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AMC's The Walking Dead [Spoilers!]

4,748 1,604 November 1, 2010 at 09:00 AM in Chat (4)
Did you watch?

For a show on a non premium cable channel, I thought it was very good. I never read the comic, so I don't know how it compares, but I'll be watching every Sunday. pisses me off that I don't get AMC in HD though.

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02-09-2015 at 05:27 PM.
02-09-2015 at 05:27 PM.
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Or like Carol getting hit by a car. Really, she couldn't hear the ONLY car within 100s of miles?
Exactly.
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02-09-2015 at 07:14 PM.
02-09-2015 at 07:14 PM.
Oh no! AMC cut the budget? KILL! Nope, Kill her! He asked for a bigger paycheck? Kill him! Lets kill off some more characters! Lets make everybody start to like the characters, then kill them off! We don't care about our whining fans. More money for us! Yep, we will kill off 2 big characters within the span of 2 episodes! Now we will sit in the forest for another season! Millions of diehard fans watching our show still, so we must be doing something right!

Man. AMC is just dragging this show on. They only continue it because they have people who still watch it (for some reason). They should have ended the show after Hershel died in season 4.
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02-09-2015 at 08:48 PM.
02-09-2015 at 08:48 PM.
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It's time!!!!!!



I can't believe I'm watching this. WHY am I watching this????? Annoyed
I feel like an abused boyfriend... just keep coming back expecting it will be better. Le Sigh.
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Curtieson
02-10-2015 at 06:30 AM.
02-10-2015 at 06:30 AM.
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Also, why did it only take Noah and Tyrese about 2 minutes to run from the front of the subdivision to Noah's house, but when Noah left to get help, it took 10-15 minutes for him to find Rick and Michone?
Yea, I don't mind the time gaps. I wouldn't want to watch them running for 5 minutes anyway. But you couldn't hobble on a busted up leg for more than a hundred yards and would need a second to reset your joints. Having that messed up of a gait (walk) would be throwing everything off.

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Or a duct tape wrapped jacket, like Milton's when he was at the pit in season 3. But I really would hate to wear a heavy jacket during a hot, humid Georgia summer.
That is a great point, but counter point is "why not go North?" The South would seriously be the WORST spot to try to make it, haha.

I'd move to West Virginia...
1) The Zombies wouldn't have teeth (burrrrrrn)
2) You could travel a couple miles into the mountains for the summer, cool weather
3) Travel a couple miles to the south for the winter, stay warmer easier.
4) Zombie hoards would have a veeery difficult times traveling the land. Very rocky.

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I feel like an abused boyfriend... just keep coming back expecting it will be better. Le Sigh.
That is why I loved the recent Fargo series. I knew it was 10 hrs (or so) of my time that was going to be tied up. I loved that. Basically...I knew exactly when my jackass of an abusive partner was going to kick the bucket... [but that series was good to me, not abusive]
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02-11-2015 at 06:40 AM.
02-11-2015 at 06:40 AM.
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Tyreesse was a big man; there is no way he would have been taken over by a 60 pound child zombie.
Tyreese wasn't "taken over" by a 60 lb child zombie. He was caught by surprise and couldn't get the hands off his arm before he chomped down.

I think people are completely underestimating the "zombie strength" factor where.. these things do not have any blood or oxygen pumping to the muscle, so it's not like it's a natural thing with limitations. Just one of those things that if you're willing to believe a show has corpses walking, you just accept that in this iteration, the zombies are not limited by the body's normal, living physicality.

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And they do more flashbacks in episodes than any TV series I have ever watched.
Somebody never watched Lost laugh out loud

I really do not find there to be anything close to an excessive amount of flashbacks.

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That is really, really getting to me. The BIGGEST one that pisses us off is the sneaking zombies! You have been in this life for a couple years now...your senses would be incredibly keen to any little rustle of noise, and yet these dead things that moan and growl keep sneaking up on people!
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Speaking only for myself, I would like to see them meet up with some decent people. With the exception of a VERY FEW, all they ever meet are sociopaths, thugs, child rapists, and people that want to kill them.
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They spend a lot of time talking about survival of the fittest and the only the strong survive. But you're right, I'd like to see them meet a comparable group that are not sociopathic murderers for loot and are looking for the same thing as our group.
Gonna group all of these together to answer here. I think what the producers are trying to tell us is that the show is going to take a DARK, DARK turn.

Think about it: in the span of two episodes (six, if you count Bob's death), the group has lost its most moral, upstanding characters, and I think that speaks to the direction the show is going. They're trying to show that the longer this world wears on, the more you're going to have to adapt and do things you didn't think you were capable of doing.

Tyreese was too good-hearted for this world. He was struck by the plight of Noah's family, someone so directly hit with a truth bomb and was captivated by the photos on the wall. I mean, it's easy to say that we'd never have our guard down after surviving so long, but we'd never truly know for sure. Dontknow

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Also, why did it only take Noah and Tyrese about 2 minutes to run from the front of the subdivision to Noah's house, but when Noah left to get help, it took 10-15 minutes for him to find Rick and Michone?
Noah knew exactly where his house was, but coming back he had no idea where Rick and Michonne had gone to explore.

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Having that messed up of a gate (walk)
*Gait LMAO
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02-11-2015 at 06:47 AM.
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Tyreese was too good-hearted for this world. He was struck by the plight of Noah's family, someone so directly hit with a truth bomb and was captivated by the photos on the wall. I mean, it's easy to say that we'd never have our guard down after surviving so long, but we'd never truly know for sure. Dontknow
Like when you get so engrossed in a good book, that you can't even hear the freight train coming and running you over...

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*Gait LMAO
(what's so funny about me not knowing how to spell a word...?)
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02-11-2015 at 06:52 AM.
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Like when you get so engrossed in a good book, that you can't even hear the freight train coming and running you over...
I mean.. I dunno. I agree that it was a little far-fetched, because even someone walking into a room, you'd notice, let alone someone dragging and probably at least snarling a little.

Also.. wasn't he behind a door in the hallway?? How the hell did he even get out of the room? Okay now I'm on board laugh out loud

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Yeah, probably the wrong emoticon to use. My bad dude hug
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02-11-2015 at 09:04 AM.
02-11-2015 at 09:04 AM.
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I mean.. I dunno. I agree that it was a little far-fetched, because even someone walking into a room, you'd notice, let alone someone dragging and probably at least snarling a little.

Also.. wasn't he behind a door in the hallway?? How the hell did he even get out of the room? Okay now I'm on board laugh out loud
laugh out loud It is just this half season's "Flipping Van".

I was curious if the person behind the door was the brother or if it was the "Gov'na" zombie. I assumed it was the brother but, yea, how did he get out!? And if the premise of the Governor zombie was that he came in from outside of the house, why would he have sought out Tyrese and not have followed the screaming Noah that was looking for Rick? Either way, not sure how either one busted through that door.

My wife and I were talking and she mentioned a whole bunch of things I didn't notice. Apparently there were pics of dogs all over the kids room, and that means something to the future. Also, all those people cut in half that we see at the end had a "W" cut into their foreheads, and that will be explained too.
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02-11-2015 at 10:07 AM.
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Tyreese wasn't "taken over" by a 60 lb child zombie. He was caught by surprise and couldn't get the hands off his arm before he chomped down.

I think people are completely underestimating the "zombie strength" factor where.. these things do not have any blood or oxygen pumping to the muscle, so it's not like it's a natural thing with limitations. Just one of those things that if you're willing to believe a show has corpses walking, you just accept that in this iteration, the zombies are not limited by the body's normal, living physicality.
...
Case in point, that scrawny walker with bare hands ripped open Dale's stomach. May be it had some long fingernails and pierced through first.

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I mean.. I dunno. I agree that it was a little far-fetched, because even someone walking into a room, you'd notice, let alone someone dragging and probably at least snarling a little.

Also.. wasn't he behind a door in the hallway?? How the hell did he even get out of the room? Okay now I'm on board laugh out loud



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laugh out loud It is just this half season's "Flipping Van".

I was curious if the person behind the door was the brother or if it was the "Gov'na" zombie. I assumed it was the brother but, yea, how did he get out!? And if the premise of the Governor zombie was that he came in from outside of the house, why would he have sought out Tyress and not have followed the screaming Noah that was looking for Rick? Either way, not sure how either one busted through that door.

My wife and I were talking and she mentioned a whole bunch of things I didn't notice. Apparently there were pics of dogs all over the kids room, and that means something to the future. Also, all those people cut in half that we see at the end had a "W" cut into their foreheads, and that will be explained too.
The first zombie was the one on the other side of the door in the hallway which is a bathroom that has an open door to the bedroom [youtube.com]. It followed the scent of Tyreese. Unsure where that second zombie came from as it didn't attack Tyreese for a good while if going by real time. It couldn't had been in the bathroom since it would had joined sooner with the commotion from Tyreese and Noah. It wouldn't be from the front door as it would had instead gave chase to Noah.


I didn't catch any photos of dogs but will check on the rerun Sunday. Well there was the "Wolves Not Far" warning graffiti on a brick wall. and next week's preview footage.



Some sites blunder by stating "Wolves not fair" [accesshollywood.com] or "Wolves not fear" [comicbook.com]. Facepalm
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02-11-2015 at 11:11 AM.
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I didn't catch any photos of dogs but will check on the rerun Sunday. Well there was the "Wolves Not Far" warning graffiti on a brick wall. and next week's preview footage.
@0:01 seconds and then again @0:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykNbY9Oozrw

I would NEVER have read anything into it (it would be like saying 'the next interaction is going to be with the Air Force since there are so many planes") but that is what apparently people are saying...
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02-11-2015 at 11:44 AM.
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@0:01 seconds and then again @0:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykNbY9Oozrw

I would NEVER have read anything into it (it would be like saying 'the next interaction is going to be with the Air Force since there are so many planes") but that is what apparently people are saying...
Ah thanks for the clip link. I confirm my previous post with information from it.

Oh noes scary Boston Terriers! I see 1 shark and a killer whale.

I saw but didn't pick up on the time references they had [moviepilot.com]. Well those "Dead End" and "Do Not Enter" signs [youtube.com] were cute.
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02-12-2015 at 02:04 PM.
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Did someone delete some recent posts from this thread? Huh

Because I DEFINITELY remember reading some information about the clock times and the radio broadcasts and now I can't find those posts.
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02-13-2015 at 06:52 AM.
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Did someone delete some recent posts from this thread? Huh

Because I DEFINITELY remember reading some information about the clock times and the radio broadcasts and now I can't find those posts.

One of the links in the post just aboves yours has a bunch of stuff about time.

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1. Time is still a huge factor

I spoke about it nearly every episode of the first half of Season 5, but the theme of 'time' is still being focused on an enormous amount.

There were a couple very obviously placed clocks in this episode. First up we saw the big grandmother or grandfather clock randomly strewn in the middle of the road, which seemed to be ignored by all members of the group except Tyreese who was trailing behind. It almost certainly foreshadowed his death - his time was definitely up, the clock was ticking. The second clock was on the radio that Tyreese heard 'broadcasting' in Noah's brother's bedroom (fun fact, that voice was Andrew Lincoln talking in his real accent!). The clock on the radio pointed to 5:10, another nod to Season 5, though normally it would show the episode number (which was 9) as well, however this clock definitely looks like it shows 5:10, what are your thoughts?

Finally while we're speaking of time, the season has jumped 17 days since we last saw them at Grady Memorial Hospital, which makes sense since the group was almost in Richmond, having traveled for over two weeks to cover the 500 miles. The final indication of time was certainly the skeleton in the woods, showing just how much time had passed since the outbreak that bodies have had time to decay to bones.

EDIT: Commenter Chris W. Cody has just pointed out that the clock is probably pointing to 2 rather than 10, indicating that we're into the second half of Season 5, or Season 5b (b = the second letter of the alphabet).
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02-13-2015 at 06:52 AM.
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Did someone delete some recent posts from this thread? Huh

Because I DEFINITELY remember reading some information about the clock times and the radio broadcasts and now I can't find those posts.
Wouldn't surprise me one bit. Posts seem to disappear here all the time for no apparent reason, and with no explanation given.
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02-13-2015 at 08:09 AM.
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Good riddance to Tyreese. No offense to those that liked his character but he was horrible. The way he died just sealed the deal too. Can anyone explain why you would just collapse on the floor and give up from a single bite to your non-dominant arm? No Tyreese, don't accompany Noah back to Rick with your perfectly healthy legs and dominant arm so you have have your arm cut off quicker, instead just sit there and wait letting the virus course through your veins longer while the gimped kid with no fighting skills tries to battle through zombies on his own to get you help. Hey maybe tie something around your arm? Nope, that is too much work, I'll just sit here holding the wound and hallucinating.

Edit: May as well throw in this hilarious photo recap of the last episode: http://imgur.com/a/5vckm (Yes this contains spoilers)
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