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The Walking Dead: Season Five

#322
I switched off with 10 minutes left. I must remember to never watch the live broadcast of this show. The damn commercial breaks make me want to throw stuff at the TV. PVR only from now on.
 
#324
Very beautiful and abstract episode. This week I went back and watched all the episodes from the first part of the season. I noticed all the conversation that used the word "it." "It doesn't have to be this way," "It's better now," "how it was before," etc. It was brilliant that all the "its" all season lead up to this big "it" episode. What a payoff.
 
#325
Why doesn't anyone know what a tourniquet is, and why does everyone forget there are zombies right before they get eaten?? Why not put Tyrese there bleeding out and zombie fevering with something on his arm that any 11 yr old boyscout can do? Same story line, same actions, same everything, except he wouldn't be endlessly lifting his hand to look at the blood bubbling out. The 4th-5th time he did it, my wife laughed out loud and said they were so proud of the fountaining arm prop, they wanted to show it off a few extra times.

I enjoy the show, and liked tonight's installment, great bit of directing, for sure, but sometimes I think the writers are spending too much time on the romanticizing, and not enough time on the pragmatic visceral vibe that made the show so good to start with. What would it REALLY be like during a zombie apocalypse? Here, we'll show you.

They entered the house expecting zombies. They hear zombie noises, and visibly react to them for the camera, but then Tyrese stares blankly at a photo long enough for the snarling, child zombie to get the drop on him, and his defense of choice for this mission was a 4 inch pocket knife? Really?

The show is still good, but they are really starting to screw the pooch when it comes to these over-contrived death arcs, and massive holes in the characters actions.

There are (expletive deleted) zombies. Everywhere. All the time. Act like it.

And while I'm whining, anyone else notice the zombie skulls are getting softer and softer? At this point I think they could take one out with a pipe cleaner
 
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#326
bigfatbass said:
Why doesn't anyone know what a tourniquet is, and why does everyone forget there are zombies right before they get eaten?? Why not put Tyrese there bleeding out and zombie fevering with something on his arm that any 11 yr old boyscout can do? Same story line, same actions, same everything, except he wouldn't be endlessly lifting his hand to look at the blood bubbling out. The 4th-5th time he did it, my wife laughed out loud and said they were so proud of the fountaining arm prop, they wanted to show it off a few extra times.

I enjoy the show, and liked tonight's installment, great bit of directing, for sure, but sometimes I think the writers are spending too much time on the romanticizing, and not enough time on the pragmatic visceral vibe that made the show so good to start with. What would it REALLY be like during a zombie apocalypse? Here, we'll show you.

They entered the house expecting zombies. They hear zombie noises, and visibly react to them for the camera, but then Tyrese stares blankly at a photo long enough for the snarling, child zombie to get the drop on him, and his defense of choice for this mission was a 4 inch pocket knife? Really?

The show is still good, but they are really starting to screw the pooch when it comes to these over-contrived death arcs, and massive holes in the characters actions.

There are (expletive deleted) zombies. Everywhere. All the time. Act like it.

And while I'm whining, anyone else notice the zombie skulls are getting softer and softer? At this point I think they could take one out with a pipe cleaner
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It's a shame about Tyrese. One of my favorite characters. Is Michonne starting to crack up? And what was with the "Republic" they kept mentioning on the radio? And what was the "W" and "Wolves" graffiti around the subdivision? And why were there dismembered lower torso and legs laying around all over the place while the upper torsos and heads were in that truck they rammed as they were escaping from the subdivision? And who are the rampaging bands mentioned on the radio? And who rammed the gate of the subdivision to let the zombies in?

I suspect we're about to encounter another evil band of humans, a la the Governor's crew and the Terminus gang, and that bunch that Carl fell in with briefly.

I'll go out on a limb and make a prediction: Michonne's buys it before the end of the season.
 
#327
I see why they took out Tyresse but it sucks he was one of my favorite characters.

They have us a painful reminder that it's a world of survival. Tyrsses soft spot for kids made him lose focus for just one second which in walking dead you have to stay on your game at all times. That was a rough one Tyresse was a hero in a world of survival I am going to miss seeing him up there. It looks like this season is going to be a struggle two characters right off the bat. I guess they had to remind us the survivors are not invincible.
 
#328
I get that angle about the losing focus, but he went in with a pocket knife. A pocket knife! I am fine with suspension of belief, but these moments of gargantuan, out-of-character stupidity are becoming more and more the norm in the writing for the show. "I'm so mad you all don't see it my way, I'm going to storm off alone in the middle of the night to get eaten!"
 
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#329
Robus said:
Well, Damn Tyrese. I had a feeling.

Yeah, it was a lot of commercials. What was with all the dismembered bodies around that place?
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Yeah, I have a feeling that's going to come in to play later. There were arms and the bottom half of bodies on the ground by the fence and the truck they hit had all of the torsos (with heads attached, of course).

That's too specific to be left alone. They people who had that truck were collecting and transporting the upper halves (sans arms) for some reason.

That has to be something they're going to run into later.

EDIT: It could be bad or good.

Like someone collecting specimens to try a come up with a vaccine or something to prevent you from turning into a walker if you get bit or die or something kinda twisted like the Gov's head aquarium or something.
 
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#330
I probably would have picked the hammer he had on him, but neither would have been my first choice going into an unknown like that.
Noah was being pretty careless about his actions running around like a nutjob. Tyrese should have ***** slapped him and waited for help

And yeah...the commercials. 20 minutes before the first break, then every couple of minutes for the rest of the show. I watch on a DVR, but it was still enough for me to notice all of the fast forwarding...
 
#331
It kind of bothered me with the increased paranoia these people have that they weren't more focused on what happened to the community. The wolf messages and the deranged mutilation of the bodies and collection of torsos and heads would have set off major alarms in my head. Get the hell outta there and never return would have been my first inclination, instead they were discussing fixing the walls and possibly moving in. I doubt the wolves are far away due to the scacity of fuels in the future. If you have X amount of fuel do you really want to range far from home on a regular basis?

I am also curious about the possibility of them going to Washington. I have not read the comics, but my understanding is in them they never leave Georgia. The comic and the TV show vary a lot, and I wonder if this will be part of it. That said, why the hell go to Washington? Large population center whose primary export is politics; does that seem like a good place to be in the Zombie Apocalypse? Midwest farmlands all the way for me. Good ground for growing and fewer people shambling around looking for brains.

The amount of commercials did seem a bit much to me as well, I didn't know if it was actually different. I don't mind them generating more money, but I don't want them intruding on more showtime to do it. What's next? A 10 minute show?
 
#332
Webtroll said:
Large population center whose primary export is politics; does that seem like a good place to be in the Zombie Apocalypse? Midwest farmlands all the way for me. Good ground for growing and fewer people shambling around looking for brains.
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Agreed. Area of least population for me. Maybe not the midwest, but I haven't given it all that much thought. Northern Maine, Montana, Alaska...but keeping warm would be a priority that might be difficult to do in frozen tundra.
 
#333
Dave W said:
but keeping warm would be a priority that might be difficult to do in frozen tundra.
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If I remember in the World War Z book (I read it when it came out and my memory sucks) part of the benefit of freezing weather is that the zombies freeze. Sure farming is pewp, but the worst you'd have to deal with while looking for wood are wolves and bears. And other survivors calling themselves wolves...
 
#334
My list of those not in danger of being killed off:
Rick
Carl
Michonne
Daryl
One may get it near the end of the series.

Everybody else is living on the edge.

R.I.P. Ty.....It shoulda been Eugene.
 
#335
Hues said:
R.I.P. Ty.....It shoulda been Eugene.
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Eugene would have been too obvious. Besides, I gotta sneaky feeling there might still be a plot twist involving him.

What if he really was telling the truth about being a scientist? Suppose he said he lied because Abraham was getting out of control in his single-minded obsession with "the mission?"

Just a thought.

BTW I noticed Eugene is back on his feet, seemingly recovered from the ass-whooping he got from Abraham.
 
#336
Robus said:
Eugene would have been too obvious. Besides, I gotta sneaky feeling there might still be a plot twist involving him.

What if he really was telling the truth about being a scientist? Suppose he said he lied because Abraham was getting out of control in his single-minded obsession with "the mission?"
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May be obvious,but still...

As for his lie, the mission was too important for all humanity to derail it for Abe's sake.

I'm thinking Eugene worked in a comic book shop or some place with three neon Xs in front.
 
#337
Robus said:
And what was the "W" and "Wolves" graffiti around the subdivision? And why were there dismembered lower torso and legs laying around all over the place while the upper torsos and heads were in that truck they rammed as they were escaping from the subdivision?
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The torso zombies also had a W carved into their forehead
 
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#338
Hues said:
May be obvious,but still...

As for his lie, the mission was too important for all humanity to derail it for Abe's sake.

I'm thinking Eugene worked in a comic book shop or some place with three neon Xs in front.
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Maybe. Anyway, that's my theory. Could be wrong. The mission may have been important, but Abraham's obsession was about to lead him to march straight into a gigantic herd of migratory walkers, if you recall. And if the others refused to go along, he was ready to grab Eugene by the collar and go just the two of them.

If there really was a mission, then getting Abraham to cool down at that point might have been a smart move in order to avoid getting everyone killed before they could finish it.
 
#339
I'm guessing they are going to regroup as best they can and limp along, perhaps sustaining further casualties, until they get overtaken by one of the roving gangs they heard about on the radio. That much seems pretty obvious, but what was with the zombie parts cache?
 

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