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

[Elevator Man]

Exactly. He's like an addict, who's trying to resist an addiction.

"Here's Not Here" was a very therapeutic episode that continues to resonate with me. It even had examining myself and my own morals.

 

[FrozenBanana00]

I really enjoyed the episode. It was a nice break from all the violence and intensity of the past few episodes. I'm glad to see some backstory finally.

 

[Teelie]

^Watching people die upsets me so much more than the animals ...

The difference to me is animals are entirely defenseless and incapable of understanding zombie = danger... though there have been several people who should have picked up on that in this series too that learned it too late.

In other words, I watch it expecting people to die. I don't watch it waiting to see some animal bite the dust in some horrible way. If I wanted that there's plenty of it on Discovery Channel and National Geographic.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The difference to me is animals are entirely defenseless and incapable of understanding zombie = danger... though there have been several people who should have picked up on that in this series too that learned it too late.

In other words, I watch it expecting people to die. I don't watch it waiting to see some animal bite the dust in some horrible way. If I wanted that there's plenty of it on Discovery Channel and National Geographic.

Agreed, and depending on the character, I enjoy watching some of them die. Animals I hate seeing die on the show though for the reasons you mentioned.

 

[chamber-music]

I don't have a problem with seeing animals die in fictional settings. I don't feel any emotional attachment to the turtle, horse or goat that were killed. I knew that goat was going to die as soon as I saw it.

People dying is worst than animals dying for me. Some people seemed more upset about that girl eating a turtle to survive than Sophia being killed.

 

[Kane52630]

I don't have a problem with seeing animals die in fictional settings. I don't feel any emotional attachment to the turtle, horse or goat that were killed. I knew that goat was going to die as soon as I saw it.

People dying is worst than animals dying for me. Some people seemed more upset about that girl eating a turtle to survive than Sophia being killed.

Same ****in here.

 

[Leenie]

The difference to me is animals are entirely defenseless and incapable of understanding zombie = danger... though there have been several people who should have picked up on that in this series too that learned it too late.

In other words, I watch it expecting people to die. I don't watch it waiting to see some animal bite the dust in some horrible way. If I wanted that there's plenty of it on Discovery Channel and National Geographic.

Well, that's just a difference/preference of ideology, I suppose. My mentality always has been people >>>>>> animals.

If I were in the zombie apocalypse, I would have no compunctions with killing an animal for food/survival, so seeing a girl eat a turtle didn't bother me (I think that scene effectively showed how desperate the situation is, even for a young girl). Sasha shooting those rabid dogs didn't bother me either (and I most likely would have done the exact same thing she did; those dogs served as much-needed food, and they were about to attack the group).

Also, showing people AND the walkers tearing animals apart for food really drives the whole "We're the walking dead" point home, in my opinion. The difference between humans and walkers becomes less and less obvious as the show moves along, in my opinion.

 

[Teelie]

It's a difference of mentality. It wouldn't be the same as seeing a baby or child dying but it's still more exploitative than seeing someone who is an adult dying.

This isn't the same as killing an animal for food. I'm no vegan but the way TWD does deaths it's always excessively bloody and prolonged and sometimes ridiculous. Also it was part of an otherwise boring episode that dragged on, further annoying me and coming off the fake out of Glenn's death.

 

[Napoleon]

Some of you people really need to stop getting triggered so easily.

 

[Teelie]

Not triggered. Annoyed.

 

[Leenie]

It's a difference of mentality. It wouldn't be the same as seeing a baby or child dying but it's still more exploitative than seeing someone who is an adult dying.

This isn't the same as killing an animal for food. I'm no vegan but the way TWD does deaths it's always excessively bloody and prolonged and sometimes ridiculous. Also it was part of an otherwise boring episode that dragged on, further annoying me and coming off the fake out of Glenn's death.

... But all of the animals that have been killed (including the goat) have been eaten. Like I said, the hunt for food is a pretty good representation of how the differences between the walkers and the humans are progressively fading away, IMO. I don't feel it's exploitative.

Sometimes, I think TWD comics are excessive with the violence (to the point of me being completely desensitized in many cases; some stuff in the comics go into "Eli Roth territory," if you get what I mean). I think that the show has overall handled it well (some dumb storytelling aside, of course). When I originally said that seeing humans die bothered me more than animals, it's not a matter of "being triggered," it's just a matter of me being sad ... Which is exactly what the show is going for. Let's just say that I typically don't feel anything when I see the animals die ... But I definitely feel something when the people die for the most part.

Glenn's possible demise does not bother me. I thought the episode from last week was fantastic. Does the scene bother you because he may be coming back? Lots of shows/movies/books have done fakeouts ... If this is all a fakeout, I'm okay with it because I've liked how it's been handled so far. I thought the scene itself was very effective.

 

[Elevator Man]

So that wound on that Wolf (Morgan apprehended) from a walker or something else?

 

[Leenie]

So that wound on that Wolf (Morgan apprehended) from a walker or something else?

I'm thinking it's from something else, and that he's lost blood/is developing an infection. The wound looked too clean for it to be a bite, in my opinion. It looked like a wound from a blade to me.

Well, that, or maybe it's a walker scratch? His wound definitely looks more like a cut to me ...

 

[Teelie]

I think it was a cut from a knife or sword more than a bite.

 

[Kane52630]

Episode 5 Thread

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=506041

 

[Napoleon]

Has anyone heard the runor that Garrett Dillahunt might be playing Negan (he posted a photo of TWD Copendium 3 on his Twitter)?

 

[Nightmare]

Yeah hope not, he's better suited for Dwight in my opinion.

 

[Schlosser85]

Something about Dillahunt doesn't seem imposing enough for Negan.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Dillahunt posted a closeup of a photo he posted previously on instagram, and asked his fans who they thought he looked like: https://instagram.com/p/9uXHRrD2di/

Oddly enough, everyone thought this was meant to confirm he was playing Negan. And yet, I think the blood on his face was his idea of conveying Dwight's scars:

 

[Rowsdower!]

Hmmmm... I'm a big fan of Dillahunt and he can definitely play a good villain. I'd be down with him as the next big bad, though I was hoping for Henry Rollins, since Negan was supposedly based on him, haha.

 

[Art Vandelay]

Recent tweets from Dillahunt make it clear he has not been cast in any roles for the show, but would like to be.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

GARRET DILLAHUNT CLARIFIES HE'S SIMPLY LOBBYING FOR ROLE OF NEGAN ON "THE WALKING DEAD"

 

[Drizzle]

Something about Dillahunt doesn't seem imposing enough for Negan.

He was quite the psychopath in The Last House on the Left remake.

 

[Leenie]

Ha! Called it with Maggie (though I'm sure a lot of others did too).

 

[Reek]

God I hope they don't make it so that Eenids ex boyfriend, or whoever that little turd is that took watch for Rick, isn't the one who

Spoiler

shoots Carl in the eye.

... haven't finished the ep yet though