THE WALKING DEAD...and all things zombie

rival. · March 2012

SatansFuton wrote:

As for how Carl got out and found them. I'm done trying to figure out how that kid is allowed to run wild. If Carl pulled up in front of the house tomorrow driving a school bus loaded down with strippers and beer I wouldn't bat an eyelash.

rival. · March 2012

"STRIPPERS YOU SAY!? I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN!"

unlost dogs · March 2012

kwdaley · March 2012

Season 3...

rrivers · March 2012

merkinball wrote:

rrivers wrote:

They need to get off that farm.

That's what I think of the season. The search for Sophia, and then the farm has dragged on way too long. The threat posed by Zombies has been been very muted this season, forcing the characters to turn on each other. While it's an interesting dynamic to explore, it shouldn't take the forefront for a whole season.

I agree. It should be an interesting dynamic to explore, but I don't think the writers or the actors have the chops to make in interesting. I'm fine with that though. It's a zombie show! Show me some mother-effing zombies!!!

Sorry for the Shane fans out there, but I am really glad he is off the show. I found the actor to be really annoying. I think he had a quota for a certain number of times he had to rub his head every episode. That was his default acting technique to display anger, frustration, guilt, hunger, happiness, and jealousy.

With the strippers coming, I am excited for Season 3!

rival. · March 2012

unlost dogs wrote:

"world's least supervised child."

Hugh Freaking Dillon · March 2012

I love how we have been referring to a group of walkers as a "herd".

arq · March 2012

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I love how we have been referring to a group of walkers as a "herd".

That's how they called in the comics :ugeek:

Cradles Broken Glass · March 2012

I hope it is ok to ask this, but does anyone who does not have AMC know of a way to watch current Walking Dead episodes without visiting a seedy website that might damage my computer? We are looking at cutting our cable package down, which means we will lose AMC (but we will be paying $25/month vs. $70). If I absolutely have to, I can wait for DVDs, but if I could stay up to date, that would be awesome.

rrivers · March 2012

Cradles Broken Glass wrote:

I hope it is ok to ask this, but does anyone who does not have AMC know of a way to watch current Walking Dead episodes without visiting a seedy website that might damage my computer? We are looking at cutting our cable package down, which means we will lose AMC (but we will be paying $25/month vs. $70). If I absolutely have to, I can wait for DVDs, but if I could stay up to date, that would be awesome.

itunes, you can buy the whole season for $23 or $3 an episode.

mca47 · March 2012

rrivers wrote:

What does everyone think of this season? I think it has really gone downhill. I enjoyed the first season a lot, but this season they are spending a lot of time trying to strengthen the characters and really doing a poor job of it. I'm not expecting the show to be Mad Men or The Sopranos with regard to writing and characterization, but it seems like they are trying to make it that way and failing. The whole prisoner storyline just dragged and was stupid to begin with...why save the guy and then kill or let him go? Just leave him there in the first place! They need to get off that farm.

Why do I keep watching, you ask? Honestly, I'm not sure. I find myself checking the time left on my DVR'd copy a lot and hoping for the end. Part of me hopes it will get good again (though I doubt it, I think Darabont had a lot to do with it being good) and another part of me watches because it has entered the "so bad it's good" arena.

I tend to agree. A bit of a snooze after the first season.
This season has removed the adventure, the survival-horror, the spookiness, and the mystery of the whole zombie apocalypse and made it into a silly drama. I'm going to still watch because at this point, I'm still entertained. But I can see that changing...

Hugh Freaking Dillon · March 2012

arq wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I love how we have been referring to a group of walkers as a "herd".

That's how they called in the comics :ugeek:

and there's my "something new" I learned today!

Hugh Freaking Dillon · March 2012

I'm not getting this whole "the second season is boring" stuff. I mean, yeah, the first season was intense. But think about it; anything that lasts only 6 episodes is bound to leave you wanting more. People are misunderstanding this show, It think. This is not a show about zombies; it's a show about human survival, and what happens to the human condition in the face of a global disaster. The zombies just add the adventure/suspense element to it.

Look at the show 24. In my opinion, easily one of the most intense shows on television. But there were 24 episodes each season. Yeah, were there a couple snoozing shows? Yep.

And I mean, come on, how many people have to die to make this show exciting for you? Is it because it's not all just 60 minutes of "unnnngggg..........brains.............BRAINS........unnnnnngggggg". That would be immensely boring to me.

I have a feeling that the finale and season 3 are going to make everyone quite happy.

Cradles Broken Glass · March 2012

rrivers wrote:

Cradles Broken Glass wrote:

I hope it is ok to ask this, but does anyone who does not have AMC know of a way to watch current Walking Dead episodes without visiting a seedy website that might damage my computer? We are looking at cutting our cable package down, which means we will lose AMC (but we will be paying $25/month vs. $70). If I absolutely have to, I can wait for DVDs, but if I could stay up to date, that would be awesome.

itunes, you can buy the whole season for $23 or $3 an episode.

Awesome, thanks. I also just checked Amazon, they are $1.99 on that site. However, I am not very techie, can you sync stuff bought on Amazon to a iPod/iPad? I think I could purchase it per episode and still save a lot of money compared difference between cable packages for just one month.

intodeep · March 2012

i don't have an ipad but you may be able to go to amazon and order it on your ipad and then watch it on it. i would try that avenue

kwdaley · March 2012

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I'm not getting this whole "the second season is boring" stuff. I mean, yeah, the first season was intense. But think about it; anything that lasts only 6 episodes is bound to leave you wanting more. People are misunderstanding this show, It think. This is not a show about zombies; it's a show about human survival, and what happens to the human condition in the face of a global disaster. The zombies just add the adventure/suspense element to it.

Look at the show 24. In my opinion, easily one of the most intense shows on television. But there were 24 episodes each season. Yeah, were there a couple snoozing shows? Yep.

And I mean, come on, how many people have to die to make this show exciting for you? Is it because it's not all just 60 minutes of "unnnngggg..........brains.............BRAINS........unnnnnngggggg". That would be immensely boring to me.

I have a feeling that the finale and season 3 are going to make everyone quite happy.

IMO, the seasons' length (ie. 6 episodes at a time) kind of reflect the length of the comics (issue-wise). I also look at the episodes kind of like those old serials from the 50s (always leaving the audience wanting more).

81 · March 2012

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I'm not getting this whole "the second season is boring" stuff. I mean, yeah, the first season was intense. But think about it; anything that lasts only 6 episodes is bound to leave you wanting more. People are misunderstanding this show, It think. This is not a show about zombies; it's a show about human survival, and what happens to the human condition in the face of a global disaster. The zombies just add the adventure/suspense element to it.

Look at the show 24. In my opinion, easily one of the most intense shows on television. But there were 24 episodes each season. Yeah, were there a couple snoozing shows? Yep.

And I mean, come on, how many people have to die to make this show exciting for you? Is it because it's not all just 60 minutes of "unnnngggg..........brains.............BRAINS........unnnnnngggggg". That would be immensely boring to me.

I have a feeling that the finale and season 3 are going to make everyone quite happy.

i want zombie killings...i want gore....i want people running and survivng, not walking around in woods stressing about stupid shit.

neilybabes86 · March 2012

after seeing nothing but pure zombie gore from romero for the past 30 years ..i like this element in my zombie show..its developing the characters and trying to have them live a life..( as much as u can in a zombie world)

sure their have been a few letdown episodes....but these past few episodes have been off the charts

sunday night the farm is done...so chill everyone 81 will show u his map of next seson

Hugh Freaking Dillon · March 2012

81 wrote:

i want zombie killings...i want gore....i want people running and survivng,

for 60 minutes a week, 13 times over? :yawn:

SatansFuton · March 2012

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

arq wrote:

Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:

I love how we have been referring to a group of walkers as a "herd".

That's how they called in the comics :ugeek:

and there's my "something new" I learned today!

That's the term they used on the show also. It's been a while since they used it, but it's been a while since they saw the herd, but it was the term they decided best described what they saw on the highway that day.

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