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The Walking Dead (Official Thread)

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So my brother (adopted) was a zombie too.

The only bad thing about him is that we couldn't have pets. One day, as he was eating my golden retriever, I confronted him on his odd habits. As I ate my steak dinner I tried to explain that killing animals wasn't cool unless done out of sight and in a mechanized way. He made some very interesting points from the perspective of a zombie.

I guess what I am trying to say here is that zombies need love too. They just want our understanding. And our fresh brains.
 
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Last nights episode, to me, has clearly put this series into the one season and done category. I was actually bored through out the show, and could pretty much predict what was going to happen.

What I got out of the show:

1) Dale is a pussy. "do you forgive me?" Fuck you, you old whiny twat. Who the hell cares if the crazy blonde forgives you? Ain't like you are going to get any of that.

2) Shane is/has been a psycho nut-job after Grimes wife. He left Grimes for dead, and was pissed he came back. He made sure that Otis was his escape so that he could be the hero for Grimes wife (can't even remember her name her character is so blah). Ooooooo!! He shaved his head!! That means he is a bad guy now!! Why is it that "bad guys" on AMC always have shaved heads?

3) T-dog is nothing more than filler and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation about the show. He should have died with that blood infection, instead old one-armed hillbilly (who we think is dead, but you know he is going to show up soon) just happened to have anti-biotics in his stash of illegal drugs that saved this waste of screen space and story line. Whatever.

4) Grimes is........how should I put this........overacting the role? Not really, but something about how the character is being played just doesn't sit well with me in this new season. Can't put my finger on it though.

5) This is supposed to be a show about the Zombie Apocalypse, and we are getting General Hospital with a couple of scenes of zombie attacks sprinkled in for good measure.

In other words, this series has taken a major shit on itself with this new season by my estimation. I have taken it off the DVR schedule, if I miss it, so be it. It has lost my attention really fast this season.
 
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He shaved his head because Otis ripped a big chunk out of it. He had to shave it or people would ask what happened.


While the action has not been as fast and furious this season, it seems obvious they are trying to add more depth and emotion to the characters. JMO. Things should come to a head next week as Carl recovers and they decide to move on......something still seems strange with this new family
 
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buxfan4life;2024356; said:
Last nights episode, to me, has clearly put this series into the one season and done category. I was actually bored through out the show, and could pretty much predict what was going to happen.

What I got out of the show:

1) Dale is a pussy. "do you forgive me?" Fuck you, you old whiny twat. Who the hell cares if the crazy blonde forgives you? Ain't like you are going to get any of that.

2) Shane is/has been a psycho nut-job after Grimes wife. He left Grimes for dead, and was pissed he came back. He made sure that Otis was his escape so that he could be the hero for Grimes wife (can't even remember her name her character is so blah). Ooooooo!! He shaved his head!! That means he is a bad guy now!! Why is it that "bad guys" on AMC always have shaved heads?

3) T-dog is nothing more than filler and adds absolutely nothing to the conversation about the show. He should have died with that blood infection, instead old one-armed hillbilly (who we think is dead, but you know he is going to show up soon) just happened to have anti-biotics in his stash of illegal drugs that saved this waste of screen space and story line. Whatever.

4) Grimes is........how should I put this........overacting the role? Not really, but something about how the character is being played just doesn't sit well with me in this new season. Can't put my finger on it though.

5) This is supposed to be a show about the Zombie Apocalypse, and we are getting General Hospital with a couple of scenes of zombie attacks sprinkled in for good measure.

In other words, this series has taken a major shit on itself with this new season by my estimation. I have taken it off the DVR schedule, if I miss it, so be it. It has lost my attention really fast this season.
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the whole thing can be attributed to going to a 13 episode season. it draws out the plot line and offers minimal progression. it's like watching Lost post season 2.

crazy blond bitch has reached her useful life. that whole angle is played out. I hope pussy old man caps her with her own gun and leaves her to get eaten. but alas, it will inevitably lead to her spending the whole season deciding whether she wants to live or not, and upon deciding she wants to live, she will get killed.
 
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WolverineMike;2024366; said:
He shaved his head because Otis ripped a big chunk out of it. He had to shave it or people would ask what happened.


While the action has not been as fast and furious this season, it seems obvious they are trying to add more depth and emotion to the characters. JMO. Things should come to a head next week as Carl recovers and they decide to move on......something still seems strange with this new family
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I know that he had a chunk of hair ripped out, but he could have passed it off as something other than him popping Otis in the leg and leaving him for dead; "Um yeah, when we were being over run by the zombies, they were grabbing my hair and ripped a chunk out, that is when big ole Otis told me to make it back safe and sacraficed himself" See? Not that hard. He did not need to shave his head. It was nothing more than a visual for him becoming a bad guy.

Again, this was supposed to be a show about a group of people fleeing the zombie apocolypse, not a deep character study of each member of the group. I would not be surprised to see the rating tank if the series keeps heading down this path. JMO.
 
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buxfan4life;2024400; said:
I know that he had a chunk of hair ripped out, but he could have passed it off as something other than him popping Otis in the leg and leaving him for dead; "Um yeah, when we were being over run by the zombies, they were grabbing my hair and ripped a chunk out, that is when big ole Otis told me to make it back safe and sacraficed himself" See? Not that hard. He did not need to shave his head. It was nothing more than a visual for him becoming a bad guy.

Again, this was supposed to be a show about a group of people fleeing the zombie apocolypse, not a deep character study of each member of the group. I would not be surprised to see the rating tank if the series keeps heading down this path. JMO.
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Shane is a bad guy. I mean, come the fuck on. He could've just as easily popped Otis in the head. But no...he shot him in the leg, dooming him to come back as a Zombie. Nice work, Shane.
 
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BUCKYLE;2024408; said:
Shane is a bad guy. I mean, come the fuck on. He could've just as easily popped Otis in the head. But no...he shot him in the leg, dooming him to come back as a Zombie. Nice work, Shane.
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Well, he capped him alive so the zombies would all devour him and let Shane escape, so there was method to his thuggery I guess.

I guess I didn't realize the whole series was climaxing to a "Why Shane, Why?" moment :lol: (if you haven't seen the movie Shane, that will make no sense to you)

I guess I'm in the middle. On one hand, I think Days of Our (Zombie) Lives is getting a little ridiculous, but on the other if it was just a bunch of people no one really cared about running from zombies every week, with one or two dieing here and there, it would get old fast that way too. Much like pro wrestling, this series requires some emotional investment in the characters, or the concept won't keep people's attention forever.

I will say the Dale/blondie thing is getting really stale really fast. I mean it's unclear if he wants to adopt her or fuck her or kill her or what. If anything, they should have had the blowoff between those two be what it was with Shane and the fat man...she decides she wants to live, and Dale caps her in the leg to escape himself. Now THAT might be drama. But again no one really cared about the fat man, so was anyone as shocked or upset as they might be if he had done that to Rick or Daryll?

The new family is seemingly fucked up in a Village of the Damned sort of way, but I am afraid that will be another blowoff and they will just leave and that's that. Or maybe they'll find what's left of poor Otis and find the bullet in his leg...that could get interesting...

I'm still giving this series a chance, thinking it's slowly building up to something because of the 13 episode season. However, if the supposed payoff is anything like The Killing was, it will go down as the biggest waste ever.
 
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This show is ridiculous, but I will continue to watch it because, even if it's only one zombie attack per episode, that's still one more than every other show on tv.

Zombie hanging from the tree (strange fruit :lol: :shake:).....the other zombies gnawed all the flesh off his legs....so the zombies will eat other zombie flesh......they just choose not to unless it's hanging from a tree? Some sort of vegetarian zombie?

Bucklion;2024450; said:
I guess I didn't realize the whole series was climaxing to a "Why Shane, Why?" moment :lol: (if you haven't seen the movie Shane, that will make no sense to you)
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Shane, don't go! Shane! :lol:
 
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Fungo Squiggly;2024742; said:
This show is ridiculous, but I will continue to watch it because, even if it's only one zombie attack per episode, that's still one more than every other show on tv.

Zombie hanging from the tree (strange fruit :lol: :shake:).....the other zombies gnawed all the flesh off his legs....so the zombies will eat other zombie flesh......they just choose not to unless it's hanging from a tree? Some sort of vegetarian zombie?



Shane, don't go! Shane! :lol:
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I think the implication was that he wasn't a zombie yet when he hanged himself, and was such fresh meat for the zombies who could reach his legs.

I've read some of the books, and this series is not about Zombies, it is about the people. Google the comic books to see. The complaint of it being a soap opera shows that people don't know the source material.

Anyway, the acting is okay, I neither do or do not care for most characters except for two: I totally like the sleeveless "hillbilly" guy with the crossbow, and I am okay with with the lady that rode the horse.

I am satisfied enough for now.

Edit: I should have said it this way: The series is not about "fighting" the zombie apocalypse, it is about "living" during it. This can be good or bad, but that is how it was supposed to be.
 
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I read the books (mostly), are you ready for the big giveaway yet (based on complaints here), that you all are complaining about?

:biggrin:

I'm not saying it is good or bad, It wouldn't give away much, a wiki will show it, but it will solve some complaints, and open up new ones.
 
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