I'm watching the Season 2 finale on Irish telly tonight. Jesus, Rick really likes to get chatty when it's dark and he's standing in an exposed place, doesn't he?
― trishyb, Friday, 24 August 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
season 3 premiere was peak form for this show imo - perhaps that's not saying a whole lot, considering how tedious and lame most of last season was, but it def shows renewed potential.
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:09 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah this was really strong.
― Legendary General Cypher Raige (Gukbe), Monday, 15 October 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
goddamn that last scene O_O
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 October 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
lots of gratuitous decapitations and face stabbings, that is all I ask for in this show
― akm, Monday, 15 October 2012 14:19 (eleven years ago) link
I love how they're all 'omg yay we get to sleep in a prison'. O_o
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 15 October 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
still found myself v excited to watch this, despite how crap it is.
is herschel going to die now? i don't know if it's script or acting, or both, but he is just truly awful. that line about "we could plant soy beans, tomatoes" or whatever it was, it's like he just sticks out as this pointless moron.
the minor characters are so badly sketched it's untrue. t-dawg still motoring along.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 18 October 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
^ herschel glowers despondently @ lg
― suggest butt (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah I was kinda glad when he was bitten, tbh
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 October 2012 15:56 (eleven years ago) link
In the comic he doesn't live long after the amputation, for what it's worth. But then he also got together with Andrea, so it's not an infallible guide.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Thursday, 18 October 2012 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
I'm hoping they transplant his head to T-Dawg's shoulder like that movie, The Thing With Two Heads. Although, with regards to acting, T-Dawg is no Rosey Grier.
― I hate Tig Notaro so much I gave Louis C.K. a dollar (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 19 October 2012 06:33 (eleven years ago) link
making convicts run like little bitches
― carne asada, Monday, 22 October 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Season 2 now on Netflix. Have watched 2 1/2 eps, am about to stop because it seems like there's, um, lots of talking and rehashing and emoting and staring off into the middle distance, and very little walking dead, and what walking dead business there is doesn't seem to add anything to what's come before (OK, there's a herd, they walk towards us, we chop their heads in one by one, etc.) Should I persist, and how long? I liked season 1.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, 22 October 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
Herschel got with Andrea in the comic? I thought that was the old dude with the RV.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
eephus: 2 was a bit of a snooze but so far season 3 seems to have figured out what it wants to do, imo
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 22 October 2012 20:12 (eleven years ago) link
back half of season 2's a lot better imo. season 3 seems good so far, especially since it looks like they're press fast foward on a bunch of these storylines
i have to admit, though, i'm a little disappointed they immediately undercut Michonne's badass psycho loner into Andrea's nursemaid, but oh well lol AMC :( maybe we'll get some flashbacking on that one
― Nhex, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
and yeah i think it was Dale who hooked up with Andrea AND her sister (ick). didn't the Herschel amputation happen waaay later too?
― Nhex, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah eephus season 2 is good the very beginning and 2 or 3 from the end. Season 3 though seems very promising though. They seemed to have saved up for gore special effects and makeup during all of the nothingness that happened in season 2.
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
i just finished season two the other day on netflix. love it all. probably shouldn't read the new stuff on here. though maybe i'll actually keep up with it via sidereel or something. don't know if i can wait a year or whatever.
how many new episodes have there been so far, two? didn't it just start?
― scott seward, Monday, 22 October 2012 20:59 (eleven years ago) link
i just started watching jericho too on netflix. haven't seen them all. i could watch the end of the world forever.
walking dead is maddening of course and here's hoping that they can finally learn to bring a minimum of three people on their little trips out and about. and just the cause and effect of all their dumb decisions. every trip abroad ends up in someone dead pretty much. but i do love both seasons.
― scott seward, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
I got the issue everyone had with season 2 but wasn't tortured by it. Season 3 indeed only has 2 episodes so far but it looks like there is going to be a lot more happening episode to episode this time.
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 21:39 (eleven years ago) link
i'll have to read this thread. already noticed that some people just hate it.
― scott seward, Monday, 22 October 2012 22:51 (eleven years ago) link
even herschel's unconscious face was an example of bad acting.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
I don't get the herschel hate but it is pretty hilarious as a thread meme
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:12 (eleven years ago) link
it's not so much hate as just finding him awful. i blame the script tho, i think. that more hirsute prisoner whom they spared was like he was auditioning to steal king hersch's stoic simpleton crown, "i knew these men, they were good men."
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:15 (eleven years ago) link
If you break down individual parts of S2 and S3, it's pretty terrible - bad acting, ponderous dialogue, some WTF choices, etc. - but it's somewhat compelling in the big picture. Enough to keep watching.S1 was terrible, IMO, so I didn't give S2 a chance until it came on Netflix.
I'd still like a show like this that didn't have a core group of characters - it would just follow different groups trying to make their way in the New Zombie Overlord world on the same timeline.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
That's true--sorry, annoying old git confusion
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
I love this show, regardless of herschel, bad acting or whatever else you guys find at fault. It's a zombie drama!!! Season 3 is off to a great start too. I love/despise the new sheriff, making the tough choices, wonder when he'll fall or get vetoed out? The son is shaping up into a tough little zombie killer, after being a pain in the ass in season 2.
― JacobSanders, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, October 22, 2012 7:24 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Totally have always loved this idea. Caring about the characters ups the drama a ton but not caring quite as much means everyone can die- then on to the next group. Would be a fantastic concept.
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:37 (eleven years ago) link
As annoying as Lori is, I don't totally see the motivation behind Rick hating on her as hard as he is?
Not to be geeky or anything...
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:39 (eleven years ago) link
xpost also diff climates/environments. surviving zombies in the desert! surviving zombies in the snow!
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah finding out you're wife was screwing your buddy while zombie overtook the world is one thing, but carrying his baby. ALso did she get mad at him for killing Shane after she kind of egged it on? Or am I remembering wrong?
― JacobSanders, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:42 (eleven years ago) link
xpost Oh yeah good point! I've thought that too. So interesting to see what zombies are like under the sun melting on old roads in the desert or freezing to ice and thawing during their aimless shuffling in the snow somewhere
― Evan, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
forest zombies! mountain zombies! zombies in overgrown cornfields! so much potential
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 22 October 2012 23:44 (eleven years ago) link
This show has had so much potential from ep one, yet squandered it at nearly every turn, somehow mistaking enthusiasm for gory zombie action for interest in the internal moral battles of these wet blankets. So far season 3 (which I have not seen anything of) is getting good notices, but I would be shocked if the show doesn't find a way to screw up this promise and potential, too.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 22 October 2012 23:46 (eleven years ago) link
I guess Rick is all HARD now cause he kills peoples.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:06 (eleven years ago) link
i kept worrying that the baby would die in the womb and then turn into baby zombie and start eating her.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:07 (eleven years ago) link
i love this show, but i would. man, lots of hate on this thread.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:08 (eleven years ago) link
I still don't understand why short haired lady wanted to operate on the lady zombie, is she assuming Lori will have to have a c-section?
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:12 (eleven years ago) link
No I have fun watching the show myself! Love zombie stories, especially this thorough. With all those stupid survival books they sell at Urban Outfitters etc. it's about time they took the fantasy to a show of some sort.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
Carful Jacob scott hasn't watched this far yet.
sorry
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:16 (eleven years ago) link
spoiler
how did the prisoners survive in the cafeteria for 300 days without water
― ticks up my sleeve (brownie), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
I know right?
Jacob I realized I was treading spoiler territory too! oops.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:24 (eleven years ago) link
its okay i'll stop reading. i'll catch up.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:42 (eleven years ago) link
thinking of what ifs is stupid but i can't stop doing it. if farmer didn't go into town to get drunk no shooting of humans no car crash no bringing back lame-ass kid no future shot in the woods to alert horde and direct them towards farm. etc, etc, etc. but people typically do the wrong thing all the time so it all makes sense. but it drives me crazy.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I think that is the strength of the show, and a theme.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
i watched this the other night. toxic stuff that drives people crazy starring sam waterston and the RV dude from The Walking Dead. RV dude looked good all young!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUCJYHM3C9E
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:51 (eleven years ago) link
Yaphet Katto! I must find that film.
― ornamental cabbage (James Morrison), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:56 (eleven years ago) link
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link