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Post by Mod City on Jun 7, 2017 20:12:31 GMT -5
Cliff (Travis) looked like he was actually RELIEVED to be off the show. Yeah, it's hard to argue that he seemed to feel like he was off to bigger and better things, and certainly more power to him for it. I have to admit I was surprised when it happened - early in the second half, and right after he had a big coming-out kind of badass hour. It reminded me of when Merle locked Glenn in the room with the walker on TWD. Glenn showed he had gotten much harder over the course of three seasons. They gave Travis a decent ending, even if his (and the whole) story has been kind of unfocused. Nick remains the most interesting character to me. He's had a crazy journey and has a stare that can cut. I hope he's around for awhile. We're going to need him. Watching Sunday I thought about something that has bothered me since the start of this show. The lighting. It's often so intense and saturated it's distracting - dark rooms with sun coming in, that sort of thing. The Walking Dead has always looked more balanced. I don't know why this bugs me, I like FTWD's lighting style in other applications, but for some reason it takes me out of the world. I'm not sure I entirely understand what I'm pointing out here, I'm not a cinematographer. Anyway, I started watching this thing, I can't stop now. On to next week
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Post by crowschmo on Jun 12, 2017 18:03:12 GMT -5
Ah, severed heads. You know, you can't make sounds without lungs.
How the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks! did Daniel get out of his mess when last we saw him? Judging by the preview for next week, I guess we'll find out in a flashback.
(How'd he get off the cock-a-doodie cliff, this is wrong!) *wink*
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Post by Mod City on Jun 13, 2017 11:25:09 GMT -5
Ah, severed heads. You know, you can't make sounds without lungs. How the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks! did Daniel get out of his mess when last we saw him? Judging by the preview for next week, I guess we'll find out in a flashback. (How'd he get off the cock-a-doodie cliff, this is wrong!) *wink* Decent points, all, but I'm not sure where you're at with the cliff line. The last time I saw him it was looking like he was going to get burned up. I don't think he's a hallucination, otherwise I'm not sure they'd be doing a flashback with him, as shown in the preview for next week's show. I really like Rueben Blades, though, so if he's coming back, I'm thrilled. With Travis biting it, we need another (an actual) badass on our team. I hope the Strand storyline is going somewhere. I'm not sure the Nick/Evil Brother makes sense to me. And the zombie basement hotbox session was also strange. I don't hate this show, but it does seem to meander quite a bit. We're in the third season now, we need some solidification on who our team is and what they're all about. Rick Grimes and team were emerging as warriors by this point.
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Post by crowschmo on Jun 13, 2017 17:10:21 GMT -5
The cock-a-doodie cliff bit is a line from Misery, and Servo said it in one of the serials on the show, either Undersea Kingdom or Commander Cody, I forget which, and I forget the exact line. I actually think in Misery Annie said he never got out of the cock-a-doodie car. But, anyway, it's just a comment on how people get out of predicaments you think are un-gettie-outtie when you see them, and then the character just comes back. I know he was actually, wherever the hell he was it's been so long, but it was on fire and he was surrounded by Walkers.
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Post by crowschmo on Jul 10, 2017 16:01:34 GMT -5
Madison is a female prick. I really can't stand her. It's hard to get behind ANY of these people, really.
Maybe she's related to someone on the other show, and she'll head back east and Rick can kill her.
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Post by Mod City on Jul 10, 2017 21:27:08 GMT -5
Madison is a female prick. I really can't stand her. It's hard to get behind ANY of these people, really. Maybe she's related to someone on the other show, and she'll head back east and Rick can kill her. Ok, this made me laugh. Thank you for that Surprisingly, this last bunch of episodes has been pretty good for me. While it lulled a bit after Travis died, it picked up again. I've actually liked the Broke Jaw/Black Hat story line in general - never really getting a black/white view of anything. At least until Jeremiah truly shows his horns. I tend to agree with you on Madison. She made choices throughout this half of the season that I've completely disagreed with. And she has come off as cold over the course of the whole series. Even Alicia lays into her, calling her a corpse and accused her of contributing to her (Alicia's) father's death. She's a strong character, but I'd love to see her evolve past this exterior she seems to put up. But I love many of her moments. Like how she started this season with a spoon in Troy's eye, and then last week had that same guy saying, sincerely, "Yes, ma'am" to her. The last spoken words of the episode, I think, and it was a great moment. Granted, she was helping him cover up murder, so he should be respectful, but it was still cool. Nick continues to be the most compelling main character. I love that we haven't had the continuing "recovering junkie" story with him. I'm guessing it will rear its head again, and if it does so be it, but he remains an interesting character, and one that's easy to root for. For me, anyway. Continued great performances from Frank Dillane with this character. Otherwise, the Salazar Spanish-only episode was fantastic, probably the highlight of this half-season. I heard a lot of people complained about having to read subtitles the whole episode, to which I say "grow up." The episode is set in Mexico and Salazar is from El Salvador - it makes perfect sense that nobody in this episode speaks English. Reading subtitles isn't that hard, get over it. Just a few questions - * Do Troy and Jake (and everyone else) assume Jeremiah committed suicide? Tough to shoot yourself square between the eyes with a pistol. Probably not impossible, but still weird. * Assuming the above is true, they definitely don't know that Madison chopped his head off and gave it to Walker, right? * It looked like Walker's people were moving into the ranch in the preview for the next episode. Did Madison's deal only secure that everyone could stay, but Walker's group would be there, too? The show has saved me as a viewer with this half-season. Gonna have to keep watching
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Post by crowschmo on Jul 11, 2017 13:21:30 GMT -5
^^^Nick is the only character I like. The newer people might show some promise.
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Post by crowschmo on Sept 25, 2017 14:28:26 GMT -5
Okay. They're in a zombie apocalypse - or "infected" apocalypse. They know the infected can come upon them at any time, and so could any live human who survived and wants to take over what they have, and they've been on the ranch for a few years and they were a survivalist group, and they didn't build up a better defense system than THAT?! Circle the wagons! - er - RV's!
A wall would've made more sense. They had time to build one. And certainly since Madison and the rest showed up you'd think they would have told them to beef up security a LITTLE.
Just more characters being stupid, like in the other show where they've seemed to have gotten dumber, not smarter.
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Post by crowschmo on Mar 30, 2018 14:12:11 GMT -5
This will be back in a couple of weeks. Could it be that the red-headed, step child of the original (apologies to actual red-headed step children everywhere for that saying) will actually start to be BETTER than it's bat-wielding, wicked step- oh, never mind.
Anyway, Morgan will show up and quite a few new characters are about to be introduced (including a cowboy, looks like), and sure, promos have been deceiving before, but, it looks like it may pick up steam in the watchability department.
What say you?
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Post by crowschmo on Apr 16, 2018 19:59:36 GMT -5
Not a bad start to the season. Where the holy HELL do these people get all the bullets?
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Post by Mod City on May 3, 2018 11:34:47 GMT -5
I was surprised and sad to see Nick go last weekend. He really was the best thing about that show as far as characters go. I guess it's not that big a surprise, though. He always seemed uncomfortable in the larger Walking Dead world of fans and after-shows. From the sound of things, he was a bit unstable when it comes to life off-camera. It's a big loss, though. I hope to see him again in other projects.
Well, either way, I'm glad we have Morgan now to soften that loss. I'm also liking the gunslinger whatshisname. He played McCall on Deadwood. Good actor. And Maggie Grace is the journalist? Hard to believe that's the same actor who played the daughter in Taken and Shannon in Lost. Weird.
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Post by crowschmo on May 3, 2018 17:44:11 GMT -5
John Dorie, I think is his name - like the fish. Yeah, I was bummed about Nick, since he was the glue kind of holding everything together. Morgan's okay, but, I don't think of him as anything major about either show, so this sucks. But I guess Frank Dillane (was that his name?) wanted to do other things, and who could blame him. This show is a slow burn. Now he can go be Voldemort. He should do a movie with Johnny Depp as his brother or something. I hope Madison shoots that kid. The other characters aren't coming together so far like I'd hoped (the new ones). A journalist? Really? Talk about denial, lady. The gunslinger's okay, but I'd thought he'd be more like that Stephen King gunslinger character and less like, well, the dad from Raising Hope. BTW: How much friggin' candy can he possibly have in his pockets?
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Post by crowschmo on May 6, 2018 22:01:55 GMT -5
Jonah is going to be on Talking Dead tonight.
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Post by crowschmo on May 14, 2018 18:12:19 GMT -5
Um - there is no reason WHATSOEVER for those friggin' Walkers to want to gather at that spot on the bridge and want to rip it up to, what? fall in the water? When the hole in the railing was there, I could see a few wandering over there and falling in, but most would just keep right on walking across the bridge and not care about the car being there in the way and start tearing it up like there was food (namely a person) in there or something. I know this is just a fantasy show, but that was just stupid AF. And why is it that these Walkers can tear into metal barriers and cars and rip them to shreds, yet they can't break through GLASS DOORS or WINDOWS efficiently? And so John gave Laura/Naomi the gun. Big deal. How many bullets could he have possibly given her? I know, just a show, move on. RE: Talking Dead: So, someone from the audience asks a question one week and gets, like, plastic vomit or something, and the following week someone gets - a CANOE? Well, that just ain't fair, kids.
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Post by Mod City on May 15, 2018 10:11:15 GMT -5
I will say this, Garrett Dillahunt is a heck of an actor, and I think he's actually quite good in this. He played two different roles on Deadwood, two completely different roles, and was killer in both of them. I'm seeing shades of that brilliance here. He and Morgan are keeping me in this season so far.
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