Anyone Watching "Walking Dead" on AMC?

[ClausentoTate]

Seriously, who watches the Talking Dead?

 

[gkIrish]

Seriously, who watches the Talking Dead?

I watch it after a good episode. It's usually funny and informative.

 

[koonja]

Seriously, who watches the Talking Dead?

I never watched Talking Dead or Talking Bad. Those ideas are cool, but they take away from the 'realness' of the show for me. I like to see characters only in character because it helps me get into it more; I don't try to remember actor/actoress's names either. I also don't like the directors giving hints about the plot.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I am certainly no longer a fan. I didn't see much that made sense, other than the predictability of the older girl being a deranged serial killer. (Give me a break, they got almost everything wrong about that.) They tried to show her as a sociopathic killer and a and then they tried to show her as bipolar first depressive, then manic, or psychotic, and having a break with reality. There is nothing sensible or behaviorally predictable about that character. Nor with Carol and Tyree.

I am so glad I led all my kids away from this show. (Some of their friends watch it and it was the cool thing.) Hell, they even stole the deer thing from the Deer Hunter, and didn't even get that right. Can you imagine Carol, at a period of stress like that, telling Tyree that she was the one that did the murders? And the first thing out of his mouth was, "I forgive you?" They muddied every character on the show last night.

Even the little girl 'asskicker.' They showed her playing their on the blanket with the other little girl dead and the older one all bent out of shape. And then they never showed her again, and just made her look like she was tied to Tyree's back. Oh. Well.

 

[ulukinatme]

I've enjoyed this year more than last year with the interest leading up to Terminus, and whatever that is. This year it has gotten deep inside the characters and I agree, it has got to be really difficult writing-wise to keep up with the way the group is splintered, but I think they've done as well as they could.

I think thats the problem, the group was too splintered this 2nd half. While it did lead to some interesting scenarios and in a couple situations a little more tension (Since there can be safety in numbers), it also has created huge gaps with characters and it's made it too difficult to carry on 4-5 different stories at the same time. Heck, if you consider that some of those stories merged or split like Michonne/Rick/Carl and Daryl/Beth, there may be even more than that. It's like the Star Wars franchise. As time went on, Lucas started adding more and more different story arcs into each new movie, and while they always end up converging at the end and resolving for the most part, it made the story as a whole more convoluted and less interesting. You can't be possibly tied to all the characters when they each only receive about 1/5 of the movie's screen time.

I really like how they are split up. I thought it was really cool that the burned walkers came from the house that Beth and Daryl burned down. There are probably other not-so-obvious connections between the storylines as well.

I didn't make that connection about Beth and Daryl's burned house and the crispy walkers, nice point. I just made the assumption the fire was just a random occurrence to show all the teaching that went on in the episode (Mika points out in science class that the smoke is still black, so the fire is smoldering, she passes that knowledge onto Carol who makes the observation that the smoke later turns to white just before she takes out Lizzy). Lot of teaching/learning in this episode among the characters. I thought the actor that played Carol did an excellent job, she's really evolved since season 1.

 

[ulukinatme]

I never watched Talking Dead or Talking Bad. Those ideas are cool, but they take away from the 'realness' of the show for me. I like to see characters only in character because it helps me get into it more; I don't try to remember actor/actoress's names either. I also don't like the directors giving hints about the plot.

I skip Talking Dead sometimes too, but last night was a decent episode. I don't think the actors being out of character takes anything away from the show. If anything, it can sometimes add to the show as they provide better insights to their character's motivations, almost like you're getting a 1st person point of view since you can see their thought processes and motivations as oppose to just their words and actions. Also, the directors/writers rarely give any hints about the plot unless it has something to do with the episode you just watched. They're very careful about not giving anything away.

 

[gkIrish]

I think thats the problem, the group was too splintered this 2nd half. While it did lead to some interesting scenarios and in a couple situations a little more tension (Since there can be safety in numbers), it also has created huge gaps with characters and it's made it too difficult to carry on 4-5 different stories at the same time. Heck, if you consider that some of those stories merged or split like Michonne/Rick/Carl and Daryl/Beth, there may be even more than that. It's like the Star Wars franchise. As time went on, Lucas started adding more and more different story arcs into each new movie, and while they always end up converging at the end and resolving for the most part, it made the story as a whole more convoluted and less interesting. You can't be possibly tied to all the characters when they each only receive about 1/5 of the movie's screen time.



I didn't make that connection about Beth and Daryl's burned house and the crispy walkers, nice point. I just made the assumption the fire was just a random occurrence to show all the teaching that went on in the episode (Mika points out in science class that the smoke is still black, so the fire is smoldering, she passes that knowledge onto Carol who makes the observation that the smoke later turns to white just before she takes out Lizzy). Lot of teaching/learning in this episode among the characters. I thought the actor that played Carol did an excellent job, she's really evolved since season 1.

I think they idea here is that while they are all split up, they are, in reality, no more than a mile or two from one of the other sub-groups at any given moment. And I actually think that the group with the potential "cure" lends to this theme of "so close but yet so far."

 

[GoIrish41]

That episode was totally fucked up. I watched it with my son and we both questioned weather the baby was with them as they left to walk down the tracks at the end. It didn't look as if they were carrying a baby. In any event, that was a disturbing episode.

 

[ndfi78]

That episode was totally fucked up. I watched it with my son and we both questioned weather the baby was with them as they left to walk down the tracks at the end. It didn't look as if they were carrying a baby. In any event, that was a disturbing episode.

Judith was in the baby carrier on the back of Tyrese.

 

[GoIrish41]

Judith was in the baby carrier on the back of Tyrese.

Missed that. Thanks. Glad to be wrong. Episode was still quite disturbing.

 

[phork]

I think they idea here is that while they are all split up, they are, in reality, no more than a mile or two from one of the other sub-groups at any given moment. And I actually think that the group with the potential "cure" lends to this theme of "so close but yet so far."

TP Mentioned the comics, but I can tell you that they have strayed pretty far out of the comic story lines. So while reading the comics you might have a general idea of what might be coming next as to certain events but they storyline is off.

 

[ulukinatme]

 

[ulukinatme]

Ahhh, just remember something thmentioned on Talking Dead. In the scene where Tyrese and Carol are sitting together and a puzzle is sitting on the table...if you put the puzzle together it's a picture of Sophia. Talk about full circle when you consider how Carol became a mother to Lizzy and Mika.

 

[Huntr]

We watch Talking Dead, although not very attentively, because it isn't all that great ("What was X thinking when she did Y?" "Oh, nothing the writers didn't put in the script." Coming up next, how to survive a real zombie attack!!) BUT, you do get little insider tidbits and behind the scenes info like that puzzle can be kind of interesting.

 

[woolybug25]

Interesting note. Long ago, when Lizzy and Mika's father was about to turn in the prison, Carol was the one that had to kill him. Both girls were there and that was the first time that Carol told the girls to "look at the flowers", as she punched a knife into their father's head.

 

[gkIrish]

Interesting note. Long ago, when Lizzy and Mika's father was about to turn in the prison, Carol was the one that had to kill him. Both girls were there and that was the first time that Carol told the girls to "look at the flowers", as she punched a knife into their father's head.

That's why you get paid the big vbucks. Very cool.

 

[magogian]

That is awesome.

 

[johnnycando]

Epic. Win.

Poor little bitch cold blooded killer.

Hated her but hate how things went. Damn.

 

[ulukinatme]

 

[ulukinatme]

I fail, delete post

 

[ulukinatme]

Wrong thread

 

[ulukinatme]

Sunuva, disregard

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Now that we have that figured out.

Ulukinatme, relax, keep calm, and look at that the flowers.

 

[ulukinatme]

Now that we have that figured out.

Ulukinatme, relax, keep calm, and look at that the flowers.

Yeah, I failed hardcore this morning. I started posting funny pictures in this thread, and they were not Walking Dead funny pictures. I'd blame it on the fact I didn't have my coffee yet, but I don't drink the stuff

 

[magogian]

So, are the Terminus people cannibals?

 

[FLDomer]

So, are the Terminus people cannibals?

Does the pope shit in the woods??

 

[magogian]

Does the pope shit in the woods??

Well, he is trying to be a man of the people . . .

 

[ulukinatme]

So, are the Terminus people cannibals?

Does the pope shit in the woods??

I don't think we know that for sure yet, although I would question where (Or who) that meat came from. They certainly appear to be cult-like, and the whole Sanctuary motto was an obvious trap from the get go. It could be very likely that they are cannibals, but I'll reserve judgement till the fall. Can't believe we've got to wait 5 months...this second half of the season had maybe 2-3 really good episodes and a lot of duds in between. Sucks that it just starts getting good at the end, but that's kind of the way they operate now.

Guesses on how they get out of the boxcar? Some people on other forums have said that they heard people yelling for help as Rick and his group was running through Terminus. I didn't hear that, but some people wondered if it was Carol/Tyresse. That's the only way I see Rick and the group getting out, maybe Carol and Tyresse saw the whole thing and they bust them out.

I love that Rick is transforming again and turning into a badass. That scene with Rick and Joe was intense! I was ready to punch something afterwards...so awesome.

 

[Irish4Life09]

55 minutes of greatness.....5 minutes of pure shit. That cliffhanger was fucking terrible.

 

[ulukinatme]

55 minutes of greatness.....5 minutes of pure shit. That cliffhanger was fucking terrible.

More like 35 minutes of greatness when you factor in commercials lol. Hell, 5-10 minutes of that was flashbacks too. Great episode, but maybe they should extend the season finales to two hours.

You're right, it wasn't even a great cliffhanger. A cliffhanger would be like...Rick getting to Terminus and not knowing if the rest of the group is safe. Or Rick with a gun to his head and Michonne pointing a gun at Joe, and then you hear a gun shot...but you don't know who fired. Someone else said it best:

I guess I see this a bit differently...it was a well crafted episode, don't get me wrong, but if that was the "biggest cliffhanger ever" as the producers were claiming, it was rather a letdown to me. A cliffhanger is having Daryl pointing his bow and Rick or Joe, one lives, one dies, and you don't know who he'll pick. A cliffhanger is Herschel having to kill in "cold" blood to keep someone else alive, and you aren't sure if he can or is willing to. A Cliffhanger is seeing Glen and Maggie's stuff in the bone and blood pile (that was creepy) and not knowing if it is them or not. A cliffhanger is them walking toward the rail car, stopping in front, opening the door, and...fade to black. A cliffhanger is not a Zombie Apocalypse High School Reunion in a dark railcar followed by a Rick Rambo speech. I thought the episode was good (I think they overdid the farming parallel symbolism bit a tad) right up until then...but I think they sort of spoiled it at the end a bit.