The Walking Dead "The Walking Dead" General Stuff & Thaaaangs Thread - Part 10

[ThePhantasm]

I'm totally on board with what Michonne did. Had to be done.

 

[Leenie]

I came in late to this show -- but I don't get the hate for S2. Maybe it would have been rough to do live, but when able to binge it over a couple days, it's really quite good.

We got to know the characters then, which makes the payoffs that much better.

I don't even think that season 2 is as bad as people say it is, but there are some moments that I think are pretty dumb (the whole debacle with the zombie in the well, for instance), which hurt my overall viewing experience with it. Overall, I think it's an okay season with some really good moments, but I don't find it to be very rewatchable. It also doesn't help that season 2 followed season 1, which is a much superior season.

 

[Elevator Man]

Season 2 is underrated, imo. And season 3 is my least favorite, but I’ve enjoyed each season.

 

[The Joker]

Season 2 is underrated. Season 4 would be my least favorite so far, though I still really enjoy it overall, and The Governor's attack on the prison is one of the show's top 3 episodes. If I had to rank them from favorite to least favorite;

Season 1
Season 3
Season 2
Season 5 (we've only one episode left on this one)
Season 4

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

i heard season 2 was the way it was because they had a very limited budget.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I didn't really get into the show until I watched the 2nd season. 1st season was great but I would have had no problem dropping the show at that point. But I had lots of time on my hands so I watched the 2nd season and that was the one that got me addicted.

Season 3 has probably been the best so far for me though. Season 4 was great until they left the prison and then it slowed down a bit too much for my liking.

 

[The Joker]

Season has probably been the best so far for me though.

Which season?

Season 4 was great until they left the prison and then it slowed down a bit too much for my liking.

Yeah I felt the same. Like that Daryl and Beth episode where they spend most of it looking for booze for Beth was one of the worst. It was a big mistake splitting up the group like that. Season 5 was starting to slip that way after the great first three episodes where Terminus went down, Carol went ultra bad ass, we met Gabriel, and the cannibals got wasted in the church. Then the Beth and hospital storyline dragged it down. So did the Eugene going to D.C. story. Then it made an amazing comeback with the whole Alexandria plot. It's been great ever since.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I think what Michonne did had to be done. Rick was off his hinges.

Michonne may have just saved face for herself and the rest of the group.

Rick is family though and he's right, while he may be struggling to adjust the way they are running Alexandria is a recipe for disaster in the end.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Which season?



Yeah I felt the same. Like that Daryl and Beth episode where they spend most of it looking for booze for Beth was one of the worst. Season 5 was starting to slip that way after the great first three episodes, where Terminus cannibals got wasted in the church. Then it made an amazing comeback with the whole Alexandria plot. It's been great ever since.

Season 3, edited it now! Yeah that episode with Beth and Daryl was just too slow, especially after coming after more slow episodes.

And agreed about season 5, it thankfully quickly got back on track.

 

[The Joker]

Season 3, edited it now! Yeah that episode with Beth and Daryl was just too slow, especially after coming after more slow episodes.

And agreed about season 5, it thankfully quickly got back on track.

I love season 3. The establishment of the prison. Woodbury. Michonne. The Governor. Michonne vs The Governor. Merle (I love Merle and wish they had never killed him off). Morgan's return. Rick going off the rails. Lori's death. It was a quality season and never once felt boring for me.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I love season 3. The establishment of the prison. Michonne. The Governor. Michonne vs The Governor. Woodbury. Merle (I love Merle and wish they had never killed him off). Morgan's return. Rick going off the rails. Lori's death. It was a quality season and never once felt boring for me.

Same here, I instantly loved Michonne and The Governor as a villain. And Merle and Morgan coming back was great. Agree about Merle, but, I loved the way he went out also. Can't believe some people don't like season 3, I loved it.

 

[The Joker]

Same here, I instantly loved Michonne and The Governor as a villain. And Merle and Morgan coming back was great. Agree about Merle, but, I loved the way he went out also. Can't believe some people don't like season 3, I loved it.

Oh yeah Merle had an awesome exit. He redeemed himself at the end when he let Michonne go and then tried to take down The Governor himself. He was an a-hole but he was a loveable a-hole to me. He had some hilarious one liners, some that can't be repeated here because of the profanity involved lol.

I think my favorite scene with him was when he was trolling and luring the walkers by playing Radiohead and drinking whiskey lol;

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[Leenie]

Rick is family though and he's right, while he may be struggling to adjust the way they are running Alexandria is a recipe for disaster in the end.

True. Rick is family. So is the rest of the group, though. Like I said, I think that what Michonne did wasn't so much betrayal towards Rick as much as it was saving everyone else (including Rick, actually).

Rick was off his hinges and was sounding threatening to Deanna, and considering what Father Gabriel did (that jerk), it looks especially bad for the group. Michonne stopping Rick from continuing his manic outburst probably saved him and the rest of the group from exile (starting from square one; without supplies or food), or possible execution.

I think Rick was sabotaging Rick, even though he is 100% correct about the Alexandrians (being the delusional people they are). The way he went about it wasn't the right way. He was armed, covered in blood, and using intimidation to get his point across to Deanna. Who would trust that?

 

[Leenie]

Oh yeah Merle had an awesome exit. He redeemed himself at the end when he let Michonne go and then tried to take down The Governor himself. He was an a-hole but he was a loveable a-hole to me. He had some hilarious one liners, some that can't be repeated here because of the profanity involved lol.

I think my favorite scene with him was when he was trolling and luring the walkers by playing Radiohead and drinking whiskey lol;

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Merle easily had the best death/exit of the entire series so far.

 

[Hunter Rider]

True. Rick is family. So is the rest of the group, though. Like I said, I think that what Michonne did wasn't so much betrayal towards Rick as much as it was saving everyone else (including Rick, actually).

Rick was off his hinges and was sounding threatening to Deanna, and considering what Father Gabriel did (that jerk), it looks especially bad for the group. Michonne stopping Rick from continuing his manic outburst probably saved him and the rest of the group from exile (starting from square one; without supplies or food), or possible execution.

I think Rick was sabotaging Rick, even though he is 100% correct about the Alexandrians (being the delusional people they are). The way he went about it wasn't the right way. He was armed, covered in blood, and using intimidation to get his point across to Deanna. Who would trust that?

The thing is I don't think the Alexandrians could get rid of the group even if they wanted to, they simply aren't equipped physically or mentally to cast them out, Rick was covered in blood and armed as he had been fighting off an attack from a wife beater that the people of Alexandria are turning a blind eye to.

To me this was the moment the group should have taken Alexandria and restructured it, instead Michonne is buying into their gimmick and now Rick will be cast out.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Oh yeah Merle had an awesome exit. He redeemed himself at the end when he let Michonne go and then tried to take down The Governor himself. He was an a-hole but he was a loveable a-hole to me. He had some hilarious one liners, some that can't be repeated here because of the profanity involved lol.

I think my favorite scene with him was when he was trolling and luring the walkers by playing Radiohead and drinking whiskey lol;

[YT]4S7uAjEUQv0[/YT]

Yep that was superb, it was heartbreaking when Daryl came across him as well. And Merle vs The Governor was awesome.

The thing is I don't think the Alexandrians could get rid of the group even if they wanted to, they simply aren't equipped physically or mentally to cast them out, Rick was covered in blood and armed as he had been fighting off an attack from a wife beater that the people of Alexandria are turning a blind eye to.

To me this was the moment the group should have taken Alexandria and restructured it, instead Michonne is buying into their gimmick and now Rick will be cast out.

Have to agree, I think Rick could have been talked down as well and didn't need to be knocked out.

 

[Sawyer]

Rick's incredibly lucky he was only knocked out.

 

[chamber-music]

Robert Sheehan's agent cost him the lead role in the upcoming Walking Dead spin off

Sheenan landed the role of Nick, on Fear the Walking Dead. He met with the producers and offered to collaborate with them on his storyline. Then it all went to hell.

“My agent – who is not my agent anymore – took this to mean that now, we could do whatever the f*** we wanted.

“They were really, overly aggressive in the negotiation with the network, and long story short, f***** up the negotiation. I found out later the organisation felt they had no other option than to stop even trying to talk to my representation and had to hire somebody else.

“I thought, Dear God. It was a really frightening moment, because I went from looking at the next four years of my life, to realising that my agent, who I had trusted with my job, had just completely f***** me over.

“So I fired them immediately. That was really disappointing, and scary, because out here you’re just in the hands of these lunatic egomaniac agents, particularly the corporate ones, who base their model on Wall Street. You’re just a stock, it’s very inhumane how they work out here.”

 

[Schlosser85]

Dude let it all hang out.

 

[Schlosser85]

 

[Man in the Suit]

Season 2 is still hated on because people still remember it as it aired. It plays great when you marathon them. Still some filler (Well Walker) because of the Darabont/Mazzara transition. I never understood the "THEY KEEP ARGUING ABOUT THE SAME STUFF N THANGS!" complaint. The Rick/Lori/Shane stuff was pretty big because that was about as personal as you could get. And the Randal aka "Kill or be Killed" payed off for the Rick/Shane confrontation and paved the way for how Rick is now.

I'd rank the seasons:

Season 5 (The finale could always change this.)
Season 4
Season 2
Season 3
Season 1

I've never understood why fans put Season 1 on pedestal. Darabont's direction is flawless in the pilot and so is his casting, but it becomes silly after the first two episodes. I hate the Vatos and CDC arcs. Season 2 and Scott Gimple's run (and his episodes in previous seasons) brought the show back closer to the tone and vibe of the pilot, IMO. The only thing it does better is more practical effects on the walker kills.

I'm not saying that the other seasons are flawless, they're not. Season 2 filler, Andrea in Woodbury, Daryl/Beth and Rickless episodes, and the hospital arc falling flat.

 

[Rowsdower!]

I think the hospital was the only real weak spot this season. Dawn was the most annoying antagonist so far and the whole premise was just stupid ("We injured you so we could patch you up and now you've gotta let us rape you!"). Loved all the Terminus stuff though and everything in Alexandria so far.

 

[Evelisse]

Wasn't there talk about someone from the new spinoff showing up this season? Think we've seen them yet or will it be one of the Wolves?

 

[Rowsdower!]

I haven't heard anything about anyone from the spinoff showing up. But that might be a way to introduce that series; have one of them show up and then tell the group his/her story.

 

[Evelisse]

this is what I'm talking about, guess they mean season 6?

...According to a report by Nerdist, a character from the "Walking Dead" spinoff is coming to the original series. The character is said to have a six-episode story arc on the next season of "Walking Dead" and will then be seen in the new show...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/23/walking-dead-spinoff_n_6535134.html