KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
He's my favorite character on the show so far."Those doors are designed to withstand a rocket launcher", Redneck-"well your head aint!"
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***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (2 Viewers)
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Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
I think he's saying he can't and he's trying to walk it back.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
KnowledgeReignsSupreme
Footballguy
So the old man is racist. The black woman decides to stay back and he doesn't say anything. Blondie decides to stay and he has this emotional breakdown and refuses to leave unless she does. Pathetic.
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Footballguy
I'm not walking nothing back - i am just not going to write something you and your ilk will just tear apart.**MODS alias check please.I think he's saying he can't and he's trying to walk it back.
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
I thought she was at first, the trailers from the previous episode helped set this up though. It looks like she is just going through a breakdown after bonding with her sister then having her die and blowing her brains out.Perhaps Doc didn't want to tell Rick he needs a cool tie and white jacket like he has instead of the stupid sheriff getup and then everyone will respect him.
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
Harry Manback
Footballguy
Lol ya I hear ya, sucks when people constantly criticize, good thing you're not a hypocrit.I'm not walking nothing back - i am just not going to write something you and your ilk will just tear apart.**MODS alias check please.I think he's saying he can't and he's trying to walk it back.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Well, he did say in the last episode something to the effect that the two sisters had made him feel for other people for the first time since losing his family. He felt close to them.
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
Then stop whining about the writing on the show.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
You said,
I want proof that you can. I say you can't; prove me wrong. I double dog dare you!And this is my account - I have an alias but this ain't it.
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Footballguy
The writing sucks. The writing sucks. The writing sucks. The writing sucks. The writing sucks. Also.The writing sucks.
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Footballguy
I really don't give a crap what you want.
Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
This is an ironic use of that word in this context.And you're scared to write an episode...perhaps I should call Cunk. He poops better stuff before breakfast.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
I think the CDC angle is lame.
It makes sense for them to go there, but the entire purpose of the doctor character was to give the viewers some explanation of what is happening.
This falls in line with 99.9% of other mainstream TV/movies, where the writers feel a need to wrap everything up in a pretty bow so the dumb as dog-**** audience can follow along. Heaven forbid anything gets left up to interpretation and/or imagination.
Zombies are walking around, do you really need to waste an entire episode in an already short first season, so the characters can learn about brain synapses?
The "WHY" is no where near as interesting as the "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?"
It makes sense for them to go there, but the entire purpose of the doctor character was to give the viewers some explanation of what is happening.
This falls in line with 99.9% of other mainstream TV/movies, where the writers feel a need to wrap everything up in a pretty bow so the dumb as dog-**** audience can follow along. Heaven forbid anything gets left up to interpretation and/or imagination.
Zombies are walking around, do you really need to waste an entire episode in an already short first season, so the characters can learn about brain synapses?
The "WHY" is no where near as interesting as the "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?"
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
Right but it looked bad. I'm sure if there were any African-American fans of the show before the episode, there aren't any left.
scoobygang
Footballguy
Oh for Christ's sake. I suppose we should just shut down the Shark Pool while we're at it, since I assume most of us can't play NFL caliber football. Yet we somehow persist in having opinions about who is, and who is not, a decent NFL player. I'm glad you like the show. Some of us don't. And some of us might even express that opinion in this thread. Some of us will quit watching (I don't intend to pick it up again next year), but some may still continue watching in hope it will get better. I'm sure we'll all survive.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
If you have read the comic it is easy to guess what was whispered in Rick's ear.
If you haven't, you will probably never guess. But it should make for a great storyline next season....
If you haven't, you will probably never guess. But it should make for a great storyline next season....
bmarks6161
Footballguy
Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
beer 30
Footballguy
Apparently we are watching different shows if you truly think this is the case. The old dude pretty clearly made his case for why he would stay in the previous episode when the little sister went flesh eater.
Spoiler tags still work, no?
Harry Manback
Footballguy
It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Dunno - maybe she thought there was a chance she was infected. I think the doctor guy said the longest incubation period they saw was 20hours or something, so she would have shown signs. MAYBE the virus was in somebody's blood, but they don't have symptoms yet. They have a walking cure in the group !! The whisper is something like this "protect X at all costs - they might have a natural antidote in their blood".Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
You could be right - there are probably security cameras around the building and maybe he saw the incident between Shane and the wife.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
It's got to be the blood tests, doubtful someone is infected now that I think about it, he wouldn't have allowed them to stay...maybe loris prego...with shanes kid! Oh noes!That's my guess.Wasn't the sister planning on staying at the time? I would think it was something personal about his family or wife/shane (thus the reason for whispering it.)
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
TylerRoseFan
Footballguy
Also, how long should they wait before they start the repopulation program? I mean, perpetuation of our species should be a pretty high priority. All of the wimmin's folk should be pregnant by now...
badmojo1006
Footballguy
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
Didn't pay attention much before this did you? Get your panties out of your rear and move on.Duff Man - Some spoilers are indeed in order
Mile High
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Why would that be a secret only Rick should know?
Yeah, if that's what it is - for him to tell Rick like that would seem to imply that he knew the back story and thought that Rick didn't know.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
All of his equipment was destroyed in the episode before that I thought, and he was just about to kill himself in that episode too.
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
He's my favorite character on the show so far."Those doors are designed to withstand a rocket launcher", Redneck-"well your head aint!"
I've realized I love this show's potential and premise much more than the actual execution. I'll tune in next year with the hope the writers can do a better job.Note to writers: MOAR ZOMBIES PLEASE!
Sam Quentin
Footballguy
Just spitballin' here, butIf somebody has a natural antitode, could it be Rick? Per Shane, it seemed as though his heart was stopped...
Mile High
Footballguy
I find this highly possible. Just don't understand why the doctor who stayed until the end would all of a sudden say "By the way Rick you're the cure and hope of mankind but I'm out. Good Luck"
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scoobygang
Footballguy
The more I watch this show, the more convinced I am that the writers purposefully tried to keep it from going anywhere in the first six episodes so that they could save the more interesting stuff for a full season. Unfortunately, that really turned me off. A horror show needs surprises. It needs to have a real sense of danger. At a minimum, I think someone important who we're led to believe we're supposed to care about needs to die.
For me, as a matter of construction, they killed the wrong sister. Not that they spent much time on anyone, but she's the one we've just escaped from Atlanta with. She's the one we know a bit about. It would have been a far better curveball to have her die, and for the innocent, younger sister to have learn how to carry-on and lose her humanity and innocence in the process.
Moving the rest of the discussion (which deals with what I understand happened in the comics) behind spoiler tags.
I think it's a big mistake to save any resolution of the Shane/Rick/Lori storyline for next year. As I understand it, the comics have Carl killing Shane to save Rick's life. That would have been a decent choice, but they didn't need to do that. Maybe end the season exactly the way they did, but have Lori killed by Walkers while escaping the CDC. So Rick and Shane can both hate/blame one another, but need to stay together as the two most competent members of the campers (I assume the Doc told Rick that Lori is pregnant, and that Rick realizes he couldn't be the father).
In any case, either decision would let us know (1) no character is safe on the show, and (2) the remaining characters have real issues to work through in the wake of the loss.
*** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();As the season played out, I think we got a fairly unsatisfying through-line. Essentially, they just confirmed that there is no cavalry to make this right. But they made the same point multiple times. Both when Rick first goes to Atlanta and then when he goes to the CDC. It's not really dramatic enough to carry six hours of television.
For me, as a matter of construction, they killed the wrong sister. Not that they spent much time on anyone, but she's the one we've just escaped from Atlanta with. She's the one we know a bit about. It would have been a far better curveball to have her die, and for the innocent, younger sister to have learn how to carry-on and lose her humanity and innocence in the process.
Moving the rest of the discussion (which deals with what I understand happened in the comics) behind spoiler tags.
I think it's a big mistake to save any resolution of the Shane/Rick/Lori storyline for next year. As I understand it, the comics have Carl killing Shane to save Rick's life. That would have been a decent choice, but they didn't need to do that. Maybe end the season exactly the way they did, but have Lori killed by Walkers while escaping the CDC. So Rick and Shane can both hate/blame one another, but need to stay together as the two most competent members of the campers (I assume the Doc told Rick that Lori is pregnant, and that Rick realizes he couldn't be the father).
In any case, either decision would let us know (1) no character is safe on the show, and (2) the remaining characters have real issues to work through in the wake of the loss.
*** SPOILER ALERT! Click this link to display the potential spoiler text in this box. ***");document.close();As the season played out, I think we got a fairly unsatisfying through-line. Essentially, they just confirmed that there is no cavalry to make this right. But they made the same point multiple times. Both when Rick first goes to Atlanta and then when he goes to the CDC. It's not really dramatic enough to carry six hours of television.
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
The only thing that separates "The Walking Dead" from one of those throw-away SyFy channel originals is the decent cast and high production value. I gave this show a shot but it's pretty weak as a whole.
The Duff Man
Footballguy
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Why would that be a secret only Rick should know?
So is that guess correct as far as what you were hinting at happened in the comic?
It looks like there is going to be some changes in the writers for the series in the second season ... http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/the-walkin...f-for-season-2/
RudiStein
*Not really a bail bondsman
Well it couldn't get any worse.
Statorama
Footballguy
Reminds me of the way I felt about NBC's "Heroes". Went from "Wow, a show about superheroes!" to "Geez, this show makes Smallville seem exciting"
People didn't turn to this show because they wanted fireside dialogue and a soap opera romantic triangle.Haven't the writers for this show ever played a "zombie" video game? Left 4 Dead 2? Resident Evil 4? Tension.....dialogue......tension......tension......Zombie attack!
Jason Wood
Zoo York
I assume it was that I take solace in the fact Darabont is replacing the entire writing staff for Season 2. I think the massive success of the show will allow Darabont the chance to fix what ails it (which is plenty) and attract some top notch writers seeing as how the show is a ratings rock star and they now have a certainty of Season 2 and, quite likely, well beyond that given how much higher this show is rating than what AMC expected or needed it to in order to continue it on for years.
-fish-
Footballguy
doesn't look like it. if you read the link, he's considering having no writing staff and just going with freelancers.
Jason Wood
Zoo York
doesn't look like it. if you read the link, he's considering having no writing staff and just going with freelancers.That'll work too. The fact Darabont is staying on and wants to be so hands on is a huge boon for me. He was planning on riding off into the sunset after Season One. To me, Darabont plus freelancers of his choice (given his considerable rolodex) = many Xs better than what we got this year.
scoobygang
Footballguy
The thing is that Darabont apparently either wrote, co-wrote, or extensively re-wrote every episode this season, despite who was credited. Which means that whatever he thinks of his writing staff, the final result was his vision. And he's the showrunner. I'm somewhat odd in that I'm not much of a fan of anything Darabont's ever done, including The Shawshank Redemption, so I'm probably overly pessimistic.
The_Hunchback
Footballguy
I mentioned this about Darabont a while back when the news came out about the writers. Looking at the AMC site for the writers it seems that anything with his name attached to it were the worst episodes.
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Sam Quentin
Footballguy
It may have been this:
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That was my hunch as well. She was holding her sister who was a bloddy mess...I knew that could not be good.
Hence it being whispered?
My thought was that the other sister was infected. Wasn't she feeling a little under the weather?
My wife and I loved the show and look forward to next season which should be even better.
And now I see the spoiler tag...yeah very well may be that too and the whole question of who.......you know where I am going with this.
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