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***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (1 Viewer)

'Buckfast 1 said:
'lod01 said:
Why were the walkers coming out of the barn so slow (along with pretty much every walker since) when the walkers in the city that Rick and Glenn had chasing them could not only run fairly well, they could scale a fence. Seems to me the walkers in the prison yard should be scaling the fences.
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That fence-climbing zombie stood out to me as well when rewatching some of the first season during the AMC marathon. That guy must have been the Michael Jordan of the zombie world with those athletic abilities. It seemed as if the directors/writers hadn't fully decided how the zombies would operate that early on in the first season.
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Even the zombie that killed Dale. Remember it just ripped his stomach open. I'm a pretty strong guy and I don't think I could just tear open a dude's stomach with my bare hands.Season 3 zombies are just kill fodder.
 
'(HULK) said:
'Buckfast 1 said:
'lod01 said:
Why were the walkers coming out of the barn so slow (along with pretty much every walker since) when the walkers in the city that Rick and Glenn had chasing them could not only run fairly well, they could scale a fence. Seems to me the walkers in the prison yard should be scaling the fences.
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That fence-climbing zombie stood out to me as well when rewatching some of the first season during the AMC marathon. That guy must have been the Michael Jordan of the zombie world with those athletic abilities. It seemed as if the directors/writers hadn't fully decided how the zombies would operate that early on in the first season.
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Even the zombie that killed Dale. Remember it just ripped his stomach open. I'm a pretty strong guy and I don't think I could just tear open a dude's stomach with my bare hands.Season 3 zombies are just kill fodder.
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maybe it had sharp bony fingertips :unsure:
 
I just finished season two on dvd. On AMC on demand, it doesn't have any of the early season 3 episodes. Video store doesn't have season 3 yet. Is there anywhere i can go to get the beginning of season 3?

 
'optionmaven said:
I just finished season two on dvd. On AMC on demand, it doesn't have any of the early season 3 episodes. Video store doesn't have season 3 yet. Is there anywhere i can go to get the beginning of season 3?
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You can stream them on your computer from amazon.com.
 
The only episode that I keep on my DVR is the one where Dale gets bit and Daryl puts a bullet in his head.

I watch that scene every day and laugh.

 
'Mario Kart said:
'anakin said:
'Deepster said:
'Balco said:
'optionmaven said:
I just finished season two on dvd. On AMC on demand, it doesn't have any of the early season 3 episodes. Video store doesn't have season 3 yet. Is there anywhere i can go to get the beginning of season 3?
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You can stream them on your computer from amazon.com.
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Or iTunes.
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You can watch them this weekend on AMC.
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Or torrent them.
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Or http://www.thedarewall.com/tv/the-walking-dead anytime.
 
So according to TWD article up on Yahoo, the number of deaths in the finale is....

27! Who knows how many redshirts or other Woodbury unknowns are in that number, but if that's true this might just be a great episode.
 
'The Ref said:
So according to TWD article up on Yahoo, the number of deaths in the finale is....

27! Who knows how many redshirts or other Woodbury unknowns are in that number, but if that's true this might just be a great episode.
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[bono]Sunday, Bloody Sunday[/bono]
 
Someone made a great observation a few pages back about how there are walkers in the background and the group barely acknowledges them now. Watching the marathon, it's hilarious in the early episodes how everyone freaks out, screaming "WALKERS!!!" if there are even two of them 100 yards away.

Now, they squish a walker's head with their boot and just keep carrying on their conversation. :lmao:

 
Did we ever learn why zombies don't eat other zombies? Flesh is flesh, even if it's rotted.

Especially if they haven't eaten in awhile.

 
this was probably the best ep of the whole season.

the part that bugs me, though, is compare the way rick dealt with those 2 philly guys in the bar to the way he seems to trust the gov.

then look at how he risked everyone by saving that kid from the zombies, and how he's quick to throw michonne under the bus.

I'm not buying it.

 
'GordonGekko said:
'BustedKnuckles said:
Im wondering why they even have the baby on the show?
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The baby, IMHO, is actually a very useful device on this type of show. At any point, a "need" for the child can trigger a mission or a challenge to the group, forcing them to risk themselves. ( The baby needing medicine makes more narrative sense than Carl nearly dying to get a framed photo) The baby also drove the final wedge between Rick and Shane, giving them both that final push to want to kill each other. The baby was a good device to extend the stay on the farm ( which was in part, a way to save budget. With Sophia missing and Carl in bed most of the time and out of sight, the production had better cost control. Using child actors is very expensive for time. They can only be on set for a limited time each day and week. Particularly so in this case as Darabont did not, as is typical, cast twins for a single role. ) From what I heard informally, the major split in the production was between Kirkman and Darabont, who had different visions for the show. Apparently Kirkman wanted a "24 style narrative" that mirrored the comics. And Darabont wanted more extensive use of flashbacks and wanted at least two major combat sequence episodes to explain the fall of humanity. There was apparently supposed to be three major flashbacks - one with Sam Witwer, the dead tank driver, and the fall of Atlanta, a flashback to Jenners story and an account of how the Atlanta group got together in the first place. Apparently AMC suits said they didn't want a "Lost clone" but Darabont argued, and I think he was right, that there was too many limitations to character development without including some flashbacks. ( i.e. Michonne as a good example. She's far easier to develop as a character with flashbacks than with her current scowling storyline) When Madison Lintz's parents wanted her off the show ( they didn't want her locked into a show with such a minimal role when they felt she could get better opportunities), apparently Darabont wanted to have Sophia disappear, then reveal she was kidnapped, along with other children,by the Governor, who wanted research done on children survivors to see if he could "cure" Penny. Then they could use her as a plot device and close her storyline out with one guest spot within S3. Kirkman apparently hated this treatment and blamed Darabont's casting choices ( not getting twins) as part of the reason why Lintz's parents wanted her out ( the excessive workload for what is typical for a child actor). You can see it in the writing, not just the bad writing, but overall in S2 and S3, that there are several different "tones" and "voices" depending on who wrote the script and who directed the episode. Apparently Kirkman won out in the power struggle because his vision actually offered AMC the cheaper production model over a higher volume of episodes than Darabont and Mazzara , who both pushed for 12-13 episode seasons. ( AMC has two great shows hitting the back end of their runs and didn't expect The Killing, Hell On Wheels and Rubicon to all flounder so badly) And in Kirkman winning the struggle, it red eyeballed the former Darabont supporters and pushed to drive them off the show. There really is no reason that Nicotero should be directing an episode and Kirkman writing a few of them, they had a superior show runner, they just didn't want to let him see the job done in his own way.
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that was pretty interesting, and lines up with other things I've read on the subject.I agree with your conclusion 2000%.what I've read is that darabont was at odds with amc when they cut teh budget for s02.he's basically a movie guy, and didn't like the idea of cutting corners on the cheap along with overworking his people.that obnoxious old guy apparently asked to be written out as a result, which is at least one good thing that came about from darabont leaving.
 
Got bored last night and watched the first two episodes of the series again. Incredible television.

The current episodes are good. The early episodes are brilliant.

There's a knot in your stomach the whole way even though you know what's gonna happen.

 
Will be glad when the Guv eats it. Horrible portrayal of a character. Pulled down the season.

 
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I'm so jacked, I've waited for this moment since season one.Carls a man now.

The panel from the comic where Carl shoots the kid who goes crazy, it was like his biggest character development point, and they NEVER DID IT on the show. This is it.
 
Well I got my wish, but this isn't how I wanted it to go.God Andreas character was so terrible in the show.

And now she won't ever be cool, or hook up with Rick :bs:
 
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