[Spoilsport Stonny]

Bulwyf, on 18 March 2015 - 02:09 PM, said:

Shinrei, on 18 March 2015 - 12:42 PM, said:

D, on 18 March 2015 - 10:28 AM, said:

Shinrei, on 16 March 2015 - 02:53 PM, said:

Never trust a priest!

Yeah, what the hell was with that? What's his angle?

Right. Even reconciling that scene with the first scene where he's tearing up the bible - how does that connect? He tears up the bible, and then comes out quoting it to the senator.

My best guess is he's gone nuts over his own perceived sins and now feels he needs to "save" this community of innocents to make up for it?

I saw it as him tearing up the bible ashamed of himself: The town was giving him such a nice welcome, and he felt like if they knew what he had done, they wouldn't want anything to do with him. I feel like that's what kind of lead to his decision to betray Rick's group. They're the only ones who know about what he did, so he was trying to get them out of the picture before the new people learned of his sins. Trying to cover up his past and give himself a fresh start in the new town...

Yeah its probably a little shame on his part, and being scared for his fucking life because Rick's group are brutal as all hell. He hadn't seen a human kill another human for likely quite some time, and what they did to the Terminus crew...gotta see it from his eyes.

[Shinrei]

Has anyone noticed that everyone has perfect eyesight in this universe? Outside of the former senator's husband, has anyone else worn glasses?

You might argue that some sort of exacting natural selection weeds out the glasses wearers first, except that even when you go back to all of the original people in the first episodes, none of them wore glasses either. Even old man Dale and Herschel didn't wear glasses.

[paran falcon]

Shinrei, on 21 March 2015 - 02:10 PM, said:

Has anyone noticed that everyone has perfect eyesight in this universe? Outside of the former senator's husband, has anyone else worn glasses?

You might argue that some sort of exacting natural selection weeds out the glasses wearers first, except that even when you go back to all of the original people in the first episodes, none of them wore glasses either. Even old man Dale and Herschel didn't wear glasses.

I certainly hadn't noticed that, but it's an interesting topic to consider. Which then leads me to: I can't recall ever seeing a walker with glasses still on it's face, either. In the show's current timeline, I think the virus breakout is well over a year old now (?) so at this point you probably couldn't expect any walkers to still have a pair manage to hang on their face, but earlier on I would think it might've been possible. Of course, new walkers are still being made... I wouldn't mind seeing Hardwick ask one of the writers or producers about that on Talking Dead sometime. I've not read the comics. Does anyone know if Kirkman and/or the illustrators ever included glasses at any point?

On second thought, did one of the male walkers in the country club that Daryl and Beth go through while she's questing for a drink have glasses? I can't be sure and now I keep picturing the Jacob Marley character to Bill Murray's Scrooge in Scrooged when I try to think back!!

[paran falcon]

paran falcon, on 21 March 2015 - 06:27 PM, said:

Shinrei, on 21 March 2015 - 02:10 PM, said:

Has anyone noticed that everyone has perfect eyesight in this universe? Outside of the former senator's husband, has anyone else worn glasses?

You might argue that some sort of exacting natural selection weeds out the glasses wearers first, except that even when you go back to all of the original people in the first episodes, none of them wore glasses either. Even old man Dale and Herschel didn't wear glasses.

I certainly hadn't noticed that, but it's an interesting topic to consider. Which then leads me to: I can't recall ever seeing a walker with glasses still on it's face, either. In the show's current timeline, I think the virus breakout is well over a year old now (?) so at this point you probably couldn't expect any walkers to still have a pair manage to hang on their face, but earlier on I would think it might've been possible. Of course, new walkers are still being made... I wouldn't mind seeing Hardwick ask one of the writers or producers about that on Talking Dead sometime. I've not read the comics. Does anyone know if Kirkman and/or the illustrators ever included glasses at any point?

On second thought, did one of the male walkers in the country club that Daryl and Beth go through while she's questing for a drink have glasses? I can't be sure and now I keep picturing the Jacob Marley character to Bill Murray's Scrooge in Scrooged when I try to think back!!

OMG. Just told the rest of the family about this observation and my Mega-WD-fan daughter (almost 15) pipes up immediately and says, "Ya huh, Milton from Woodbury wore glasses all the time." So much for that! Ah, to have a memory that sharp again!

[D'iversify]

Shinrei, on 21 March 2015 - 02:10 PM, said:

Has anyone noticed that everyone has perfect eyesight in this universe? Outside of the former senator's husband, has anyone else worn glasses?

You might argue that some sort of exacting natural selection weeds out the glasses wearers first, except that even when you go back to all of the original people in the first episodes, none of them wore glasses either. Even old man Dale and Herschel didn't wear glasses.

Not in the show, but one of the guys in the video game did have glasses: http://walkingdead.w...ark_(Video_Game)

Things don't go well for him, but I don;t think his eyesight has anything to do with it.


PS: Anyone else notice how black guys are disproportionately liable to getting killed on this show.

This post has been edited by D'iversify: 21 March 2015 - 08:38 PM

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Shinrei, on 21 March 2015 - 02:10 PM, said:

Has anyone noticed that everyone has perfect eyesight in this universe? Outside of the former senator's husband, has anyone else worn glasses?

You might argue that some sort of exacting natural selection weeds out the glasses wearers first, except that even when you go back to all of the original people in the first episodes, none of them wore glasses either. Even old man Dale and Herschel didn't wear glasses.

Absolutely. Having had glasses..they are such a PITA at times. MY body wouldn't deal with contacts all that well...

Actually this was one of the reasons I bought LASIK, when the crash happens..glasses could get ya killed. 20/20 is neat btw!

[Shinrei]

I remember reading somewhere that the greatest number of initial casualties in a full zombie-apocalypse would be everyone with a medical condition requiring constant medication. Basically, all your diabetics, heart-pill poppers etc would be dead within days or weeks from their condition, not likely from zombie attack or human looters or whatever.

[Nicodimas]

NIN opening music sequence is brutal ..so legit

Fav band ever !!!

Totally unexpected for this show ...

[Nicodimas]

Briar King, on 23 March 2015 - 04:21 AM, said:

This was a FUN epi!
Sigh 1 more epi till October.

/truth on one episode.

I don't know about FUN! next episode is going to be brutal

<gotta love leaving out important words! /fun >

This post has been edited by Nicodimas: 23 March 2015 - 04:42 AM

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Briar King, on 23 March 2015 - 04:21 AM, said:

This was a FUN epi! We find out where gun is and get more of the "W" that ending was kinda funny even though it's meant to be intense I couldn't help but to lol

Sigh 1 more epi till October.

I did not figure that coward Nicholas was the one who took the blender gun (and laid the walker trap, as well?). I actually suspected Carl's woods-runner girl Enid, since she seems to go outside the walls quite often and is apparently stealthy as hell! Yes, 90 more minutes left; it is rather sad.

[acesn8s]

Yeah, I was surprised to see it was Nicholas that had the gun. It adds a whole nother level of tension now...

[Jakovasaurus]

Man. Sasha has a nice zombie extermination business she's running on the side. Good for her.

So, I'm thinking next week's finale will see a major character killed off, one who's been on since season 1. My guess is Daryl.

[QuickTidal]

They won't kill Daryl.

It's simply not going to happen from a business standpoint. Not yet at least. He might die later down the road...but not yet. We're talking about THE fan favourite character on the most watched cable TV show in history...even AMC and Robert Kirkman are not that stupid.

[acesn8s]

Plus they just got him a new bike.

[Bulwyf]

Jakovasaurus, on 23 March 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

Man. Sasha has a nice zombie extermination business she's running on the side. Good for her.

So, I'm thinking next week's finale will see a major character killed off, one who's been on since season 1. My guess is Daryl.

My guess based on the comics of what the cliffhanger OMG moment will be:

Don't be tempted to click this if you haven't read the comics!

Spoiler

Carl gets his eye shot out
They'll probably end with him getting shot in the face, Sasha shooting the guy f/ the bell tower, and end it with Rick holding Carl, the audience assuming he's going to die after getting shot in the face. We'll find out next season that he's ok, unless they stray from the comics and kill Carl off...

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[Jakovasaurus]

* must .... not .... click spoiler.
Regarding the W on the Walkers forehead's, an interesting observation was made last night on Talking Dead, and that is that it's not an W, but instead an M for Morgan.

Also, I would have chosen "March of the Pigs" to kick of my "RUNMIX" mixtape cd. That shit would get my hyped to go outside the walls of Alexandria looking for supplies.

[Bulwyf]

Haven't watched the talking dead yet, usually watch it the next day (usually watch shameless or other whatever premium tv show happens to be on during that popular 9pm Sunday Night slot, then watch the DVR'd walking dead after to skip through commercials!)

I remember them showing the upside down W as an M at the end of one episode, fading out on it or something, but come on. Why would he be carving it upside down? ...even if it's somehow from his perspective as he's carving it, if he's letting the walkers go afterwards why would he want his M upside down?

I'm sticking with it as a W until it's revealed for sure

[QuickTidal]

Bulwyf, on 23 March 2015 - 05:12 PM, said:

Jakovasaurus, on 23 March 2015 - 04:01 PM, said:

Man. Sasha has a nice zombie extermination business she's running on the side. Good for her.

So, I'm thinking next week's finale will see a major character killed off, one who's been on since season 1. My guess is Daryl.

My guess based on the comics of what the cliffhanger OMG moment will be:

Don't be tempted to click this if you haven't read the comics!

Spoiler

Carl gets his eye shot out
They'll probably end with him getting shot in the face, Sasha shooting the guy f/ the bell tower, and end it with Rick holding Carl, the audience assuming he's going to die after getting shot in the face. We'll find out next season that he's ok, unless they stray from the comics and kill Carl off...

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Indeed, that's a pretty safe bet, and I could see them going for that cliffhanger.

[worry]

The reason it's surprising that Nicholas had the gun is because it's stupid.

Other than that, decent episode.

[paran falcon]

acesn8s, on 23 March 2015 - 03:43 PM, said:

Yeah, I was surprised to see it was Nicholas that had the gun. It adds a whole nother level of tension now...

I agree. In fact, when the Rick and Pete brawl got into the street and people came running, it looked like Nicholas was right behind Glenn. I half expected Nicholas to pull the piece then and there. Whether he would've had the stones to do anything with it is another story.