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Have just caught up with the fantastic latest two episodes of the The Walking Dead... but before I discuss them I just want to make a quick comment about some other discussions in this thread -
I'm not cool with all the spoilers to other shows that people have been dropping. Fortunately for me, I've seen most of those shows (except American Horror Story but either those posts didn't reveal too much or else I managed to scan my eyes past them in time) but anyone who hasn't seen LOST for example (and here I'm thinking mainly of MLLASH but there are probably others) will have had some of the best moments of that show spoiled here in this unrelated thread.
Anyway, complaint over - back to TWD.
*AMAZING* ending! Devastating! Heart-breaking! Powerful! I *DID NOT* see it coming at all! And it made the so-called "slow" search-for-Sophia storyline of the season all worth it with this incredible climax.
Shane is such a dickhead! I still really like the character but they're definitely pushing him into villain territory now. I predict the event that ends the first TPB to occur at the end of this season now.
Dale's actions seemed a little weird in this last episode. What was he hoping to accomplish by hiding the guns? They still need them right? And his sudden suspicion that Shane killed Otis seemed a little unfounded based on what the character knows (compared to what the audience knows). I didn't buy that whole confrontation.
A writer at the AV Club was complaining that not enough main characters get killed off in this show. They believe that the zombies need to make more kills in order for us to believe the threat. I could not disagree more! I almost had to check that Dan Didio isn't moonlighting as a writer there! The kills need to be sparse and shocking IMO so that when they do happen they have an impact. Like this emotional ending for Sophia. It wouldn't have been the same punch to the gut if T-Dog, Daryl and Maggie (for example) had all died in recent episodes.
I'm curious to see where the show goes from here now. Obviously Hershel will want them off his farm after this incident but I can't see any reason why he would want to go with them. (I disagree that the farm would now be any more overrun with zombies than it was before because all the zombies from the barn are now dead.) I'm looking forward to seeing them back on the road again though and God-help-me but I'm actually looking forward to seeing Michonne introduced too. Fingers-crossed I like her more here than I do in the comic.
Can't wait for the rest of the season.
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I do plan to watch LOST one of these days but haven't let any LOST discussion 'sink in'; I just skim over it usually. I have no idea who any of the LOST characters are...
re: American Horror Story, there's no hard spoilers in this thread, and definitely DO watch when you can- it's pretty badass for the most part!!
You remind me, I never did re-watch the final episode... I will do that today and report back!
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^ I definitely plan on catching up on AHS at some point. My sister is very into it and keeps recommending it to me too.
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From Entertainment Weekly's site... I'm not sure how much of any of this is true- esp. since the writer makes some leaps like referring to TWD as Darabont's "creation"- but it certainly is interesting.
Read what ALMOST was the Season 2 opening episode of TWD:
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I read about that...it would have been interesting, if not a distraction from the main story.
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Season 1 marathon on Saturday... Season 2 marathon on Sunday... all friggin' zombie weekend!
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Random pondering: It seems the liklihood that Whitney Houston's death will lead to higher viewing of the Grammys (and may therefore hurt TWD's ratings) is pretty high.
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Thought I posted this but it seems to have been lost (apologies if it turns into a double post).
I was waiting for Rick to not
Click Here For A Spoilerput a bullet through the second guy's head.
So it seems the survivors still don't know the big secret about the walkers:
Click Here For A SpoilerThat the dead come back regardless of whether they were bit or not.
I expect this will be a major plot point/nasty surprise at some juncture soon.
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