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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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jeepdog
03-23-2015 at 09:42 AM.
03-23-2015 at 09:42 AM.
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Why would you automatically think they are homophobic?

Some people (myself included) often become so invested in a character in a movie or TV show that when there is a sudden or unexpected "character shift", we lose interest.
They are homophobic because they have said they will stop watching the show if Daryl comes out as gay. Seems like the definition of homophobic.
It really wouldn't be that big of a "character shift", based off how the character has been portrayed thus far.
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Kabn
03-23-2015 at 09:45 AM.
03-23-2015 at 09:45 AM.
Quote from MsGal View quoted comment :
Why would you automatically think they are homophobic?

Some people (myself included) often become so invested in a character in a movie or TV show that when there is a sudden or unexpected "character shift", we lose interest.
how exactly would being homosexual be an abrupt shift for Daryl? he's basically been asexual to this point. in fact, since being a loner is so much of his persona, having him get involved with a woman would be about the same level of betrayal of character as getting involved with a man. would you stop watching if a backwoods chick took refuge in both Alexandria and his arms?

i'm with jeepdog: if homophobia isn't a part of the equation, it confuses me a bit why someone would stop watching if he came out.
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03-23-2015 at 10:10 AM.
03-23-2015 at 10:10 AM.
Dontknow End of the world... you take what you can get I suppose...
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03-23-2015 at 10:42 AM.
03-23-2015 at 10:42 AM.
I like Daryl's character the way it is now. Some might think he's asexual, I just like to think he hasn't met a woman that interests him (yet). I think Beth was too young and Carol, too old. And I'd be perfectly okay with a storyline that never has him take a romantic interest in anyone. I like his "lone wolf, badass, don't need anyone but myself" attitude. The fact that he is tough as nails and yet, has come to see the people in Rick's group as family only makes him more attractive. As did seeing him fall apart when he had to kill Merle.

One of the MANY things the writers on this show suck at is grooming a character to become something they were not originally. Rick went from 0 to bat-shit crazy and nothing about his insanity was believable. Andrea went from a grieving sister to a tough badass and a lot of people didn't buy that transition. Tyrese came in as a tough guy and went out like a babbling old lady. Now Sasha is supposed to have PTSD of some sort and everytime she opens her mouth, she spews anger-riddled crap that leaves me going Confused.

Carol's character is really the only one I look at and I think about what they have taken her through (abusive husband, losing her daughter, losing the other two girls she was caring for), and I think "okay, I can see why she is the way she is."

The bottom line (for me) is that I watch the show because I like Daryl Dixon. I don't give a rat's patootie about anyone else on the show. I used to but not after the start of the third season where it started to get pretty goofy. I am only in it these days to see what happens to Daryl.
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03-23-2015 at 10:47 AM.
03-23-2015 at 10:47 AM.
So....Umm...WTF!? I cant believe Rick snapped so hard like that. He could have gone about this a whole lot more intelligently. It's like his primal instinct took over.
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03-23-2015 at 10:55 AM.
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So....Umm...WTF!? I cant believe Rick snapped so hard like that. He could have gone about this a whole lot more intelligently. It's like his primal instinct took over.

That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about in my previous post. No grooming, just a 180.
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03-23-2015 at 11:26 AM.
03-23-2015 at 11:26 AM.
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That's EXACTLY what I'm talking about in my previous post. No grooming, just a 180.
My mindset is it's kinda like trying to take a wolf out of the wild and domesticate it. I think that group is too far gone, or atleast rick is to be re-domesticated.
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03-23-2015 at 11:39 AM.
03-23-2015 at 11:39 AM.
Quote from MsGal View quoted comment :
I like Daryl's character the way it is now. Some might think he's asexual, I just like to think he hasn't met a woman that interests him (yet). I think Beth was too young and Carol, too old. And I'd be perfectly okay with a storyline that never has him take a romantic interest in anyone. I like his "lone wolf, badass, don't need anyone but myself" attitude. The fact that he is tough as nails and yet, has come to see the people in Rick's group as family only makes him more attractive. As did seeing him fall apart when he had to kill Merle.

One of the MANY things the writers on this show suck at is grooming a character to become something they were not originally. Rick went from 0 to bat-shit crazy and nothing about his insanity was believable. Andrea went from a grieving sister to a tough badass and a lot of people didn't buy that transition. Tyrese came in as a tough guy and went out like a babbling old lady. Now Sasha is supposed to have PTSD of some sort and everytime she opens her mouth, she spews anger-riddled crap that leaves me going Confused.

Carol's character is really the only one I look at and I think about what they have taken her through (abusive husband, losing her daughter, losing the other two girls she was caring for), and I think "okay, I can see why she is the way she is."

The bottom line (for me) is that I watch the show because I like Daryl Dixon. I don't give a rat's patootie about anyone else on the show. I used to but not after the start of the third season where it started to get pretty goofy. I am only in it these days to see what happens to Daryl.
So I have a serious question...

how many times do you think about Daryl when you're having sex with someone else or by yourself?

also, pics?
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03-23-2015 at 11:51 AM.
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So I have a serious question...

how many times do you think about Daryl when you're having sex with someone else or by yourself?

also, pics?

laugh out loudlaugh out loudlaugh out loud
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03-23-2015 at 01:56 PM.
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...One of the MANY things the writers on this show suck at is grooming a character to become something they were not originally. Rick went from 0 to bat-shit crazy and nothing about his insanity was believable.
i agree with you about his behavior around the prison right after Lori died. however, i really like what they've done with him since they ran into Daryl's "claimed" group on the road. he started becoming more animalistic, and it's only gotten darker through Terminus and Grady until we basically have a more ruthless version of Shane. i think it was a much more gradual process than a single twist. i saw his outburst at the end of this episode coming from a mile away, or at least after the two times in the episode he suggested the best course of action was to kill Pete. after he ran over and shot Lamson, how is anyone surprised when he blows up and gets excessively violent in pursuit of a goal that supposedly helps his "family?"
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Andrea went from a grieving sister to a tough badass and a lot of people didn't buy that transition.
i thought that was pretty clearly presented as a veneer. she was never really tough (as evidenced by her refusal to kill the Governor); she was just pretending. she took solace in identifying as an outcast with Shane and unsuccessfully tried to adopt his persona once her role of caring sister was no longer valid. when the chips were truly down, she folded every time.
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Tyrese came in as a tough guy and went out like a babbling old lady.
uh, Tyreese was nearly always a quiet, soft-spoken guy. he's the one who volunteered to leave the prison when Rick went crazy, offered to help any way he could at Woodbury, forgave Carol for killing someone he loved, sympathized with and tried to help Sasha get over Bob's death, and pled with Rick and the rest to try a nonviolent solution for getting Beth back. while his death was very dumb from a logistics perspective, i wouldn't go so far as calling his flashbacks and fevered delusions "babble." i'll reserve that title for the drivel that spewed from Dawn's mouth.
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Now Sasha is supposed to have PTSD of some sort and everytime she opens her mouth, she spews anger-riddled crap that leaves me going Confused.
i'm also not a fan of how they've handled Sasha's response to the deaths of Bob and Tyreese. while the inconsistency is probably realistic, it makes for unentertaining television. needs more real self-destructiveness.
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The bottom line (for me) is that I watch the show because I like Daryl Dixon. I don't give a rat's patootie about anyone else on the show. I used to but not after the start of the third season where it started to get pretty goofy. I am only in it these days to see what happens to Daryl.
hey, as long as you're admitting the reason you're watching is because you're attracted to the character and don't welcome a change that impedes upon your fantasies related to him, that's fine. just don't pretend like it makes the show worse from an objective/storytelling point of view. season three was almost universally regarded as awful, but all the critics i read have really praised the resurgence of the show in late season four and nearly the entire fifth season. i've personally liked the Alexandria episodes more than anything i've seen since season two.

sometimes i wonder if people are watching the same show as me, but through this board, i've come to realize that this is a series where people can watch for very different reasons. i couldn't care less about gory battles with walkers and am exceedingly happy with an episode that is 90%+ dialogue. some people identify/latch onto one character and follow him/her religiously, but i care way more about the narrative and overall theme than any one character. i want to have the suspense of every character being eligible for the chopping block while others want to see the same familiar core of characters address new situations. neither is technically correct, but this series more than any other has shown me the differences.
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03-23-2015 at 02:20 PM.
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Rick snapped before, remember? Back in the prison. It was bound to happen again when they were safe. He lost his bestfriend and his wife, both of which were sleeping together. Not only that, the baby may not even be his. Oh, and I forgot, zombie problem happening too. So there is a lot. lol
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03-24-2015 at 04:27 AM.
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1. Carol smiled as Rick went after The surgeon, she recommended to end him. Thinking there is a plan between Rick, Carol, and Michonne.
2. The lounge girl Carl was with, possibly part of those exiled or part of the " w" group and inside as a spy.
3 Rick et al will not be kicked out of Alexandria
4 anyone think the arms lying in the grass in one scene looked like the guy following Rick's group. Can't think of his name, one with the glasses that Rick met early on? Were those sunglasses on the ground by the arms? Did they say on TD the "w" is actually an "m"? Upside down?
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03-24-2015 at 07:27 AM.
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Did they say on TD the "w" is actually an "m"? Upside down?
That was just the one lady's thoughts...the "super fan" that takes pages worth of notes every episode.

I think she is completely off the wall with that one, but whatevs.
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03-24-2015 at 10:42 AM.
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4 anyone think the arms lying in the grass in one scene looked like the guy following Rick's group. Can't think of his name, one with the glasses that Rick met early on? Were those sunglasses on the ground by the arms? Did they say on TD the "w" is actually an "m"? Upside down?
Morgan?

Ain't no way in hell that's how Morgan goes out after they've played him up so big in the background of this season. I'm hoping he makes quite a re-entry into the main story in the finale.

Pretty sure the sunglasses, and the lady strung to the tree, are to show that these have been done recently. No walker would be wearing sunglasses; it doesn't make sense unless they've managed to keep them on for years laugh out loud
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03-24-2015 at 11:17 AM.
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Morgan?

Ain't no way in hell that's how Morgan goes out after they've played him up so big in the background of this season. I'm hoping he makes quite a re-entry into the main story in the finale.

Pretty sure the sunglasses, and the lady strung to the tree, are to show that these have been done recently. No walker would be wearing sunglasses; it doesn't make sense unless they've managed to keep them on for years laugh out loud
Agreed. Morgan will make it to the ASZ then get brutalized after catching up with Rick and become a disposable character. Most likely Morgan will replace one of the regulars that should have died and replace their way of dying in the comics. I wouldn't doubt.
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