The Walking dead

[lupulinaddict]

Is it just me or did anyone else find it weird that while Morgan is killing Richard everyone else just stood there and watched?

That's what my wife said. I think it's because nobody there is a hardened fighter. I think Richard is the only one that would have done something about it, seems like the rest of them aren't used to the brutality outside the kingdom.





How spread out are the saviors? Have we seen the guys that take from hilltop or kingdom at Negans place? Gavin, is that the name from the guy that takes from Ezekiel? And then the guy that acts like Negan that takes from hilltop? I don't remember seeing them at home with negan like Dwight is. Do they live at different outpost like the one ricks group killed earlier? The first truckload kingdom gave was pretty full compared to twelve cantaloupes. I wonder if they supply an outpost or negan? That one time carl and negan hid in the truck I don't remember seeing the hilltop guy when carl attacked them, and that's where the truck left from if, I'm not mistaken. If they live in different areas it will be hard to bring them down, it would have to be a choreographed attack.

 

[GrogNerd]

choreographed attack. made me lol a little. imagining a ballet fight, like West Side Story

but yes, it would have to be a coordinated attack. and it wouldn't be that difficult

one group kills the Savior group coming to pick up their tribute, then hides behind their walls. whichever has the better defenses on their walls, probably the Kingdom.

they wait for the Saviors to attack, a when they do, the Hilltop, the Junkyard people and Alexandrians (plus Seaside, if they join) ambush and attack the Saviors' flanks & rear

much better than trying to assault the Saviors' compound. takes a much larger force to attack a defended position than it does to defend that position and a small force can ambush and successfully attack a larger force.

the fact that Negan has rocket launchers is worrisome, plus Eugene's armored zombies

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I havn't read this thread for about two years. I watch Talking Dead, and I always wonder (not really) why they are so much more excited about the show than I am these days. OK, the end of last season and the first episode of this season was totally fooking awesome. Everything else since has been lame soap crap. I have a sneaky suspicion that the last episode will be awesome again. Is this the way to run a series?

 

[TwistedGray]

I watch Talking Dead, and I always wonder (not really) why they are so much more excited about the show than I am these days. OK, the end of last season and the first episode of this season was totally fooking awesome. Everything else since has been lame soap crap. I have a sneaky suspicion that the last episode will be awesome again. Is this the way to run a series?

I couldn't agree more...I wish they'd be a little more honest in the Talking Dead.

 

[m_c_zero]

Seems like the last episode this season will be our group gearing up for war against the Saviors. The war will probably go on for the next season or two with our group losing a lot of people. Certainly a couple of important characters.

As for if the pace will pick up, hard to say. They really like to start the seasons strong and end them strong with mostly filler in the middle. I honestly would be happier if they did more back stories on some of the main characters instead of spending episodes on people just going around and collecting supplies.

 

[dmtaylor]

They never even do flashbacks to pre-apocolypse anymore. It might be interesting to see some characters' backstories, IF it gives us information to why they do things a certain way today. They give some monologues like that now, but why never any imagery to go with it?

 

[m_c_zero]

I'd definitely like to see what made Negan the way he is.

 

[Talgrath]

They never even do flashbacks to pre-apocolypse anymore. It might be interesting to see some characters' backstories, IF it gives us information to why they do things a certain way today. They give some monologues like that now, but why never any imagery to go with it?

From interviews with Scott Gimple and what-not, it sounds like we'll get to see Negan's backstory at some point. (Robert Kirkman is still publishing it in a short run comic, thus why I think we haven't seen any of it yet.)

 

[firerat]

From interviews with Scott Gimple and what-not, it sounds like we'll get to see Negan's backstory at some point. (Robert Kirkman is still publishing it in a short run comic, thus why I think we haven't seen any of it yet.)

He did that with the Governor.

There was 3 short books detailing how the Governor became, well, the Governor.

 

[Talgrath]

An episode in which very little happens, but which sets us up for probably the most tense episodes of the Walking Dead since last season's finale.

The Saviors Get a New Doctor
With the OTHER Dr. Carson dead, the Saviors need a new one, and the Dr. Carson of Hilltop is the ready made replacement. As a joke, perhaps, the Saviors offer up band aids to replace the good doctor, but that leaves the hilltop sans a medical professional to treat Maggie (and everyone else, for that matter).

Gregory Pulls his Dick Out
So after Simon backs him up, all the sudden Gregory thinks he can command loyalty, but this is likely a fatal mistake. According to the preview it looks like Gregory is actually going to try to kill Maggie

Sasha and Rosita's Terrible Plan
So look, Sasha and Rosita's revenge plan is terrible. Just a vague idea of "get in a tall building and take a shot and if that doesn't work we'll assault a god damn fortress"; this is not a good plan and it predictably goes poorly. We get a vague "death" for Sasha that is potentially vague enough to keep Sasha alive if the actress' new Star Trek series doesn't work out, which overall isn't a bad idea; Sasha is one of the most compelling and interesting characters on the show.

Is Eugene a Traitor?
So Eugene seemed pretty eager to go run and tell everyone about the disposable Savior's death, but is he truly a Savior? Or is it that he sees that Sasha and Rosita's plan is crap? I feel it's the latter, the show "faking us out".

 

[m_c_zero]

Pretty boring episode last night... Only real highlight was Simon talking about cardamom gelato.

My question though, at the end there why did they make it look like Darryl was standing there in the shadows when it's totally Dwight. Is he going to help or hurt Rosita?

 

[dmtaylor]

Pretty boring episode last night... Only real highlight was Simon talking about cardamom gelato.

My question though, at the end there why did they make it look like Darryl was standing there in the shadows when it's totally Dwight. Is he going to help or hurt Rosita?

Maybe this is the part where Dwight initially stops Sasha or Rosita (maybe he even kills one of them) to prove to himself and to Negan his loyalty, but only after internally beating himself up over that for several minutes or days does he realize that he needs to help the Alexandrians and turn (no pun intended) against the Saviors.

 

[m_c_zero]

Pretty sure Sasha is going to die. The actress has a staring role in an upcoming show so I can definitely see them killing her off. I also read that the actress playing Rosita is pregnant so they might kill her off as well...

 

[BigPicture]

Public Service Announcement:

This show has Jumped the Shark. I am no longer anticipating the next installment.

They will be lucky if I watch the season's final episode. They've lost me.

I'm sorry to say, cuz I really did like it.......... once.

I'm sorry, I'm out.

 

[firerat]

This week on AMC's The Walking Dead:

-Sasha learns to tie knots and forgets how to shoot

-Rosita reveals how she learned all her skills and is actually Sarah Conner from Terminator 2. (same backstory)

-Enid makes snacks and gets a lesson in grammar

-Daryl and Maggie have a cry

-Eugene makes the only intelligent decision of the episode and gets the hell away from Rosita

-Better Negan than Negan (Simon) has a chat with the Hilltop guy we are supposed to hate for being right.

-Oh and 30 seconds of actual training for the war that is supposed to happen eventually. I think that's what it was. Either that or Hilltop had a renaissance festival and we saw the knife throwing booth.

Tune in next week for 35 minutes of commercials, 15 minutes of people walking, getting into vehicles, and doing other really boring things, and if we are lucky 10 minutes of talking about the war that might happen next season.

I don't know why I'm still watching......sigh......

 

[ffaoe]

This week on AMC's The Walking Dead:

-Sasha learns to tie knots and forgets how to shoot

-Rosita reveals how she learned all her skills and is actually Sarah Conner from Terminator 2. (same backstory)

-Enid makes snacks and gets a lesson in grammar

-Daryl and Maggie have a cry

-Eugene makes the only intelligent decision of the episode and gets the hell away from Rosita

-Better Negan than Negan (Simon) has a chat with the Hilltop guy we are supposed to hate for being right.

-Oh and 30 seconds of actual training for the war that is supposed to happen eventually. I think that's what it was. Either that or Hilltop had a renaissance festival and we saw the knife throwing booth.

Tune in next week for 35 minutes of commercials, 15 minutes of people walking, getting into vehicles, and doing other really boring things, and if we are lucky 10 minutes of talking about the war that might happen next season.

I don't know why I'm still watching......sigh......

Additionally, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Jesus came out as gay.

 

[firerat]

Additionally, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Jesus came out as gay.

Damn it I knew I forgot something. LOL

 

[dmtaylor]

Additionally, I don't know if anyone else noticed, but Jesus came out as gay.

****, I should probably boycott the show now, assuming this was a secret slam at his namesake which it might be. Not that there's anything wrong with the one thing, but the other thing...

 

[BamaProud]

My partner thinks Darryl and Jesus are gonna hook up just for the shock factor. If you are a dude, is it still socially acceptable to call your partner a wife?

I have an X and a Y chromosome, she has only X chromosomes. she's homogametic I'm heterogametic. Damn now I'm confused. Google said I might be gay. But also said there "isn't anything wrong with that" so that's cool.

 

[m_c_zero]

TWD has already fulfilled its LGBTQ quota.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

****, I should probably boycott the show now, assuming this was a secret slam at his namesake which it might be. Not that there's anything wrong with the one thing, but the other thing...

um, it's ok for everyone else to be gay, but to call his namesake gay is an offence? Now I'm just confused.

 

[JonM]

Decapitations, eviscerations, hundreds of murders (including scores of bludgeoning/machete deaths in a church), cannibalism, suggested rape, suggested child rape, all sorts of profanity and other ugliness - okey-dokey.

Subtle blasphemy? Well, hell - I'm out. That's too much.

 

[dmtaylor]

Now dear, don't spend all your tokens at once. You'll want to save some for more fun later.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now dear, don't spend all your tokens at once. You'll want to save some for more fun later.

Yeah. I can understand how my post could be considered out of order for bringing religion in this thread while yours somehow did not. I get it, and I fully understand when I get the inevitable warning or banning.

For the record, I have no problem with other's belief systems, I just have a problem with hypocrisy

 

[firerat]

um, it's ok for everyone else to be gay, but to call his namesake gay is an offence? Now I'm just confused.

His character in the comics was also gay if that means anything.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

His character in the comics was also gay if that means anything.

I think it means that some people get offended twice.

 

[dmtaylor]

It's too bad we can't all see each others smiles and winks while we type things.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

It's too bad we can't all see each others smiles and winks while we type things.

True

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hmmm... I just took a look back at this thread. dmtaylor Please accept my most humble apologies. I knew at the time I was being a bit of an ******. I just never realised I was being a total *********. Sometimes, whicksey makes me have wrouble with turds.

 

[dmtaylor]

Stop, stop. Let's just get back to talking about Dead stuff.