The Walking Dead "The Walking Dead" General Stuff & Thaaaangs Thread - Part 9

[Prison Mike]

Man those first four minutes of season 5...

 

[Man in the Suit]

Yeah...

Spoiler

RIP Sam... We hardly knew ya.

 

[Leenie]

Yeah ... Those first 4 minutes. Damn.

 

[danoyse]

They showed that to us at PaleyFest tonight (the NYCC panel watched it too). The whole audience was like, holy ****.

The PaleyFest panel was amazing. The scheduled lineup was Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Danai Gurira, Melissa McBride, Steven Yeun, Lauren Cohan, Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Greg Nicotero, and Gale Anne Hurd, but Chad Coleman and Michael Cudlitz were in the audience, so they joined in as well.

They are so freaking funny. Danai mentioned Judith at one point, and Andrew Lincoln said, “My baby? She’s alive?” And then he went “YES!!” and cheered.

And then Cudlitz mentioned the need for them to get to DC, and he said something like, “...and he’s going to go on his mission, and if the group doesn’t want to go with him, he’ll go without them.” It was quiet for a few seconds after he said that, he got up, dropped the mic, and then left up the aisle high-fiving everyone. He didn’t even come back.

Then they started a Q&A, and someone gave Norman Reedus the mic, and he was running around like Dr. Phil taking questions from the audience. My friend asked him a question and he liked it so much he gave her a hug.

That’s when he found Cudlitz in the back. They pretended they didn’t know each other. He said, “Hi. I’m a first-time caller. Big fan of the show.” Then he said his question was for “Mr. Dimple”, and he asked “When are you finally going to bring Abraham on the show?”

I took this on my phone, so they didn’t come out great, but this is Michael and Norman:

Scott Gimple said, “He’s already on the show, and I believe he’s played by you.” Cudlitz just stood there completely stone-faced. It was like an SNL routine, it was hilarious.

Oh, and Norman sat down right next to us during the Q&A:

Then Lauren Cohan and Danai Gurira got mad at Norman because he was only asking women for questions, so Lauren took the mic from him...then she couldn’t find a guy with a question. When she did, she said, “Oh hi! You’re a man...”

Steven Yeun mentioned how it always seems like they’re always finding new ways to dump on him in every episode (like with the well walker, he was in that well for about 8 hours that day). Later they were talking about Rick’s f-bomb at the end of Season 4, and Scott Gimple said he was thrilled that Andrew “nailed the screwing line”, which he then realized sounded terrible, and tried to walk off the stage. Steven stood up and started to wave him off.

We also learned that Mika was originally going to be a boy, but they liked Kyla Kennedy so much that they changed it to a girl. When she auditioned via Skype, she stopped to introduce them to her cat, and Greg Nicotero said they thought it was so cute it pretty much got her the part.

And with Rick’s f-bomb scene, they said Andrew Lincoln was doing crazy stuff to get him psyched up to say the line. Andrew said he didn’t want it to sound all stupid tough guy, and he did this crazy, “Yo, it’s the end of the season!” that made him sound like Rocky. So Scott Gimple joked that that was the original line. And then Andrew did an even stupider version of it, and then I think he remembered this was being live-streamed, so he got all embarrassed about it. (“Oh, is this live now?&#8221

Here are some more pictures - they didn’t come out great because the lighting turned most of them yellow, but they still look OK:

 

[Zatanna]

Thanks for sharing that with us danoyse! I'm so jealous! lol

 

[danoyse]

The whole PaleyFest panel is up now - it’s almost 90 minutes long, but it’s so worth checking out. They were SO funny.

https://screen.yahoo.com/paleyfest-...=Editorial&message_id=98316471&linkId=9981996

 

[Leenie]

So ... How 'bout that season premiere guys? Pretty fantastic, if you ask me. I loved every second of it.

[BLACKOUT]Carol is one of my favorite characters, so it was beyond rewarding to see her save everyone like a boss![/BLACKOUT]

 

[Sawyer]

 

[bullets]

My roommate asked me if they ever hooked up. I said "they did spend slot of time together in prison...."

 

[Sawyer]

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Bah Gawd...

 

[Kane52630]

daaayum

 

[FrozenBanana00]

Okay. Wow!

Just watched it here in the UK. And I love the contrast with the first four minutes being brutal as hell and the last four making you cry your eyes out. Love the reunions in the series. It makes you feel for all the characters. An explosive start to the series. I feel this one is gonna be a lot darker, gorier and more violent.

Also noticed that the season only has 16 episodes. Not sure if that's in total or just 16 they'll show before the mid season break?

Also, does anyone think that was Negan at the end of the episode?

 

[Reek]

i did at first, but its not.

 

[Reek]

bastards teased the bat and everything lol

 

[FrozenBanana00]

Glad I'm not the only one lol

 

[runawayboulder]

i did at first, but its not.

How are you so sure?

 

[rashad]

Also noticed that the season only has 16 episodes. Not sure if that's in total or just 16 they'll show before the mid season break?

There"s been 16 total episodes since Season 3. They are split into halves. 8 in the Fall and 8 in the Winter.

 

[FrozenBanana00]

There"s been 16 total episodes since Season 3. They are split into halves. 8 in the Fall and 8 in the Winter.

Cool, thanks. I figured that's what it would be. It showed 1/16 on Sky info. Has there been a 22-24 episode season? I can't remember.

 

[Reek]

How are you so sure?

it was a guy from earlier in the episode... i guess they could make him 'Negan', then again it is a bit early for him to show up. guess we will find out.

 

[Greens]

it was a guy from earlier in the episode... i guess they could make him 'Negan', then again it is a bit early for him to show up. guess we will find out.

No.

 

[Reek]

Where's the *t*rigger?!

 

[Greens]

Where's the *t*rigger?!

Wanna vape?

 

[danoyse]

it was a guy from earlier in the episode... i guess they could make him 'Negan', then again it is a bit early for him to show up. guess we will find out.

He's not Negan. Kirkman confirmed it on Twitter after the show aired last night. The guy in the car during the flashback was the same guy they tried to save from a boxcar later (the crazy guy with the tattoos on his face). He was eaten by a walker, so they can't make him Negan because he's dead now.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Man the opening of the season 5 premiere was rough going. Then it got really badass with some non stop action and Carol going into Rambo with Lady parts mode!

 

[marcvader]

Damn premier had me all teared up at the end. Well played, you bastards.