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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on October 20, 2016, 11:54:31 PM
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In preparation for the start of season 7, John Cleese catches us up:
http://nerdist.com/john-cleese-recapping-the-walking-dead-is-simply-delightful/
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"Lesson 3: Never look at the flowers"
:lol:
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Anyone ever tells me to look at the flowers and I'm clearing leather...
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At the risk of ruining the thread with politics:
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At the risk of ruining the thread with politics:
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So long Red, so long Glen.
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Negan = Ghenghis Khan + Kublai Khan + Pol Pot + Stalin + Hitler + Mussolini.
I hope Negan dies.....very.....very......painfully. >:D
What an intense episode!
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Well, the governor was kind of an amateur.
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Well, the governor was kind of an amateur.
Yeah that!
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So the rumors regarding Abraham and Glenn were correct.
Negan is quite skilled at breaking people psychologically. Moreover, he's a sadist of the first order, even more so than comic-book Negan.
If portrayed accurately, Rick is going to have some major PTSD issues to work through.
ETA: the guy snapping Polaroids of Abraham's and Glenn's corpses was an interesting touch.
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Killing Glen may well have killed Walking Dead for me.
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Killing Glen may well have killed Walking Dead for me.
I'm hearing a lot of that. Personally I thought it was brilliant and they needed to go outside the box this season to stay alive.
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Is the show going to survive after this season? We used to Rick and crew being in charge, now they aren't.
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Is the show going to survive after this season? We used to Rick and crew being in charge, now they aren't.
Things seem like they're gonna get a lot bigger. I would assume so.
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I'm hearing a lot of that. Personally I thought it was brilliant and they needed to go outside the box this season to stay alive.
Then kill Carl, goddamn it!
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Then kill Carl, goddamn it!
Carl showed more hate in his eyes...sorry, eye, than Rick at the end.
Predictions
1) Carl kills Negan, not Rick.
2) Rick is broken as a person, at least for the season
3) Daryl doesn't die. We'll lose another major character or two, but they're not stupid enough to kill of Daryl in the same season as Glen.
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So the rumors regarding Abraham and Glenn were correct.
Negan is quite skilled at breaking people psychologically. Moreover, he's a sadist of the first order, even more so than comic-book Negan.
If portrayed accurately, Rick is going to have some major PTSD issues to work through.
ETA: the guy snapping Polaroids of Abraham's and Glenn's corpses was an interesting touch.
HOLY *expletive deleted*it I JUST GOT THAT!
When they cleaned out the nest of Negans gunmen...one of them had a glory wall of Polaroid pictures. It just occurred to me those were all people Negan had smashed.
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I wonder how Carol is going to save the day this season.
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When they cleaned out the nest of Negans gunmen...one of them had a glory wall of Polaroid pictures. It just occurred to me those were all people Negan had smashed.
Exactly.
I wonder how Carol is going to save the day this season.
I think Carol is pretty broken at this point, perhaps more so than Rick. She would rather die than kill any more.
It seems obvious that The Kingdom will play a major role in the fight against the Saviors.
Then kill Carl, goddamn it!
I guess I'm in the minority. I don't get the hatred for Carl.
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Carl is the Wil Wheaton of TWD.
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Carl is the Wil Wheaton of TWD.
THIS.
And I would have bet money that Glen would make to the end...
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I smell something new for Carl this season.
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Carl is the Wil Wheaton of TWD.
Okay, that's pretty funny. "Shut up Wesley!" :laugh:
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Carl showed more hate in his eyes...sorry, eye, than Rick at the end.
https://youtu.be/vMEkMGYG-pg?t=4
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Dumbass Daryl is responsible for Glens death, that will be eating at him for a while. I was prepared for Glen getting killed, but the brutality of it was still shocking.
What kept me in suspense was the focus on Ricks axe. I knew that in the graphic novels, Rick gets his hand chopped off. The episode promos seemed to play on that, and throughout the episode, I was waiting for it to happen. Then they threw the curve ball of Carl being threatened, then not happening at all. Props to the writers for that little roller coaster ride.
I'm looking forward to seeing the wrath of Maggie unleashed. Using Lucille to smash Negan joint by joint seems appropriate.
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I thought it came on TONIGHT and missed watching it last night but DID DVR a later airing to watch tonight with the wife. I THOUGHT I had the DVR set to catch all the episodes buuuuuuuuuut... gettin old sucks, man. :facepalm:
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(shamelessly stolen from elsewhere):
Knock knock
Who's there?
Eye
Eye who?
Eye think eye have a headache
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Oh damn!
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Crap. Even though I knew it was coming, it was still damn hard to take.
And yes, Negan is a walking dead man. I just don't know who is going to take him out. It might be Rick, as he's come back from PTSD inducing events before. But this one might be beyond his ability to cope.
Carl? Maybe. How about Morgan, once he finds out what happened?
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Rick is going to have drag out his phone again to deal with this.
For me, Glenn getting whacked was a surprise. After Abe got his melon bashed in I thought that was going to be it and TWD took the easy way out in order to protect a fan favorite. Then later in the show, even though it happened in the comics, Glenn's death just came as a shock.
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I'm hearing a lot of that. Personally I thought it was brilliant and they needed to go outside the box this season to stay alive.
Great way to go outside the box...
By going back to the comic books.
Wow. That took a lot of *expletive deleted*ing imagination.
The more I think about it (I've still not watched it) the more pissed I get about it.
And the more I think I might just say screw it and delete the series from my DVR.
I was talking with a friend Sunday afternoon who also follows TWD. I was pitching a theory that Neegan didn't actually kill one of Rick's group, he killed one of his own group as an example, but also recognition that Rick's group has qualities that he wants/needs.
I really could see that playing out.
Obviously, I was wrong. WAY wrong.
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I'm pissed that they killed off those two characters especially glen.
I really thought rick was going to get it when the added Abraham (another potentially strong leader).
I thought it was even a bit too gory.
So the remaining group plus hilltop plus the other group (I forget the name (kingdom or something like that ) now are going to have to combine forces against negan.
What really shocked me is that brass balls Abraham did not jump up and rumble with the negan when he was chosen.
What did he have to loose at that point?
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What really shocked me is that brass balls Abraham did not jump up and rumble with the negan when he was chosen.
What did he have to loose at that point?
Everyone else getting killed with a bat wrapped in barbed wire?
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Everyone else getting killed with a bat wrapped in barbed wire?
Well.... the problem is that while Abe might have ended Negan's rather sociopathic career, his followers would then put an end to Abe and perhaps the rest as "StoptheGrays" said. I do think Negan's group would probably fall apart without him but that would take time and it wouldn't save Rick's team.
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The mayor of Danbury CT needs to get a life:
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Connecticut-Mayor-Goes-on-Tweetstorm-After-Shocking-Walking-Dead-Premiere-398207621.html
(Yeah, I know: pot . . . kettle . . .)
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The mayor of Danbury CT needs to get a life:
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Connecticut-Mayor-Goes-on-Tweetstorm-After-Shocking-Walking-Dead-Premiere-398207621.html
(Yeah, I know: pot . . . kettle . . .)
I know Danbury Ct., and I am pretty sure it's mayor ought to have enough work to keep him occupied.
Yea the episode was nasty, but it's TELEVISION, not reality. Good grief.
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Apparently the mayor is not alone:
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I am tired of this show. My wife started binging it a few months ago and so I've seen more episodes than I'd like. They all seem to be the same. Some combination of interpersonal conflicts and running from zombies. With the occasional warlord that has to be dealt with.
It's a hamster wheel of drama. Lots of activity, but nothing goes anywhere.
Seven seasons in and there is no indication that anyone, anywhere has taken the fight to the zombies. (Rick's plan for the zombies in the quarry was stupid and I don't count that.) We know their weaknesses so why not exploit them?
Here's what I would do: Find a sufficiently tall building, seal off the floors but leave the stairwells accessible and using light and sound draw zombies up the stairs to the top floor where additional lures will cause them to walk out of empty window frames and then they're destroyed by hitting the ground.
You could set up numerous buildings, bridges, and cliffsides like this. Also with the right set-up in a truck you can draw them out pf the wilderness areas and get them following along until they get to a disposal site.
You could clear huge areas like this with little labor.
Rick's plan was moronic in that all he had to do was lead them right back around to the cliff face and they would fall in. So what if they pile up? With the proper lures in place they would keep going around in circles and would no longer be a threat.
And really even that was not necessary. Get a handful of front-loaders or bulldozers. Put a cage around the drivers' area, lower the blades to head height and drive through the herd. It's not like the zombies will try to escape.
Why don't people wear armor? It doesn't need to be plate, after all it's only human teeth you're trying to repel. Thick leather would do it. For the head football helmets should be just about everywhere. For the more paranoid I understand that chain mail was not that uncomfortable to wear even in warm climates. You'd have absolutely no worries then.
Finally, why are they using major-caliber guns? We've seen that a simple small-gauge rod will kill a zombie so .22LR will work fine. So where are all the 10/22s? A team of five, wearing armor, with 10/22s with 50rd mags would have nothing to fear even amongts the largest herd.
Instead of this we get to watch a bunch of bumblers, led by a head-case, go from one pointless emergency to the next.
And to top that off the show-runners killed off two of the more interesting characters. We could have easily lost Gay Photographer or Bad Priest or Black Woman Who Isn't the Samurai Girl but no, we lost Asian Badass and Redheaded Guy From Band of Brothers. Just horrible decision making on the part of the producers.
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And now I find out that my wife, the fanatic TWD watcher, doesn't care about the show anymore either.
The producers really, really screwed up.
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And now I find out that my wife, the fanatic TWD watcher, doesn't care about the show anymore either.
The producers really, really screwed up.
Funny, I'm finding myself getting a bit "meh" on the series myself this season. I'm almost thinking it would do them good to wrap it up next season or else season 9 at the very latest.
I've been kind of digging shows that know when to go out on a high note. Justified, as a prime example. As much as I miss the show, I'm kinda glad I miss it, vs thinking "Thank God that's finally over".
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Well the show turning into what it is, is - Who's Negan?
What's his background? I'm thinking with the talent for tactics & an expertize in psychological torture/ brainwashing, the proximity to DC- He's former CIA.
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I don't mind the "we could do it better" parts too much. What's funny is seeing Rick's group who's always thought they had it figured out meeting better equipped, better run groups.
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Well the show turning into what it is, is - Who's Negan?
What's his background? I'm thinking with the talent for tactics & an expertize in psychological torture/ brainwashing, the proximity to DC- He's former CIA.
No, used car salesman.
CIA? Really? Even the KGB had more modern behavioural modification techniques than Negan. Negan's were modern in 1915. They are somewhat effective, but overly violent, and with modern pharmeceuticals, that violence is unnecessary.
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No, used car salesman.
CIA? Really? Even the KGB had more modern behavioural modification techniques than Negan. Negan's were modern in 1915. They are somewhat effective, but overly violent, and with modern pharmeceuticals, that violence is unnecessary.
Probably armchair, mom's basement living, cheetoes eating, Internet commando.
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I don't read them, but I thought I saw somewhere that in the comics he was a phys ed teacher.
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I'd heard he was a used car salesman, and that was why he was so good at being manipulative.
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A quick googling of the Googles indicates schoolteacher/ping pong coach.
http://undeadwalking.com/2016/04/28/the-walking-dead-shares-negans-former-occupation/
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I'm curious about the orange letters spray painted on the prisoners' sweatshirts. IIRC, Darryl had an "A" on his (A for Alexandria?), another prisoner had an "F" and another an "S".
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A quick googling of the Googles indicates schoolteacher/ping pong coach.
http://undeadwalking.com/2016/04/28/the-walking-dead-shares-negans-former-occupation/
Well, THAT was a disappointment........
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Dodge-ball! "If ya can dodge a wrench..."
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https://youtu.be/JoQ4GidQP-k
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I think Angel Eyes needs a time out.
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http://taskandpurpose.com/walking-dead-full-useless-idiots-according-usmc-sgt-maj/
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http://taskandpurpose.com/walking-dead-full-useless-idiots-according-usmc-sgt-maj/
Well it IS pretty much the truth!
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Truth
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I'd like to imagine that somewhere in the wasteland some military base managed to mostly survive and set up a nice little fortress from which they scour the surrounding area of zombies, bandits, and warlords.
But that story wouldn't have enough "drama!" to keep people watching.
TWD is more like watching someone bring their tabletop zombie/post-apoc RPG campaign to life with us getting to watch all the bad decisions that player characters make session after session after session.
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Re episode 4 ("Service"): this is why we don't register our firearms.
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Re episode 4 ("Service"): this is why we don't register our firearms.
I was thinking the same thing.
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Re episode 4 ("Service"): this is why we don't register our firearms.
I was thinking the same thing.
Yea.....WHY have a inventory list? What purpose does it serve.....other than, of course, Negan's?
Oh....anyone have a tally of the number of stupid things our intrepid survivors (I use the term loosely) have done to date? >:D
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Though infuriatingly frustrating to sit through, this episode did what it had to do to forward the plot (minus the Kingdom, curiously absent this time, must be Second Unit filming): foment the seeds of discontent within Alexandria. I'm pleased that a few characters were never happy with the centralized control of Alexandria's weapons, though the one stash and one scavenged pistol seem like too few for even Rick's crew. Once again our band of zeroes learn nothing from past mistakes (or history).
And why Michonne is still with Rick after this is thoroughly beyond me.
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Sometimes I think the old Rick is still inside, plotting and scheming Negan's demise and his obsequious behavior is just a front. Other times I believe he's completely given up. It's damn hard to tell.
It is a bit of a consolation to know that in the APS world, Negan would have become worm chow long ago.
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"Worm chow ..... I LIKE that!"
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Somebody needs to give Coral a haircut. Freakin' little hippie.
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Somebody needs to give Coral a haircut. Freakin' little hippie.
A lot of them need haircuts. Darryl, Jesus, Eugene . . .
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A lot of them need haircuts. Darryl, Jesus, Eugene . . .
Nobody gets a haircut, but they can do dreadlocks, and Maggie can walk around in designer skinny jeans, which are always a good choice in a zombie apocalypse.
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Maggie can walk around in designer skinny jeans, which are always a good choice in a zombie apocalypse.
They're always a good choice on Maggie. >:D
Chris
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They're always a good choice on Maggie. >:D
Chris
=D
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Looks like I'm not the only one who has been "meh" about this season:
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2016/11/23/walking-dead-ratings-lowest-theyve-ever-been.html
I do have to say that the "coming this season" previews after last week's episode had some highlights that looked to be good. Hopefully the 20 seconds of highlights weren't all the best parts of the remaining episodes. :laugh:
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1hr 10min episode that could have been done in 10 minutes. How much time do you need at the lesbian colony outside of a porn movie?
I've really been down on this season. On the bright side, there are only two episodes left before the mid-season break, so only one more filler episode before the cliffhanger. :laugh:
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Lesbian? I thought it was more .... "Amazon."
Anyway.......IT WAS STILL A WASTE OF 70 MINUTES!!
I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN!
(Hey ....Negan WASN'T boring!)
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I was wondering if the "amazon" colony is going to be the genesis of the Whisperers.
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1hr 10min episode that could have been done in 10 minutes. How much time do you need at the lesbian colony outside of a porn movie?
I've really been down on this season. On the bright side, there are only two episodes left before the mid-season break, so only one more filler episode before the cliffhanger. :laugh:
I'll confess I've been DVRing the show and kind of half-watching it while surfing the web, reading, etc. This season isn't holding my attention.
(Man, I miss Justified!)
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Lesbian? I thought it was more .... "Amazon."
Anyway.......IT WAS STILL A WASTE OF 70 MINUTES!!
I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN! I WANT NEGAN!
(Hey ....Negan WASN'T boring!)
OK.... I GOT Negan!!!! [tinfoil] [popcorn] :facepalm: :rofl:
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OK.... I GOT Negan!!!! [tinfoil] [popcorn] :facepalm: :rofl:
Now sing him a song, kid.
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Now sing him a song, kid.
Ha! If Negan ever heard me sing I'd get Lucilleified real good real fast for sure! No way!!!!!
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Stupid kid sneaks into camp, exits the truck with an automatic weapon. Neagans standing right there. Open up & negans done . what's the kid do? Stand there like a dumbass. I stopped watching. Probably for good.
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Stupid kid sneaks into camp, exits the truck with an automatic weapon. Neagans standing right there. Open up & negans done . what's the kid do? Stand there like a dumbass. I stopped watching. Probably for good.
Not only that, he shot two other guys standing there instead of shooting Negan.
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Stupid kid sneaks into camp, exits the truck with an automatic weapon. Neagans standing right there. Open up & negans done . what's the kid do? Stand there like a dumbass. I stopped watching. Probably for good.
*Sigh*............I guess I am getting used to this kind of stupid.
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Man, I miss Justified!
I said EXACTLY that to Jamis yesterday when we were chatting about some random crap, and also in the context of this season's Walking Dead.
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Can't have Negan die without some sort of boss battle!
Besides, I see him stoking Carl's inner serial killer.....grooming him...
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Can't have Negan die without some sort of boss battle!
Besides, I see him stoking Carl's inner serial killer.....grooming him...
That is kind of how the cartoon goes.
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Can't have Negan die without some sort of boss battle!
Besides, I see him stoking Carl's inner serial killer.....grooming him...
Well, as always, the APS version of the show would be over in six episodes. =D
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Ugh. Boring. They could have done this whole first half of the season in like two hours. I'm betting almost the entire second half of the season will be "prep for war" filler episodes and we'll get one good episode - the season finale.
Also, Negan picks up a spent casing and says, "Look at that crimp! Who made this homemade bullet?" Really?
Also, "Hey Eugene - create an entire reloading system from scratch (nevermind where primers come from) and then make me one single cartridge*. Then I'll hit a baseball bat with it."
Sorry for the early spoilers, but argh.
*Yes, they just showed her finding that one casing a couple of episodes ago, but really - are there not a bajillion casings in and around Alexandria from all the shootouts? Especially with their love of full-auto.
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Speaking of reloading, I know it's the end of the world and all, but it's not even a decade yet. I'm sure they can find some reloading gear, supplies, and manuals. The idea that Eugene has to make something from scratch is maddening. Hell, get a Lee Loader and a hammer and carry it in your kit.
Chris
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reading the after action reports here, only validates my decision to stop watching the show after season 4. :)
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On the reloading thing, I'm pretty sure that's a drama/plot decision, not in any way reflecting reality. My reasoning is that some non-gunner friends who watch the show and I were discussing ammunition, and most did not understand that the average gunner with the right tools, supplies, and a little information can reload ammunition until they run out of supplies. Heck, a couple of them didn't understand that a round for one firearm won't necessarily work in any firearm. Again, I think that's an APS educated view of how we would act versus the way the world watches the show. After all, how many times have we laughed about sitting on a roof with a scoped .22 and a picnic lunch and thinning out the walker herd...
By the way, loved seeing Daryl hand Rick his Python. It's like throwing a switch. Old Rick is back. Time for Negan to die.
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Speaking of reloading, I know it's the end of the world and all, but it's not even a decade yet. I'm sure they can find some reloading gear, supplies, and manuals. The idea that Eugene has to make something from scratch is maddening. Hell, get a Lee Loader and a hammer and carry it in your kit.
Chris
As Chris (the other one :laugh: ) alluded to, it's easy for the writers to make crap up because the average person has zero knowledge, or worse "fake news knowledge".
I occasionally make the mistake of reading the Walking Dead comments section at IMDB, and man, there are some stupid people there. One guy suggested reloading was easy because all you have to do is make some black powder, scavenge used bullets (not brass, bullets), and hammer them back into the case. Another asked why they're just not picking up the used bullets and putting them back in their guns. Those are a couple of the "more intelligent" comments.
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As Chris (the other one :laugh: ) alluded to, it's easy for the writers to make crap up because the average person has zero knowledge, or worse "fake news knowledge".
I occasionally make the mistake of reading the Walking Dead comments section at IMDB, and man, there are some stupid people there. One guy suggested reloading was easy because all you have to do is make some black powder, scavenge used bullets (not brass, bullets), and hammer them back into the case. Another asked why they're just not picking up the used bullets and putting them back in their guns. Those are a couple of the "more intelligent" comments.
Keep in mind the people who write shows like TWD probably know as much about firearms and reloading as the dingdongs who think you can find a used bullet, hammer it into a shell above some homemade black-powder, and make it work. Like.... if you have a .38 casing, hammer a .44 bullet into it and load it into a .22RF Buckmark ..... [popcorn]
Spenser, Spenser .... what idiocity would lead you to think that Negan would trust you to NOT stab HIM in the back if you were so willing to give it to Rick? Oh, and speaking of stabbing in the back, Negan atleast did it face-to-face.
Negan is the most annoying psychopath I've seen on the tube in a long time ....but geeesh, he NEEDED that facial hair!!! Why the *** did he shave it off?
Now he just looks like a psychodork.
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By the way, loved seeing Daryl hand Rick his Python. It's like throwing a switch. Old Rick is back. Time for Negan to die.
Hotair.com has a weekly grumble thread about TWD and wrote about the Rick's python and Negan's bat. It is a different take on what the above means.
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/11/14/walking-dead-grumble-thread-hold-my-wiener/
http://hotair.com/archives/2016/12/12/walking-dead-grumble-thread-the-return-of-rick-grimess-wiener/
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Well, the second part of the season starts tonight. I'm giving them the chance to pull me back in. They have a lot of work to do in that regard though.
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Well, that was actually not half bad. Even next week's looks good (though I don't want to jinx it).
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Everyone enjoy the "slice capades?" [popcorn]
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Everyone enjoy the "slice capades?" [popcorn]
I thought it looked familiar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QUg_r4v930
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https://youtu.be/JoQ4GidQP-k
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Thank you, sir. That is now my ringtone.
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Good lord Ghost Ship was a bad movie...
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Stupid kid sneaks into camp, exits the truck with an automatic weapon. Neagans standing right there. Open up & negans done . what's the kid do? Stand there like a dumbass. I stopped watching. Probably for good.
I came to that conclusion after Season 4
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Because this thread needs a bump:
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Scariest walker yet!!! [popcorn] >:D
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My eyes! My eyes!
How about a warning next time?!?
The bleach is going to hurt less than that pic did!
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I think firearms lying around for months/years are going to take more than a cursory cleaning/lube. Also, did they find ammo too? One mag per rifle ain't much.
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I think firearms lying around for months/years are going to take more than a cursory cleaning/lube. Also, did they find ammo too? One mag per rifle ain't much.
I was actually shocked to see that they even mentioned firearm condition and maybe needing to do some maintenance when they were trading with the garbage pail kids. Also, yeah, I didn't see any ammo caches. So with this bunch, one mag in a selective fire weapon will last them three seconds. It'll be a fast battle. :laugh:
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I think firearms lying around for months/years are going to take more than a cursory cleaning/lube.
Can't have been that long ago. Did you see how shiny and clean that brass was? Just like those pristine cigars Abraham found a while back.
Also, did they find ammo too? One mag per rifle ain't much.
Those are Hollywood infinite-capacity magazines1. They'll be fine.
1 Still waiting for Magpul to release those.
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“Okay, I think I just pissed myself. I’m gonna go."
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I kinda figured they were going to take the lesbians guns.
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I kinda figured they were going to take the lesbians guns.
I guess they were going for the "Rick is Negan", "Negan is Rick" thing in this episode, given what Negan did as well. :)
So does anyone besides me think the season finale next week will be one hour, twenty nine minutes, fifty five seconds of buildup, then five seconds of "ATTACK!" (Be sure to tune in next season for the thrilling conclusion)?
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"Be sure to tune in next season for the thrilling conclusion"
I guess that means I should finally get around to watching this season...
And the last episode of last season...
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I guess they were going for the "Rick is Negan", "Negan is Rick" thing in this episode, given what Negan did as well. :)
So does anyone besides me think the season finale next week will be one hour, twenty nine minutes, fifty five seconds of buildup, then five seconds of "ATTACK!" (Be sure to tune in next season for the thrilling conclusion)?
Fade to black as shots from both sides ring out. A main character or Tara dies but if the former we will not know until next season.
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My theory is Morgan is finally going to go full psycho Viking Ninja, and we'll next be seeing him wearing skins, scalps, and skulls.
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My theory is Morgan is finally going to go full psycho Viking Ninja, and we'll next be seeing him wearing skins, scalps, and skulls.
One can only wish. I liked crazy Morgan.
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Well, it was good to see Negan and the Saviors get a butt-kickin' for a change. But it seems they'll be back in greater force in October when the series returns.
Sasha got a really BAD case of claustrophobia. I'm not sure about the use of tigers as weapons but the one on this show can tell the difference between the good guys and badguys. Good kitty.
A pretty decent season ender, if a little talky.
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What was with the toy soldier and "didn't know"?
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Okay so I must have missed it but I guess at some point Dwight was seen carving the little soldier dudes. A couple seasons ago? Dwight is playing both sides.
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Yeah, that carved soldier was definitely a Dwight thing. I actually believe he has switched sides, because of his wife.
I'm trying to decide if I should give the finale a thumbs up or a thumbs neutral. They've had more irritating finales for sure, but though I wasn't completely disappointed, I wasn't super excited about this one either.
The garbage pail leader bugs the hell out of me. It's been what - a few years since the virus? Yet she's talking like it has been hundreds of years with her funky new offshoot language.
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Not a bad finale, but only in comparison to the rest of the season (episode 1 excepted).
Re the Garbage Pail Kids: some fans have theorized that they're former mental patients, which sort-of explains the fractured language they use.
Casualties appeared to be fairly light on both sides, given the quantity of gunfire. I guess having a tiger running around will upset one's concentration.
Like TommyGunn, I'm wondering how Shiva is able to tell the good guys from the bad.
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Yeah, that carved soldier was definitely a Dwight thing. I actually believe he has switched sides, because of his wife.
I'm trying to decide if I should give the finale a thumbs up or a thumbs neutral. They've had more irritating finales for sure, but though I wasn't completely disappointed, I wasn't super excited about this one either.
The garbage pail leader bugs the hell out of me. It's been what - a few years since the virus? Yet she's talking like it has been hundreds of years with her funky new offshoot language.
I've still never seen Walking Dead, and I'm particularly happy right now, because I'm imagining that as Dwight Schrute.
I want to see a post-Apocalyptic show starring Dwight Schrute....
And of course, WHY am I the only one who has thought of this? "The Office: Dead Men Walking (and Michael Scott)"
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Like TommyGunn, I'm wondering how Shiva is able to tell the good guys from the bad.
...by the taste?
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Okay so I must have missed it but I guess at some point Dwight was seen carving the little soldier dudes. A couple seasons ago? Dwight is playing both sides.
One of the earlier episodes his room at the Saviour base was shown and it had a chessboard with hand carved pieces. Daryl knocked the board over when he escaped, he made a point of it. Dwight knew that and probably figured that Daryl would recognized one of the pieces if he left it behind.
Did anyone notice the Snake Plissken MAC-10 w/scope that Negan was shooting near the end of the episode?
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One of the earlier episodes his room at the Saviour base was shown and it had a chessboard with hand carved pieces. Daryl knocked the board over when he escaped, he made a point of it. Dwight knew that and probably figured that Daryl would recognized one of the pieces if he left it behind.
Did anyone notice the Snake Plissken MAC-10 w/scope that Negan was shooting near the end of the episode?
Noticed the gun, but didn't make the Escape From New York connection.
Here it is: https://youtu.be/1Lq-9Jb1FNU?t=146
Not sure why one would put a magnified optic on a MAC, let alone mount it on the suppressor. Because Hollywood?
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Noticed the gun, but didn't make the Escape From New York connection.
Here it is: https://youtu.be/1Lq-9Jb1FNU?t=146
Not sure why one would put a magnified optic on a MAC, let alone mount it on the suppressor. Because Hollywood?
A couple of weeks ago the show Supernatural had "Lucille" displayed. Jeffery Dean Morgan played the main character's father during the 1st few seasons.
https://youtu.be/ECJh6-hozWI
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Proof that Negan and Maggie can get along: https://youtu.be/fDfz-i1yCFc?t=49
(although he keeps calling her Martha for some reason)
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Proof that Negan and Maggie can get along: https://youtu.be/fDfz-i1yCFc?t=49
(although he keeps calling her Martha for some reason)
No freaking way! That's hilarious
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Proof that Negan and Maggie can get along: https://youtu.be/fDfz-i1yCFc?t=49
(although he keeps calling her Martha for some reason)
Long enough to make a movie opening.
Too bad he didn't bring Lucille to that gunfight..... >:D
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One of the earlier episodes his room at the Saviour base was shown and it had a chessboard with hand carved pieces. Daryl knocked the board over when he escaped, he made a point of it. Dwight knew that and probably figured that Daryl would recognized one of the pieces if he left it behind.
Did anyone notice the Snake Plissken MAC-10 w/scope that Negan was shooting near the end of the episode?
Didn't realize it when I watched the episode, but it was brought up in Talking Dead. Jeffrey Dean Morgan was on that program, sporting a full beard.
He looked a lot like Saddam Hussein. [popcorn]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvUgsHLd25Y
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As a TWD fan, that is damn funny.
Biker
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As a TWD fan, that is damn funny.
Biker
And, as a non-fan, that's still hilarious.
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I apologize for the necro-post, but I recently watched this on DVD and needed somewhere to vent about it.
Season 7 not only killed too many favorite characters, it also killed my interest in the series.
I’d invested years (years!) getting to know and like the characters they destroyed in this single season. It feels like a betrayal, and I don’t like that feeling.
Also, I can get all the depressing depravity I want in real life from the news. I watched the series to escape such things.
Finally, the basis of season 7 was all wrong to me. People are surviving in a world of zombies with grit, guns, other ingenious weapons, and hope. So now they’re going to submit to some jerk strutting around with a baseball bat?!? Is Rosita the only one with cajones in that post-apocalyptic world? How can dude play his murderous mind games on people who have already lost so much by threatening or actually taking away what they love most? This would only make them more dangerous. And yet he surrounds himself by people who actively hate him, and he pimps all his neighbors…while strutting about with a baseball bat??? Oh, please!!! All his victims need is a sniper and/or strategic mines around the perimeter. None of his “wives” can figure out poison without mullet-man’s help? Get real. There’s a reason poison is called “a woman’s weapon.” All Negan's servants need to do is walk away the next time they're surrounded by zombies and see how far he gets with his precious “vampire bat”. Sheesh!
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Season 7 not only killed too many favorite characters, it also killed my interest in the series.
I’d invested years (years!) getting to know and like the characters they destroyed in this single season. It feels like a betrayal, and I don’t like that feeling.
Don't watch Game of Thrones then.
How can dude play his murderous mind games on people who have already lost so much by threatening or actually taking away what they love most? This would only make them more dangerous. And yet he surrounds himself by people who actively hate him, and he pimps all his neighbors…while strutting about with a baseball bat??? Oh, please!!! All his victims need is a sniper and/or strategic mines around the perimeter. None of his “wives” can figure out poison without mullet-man’s help? Get real. There’s a reason poison is called “a woman’s weapon.” All Negan's servants need to do is walk away the next time they're surrounded by zombies and see how far he gets with his precious “vampire bat”. Sheesh!
The exact same thing bothered me as well. What is his source of power?
Chris
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Finally, the basis of season 7 was all wrong to me. People are surviving in a world of zombies with grit, guns, other ingenious weapons, and hope. So now they’re going to submit to some jerk strutting around with a baseball bat?!? Is Rosita the only one with cajones in that post-apocalyptic world? How can dude play his murderous mind games on people who have already lost so much by threatening or actually taking away what they love most? This would only make them more dangerous. And yet he surrounds himself by people who actively hate him, and he pimps all his neighbors…while strutting about with a baseball bat??? Oh, please!!! All his victims need is a sniper and/or strategic mines around the perimeter. None of his “wives” can figure out poison without mullet-man’s help? Get real. There’s a reason poison is called “a woman’s weapon.” All Negan's servants need to do is walk away the next time they're surrounded by zombies and see how far he gets with his precious “vampire bat”. Sheesh!
While I always try to take a step back and say, "but if they did things the APS way, they would have wrapped at season 2", Negan is a bit over the top. While I don't read the comic books, I think maybe he works better there than in the live action TV series. He's surrounded by people who fear and hate him, who all have myriad opportunities to do him in. I mean, the guy has to sleep sometime right? He's not stronger than ten guys. He's not faster than a speeding bullet.
Also, if we ever have a West Coast APS get together, I'm bringing the King's taste tester in case Ladysmith offers me something to eat or drink. :laugh:
Also, not really Necro since new shows are just around the corner. :)
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Also, if we ever have a West Coast APS get together, I'm bringing the King's taste tester in case Ladysmith offers me something to eat or drink. :laugh:
:lol:
(muahahaha)
As for next season, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled that weak "it was all a bad dream" stunt.
Yeah, I'm still mad.
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:lol:
(muahahaha)
As for next season, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled that weak "it was all a bad dream" stunt.
Yeah, I'm still mad.
It worked for Bobby Ewing........ [tinfoil]
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The fact that they still follow Rick is just mind-numbingly unbelievable.* He is King Midas in reverse. Everyplace he takes them to be "safe" he manages to turn to *expletive deleted*it, and get people killed.
*- I tagged him as a for-*expletive deleted*it leader by season 4. They should have fixed the fence at the prison, and then gone and killed the walkers left on the inside.
Anyway, it's just the same stupidity over and over and over. Just kill them all off and be done with it.
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" it's just the same stupidity over and over and over. Just kill them all off and be done with it."
Pretty much.
I didn't watch last season at all.
Have it on my DVR, just haven't gotten around to watching it.
I'm a couple of weeks behind on the West Coast one.
And now I see that there's going to be some sort of grand crossover event between the two.
To me that reeks of "Jump The Shark" time.
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Last season was frustrating. At least they finally have decided that Negan must go.
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Last season was frustrating. At least they finally have decided that Negan must go.
Yeah, but can they make it happen? [popcorn]
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A friend just showed me the season 8 trailer, and I'm still not interested.
That's because I just know Carl is going to kill Michonne, Rick is going to kill Carl, Carol & Morgan are going to be killed by the gay dudes, and Negan is going to beat the tiger to death with his bat. :mad:
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A friend just showed me the season 8 trailer, and I'm still not interested.
That's because I just know Carl is going to kill Michonne, Rick is going to kill Carl, Carol & Morgan are going to be killed by the gay dudes, and Negan is going to beat the tiger to death with his bat. :mad:
If Negan whacks the tiger to death, that'll really get me angry! [popcorn]
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Me: Do they even fight zombies anymore?
Dad: Sort of. They are so used to them by now and the zombies are slow.
*sigh* Dad has continued to resist buying a tablet, like I told him too and his phone can't handle anymore apps (like the ones that would enable him to watch this stupid show in his room and leave me with my TV to watch what I want) so now I'm apparently stuck watching the season premiere of season 8, which will be on at 9 eastern.
I will say, though, that is one really *expletive deleted*ing big ass tiger... Why on earth do they have a *expletive deleted*ing tiger?
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Ezekiel used to work at the local zoo and saved the tiger.
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Season 8 starts tonight. I'm too ambivalent to start a season 8 thread. :laugh:
If somebody else feels like it though, knock yourself out. :)
I don't know if I'm just getting drained on the franchise or what. Who knows though, season 8 may step it up.
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Okay solid episode. Good start to the season.
Could have done without the lengthy speech to Negan's lieutenants. Should have Blown the RV up right at the wall, too.
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Okay solid episode. Good start to the season.
Could have done without the lengthy speech to Negan's lieutenants. Should have Blown the RV up right at the wall, too.
I thought the first part was good, I was surprised that they seemed to have good tactics and a plan, taking out sentries, etc., and no one did anything stupid.
They went back to irritate Ben mode in the last third. Negan and all his lieutenants are standing in the open like sitting ducks, and you can't just shoot them all, or at least Negan with his mouth, at which point you begin negotiating with the lieutenants*? I would understand them not doing so for the season's plot, except after they shoot a bajillion rounds of auto fire at the windows, Rick then sees Negan go to cover, then risks everyone (and gets the preacher into his fix) by staying behind trying to kill Negan. When Negan's a sitting duck you don't shoot him with a single round, but when you have a 0.001% chance of hitting him in cover, now you decide to empty your mag at him?
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpsYJrGb_yI
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I recorded it.
I still haven't watched last season.
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Okay solid episode. Good start to the season.
Could have done without the lengthy speech to Negan's lieutenants. Should have Blown the RV up right at the wall, too.
I believe they were waiting for the smoke plumes that signaled Negan's nasties (reinforcements) that were en route had been taken out, their arrival would have precluded escape.
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Okay solid episode. Good start to the season.
Could have done without the lengthy speech to Negan's lieutenants. Should have Blown the RV up right at the wall, too.
This.
To quote a certain philosopher: "When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."
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Negan should have been ventilated in the first microsecond he set foot on that porch. Instead we heard a lot of wasted words and saw a lot of wasted ammo, and we'll see wasted lives as result in future episodes.
But then again, if he had received lead poisoning, the season would have been pretty much over.
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Negan should have been ventilated in the first microsecond he set foot on that porch. Instead we heard a lot of wasted words and saw a lot of wasted ammo, and we'll see wasted lives as result in future episodes.
But then again, if he had received lead poisoning, the season would have been pretty much over.
Yup. It's TV after all.
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Anyone notice the photo Rick took with the Polaroid camera? A little payback for the post-mortem photos taken of Abraham and Glenn?
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Last night's episode was pretty deceent ....until .....
.... that Bengal Tiger, Sheba, pounced on a group of walkers Ezekiel & co. were trying to get past, in a coulee with a stream. She did pretty good until the walkers subdued (??!!??!?!..) and...yes ... killed her. :'( :'(
Now that just pissed me off. First, I like cats. Yea I know, maybe I'm a sucker for furry critters...but what can I say?
I like cats. Even big ones.
I know Sheba was a C.G.I. cat....but, STILL!!!
Secondly, a Bengal Tiger taken down by a few walkers? What are they ..... Cyborg Terminator Walkers?
I CALL BULL.
Put a Tiger in a room with a lion ("King" of beasts[?]) and the lion will be dead at the end of the catfight.
You don't ***&^%% with Tigers.
Plus, unbeknownst to the WALKING DEAD producers, Tigers are pretty good jumpers. They're not gonna stay put like that.
Good grief.
I want Negan!
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Anyone notice the photo Rick took with the Polaroid camera? A little payback for the post-mortem photos taken of Abraham and Glenn?
He's been taking a lot.
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Last night's episode was pretty deceent ....until .....
.... that Bengal Tiger, Sheba, pounced on a group of walkers Ezekiel & co. were trying to get past, in a coulee with a stream. She did pretty good until the walkers subdued (??!!??!?!..) and...yes ... killed her. :'( :'(
Now that just pissed me off. First, I like cats. Yea I know, maybe I'm a sucker for furry critters...but what can I say?
I like cats. Even big ones.
I know Sheba was a C.G.I. cat....but, STILL!!!
Secondly, a Bengal Tiger taken down by a few walkers? What are they ..... Cyborg Terminator Walkers?
I CALL BULL.
Put a Tiger in a room with a lion ("King" of beasts[?]) and the lion will be dead at the end of the catfight.
You don't ***&^%% with Tigers.
Plus, unbeknownst to the WALKING DEAD producers, Tigers are pretty good jumpers. They're not gonna stay put like that.
Good grief.
I want Negan!
I'll give the writers the Tiger, while I agree with you that the Tiger should have easily jumped free and swiped the *expletive deleted*it out of some walkers.
What about the jeep chase?
So they accurately portray the troops in the open being chewed to *expletive deleted*it by a pair of Ma Deuces from an elevated position.
And then, the same gun won't stop a Jeep Wrangler?
That Ma Deuce would have *expletive deleted*ed Rick's jeep up and probably killed Rick too.
That was disappointing. Seriously disappointing.
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I am finally over The Walking Dead. Just can't abide all the logical disconnects, pervasive throughout the series. I put up with it for a long time though. I think the scene where Shiva knew to only attack the Negans (what? Were they all wearing meat scented cologne! ). Also, the endless automatic weapons fire? I have a pretty (relatively speaking) sizeable ammo supply, and could not sustain that rate of fire, repeatedly, for long. Just a small sampling of the why the dude no longer abides...
I must apologise. I am not The Dude. Sorry to use his name in vane...
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I'll give the writers the Tiger, while I agree with you that the Tiger should have easily jumped free and swiped the *expletive deleted*it out of some walkers.
What about the jeep chase?
So they accurately portray the troops in the open being chewed to *expletive deleted*it by a pair of Ma Deuces from an elevated position.
And then, the same gun won't stop a Jeep Wrangler?
That Ma Deuce would have *expletive deleted*ed Rick's jeep up and probably killed Rick too.
That was disappointing. Seriously disappointing.
In all fairness the Ma Deuce didn't hit Rick. But it should have Blown the ******* out of the Jeep's engine. I also notice a butt load of full auto fire against a pickup our heroine was hiding behind. Lotta sparkler spatter but no holes. How's THAT work?
A lot of gun stuff is just either wrong, or wonky, on this show.
But, hey, ZOMBIES. They don't exist, but we suspend our disbelief for the sake of entertainment.
If I quit every show that got gun stuff wrong what would I watch? Roper Room? Ick, no thanks! =D
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On the Jeep chase, I was impressed how Darryl was on the motorcycle, point shooting with his left hand, and shot the guy in the back of the Jeep. I should have such mad skillz. Mind you, this was after he dumped the bike and had no skin abraded off or any ortho/soft tissue trauma.
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Points above agreed with, though I thought overall this was one of the better episodes of this season (not sure if that's saying much). I thought it was better than the season premiere.
I don't read the comics, but my understanding is that they took the tiger scene pretty much straight from there.
Oh yeah, my pet peeve gets brought up every single episode.
Carol: "Let's go - I'm almost out of ammo."
Carol: Fires 20 rounds of auto fire into a walker right after saying she's low on ammo.
THERE'S A SWITCH FOR A REASON PEOPLE!!!!
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Rick:
Everyone group together! Do NOT look around. All eyes front! NO situational awareness! Make noise!
Last person in line:
AAGRH! Something bit me in the back!
Rick:
DAMN IT! How did that happen???
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....Carol: "Let's go - I'm almost out of ammo."
Carol: Fires 20 rounds of auto fire into a walker right after saying she's low on ammo.
THERE'S A SWITCH FOR A REASON PEOPLE!!!!
:facepalm: Yeah....I got that too. Like Rick & Carl in the prison at a break in the chain link fence, shooting the zombies with full auto...
How do these guys survive?
Oh, writers kill 'em off.
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As I always tell my wife, it's a TV show.
How boring would it be if they wrote it how it is in the real world. One no Zombies, too, probably not many automatics laying around, motor fuel would be an issue really soon.... etc...
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Yup zombies require a certain level of suspension of disbelief. Sometimes, though...the *expletive deleted*ing writers don't even try. That's why the ma deuce scene pissed me off.
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The amount of CGI, recoilless automatic fire with no cases being ejected is pretty glaring to me. And, as stated, that Wrangler should have been junked with the first strafe. But I'm sticking around for the story, for what it's worth.
[ar15]
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The amount of CGI, recoilless automatic fire with no cases being ejected is pretty glaring to me. And, as stated, that Wrangler should have been junked with the first strafe. But I'm sticking around for the story, for what it's worth.
[ar15]
Action this season, twists and turns with the king having his ass handed to him, Carol being Carol, next week should be good looks like Negan didn't bash the priests head in yet.
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Last night's episode was pretty deceent ....until .....
.... that Bengal Tiger, Sheba, pounced on a group of walkers Ezekiel & co. were trying to get past, in a coulee with a stream. She did pretty good until the walkers subdued (??!!??!?!..) and...yes ... killed her. :'( :'(
What?!?
NoooOOOOOOO!!!!
I am so through with TWD for reals! :mad:
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My interest in TWD is starting to wane. Repeated examples of major "The Stoopidz" make it harder to suspend disbelief. Coupled with the very annoying timeline jumps, it is becoming a difficult program to enjoy.
Now they have killed off Carl (not much of a loss, given how EMO he's become), so another main character is gone. I predict falling ratings and cancellation after a couple more seasons if they don't square things away.
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So, that leaves Rick, Carol, and Darryl as the only original season arc characters left?
Meh. I don't care anymore.
I never bothered to watch last season (have it on my DVR), and I've not watched anything of this season.
I think I'm going to go home and delete all 35 episodes that I have saved.
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. . . I never bothered to watch last season (have it on my DVR), and I've not watched anything of this season . . .
Funny you should mention that - same here. Recorded both last season and this season, and just haven't gotten around to watching either. Don't feel much of a loss, either.
My interest in TWD is starting to wane. Repeated examples of major "The Stoopidz" make it harder to suspend disbelief . . .
I'm finding the same thing - in a LOT of shows. I find it easier to suspend disbelief in movies and TV shows with magic, warp drive, zombies, space aliens, etc., than I do with normal people who just don't act or react the way normal people would.
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I've been watching this season. Apparently a lot of people were talking about how great this mid-season finale was, but I was more like WTF? Watching it, I felt like I had somehow missed a couple of episodes. It felt very disjointed to me, and I thought it was the weakest mid-season finale of the series.
Plus it was another episode where Negan came off as an untouchable superman. If they don't want to kill him off, fine, but then don't put him in situations where other characters practically have to go out of their way not to kill him.
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When Rick didn't do a mag dump into Negan episone one this season I turned it off and never looked back.
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=| Carl finally becomes not only likable, and a badass most of the time, but smart and can pull off an actual plan (double diversion to cover the evac of families)....
When did George RR Martin start writing for TWD?
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"I'm finding the same thing - in a LOT of shows. I find it easier to suspend disbelief in movies and TV shows with magic, warp drive, zombies, space aliens, etc., than I do with normal people who just don't act or react the way normal people would."
Yep.
About the only show I've not totally burned out on is The Big Bang Theory.
This past season of American Horror Story? Holy crap, what a *expletive deleted*it festival. The first six seasons ranged from good to incredible. This season? Bleh. All it is is an undisguised Trump/Republican bash festival. The story is a freaking mess and the characters are ludicrous.
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=| Carl finally becomes not only likable, and a badass most of the time, but smart and can pull off an actual plan (double diversion to cover the evac of families)....
... and just as the character gets interesting, Gimple kills him.
When did George RR Martin start writing for TWD?
Not nearly enough nudity or incest to be Martin's work.
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Well, I did it.
I deleted 37 unwatched episodes of Walking Dead.
I'm officially done with the show.
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Well, I did it.
I deleted 37 unwatched episodes of Walking Dead.
I'm officially done with the show.
I hear it takes a dramatic turn for the better next February..... >:D =D
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Meh. Unless they start getting some situational awareness and acting like they've learned something from 7 years post zombie apocalypse... no, it won't be getting any better. It will just be the same...
Hero group hits a crisis point. Hero group is threatened by another, bad, group, human or zombie. Hero group prevails, but is throw a bunch of monkey wrenches. Hero group loses one of their own. Hero group regroups and moves forward, only to make the same stupid *expletive deleted*ing mistakes all over again.
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Meh. Unless they start getting some situational awareness and acting like they've learned something from 7 years post zombie apocalypse... no, it won't be getting any better. It will just be the same...
Hero group hits a crisis point. Hero group is threatened by another, bad, group, human or zombie. Hero group prevails, but is throw a bunch of monkey wrenches. Hero group loses one of their own. Hero group regroups and moves forward, only to make the same stupid *expletive deleted*ing mistakes all over again.
I was being sarcastic. Everyone knows the situation is hopeless. It's unrecoverable since the tiger got scarfed.
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RIP Shiva a.k.a. Frosted Flakes.
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I was being sarcastic. Everyone knows the situation is hopeless. It's unrecoverable since the tiger got scarfed.
Yep, I know you were being sarcastic.
Unfortunately, I wasn't. I kept hoping that the series would evolve out of the cycle that it slipped into, but it never has.
I had hoped that Alexandria would provide the impetus for that, but again, stupidity reigns, and it slips right back into the same old cycle.
Even so, it took me a long time to get up the gumption to actually delete the series. I had so much time invested in it, and I really did enjoy quite a few of the characters, but when they killed Glenn off, that's when my annoyance really gelled. The ONLY way they could figure out to move the show forward was to keep killing off excellent characters, and it seemed to be not in an effort to move the story forward, but to actually loop it back around to what I described below.
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Interestingly enough, this just popped up.
Apparently there's a growing backlash against the show.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-walking-dead-fans-want-this-person-fired-from-the-show.html/7/
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And in the final episode of the series, Rick wakes up and it was all a dream from his coma.
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I read an article the other day that said there's a good chance Rick will die in the next couple of seasons (Andrew Lincoln wants out). At the same time, the producers are apparently talking about 20 seasons.
I'm a big zombie apocalypse guy, but man, at some point give it a rest already. This is why I appreciate shows like Justified, that have a finite amount of good episodes and that go out on a high note.
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"At the same time, the producers are apparently talking about 20 seasons."
They're insane.
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And in the final episode of the series, Rick wakes up and it was all a dream from his coma.
~~~~and he's in bed with Suzanne Pleshette.... [tinfoil] [popcorn]
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I read an article the other day that said there's a good chance Rick will die in the next couple of seasons (Andrew Lincoln wants out). At the same time, the producers are apparently talking about 20 seasons.
I'm a big zombie apocalypse guy, but man, at some point give it a rest already. This is why I appreciate shows like Justified, that have a finite amount of good episodes and that go out on a high note.
At the rate they're going 20 seasons ought to just about get them close to a high note. I used to think stupid people would have been eaten first in a zombie apocalypse. TWD writers think otherwise.
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This is why I appreciate shows like Justified, that have a finite amount of good episodes and that go out on a high note.
I'll bet Raylan wouldn't have fired over Negan's head at the Sanctuary.
"At the same time, the producers are apparently talking about 20 seasons."
They're insane.
No, just greedy. As Ben implied, knowing when to quit is the hallmark of a great series.
TWD had the potential to be great. That time is past.
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Everyone is greedy. That's a given, so that's not really a discussion point here.
I meant they're insane in that they apparently think that they can continue the same tired, failed circular storyline I described below for 20 seasons.
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I meant they're insane in that they apparently think that they can continue the same tired, failed circular storyline I described below for 20 seasons.
Yeah, I'd like to see them start to move beyond subsistence-level existence on a local scale and start finding ways to reach out. I know Alexandria started out that way, but they dragged it right back into hunter/gatherer mode with its destruction.
Are there no pilots left alive? Why not attempt to get airborne? I'm sure there's a small plane or two left functional and stashed away in a barn. What about an ultralight?
Is there nobody with communications expertise? What about ham radio? Get an HF station up and running (they run just fine on battery and/or solar), see if there are others out there beyond your immediate locale. Start reaching out, collaborating, and coordinating.
Shouldn't the zombie threat be waning by now? As "soft and juicy" as the zombes are these days, they should be succumbing to incidental damage and becoming less of a threat. Without a growing human population the zombie hoards should have peaked and are now declining.
Chris
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Re pilots:
There was a scene where a helo flew over when Rick was walking after he and Darryl had their little spat.
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I saw that as well. I'm interested in how that will play out.
ETA: back when 9/11 had the skies clear of planes, it was surprising how quiet things seemed. When Air Force 1 flew over my area on the way back to DC, it was VERY noticeable. I'd think if there are active pilots in the TWD universe, they would be noticed quickly.
Chris
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Yeah, I'd like to see them start to move beyond subsistence-level existence on a local scale and start finding ways to reach out. I know Alexandria started out that way, but they dragged it right back into hunter/gatherer mode with its destruction.
Are there no pilots left alive? Why not attempt to get airborne? I'm sure there's a small plane or two left functional and stashed away in a barn. What about an ultralight?
Is there nobody with communications expertise? What about ham radio? Get an HF station up and running (they run just fine on battery and/or solar), see if there are others out there beyond your immediate locale. Start reaching out, collaborating, and coordinating.
Shouldn't the zombie threat be waning by now? As "soft and juicy" as the zombes are these days, they should be succumbing to incidental damage and becoming less of a threat. Without a growing human population the zombie hoards should have peaked and are now declining.
Chris
Winner winner.
Who was it that said that the Zombies were starving to death? The Governor's scientist? Well, what's become of that? You'd also think that, after so much time exposed to the elements, that many of them would have either rotted into piles of bones and be unable to move or would have desicated to the point of not being able to move.
Simple fact is, the writing staff for TWD has gotten REALLY lazy, or really stupid. And that's why I'm done with it.
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Something about Negan's side kick Simon was familiar but I couldn't place it. Just found out that the actor is the same guy that voiced the character and was the model for Trevor in Grand Theft Auto 5, Steven Ogg.
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Apparently it's starting up again in a couple of weeks. I gotta say, I think I'm over the whole thing. I was reading that whatshisname (I'm already forgetting character names and am too lazy to look them up) walked all the way to the "fear" group only to now lead them back to Alexandria and do some kind of merge. Then they were talking about several new offshoot shows.
It's just all too much. They have run TV zombies (not that we see many zombies anymore) into the ground. I'd rather just read $0.99 zombie books on my Kindle. They are way more fresh than TWD.
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That'd be Morgan. I thought that FTWD was supposed to be the lead-up to TWD, seems like the timeline is off unless time passes faster in the FTWD universe.
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"I thought that FTWD was supposed to be the lead-up to TWD, seems like the timeline is off unless time passes faster in the FTWD universe."
No, not really. FTWD started out showing the origins of the zombie apocalypse, where as TWD started just before the Zompocalypse started when Rick went into his coma, and skipped the first massive zombie phase. That's when Rick came out of his coma and the show really started.
They never really were out of time synch by all that much and given that neither show has a calendar in the bottom corner saying "THIS IS X DATE OF THE APOCALYPSE!" the concept of exact time is really very, very fluid.
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.... the concept of exact time is really very, very fluid.
Very fluid.
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Italicizing it doesn't make it any more fluid...
:rofl: