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2012-03-19, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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I feel the same way...I still remain optimistic, though. There are some standalone moments in the season that are reals gems, though. Hopefully season 3 will be much better.
I know that Carl is 12 years old, but he still ticks me off. I understand that he loves his mother and wanted to wait for her at the highway, but he just storms off. Hasn't he learned anything from his past experience? I was peeved about Lori's reaction too, but I agree that it was because of Rick's tone and choice of words.
Plus, why didn't they siphon any gas from the numerous cars on the highway? I'm sure they could have found storage containers to hold fuel.
I haven't read the comic either, but I think the new character is. I think someone posted a picture of the character, but I couldn't find it. The new character looks so badass, though! They had two chained walkers (with no mouth or arms) to mask their scent. Smart survival strategy!Spoilerhttp://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Michonne_%28TV_Series%29
Also, is that a prison in the background? Hmmm, interesting.
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2012-03-19, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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If you haven't heard already, the season finale got a very impressive 9 million viewers, and a 4.7 in the 18-49 demographic...if you have no idea what the latter portion means, a 4.7 in the 18-49 demographic is beyond what I believe any other drama on TV--broadcast networks or cable--has gotten so far this season (some of the comedies have outdone it, though). So...yeah. Wow.
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2012-03-20, 02:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, finally got all the way caught up on this. Good finale, after all the episodes that didn't go anywhere earlier.
I did enjoy Rick's speech at the end - he's been needing to take charge for a while and it was nice seeing him put his foot down at last (as opposed to silently taking any complaints he gets). Darryl continues to be awesome, and Hershel's last stand in front of his farm (and Rick saving him) was very memorable.
That said, I have to echo what several people have been saying - what the hell is with the female characters in this series? Andrea is a whiny, emotionally unstable nutcase and Carol contributes absolutely nothing except to complain about things. Lori's the least annoying but even she has regular facepalm moments.
Not sure if I'm going to watch Season 3. There was some good stuff in Season 2 but the whole season felt twice as long as it should have been - the "finding Sophia" and the "what to do with Randall" subplots were heavily padded. For those who've read the comic (which I haven't) are there any cool story arcs coming up?I'm the author of the Alex Verus series of urban fantasy novels. Fated is the first, and the final book in the series, Risen, is out as of December 2021. For updates, check my blog!
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2012-03-20, 03:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-20, 04:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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For the padding of season two, the only reason I can come up for it (other than the budget games they're playing) is to present the farm as too safe and utterly boring. It's exactly what they said was the problem when they got attacked in the finale - complacency.
Still not an excuse, though.
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2012-03-20, 07:16 PM (ISO 8601)
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Finally got a chance to watch the season finale.
Initial reaction to new character:
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2) Are those zombies without arms that she's (Looks like a she) got chained behind her?
3) Why aren't those zombies still going for her? There's literally nothing holding them back?
Also, is there a place to read all the comic of The Walking Dead for free?Last edited by Silverraptor; 2012-03-20 at 07:31 PM.
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2012-03-20, 08:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Helping others is a good and noble cause, but sometimes the best way you can help them is by lending them a sword and telling them to go slay their own damned dragons.
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2012-03-20, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-20, 09:08 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, they had no arms or mouth so there's that, they won't be capable of doing anything other than literally going towards her. I'm guessing she has conditioned them somehow? Don't really see much point in speculating as to the how's and why's yet, but I am looking forward to seeing what that character has to say about it.
Go go season 3!Last edited by Mathis; 2012-03-20 at 09:08 PM.
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2012-03-20, 10:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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So, uh. Who the hell was Jimmy? I don't remember him doing or saying anything at all.
Also, I think I might be the only one who thinks the new character is incredibly stupid looking. Why does a gritty post-apocalyptic story need a Final Fantasy character?
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2012-03-20, 11:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-20, 11:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Anytime you saw a guy on the farm who wasn't Hershel and wasn't part of Rick's group--that was Jimmy.
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2012-03-21, 12:34 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-21, 12:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Nonsense. Jimmy was one of the best characters in the show. By which I mean, he was one of the few characters that I didn't actively want to die in a horrible, horrible way.
Yeah, the bar is pretty low there.
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2012-03-21, 12:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-21, 04:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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XD I agree.
I watched it yesterday.
This has to be the first time I'm cheering for the zombies.
Except for Daryl. He rocks.
Alas, poor Jimmy. He was a nice fellow: He didn't talk much, and the only stupid thing he did was not to lock a door (Which is far less than we can say about more miportant characters).
Plot shields are a blessing.
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2012-03-21, 05:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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As far as I can tell, the new character is a Black Chick that wields swords. My logic behind this assumption is the fact that the last time I was in Toys'R'Us, me and the wife saw an action figure of a Black Chick dual-wielding swords under the label of The Walking Dead. She didn't have any pet walkers with her, but the swords kind of give it away. We were wondering when she would be introduced into the series and who the hell she is, I guess we'll find that out next season.
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2012-03-21, 09:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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No. What he needs to do is step down and let someone else take charge. Rick is a horrible leader. How often did he change his mind on the Randall issue?
What's more, he lost the trust of the group by witholding vital information re everyone being infected.
The finale was pretty good, though I facepalmed at the drive-by shooting... I mean, why? That just wastes ammunition, completely senseless. Now, holding a position, shooting a couple dozen walkers, than rapidly change position with a vehicle, that would've been sensible.
And yeah, didn't care about Jimmy. Big problem of the show, they give the sacrificial pieces zero development so we just shrug it off when they bite it. That black chick that stayed in the CDC - anyone remember her name without looking it up? I don't.
And recently someone told me Sophia has no voice actor in the German dub - and indeed I can't remember her saying a single sentence. Really, when half the season is about finding her they should have at least tried to make us care. A single short scene of Carl and Sophia playing and talking with each other would've done wonders for that.
I'm kinda torn about the hood+sword chick.
If even a single time she says something about 'katanas are teh awesome' I'll hate her. I'm absolutely tired of that stupid schtick.
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2012-03-21, 11:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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That's not fair. He changed his mind all the time because he kept on listening to everyone's input (and because Shane did everything in his power to undermine Rick's authority, e.g. shooting at Randall). If the Ricktatorship was in place, it wouldn't have been a problem. I think that Rick is a good leader and easily the only one of the group fit for the job.
What's more, he lost the trust of the group by witholding vital information re everyone being infected.
Daryl is awesome, but people talk about him as if he's the only likable character on the show. Do you people actually dislike Glenn?
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2012-03-21, 12:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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That's not fair. He changed his mind all the time because he kept on listening to everyone's input (and because Shane did everything in his power to undermine Rick's authority, e.g. shooting at Randall). If the Ricktatorship was in place, it wouldn't have been a problem. I think that Rick is a good leader and easily the only one of the group fit for the job.
And the last time he changed his mind, already gun pointing at Randal's head? It was because his son wanted to see him do it. How much weight does that have on whether or not it is prudent to dispose off Randal? Zero.
That guy has way too much emotional baggage with his wife and son around, and now he had to kill his best friend he's visibly breaking apart.
At best, the group knowing would accomplish nothing. At worst, it could lead to a panic. You could argue that he should have just told them, but you can't expect a character to have perfect foresight and make the right decisions all the time.
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2012-03-21, 01:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Well, speaking for myself, no. I don't dislike Glenn.
Sure, he has been kind of a she-dog this season, but it was mostly bad writing.
And he did make the right call, not turning the car around.
I think that the best viewpoint about the series is this one (I SO HOPE he is right...):
http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-reason...to-get-better/
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2012-03-21, 02:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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It's not fair because, until the Randall incident, he was making very good decisions and he was making them with conviction. After Shane tried killing Randall the first time, Rick got it in his head that he needed to please everyone, which is something he ended up realizing he can't do. You're saying he's a bad leader because of one thing he had trouble with. And now he's back to being confident in his decision-making ability and you're saying he should step down.
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2012-03-21, 02:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Excuse me? Have you forgotten the whole Walkers in the Barn thing where Rick decided to go along with Hershel to collect walkers and keep them close to where they live? Despite knowing very well that there is no coming back for those things trying to kill you?
That is the most insane thing anyone has done in the entire course of the show, and with people like Lori around that says a damn lot. And in the end it was Shane of all people who had to step us as the One Sane Man who resolves this situation.
Rick was a decent leader once in season 1. Season 2, he gradually lost it and the barn incident was the moment it became really hard to overlook his shortcomings.
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2012-03-21, 02:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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The bit with the barn was about not fighting with Herschel so they wouldn't get kicked off the farm. Putting the walkers in the barn might not have been as good as killing them, however they were contained, not hurting anyone, showing no signs of trying to get out. They were pretty much as good as dealt with as long as people avoided going near the barn. So going along with Herschel's plan was actually for the good of the group since the alternative was getting kicked off the farm without a place to go, it was the hard decision to make and Rick made it.
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2012-03-21, 02:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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It is a means of keeping the surrounding area zombieless. Obviously the best way would be to kill them instead. Regardless, I think that was Rick's way of figuring out where Hershel was coming from. His entire group is basically mooching off of Hershel anyway, so helping round up walkers seems like a decent way to appease the man. Besides, Hershel's people had clearly been doing this successfully long before Rick & co's arrival, so perhaps there was something he could've learned from it.
What Shane did could have easily gotten them all booted off the farm.
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2012-03-21, 03:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Thanks to Elrond for the Vash avatar.
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2012-03-21, 03:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Ok, let's do this. The decision to accept Hershel's wishes regarding the walkers was the best decision at the time. Seems to me though you disagree, but I hope what I'm about to say will change your mind.
The group arrives at this farm, a large open area, seemingly safe from the zombie herds. It has people that have been surviving here since the outbreak, a family even. This farm represents hope. It's a safe haven where the group could maybe stay and survive a long with the family that is already there. They have food here (really an unknown quantity, but obviously they did all right with being able to feed the walkers) and they have farmland to grow more food on. There is also wild life in the surrounding woods. The owner of the farm, Hershel is a veterinarian. This skillset is infinitely useful when society has broken down into what it has in this show.
When Rick finds out that Lori is pregnant he keeps stressing to her that staying where Hershel is, is incredibly important because of his knowledge. This point should be quite obviously correct to anyone. Staying on this farm is also a rare opportunity for Rick's son to have a fairly normal upbringing, something I believe weighs heavily on Rick's conscience.
So he agrees to go along with Hershel's wishes for now instead of doing something drastic like what Shane eventually did. Rick kept opportunities open by doing what Hershel wanted and did what was best for his family at the time. Taking care of the walkers in the barn could have then happened at a later point.
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2012-03-21, 03:14 PM (ISO 8601)
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False Dilemma. They killed the walkers and still stayed.
And what it did in reality was solve two problems in one stroke: getting rid of the walkers and curing Hershel of his insane belief they are just sick.
Hershel admitted that much in the bar. "But when Shane shot Lou in the chest and she just kept coming, that's when I knew what an ass I'd been, that Annette had been dead long ago and I was feeding a rotten corpse!"
Hershel didn't witness the horrible reality of the apocalypse. Telling him, showing him what they've been through and seen would've been the right thing, not appeasing an insanity that threatens the lifes of all of them.
Good lord, just imagine how the finale would've gone if Hershel still thought those things are people. You can't just let people be in that state of denial, even affirming it by going along with it because sooner or later it gets people killed.
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2012-03-21, 03:33 PM (ISO 8601)
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2012-03-21, 03:35 PM (ISO 8601)
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Everything you said is absolutely on point.
Just because a course of action happened to work out doesn't mean it was the best course of action to take. It's not like Shane knew that Hershel would have come to that realization. Shane was just fixing a problem (in the most vulgar way possible, mind you) without regard to the consequences. They got lucky with how Hershel responded to it.