OT- Walking Dead/Sunday Night open thread
Well less than hour from the season 2 finale of the Walking Dead, some lingering questions still remain, and hopefully we'll get plenty of answers tonight.
If you're not caught up with the show/novels than *SPOILERS AHEAD*
- How's Rick going to break the news about Shane?
- Will we see appearances of either Michonne or Tyrese (could T-Dog be the shitty Tyrese replacement?)
- Where are they going to go after the farm, maybe the Prison or possibly Woodbury?
Feel free to use this as the Sunday night open thread if you wish to talk about the March Madness events, or the Pistons choking away a road game to the Clips.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:16 PM ^
March 18th, 2012 at 10:25 PM ^
Yep, the comic series. You'll need bitcomet or azureus vuze to facilitate the torrent (at least, those are what I have on my laptop), but it's definitely worth having. It doesn't necessarily spoil the tv series as they haven't been entirely synonymous.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:35 PM ^
March 18th, 2012 at 10:21 PM ^
Issue 94 is the newest one, if you're a comic book nerd you will love the graphic novels.
thanks for putting that up - was going to start looking for them today myself - is that all of them?
There are 94 issues. The 95th comes out on the 28th.
March 19th, 2012 at 11:42 AM ^
That download has 1-90, correct? I am seeding but already feeling guilty. Will probably assuage some of that by buying the DVD sets when they come out. I also have the whole TV series downloaded for now. Fun to go back and look at some of the earlier ones.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
The first part of that episode was so intense!! Great finale. Can't wait for the new season!!!
March 19th, 2012 at 12:17 AM ^
I strongly disagree...actually think they do a great job
Good talking Dead episode tonight also...those guys are good
March 18th, 2012 at 10:22 PM ^
The writing for this show is just pathetic. So much dumb.
>park our super-reliable Winnebago by the barn
>lets take a look around
>ohgawd
I want all of these characters to die.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:26 PM ^
Go away.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
No.
I enjoy the show, but a lot of the characters' decisions make it difficult for me to feel any sort of sympathy for their situation.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:29 PM ^
The fact that you took the time to read through all of these posts, about a topic you don't even like, is just pathetic...
March 18th, 2012 at 10:31 PM ^
I like the show.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:35 PM ^
You claim to like a show that you think has horrible writers?
March 18th, 2012 at 10:40 PM ^
Yes.
Is that bad? I read the graphic novels and watch the show. I simply find it difficult connecting to characters who make decisions without rationality. It's just little things, I suppose.
For example, in season 1, Glenn shows up to the quarry with a red Dodge sportscar--and then they strip it for parts that wouldn't even be compatible with a 1972 Winnebago. The same vehicle that Dale was constantly repairing.
I'm not hating on the show or anything. Nor am I meaning to "troll". I'm just voicing my opinion.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:12 AM ^
No idea why you are getting down voted. I agree that something is making the show worse than it was in the beginning. I assumed it was the absense of Darabont.
Why you're being negged. Becasue you have an opinion that's a tad bit different I suppose; nothing new. I agree though. I like the show, very much. The characters are pretty annoying and mindless, though. I feel overall the writing is pretty good, but maybe that is part of the "problem" for me. Some things make it a bit unrealistic which, as opined about already, takes away from being able to connect with the show 100%.
My biggest beef is why these damn people don't run over the walkers/herds of walkers and kill them that way; at least slow them down, inhibiting them from "walking" and take them out while they're down. The loss of the Winnebago was pretty pathetic as well; utter fail.
All in all I like the intensity and drama it brings. As always, I just have a few opinions and critiques.
It's not Grand Theft Auto...physics says you could be causing some serious damage to your car. Maybe not each and every time, but you mow down enough, and you're bound to smash something, or get something stuck in some part of the car, and at this point losing working transportation when you're trying to make an escape is not the best call.
I had a bigger problem with them wild west show shooting from a moving car (and actually hitting stuff). I mean if Rick and the brat can go running through them like they're a dong forest, there's no reason not to stop the car, take careful aim, and then pull out when it starts getting too close.
Hitting a target the size of a head with a handgun is hard enough at those distances. Throw in the fact that they were doing the shooting from a moving vehicle and it becomes damn near impossible.
...we're underestimating the half a shooting lesson they had from Shane. (Or in Andrea's case, the one and a half lessons).
That should be one of the stages on Top Shot. Who ever can hit a walking zombie in the head with a .45 from a moving car wins.
March 18th, 2012 at 10:24 PM ^
March 18th, 2012 at 10:42 PM ^
Finale lived up to it's hype. Jimmy and Patricia were really background characters so their deaths weren't all that powerful but we already had that with Dale and Shane the last couple weeks.
The helicopter in the beginning was confusing, though. Were the walkers following it or did they suddenly become smart enough to know that there were no more humans left in the city to feast on so they went into the countryside?
March 18th, 2012 at 10:52 PM ^
There is a big concept in the comic about how herds act. It's basically what you think it is, if one zombie starts to notice something than most zombies notice the same thing and in turn act the same way.
For example: The one zombie was walking into that wooden fence, the others saw and acted the way the first one did and over time the gate broke. Since one walker saw a helicopter it followed in the same direction that the helicopter was going, other walkers saw it and did the same thing.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:11 PM ^
Somebody get me a pocket knife:
You've combined my love of Zombie Apocalypse with my hatred of the Buckeyes and their stupid minions.
You have the won the internets.
March 18th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
Dang great finale! Interesting to hear the producers say after on "Talking Dead" the plan was to kill Hershel but they couldn't pull the trigger. Glad they didn't, old man wielding the shotgun =badass
March 18th, 2012 at 11:59 PM ^
I don't know why all the woman on this show are on permanent PMS. You cook and clean and then bitch about the protection being provided?
Carol and Lori need to take a long walk off a short pier. Freaking poor Rick the guy can't win. Even his bitch wife, that treats him like donkey dung who also can't keep tabs on their brat for 2 seconds, is piling on his ass.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:23 AM ^
Lori basically put Shane and Rick into a ring and said "fight" and then when Rick finally kills Shane she freaks out on him. I have no idea why, but I hope she gets bit in the face.
Also, what is with the women saying they should all split up? So stupid.
No cell phones or means of communication and they constantly want to split up. I don't get that either
Yes, by the end I wanted to see Little Man and his bitch mother having their entrails eaten. If I was Rick about now I'd be looking at Andrea with a lustful gaze. "This is not a democracy anymore." Especially in your own family, dude.
Isn't that typical horror movie woman strategy?
Great finale! I love Daryl on the bike, he looked all Duke Nukem.
Should be a lot of new characters once they enter the prison, as did the comics.
March 19th, 2012 at 12:56 PM ^
Shane always questioned the decisions Rick made. Rick wasn't able to lead, he was weak and all that BS. He killed his best friend because he wanted to kill him for his wife and son. I can't believe Lori had the balls to act like she did towards Rick. She pushed and pushed Rick on how unpredictable and unsafe Shane was. What did she expect? Rick was right to say enough and that he was the leader and that was it. I am glad he finally decided to say 'This is no longer a democracy'. If the crew didn't like it, no one was going to stop them from leaving. Lori you are to blame. Rick should remember the tears Carl shed for the man that wanted to kill his father. SHAME on them.