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Norman_Smiley
04/24/22 9:09:47 PM
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I've been playing a bunch of Project Zomboid recently and I never watched the Walking Dead so I figure its time to give it a watch. I plan to watch at least 1 episode a day, some days will get 2 or 3 episodes like today.

Please no spoilers past what I have watched in this thread, and no comic book spoilers at all.

Season 1 Episode 1: Days Gone Bye

First thing I am trying to figure out is what sort of zombies do we have on our hands here? First clue, little girl picks up her stuffed toy. So appears they have some basic intelligence / memories of their past life. They are not sprinters but they aren't exactly slow shamblers. In Atlanta quite a few of the zombies were nearly running when main character came around the corner with the horse. Also the zombie on the burnt out bus that then gives main character some evil eye just before the end, almost look of intelligence. And the black guy's zombie wife tried using the door.

So looking at some quick shamblers, basic IQ with maybe the occasional special zombie, seems like their senses are pretty sharp, looks like they deteriorate fast but at the same time they seem relatively resilient, eg. 4 or 5 whacks with a bat to put one down.

I didn't catch most of the names. The black kid was Dwyane, white kid is Carl, main character's cop partner is Shane. I missed it if they mentioned black guy or main characters name.

RIP horsey. I figured the horse would last a bit longer than that.

Loved the ending. Just when MC has, presumably thoughts of suicide as he is trapped in the tank "Hey you. Dumbass. Yeah, you in the tank. Cozy in there?" perfect timing. And then the zoom out birds-eye shot was awesome as you watched the zombies converging.

Overall, 10/10 episode. Good pacing, great use of silence, some beautiful shots, definitely has me interested in what is next. Definitely captured the atmosphere of the end of the world.

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SSJ2GrimReaper
04/24/22 9:37:26 PM
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stop watching around season 6 or 7

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MabusIncarnate
04/24/22 9:38:07 PM
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First seasons are great, enjoy

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GameGodOfAll
04/24/22 9:50:23 PM
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Tag

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Norman_Smiley
04/24/22 10:43:57 PM
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Season 1 episode 2 - Guts

Solid episode. For zombies, we saw more near running, saw 2 using rocks to break down windows better, saw one successfully climb a fence. However they seem to be smell dominant giving that the guts trick worked. I can't remember seeing that in any other zombie series before, but I'm kind of behind the times on zombies.

Possible long term plot, so either Rick is crazy or there is a helicopter out there. So either some sort of government remnant or sophisticated survivor group is out there already. The helicopter was in episode 1 but I didn't mention it, didn't think it was that big of a deal, but the rest of the survivors do.

Glen is an early favorite. Willing to risk his life in the chance someone will return the favor down the road, taking on all the hard tasks. He's either going to be the butt-monkey or right hand man. Or both?

Merle Dixon is a piece of shit so leave him up there. Rick's wife is gonna have some thinking to do when she is reunited with Rick. Wonder how much she and Shane will actually be happy to see Rick.

T-dog is a seriously awful name. I mean he's a dude in his mid 30s and he's going by T-dog?

Andrea is a bit strange, I can't get a read on her. She seriously was thinking of not "looting" that necklace for her sister? Also Amy, her sister, is the only woman with any ass so far.

Those are I think the only new names I know so far.

No RIPs this episode, Merle's future doesn't look bright but no on-screen death.

Overall solid episode. 8/10 for me. This seems like a series that it can't really have consistently great single episodes because it needs to have build and payoffs and deaths and all that. 9s and 10s will be reserved for episodes that have a big pay off and really deserve it.

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tripleh213
04/24/22 10:45:05 PM
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Yea stop at the end of season 6...

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Norman_Smiley
04/25/22 12:01:10 AM
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tripleh213 posted...
Yea stop at the end of season 6...

If it gets really terrible at some point I'll stop.

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Norman_Smiley
04/25/22 12:19:32 AM
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Season 1 Episode 3 - Tell it to the Frogs
Last episode today.
Simultaneously not much happened and a lot happened.

No new zombie knowledge. Had the chance to eat a deer a zombie had been eating but didn't try it. Also, they are not called zombies at all in universe it appears, just repeated walkers and geeks so far.

Lori... not sure what her deal really is here. Shane told her Rick was dead, not sure how exactly that went down but Shane could have very well done that with the best of intentions. Lori seems to reacting poorly right now. She's isolating Shane and he does not like that. She needs to chill and let Carl play with Shane and let Rick know she was banging Shane.

Ed is a piece of shit. I'm guessing he dies early. If Carol stays around, I'm guessing she kills him or his zombie version at least.

It looked like Shane and Andrea shared a few glances, at first I was thinking she wanted him now that he appears to be free, but after the Ed beat down, not so sure about that. Also not sure if Shane might end up hung up on Lori.

T-dog is turning out to be an alright dude. Stupid name but he's stepping up, has his own honor code.

Not sure how I feel about RV guy yet and his buddy. I can't tell if he's looking to profit or looking to not be taken advantage of... maybe in his mind it is both?

Merle not being on the roof... not sure what happened there. He cut his hand off but where did he go? He could have cut the chain or the lock with the hacksaw I would think but didn't.

They are doing a great job with atmosphere. Finding Merle likely alive but with no hands was much eerier than if they walkers broke the door and ate him.

And of course Glen got taken on the adventure.

8/10. Another good episode. I do want to see kind of big picture where things are going.

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yusiko
04/25/22 12:45:40 AM
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Walking dead seasons tend to follow the same formula
1 or 2 good episodes per season
1 or 2 great episodes per season
And the rest pure filler

The quality of the filler depends on how much you like the characters involved at the time

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Zikten
04/25/22 1:08:31 AM
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Remember there are 2 spin offs.

Fear The Walking Dead deals with the west coast

Also something called The World Beyond. I think its about a group of teens traveling across the land

There are at least 2 future spinoff planned I have heard about but I think they are meant to be watched after the main series concludes
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yusiko
04/25/22 1:11:35 AM
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there are 3 spin offs now not just 2
and yes 2 more spin offs are planned
they will not let this franchise die

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Hoodroar
04/25/22 1:18:25 AM
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First 5 seasons were thrilling, story goes to the dump after certain plot developments. >_>

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Norman_Smiley
04/25/22 1:22:20 AM
#14:


Zikten posted...
Remember there are 2 spin offs.

Fear The Walking Dead deals with the west coast

Also something called The World Beyond. I think its about a group of teens traveling across the land

There are at least 2 future spinoff planned I have heard about but I think they are meant to be watched after the main series concludes

I had heard of Fear the Walking Dead and figured if I had any interest in continued zombie fiction after season 10 I would watch that. Never heard of The World Beyond.

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Strider102
04/25/22 2:15:40 AM
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World Beyond mostly deals with a group of teens during a certain period of time which I won't elaborate on because it's spoiler territory. It's only 2 seasons long but it's not that great.

Fear as already said takes place on the west coast during the start of the pandemic with the Clark family as the primary focus. It's not too bad but most of Season 2 I found to be awful.

There's 3 movies and 2 spin off shows in the works but can't go into them because of spoilers.

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Norman_Smiley
04/25/22 10:39:59 PM
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Season 1 Episode 4 - Vatos

No new zombie info as far as I can see. With Amy's death we will see how long it takes to turn presumably next episode. I was expecting her to turn in Andrea's arms.

I didn't mention Darryl last episode, even bigger role this time. He seems to be a real survivor but without as much hate as Merle.

Lol'd at Glen being a pizza delivery driver. I was expecting him to be something very impressive to explain his skillset.

Jim might have ability to see the future? Or he just had a bad dream and started digging mass graves.

Dale, previously known as RV man, still not sure on him. I'm guessing he's the character meant to symbolize the old times before the virus.

Andrea and Amy had a nice moment in the boat before everything kicked off. Also cool of them to feed the camp.

I'm a little surprised Andrea was defending Shane for beating down Ed given the look she had gave, but I guess they are still DTF.

The Vatos, I don't think they are going to survive. Looking after old people in the apocalypse is noble, and there is no time for nobility anymore.

Merle maybe stole the truck? Could be anyone else really. I don't think Merle is responsible for the attack on camp, there had been an increase in walkers regardless. But I could be wrong. Though how much were they supposed to have missed Merle by, I wonder. The Bunsen burnings were still going, they could have told us if the plate was till warm or anything. Overall my impression was it had been a while.

A few characters I still haven't gotten their names. The dark haired pudgy guy that apparently has a family is the most notable character I didn't catch the name of.

Last episode felt like it was 30 minutes, this one felt like it was 90 minutes. Solid episode.

Last thing, they need to embrace melee weapons. Lori can't just sit back and be damsel in distress.

RIP to Amy and Ed (well, fuck Ed but still), and RIP to a bunch of other unnamed people.

9/10 episode. Almost 10/10. My favorite since the pilot.

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MabusIncarnate
04/25/22 10:41:17 PM
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I'm sticking with this watch through, I remember how enjoyable the show was when it first came out. Lots of crazy shit incoming.

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yusiko
04/25/22 10:50:07 PM
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everyone loves glenn and daryl

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VitalGetPrank
04/25/22 10:50:14 PM
#19:


tripleh213 posted...
Yea stop at the end of season 6...
And miss seasons 7 and 8?

I stopped watching midway through season 9, the show has it's ups and downs but once "that episode" happens I just kind of lost interest in the show.

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Shablagoo
04/25/22 10:54:13 PM
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I thought the show was done for after s6 and 7 but honestly 8-10 were pretty good. And they got a new showrunner after s7 which explains why it (imo) returned to form.

(Ive only watched the first half of s11 the final season so far but it feels weird to me, like they were constrained by either COVID or budget.)

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Norman_Smiley
04/26/22 12:27:07 AM
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Season 1 Episode 5 - Wildfire

A whole lot happened this episode from a story perspective.

Zombies - Reanimation time is at least several hours. Even if the attack from episode 4 was at like 4 AM it was at least noon when Amy reanimated. So at least 8 hours. Could easily be 12 or 16 hours. Be interesting to see if they keep this consistent throughout the show, seems like faster reanimation times would give a lot more potential for scares down the road.

The dark haired guy and his family left the group. I hope he ends up in one of the spin offs, he and his family seemed decent, he fought the walkers the night of episode 4, after all.

Shane was thinking about killing Rick in the woods. I didn't expect him to jump that far that soon. Shane is not doing well at all. And Dale, seeing Shane pointing his (I think that was a shotgun) at Rick with a murder boner and not saying anything to Rick or anyone? Maybe I misread Dale. Makes him seem a bit two-faced almost.

Andrea sure is quick to pull a gun on Rick but she takes care of her own.

Real story was Fort Benning vs. CDC. Ended up going to CDC. Black guy had mentioned that in episode 2, surprised they made it same episode as talking about it.

Only 1 CDC person left, which is... odd. I wonder if he killed his compatriots. I don't remember exactly what was said, but basically samples from walkers are useless, so I'm wondering if he exposed other people there to the virus to study the effects. And WTF was him touching the sample with his glove after spilling acid on it? Who would do that? And he's still transmitting findings while alone.

Virus' official name is Wildfire Virus. If I heard correctly it has been 163 days since first discover, and 101 days since basically the world ended. So 62 days from first discover to end of the world. That's fast.

All that being said, I'm worried the group will now go back for Jim under false pretenses only for him to be a guinea pig.

And the group was freaking out far too much with the CDC being closed. Like they went from calm to hysterics way too quick.

Anyway, with CDC being so easily achieved, clearly not their end point and I doubt they will stay there long now. Fort Benning makes some sense as a long term destination.

Probably weakest episode so far IMO. 7/10. I don't know, the reactions from last episode into this episode have a lot of stuff that feels a bit contrived for the sake of moving the story forward.

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KhlavicLanguage
04/26/22 12:31:17 AM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
stop watching after episode 2
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KhlavicLanguage
04/26/22 12:32:37 AM
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i remember reaching season 3 and thinking "god this is getting dumb"

and then by season 5-6 we'd sunk so far i was outright nostalgic for 3
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VitalGetPrank
04/26/22 2:03:45 AM
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Norman_Smiley posted...
Virus' official name is Wildfire Virus. If I heard correctly it has been 163 days since first discover, and 101 days since basically the world ended. So 62 days from first discover to end of the world. That's fast.
Honestly that seems a little slow tbh, FTWD makes it seem like the end of the world took a couple weeks at most. 28 Days Later had England's civilization fall in less then 28 days and I can't imagine it taking too much longer if the disease wasn't limited to an island.

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Glob
04/26/22 2:04:35 AM
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SSJ2GrimReaper posted...
stop watching after season 3

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Norman_Smiley
04/26/22 6:09:53 PM
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VitalGetPrank posted...
Honestly that seems a little slow tbh, FTWD makes it seem like the end of the world took a couple weeks at most. 28 Days Later had England's civilization fall in less then 28 days and I can't imagine it taking too much longer if the disease wasn't limited to an island.

Yeah but 28 Days Later are fast zombies. UK falling to runners in a few weeks I can buy. But slow walkers, in a universe with no zombie lore, I could see 2 months being a pretty reasonable time.

Bigger thing to me, is that Rick had to have been unattended for at least a month probably closer to 3 months. First 60 days there were probably people at the hospital. Given that they barricaded the doors and everything, maybe some people even treated Rick before they left but it had to have been a good period of time with no one changing his IV or force feeding him through a tube.

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Strider102
04/26/22 6:25:50 PM
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Norman_Smiley posted...
Yeah but 28 Days Later are fast zombies. UK falling to runners in a few weeks I can buy. But slow walkers, in a universe with no zombie lore, I could see 2 months being a pretty reasonable time.

Bigger thing to me, is that Rick had to have been unattended for at least a month probably closer to 3 months. First 60 days there were probably people at the hospital. Given that they barricaded the doors and everything, maybe some people even treated Rick before they left but it had to have been a good period of time with no one changing his IV or force feeding him through a tube.

Fear kind of helps with the explanation. Don't want to really spoil anything in case you decide to watch it, but basically

when the outbreak started no one knew what was going on. Cops were shooting infected and the fact they were infected was being hidden or suppressed. This led to people rioting against the police and eventually the military. So they had to deal with people while the infected died and then turned causing it to spread rapidly. That's how everything fell apart.

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yusiko
04/26/22 6:41:24 PM
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Norman_Smiley posted...
Bigger thing to me, is that Rick had to have been unattended for at least a month probably closer to 3 months. First 60 days there were probably people at the hospital. Given that they barricaded the doors and everything, maybe some people even treated Rick before they left but it had to have been a good period of time with no one changing his IV or force feeding him through a tube.


this is actually sorta explained away in a mini web series that aired like around season 2 or 3 with several like 4 minute long mini episodes
there was a doctor at the hospital who was caring for the coma patients to keep them alive and then killing them when they woke up if they wanted to die rather than try to live in the world
the web series turned out to be the origin of the walker with no legs rick talked to in the first episode and then shot

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Norman_Smiley
04/26/22 7:09:33 PM
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^ Is there any way to watch the mini-web series still?

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CE_gonna_CE
04/26/22 7:19:12 PM
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So.. I started watching TWD in between when s2 had finished and s3 started. Binged s1 & s2, had a blast. Stuck with it while it was on the air through s7. Stopped there.

I really dont recall much of s7. But apparently I was burned out enough by that point to call it quits.

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yusiko
04/26/22 7:27:53 PM
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Norman_Smiley posted...
^ Is there any way to watch the mini-web series still?


i dont know, i was never able to watch it myself i just read a summary of all that happened

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MrToothHasYou
04/26/22 7:32:07 PM
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The pilot is one of the few cases where the tv adaptation surpasses its source material.

Unfortunately that doesnt last.

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Strider102
04/26/22 7:41:00 PM
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Norman_Smiley posted...
^ Is there any way to watch the mini-web series still?

First Webisode

https://youtu.be/LQbPpZUQQgg

Second Webisode

https://youtu.be/5PqzlZcjLvs

Can't find a full version of the third, but just search it up and you'll find it in parts.

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Norman_Smiley
04/26/22 11:19:46 PM
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Season 1 Episode 6: TS-19

Season finale. Definitely not what I expected for a season finale.

Zombies - Reanimation time we learn there is a large range, he said 2 or 3 minutes on the short side, 8 hours on the long.

Dr. Jenner also was in contact with others up to a month ago. Makes me suspect there is still a government in exile. Probably in one of those mountain bases or something.

Use of music throughout the episode was amazing. From a sense of safe at last to we are so fucked to the ending of Bob Dylan which was sort of wistful, nostalgic, not without hope but also not optimistic feeling.

Shane's actor really is good at playing a bad guy. Like he had "its raping time" practically written across his face when he was with Lori in the rec room. Clearly at some point Rick and Shane are going to have a problem.

Dark episode beyond that as well, lot's of talk of suicide and the likes. Characters finding their internal )or external) motivation to survive... or not.

I still don't know short haired woman's name. I think they mentioned it and her daughter's name a couple of times I just still haven't caught it. I was actually expecting the two of them to be the next deaths.

Andrea and Dale, I can't say this episode did any favors to their characters IMO. Andrea is clearly grieving but I thought she was stronger than that and Dale... it just didn't seem like something he would do based on what I saw so far. Hopefully they flush out the self sacrificing aspect of Dale in the future or his dependency or something.

Darryl just gets angry and told to calm down repeatedly. Glen just gets drunk.

Like a lot happened but at the same time it felt like nearly nothing happened last 2 episodes. Dr. Jenner whispered something in Rick's ear at the end... what would be a secret he could only tell Rick?

RIP Jacky. I didn't not expect her to want to stay. She seemed like one of the calmer survivors overall to me. Felt really out of left field, but I guess we don't know much about her.
RIP Dr. Jenner. We didn't know you long but you at least gave the group 1 day of "normalcy".

8/10 for the episode, 9/10 for the season.

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04/26/22 11:22:00 PM
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Enjoy it while you can

Show drops off heavily after season 2

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tripleh213
04/27/22 3:03:06 AM
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The comic was so much better it's not even funny

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04/27/22 1:18:28 PM
#37:


Norman_Smiley posted...


Like a lot happened but at the same time it felt like nearly nothing happened last 2 episodes. Dr. Jenner whispered something in Rick's ear at the end... what would be a secret he could only tell Rick?
You'll find out at the end of season 2.

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NoxObscuras
04/27/22 1:37:26 PM
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Nice a watch through topic. I eventually dropped the Walking Dead, but I loved the early seasons. I'll track this and see how you end up liking it TC.

Norman_Smiley posted...
I still don't know short haired woman's name. I think they mentioned it and her daughter's name a couple of times I just still haven't caught it. I was actually expecting the two of them to be the next deaths.
I'm assuming you mean Ed's wife right? Her name is Carol and her daughter is Sophia. Don't worry, you'll learn all of the names as you go. A lot of characters to learn lol.

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Norman_Smiley
04/28/22 12:02:19 AM
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Season 2 Episode 1: What Lies Ahead

I wonder what this episode title means. All the other episodes refer to something in the episode, this one feels more like big picture what lies ahead, not what was in tis episode necessarily.

Zombies - We learned they horde (or "herd" as they call it) and wander / migrate. The herding mentality is surprising strong. When the walker was in the RV, it was going to leave. A brainless zombie might have wondered in, but it wouldn't have left like that. Hence, strong herding mentality. Makes me wonder if there is like a super zombie in a herd. Or a shepherd zombie if you will.

Andrea and Dale I think are the worst actors. What should have been a powerful seen was just... there. Overall they are my least favorite characters so far I think. Maybe its I don't get who they are yet. Andrea wants the world to see her as hard but she's not and hates that people can see that I guess? Dale is just kind of an old man that thinks the world revolves around him or something. I dunno.

Shane told Lori he is going to leave. That could be cool, all these mentions of other series, wonder if Shane will be a lead in another series or show up in one in the future? Lori... for fucks sake woman. She hates on Shane when he's friendly to Carl. She hates on Shane when he kind of ignores Carl. She hates on Shane for saying he's going to leave but clearly is leaving no space for him. I feel like the group would be so much more stable if she was gone... but then they have the seen at the end where she stands up to Rick and reinforces him as the unquestioned leader.

T-Dog, I thought he was going to die how much he was bleeding. How did the zombies not smell all that fresh blood? I thought it was previously established zombies can smell the living and I would think fresh blood like that is the most they can sense it.

Glen did nothing much.

Daryl is a tracker, no surprise there.

Carol she seemed more real this episode. Starting to like her. Sophia, this is going to be rough. Some positive signs but overall not looking good for her.

Carl, OMG that was completely unexpected. That is totally on Rick. If Rick wasn't looking for a sign that he was right and let Shane shoot it, Carl would be OK. Looked like it was supposed to be just below the lungs. So not instant death but still a really bad place to be shot.

9/10 episode. Carl being shot at the end really upped the "need to see what happens next" factor. Sophia going missing, I mean you don't want to see kids go missing, but she's not the main characters kid. So turning her seems way more acceptable than letting Carl be in danger.

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Norman_Smiley
04/28/22 1:04:18 AM
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Season 2 Episode 2: Bloodletting

Zombies - Really attracted to fire (flares). Again moving maybe slow jogging speed.

Overall this episode tried to feel really urgent without feeling fast. I don't think it worked that well. Virtually no update on the Sophia situation, which I am guessing could make Carol quite pissed off. This was all about Carl.

Daryl has a bag full of all sorts of drugs that you could ever need. And he even gives them to t-dog. Is Daryl a Genie or just a walking DEM?

Glen once again always being told what to do.

Shane showing that even when he's a piece of shit, there's a part of him that is honest, loyal and protective.

I did like Lori self acknowledging her bitchiness at the beginning of the episode. It's like the writers could predict at this point we're all calling her out. A self aware bitch is for some reason better than an oblivious bitch.

Otis seems like a good guy. Clearly Rick still has hope for humanity given that Otis wasn't killed then and there.

Hershel is an interesting character. Comparing the apocalypse to AIDS. I wonder how long he can keep that optimism.

Girl on the horse had a badass introduction for the rest of the survivors. That was cool.

So bit of development but mostly character driven episode. Did the most for Lori and Shane, IMO, but they are kind of the characters that need it least at this point.

7/10. Good episode as a follow up to 1.

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yusiko
04/28/22 1:43:28 AM
#42:


i dont know if you ever watched supernatural
but the girl on the horse played bela in supernaturals third season
i didnt recognize her at first because she used a different accent
as bela she used her real british accent. as maggie she uses a southern drawl

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pegusus123456
04/28/22 1:57:47 AM
#43:


Norman_Smiley posted...
The Vatos, I don't think they are going to survive. Looking after old people in the apocalypse is noble, and there is no time for nobility anymore.

I forget which episode it was meant to be in - my guess is the first episode of season two - but there's a deleted scene where the group goes back there and they've been wiped out. So good instincts.

Norman_Smiley posted...
T-Dog, I thought he was going to die how much he was bleeding. How did the zombies not smell all that fresh blood? I thought it was previously established zombies can smell the living and I would think fresh blood like that is the most they can sense it.
This is a misconception a lot of people had after that episode with the raincoats. Zombies can't sniff out humans like that. Smell is just one of the ways that they differentiate the living from other zombies.

Norman_Smiley posted...
Daryl has a bag full of all sorts of drugs that you could ever need. And he even gives them to t-dog. Is Daryl a Genie or just a walking DEM?
Fun trivia: in that bag of drugs, you can see a baggie of the blue meth that Walt makes in Breaking Bad.

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Norman_Smiley
04/29/22 12:18:28 AM
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Season 2 Episode 3: Save the Last One

Zombies - I don't think anything new was learned. Maybe a gauge of their strength. A zombie hanging out a window was able to hold up Shane from jumping/falling. Shane's a big boy. I don't think most normal people could do that. In the least, zombies are human strong when in good condition.

Shane back to showing he's a piece of shit. Looks like Carl is going to make it.

Lori waffles on if life is worth living for Carl.

Carol seems to be accepting that Sophia is likely dead.

Dale continues to be Dale. Andrea continues to be Andrea.

Learn Maggie's name, she's cute.

Glen asking her about all the people she lost seemed hella cringe to me but she seemed to like it.

I'm starting to like Hershel.

RIP Otis. You got done dirty. You deserved better than that.

6/10. Still a few positives but almost felt like a filler episode.

This was a circular episode where it finishes were it starts, they've done a few of those. I wonder if those episodes have any meaning. Most notable thing this episode was a death, and that Shane was responsible. So I am going to see if there are trends with that going forward.

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yusiko
04/29/22 12:27:01 AM
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IIRC the season had a smaller budget or something so they had to limit themselves the farm and really focus on the characters which some people really liked and some people really didnt like

season 1 it felt like you barely got to know anyone
in season 2 you really get to know these people for better or worse

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Compsognathus
04/29/22 12:29:44 AM
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The series literally peaked at the first episode. It never gets better than it.

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MabusIncarnate
04/29/22 12:35:23 AM
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Mmmm Maggie


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pegusus123456
04/29/22 1:16:20 AM
#48:


yusiko posted...
IIRC the season had a smaller budget or something so they had to limit themselves the farm and really focus on the characters which some people really liked and some people really didnt like
It's fine if you're binge watching it. It was agonizing watching it week-to-week.

And I'd like to defend Andrea's actress btw. I've seen her do well in other things, so I think it's just that Andrea herself is poorly written/directed.

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yusiko
04/29/22 1:50:50 AM
#49:


andrea is the best character in the comic book
yet the worst character on the show

TC you should read the comic when you are done the series its a very different experience
there are characters in the comic who dont exist in the show
characters in the show who dont exist in the comic
some characters who die in the show live in the comic
some characters who die in the comic live in the show


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Babidi123
04/29/22 2:10:28 AM
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You've already watched the best episode in the entire series (pilot episode). You can just stop there.
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