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If there was some sort of contest, I too, missed the memo. I just like how it sounds and figured I'd class up the joint a bit.
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Unless my eyes deceive me, baaaaaad editing as the gore flies onto Maggie's sign weapon well after she hit the walker.
Otherwise, an okay episode I guess. edit to add: I'm also kinda miffed with the fog scene, how dumb would you have to be to not go to higher ground (which appeared to be available) before getting caught in that mess?
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I'm enjoying these episodes so far.
Looking forward to the reunion at Terminus (I guess). |
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OMG, was that some major foreshadowing in next week's preview or what?
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I like the direction right now. I'm a little iffy on "Terminus" though. Reminds me a whole lot of "The Prison" or "Woodbury".
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03-09-2014, 11:08 PM | #2310 |
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I knew that one guy was way too much of a known actor to only have that minor bit part.
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I'm confused - was that or was that not Glenn and Daryl picking up that guy on the road at the beginning? Sure looked 100% like it was to me...so was it a flash-back? A flash-forward??
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03-10-2014, 12:01 AM | #2312 |
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03-10-2014, 12:03 AM | #2313 |
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That's what I assumed (it was the Ben guy hmm?), but unless I looked away or something I didn't see anything pointing that out.
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That was how Bob came to join the group. The purpose of the flashback was (apparently) simply to establish his character's loner phase.
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Bob...Ben...yeah. That's what I assumed - just wasn't sure if I missed some sort of like...text subtitle indicating it was a flashback.
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Nah, we just have to figure out whether it's flashback or dream or foreshadowing ... kinda like Breaking Bad
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03-10-2014, 08:24 AM | #2317 |
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Great episode.
I really enjoyed it.
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I am liking these episodes more than the first half of Season 2, BUT... (you knew there was a but right?)...
...the long awaited arrival of everyone at Terminus is starting to feel like being on Herschel's farm. I mean, they're all moving, sure, but context wise, everyone is "trapped" on a journey to Terminus, much like they felt trapped on Herschel's farm. I'm pretty much ready for less travelling to Terminus and more getting to Terminus.
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I don't mind it. Perhaps this half-season's plot arc is: The Journey to Terminus. So long as this journey remains compelling and tense, as it has for the most part thus far, I'm in. The show really isn't about "getting to Terminus." It's about surviving in the zombie apocalypse. Once they get to Terminus that will simply be a new set of issues to deal with and then everyone will be complaining about how they need to move the plot forward and how being stuck in Terminus is like being stuck on Hershel's farm or in the prison... The problem with a lot of the episodes in season two was that they just weren't that interesting. They kept playing through the same story line - Lori/Rick/Shane - over and over again. There was very little in terms of character growth and there was very little in terms of action. Looking at last night's episode, we got to learn a lot more about Bob and Sasha. Characters who have been around for a bit, but we didn't know much about. The opening sequence Bob alone was great. The zombie attack on Darryl was one of the most tense we've seen. You had Beth get kidnapped by mysterious evil people in a hearse or something. Darryl get picked up by that band of ne'er do well ruffians. All in all, solid character development, good zombie action, some tense run-ins with dangerous (not so good) people. It's what this show is about. The show is not about the group's journey to Terminus, their journey D.C., their life on Hershel's farm, or their life in the prison... It's about the characters and how they survive, or not, in this world.
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Oh I definitely get all that, and this is certainly better than Season 2. It just already feels like this walking about has been going on forever. And while the episode long lookins with particular groups have been good for character development, I don't like that I am waiting weeks to see what is going on with other characters. My favorite episode this half season so far was the second one, where we had four succinct 15 minute checkins on four different groups from the prison. That was perfect, IMO.
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03-10-2014, 01:45 PM | #2321 |
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I wonder how Rick and Coral and michonne are doing.
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I'm sure we'll find out!
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As a side note note...and I have no idea what the comic story is...but Terminus seems like an awfully peculiar name for a city. I'd check it out but I'd be on extra alert when getting anywhere near that place. |
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Terminus does not exist in the comics.
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I just wonder if since we don't know anything about it and nobody has heard of it maybe it's been overrun at this point? Sets up for another massive season break.
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At least on the surface it's an Atlanta reference. from Wiki Quote:
The zero mile post marker now sits adjacent to the entrance of Underground Atlanta.
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PM, that is not entirely true. We did hear the radio broadcast at one point about survivors. That is actually pretty well written on the writers part. On another site I read, they were speculating that Terminus was Macon, GA. You would think everyone in the group would know better than to head anywhere near Atlanta.
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To my eye though that map is pretty clearly showing Atlanta (best I can tell) because of the way the various railroads are coming into the city. It's a point that has bothered me since we first saw the map since, well, we know what condition Atlanta was in the last time we saw it.
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IIRC the Macon speculation is based on where the crew is actually at in real life(landmarks they have passed, etc) vs where terminus actually is located at in real life. No way they'd go back to Atlanta willingly
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fwiw, my own speculation about what the Terminus storyline is
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I agree 100% with the gentleman from Middle Georgia
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Can anyone figure out why Maggie was lying down in the parking lot before Sasha knocked out the window and alerted zombies to her presence? Maggie was lying with several dead bodies. Was she knocked out or something?
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Speaking of Michonne's walkers...that never made any sense to me why they stopped trying to eat her. We see zombies in all sorts or rough condition and they all continue to push their chomping forward relentlessly. Even zombie heads that have been severed. Now at first I thought, "Gee, maybe there is some intelligence leftover and those 2 zombies sorta (in their own weird way) remember Michonne & dont want to eat her". But that went out the window (at least as the main reason) when she recently made 2 more zombie guides. IDK...I have just not seen an explanation that is satisfying, even if it requires some (purposely) unknown element to it. |
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This was eluded to I think in the dialog between Maggie and Sasha.
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Well, they couldn't bite her because their jaws were cut off. Also, zombies aren't intelligent creatures. I think she took the two walkers and pointed them in a certain direction and off they went.
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Also, do we know for sure Beth was kidnapped? She could have just got in the hearse.
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But that still doesn't explain why they don't try (unsuccessfully of course since they have no jaw) to make a meal out of her. It was alluded to by the geeky science guy back in Woodbury, a small throwaway comment about how if you take away their ability to eat then it takes away their desire to eat ... but that sort of implies some bit of intelligence.
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Now, we don't know. It's possible she could have just gotten into the hearse. I guess the fact that she dropped her bag and it sped away so quickly and didn't stop for Darryl or even kind of wait for him, as am I sure Beth would have asked them too if they were friendly, would seem to imply that she was taken against her will. Also, all the foreshadowing of Beth talking about "good" people would seem to imply that these people were, in fact, not good, like... Colorado Avalanche fans living New Hampshire not good. Then again, maybe she just dropped her bag in a panic because of zombies and they didn't even see Darryl.
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I do recall the Woodbury comment. But I can't seem to rationalize that against the idea that a zombie head (with no neck, body, stomach, etc.) would still attempt to eat you even though their food would effectively go nowhere. |
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Yep ... but then again, maybe that's intentional too?
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It's not intelligence, it's just learned helplessness, like when someone gives up when there are too many bats in their house. It all really has to do with the simple details and sciences, and not scrutinizing it too much. The idea is (as Milton stated in season 3) that by removing their arms and jaws. They essentially lose their purpose. If a walker can think, even the most basic primal instinct driven thoughts, then all it thinks is it wants food. (hence the mindless walking for eternity) Take away the arms so it can't reach out after you. Take away the jaws so it can't even bite you, then it's only purpose is totally stripped away and it's just a thing, walking wherever it is led. This is a sound theory. It explains the first set of walkers Michonne had. When she created that second set of "pet walkers" at the beginning of this season, I did note that they became "tame" too fast. It should take a while before they realize on that base level that they can't do anymore and then just become walkers.
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how many examples have we seen of walkers chained up or otherwise incapacitated that still tried to bite? or the ones who continue to push at fences or scratch at closed doors? all those zombies can't learn but Michonne's can?
sorry, I don't buy it at all. it's just lazy writing (in the comic and the show). no biggie, but let's call it what it is
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Maybe it's because they still have jaws? The clacking of their jaws must be the key. It gives them purpose!
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I somewhat seriously considered this, not the sound per se, but something about the presence of the jaw.
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It makes as much sense as anything else. I mean really...it's a show about zombies...let's not get overly scientific with it.
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