***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (5 Viewers)

[pollardsvision]

Plenty still watch because they still enjoy the show a lot.

Those of you who still watch and hate it and ##### about it constantly, I have no idea why you're wasting your time every Sunday night.

Nothing better to do I guess It would be like me going back and watching season 2 of the following after I hated how bad season one became, just so I could go into the thread to post how horrible a show it is..

Watching and ripping a show is a form of flattery.

I wouldn't dream of doing that with The Following because that was always going to be a horrible show. I wouldn't wade through a few bad episodes hoping for it to get better. It's a network serial killer show starring Kevin Bacon. Same as I don't hold my breath waiting for my dog to start putting his toys away. You don't criticize that show. You just rejoice if it happens to not take a #### on the carpet (if you're crazy enough to have actually been watching long enough to find out).

Walking Dead, otoh, has been a very good show and has a certain amount of promise. Like Dexter and Sons of Anarchy, you watch for a while hoping it will get better. It was once good and can turn around.

Now, WD isn't quite there yet, but with others, there came a time when you really knew it wouldn't get better, but we watch anyway. At this point, it doesn't make sense, but you are pot-committed and just want to finish what you started.

This is when true "hate watching" begins. You hate the show for falling all to hell, and more importantly, you hate yourself for continuing to watch. You watch it and make fun of it to salvage some sort of enjoyment.

 

[Todem]

Plenty still watch because they still enjoy the show a lot.

Those of you who still watch and hate it and ##### about it constantly, I have no idea why you're wasting your time every Sunday night.

Agreed. If after seeing Michonne and Rick and Glenn walk through hundreds of walkers you can't handle Maggie "hiding" when there are no walkers even close to her or can't handle Bob on a truck in a completely open stretch of road (i.e. plenty of air movement, hard to smell), then you shouldn't even watch anymore. Oh no, Daryl did something stupid. That is crazy, I mean, he certainly got passed 3rd grade. Seriously, do yourself a favor and turn it off. Call it lazy writing or call it lazy watching. They foreshadowed the hell out of it, Daryl got too comfortable, started thinking of life with Beth and his buddy the dog. Damn, I really did want to watch a show of people sitting in an Ewok village with 100% safe 30 foot zombie killing poles who spend all their time knitting sweaters and playing canasta.

I think this season to date has been the weakest of the four but I still enjoy the show a lot and last week's episode was really good. Three more of that caliber and they'll close out the season on a very high note.

100% agreed.

 

[Todem]

My son and I enjoy zombies and horror. We watch this show with more of a Mystery Science Theater slant...sitting on the couch laughing at dumb stuff and imagining the writers' meetings that came up with some of these scenarios.

Exactly. Horror is what you make it. My son and I watch horror movies every friday night together and do Monster movie Saturdays (I created my own creature feature type of weekly show for him).

Those were great times in the 70's.......looking forward to Creature Feature Double Features every Friday night as a kid.

 

[cstu]

Plenty still watch because they still enjoy the show a lot.

Those of you who still watch and hate it and ##### about it constantly, I have no idea why you're wasting your time every Sunday night.

Nothing better to do I guess It would be like me going back and watching season 2 of the following after I hated how bad season one became, just so I could go into the thread to post how horrible a show it is..

Watching and ripping a show is a form of flattery.

I wouldn't dream of doing that with The Following because that was always going to be a horrible show. I wouldn't wade through a few bad episodes hoping for it to get better. It's a network serial killer show starring Kevin Bacon. Same as I don't hold my breath waiting for my dog to start putting his toys away. You don't criticize that show. You just rejoice if it happens to not take a #### on the carpet (if you're crazy enough to have actually been watching long enough to find out).

Walking Dead, otoh, has been a very good show and has a certain amount of promise. Like Dexter and Sons of Anarchy, you watch for a while hoping it will get better. It was once good and can turn around.

Now, WD isn't quite there yet, but with others, there came a time when you really knew it wouldn't get better, but we watch anyway. At this point, it doesn't make sense, but you are pot-committed and just want to finish what you started.

This is when true "hate watching" begins. You hate the show for falling all to hell, and more importantly, you hate yourself for continuing to watch. You watch it and make fun of it to salvage some sort of enjoyment.

Maybe it can redeem itself in season 5...

...nevermind, I forgot it's AMC and they are just going to milk it to death.

 

[Todem]

Plenty still watch because they still enjoy the show a lot.

Those of you who still watch and hate it and ##### about it constantly, I have no idea why you're wasting your time every Sunday night.

Nothing better to do I guess It would be like me going back and watching season 2 of the following after I hated how bad season one became, just so I could go into the thread to post how horrible a show it is..

Watching and ripping a show is a form of flattery.

I wouldn't dream of doing that with The Following because that was always going to be a horrible show. I wouldn't wade through a few bad episodes hoping for it to get better. It's a network serial killer show starring Kevin Bacon. Same as I don't hold my breath waiting for my dog to start putting his toys away. You don't criticize that show. You just rejoice if it happens to not take a #### on the carpet (if you're crazy enough to have actually been watching long enough to find out).

Walking Dead, otoh, has been a very good show and has a certain amount of promise. Like Dexter and Sons of Anarchy, you watch for a while hoping it will get better. It was once good and can turn around.

Now, WD isn't quite there yet, but with others, there came a time when you really knew it wouldn't get better, but we watch anyway. At this point, it doesn't make sense, but you are pot-committed and just want to finish what you started.

This is when true "hate watching" begins. You hate the show for falling all to hell, and more importantly, you hate yourself for continuing to watch. You watch it and make fun of it to salvage some sort of enjoyment.

We did this with the reboot of "V"

Pure dreck....but we watched it every week....hoping and praying it would get better.....god was that bad. So bad we started (my wife and I) tearing it to shreds towards the end of it's one and only full season.

 

[cstu]

My son and I enjoy zombies and horror. We watch this show with more of a Mystery Science Theater slant...sitting on the couch laughing at dumb stuff and imagining the writers' meetings that came up with some of these scenarios.

Swap son for nephew and that's me.

 

[comfortably numb]

I'm pot committed

 

[Jackstraw]

Maggie lying on the street between zombies was just dumb.

More ninja zombies now at the door...everyone can see there's something through the slats...but Daryl just flings the door open. He kills all but maybe 3...why not just finish them off and clear the house? How is that a good trap anyway? "I know...I'll stock the house with food...I'll herd 20 zombies towards the front door and the victim will no doubt open the door...WHAMO...instant young chick in my car."

Someone doesn't open the door...what happens? Just straight up dumb. Bob can lay around and watch a zombie fail at getting past a stick that's been stood up straight as a door to his new found cave...but a well built, solid core door cannot keep zombies at bay? I sit inside and a start belting out, "You keep a knockin' but you can't come in!" Just lame writing to have blond chick separated from Daryl and kidnapped.

Black chick makes no sense to me. Why go to terminus...we're supposed to go in circles looking for Glenn.

Next scene...why go to terminus...Glenn is probably dead. Wait...you just wanted us to make circles and wander aimlessly looking for dead Glenn? Now you want to split up and be by yourself? Just ignorant and insane writing at this point.

Ball bouncer is back...who would've thought that would happen? What next...the mullet having super genius isn't what he seems?

Thankfully though we're moving forward some and not just stuck on one group making endless dumb choices just to move from plot point to plot point.

Suspension of disbelief or willing suspension of disbelief is a term coined in 1817 by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who suggested that if a writer could infuse a "human interest and a semblance of truth" into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative. Suspension of disbelief often applies to fictional works of the action, comedy, fantasy, and horror genres. Cognitive estrangement in fiction involves using a person's ignorance or lack of knowledge to promote suspension of disbelief.

The phrase "suspension of disbelief" came to be used more loosely in the later 20th century, often used to imply that the burden was on the reader, rather than the writer, to achieve it. This might be used to refer to the willingness of the audience to overlook the limitations of a medium, so that these do not interfere with the acceptance of those premises. These fictional premises may also lend to the engagement of the mind and perhaps proposition of thoughts, ideas, art and theories.[1]

Suspension of disbelief is often an essential element for a magic act or a circus sideshow act. For example, an audience is not expected to actually believe that a woman is cut in half or transforms into a gorilla[2] in order to enjoy the performance.

 

[mr roboto]

I'm pot committed

This. My wife and I watch every Sunday night at 8. Even the kids know they can't stay up passed 8 on Sundays cause mom and dad have a TV show date night. They are too young to tell them what it's about.

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

 

[jamny]

My son and I enjoy zombies and horror. We watch this show with more of a Mystery Science Theater slant...sitting on the couch laughing at dumb stuff and imagining the writers' meetings that came up with some of these scenarios.

That's funny. My wife laughs at how shows or movies turn into mst 3k for us. WD is definitely one as was Homeland this past season.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

Did you see the ones at the funeral home? They were booking it.

 

[flapgreen]

I'm pot committed

Best explanation

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

Did you see the ones at the funeral home? They were booking it.

Yeah, but I want to see more than that. Like the attack on the farm. It's time for another one of those.

 

[flapgreen]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

Did you see the ones at the funeral home? They were booking it.

For real

 

[El Floppo]

I'm pot committed

Best explanation

oh... lol... poker.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

Did you see the ones at the funeral home? They were booking it.

For real

I like how that one-eyed dog was totally in cahoots with the zombies.

 

[Copeman]

I rewatched the first two episodes of the series last night, just for kicks. It's been mentioned several times about how after the passing of time, the walkers have slowed down, become further decayed, etc., etc.

I think it would be cool for the current group tp come across a recently overtaken camp. A site where the zombies are "fresh" and are once again able to run, climb, and still have strength. There's obviously still other groups and camps out there.

Did you see the ones at the funeral home? They were booking it.

For real

I like how that one-eyed dog was totally in cahoots with the zombies.

It was cool to learn on The Talking Dead that the dog really did only have one eye in real life and the injury happened by saving his owner during a carjacking.

 

[(HULK)]

Man that Lizzie kid is screwballs

 

[badmojo1006]

I am pretty sure Lizzie's parents named her after Lizzy Borden

 

[mr roboto]

Some good character conflict in this one.

 

[(HULK)]

Gee Darryl, thanks for making these zombies half melted and extra scary, jerk

 

[(HULK)]

Glenn has had like ten minutes of screen time in the past 6 episodes

 

[comfortably numb]

burnt zombies looked cool

 

[mr roboto]

Holy ####### hell.

 

[comfortably numb]

ouch

 

[lod01]

I'd put one in lizzie's brain right there.

 

[top dog]

They are going to have to put Lizzie down in thinking..

 

[The General]

Ok, that was a holy #### moment.

 

[(HULK)]

Whoa

 

[badmojo1006]

What the Hell!!???

 

[(HULK)]

Finally the show has some balls again

 

[(HULK)]

Finally the show has some balls again

 

[HellToupee]

nice twist on killing the baby

 

[HellToupee]

Finally the show has some balls again

you can say that again

 

[The General]

Tyresse was like "why the #### are you sending me to eat lunch with this crazy #####".

 

[Thunderlips]

Finally the show has some balls again

Deer nuts or beer nuts?

 

[ClownCausedChaos2]

Tyresse was like "why the #### are you sending me to eat lunch with this crazy #####".

I said the same thing to my wife, maybe word-for-word.

 

[(HULK)]

They're going to have to kill Lizzie. Carol will realize it

 

[comfortably numb]

Tyresse was like "why the #### are you sending me to eat lunch with this crazy #####".

If it was Bob....I would have loved to seen a "Whatcha talkin bout Carol <_< " reaction

 

[Cybergeek]

I thought she was the one feeding the rats to the walkers at the prison.

 

[badmojo1006]

Finally the show has some balls again

Deer nuts or beer nuts?

 

[(HULK)]

I thought she was the one feeding the rats to the walkers at the prison.

thing is, when they showed that scene, the hands were big man hands.

 

[comfortably numb]

Carol is taking her out

 

[Cybergeek]

Bye Bye Lizzie

 

[badmojo1006]

DAMN! They are pulling out the stops tonight!

 

[lod01]

Good job carol.

 

[badmojo1006]

Talking Dead should be very good tonight

 

[The General]

Carol making the big boy decisions. If the group gets back together she should run the show not Rick.

 

[lod01]

Game on now. Bye Carol.