Walking Dead on AMC

DrDel · 2012-11-26T17:52:51.000Z

Erich:

Crazy Coot was just there so that Michonne and Rick could prove their badassness to each other some more. He’ll grab a dude’s shotgun. She’ll stab a dude in the back. The team will throw body to the zombies to escape. Their half of the episode was all about Michonne gaining respect for Rick and company and how they take care of each other.

Absolutely wrong. The Old Coot (as you say) is the Guardian of the Ben Linus’ Donkey Wheel. Below that cottage is the cavern that houses the Donkey Wheel. By killing the Guardian they have unleashed the wrath of the Jacob and the entire cast will teleport to a mysterious island and the Smoke Monster will kill all the zombies … and … cue more bad writing… end credits.

Fade to black.

Ozion · 2012-11-26T18:11:25.000Z

walTer:

Glenn is totally going to kick some serious ass now.

He sure has come a long way from season 1!

tomchick · 2012-11-26T18:12:29.000Z

DrDel:

Absolutely wrong. The Old Coot (as you say) is the Guardian of the Ben Linus’ Donkey Wheel. Below that cottage is the cavern that houses the Donkey Wheel. By killing the Guardian they have unleashed the wrath of the Jacob and the entire cast will teleport to a mysterious island and the Smoke Monster will kill all the zombies … and … cue more bad writing… end credits.

If Walking Dead Was an ABC Show, by DrDel!

-Tom

tomchick · 2012-11-26T18:21:23.000Z

So are they going to take down Carol’s grave now? Because it would be kind of weird to leave that up. Man, I really like that actress. Her moment with Rick, when she sees the baby, was great. No dialogue needed.

However, they can’t get David Morrissey out of there soon enough. The only way he could be any worse is if he had a mustache to twirl. Ugh. He is such an absolute non-entity. I can’t even muster the energy to hate him after he fakeraped Maggie. Because that is what happened, right? A fakerape? I presume – and this is just based on how often you guys mutter about how dark the comics are – that Maggie gets actually raped in the comics?

I just hope Lew Temple and his mustache survive the attack on Woodberry.

-Tom

Coca_Cola_Zero · 2012-11-26T18:34:44.000Z

Tom Chick:

that Maggie gets actually raped in the comics?

I haven’t read the comics but from what I’ve read elsewhere Michonne gets raped (realraped) by the Governor in the comics… for basically the same reason (an attempt to get the location of the prison camp).

Jupiter_Jones · 2012-11-26T19:13:51.000Z

Papageno:

Re the Crazy Coot: how probable is it that he could have been just about a mile away from Woodbury without having been discovered by the Governor’s guys or incorporated into the town somehow?

I figured it was a jokey “cabin in the woods” homage/reference to The Evil Dead.

corsair · 2012-11-26T19:38:57.000Z

Coca Cola Zero:

I haven’t read the comics but I’m happy to blurt spoilers from the comic

Ummm, yeah, about that. First, don’t do that, or at least be exceedingly oblique or use the spoiler tag. Second, it’s a lot more fun to let Tom twist in the wind in his ignorance (did I blurt out how the comic handled the whole phone call thing even when directly confronted by Tom?). Maybe after the events are clearly passed.

corsair · 2012-11-26T19:53:53.000Z

DrDel:

Absolutely wrong. The Old Coot (as you say) is the Guardian of the Ben Linus’ Donkey Wheel. Below that cottage is the cavern that houses the Donkey Wheel. By killing the Guardian they have unleashed the wrath of the Jacob and the entire cast will teleport to a mysterious island and the Smoke Monster will kill all the zombies … and … cue more bad writing… end credits.

Fade to black.

Andrea reveals that she really is Marita Covarrubias and the zombies are simply a gestational stage 1 for black oil induced aliens. She had been shacking up with both Cigarette-Smoking Man and Well-Manicured Man to get the antidote that will save all mankind, but it seems that the Mayan calender has run out thus accelerating the introduction of two new characters, Fox and Dana, into the survivor mix. I mean, who the hell would name a character Fox?

Papageno · 2012-11-26T21:02:31.000Z

Speaking of Marita Covarrubias, I looked up the character on Wikipedia and the still they had showed that Laurie Holden was rather skinny back then (ca. Fall '96, when the Covarrubias character first appeared)–I remember thinking she was gorgeous back then but I actually think she looks better now (as one of her scenes in the latest episode shows, she’s a damned fine 42-year-old–why can’t I meet one like that?).

Stepsongrapes · 2012-11-26T21:31:17.000Z

Anyone notice that the guard on the wall of Maybury in the town’s first scene had a rifle with a comically droopy barrel? You’d think this show could afford better props.

MrPerson · 2012-11-26T22:23:44.000Z

DrDel:

Did last nights episode end on a low note? Andrea hugging the governor… I guess they are trying to make it look like she is more loyal to him then Rick.

But not much of a cliffhanger ending which is how they usually end each week. Did I miss something?

I think the scene is about showing that he regards her as just plaything to be manipulated, as he did Maggie.

I think it’s also similar to how he held his zombie daughter. Because, you know, he’s crazy.

Charlatan · 2012-11-27T04:52:46.000Z

What, the Governor is crazy? Are you sure they’ve established that? After all I was thinking
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hepcat · 2012-11-27T10:48:40.000Z

I think they should start ending each scene in which the gub’ner does something malicious with a sitcom shot of him looking into the camera and shrugging his shoulders while a slide whistle is played in the background.

…of course, I say this about every show.

tgb123 · 2012-11-27T11:18:25.000Z

Gilbert Gottfried should have been cast as the Gov.

MrPerson · 2012-11-27T12:30:04.000Z

I like this new, improved show qt3 is designing.

tgb123 · 2012-11-27T12:56:32.000Z

MrPerson:

I like this new, improved show qt3 is designing.

We have an intro!

robsam · 2012-11-27T14:35:43.000Z

tgb123:

We have an intro!

Perfect.

Coca_Cola_Zero · 2012-11-27T15:13:15.000Z

Stepsongrapes:

Anyone notice that the guard on the wall of Maybury in the town’s first scene had a rifle with a comically droopy barrel? You’d think this show could afford better props.

They also had a would-be Olympic archer who couldn’t land a solid hit on a slow walker at short range over multiple attempts. Given the two things together I’m not sure the barrel thing was a mistake. Perhaps they are just ridiculously stupid (but lucky so far) and comically overconfident about their safety net.

Papageno · 2012-11-27T15:21:35.000Z

Coca Cola Zero:

They also had a would-be Olympic archer who couldn’t land a solid hit on a slow walker at short range over multiple attempts. Given the two things together I’m not sure the barrel thing was a mistake. Perhaps they are just ridiculously stupid (but lucky so far) and comically overconfident about their safety net.

Yeah, the “archery expert” with that insane compound bow was also shooting arrows that looked like they were going about as fast as those suction cup-tipped arrows I would shoot as a kid.

Stepsongrapes · 2012-11-27T15:25:24.000Z

Papageno:

Yeah, the “archery expert” with that insane compound bow was also shooting arrows that looked like they were going about as fast as those suction cup-tipped arrows I would shoot as a kid.

I can chalk that up to the “movie magic” of blasters and lasers being visibly trackable in most sci-fi.

The “rifle” barrel literally looked like a cheap rubber prop left out too long in the Georgia sun. Elmer Fudd would have refused to use that thing.