The Walking Dead, season 3 and Comicbook Men........ (2 Viewers)
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Really enjoyed last night's first half wrap up episode. Lots of different story lines being juggled again and they are good ones. The whole story line with the govenor just keeps getting better and the writers have come up with a good cliff-hanger ending. Long time to February. -- Al
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I thought last night was one of the best episodes of the season !!!!!!!!!!
and I can use a movie quote here
To "The Governor" "Well, I hope you can enjoy the victory with one friggin' eye!" HAHA
Now we have to wait until February
and I can use a movie quote here
To "The Governor" "Well, I hope you can enjoy the victory with one friggin' eye!" HAHA Now we have to wait until February
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A decent, but not great episode. No great surprises. They played some of the time honored cards to extend the series. - Spoiler - All the main characters live to fight another day. The prisoner who gets killed was like one of those guys in the red shirts on Star Trek. You knew he wasn't coming back. And then they capture Daryl even though the Gov tells them to shoot to kill. And he let's Andrea see him after being uptight about her discovering it was her old mates making the ruckus. The ninja woman with her overacting is moving up on Andrea as the most annoying character. I like the kid though. He gets "most improved" for the season. Lew Temple is a hoot as the other prisoner (who I'm sure will get dispatched in short order when the show starts up again). Overall, a good start and I'm sure the big showdown with the Governor will come at the end of the season.
Why, YES IT IS! The show fires back up this Sunday pm, Feb.10. Good thing too. I need something to look forward to on Sundays now that football is done.{sm3} -- Al
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Previews look to making it a great episode this Sunday. Can't wait.
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I started watching this when it first came on then stopped after about 4 episodes as I'm not crazy about zombies but hearing all the hoopla about it I went back and started watching it and I really got into it.I just caught up last weekend and look forward to the new episodes.I don't know which is worse the zombies or the humans.
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Saw the new episode (1st episode, 2nd half of season 3). Had a couple of surprises, not huge ones, but interesting twists. Wouldn't rate it as one of the best episodes but it was a satisfactory bridge. Rick seems to be on a continuing downward slope. I guess zombie hunting is a heavy burden. -- Al
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Agreed, not one of the better episodes.
What I like about this series is it's not just a mindless series about zombies, it's more about the human dynamic, it has more to do with how people are just trying to make it through another day, interact with each other and just plain survive.
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I liked some of the new characters, but agree the first episode dragged a bit. I'm tired of the Governor/Andrea storyline which is about a third of the show inching toward the inevitable showdown. Thank goodness for the FF button.
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Ditto that! Was hoping the Governor and Andrea would be on the zombie menu by the end of the first episode, but no such luck. Andrea's cringe worthy Jonestown Pep Rally had be one the most cornball scenes in television history.
Looks like Rick made a great first impression on Ty and his group, c'mon Rick pull yourself together man! :rolleyes2:
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There's a very funny zombie movie called "Juan of the Dead" playing on one of the cable stations. Not to be confused with another good one "Shaun of the Dead." Set in Cuba it has some great political-related satire. I'm not sure how they got permission to film this in Cuba (assuming they did) since they take some jibs at the government. But very funny stuff if you know anything about Cuban history. It's a bit uneven but there are enough outright hilarious scenes to carry it.
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Indeed it wasnt. I found it one of the more boring of any yet.
The whole Governor thing is definitely getting old. Yeah, we get he is disturbed and yet capable of seeming normal. Yea, we get that Andrea is slow on the uptake. Yea, we get that Rick has an aversion to ANY new person. Yea, we get that the governor has some weird thing about killing off real people who arent under his spell. Yea, we get that Merle is a bad guy but could be useful in a zombie apolcapyse. No, we still dont know what the deal is with Michone, who those 2 pets were, or why she is always in a grouchie mood, and why anybody, Andrea included, would want to be around her 24 hr unpleasantness. And so on....
I have loved this series but they need to get it going again pretty soon or I may bail. I mean, having some big gun battle/climactic showdown between the two camps strikes me as about as original as having the two lead dogs fight it out hand to hand to the death. How many times has either been done?
Rick has become one dimensional since Laurie died. The rest are mostly uninteresting at this point. The zombies have gone from a menace to a manageable annoyance. We need some real issues like ammo depletion, gas shortage, cold weather, lack of food, the appearance of a new kind of tougher, harder to kill zombie, something to get this sucker back on track. Occassional dark humor would also be welcome!
I think that the writers have kind of hit a roadblock with the group holed up in the prison. Just so many outside adventures with a return to the fort a viewer can take. The writers need to get them out on the road and mobile again, looking for a cure or Eden or whatever. Maybe the food supply can run out or spoil or maybe the group just needs to escape from the governor, but they need to go mobile. JMO. -- Al
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I have heard that the Guv'na doesn't make it past this season. I am sure better episodes are to come, remember this wasn't a season opener or a closer. It's about telling the story and you can't have 45 mins of nail biting action in every episode, that just never happens.
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Since I have been a book reader from the beginning, I can usually see ahead as to what will eventually happen. Even though some character stories have changed a bit from the written word, it does seem like they are cramming a lot of the books sub plots into a short space of time...I can give you some hints but only by PM..Do not want to give the continuing story away. Michael
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Yeah just watched the 1st episode of the new series too, here in NZ.......I'd have to say it was a bit flat really, lets hope it picks up a bit better than that.
It does seem to be setting up itself up to move off in maybe a different direction......we certainly need to see more Zombie's. And what ever happened to the bloke and his son holed up in the house, from the first early in the first series???
It does seem to be setting up itself up to move off in maybe a different direction......we certainly need to see more Zombie's. And what ever happened to the bloke and his son holed up in the house, from the first early in the first series???
Yeah, I think the group needs to bust out of jail and hit the road, meet new people, see new places. The man and his son you refer to, from the very first episode, I kinda just figured they bought the farm, since daddy decided to pick off zombies from the second floor of the house they were holed up in. All those gunshots to attract his wife so he could put her down, must have brought zombies from everywhere. It was that very first episiode that was so gripping that made me a fan. -- Al