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
how did the prisoners survive in the cafeteria for 300 days without water
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
I thought that was just the rotten meat supply.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 02:28 (eleven years ago) link
i've been told season three is a grand improvementis this really true? i need it to be at least twice as good as the second season to even think about trying again.
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
it's twice as good
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 03:59 (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?"
I think it was just an excuse for her to cut some zombie bitch
― akm, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:01 (eleven years ago) link
sigh okay i'll try it
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
that last moment between rick & laurie was OMG COLD
i kind of love rick for that; and feel some sympathy for her being so outcast with her family while being so pregnant & needing the support she cant get
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 04:19 (eleven years ago) link
But why? because they had a squabble last fall? They weren't like that at the farm right before they left.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
i love this show, btw. this has come up before, i think, it seems to be flawed and has dumb dialogue and a few stupid characters and yet i watch it religiously, as soon as i can download it the day after us broadcast.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 08:43 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't have a problem with Rick's change; he'd been holding in a lot of suspicion and anger at Lori for a long time, and I think the combination of being forced to kill Shane, risk everything to protect what is obviously Shane's kid, and raise Carl as a potential psycho killer (I mean, remember that crazy scene at the end of S2 where he WANTS to watch that guy get executed?) cracked him and now he's putting all the weight on her
that last scene was really good though. the choice of "we" instead of "I" especially
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, good point.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:38 (eleven years ago) link
She explicitly says that Lori had her first kid with a c-section so Hershel had been presuming it was likely a c-section would be necessary for kid #2 and had been walking her through the procedure.
― Clay, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:53 (eleven years ago) link
I'm on mega blood-thinners right now and so this show FREAKS me out w/r/t bleeding the last couple weeks.
I'm really glad I stuck through the really terrible first couple seasons on the hope they'd figure it out (hey! It's a genre show, so lets just do a genre show instead of a relationship show!) which they seem to have finally done. Bravo to these first couple episodes of season 3.
― Clay, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 13:57 (eleven years ago) link
Seriously, though, the first couple of eps of season one and two were good, too. This show has trouble sustaining itself without a whole bunch of standing and somber talking. At least season 3 apparently features, you know, zombies.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:09 (eleven years ago) link
i love the beginnings and endings of almost every episode. kinda like Lost in that way. they get me going. okay, now i'm really going until i catch up.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:11 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, whole lot of plot you missed. Zombies, and, um. Zombies.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:13 (eleven years ago) link
Would be great if a happy ending to the series was all of the zombies rotting to bones and everyone living in a world where they merely have to shoot whoever ends up dying in the head as a precaution.
― Evan, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 14:34 (eleven years ago) link
i think that's the end of world war z. except like north korea is all underground zombie theme park.
― let's have sex and then throw pottery (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
i gotta give the show credit - they are generally very good with their cold opens
― Nhex, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
watched the two new episodes. like them just as much as the old episodes. looking forward to the rich dudes in the next episode. they looked like rich dudes anyway in the preview.
― scott seward, Thursday, 25 October 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Man, just catching up on the second season, and every time I think it's not that bad, someone does something stupid or the show crawls to a halt or whatever. Some good set pieces, but mostly a lot of wheel spinning.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
*something cool seems like it might happen**standing around talking about the something cool that might happen for a long time*
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:19 (eleven years ago) link
d.j. conner as zombie slayer is SUCH an improvement this season. that kid was really the only character that bugged me during season 2.
― scott seward, Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
yeah he's turning out to be a much better character this season, now that he has things to do and they've given him some skills/personality
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Kinda creeped out when he and Herschel's youngest daughter interact - is it supposed to be flirting?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 25 October 2012 19:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah. in the book the girl's much younger.
― Nhex, Thursday, 25 October 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
Can't be too picky in the zombie apocalypse.
― Evan, Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:09 (eleven years ago) link
they all must be masturbating like crazy
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Thursday, 25 October 2012 21:10 (eleven years ago) link
only a matter of time before herschel is caught defiling a zombie corpse
Why in season 2 does Rick insist on using a revolver that keeps running out of ammo when he could get some crazier gun that holds more bullets?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:05 (eleven years ago) link
i dunno. it's a mystery. doesn't seem like they really looked hard enough for better guns. they must have passed a ton of local cop shops on their way from atlanta. just one of those things its best to ignore. like: if you are on the run for months on end you are probably covered in cuts and scrapes AND zombie blood! i mean, that can't be healthy. or why they insist on wearing as little clothing as possible when one scratch can kill them.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:09 (eleven years ago) link
Because it's hot outside?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
If it were the zombie apocalypse, I would be strapped like a first person shooter.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
they AREN'T covered in scrapes and cuts is my point. and they totally would be. they are living like racoons and fighting monsters 24/7 and wearing tank tops.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
I also wondered how they all aren't constantly getting sick with all of the perpetual hygiene and nutritional struggles.
― Evan, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
Rick's a white-hat lawman, he has to carry a good old-fashioned revolverNo-goodnik Shane preferred a Glock
I usually found myself wondering why they didn't all get nice new rides like Shane's crossover SUV.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 26 October 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
With all the up close zombie killing, how has no one gotten some spray up in their eyes/nose/mouth? If a zombie bite can induce the infection to take over, wouldn't swallowing zombie?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 26 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
i would be wearing pots & pans like a xena-loving raimi.
― scott seward, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, but they're all infected already! The bite just speeds the process, but I don't think gargling zombie guts will turn you into Dr. jeckyl.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
I get why they do it, but scary zombie growls makes them less scary.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
i mean okay its hot but ONE SCRATCH! and they are fighting them up close and personal. get some heavy duty riot gear. now they have the riot gear...
― scott seward, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
No milo has a point- what is about biting that isn't also the same if the zombie blood is ingested? Is it about the bite directly into the blood stream? Or is it that zombies have zombie-poison in their teeth?
― Evan, Friday, 26 October 2012 02:26 (eleven years ago) link
unrelated but in the last ep, when maggie had her v tearful & heartfelt moment with Herschel, I was v impressed at the way the makeup department managed to use makeup to make her look like she wasn't wearing makeup. her face was kinda broken out, she was dirty, sweaty, her lips were chapped...she looked so real, I was really impressed by that
but yes, scott's right. need more cuts and bruises.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 26 October 2012 02:27 (eleven years ago) link
The zombie mythology is that everybody that dies comes back as a zombie, but getting bit by a zombie leads to infection and rapid death. And then you come back as a zombie. Which makes (zombie) sense, since dead things are massively septic.
Wrapping up season 2. These people spend an inordinate amount of time walking around in the woods or dark. Or both. When they're not bickering.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 October 2012 14:38 (eleven years ago) link