Good point! No Depends ads on Walking Dead!

Really good episode tonight. A little predictable, but whatever, Ill take this over any reality show anyday.

Seriously? Really good? You've got to be kidding! This show has become like watching 2 hours and 50 minutes of bad Super Bowl ads and ten minutes of the actual game! And that's if the ten minutes of the game was actually good. Not happening. Way too much personal drama bullshit and not enough zombie stuff. Hell, the zombies were on the show for like 1-2 minutes when she was stuck in the car and when they tried to pry the dude off the picket fence. Seriously. Maybe a minute or two... and that's stretching it. Guess I'm back to watching the wanker Falling Sky show. Sad...

Maybe they should change the name of the show to Board to Death Walking Dead?

Quote from: ItsaDuc on February 19, 2012, 07:14:17 PM
Really good episode tonight. A little predictable, but whatever, Ill take this over any reality show anyday.

I'm in agreement.

Fastwin... decaf

Its not just about surviving zombies. Interpersonal struggle plays a big (bigger, really, because the zombie threat is pretty 2 dimensional and unvaried) part. Its what makes the show believable.  Yeah, I said it

I hope Rick shoots Shane in the face.

make the beast with two backs that guy.

Yeah, I like the interpersonal stuff going on.

It's sort of "What would happen to people if zombies took over?" not just "shoot zombies all the time"

I think Rick's behavior in the last two episode is very interesting -- he shot those guys and now you hear the other one saying "I'm not telling Jane" which of course is the guy's wife/girl.  Makes you think they were legitimately needing help and a group of families, etc.

Then he saves that kid.

Shane has way stepped over the line. No idea where that is going but I really liked it when grandpa shut him down.  <eddie murphy voice> "THIS IS MY HOUSE.  IF YOU DON LIKE IT.. GET THE F OUT!"

///"I figured it out, Gus... she's a Bigfoot! She can't walk down STAIRS, Gus!"///
Back o.t...

I was pretty sure Rick was going to go with the mercy round for the kid on the fence... I also thought Hershel might pull the trigger, given his reaction to the walkers devouring the random black dude he shot in the chest.  Glen had the best line of that particular sequence... "Oooh... he didn't make it..."

My favorite thing about the show is how decisions you would have made without hesitation before the walkers take on all sorts of different considerations in the new reality.  Pre-walker, of course you try to help the kid.  Post-walker?  He might just be "Otis'd" so the rest of the crew can get back to the car.  These aren't bad people, but they're in a whole new world and it's testing them.  Pretty cool dynamic.

Quote from: dropstharockalot on February 20, 2012, 07:17:22 AM
My favorite thing about the show is how decisions you would have made without hesitation before the walkers take on all sorts of different considerations in the new reality.  Pre-walker, of course you try to help the kid.  Post-walker?  He might just be "Otis'd" so the rest of the crew can get back to the car.  These aren't bad people, but they're in a whole new world and it's testing them.  Pretty cool dynamic

a psychodrama with flesh eating zombies as the prime mover. 

OK. I realize you can't have a 60 minute show of nothing but zombie head shots and zombies eating people. I can't support those ratings all by myself. But it is a zombie apocalypse kinda show. I don't care about who knocked up who or who is asking Buffy to the high school prom. And for those that like the soap opera appeal of the "human drama" part of the show more power to ya'. Glad you like it and buy the advertiser's products to support the show.

And no, I don't drink decaf.

I just seriously feel the show is a lesser version of what it was in the first season. Just my devalued .2 cents. After these last two episodes I thought they would crank it up this season not mellow it out. My interest is starting to wain. But I did enjoy the minor mayhem at the bar with the other survivor troop and the part about the fence impaling. That was some decent action. I just want more of that stuff. And no, not 60 solid minutes of it but just more survival related stuff and less soap opera.

And also I liked the way the fussy, depressed ex-vet (animal doc not military!) actually manned up and handled a pistol at the bar and acted like he'd pop a cap in someone. And by the way, damn... how many people does he have to patch up in this show? It's like a mash up of Zombieland and Dr. Marcus Welby, MD.

Since I have misplaced my zombie apocalypse rule book, a theoretical question: What if you go down for the count but are still breathing and the zombies find you and start chewing on your face and arms. And then a good natured soul from across the way mercifully pops a cap in your head to save you from the unpleasant dining experience. Do you still become a half eaten zombie later or do you die from the head shot (while being consumed/infected) and rest in peace? Curious minds want to know. Talk amongst yourselves.

Quote from: fastwin on February 20, 2012, 02:57:48 PM
Since I have misplaced my zombie apocalypse rule book, a theoretical question: What if you go down for the count but are still breathing and the zombies find you and start chewing on your face and arms. And then a good natured soul from across the way mercifully pops a cap in your head to save you from the unpleasant dining experience. Do you still become a half eaten zombie later or do you die from the head shot (while being consumed/infected) and rest in peace? Curious minds want to know. Talk amongst yourselves.

based on what we know this far, the "mythos" of Walking Dead, if the brain is damaged, then the disease or zombie virus or whatever can't take over.

now the question is how much and what type of brain damage is needed?  how about genetic damage or mental retardation? 

Quote from: fastwin on February 20, 2012, 02:57:48 PM
OK. I realize you can't have a 60 minute show of nothing but zombie head shots and zombies eating people. I can't support those ratings all by myself. But it is a zombie apocalypse kinda show. I don't care about who knocked up who or who is asking Buffy to the high school prom. And for those that like the soap opera appeal of the "human drama" part of the show more power to ya'. Glad you like it and buy the advertiser's products to support the show.

And no, I don't drink decaf.

I just seriously feel the show is a lesser version of what it was in the first season. Just my devalued .2 cents. After these last two episodes I thought they would crank it up this season not mellow it out. My interest is starting to wain. But I did enjoy the minor mayhem at the bar with the other survivor troop and the part about the fence impaling. That was some decent action. I just want more of that stuff. And no, not 60 solid minutes of it but just more survival related stuff and less soap opera.

And also I liked the way the fussy, depressed ex-vet (animal doc not military!) actually manned up and handled a pistol at the bar and acted like he'd pop a cap in someone. And by the way, damn... how many people does he have to patch up in this show? It's like a mash up of Zombieland and Dr. Marcus Welby, MD.

Since I have misplaced my zombie apocalypse rule book, a theoretical question: What if you go down for the count but are still breathing and the zombies find you and start chewing on your face and arms. And then a good natured soul from across the way mercifully pops a cap in your head to save you from the unpleasant dining experience. Do you still become a half eaten zombie later or do you die from the head shot (while being consumed/infected) and rest in peace? Curious minds want to know. Talk amongst yourselves.

This ^

Particularly the bold. I almost fell asleep watching last night. This shouldn't happen.....

Quote from: Speedbag on February 20, 2012, 03:25:43 PM
This ^

Particularly the bold. I almost fell asleep watching last night. This shouldn't happen.....

drink more coffee

 

http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/ 

Is it just me or does that post smell like a derby?

Quote from: fastwin on February 20, 2012, 02:57:48 PM

I just seriously feel the show is a lesser version of what it was in the first season. Just my devalued .2 cents. After these last two episodes I thought they would crank it up this season not mellow it out. My interest is starting to wain. But I did enjoy the minor mayhem at the bar with the other survivor troop and the part about the fence impaling. That was some decent action. I just want more of that stuff. And no, not 60 solid minutes of it but just more survival related stuff and less soap opera.

This might be due to the writers who were let go after the first season. I read somewhere that alot of the actors were upset with what had gone down, but being that you are on a show with zombies and the ease with which you could be killed off, everyone was keeping their mouths shut. Just a thought.