[Walking Dead] Finally - the wife is hooked.

KrunkMcGrunk

yeah, the first half hour or so was pretty good. And that whole exchange between Dale and whatsherface.

But, man, I hate that this show throws a major plot twist at the end of an episode, without actually resolving the main problem of the episode. That's some Lost type shit right there.

KrunkMcGrunk

FYI Lost was awful

Dead Legend

i still enjoy the show

it's just

there's some dumb fucking shit in here (i know, i know. zombies! suspension of disbelief!) but i was a big fan of the comics of the ones i read up to...30? 40 something? i can't remember now but yeah there is some pretty awful dialogue and shit

Artreus

The opening monologue was all kinds of painful to listen to

kingworks

So, episode two ...

I found the opening scene to be rather touching.
Lot's of dialogue this time around, not much action.
Why do they (Andrea) still scream like it's the first time they've encountered a zombie whenever they (she) gets attacked?

Shane's rescue mission was all sorts of poorly planned:

Wouldn't a diversion on the other side of the school have pulled all the walkers away from the trailer?
Couldn't they have hotwired a vehicle and driven right up to the trailer door (have we seen WD zombies break windows yet)?
Why didn't they take any flares into the trailer with them?
Wouldn't getting chased around the school leave the other side clear enough for an escape (since they're now inside)?

jkylefulton

kingworks wrote:

So, episode two ...

I found the opening scene to be rather touching.
Lot's of dialogue this time around, not much action.
Why do they (Andrea) still scream like it's the first time they've encountered a zombie whenever they (she) gets attacked?

Shane's rescue mission was all sorts of poorly planned:

Wouldn't a diversion on the other side of the school have pulled all the walkers away from the trailer?
Couldn't they have hotwired a vehicle and driven right up to the trailer door (have we seen WD zombies break windows yet)?
Why didn't they take any flares into the trailer with them?
Wouldn't getting chased around the school leave the other side clear enough for an escape (since they're now inside)?

In a show that involves dead people coming back to life and devouring the living, I agree that the most improbable part is that the random Southern good ol' boy bumpkin police officer isn't a strategic genius. Why didn't you think this thru like kingworks did, Shane?

Bedlam

Darryls my new favorite.

And Rick trying to be the hero all the time is just making him look like a dumbass.

kingworks

jkylefulton wrote:

kingworks wrote:

So, episode two ...

I found the opening scene to be rather touching.
Lot's of dialogue this time around, not much action.
Why do they (Andrea) still scream like it's the first time they've encountered a zombie whenever they (she) gets attacked?

Shane's rescue mission was all sorts of poorly planned:

Wouldn't a diversion on the other side of the school have pulled all the walkers away from the trailer?
Couldn't they have hotwired a vehicle and driven right up to the trailer door (have we seen WD zombies break windows yet)?
Why didn't they take any flares into the trailer with them?
Wouldn't getting chased around the school leave the other side clear enough for an escape (since they're now inside)?

In a show that involves dead people coming back to life and devouring the living, I agree that the most improbable part is that the random Southern good ol' boy bumpkin police officer isn't a strategic genius. Why didn't you think this thru like kingworks did, Shane?

Need something to talk about.

Darryl coulda dun' it hisself.

He's a redneck ninja.

Sassori

I'm watching episode two now.

I think the little boy they got to play Carl is pretty good.

Zombiemambo

This show is basically about the never-ending series of poor decisions people are making at the worst of times. At least half the shit that happens is because everybody has abandoned rational thinking

Entertaining enough, though.

YoSoyTheWalrus

Yeah that is the thing that gets me about shows like Curb also. Not that they are similar shows at all, but characters making insanely irrational decisions for absolutely no reason is frustrating to watch.

BusterK

The reason may be they are surrounded by zombies and everyone they know is dead

chiasaur11

BusterK wrote:

The reason may be they are surrounded by zombies and everyone they know is dead

Do you know who made better decisions in a zombie apocalypse?

Shaun Riley. And his plan was to go to the pub, have a pint, and wait for the whole thing to blow over, so we're not talking a high standard here.

Ranlin

YoSoyTheWalrus wrote:

Yeah that is the thing that gets me about shows like Curb also. Not that they are similar shows at all, but characters making insanely irrational decisions for absolutely no reason is frustrating to watch.

Honestly, this is what I end up disliking about most shows in general.
I get the reasons behind it, and sometimes it even is completely realistic, but after awhile/in a lot of cases it just feels like lazy writing to solve "How do I advance to plot point x?," which just makes it harder to accept when a character making a seemingly out of character choice that's actually justified.

Doesn't seem to bother many people I know, though.

BusterK

chiasaur11 wrote:

BusterK wrote:

The reason may be they are surrounded by zombies and everyone they know is dead

Do you know who made better decisions in a zombie apocalypse?

Shaun Riley. And his plan was to go to the pub, have a pint, and wait for the whole thing to blow over, so we're not talking a high standard here.

Shaun's plan had a 33% survival rate
No one on the show has done that badly
Yet

Kochikens

this was better than the first episode
but jesus

so not good

Artreus

I'm halfway through the second episode and it is a lot better than the first one was.

Stop having dumb conversations, people though

come on

Apolloh

Just saw the first episode of the series.

I am intrigued.

Artreus

That one is really good.

It does not hold up to that standard, unfortunately.

Dead Legend

conversations still dumb

more at 11

Apolloh

Artreus wrote:

That one is really good.

It does not hold up to that standard, unfortunately.

Well ain't that a howdyadoo

Artreus

Okay I just finished it.

I actually liked this episode.

Hooray. Lots of tension, and the things people did weren't completely stupid.

Though having the deer stand there so carl could walk up to it and then get shot seems like really damn lazy writing

Larlar

Deer really like being used as plot devices. That's why it didn't run.

Hobnail

I was hoping it was going to just attack him viciously.

On that note, if you have a child, please do not encourage it to wander up to large wild animals.

Staleghoti

yeah a deer will fucking kill you

Artreus

A moose on the other hand.

Actually yeah a moose would fucking kill you as well.

Not that that really has any bearing on this conversation.

But they are big

chiasaur11

BusterK wrote:

chiasaur11 wrote:

BusterK wrote:

The reason may be they are surrounded by zombies and everyone they know is dead

Do you know who made better decisions in a zombie apocalypse?

Shaun Riley. And his plan was to go to the pub, have a pint, and wait for the whole thing to blow over, so we're not talking a high standard here.

Shaun's plan had a 33% survival rate
No one on the show has done that badly
Yet

50%.

3 survived, 3 dead, 1 undead. And that's at the conclusion of the crisis, when everyone is snug at home watching fundead on the telly.

For a zombie movie, that's pretty decent.

TheLawinator

Darryl is my favorite.

Also, I always wanted an uruk-hai sword.

Hobnail

Artreus wrote:

A moose on the other hand.

Actually yeah a moose would fucking kill you as well.

Not that that really has any bearing on this conversation.

But they are big

Basically anything that weighs as much as you do has the potential to fucking murder you. Good rule of thumb.

Langly

moose are ginormous and territorial and they have huge blunt objects with spikes coming out of their head

don't fight them

Hobnail

Plus wild animals are a lot meaner than humans. They'd have more heart in the fight, is what I mean.

chiasaur11

Langly wrote:

moose are ginormous and territorial and they have huge blunt objects with spikes coming out of their head

don't fight them

Unless you are an insane badass.

In which case, well, you wouldn't be listening to nerds internet arguing when deciding what to do. You'd be karate bearfighting or similar.

Langly

i assume you would have moves like this guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRrjxG-J1VI

Javen

Who was the third person who lived in Shaun of the dead? I only remember him and girlfriend

Hobnail

I thought ol' fatty arbuckle there or whatever his name was lived too

chiasaur11

Hobnail wrote:

I thought ol' fatty arbuckle there or whatever his name was lived too

Ed. Sort of. I mean he was a zombie, though, even if that didn't hurt quality of life.

Diane was the other one who made it. Bonus feature on the DVD mentions it. She and Shaun exchange Christmas cards.

Langly

well diane was the mirror shaun, her whole group made it, because they weren't stupid

Melding

The other girl survives apparently. Hides up a tree and eats the asshole dude's leg.

Javen

Langly wrote:

well diane was the mirror shaun, her whole group made it, because they weren't stupid

I think you're thinking of yvonne?

Langly

Javen wrote:

Langly wrote:

well diane was the mirror shaun, her whole group made it, because they weren't stupid

I think you're thinking of yvonne?

they seriously expect you to believe that the woman who ran into the crowd of zombies survived?