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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 3, 2015 13:38:42 GMT -5
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And while Lincoln has teased Negan in interviews I find no evidence he's been cast.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 10:46:30 GMT -5
Spent a few confusing minutes trying to figure out if Father Sergeant Carter was still alive. I couldn't remember his death, but then again I couldn't remember his being in Alexandria at all. I had pretty much concluded he was toast, and then saw the previews for next week - huh.
Also, RIP Rick's beard, long live Rick's crazy stare. He is by far my favorite character because he is hilarious, but I don't know - Scary Carol may overtake his position soon.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Mar 10, 2015 10:57:36 GMT -5
If Carol wasn't already my favorite character, Scarol would have cemented that fact. And I love that Rick is just turning into a full gonzo creeper. Touch your hidden gun and stare at that lady's hubby! Grin like a maniac when you hear a walker outside the walls! And I can't get enough of how goofily large that jacket looks on Andrew Lincoln.
Drunk Abraham was great too.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 10, 2015 11:00:19 GMT -5
Spent a few confusing minutes trying to figure out if Father Sergeant Carter was still alive. I kept waiting for him to show up, especially as I figured he'd be a group member who'd probably integrate really well into Alexandria, the guy was a complete mess outside the wall. I don't think we've seen him since the point where everyone walked into the place.
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Post by nowimnothing on Mar 11, 2015 17:50:10 GMT -5
Damn, I didn't know Negan had already been cast. Guess they're not going to be at Alexandria very long. Well, aren't they still there now in the comics? Alexandria seems to be their home base but they have adventures outside the walls pretty constantly. I haven't read a ton past #104 or so though. mild comic speculation Yes they are still there. That makes me wonder if the "W" zombies are with Negan or some side plot to spread things out a bit. We are probably around issue #70 now. After #126 there is a time jump.
Kevin Durand could be a good Negan, he is about the only good thing in The Strain.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 11, 2015 18:37:18 GMT -5
I'm beginning to think Morgan Jones will only show up at the very end of the season, probably the last scene (or another Marvel-esque post-credits surprise.)
There's just a lot of stuff for them to work through with integrating into Alexandria and servicing a pretty large, amorphous cast... but at this point the Morgan stuff feels like an extended tease, as promising as it was and as fun as it has always been to see Lennie James pop up in this franchise.
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Post by MrsLangdonAlger on Mar 11, 2015 20:09:48 GMT -5
It's weird to see my name (Morgan) mentioned so much when I have no idea what's going on.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 11, 2015 20:16:52 GMT -5
MrsLangdonAlger Well if you appeared at the end of the season, now that'd be a shocker.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2015 7:14:01 GMT -5
Are you ready for the RRRRRRRICKTATORSHIP? I probably shouldn't be rooting for him to go (more) crazy, but there it is. I like a show like the Walking Dead - rides the line between engaging and stupid so well that I care and also do not care about the characters, and don't have much invested in their actions or demise.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 18, 2015 21:07:30 GMT -5
Noah!!! No!
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 23, 2015 23:01:52 GMT -5
So Daryl and Aaron were running toward Morgan Jones, right? I'm just assuming that is where that plot is going. They could also find the person or persons behind carving W into zombie heads, I guess, but I am hoping for Morgan.
Looks like the finale will be a corker anyway. I wonder who is gonna die (because you know somebody will.) I've seen some rumours about it being Daryl which strikes me as extremely unlikely given the character's popularity.
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Post by pairesta on Mar 24, 2015 7:10:33 GMT -5
Man, I just have not clicked with this Alexandria stuff. I guess I like the idea that Rick's crew is the threat for once, but it just seems so sudden and could have been played out longer to really do something with it. And after last episode Rick seems to have crossed into full villain territory. Hard to see how he comes back from this one.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 24, 2015 9:03:28 GMT -5
pairesta The one thing I've really liked about this season is how sudden it is, honestly. It feels like season five has told around twice the amount of story as seasons three and four combined - and even if that isn't literally true, I've long felt that forward plot momentum is basically the lifeblood of this series - if it stalls out it can lose my interest pretty quickly (the second half of season four was a recent low point for me for that reason, and the first half of season four also feeling the need to essentially rerun the end of season three was also irritating.) Alexandria's juggling a half-dozen different plots that are all related but also not, from Carl and Enid getting it on in the Apocalypse to Rick and Carol figuring out what's to be Done with Pete or Daryl connecting with Aaron and so on. It's allowed the show to feel like Important Things Are Happening not just in the A-plot but in every other B-plot, and now it looks like that'll all explode. Like looking back, in retrospect, season five was far from perfect, and it stumbled in some big moments (didn't care for the Tyrese episode) but this feels like the best version of the show there's been.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 24, 2015 9:16:08 GMT -5
What happened to Tyrese, btw? Did he die? Is he in Alexandria?
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Post by pairesta on Mar 24, 2015 9:23:46 GMT -5
What happened to Tyrese, btw? Did he die? Is he in Alexandria? You might want to sit down . . .
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 24, 2015 9:26:18 GMT -5
What happened to Tyrese, btw? Did he die? Is he in Alexandria? You might want to sit down . . . Man, I have a bad memory. I watched that episode and just forgot. I guess I really didn't care about his character enough to remember what happened.
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Post by pairesta on Mar 24, 2015 9:29:28 GMT -5
pairesta The one thing I've really liked about this season is how sudden it is, honestly. It feels like season five has told around twice the amount of story as seasons three and four combined - and even if that isn't literally true, I've long felt that forward plot momentum is basically the lifeblood of this series - if it stalls out it can lose my interest pretty quickly (the second half of season four was a recent low point for me for that reason, and the first half of season four also feeling the need to essentially rerun the end of season three was also irritating.) Alexandria's juggling a half-dozen different plots that are all related but also not, from Carl and Enid getting it on in the Apocalypse to Rick and Carol figuring out what's to be Done with Pete or Daryl connecting with Aaron and so on. It's allowed the show to feel like Important Things Are Happening not just in the A-plot but in every other B-plot, and now it looks like that'll all explode. Like looking back, in retrospect, season five was far from perfect, and it stumbled in some big moments (didn't care for the Tyrese episode) but this feels like the best version of the show there's been. I agree it's still good, and we're far from the days on The Farm, but I think the high water mark was more the last half (post prison) of last season (guess we're at odds there) and first half of this one. Alexandria's such a huge game-changer, I wish they would give all the plots and interactions more room to breathe. Like I liked seeing what Abraham was up to last week, out on his own, and I like Daryl and Aaron together. More of that. But since virtually the end of the first full ep in Alexandria we knew things were heading for this and it's just been a rush to fill that conclusion.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Mar 24, 2015 12:00:30 GMT -5
The show will never get better than the pilot or "Clear" until Morgan is an actual character on this show. I literally give no shits about anyone else besides Crazy Rick and Carol.
Season 5 is probably the best run it's had yet, but it's still had massive missteps (the hospital, Tyreese).
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Post by pairesta on Mar 30, 2015 5:17:49 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time where the episode was head-slappingly stupid. They just left a gate open? Really? And Deanna's husband just walking into that machete.
My DVR cut off the last 8 minutes. Somebody spoil it for me.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 6:39:08 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time where the episode was head-slappingly stupid. They just left a gate open? Really? And Deanna's husband just walking into that machete. My DVR cut off the last 8 minutes. Somebody spoil it for me. Deanna's husband dies, someone wrestles the machete doctor to the ground. Deanna gets all cold-blooded and tells Rick to do it, and without missing a beat he turns and shoots the doctor - just in time for Morgan et al to show up and witness the execution. Ends with Morgan and Rick staring at each other. All I wanted was for Father Dumbass to die a hilarious death, but instead I got him sitting in a prayer circle - ugh.
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Post by pairesta on Mar 30, 2015 8:29:14 GMT -5
Man, I am so disappointed in this half of the season. Last fall was pretty solid, and confident about itself. This just felt rushed and half-assed the whole way. Blah.
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Post by rimjobflashmob on Mar 30, 2015 9:03:26 GMT -5
Everything with Morgan: A
Everything else: C-
Did you want generic zombie kill fake-outs? Baffling character idiocy? Faux-intellectual philosophizing? The choppiest editing the show's ever seen, breaking up scenes seemingly at random? Then "Conquer" is the episode for you!
I'm not against having a low body count (and the look exchanged between Morgan and Rick at the end was great), but for fuck's sake, this show absolutely refuses to make any sense of Sasha or Gabriel. I have no idea what's going on or what they're trying to do anymore.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 30, 2015 9:23:34 GMT -5
This is the first time in a long time where the episode was head-slappingly stupid. They just left a gate open? Really? And Deanna's husband just walking into that machete. My DVR cut off the last 8 minutes. Somebody spoil it for me. Also, those two guys who attacked Morgan at the beginning of the episode were the ones who set up the trucks of zombies trap.
Darryl, why wouldn't you knock on the truck door first?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 11:10:33 GMT -5
Oh, and also last night was the first time I saw a commercial for the Poltergeist remake, which took me completely by surprise. It doesn't seem possible that I haven't heard that this was happening, right? I spend so much stupid time reading about pop culture on the internet - how could I have missed it? Maybe I have a mental block there. My reaction was to say out loud - to my dog I guess because I was alone - YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME.
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Post by 🔪 silly buns on Mar 30, 2015 11:24:16 GMT -5
Oh, and also last night was the first time I saw a commercial for the Poltergeist remake, which took me completely by surprise. It doesn't seem possible that I haven't heard that this was happening, right? I spend so much stupid time reading about pop culture on the internet - how could I have missed it? Maybe I have a mental block there. My reaction was to say out loud - to my dog I guess because I was alone - YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME. Last night I saw the new Terminator trailer, which I didn't know about. I wish Arnold would just walk away from that franchise.
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Post by Douay-Rheims-Challoner on Mar 30, 2015 19:46:10 GMT -5
I was okay with the gate being left open because the responsible party - Father Gabriel - had repeatedly shown himself to be extremely irresponsible.
Mostly I liked it - the pat part of the episode for me was Pete killing Deanna's husband, that was a great bit of character assassination so the whole group could come together in wanting him dead. Otherwise while the thing was a bit shaggy dog I thought the longer length time worked because the show has so many different characters to check in on (I think this is the first time Abraham and Eugene have said anything to each other since the former beat the latter) and because instead of ending with a bloodbath the show allowed a bit of hope into the proceedings.
Watching the Talking Dead now, which is being broadcast here for the first time. Hardwick has mock surprise at Lennie James being British, evidentially he is not torrenting Critical.
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Post by pairesta on Mar 31, 2015 4:12:10 GMT -5
Oh, and also last night was the first time I saw a commercial for the Poltergeist remake, which took me completely by surprise. It doesn't seem possible that I haven't heard that this was happening, right? I spend so much stupid time reading about pop culture on the internet - how could I have missed it? Maybe I have a mental block there. My reaction was to say out loud - to my dog I guess because I was alone - YOU'VE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME. Same reaction here. I had no idea it was happening, and it's not like I read a pop culture news website every day or anything.
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Post by pairesta on Oct 12, 2015 7:47:01 GMT -5
And we're back!
A large part of the plot for this episode were the characters leading a horde of zombies . . .away from a highly populated area with innocent civilians. I'm gonna take that as a middle finger to Fear the Walking Dead.
I guess I needed to rewatch some of the final episodes of last season. I have no memory of it, other than that I didn't like it, Rick had gone into bonkers villain mode, and the show set up one straw man after another to prove him "right". So, like, why was Glenn bloody? Why was lesbian cop in the hospital? Where is Daisy Dukes?
I guess they're trying to walk back Rick's actions from the end of last year but I'm not buying it. I was totally on the side of the people plotting against him.
I'm a little hazy on the quarry. I gather that it was some giant holding pen for a horde of walkers, and that they decided to open it up and lead them . . . where?
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Post by songstarliner on Oct 12, 2015 22:44:32 GMT -5
Walking Dead season 6 premiere red carpet WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER - hell yes. He looks like an awesome cartoon character and I approve.
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Post by saganaut on Oct 12, 2015 22:53:25 GMT -5
I think the end goal was to have them be led far enough away that it would be unlikely for the entire horde to return to Alexandria. Eventually they would disperse and be someone else's problem and Alexandria would be safe (perhaps they would reset the quarry trap afterward to continue to draw walkers away from their walls?). Dangerous and risky, but I could see why it was theoretically a solid plan. I think people who are calling it a terrible plan are underestimating how difficult it would be to seal up the exits of the quarry and thin out the mass of walkers that had already gathered. They had a limited amount of time to put a plan into motion. Plus, as always, the smart/easy decision that solves a massive problem will never happen on this show because we need the threat of catastrophic disaster hanging over our protagonists at all times.
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