Just watched the first episode. So far this is better than 95% of last season. I'm encouraged.
Just watched the first episode. So far this is better than 95% of last season. I'm encouraged.
foa, what TV shows are you watching if you think this is the best? :(
I knew the show was back, but I had really little interest in watching after the trainwreck of season 2. BUT, I thought the first episode this season was fantastic. Only like... 2 things bugged me. Success! From beginning to end, I thought it was a great episode.
I commented to Del Murder as we were watching that they must have taken those winter months to "train the stupid" out of these people, because they were much better at taking down the zombies, working together, not being annoying, etc.
ITT: FOA proves she's actually a big softy. But seriously, I'm glad Herschel is seemingly okay because I like Herschel and who the hell else is going to teach them to farm otherwise? Can't say I lost it when Maggie was telling him it was okay to let go though, but that's more because I'm a soulless bastard and have little problem with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by fire_of_avalon
A man making unilateral life and death decisions to keep his family safe with little regard for who he has to kill to do it? Nah, a situation like that never runs into problems. :)Quote:
Soooo what else. Rick destroyed the Hispanic Shane wannabe and I was like YAY but the dude that came at him with the bat... he just left him for walkerfood in that courtyard. Perhaps there will be some pitfalls in the Ricktatorship.
Aside from almost shooting Rick in the foot Carol seems awesome now, and is being entirely practical with the cadaver practice. And Lori acknowledging she is a terrible person was awesome and immediately elevated my opinion of her slightly.Quote:
I am happy to see that Lori and Carol are both working on redemption, Carol by finding something useful to do besides whine and Lori by coming to terms with how troutty of a human being she was for a while.
I keep getting the sense from the previews that Merle is with the Governors group, but who can say for sure. I do know he'd fit right in there. Interesting thing I saw Robert Kirkman mention in an interview was the fact that we've never seen Merle and Daryl on screen together. We've got a sense of what their lives were like before the zombie apocalypse and what kind of men they were before, but it will be interesting to see if only because Daryl has clearly grown to be an important part of the group and has changed quite a bit while Merle is likely still a complete ass and is likely a bit sore over the whole hand thing.Quote:
WHO IS IN THE WOODS? You know who I think is in the woods? And has been in the woods like the whole time? Mother smurfing MERLE DIXON. Son of a bitch. I wonder what'll happen when he and Daryl meet-up again, now that Daryl is so ingrained within the group.
Quiet you. :twak:Quote:
Originally Posted by Miriel
I haven't read the comics but I smell one of those precious brotherhood stories coming where Daryl kinda sides with his brother for a while but in the end he's the one who takes Merle out cause that's just how it's gotta be.
These first two episodes have been great. Excited for this season.
Daryl and Merle were actually created for the show so they weren't (and still aren't) in the comics. I wouldn't put it past them to make one gank the other though.
Thank god. Only redeeming part of the past two seasons was Daryl. xDQuote:
Originally Posted by Vivi22
And dammit EoFF, I am now watching season 3. :|
Bite your tongue. Aside from Lori continuing to live and breathe the second half of last season was awesome. And to counter your implication that the stuff from the comics made last season bad, Sofia going missing and them hunting for her didn't happen in the comics. In fact, the whole thing with Carl getting shot and them leaving the farm was over and done in the span of a few issues, then they found the prison, and went back to the farm to tell Herschel and the others about it and bring them with them. If anything, I'd guess that the blame for the inconsistency of last season lies with the switch in show runners part way through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shauna
I never meant to imply that the stuff from the comics is bad. I've not read the comics, so I am speaking solely from a watching the TV show perspective. I have heard the comics are fantastic, though - much better than the show, and if I could I'd probably give them a read.
All I meant by my comment, was that I honestly thought that Daryl was the best character, because he didn't send me into a quiet rage at every turn. Without him in it, I honestly don't know how far I would have watched this. :p (Actually that's a lie, I am bad for watching TV shows even if I don't enjoy them that much. :s)
That all being said - the first two eps were not so bad. I enjoyed them. Shall see how it goes. :3
If you ever have the feeling that things drag on a bit too long on the show then you might prefer the comics. They move at a more brisk pace, especially early on actually. And most characters don't survive long enough to become annoying. :)
Finally caught up with all of this trout. The first few episodes of this show have been amazing so far. I was hesitant to pick it up because as Bunny said, the first half of season two dragged on forever and I lost interest in general because of that for a while.
- Michonne freaked me the smurf out when I first saw her. Something about her dragging those smurfing zombies behind her leads me to an insane amount of curiousity and I want to know more about her. I thought it was a dude at first under that cloak. Surprise! It's a badass lady who is reminiscent of Zoe from Firefly.
- Love Andrea, love that she's alive.
- Bringing Herschel on a raid to clear out the cell block was the stupidest smurfing idea ever. Should have asked themselves "who's going to deliver the baby if he's dead? answer: no one." I like Herschel a lot more in this season.
- Lori is stupid as smurf for trying resuscitation when Herschel could have turned at any moment but I guess it saved him in the end, so hurray. I like Lori a lot more in this season than the other two. The end of the latest episode centering in on hers and Rick's relationship really threw me off. You people have been through so much and suddenly it's all apparently gone? I don't understand what's happening.
- I don't like Rick's attitude with his dictatorship mentality of this season. He's becoming Shane and I don't like it.
- Merle is definitely in those smurfing woods. If it's him, I'm curious as to how he managed to avoid the hoard of zombies that overran the farm (because he was most likely there as well) and how he managed to find and track everyone down. Then again, Daryl is an excellent tracker, so I can only assume he is, too.
- Daryl is still the best part of the show and I love him.
- There's got to be more trout hanging about in that prison and I'm curious.
Probably the best season so far for me.
I know right? Did I miss something? When did Rick decide that he loathes Lori? I thought that he forgave her for the whole sleeping with his friend thing?Quote:
The end of the latest episode centering in on hers and Rick's relationship really threw me off. You people have been through so much and suddenly it's all apparently gone? I don't understand what's happening.
Lori is a god damn sexist useless idiot, but what she can't be blamed for is smurfing another guy when she was assured that her husband was DEAD. Is there something else he hates her for? And why did Carl decide he hates his Mom too, or is he just being a bratty little kid?
Whichever one of them brought up "we can't just get divorced and split all our assets etc" I was like THAT CAME OUT OF LEFT FIELD.
I thought he was over the Lori/Shane thing, anyway. I don't see how he would bring it up to haunt her with it - he didn't seem that type before.
The fact that he still doesn't want to kill living people tells me he's not really becoming Shane. Though if he goes down a similar road to the comics he will still do some god awful trout if need be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shorty
As for the Rick and Lori thing, the reason he's still pissed is not because she slept with Shane. It was her reaction to him killing Shane that drove a wedge between them considering she basically told him to do it. Apparently they've never rally had the chance to work things out over the course of the winter.
He straight up went and killed those prisoners, though, for no real reason. Sure, the main leader dude was trouble, but I still think that the "old" Rick would have given him an extended amount of chances.
The relationship is over cause she's turning Rick into something he hates, and something that doesn't need a wife.
Though I don't see why they're going this way and I fear he's gonna' turn into bitch-Rick again.