Walker Alert!
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I don't know if I could take another episode of that hippie. The whoe episode I was thinking Carl needs to go too. I'm guessing that the randal is going to lead Rick on a chase where he'll meet the governor I've been hearing about, just wish it would be merle. And what purpose does t-dawg serve now? He spoke once tonight for the first time in two weeks.
He froze and chickened out when he should have shot the Zombie. He learned that lesson when he saw what happened. I think that will give him reason not to hesitate next time, like when Rick and Shane are fighting again and Carl has the guy. Shane dies!!!!
i ruined the last episode of BrBa and the dark knight by reading stuff online. i'm gonna say that either shane or herschel, maybe both, are about to meet their maker, wish it would be lori and carl though. it'd be interesting to see boondock in shane's place as the #2.
is gone. I couldn't stand his whinning anyhow. I was done with him when he was going to toss the guns in the swamp.
When you are zombie hunting alone, find a half eaten carcass, its time to go on high alert.
When you are zombie hunting alone, find a half eaten carcass, its time to go on high alert.
When Carl saw the zombie last night that killed Dale, he realized that it was his fault and he freaked out. I think that there's going to be an episode real soon where Darryl is going to need his gun but can't find it. Then, when Carl figures out that he caused something else bad to happen, he's gonna lose it.
that they're all carriers. I couldn't figure out where they were going with the scene with the two zombies that didn't have bites. However, it's all starting to make sense now. Especially with the way that Rick keeps putting bullets through everyone's forehead.
Dale was taken out sooner than I expected. He was a more important character in the comics though....but then again not much of this is follwoingalong with that.
Carl is not someone to be 17'd with.....I believe some people are about to find out.
</p> Edit to add: That was one strong walker with a hell of a grip.
Carl is not someone to be 17'd with.....I believe some people are about to find out.
</p> Edit to add: That was one strong walker with a hell of a grip.
with Dale. I know he's unpopular, but for that reason I figured he'd be around for a long time. He is, uh make that was, the "moral compass" for the group, and I know that turned a lot of folks off. But he caused controversy and confrontation, something I thought the show would milk as long as they could.
And as with just about every apocalyptic move I've ever seen, the threat from other human survivors is turning out to be 10x as bad as the zombies out to eat their brains.
And as with just about every apocalyptic move I've ever seen, the threat from other human survivors is turning out to be 10x as bad as the zombies out to eat their brains.
most assume that refers to the zombies, when in fact, it refers to the survivors. Another hint to the theory about them already being carriers.....
oh, and sorry if Germans.....
oh, and sorry if Germans.....
the preview showed he escapes (or Shane fakes it as an excuse to kill him, was suspicous that that kid could sneak up on and lay out Shane), so i'd guess they're gonna assume he's armed and freak out even more.
I'm gonna be done with this show if it keeps following the old horror movie formula of people being complete dumb@sses. they set up that walker attack by mentioning earlier that some cows broke thru the fence. and no one thought to be worried about a break in the fence? come on. add that to Carl walking right up to a zombie, lowering Glenn into the well as zombie bait, and Lori driving off last week, etc., and it's at the point where i can't take any more. i was rooting for Carl to get eaten, for being that stupid.</p>
I'm gonna be done with this show if it keeps following the old horror movie formula of people being complete dumb@sses. they set up that walker attack by mentioning earlier that some cows broke thru the fence. and no one thought to be worried about a break in the fence? come on. add that to Carl walking right up to a zombie, lowering Glenn into the well as zombie bait, and Lori driving off last week, etc., and it's at the point where i can't take any more. i was rooting for Carl to get eaten, for being that stupid.</p>
The guy was a Darabont loyalist and when he was let go, DuMunn asked they he be written out of the show. Hence the reason the character is the show was handled so much differently than the comic book character.
they sure did **** the bed. He didn't die in the book till later. Some i'm as much a space cadet as the rest of you that haven't read the books. I understand they're gonna HAVE to change stuff for TV, but damn. He kinda does some cool stuff in the book LATER (not gonna spoil it) on. Damn.
As you said, everyone is a dubmass. Also... how the hell can a zombie not have the strength to free himself from mud, but all of a sudden have the strength to tear a man's chest open? And how does a zombie sneak up on Dale?? Have the zombies all of a sudden learned stealth attack??
I really like the themes of the show and the deep questions it addresses if such a 17ed up situation were to occur... but the plot is sometimes questionable, and generally moves along WAY too slow.
I really like the themes of the show and the deep questions it addresses if such a 17ed up situation were to occur... but the plot is sometimes questionable, and generally moves along WAY too slow.
he clearly wasn't trying all that hard to free himself until he saw Carl. the walkers seem to get amped up when they're close to people to feed on. plus, if you've ever gotten stuck in mud like that, it's a vacuum effect more than anything, so pulling harder doesn't do much. seems like he pulled from a different angle when he was horizontal reaching for Carl, so maybe that popped the seal or something.
but the 'sneak attack' was just poor writing. what, was he taking a power nap from his beef meal? he had the itis? stupid. i'd have had him rip a leg off trying to get at Carl (already established as plausible from the well incident), and then have Dale trip over him or somthing instead of him just magically appearing behind Dale like he did. would explain why Dale didn't see him, because he was crawling thru the tall grass.
they've been there for weeks, no secondary fence or anything as protection. just chilling in tents? for a show that's supposed to be about human reaction to a f'd up situation, they sure are screwing up the human reaction part.
the book was far better. the campsite attack from the first season happened, but it was explicit that it was because they got complacent and sloppy. the show kind of hinted at it, with the fire that Shane made the redneck put out in one of the first couple episodes, saying the walkers were attracted to the light, but then they had a bonfire a few nights later precipitating the attack. but in the book, they learned their lesson, and got paranoid as they should. accidents still happened, but it wasn't from sheer stupidity, which only deepened the paranoia.
the prison arc only makes sense from that angle, so the writers better clear that up quick.
but the 'sneak attack' was just poor writing. what, was he taking a power nap from his beef meal? he had the itis? stupid. i'd have had him rip a leg off trying to get at Carl (already established as plausible from the well incident), and then have Dale trip over him or somthing instead of him just magically appearing behind Dale like he did. would explain why Dale didn't see him, because he was crawling thru the tall grass.
they've been there for weeks, no secondary fence or anything as protection. just chilling in tents? for a show that's supposed to be about human reaction to a f'd up situation, they sure are screwing up the human reaction part.
the book was far better. the campsite attack from the first season happened, but it was explicit that it was because they got complacent and sloppy. the show kind of hinted at it, with the fire that Shane made the redneck put out in one of the first couple episodes, saying the walkers were attracted to the light, but then they had a bonfire a few nights later precipitating the attack. but in the book, they learned their lesson, and got paranoid as they should. accidents still happened, but it wasn't from sheer stupidity, which only deepened the paranoia.
the prison arc only makes sense from that angle, so the writers better clear that up quick.
I don't know why, but I've always loved freaky shows like X-Files, American Horror Story, and The Walking Dead. When I saw a preview for The River and realized that both the Paranormal Activity guy and Spielberg were working on it, I thought it was going to be incredible. Well, I've watched 3 episodes so far, and I'm getting really close to thinking that it's flat out horrible. I don't know what it is, but it isn't compelling to me at all and the so called "horror" aspects of it feel 100% forced to me. Anyone out there think it's any good?
and the jury is still out on The River. I'm a couple of episodes behind already (on DVR) but from what I've seen the cheese factor is pretty high as is typical of most non-Fox network sci-fi/horror shows.
But I'm going to give it a little while longer.
But I'm going to give it a little while longer.
It seems priority number 1 would be to set up a perimeter fence, even if just around the house/barn. And I never really thought about the tent thing, but yeah. Why on earth wouldn't EVERYONE be sleeping in that huge house. Dumb.
Furthermore, why do they just let Carl walk around wherever he wants by himself? Would any parent actually allow that to happen? It's ridiculous.
And on an unrelated note, the scene where Herschel gave Glen the pocket watch reminded me of a lame version of the Christopher Walken scene in Pulp Fiction.
Furthermore, why do they just let Carl walk around wherever he wants by himself? Would any parent actually allow that to happen? It's ridiculous.
And on an unrelated note, the scene where Herschel gave Glen the pocket watch reminded me of a lame version of the Christopher Walken scene in Pulp Fiction.
Wasn't a very good one anyways, but the walkers aren't suppose to have any kind of super senses or strength. How the hell does one rip apart someone's abdomen?
That's very good points. If I was with the group, the first thing I would've done is found a place close by to a food source and barricaded the **** out of it. Lure the walkers to a kill zone and torch em. I know that's not protocol but I don't think a crispy fried zombie is going to be any threat. I agree on tent city. That was pretty dumb.
To the posters above. I'm watching The River.I don't know for how much longer though.
To the posters above. I'm watching The River.I don't know for how much longer though.
I agree with the majority that the big secret is the virus and everyone has it and that is why Rick is shooting in the head. However again it is TV and I know they have to screw with things a little and I accept that, but if everyone already has the virus and it somehow is held in checked by an pumping heart or functioning brain and it reactivates the brain once the heart is stopped or the brain stop workingwhy would being bitten matter? Unless the bite kills you any infections you might get from the bite would not matter because you already have the virus. Other then hurting like hell would being bitten and not dieing matter? I know, I know it's TV and I am thinking too deep about it but I do wonder. Also my wife is glad to hear there are some others who like Zombie shows.
There was a change in the production staff/writing team and he was not happy with the changes and asked to be written out. From what I read he later changed his mind after seeing where the show was going. He told the producers he had changed his mind but it was too late in the process - therefore his untimely demise last night.<div>
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my understanding is that those alive have picked up an inactive form of the virus from the environment (spores or whatever) that doesn't activate till they die, but that the walkers carry the active form of the virus that can infect via a bite (and which would kill the bitten). not that anything Zombie-related should make sense. well, the zombies of 28 Days Later made sense, because that was just basically Super Rabies, but i digress.
In the book it is no big secret that everyone is a carrier and will come back when they die (unless shot in the head of course) so I wonder if the big secret is not something else.
I know I am showing my inner geek here but there is a short novel called "Rise of the Governor" that is kind of a companion piece to the book series. It is really good if you like that sort of thing.
I know I am showing my inner geek here but there is a short novel called "Rise of the Governor" that is kind of a companion piece to the book series. It is really good if you like that sort of thing.