It was an at-first-glance type of reaction based on how non-accidental the rubble looked. It was stacked up with nice semi-vertical sides rather than being a sloped hill like you’d expect. I too realized that it was supposed to be a cave-in, but only after my first (and I think far more interesting) impression had worn off.
Wow, that’s really good. I hadn’t even considered using her age as a measurement.
Meh. Zombies that rot away in a matter of weeks or months (or days, given the Georgia summers!) would make for a really zombieless post-ZA. I will quote an imaginary horror-analogue of Clarke: “Any sufficiently weird justification for a horror movie movie monster is indistinguishable from magic.”
JMR
4202
I saw this making the rounds on the Internet.
http://authorityalwayswins.tumblr.com/post/80547337450
I didn’t realize that was Tasha Yar until it was pointed out in this thread as I haven’t seen her in anything since her TNG days.
JFrazer
4203
Sometimes I wish The Walking Dead would add some throw-away comments now and then to answer questions like “why aren’t the zombies rotted away?”. In World War Z, the explanation is that zombie flesh is toxic, so much so that they don’t even have bacteria living on/in them. They don’t have bad breath, no body odor, and don’t rot because those are all caused by bacteria. There is also something about the thick black stuff in them making them more resilent to weathering or something like that.
We don’t get anything like that in The Walking Dead, so instead we are left thinking things like “why the heck are they still walking around?” and “When the heck did zombies start to be attracted to fire?”
Oh wow, that’s really, really cool.
For the click-averse:
I’ve been operating under the assumption that the asshole beaten to death was framed by the Leader-O-The-Pack. The guy was annoying him, he saw Darryl as a better addition his Band of Bros, and this was an easy solution to his problem. Gets rid of an annoying asshole and solidifies his relationship with Darryl.
We have only his word that he watched the frame. Could just as easily have created it himself.
Wow. If Walking Dead ties that all together I’d be pleasantly surprised.
corsair
4207
Hey, season ending episode, you know it isn’t going to be all sweetness and light - it’s like Kage No Gundan in that there is going to be a serious cast thinning.
Yeah, I was judging the passage of time in part by Baby Judith - unfortunately, Chandler Riggs has gone from 10 to 14 in the same time frame. Of course, that problem can always be solved…
That makes a lot of sense to me, especially since it would explain Daryl thinking about covering his body. Why would Daryl care? Maybe because Daryl knew the leader was lying but didn’t say anything. That silence resulted in the guy being killed and in a way Daryl was trying to cover his complicity in that murder. Then he realized “Wait a second, that guy was an asshole no one cares about” and moved on.
Yeah, at work we’re debating whether it’s Beth on the grill or whether it’s Beth stew.
I was also shocked when someone said that was Denise Crosby. I agree that she hasn’t aged well (let’s hope that’s just a horrible wig).
Aaaak, don’t say that! I don’t want anything bad to have happened to Beth! She’s too cute to die! (which probably means that she will, alas)
Remember when Beth was a nonentity? Prior to her focus episodes with Darryl, if they killed her off and grilled her I would have said “who was Beth?”
No, Denise Crosby has not aged well. Seemed rather abrupt, really - you look at her Wikipedia article and you’ve got 2003 and 2008 photos.
I don’t think that’s just the harsh lighting in the second photo.
She’s 56 years old! Now I agree that there are folks (Helen Mirren, Christie Brinkley) who look magnificent in late middle age, and yeah, Crosby’s light-makeup philosophy is doing her no favors in that pic, but I think she looks pretty good all things considered.
56 isn’t that old. And no, I’m not channeling Ralph Fiennes. Though, as I said, I’m mostly struck by the significant change from 44 -> 49.
I think if you look over IMDB’s list of people born in 1957, most of the actresses have held up pretty well. Most were, of course, extraordinarily attractive to start, but they still look good.
Michonne, Daryl, Beth, Coach. Leave those guys alone, you can have everyone else.
Surely it doesn’t seem efficient to serve up your food to well, your food. Yes yes, Beth is okay you guys are lying.
You’ve gotta spend food to make food.
Coach?
Let’s see, who do I not want to end up eaten. Daryl, Carol, Bob, and Glenn. I know Glenn annoys some people but I kind of like him. Beth and Maggie are attractive, but I wouldn’t exactly miss them. Tyreese is OK, but you can eat him. I used to actively dislike Michonne, and while she’s gotten better, you can still grill her. Rick and Carl I want to see eaten.
If push comes to shove, I can live with only Daryl surviving.
Oh yeah, Glenn can stay too.
Tyreese is Coach because in the Wire he was a boxing coach, and in the zombie shooter Left 4 Dead he plays the voice of Coach. He’s one of the few sympathetic characters in the Wire so he’s grown on me.
Well, I’m pretty sure all the military convoy people are going to be dead. They have red-shirt written all over, no decent lines for them, no memorable back stories. If the writers are cruel, they will leave us with the annoying scientist/gamer dude. I think he’s supposed to be comic relief, but he’s not all that funny. Are they going for socially-awkward basement dweller?
Speaking of that, he was talking about building a small battery and sharing the power. What exactly do you expect to do, charge up your ipod and Glenn’s macbook? There’s lots of battery components lying around, they are inside these metal boxes we call cars.
Oh, right. I’ve seen the Wire, but I’m no longer thinking of him as Coach. I still think of Bob as Dee, though.
I should have included Eugene in the “please eat them” list.
tgb123
4219
Throw another Beth on the barbie.
The problem here is that only Michonne and Carl will be able to put two-and-two together here, as they are the only ones who have seen the paintings in the house, and have seen the dead people there. So one of them–I’m guessing Michonne–will have to twig to what is going on, which puts here in the most danger. I have a nasty feeling she’ll be the one who goes down first.
I would volunteer to put barbeque sauce on Carl, and I wouldn’t mind seeing Beth or Rick gone too. And Maggie. And Glenn. Pretty much all remnants of anyone who was at the farm except Carol. She’s grown on me significantly. Really she and Tyreese are the two most interesting characters these days, except for Michonne. I wouldn’t want to see her go, but I suspect she is gonna be soylent green very soon.
