The Walking Dead

Best episode since Merle sacrificed himself for the group to try to kill the governor.

All the episodes since then have sucked or been meh.

I thought Judith was dead because at the end neither Carol or Tyrese is carrying Judith unless they have her stashed in one of their bags.
 
KeithLockhart said:
Best episode since Merle sacrificed himself for the group to try to kill the governor.

All the episodes since then have sucked or been meh.

I thought Judith was dead because at the end neither Carol or Tyrese is carrying Judith unless they have her stashed in one of their bags.
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They said on Talking Dead that they did have the baby with them
 
Interesting half season in that they've gone from the external situation of the characters (zombies, Governor, etc.) to the internal condition of the characters. Pretty existential stuff for a glorified comic book.
 
50PoundHead said:
Interesting half season in that they've gone from the external situation of the characters (zombies, Governor, etc.) to the internal condition of the characters. Pretty existential stuff for a glorified comic book.
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The actual comic is pretty intense. The whole kid killing kid then the other kid dying happened in the comic but was wa more intense because drawing kids is way easier than having good kid actors.
 
Bj1133 said:
Where was Judith at the end? Were those not baby shoes hanging on the cross at the grave?
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Explanation given is that she was on a baby backpack on either Tyrese or Carol.

The shoes hanging ont he cross was a grave previously there before they came.
 
Bj1133 said:
Solid episode tonight - really not sure what the finale is going to bring.
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It was a fine episode, especially in comparison to most of the others. Just not sure how long a series can last with only two or three (assuming the finale is worthwhile) solid episodes per (half) season. The plot needs to evolve.
 
Dalyn said:
It was a fine episode, especially in comparison to most of the others. Just not sure how long a series can last with only two or three (assuming the finale is worthwhile) solid episodes per (half) season. The plot needs to evolve.
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Lots of people are still watching. There are ups and downs in terms of enjoyment for sure but I think overall they are doing a solid job of keeping people interested. Not sure how much longer this series of characters can last but I still enjoy watching.
 
thethe said:
Lots of people are still watching. There are ups and downs in terms of enjoyment for sure but I think overall they are doing a solid job of keeping people interested. Not sure how much longer this series of characters can last but I still enjoy watching.
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That will change when the Zombie fad inevitably dies. Which isn't too far away my guess. Show's first season was great and it has been steadily falling in quality since then. Show would be way better if they condensed the story lines. They're neither succeeding in character development or advancing the story. Season 1 was great, season 2 was ok. since then it's just gone dramatically down hill. They drug out the prison for too long with little success.
 
zitothebrave said:
That will change when the Zombie fad inevitably dies. Which isn't too far away my guess. Show's first season was great and it has been steadily falling in quality since then. Show would be way better if they condensed the story lines. They're neither succeeding in character development or advancing the story. Season 1 was great, season 2 was ok. since then it's just gone dramatically down hill. They drug out the prison for too long with little success.
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I don't necessarily agree with this as the zombie apocalypse genre is popular with ages 35 and below because of video games and will continue to be popular because of new generations of gamers. I'm not going to try and say that every episode is riveting or even good for that matter but overall I still enjoy watching it and based on their ratings and the fact that a spin off will happen in 2015 they are doing very well.
 
thethe said:
I don't necessarily agree with this as the zombie apocalypse genre is popular with ages 35 and below because of video games and will continue to be popular because of new generations of gamers. I'm not going to try and say that every episode is riveting or even good for that matter but overall I still enjoy watching it and based on their ratings and the fact that a spin off will happen in 2015 they are doing very well.
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All trends die. Remember Vampires? That wasn't just something that teenage girls liked. It had a pretty solid following before from the nerd culture, then mainstream, then teeny then passe. It happens to every trend then it cycles. Zombies are in now and you may think it won't end but this current wave is only about 5 years old. Zombies are the in horror genre now but it will change.Walking Dead will end because it's not good enough of a show to live outside of it being a zombie show. What do I mean by that? Some shows can buck trends simply because they're great.
 
Zombies have been around for much longer than 5 years. What are you talking about. The first Resident evil video game came out in 1996. There were also popular items out prior to that. This is much more than 5 years.
 
thethe said:
Zombies have been around for much longer than 5 years. What are you talking about. The first Resident evil video game came out in 1996. There were also popular items out prior to that. This is much more than 5 years.
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The current cycle is 5 years old. Started with Zombieland which was considered the bucking of the current trend Vampires then continued from there. It has been around for a long time, but it's time as most popular is recent. Before Vampires it was seemingly mummies (though I could be remembering my pop culture history wrong)
 
The thing that I believe you are overlooking is the market share that is interested in the zombie apocalypse. That market is growing...not decreasing. For the same reason why superhero movies exploded so are zombie type productions.
 
Zeets. Dawn of the dead by Snyder was 2004. Land of the dead was 2005. 28 weeks later 2007, days later 2003

Resident evil movies have been since 2002.

Zombie genre never dies. People love imagining the possible zombie apocalypse. I've loved zombies since I saw notld 2.
 
Oklahomahawk said:
My wife heard or read last night (after last night's episode) that they may be going to kill Rick's character off. Any thoughts...
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Impossible.

He's the focus of the comics, the backlash would be absolutely brutal. He has to watch Carl and Judith.

That'd be jumping the shark. The show revolves around Rick, started with him waking up from a coma in the hospital. The only way I'd see this happen is if he demanded too much money for next season.
 
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