumb. Having Carl say "Dad, get down" and blowing Zane's face off to redeem himself for being a dipshit with the Dale zombie would've been better than the weird, supposed to be suspenseful setup of "IS CARL GOING TO SHOOT HIS DAD?"
Fuck that little dipshit.
Why can't we have nice things?
(http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/1790/1749739-carl_super.png)
(http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/61/0318cb80433447be89b13cac235a372f/l.jpg)
(http://i.newsarama.com/images/lori-grimes-death.jpg)
(http://sanfrancisco.grubstreet.com/upload/2010/12/gallagher_is_coming/20111222_gallagher_190x190.jpg)
Holy shit that's Huey
Or Yellon. In fact, has anybody ever seen Huey and Yellon in the same room?
Bleed Cubbie Hue!
PLEASE MAKE SEASON THREE COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NINJA-ASSASSIN ZOMBIE SLAVER. PLEASE.
Quote from: Slaky on March 18, 2012, 09:43:43 PM
PLEASE MAKE SEASON THREE COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NINJA-ASSASSIN ZOMBIE SLAVER. PLEASE.
I believe the tedium in store has already been advertised.
Spotted:
(http://p.twimg.com/AoUkbpUCMAAHH5V.jpg)
Quote from: Slaky on March 18, 2012, 09:43:43 PM
PLEASE MAKE SEASON THREE COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NINJA-ASSASSIN ZOMBIE SLAVER. PLEASE.
If you want to avoid spoilers about this, don't read The Walking Dead excerpt from the April 2012 Playboy.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 18, 2012, 11:16:42 PM
Spotted:
(http://p.twimg.com/AoUkbpUCMAAHH5V.jpg)
Garbanzo beans indeed lie at the heart of the history of agriculture. They should plant them.
Quote from: Slaky on March 18, 2012, 09:43:43 PM
PLEASE MAKE SEASON THREE COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NINJA-ASSASSIN ZOMBIE SLAVER. PLEASE.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775091/
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on March 19, 2012, 12:16:10 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 18, 2012, 09:43:43 PM
PLEASE MAKE SEASON THREE COMPLETELY ABOUT THE NINJA-ASSASSIN ZOMBIE SLAVER. PLEASE.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775091/
Giant hoop earrings are not, never have been, and never will be anything but a mark of general incompetence, just like black fingernail polish.
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
Hey, there was more T-Dogg in this episode.
Plus, he confirmed many racial stereotypes within the first 20 minutes of the episode, so that was good.
Other things:
Maggie = still hot
Herschel's infinite shotgun was badass.
Darryl is still the best character on this show.
And where did Carol's Macbethian tendencies come from?
Finally, who called it on Jenner's line to Rick? Was it Thrill?
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
KAAAAAAAAAARL is the new WAAAAAAAALT
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 19, 2012, 09:47:30 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
Hey, there was more T-Dogg in this episode.
Plus, he confirmed many racial stereotypes within the first 20 minutes of the episode, so that was good.
Other things:
Maggie = still hot
Herschel's infinite shotgun was badass.
Darryl is still the best character on this show.
And where did Carol's Macbethian tendencies come from?
Finally, who called it on Jenner's line to Rick? Was it Thrill?
Yes. Yes it was.
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
DPD. Jimmy's death confounded me. Why get up out of the driver's seat? Why not just listen for the two thuds as Rick and Carl land on the roof, and then floor it?
Quote from: morpheus on March 19, 2012, 10:14:58 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
DPD. Jimmy's death confounded me. Why get up out of the driver's seat? Why not just listen for the two thuds as Rick and Carl land on the roof, and then floor it?
He did a real nice job securing the door. What a rube.
Fuck Lori. Please kill her, show. Please.
Say what you will, but Rick got some snarl in him now.
He should leave those clowns to flounder on their own and go shack up with Andrea and the Armless Zombie Slaver.
And no, Hollywood - I won't be reading Playboy.
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Quote from: morpheus on March 19, 2012, 10:14:58 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
DPD. Jimmy's death confounded me. Why get up out of the driver's seat? Why not just listen for the two thuds as Rick and Carl land on the roof, and then floor it?
He did a real nice job securing the door. What a rube.
Fuck Lori. Please kill her, show. Please.
Say what you will, but Rick got some snarl in him now.
He should leave those clowns to flounder on their own and go shack up with Andrea and the Armless and jawless Zombie Slaver.
And no, Hollywood - I won't be reading Playboy.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 19, 2012, 11:06:06 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 19, 2012, 10:42:22 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 19, 2012, 10:14:58 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
DPD. Jimmy's death confounded me. Why get up out of the driver's seat? Why not just listen for the two thuds as Rick and Carl land on the roof, and then floor it?
He did a real nice job securing the door. What a rube.
Fuck Lori. Please kill her, show. Please.
Say what you will, but Rick got some snarl in him now.
He should leave those clowns to flounder on their own and go shack up with Andrea and the Armless and jawless Zombie Slaver.
And no, Hollywood - I won't be reading Playboy.
Even better.
Can they make this slaver Rayden? No, that would be too amazing.
Quote from: Slaky on March 19, 2012, 11:12:55 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on March 19, 2012, 11:06:06 AM
Quote from: Slaky on March 19, 2012, 10:42:22 AM
Quote from: morpheus on March 19, 2012, 10:14:58 AM
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2012, 09:06:14 AM
Holy christ is Lori an awful character. Couldn't have been more than 2 or 3 weeks ago that she told Rick that Shane had to go. Now that Rick did the deed she is DISGUSTED.
I was hoping the finale would consist of every single character except Daryl getting killed off, and starting from scratch with a new cast next season. I guess I'll have to settle for Jimmy's hilariously pointless death (Rick: Sacrifice yourself so we can get down from this barn to a safe place on top of the RV, and then climb down from that RV which is surrounded by zombies!).
DPD. Jimmy's death confounded me. Why get up out of the driver's seat? Why not just listen for the two thuds as Rick and Carl land on the roof, and then floor it?
He did a real nice job securing the door. What a rube.
Fuck Lori. Please kill her, show. Please.
Say what you will, but Rick got some snarl in him now.
He should leave those clowns to flounder on their own and go shack up with Andrea and the Armless and jawless Zombie Slaver.
And no, Hollywood - I won't be reading Playboy.
Even better.
Can they make this slaver Rayden? No, that would be too amazing.
It's a chick.
This chick. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1775091/)
As a comics nerd, I was pretty stoked for the prison to show up.
Now let us never speak of the farm again.
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 04:39:02 PM
As a comics nerd, I was pretty stoked for the prison to show up.
Now let us never speak of the farm again.
They should have tossed the comic books while they had the chance. Sword-wielding zombie ninjas are a step toward
Heroes, not exploring (or exploiting) the medium.
Quote from: Wheezer on March 19, 2012, 10:00:27 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 04:39:02 PM
As a comics nerd, I was pretty stoked for the prison to show up.
Now let us never speak of the farm again.
They should have tossed the comic books while they had the chance. Sword-wielding zombie ninjas are a step toward Heroes, not exploring (or exploiting) the medium.
We can't all be Mr. Natural.
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 10:44:41 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 19, 2012, 10:00:27 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 04:39:02 PM
As a comics nerd, I was pretty stoked for the prison to show up.
Now let us never speak of the farm again.
They should have tossed the comic books while they had the chance. Sword-wielding zombie ninjas are a step toward Heroes, not exploring (or exploiting) the medium.
We can't all be Mr. Natural.
Of course we can.
"We" already are. That's neither here nor there.
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 10:44:41 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 19, 2012, 10:00:27 PM
Quote from: Bort on March 19, 2012, 04:39:02 PM
As a comics nerd, I was pretty stoked for the prison to show up.
Now let us never speak of the farm again.
They should have tossed the comic books while they had the chance. Sword-wielding zombie ninjas are a step toward Heroes, not exploring (or exploiting) the medium.
We can't all be Mr. Natural.
Mister?(http://images.wikia.com/mst3k/images/b/ba/Mrb1.jpg)
Via Drew Magary...recap time (http://videogum.com/494511/the-walking-dead-s02e13-season-finale/tv/recaps/)
QuoteDaryl suggests they go back and save Andrea, but even Grimes is like no, despite the fact that Grimes would drive 100 miles to save a sandwich if he thought the walkers were approaching the Subway. What's important is that they have each other. And this bottle of Gatorade. And these garbanzo beans.
http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6743808/10-reasons-why-the-walking-dead-should-just-kill-carl
I love that I'm not watching this show. I have a bunch of rage saved up for when Falling Skies comes back.
Quote from: Kermit IV on March 21, 2012, 03:16:38 PM
I love that I'm not watching this show. I have a bunch of rage saved up for when Falling Skies comes back.
I enjoyed the last episode of the season. Granted I had to watch a ton of bad ones to get to that point.
I have some hope things are trending up. But the post-bad episode rage sustains me.
Ah, no (http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/2012/10/single-the-parting-glass.php).
QuoteAMC and Republic Records announced today the release of The Walking Dead's first original soundtrack song. The single, BETH & MAGGIE GREENE's "The Parting Glass," is featured in the series' highly anticipated Season 3 Premiere on Sun., Oct. 14 at 9/8c and will be available on The Walking Dead store and on iTunes immediately following the show's premiere via Republic Records.
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 09:33:37 AM
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Remember from the end of last season: they're all infected anyway.
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Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 09:33:37 AM
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Remember from the end of last season: they're all infected anyway.
Some might call that a GAME CHANGER.
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Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 15, 2012, 11:12:14 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 09:33:37 AM
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Remember from the end of last season: they're all infected anyway.
Some might call that a GAME CHANGER.
Yeah but that just meant that they would become zombies if they died. What I'm asking is - does drinking zombie buttspray immediately turn you into a zombie? Or is getting bitten the only way?
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 11:45:31 AM
Quote from: morpheus on October 15, 2012, 11:43:23 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 15, 2012, 11:12:14 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 09:33:37 AM
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Remember from the end of last season: they're all infected anyway.
Some might call that a GAME CHANGER.
Yeah but that just meant that they would become zombies if they died. What I'm asking is - does drinking zombie buttspray immediately turn you into a zombie? Or is getting bitten the only way?
I recall them believing so early on, but they've been practically bathing in the stuff since the middle of the first season or so.
Quote from: morpheus on October 15, 2012, 11:57:22 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 11:45:31 AM
Quote from: morpheus on October 15, 2012, 11:43:23 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 15, 2012, 11:12:14 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 15, 2012, 09:33:37 AM
I liked it. There wasn't any bitching about who's in charge or what should we do next or any of that bullplop that weighed down last season and the plot wasn't driven by someone being a moron. They're working together as a team with defined roles and it's resulting in some serious zombie carnage.
One thing though - can you get infected if you get zombie blood in your mouth? That came to mind when they were messily impaling zombie brains inches away from their own faces.
Remember from the end of last season: they're all infected anyway.
Some might call that a GAME CHANGER.
Yeah but that just meant that they would become zombies if they died. What I'm asking is - does drinking zombie buttspray immediately turn you into a zombie? Or is getting bitten the only way?
I recall them believing so early on, but they've been practically bathing in the stuff since the middle of the first season or so.
That's what I was thinking as well, that is, aside from the accidental mouth-spray, this stuff has to be seeping into their pores and/or inhaled at some point.
They may be eating cat food and owl, but at least they still have a ready supply of beverage straws. And garish silencers.
Quote from: Wheezer on October 15, 2012, 10:17:09 PM
They may be eating cat food and owl, but at least they still have a ready supply of beverage straws. And garish silencers.
Suppressors.
Quote from: flannj on October 15, 2012, 10:37:47 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on October 15, 2012, 10:17:09 PM
They may be eating cat food and owl, but at least they still have a ready supply of beverage straws. And garish silencers.
Suppressors.
Flannj: the Huey of firearm accessory nomenclature?
I would also note that although the lights were on in the yard, nobody appears to have availed himself of one of the switches inside.
"Previously, on AMC's Walking Dead... Not to spoil anything, but— HEY, GUYS, REMEMBER MERLE?!"
There appear now to be two "moons." /gilspoiler
I demand a T-Dog-centric episode sometime soon. As a concession to this demand, this episode may also contain the seemingly inevitable Governor-Andrea ugly-bumping that was prefigured by the Shane-Andrea Hyundai sesh in season 2. But nothing more that isn't T-Dog!!
Additionally, we're going to see a Merle/Daryl shootout at some point, aren't we?
So far I think it's great. I like that they're opening up other parts of the world and stories from other camps. That's what this show needed. And more zombie murdering. It's done that, too.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 30, 2012, 06:36:42 PM
Additionally, we're going to see a Merle/Daryl shootout at some point, aren't we?
That'll hopefully get interesting.
Maybe I've just got Star Wars on the mind, but I'm kind of feeling like...
Daryl : Merle : The Governor :: Luke : Vader : The Emperor
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
I took it as a sign that the Governor has been collecting the heads of people who opposed him and enjoyed sadistically looking at them.
As an aside, the comics (while providing for the basic premise and some of the character construction) are not driving the story at this point. The discovery of the prison and the introduction of Woodbury occurred much later in the comics compared to the show.
Nevertheless, I like where the season has been going so far.
But please, let Lori die sometime soon. Perhaps being pushed to far by T-Dog, who eventually snaps and shoots her in the face. The remainder of the survivors would then celebrate joyously.
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Obviously the key reveal story-wise was the shot of the helicopter pilot's head at the end.
But I'm not really sure why the Guv would just sit there and stare at them at night.
Also: maybe the dude from Rubicon is like a post-zombie-apocalypse Josef Mengele.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:23:58 PM
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Obviously the key reveal story-wise was the shot of the helicopter pilot's head at the end.
But I'm not really sure why the Guv would just sit there and stare at them at night.
Also: maybe the dude from Rubicon is like a post-zombie-apocalypse Josef Mengele.
You mean the Guv's scientist? Nerdy Q. Nerdlington?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 30, 2012, 10:25:53 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:23:58 PM
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Obviously the key reveal story-wise was the shot of the helicopter pilot's head at the end.
But I'm not really sure why the Guv would just sit there and stare at them at night.
Also: maybe the dude from Rubicon is like a post-zombie-apocalypse Josef Mengele.
You mean the Guv's scientist? Nerdy Q. Nerdlington?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Roberts
He also played the railroad agent in the remake of 3:10 to Yuma.
But I bet you probably think of him as some guy from The Good Wife.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:33:21 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 30, 2012, 10:25:53 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:23:58 PM
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Obviously the key reveal story-wise was the shot of the helicopter pilot's head at the end.
But I'm not really sure why the Guv would just sit there and stare at them at night.
Also: maybe the dude from Rubicon is like a post-zombie-apocalypse Josef Mengele.
You mean the Guv's scientist? Nerdy Q. Nerdlington?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Roberts
He also played the railroad agent in the remake of 3:10 to Yuma.
But I bet you probably think of him as some guy from The Good Wife.
The Good Wife is an amazing show and I won't have you speaking ill of it.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:33:21 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on October 30, 2012, 10:25:53 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on October 30, 2012, 10:23:58 PM
Quote from: Slaky on October 30, 2012, 09:57:57 PM
I am dense but what was with the aquarium of zombie heads?
Obviously the key reveal story-wise was the shot of the helicopter pilot's head at the end.
But I'm not really sure why the Guv would just sit there and stare at them at night.
Also: maybe the dude from Rubicon is like a post-zombie-apocalypse Josef Mengele.
You mean the Guv's scientist? Nerdy Q. Nerdlington?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Roberts
He also played the railroad agent in the remake of 3:10 to Yuma.
But I bet you probably think of him as some guy from The Good Wife.
Rubicon! 2nd only to Terriers in Shows That Were on a Couple Years Ago That I Didn't Want to Get Cancelled.
I'm also liking the new season. Smart of them to round out the Merle character a bit instead of leaving him as a one dimensional racist.
Yes!!!!
Simultaneously, no!!!!!
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 04, 2012, 09:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
It's been more than an hour and I'm still mourning the loss of T-Dogg.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 04, 2012, 09:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
I imagine MDC is rather upset about this portrayal of VBAC.
TIME TO SEARCH FOR CAROL!
That should be good for half a season or something. Where was Moustache Wax in the final scene?
[
Edit.--At least they have a good supply of flashlight batteries. Because as opposed to dramatically running out of ammunition now and again, it would totally suck to get dimmer and dimmer and then have to shout "the Moon was here last week!"]
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 04, 2012, 09:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
Leave it to Lori to die in a way that hampers the group with a vulnerable, loud, non-mobile, difficult to feed liability on her way out.
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 07:29:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 04, 2012, 09:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
Leave it to Lori to die in a way that hampers the group with a vulnerable, loud, non-mobile, difficult to feed liability on her way out.
Really hits home, doesn't it?
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:16:50 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 07:29:06 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 04, 2012, 09:59:48 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 04, 2012, 09:21:06 PM
Yes!!!!
Our long national nightmare is over.
Of course, it stands to reason that when Lori finally died it would be in the most idiotic manner possible.
Leave it to Lori to die in a way that hampers the group with a vulnerable, loud, non-mobile, difficult to feed liability on her way out.
Really hits home, doesn't it?
Tell me about it.
Seriously, my kid has been pretty well behaved so far, but I'd have been zombie food a dozen times over by now.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
I remember thinking "if Carl doesn't pull the trigger, I'm going to jump in there and shoot her myself."
Props to T-Dog for not going out like a bitch (looking at you, Dale).
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 08:28:45 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
I remember thinking "if Carl doesn't pull the trigger, I'm going to jump in there and shoot her myself."
Props to T-Dog for not going out like a bitch (looking at you, Dale).
Pretty good episode and season so far. I'd have traded T-Dogg for Lori every single time. Thank Satan she's gone.
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid? Or Carol if they end up finding her which as Wheezer said had better not take more than 10 goddamn minutes next week?
Is this Pleasantville storyline boring the living fuck out of anyone else? I get it. He's eeeeeeeeeeeevil but GET TO THE FUCKING POINT.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 08:28:45 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
I remember thinking "if Carl doesn't pull the trigger, I'm going to jump in there and shoot her myself."
Props to T-Dog for not going out like a bitch (looking at you, Dale).
Pretty good episode and season so far. I'd have traded T-Dogg for Lori every single time. Thank Satan she's gone.
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid? Or Carol if they end up finding her which as Wheezer said had better not take more than 10 goddamn minutes next week?
Is this Pleasantville storyline boring the living fuck out of anyone else? I get it. He's eeeeeeeeeeeevil but GET TO THE FUCKING POINT.
It's another chance for Andrea to ignore everyone else's advice and make a bad decision. So the show will have to dwell on it.
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 08:28:45 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
I remember thinking "if Carl doesn't pull the trigger, I'm going to jump in there and shoot her myself."
Props to T-Dog for not going out like a bitch (looking at you, Dale).
Pretty good episode and season so far. I'd have traded T-Dogg for Lori every single time. Thank Satan she's gone.
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid? Or Carol if they end up finding her which as Wheezer said had better not take more than 10 goddamn minutes next week?
Is this Pleasantville storyline boring the living fuck out of anyone else? I get it. He's eeeeeeeeeeeevil but GET TO THE FUCKING POINT.
It's another chance for Andrea to ignore everyone else's advice and make a bad decision. So the show will have to dwell on it.
If it ends in the death of that badass ninja chick I am going to be fucking furious. She's probably cooler than Daryl.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid?
I think Beth should definitely "take care of Carl", if you catch my meaning.
Oh, wait... You mean who's going to take care of
Lori's miracle baby.
I guess Carl's officially a "man" now that he's capped him mom's dome after getting a good look at her engorged mitt. That's like the zombie apocalypse equivalent of a Bar Mitzvah.
And, yeah, Maggie and/or Beth need to get to work (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced_lactation#Lactation_without_pregnancy.2C_induced_lactation.2C_relactation) post-haste. Even if she's alive, I'm guessing Carol's tits look like the Holocaust.
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:26:56 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 09:19:08 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
Quote from: Bort on November 09, 2012, 08:28:45 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 08:25:27 AM
And, yeah, what really got me was that she seemed to think that she was making a sacrifice for the good of the survivors.
I remember thinking "if Carl doesn't pull the trigger, I'm going to jump in there and shoot her myself."
Props to T-Dog for not going out like a bitch (looking at you, Dale).
Pretty good episode and season so far. I'd have traded T-Dogg for Lori every single time. Thank Satan she's gone.
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid? Or Carol if they end up finding her which as Wheezer said had better not take more than 10 goddamn minutes next week?
Is this Pleasantville storyline boring the living fuck out of anyone else? I get it. He's eeeeeeeeeeeevil but GET TO THE FUCKING POINT.
It's another chance for Andrea to ignore everyone else's advice and make a bad decision. So the show will have to dwell on it.
If it ends in the death of that badass ninja chick I am going to be fucking furious. She's probably cooler than Daryl.
I still say it's not too late to turn this into The Daryl and Michonne Just Go Around Flat-Out Fucking Slaying Zeds Show.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on November 09, 2012, 09:28:58 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 09, 2012, 09:15:31 AM
Carl is probably going to become a hardened little shit now, as the trope would have it. Does Maggie or Beth have to take responsibility for the kid?
I think Beth should definitely "take care of Carl", if you catch my meaning.
Oh, wait... You mean who's going to take care of Lori's miracle baby.
I guess Carl's officially a "man" now that he's capped him mom's dome after getting a good look at her engorged mitt. That's like the zombie apocalypse equivalent of a Bar Mitzvah.
If they had planned ahead, Beth could have been available as a wet nurse by now.
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
I just got caught up on the last episode. I agree, this has been an exceptional season, at times too emotionally significant, especially with the loss of T-Dogg.
But I'm eagerly awaiting what I can only predict is going to be an awesome climax (||) between the Governor's forces and the Group. The confrontation between Merle and Daryl is going to be great.
And speaking of Daryl, I think he has cemented his place as the best character on this show, in my opinion. He is amazing. I take back every positive word I had about Bohunk; this is Daryl-town.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 16, 2012, 12:04:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
I just got caught up on the last episode. I agree, this has been an exceptional season, at times too emotionally significant, especially with the loss of T-Dogg.
But I'm eagerly awaiting what I can only predict is going to be an awesome climax (||) between the Governor's forces and the Group. The confrontation between Merle and Daryl is going to be great.
And speaking of Daryl, I think he has cemented his place as the best character on this show, in my opinion. He is amazing. I take back every positive word I had about Bohunk; this is Daryl-town.
Yep. The Mexican Bandit looked sealed that deal.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 16, 2012, 12:04:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
I just got caught up on the last episode. I agree, this has been an exceptional season, at times too emotionally significant, especially with the loss of T-Dogg.
But I'm eagerly awaiting what I can only predict is going to be an awesome climax (||) between the Governor's forces and the Group. The confrontation between Merle and Daryl is going to be great.
And speaking of Daryl, I think he has cemented his place as the best character on this show, in my opinion. He is amazing. I take back every positive word I had about Bohunk; this is Daryl-town.
So amazing that I never want to see him hold an infant again and sweet talk the little "asskicker".
Boy, I haven't looked at ratings in a while, but this thing is really mopping the floor with the competition. It was a 5.6 A18-49 Live+SD rating for just the first airing of the most recent episode.
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 12:06:09 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 16, 2012, 12:04:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
I just got caught up on the last episode. I agree, this has been an exceptional season, at times too emotionally significant, especially with the loss of T-Dogg.
But I'm eagerly awaiting what I can only predict is going to be an awesome climax (||) between the Governor's forces and the Group. The confrontation between Merle and Daryl is going to be great.
And speaking of Daryl, I think he has cemented his place as the best character on this show, in my opinion. He is amazing. I take back every positive word I had about Bohunk; this is Daryl-town.
Yep. The Mexican Bandit looked sealed that deal.
Daryl's gonna get some serious heej action from Carol once she gets a bath and a good meal in her.
This season's been so much better than the first two. Looking forward to Rick & the Governor rubbing stubble or whatever it is post-apocalyptic dictator-types do to see who's the boss.
Quote from: R-V on November 19, 2012, 09:15:58 AM
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 12:06:09 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 16, 2012, 12:04:48 PM
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 11:52:28 AM
This season has been pretty fucking good as especially in contrast to last season. I'm enjoying each episode.
Anyone else still watching?
I miss being able to rage at the stupidity and wasted potential because I love being angry but this is pretty fun, too.
I just got caught up on the last episode. I agree, this has been an exceptional season, at times too emotionally significant, especially with the loss of T-Dogg.
But I'm eagerly awaiting what I can only predict is going to be an awesome climax (||) between the Governor's forces and the Group. The confrontation between Merle and Daryl is going to be great.
And speaking of Daryl, I think he has cemented his place as the best character on this show, in my opinion. He is amazing. I take back every positive word I had about Bohunk; this is Daryl-town.
Yep. The Mexican Bandit looked sealed that deal.
Daryl's gonna get some serious heej action from Carol once she gets a bath and a good meal in her.
This season's been so much better than the first two. Looking forward to Rick & the Governor rubbing stubble or whatever it is post-apocalyptic dictator-types do to see who's the boss.
How about trying to identify the dead people from previous seasons on the phone with Rick. We had Lori, what sounded like Ami, and the man I believe was Jim (it wouldn't have been Bohunk); I don't know if there was a fourth person on the call before Lori, but it sounded like a woman.
The way Herschel looked at Rick when he told him that he had been speaking with another group on the phone was priceless. HE TOTALLY KNEW THAT RICK HAD GONE BONKERS!!
And now, Michonne has joined the group. Side note: the prison can't be that far from Woodbury, seeing as the general store was within both stumbling distance of Merle (who I hate now) and driving distance of Maggie and Glenn.
Only two more episodes before the mid-season break!
Quote from: Slaky on November 16, 2012, 12:06:09 PM
Yep. The Mexican Bandit looked sealed that deal.
(http://i.imgur.com/W9Jhq.jpg)
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I would like to give gift subscriptions to your newsletter.
I am perplexed by the ready supply of textiles in Menacing Fruityville.
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No, Chuck.
Techno-QRM is also not the sound of insanity.
Maggie This last episode would have been much better on HBO as opposed to AMC.
Quote from: flannj on November 26, 2012, 08:40:51 AM
Maggie This last episode would have been much better on HBO as opposed to AMC.
Agreed, but it would have been much worse for Maggie had these followed the comics.
Does anyone else think that Andrea is going to end up siding with the Woodburyians in the coming conflict with the Ricktatorship? And why does she not tell Dr. Nerdlington that she's been at the CDC and knows what happens to people when they die? Could have saved him some time there.
Also, Glenn's a badass.
Final question, instead of giving up the location of the prison, why not state that they are still at the farm? Or did Andrea already say that they had escaped from the farm?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on November 26, 2012, 09:10:21 AM
Quote from: flannj on November 26, 2012, 08:40:51 AM
Maggie This last episode would have been much better on HBO as opposed to AMC.
Agreed, but it would have been much worse for Maggie had these followed the comics.
Does anyone else think that Andrea is going to end up siding with the Woodburyians in the coming conflict with the Ricktatorship? And why does she not tell Dr. Nerdlington that she's been at the CDC and knows what happens to people when they die? Could have saved him some time there.
Also, Glenn's a badass.
Final question, instead of giving up the location of the prison, why not state that they are still at the farm? Or did Andrea already say that they had escaped from the farm?
What happened in the comic? she got legitraped?
The nerd doctor knew that he would turn, he was hoping that there would be some sort of the old dude still in there, providing hope that they could change the gov's daughter back to a normal person or something like that. That's why they had him restrained.
Show dem tittays girl.
I am willing to accept the presence or absence of ammunition as a plot device, but brassieres don't just arise spontaneously.
Quote from: Wheezer on November 28, 2012, 01:11:41 AM
I am willing to accept the presence or absence of ammunition as a plot device, but brassieres don't just arise spontaneously.
Nor do baby clothes
Quote from: Yeti on November 28, 2012, 06:43:18 AM
Quote from: Wheezer on November 28, 2012, 01:11:41 AM
I am willing to accept the presence or absence of ammunition as a plot device, but brassieres don't just arise spontaneously.
Nor do baby clothes
What about guys who have been hiding under the covers in a cabin in the woods for approximately 9 months?
This show doesn't really care for black men, does it?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on December 02, 2012, 10:02:22 PM
This show doesn't really care for black men, does it?
They're staying true to the genre.
That said, every time they lose a big black dude they do seem to find a whole new one right away.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 02, 2012, 10:12:25 PM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on December 02, 2012, 10:02:22 PM
This show doesn't really care for black men, does it?
They're staying true to the genre.
That said, every time they lose a big black dude they do seem to find a whole new one right away.
To be fair, the black dudes in Romero movies do okay, when grading on a curve.
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/31195814.jpg)
Quote from: Gilgamesh on December 03, 2012, 09:43:34 AM
(http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/31195814.jpg)
Does there always have to be an annoying female character in this show?
Is that staying true to the genre?
Because it sucks.
And I gotta ask is she above or below some sort of line?
Because I can't tell.
Quote from: flannj on December 03, 2012, 09:54:57 AM
And I gotta ask is she above or below some sort of line?
Because I can't tell.
Maybe she
is the line. The Zombie Apocalypse Line.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 03, 2012, 10:31:20 AM
Quote from: flannj on December 03, 2012, 09:54:57 AM
And I gotta ask is she above or below some sort of line?
Because I can't tell.
Maybe she is the line. The Zombie Apocalypse Line.
Sponsored.
Excellent return from break, but I did have some quibbles. I'm a bit shocked that Andrea can somehow convince the ready-to-flee Woodburyians into staying in the town, but cannot simultaneously grasp the fact that Rick and the group didn't shoot up the town for no apparent reason, especially after the Governor confessed to detaining Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl.
Also, living in Woodbury must have adversely affect the townfolks' ability to run or detect walkers in broad daylight on city streets. How is Daryl running off with Merle so quickly? Is something afoot?
And will Michionne open her goddamned mouth? Half of this shit between the Governor and Rick would have been obviated if she just told Rick what was going on. I mean, Andrea was carrying a big bag labeled "SHERIFF" on it and then Michionne meets a guy who was a sheriff; there might be a connection there.
Finally, it's good to see Lori still causing shit from beyond the grave.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 11, 2013, 11:41:57 AM
Excellent return from break, but I did have some quibbles. I'm a bit shocked that Andrea can somehow convince the ready-to-flee Woodburyians into staying in the town, but cannot simultaneously grasp the fact that Rick and the group didn't shoot up the town for no apparent reason, especially after the Governor confessed to detaining Maggie, Glenn, and Daryl.
Also, living in Woodbury must have adversely affect the townfolks' ability to run or detect walkers in broad daylight on city streets. How is Daryl running off with Merle so quickly? Is something afoot?
And will Michionne open her goddamned mouth? Half of this shit between the Governor and Rick would have been obviated if she just told Rick what was going on. I mean, Andrea was carrying a big bag labeled "SHERIFF" on it and then Michionne meets a guy who was a sheriff; there might be a connection there.
Finally, it's good to see Lori still causing shit from beyond the grave.
Yea, this whole "Let's make Michionne be a mysterious character" is beyond annoying. Have the bitch talk.
Also, Rick being crazy is going to be an unfun storyline.
So, shooting walkers is an easy task, but shooters who mysteriously get to the top of the guard tower, the standing governor, and the ninja who everyone saw but seemingly forgot about are impossible to hit?
Again, fucking dead Lori.
This show is rapidly approaching The Office levels of non-believability.
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 18, 2013, 01:18:35 AM
So, shooting walkers is an easy task, but shooters who mysteriously get to the top of the guard tower, the standing governor, and the ninja who everyone saw but seemingly forgot about are impossible to hit?
Again, fucking dead Lori.
This show is rapidly approaching The Office levels of non-believability.
I've long hated when tv/movies has a guy who has bullets flying by him and doesn't even flinch. No person, even the biggest badass would do that
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
You didn't enjoy shadowbutt?
Quote from: Slaky on February 27, 2013, 10:22:38 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
You didn't enjoy shadowbutt?
I liked it, but I'm still finding her to be shrill and annoying. However, her character is very much devoted to the idea of returning to some semblance of normalcy in the world, and the Governor, despite his manifest flaws, still offers that to her. Going forward, the primary conflict, I believe, will be less Ricktatorship versus the Governor, but more Andrea versus the Governor.
I'm still intrigued as to why T-Dogg 3.0 and his female companion are suddenly choking on the Governor's dong. I know why those other two guys are - because they feel slighted by Rick and the gang - but not Three Dogg and his pal.
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
I have hated Andrea since at least the boat scene with her sister in season one.
Quote from: Bort on February 27, 2013, 02:35:50 PM
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
I have hated Andrea since at least the boat scene with her sister in season one.
So, since before it was cool?
Quote from: Gilgamesh on February 27, 2013, 01:27:29 PM
Quote from: Slaky on February 27, 2013, 10:22:38 AM
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
You didn't enjoy shadowbutt?
I liked it, but I'm still finding her to be shrill and annoying. However, her character is very much devoted to the idea of returning to some semblance of normalcy in the world, and the Governor, despite his manifest flaws, still offers that to her. Going forward, the primary conflict, I believe, will be less Ricktatorship versus the Governor, but more Andrea versus the Governor.
I'm still intrigued as to why T-Dogg 3.0 and his female companion are suddenly choking on the Governor's dong. I know why those other two guys are - because they feel slighted by Rick and the gang - but not Three Dogg and his pal.
Her only redeeming quality is her keister.
It appears that is impossible for her to stand still with out placing hand on hip and and cocking her head to the side.
Quote from: CT III on February 27, 2013, 02:37:41 PM
Quote from: Bort on February 27, 2013, 02:35:50 PM
Quote from: flannj on February 27, 2013, 10:15:31 AM
Andrea is quickly approaching Lori levels of annoying and bad acting.
Just put a bullet in her already.
I have hated Andrea since at least the boat scene with her sister in season one.
So, since before it was cool?
I'm already hating characters from season 4.
Morgan
Sweet jesus this last episode was terrible. An hour of Andrea being a boring borerson, the Governor twirling his eyestache, and Cutty in conflict with some loser from his group who I don't care about.
Quote from: R-V on March 19, 2013, 11:32:16 AM
Sweet jesus this last episode was terrible. An hour of Andrea being a boring borerson, the Governor twirling his eyestache, and Cutty in conflict with some loser from his group who I don't care about.
Yeah... I'm sure the various flash points and divisions will matter for the coming conflagration, but that was half an episode's worth of plot development—at the most—stretched out to a full hour. Shades of season two's constant dicking around.
On the plus side, things seem set up for some real shit to go down in the final two episodes. One hopes.
No? Yes?
Quote from: Slaky on April 02, 2013, 09:32:44 PM
No? Yes?
I was okay with it all. Didn't love it, didn't hate it.
But I bet plenty of people
did hate it.
Quote from: Yeti on April 03, 2013, 08:29:49 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2013, 11:41:26 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 02, 2013, 09:32:44 PM
No? Yes?
I was okay with it all. Didn't love it, didn't hate it.
But I bet plenty of people did hate it.
I did
I was mostly just bored. None of these characters really interest me anymore. The Governor has turned into a cartoon supervillain. At least they killed off Andrea. My god was she a fun vacuum.
Quote from: R-V on April 03, 2013, 09:36:31 AM
Quote from: Yeti on April 03, 2013, 08:29:49 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on April 02, 2013, 11:41:26 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 02, 2013, 09:32:44 PM
No? Yes?
I was okay with it all. Didn't love it, didn't hate it.
But I bet plenty of people did hate it.
I did
I was mostly just bored. None of these characters really interest me anymore. The Governor has turned into a cartoon supervillain. At least they killed off Andrea. My god was she a fun vacuum.
Yeah, I'm with Thrill. It was just ok. It didn't piss me off.
This Governor shit has to end. Clearly that's not happening.
http://thechive.com/2013/04/03/a-few-things-that-make-no-sense-about-the-walking-dead-33-photos/
Quote from: Yeti on April 03, 2013, 06:25:55 PM
http://thechive.com/2013/04/03/a-few-things-that-make-no-sense-about-the-walking-dead-33-photos/
Is 1-33 DEAD PEOPLE COMING BACK TO LIFE?
Quote from: Slaky on April 04, 2013, 09:25:13 AM
Quote from: Yeti on April 03, 2013, 06:25:55 PM
http://thechive.com/2013/04/03/a-few-things-that-make-no-sense-about-the-walking-dead-33-photos/
Is 1-33 DEAD PEOPLE COMING BACK TO LIFE?
I assume it's just pictures of people watching the show, and then bitching about how much it sucks.
http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/76119/the-walking-deads-bad-lip-reading-is-about-to-eat-your-brain
Bringing this thread back from the dead. I started watching this, gritted through season 2, and am up to the end of season 3. Here's the thing I don't understand:
Everyone is a carrier of the virus and if you die, you turn in to a walker. I get that mechanism. But how come people who already carry the virus turn in to walkers if they're bitten. They already carry the virus, right? Also, if it's the saliva that causes it, then why in the fuck are people punching zombies in the face? That's fucking stupid.
Also, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like arming everyone with swords would be a hell of a lot more efficient.
Quote from: ChuckD on November 18, 2013, 03:08:01 PM
Bringing this thread back from the dead. I started watching this, gritted through season 2, and am up to the end of season 3. Here's the thing I don't understand:
Everyone is a carrier of the virus and if you die, you turn in to a walker. I get that mechanism. But how come people who already carry the virus turn in to walkers if they're bitten. They already carry the virus, right? Also, if it's the saliva that causes it, then why in the fuck are people punching zombies in the face? That's fucking stupid.
Also, maybe I'm missing something, but it seems like arming everyone with swords would be a hell of a lot more efficient.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to think too hard.
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
Not for a fact. I assumed the large amount of blood in the car seat was an indication that she got debrained.
Just thought of something. If the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the brain, but zombies eat brains, then why do the people who get their brains eaten turn into zombies? This goes beyond Walking Dead in to a more general zombie mythos question.
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think reading this (http://www.desipio.com/messageboard/index.php?topic=8272.0) might give you some of what you're looking for. I've stopped expecting that this show will explore one of the 9,000 interesting storylines that are available in a post-apocalyptic world, but I'll keep hatewatching.
My favorite part of the finale was the lady saying "We've gotta get outta here - that guy just CUT SOME DUDE'S FUCKING HEAD OFF!!" Nice to see one of these hooplehead realize that the Gubner was FUCKING BONKERS and why in god's name were you all hanging out with him.
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:44:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
Not for a fact. I assumed the large amount of blood in the car seat was an indication that she got debrained.
Just thought of something. If the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the brain, but zombies eat brains, then why do the people who get their brains eaten turn into zombies? This goes beyond Walking Dead in to a more general zombie mythos question.
I think the fact that "zombies eat brains" is actually not a real part of mainstream zombie mythos is what confuses you. Most zombie stories (Romero, Fulci, Argento, Savini, Walking Dead come to mind) just have them eating flesh, whatever they can grab. The only movie I remember where "BRAAAAAAINS" ever seems to come up is the Return of the Living Dead series, which are super tongue-in-cheek.
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 05, 2013, 11:44:40 AM
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
The show sucks in so many ways but (stealing a line from R-V) I did hatewatch every episode and drive all the other flannj family members crazy because I can't keep my complaining yap shut and bitch about it while everybody else just wishes Dad would shut the fuck up already or just stop watching it for Christ's sake. JESUS!
Quote from: Bort on December 05, 2013, 12:31:21 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:44:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
Not for a fact. I assumed the large amount of blood in the car seat was an indication that she got debrained.
Just thought of something. If the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the brain, but zombies eat brains, then why do the people who get their brains eaten turn into zombies? This goes beyond Walking Dead in to a more general zombie mythos question.
I think the fact that "zombies eat brains" is actually not a real part of mainstream zombie mythos is what confuses you. Most zombie stories (Romero, Fulci, Argento, Savini, Walking Dead come to mind) just have them eating flesh, whatever they can grab. The only movie I remember where "BRAAAAAAINS" ever seems to come up is the Return of the Living Dead series, which are super tongue-in-cheek.
Alright, if its flesh that they eat, then where the hell do all the zombies with fully formed bodies come from? Since there's a period between when someone dies and when they reanimate, if there's a zombie sitting there pigging out on their flesh and whatnot, wouldn't most carcasses be stripped clean to the point of not being able to walk around and whatever? WHERE ARE ALL THE SKELETON ZOMBIES, BORT?
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 12:39:14 PM
Quote from: Bort on December 05, 2013, 12:31:21 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:44:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
Not for a fact. I assumed the large amount of blood in the car seat was an indication that she got debrained.
Just thought of something. If the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the brain, but zombies eat brains, then why do the people who get their brains eaten turn into zombies? This goes beyond Walking Dead in to a more general zombie mythos question.
I think the fact that "zombies eat brains" is actually not a real part of mainstream zombie mythos is what confuses you. Most zombie stories (Romero, Fulci, Argento, Savini, Walking Dead come to mind) just have them eating flesh, whatever they can grab. The only movie I remember where "BRAAAAAAINS" ever seems to come up is the Return of the Living Dead series, which are super tongue-in-cheek.
Alright, if its flesh that they eat, then where the hell do all the zombies with fully formed bodies come from? Since there's a period between when someone dies and when they reanimate, if there's a zombie sitting there pigging out on their flesh and whatnot, wouldn't most carcasses be stripped clean to the point of not being able to walk around and whatever? WHERE ARE ALL THE SKELETON ZOMBIES, BORT?
A wizard did it.
Quote from: R-V on December 05, 2013, 12:42:40 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 12:39:14 PM
Quote from: Bort on December 05, 2013, 12:31:21 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:44:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 11:29:41 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on December 05, 2013, 11:12:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 05, 2013, 10:56:51 AM
Finally saw the mid season finale.
Anyone else? I suppose I can say what happened since clicking this thread while not being up to date would be almost as dumb as watching this show in the first place.
Anyway it was nice to see shit finally happen. I get that they're trying to make us feel for each character with the long, drawn out episodes leading up to the big showdowns but this pattern just can't continue.
What I've still wanted to see, and maybe I will now that the prison appears to be done for, is the group (whoever the group is going to be going forward) interacting with other survivors or traveling beyond Urinedale, Georgia to see what the fuck else is out there.
Would it be unreasonable to think there's a MASSIVE settlement of human beings somewhere in the Southeast? In the US? There has to be. Find it. Find a way to get there. Let's have a road trip. COME ON.
I think when you watch this show it's best not to expect "reasonable."
Looking forward to two seasons from now when they come across baby Judy crawling out of a barn and Darryl puts a bolt through Li'l Asskicker's skull.
Or they find out she was on the bus the whole time.
Or do we know for a fact she wasn't?
I wish this show was Jericho
Not for a fact. I assumed the large amount of blood in the car seat was an indication that she got debrained.
Just thought of something. If the only way to kill a zombie is to shoot it in the brain, but zombies eat brains, then why do the people who get their brains eaten turn into zombies? This goes beyond Walking Dead in to a more general zombie mythos question.
I think the fact that "zombies eat brains" is actually not a real part of mainstream zombie mythos is what confuses you. Most zombie stories (Romero, Fulci, Argento, Savini, Walking Dead come to mind) just have them eating flesh, whatever they can grab. The only movie I remember where "BRAAAAAAINS" ever seems to come up is the Return of the Living Dead series, which are super tongue-in-cheek.
Alright, if its flesh that they eat, then where the hell do all the zombies with fully formed bodies come from? Since there's a period between when someone dies and when they reanimate, if there's a zombie sitting there pigging out on their flesh and whatnot, wouldn't most carcasses be stripped clean to the point of not being able to walk around and whatever? WHERE ARE ALL THE SKELETON ZOMBIES, BORT?
A wizard did it.
They prefer the term "warlock."
Quote from: flannj on December 05, 2013, 12:35:28 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 05, 2013, 11:44:40 AM
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
The show sucks in so many ways but (stealing a line from R-V) I did hatewatch every episode and drive all the other flannj family members crazy because I can't keep my complaining yap shut and bitch about it while everybody else just wishes Dad would shut the fuck up already or just stop watching it for Christ's sake. JESUS!
So... No, then?
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 06, 2013, 09:24:01 AM
Quote from: flannj on December 05, 2013, 12:35:28 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 05, 2013, 11:44:40 AM
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
The show sucks in so many ways but (stealing a line from R-V) I did hatewatch every episode and drive all the other flannj family members crazy because I can't keep my complaining yap shut and bitch about it while everybody else just wishes Dad would shut the fuck up already or just stop watching it for Christ's sake. JESUS!
So... No, then?
I mean, sure? Watch it if you don't mind. I thought the finale was entertaining in that stuff actually happened. I'll keep watching it. Despite all my bitching I don't FULLY hate it.
Quote from: Slaky on December 06, 2013, 09:30:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 06, 2013, 09:24:01 AM
Quote from: flannj on December 05, 2013, 12:35:28 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 05, 2013, 11:44:40 AM
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
The show sucks in so many ways but (stealing a line from R-V) I did hatewatch every episode and drive all the other flannj family members crazy because I can't keep my complaining yap shut and bitch about it while everybody else just wishes Dad would shut the fuck up already or just stop watching it for Christ's sake. JESUS!
So... No, then?
I mean, sure? Watch it if you don't mind. I thought the finale was entertaining in that stuff actually happened. I'll keep watching it. Despite all my bitching I don't FULLY hate it.
I'll probably also continue watching it. But I don't really get any enjoyment from doing so.
Quote from: ChuckD on December 06, 2013, 09:54:46 AM
Quote from: Slaky on December 06, 2013, 09:30:03 AM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 06, 2013, 09:24:01 AM
Quote from: flannj on December 05, 2013, 12:35:28 PM
Quote from: J. Walter Weatherman on December 05, 2013, 11:44:40 AM
So, Desipio... I haven't watched any of this season. Should I have?
The show sucks in so many ways but (stealing a line from R-V) I did hatewatch every episode and drive all the other flannj family members crazy because I can't keep my complaining yap shut and bitch about it while everybody else just wishes Dad would shut the fuck up already or just stop watching it for Christ's sake. JESUS!
So... No, then?
I mean, sure? Watch it if you don't mind. I thought the finale was entertaining in that stuff actually happened. I'll keep watching it. Despite all my bitching I don't FULLY hate it.
I'll probably also continue watching it. But I don't really get any enjoyment from doing so.
It's like... Maybe
the viewers of the show are the
real zombies, man.
Wait, that was the finale? For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be the penultimate episode.
Synopsis: "We're on a mission from G-d"*
At least Supernatural is still cranking along nicely.
* Per Zap2it, bizarrely: "The mother of all cliffhangers."
Quote from: Wheezer on March 31, 2014, 01:37:56 AM
Wait, that was the finale? For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be the penultimate episode.
Synopsis: "We're on a mission from G-d"*
At least Supernatural is still cranking along nicely.
* Per Zap2it, bizarrely: "The mother of all cliffhangers."
So they all went to Terminus and put them in a train. And now they're going to fight their way out of a train while surrounded by people with weapons who, I assume, are cannibals?
Quote from: Slaky on April 11, 2014, 04:05:46 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 31, 2014, 01:37:56 AM
Wait, that was the finale? For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be the penultimate episode.
Synopsis: "We're on a mission from G-d"*
At least Supernatural is still cranking along nicely.
* Per Zap2it, bizarrely: "The mother of all cliffhangers."
So they all went to Terminus and put them in a train. And now they're going to fight their way out of a train while surrounded by people with weapons who, I assume, are cannibals?
This could easily go in the "I admit it" thread, but that was a pretty great episode and seems to point toward a promising direction. Mainly, that Morgan/Hawkins is back in the picture.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 14, 2014, 12:54:49 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 11, 2014, 04:05:46 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 31, 2014, 01:37:56 AM
Wait, that was the finale? For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be the penultimate episode.
Synopsis: "We're on a mission from G-d"*
At least Supernatural is still cranking along nicely.
* Per Zap2it, bizarrely: "The mother of all cliffhangers."
So they all went to Terminus and put them in a train. And now they're going to fight their way out of a train while surrounded by people with weapons who, I assume, are cannibals?
This could easily go in the "I admit it" thread, but that was a pretty great episode and seems to point toward a promising direction. Mainly, that Morgan/Hawkins is back in the picture.
Like...that was the best episode of the show, period. By far. It was absolutely awesome.
Quote from: Slaky on October 14, 2014, 12:57:59 PM
Quote from: ChuckD on October 14, 2014, 12:54:49 PM
Quote from: Slaky on April 11, 2014, 04:05:46 PM
Quote from: Wheezer on March 31, 2014, 01:37:56 AM
Wait, that was the finale? For some reason, I thought it was supposed to be the penultimate episode.
Synopsis: "We're on a mission from G-d"*
At least Supernatural is still cranking along nicely.
* Per Zap2it, bizarrely: "The mother of all cliffhangers."
So they all went to Terminus and put them in a train. And now they're going to fight their way out of a train while surrounded by people with weapons who, I assume, are cannibals?
This could easily go in the "I admit it" thread, but that was a pretty great episode and seems to point toward a promising direction. Mainly, that Morgan/Hawkins is back in the picture.
Like...that was the best episode of the show, period. By far. It was absolutely awesome.
All they had to do was kill off Shane and Andrea, turn Tyrese in to a one-man wrecking crew, and keep the Carl to a minimum. I know he was in the boxcar, but I don't remember seeing him really ... anywhere after that.
Less Carl. More ...
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/fd/1b/bb/fd1bbbaeee488aae12b1818665f11882.jpg)
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary
blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
Oh hell yes.
The thing about this episode and show's turn overall that I love is it's becoming very much more Falloutesque. It's basically if Fallout was a virus apocalypse instead of a nuclear one. Wander around. Find fucked up people and their fucked up stories. It's good.
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 10:29:39 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
Oh hell yes.
The thing about this episode and show's turn overall that I love is it's becoming very much more Falloutesque. It's basically if Fallout was a virus apocalypse instead of a nuclear one. Wander around. Find fucked up people and their fucked up stories. It's good.
Now you've made me sad that Fallout 4 doesn't exist yet
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
First, it's Lennie you idito.
Second, I just found out that Lennie James is very, very English (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs8pnjcKbU).
Third, there should really be a show where Lennie James and Idris Elba team up and become some anti-hero brother sheriffs or marshals (maybe renegade arms dealers with a moral compass fighting against a corrupt provisional government and helping endangered survivors along the way) and set it in a post-apocalyptic America. Sort of like Deadwood/Tombstone meets Jericho/The Walking Dead/Revolution.
I guess you could throw some obligatory Timothy Olyphant in there since he's got a lock on that kind of role now, but mostly I want Elba/James kicking ass across the country as the McGeddin brothers. If they sell guns and the show is on CBS you could call it something cheesy like "The Arms McGeddin" or put it on premium cable and call it something like "Omega." Ideally this show ends up on Cinemax and goes the "80% tits and gun fights" route like "Banshee." Let's make this happen, America.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 11:03:18 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
First, it's Lennie you idito.
Second, I just found out that Lennie James is very, very English (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs8pnjcKbU).
Third, there should really be a show where Lennie James and Idris Elba team up and become some anti-hero brother sheriffs or marshals (maybe renegade arms dealers with a moral compass fighting against a corrupt provisional government and helping endangered survivors along the way) and set it in a post-apocalyptic America. Sort of like Deadwood/Tombstone meets Jericho/The Walking Dead/Revolution.
I guess you could throw some obligatory Timothy Olyphant in there since he's got a lock on that kind of role now, but mostly I want Elba/James kicking ass across the country as the McGeddin brothers. If they sell guns and the show is on CBS you could call it something cheesy like "The Arms McGeddin" or put it on premium cable and call it something like "Omega." Ideally this show ends up on Cinemax and goes the "80% tits and gun fights" route like "Banshee." Let's make this happen, America.
*frantically begins writing a check*
Here's a short article about Morgan's return with a YouTube clip of the post-credits scene:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1013746-morgan-jones-in-the-walking-dead-season-5-premiere-lennie-james-returns-at-end-of-episode-1/ (http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1013746-morgan-jones-in-the-walking-dead-season-5-premiere-lennie-james-returns-at-end-of-episode-1/)
QuoteSo yeah, he's actually on their trail, and the Terminus thing is helping him hopefully stay on that trail. And it's certainly a question as to whether he'll meet up with them, or when he'll meet up with them, but we've got a lot of big plans for the character of Morgan, so stay tuned.
Speaking of former Wire actors, Seth Gilliam (Ellis Carver) was in the previews for next week and/or the season as a priest. It appears to be verified on his Wiki page.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 11:21:55 AM
Here's a short article about Morgan's return with a YouTube clip of the post-credits scene:
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1013746-morgan-jones-in-the-walking-dead-season-5-premiere-lennie-james-returns-at-end-of-episode-1/ (http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1013746-morgan-jones-in-the-walking-dead-season-5-premiere-lennie-james-returns-at-end-of-episode-1/)
QuoteSo yeah, he's actually on their trail, and the Terminus thing is helping him hopefully stay on that trail. And it's certainly a question as to whether he'll meet up with them, or when he'll meet up with them, but we've got a lot of big plans for the character of Morgan, so stay tuned.
I love that there's a link to an article about fan speculation on who dies with a SPOILER warning.
"DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME NERD BELIEVES
MIGHT HAPPEN."
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 11:03:18 AM
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 09:49:28 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 15, 2014, 09:34:34 AM
Quote from: Yeti on October 15, 2014, 08:25:08 AM
I know Slak's love for AVClub, but I was checking out their review: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/walking-dead-no-sanctuary-210380 How do they review that episode and NOT mention Morgan/Hawkins?
Ok maybe I missed something? Where did he show up? In the previews?
Right at the end -- maybe post credits, even. They show a guy in a black mask walking down the train tracks looking all badass. Que swelling of music and dramatic unmask (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DramaticUnmask) trope. BAM! Lonnie James.
Edit: Confirmed. I just rewatched the end. It's after the credits, "next week on The Walking Dead", and even production company titles. He walks up to the "(No) Sanctuary blah blah blah" sign that Rick changed.
First, it's Lennie you idito.
Second, I just found out that Lennie James is very, very English (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs8pnjcKbU).
Third, there should really be a show where Lennie James and Idris Elba team up and become some anti-hero brother sheriffs or marshals (maybe renegade arms dealers with a moral compass fighting against a corrupt provisional government and helping endangered survivors along the way) and set it in a post-apocalyptic America. Sort of like Deadwood/Tombstone meets Jericho/The Walking Dead/Revolution.
I guess you could throw some obligatory Timothy Olyphant in there since he's got a lock on that kind of role now, but mostly I want Elba/James kicking ass across the country as the McGeddin brothers. If they sell guns and the show is on CBS you could call it something cheesy like "The Arms McGeddin" or put it on premium cable and call it something like "Omega." Ideally this show ends up on Cinemax and goes the "80% tits and gun fights" route like "Banshee." Let's make this happen, America.
Shit, we couldn't even get CRACK BACK made.
Quote from: ChuckD on October 15, 2014, 11:03:18 AM
Second, I just found out that Lennie James is very, very English (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDs8pnjcKbU).
This could easily go in the "I admit it" thread.
Anyway, Carol's revivification aside, I'm amazed at the level of audience ignorance about even basement-level virology that is demanded to allow everything with a even a whiff of Mullet to "turn" into anything but farce.
Carl's fraternal exuberance was also an exercise in credulity.
Quote from: Bort on October 15, 2014, 12:12:29 PM
I love that there's a link to an article about fan speculation on who dies with a SPOILER warning.
"DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME NERD BELIEVES MIGHT HAPPEN."
Some nerd writing for a Falun Gong house organ.
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
I thought they were going to reveal that Bob had been bitten and the reason he left the church was to blow his brains out. Looking back, I'm guessing Bob would prefer that to having his leg eaten in front of him.
Speaking of writing, I'm sure Bob was in shock a bit but how did he not wake up screaming "HOLY FUCK MY LEG HURTS DID SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF OH SHIT THEY DID!! AAAGGRRGH! YOU GUYS ARE EATING MY LEG!!" Obviously they wanted the shock value of the slow zoom out to reveal his missing wheel, but dammit they've gone a bridge too far and now I'm starting to question the realism of this show.
Quote from: R-V on October 21, 2014, 09:29:30 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
I thought they were going to reveal that Bob had been bitten and the reason he left the church was to blow his brains out. Looking back, I'm guessing Bob would prefer that to having his leg eaten in front of him.
Speaking of writing, I'm sure Bob was in shock a bit but how did he not wake up screaming "HOLY FUCK MY LEG HURTS DID SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF OH SHIT THEY DID!! AAAGGRRGH! YOU GUYS ARE EATING MY LEG!!" Obviously they wanted the shock value of the slow zoom out to reveal his missing wheel, but dammit they've gone a bridge too far and now I'm starting to question the realism of this show.
At least they stole this storyline from a really good book.
But I don't think the sheer horror of the cannibal scenes as written in "The Road" would translate comfortably to your average AMC "Zombies are Fung!" viewer.
The show has definitely improved though just by eliminating the more annoying characters and focusing on the zombies are just zombies but we're living in a lawless society and humans are really just animals and that is what our little band must deal with. At least at this point without the overly wrought out dealings with and scenery chewing of the Governor plot line.
Man, I waste too much time thinking about this show.
Quote from: flannj on October 21, 2014, 10:00:51 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 21, 2014, 09:29:30 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
I thought they were going to reveal that Bob had been bitten and the reason he left the church was to blow his brains out. Looking back, I'm guessing Bob would prefer that to having his leg eaten in front of him.
Speaking of writing, I'm sure Bob was in shock a bit but how did he not wake up screaming "HOLY FUCK MY LEG HURTS DID SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF OH SHIT THEY DID!! AAAGGRRGH! YOU GUYS ARE EATING MY LEG!!" Obviously they wanted the shock value of the slow zoom out to reveal his missing wheel, but dammit they've gone a bridge too far and now I'm starting to question the realism of this show.
At least they stole this storyline from a really good book.
But I don't think the sheer horror of the cannibal scenes as written in "The Road" would translate comfortably to your average AMC "Zombies are Fung!" viewer.
The show has definitely improved though just by eliminating the more annoying characters and focusing on the zombies are just zombies but we're living in a lawless society and humans are really just animals and that is what our little band must deal with. At least at this point without the overly wrought out dealings with and scenery chewing of the Governor plot line.
Man, I waste too much time thinking about this show.
RV is right - I thought the same thing. That Bob was bit and was just enjoying one last moment before he knew he'd have to kill himself to avoid turning. Instead I guess he was just quite clearly going outside to have a cry since he had been suppressing his very seriously sad thoughts with outward bullshit optimism? Lot of good that did. The lesson is never try.
Anyway, maybe they have to save Bob to refill the one legged character quota voided by Herschel's death.
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 10:07:03 AM
Quote from: flannj on October 21, 2014, 10:00:51 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 21, 2014, 09:29:30 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
I thought they were going to reveal that Bob had been bitten and the reason he left the church was to blow his brains out. Looking back, I'm guessing Bob would prefer that to having his leg eaten in front of him.
Speaking of writing, I'm sure Bob was in shock a bit but how did he not wake up screaming "HOLY FUCK MY LEG HURTS DID SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF OH SHIT THEY DID!! AAAGGRRGH! YOU GUYS ARE EATING MY LEG!!" Obviously they wanted the shock value of the slow zoom out to reveal his missing wheel, but dammit they've gone a bridge too far and now I'm starting to question the realism of this show.
At least they stole this storyline from a really good book.
But I don't think the sheer horror of the cannibal scenes as written in "The Road" would translate comfortably to your average AMC "Zombies are Fung!" viewer.
The show has definitely improved though just by eliminating the more annoying characters and focusing on the zombies are just zombies but we're living in a lawless society and humans are really just animals and that is what our little band must deal with. At least at this point without the overly wrought out dealings with and scenery chewing of the Governor plot line.
Man, I waste too much time thinking about this show.
RV is right - I thought the same thing. That Bob was bit and was just enjoying one last moment before he knew he'd have to kill himself to avoid turning. Instead I guess he was just quite clearly going outside to have a cry since he had been suppressing his very seriously sad thoughts with outward bullshit optimism? Lot of good that did. The lesson is never try.
Anyway, maybe they have to save Bob to refill the one legged character quota voided by Herschel's death.
I actually took this as well-deserved karmic retribution for his lame-brained "Washington's gonna happen" pitch.
Quote from: Wheezer on October 21, 2014, 10:43:50 PM
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 10:07:03 AM
Quote from: flannj on October 21, 2014, 10:00:51 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 21, 2014, 09:29:30 AM
Quote from: Slaky on October 21, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
I think they laid it on way too thick with Bob being super positive in the first 3/4 of the episode. I kept saying "Bob's gonna die". No, it turned out to be worse than that for ol' Bob.
Maybe that's just how tv is. Or maybe that was just bad writing.
Another example of irritating writing is the character who leads the cannibals. He talks too much. And he's very smug in a "the villain describes his plot in great, sarcastic detail for no reason other than to get the viewer to hate him" way. I look forward to Rick killing him.
Bad Bob writing aside, the episode was good enough and I think I'm happy with where the show is going.
I thought they were going to reveal that Bob had been bitten and the reason he left the church was to blow his brains out. Looking back, I'm guessing Bob would prefer that to having his leg eaten in front of him.
Speaking of writing, I'm sure Bob was in shock a bit but how did he not wake up screaming "HOLY FUCK MY LEG HURTS DID SOMEBODY CUT IT OFF OH SHIT THEY DID!! AAAGGRRGH! YOU GUYS ARE EATING MY LEG!!" Obviously they wanted the shock value of the slow zoom out to reveal his missing wheel, but dammit they've gone a bridge too far and now I'm starting to question the realism of this show.
At least they stole this storyline from a really good book.
But I don't think the sheer horror of the cannibal scenes as written in "The Road" would translate comfortably to your average AMC "Zombies are Fung!" viewer.
The show has definitely improved though just by eliminating the more annoying characters and focusing on the zombies are just zombies but we're living in a lawless society and humans are really just animals and that is what our little band must deal with. At least at this point without the overly wrought out dealings with and scenery chewing of the Governor plot line.
Man, I waste too much time thinking about this show.
RV is right - I thought the same thing. That Bob was bit and was just enjoying one last moment before he knew he'd have to kill himself to avoid turning. Instead I guess he was just quite clearly going outside to have a cry since he had been suppressing his very seriously sad thoughts with outward bullshit optimism? Lot of good that did. The lesson is never try.
Anyway, maybe they have to save Bob to refill the one legged character quota voided by Herschel's death.
I actually took this as well-deserved karmic retribution for his lame-brained "Washington's gonna happen" pitch.
As soon as he said it you knew he was fucked.
It's kind of sad that somebody thought Blind Willie Johnson was cleverly obscure in episode 4. (Not Sam Charters again.)
Really bad choice for a musical lull in the Supreme Sacrament, BTW.
In other news, there remains that whole Reff ≪ 1 thing. I could scarcely follow the first 10 minutes of "Consumed."
So far, the most notable thing about the midseason finale that I've found is that the climax depends almost exclusively on camera angles that are rotated 25° to try to conjure dramatic effect.
All I can say about the midseason revivification is... holy fuck, I never would have imagined that these dimwits would take it into their heads to shit all over American Werewolf.
Quote from: Wheezer on February 10, 2015, 06:18:24 AM
All I can say about the midseason revivification is... holy fuck, I never would have imagined that these dimwits would take it into their heads to shit all over American Werewolf.
It was not good
I will note that they did eventually get around to Obama's dong.
(http://i.imgur.com/2mFFSvV.png)
Why do I still do this show?
Quote from: Yeti on February 16, 2016, 05:51:32 PM
Why do I still do this show?
I do because my wife does, but that's about it. Though I did get a laugh out of the rocket launcher use at the beginning.
Quote from: Bort on February 16, 2016, 06:00:20 PM
Quote from: Yeti on February 16, 2016, 05:51:32 PM
Why do I still do this show?
I do because my wife does, but that's about it. Though I did get a laugh out of the rocket launcher use at the beginning.
Exact same here and Mrs. flannj gets really pissed at me when I go off on this stupid piece of truly awful television.
God that was a horrific episode, worse than the usual piece of shit they put out.
I remember a MST3K episode where Joel and the 'bots tried to explain why a movie was so bad. The answer was repeated over and over. "Because they just don't care!".
What TWD became ever since the season with the farm can pretty much be explained the same way.
Quote from: flannj on February 16, 2016, 06:38:49 PM
Quote from: Bort on February 16, 2016, 06:00:20 PM
Quote from: Yeti on February 16, 2016, 05:51:32 PM
Why do I still do this show?
I do because my wife does, but that's about it. Though I did get a laugh out of the rocket launcher use at the beginning.
Exact same here and Mrs. flannj gets really pissed at me when I go off on this stupid piece of truly awful television.
God that was a horrific episode, worse than the usual piece of shit they put out.
I remember a MST3K episode where Joel and the 'bots tried to explain why a movie was so bad. The answer was repeated over and over. "Because they just don't care!".
What TWD became ever since the season with the farm can pretty much be explained the same way.
That would be "Attack of the the Eye Creatures," (sic) a movie so halfassed that they had a PANK on the title card.
Quality finale, there
Quote from: Yeti on April 03, 2016, 11:46:56 PM
Quality finale, there
Finally caught up. It was good but the ending was so frustrating. I know from the books Glenn gets brained with Negan's bat. Do we think it was him? Who have we theorized?
I guarantee they don't even let us know until like episode three of next season whenever the fuck that is. And yeah I'll still be watching. God damn it.
I finally remembered that this thing had returned, and so I sat through the season 6 finale again before looking at the premiere (which is going to have to wait, probably for quite some time).
One thing that did occur to me, though, is that the finale would have been vastly superior had the defeated protagonists just burst into singing "YMCA" at the end.
Quote from: Wheezer on November 08, 2016, 03:59:29 AM
I finally remembered that this thing had returned, and so I sat through the season 6 finale again before looking at the premiere (which is going to have to wait, probably for quite some time).
One thing that did occur to me, though, is that the finale would have been vastly superior had the defeated protagonists just burst into singing "YMCA" at the end.
I'd watch that.