AMC's The Walking Dead 2011--2012 spoilers allowed

i'm not big on spoilers. but after watching the walking dead i think i'll head over to westlake's hardware store to prepare for the imminent zombie influx

Hornady has a new ammo just for the zombipocalypse: ZombieMax

Premiere was great. Wife lasted about 3 minutes before leaving; daughter and I watched the rest of the episode by ourselves. She was scared enough that she made me sit in front of the window and she moved to the chair with a solid wall behind it. Like that'll help; I wasn't armed, so the zombies will just get her after they break through the window and chow down on my ass.

i need to record the omen
hub said it is prety scary
im game for scary

I see dead people!

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Best line of last night's episode was from Daryl: "Shut up!" and the subsequent crossbow bolt through the walker's head.

momgoingbroke said:   Except for a few news and contest shows, I don't watch much TV, certainly no dramas, but a friend convinced to to check out WD. I watched part of a rerun on AMC this weekend where a young girl disappears, and then watched the season opener last night. I have one question to ask:

What's the big deal??

Anyway, maybe it would help if I checked out KKH's webisode info on how this zombie stuff came to be.I find it refreshing to see what I consider good, well written drama. Compared the glut of cheap garbage "reality" programs, this is good stuff.

It's a zombie program, but they concentrate on the interactions of the human characters. Wife couldn't watch the season premiere, left after 5 minutes. She stayed through the whole thing last night, 1/2 or 2/3 of the way through, she said to daughter and I, "Haven't seen any zombies tonight?". There were some, like the darkly humorous dispatch of a walker I mentioned above, but it concentrated on the humans last night.

Wife sat in the recliner with the wall behind her, so this time daughter had to sit on couch in front of window with me, noticed she sat right up next to me.

Could easily be about a conventional plague or a family moving west in the 1800's; zombies are just the vehicle to move the plot along in this case. Also, the season is only 13 episodes long, so that should help to keep the quality of the writing up.

riznick said:   So someone please explain. 2 experienced people on the lookout. 1 with binoculars. They don't see the zombies coming down the road until they are about 100 feet away. Why even show the guy with the binoculars standing on top of the truck?They were looking forward, the walker came up from behind. Dale probably assumed that since they had come that way and not seen walkers, it was safe to only look forward.

Kandykornhead said:   mapatsfan said:   riznick said:   So someone please explain. 2 experienced people on the lookout. 1 with binoculars. They don't see the zombies coming down the road until they are about 100 feet away. Why even show the guy with the binoculars standing on top of the truck?They were looking forward, the walker came up from behind. Dale probably assumed that since they had come that way and not seen walkers, it was safe to only look forward. Besides that they were deep in stalled traffic in a wooded area. Which is not to say I can defend the holes. The flagship is 1967 Winnebago that keeps breaking down? Stop by a dealership and pick up a half million dollar 30' diesel pusher. If an RV is even a sensible way to travel. They should all have motorcycles or cars. Plus the first thing I thought of was Stephen King's THE STAND, I believe they always traveled with a wrecker. Duh.

But you gotta suspend disbelief with this kind of show, and I'm enjoying it. MFP, that's pretty astute about how the zombies are only vehicles to move the plot along. THe chick on the horse with the bat was the best part of this episode.Yeah, I'd forgotten about her awesome swing, she was the reason Daryl took the head shot to finish off that walker.

I also like the largely unknown actors, lowers the pre-existing characterizations some actors might bring. So far, I've only recognized Dale, the doc at the CDC, the vet who's treating Carl; and the only actor's name I know played Daryl's brother(Michael Rooker from Days of Thunder, Cliffhanger, etc).

mapatsfan said:   Walking Dead renewed for third season

Good to know! Tonight's episode had an awesome ending!!

mapatsfan said:   Kandykornhead said:   mapatsfan said:   riznick said:   So someone please explain. 2 experienced people on the lookout. 1 with binoculars. They don't see the zombies coming down the road until they are about 100 feet away. Why even show the guy with the binoculars standing on top of the truck?They were looking forward, the walker came up from behind. Dale probably assumed that since they had come that way and not seen walkers, it was safe to only look forward. Besides that they were deep in stalled traffic in a wooded area. Which is not to say I can defend the holes. The flagship is 1967 Winnebago that keeps breaking down? Stop by a dealership and pick up a half million dollar 30' diesel pusher. If an RV is even a sensible way to travel. They should all have motorcycles or cars. Plus the first thing I thought of was Stephen King's THE STAND, I believe they always traveled with a wrecker. Duh.

But you gotta suspend disbelief with this kind of show, and I'm enjoying it. MFP, that's pretty astute about how the zombies are only vehicles to move the plot along. THe chick on the horse with the bat was the best part of this episode.Yeah, I'd forgotten about her awesome swing, she was the reason Daryl took the head shot to finish off that walker.

I also like the largely unknown actors, lowers the pre-existing characterizations some actors might bring. So far, I've only recognized Dale, the doc at the CDC, the vet who's treating Carl; and the only actor's name I know played Daryl's brother(Michael Rooker from Days of Thunder, Cliffhanger, etc).

Lori is Dr. Sarah Tangrady formerly of Prison Break and I fully agree about why they're traveling in a crappy beat up RV.

Gotta say that Daryl is becoming more and more likable than from the beginning, wonder how and when Merrill will come back.

One thing that gets me is how much 'smarter' these zombies are compared to those in other shows and movies, i.e. these zombies can run, think, and learn?

I agree with the vehicle upgrade. And how about a monster truck or a half-track. Something that'll just roll over those bistiches. And a quick stop at an armory or gun store wouldn't hurt. Let's get some fire power and flame throwers in there. Might as well declare war on these zombie mothers.

I keep thinking MAYBE... just MAYBE... he felt that he HAD to do that or they were BOTH dead. But, it almost seemed purely malicious and evil (his actions... he didn't say anything like "sorry, man... one of us has to make it back").

I don't want to hate that guy... but, right now he comes off as pure evil.

im told zombies run faster at nighttime?

Lessons learned last night:

When you find a "live" walker in a well, just shoot it and abandon the well. Anything else is too risky and too much work.
When a good natured attractive woman, with an excellent right-handed polo swing, offers to have sex with you in a post apocalyptic world, always say yes.

Is the kid Rick's or Shanes? Water zombie was the grossest zombie so far. I suppose Mrs patsfan went to the kitchen for some chips during that sequence.

Kandykornhead said:   Is the kid Rick's or Shanes? Water zombie was the grossest zombie so far. I suppose Mrs patsfan went to the kitchen for some chips during that sequence.I think it's Shane's, don't think Rick's been out of the hospital long enough, based on Lori's reaction.

That one caused Mrs. Patsfan to cover her eyes and kinda duck behind her laptop screen. She's getting better, tonight I flipped to the Pats-Jets game during a commercial and after a minute or so she was asking to switch back. She was squeemish again however during Daryls' battle tonight.

What valuable lesson did we learn this week boys and girls? Never put a woman on the long gun!

Finally got caught up on this and watched the half season finale, and what an awesome episode it was. Pretty much figured Sophia was going to be a walker, but didn't expect her to be in the barn. Seems like something Herschel should of mentioned...hey you know how you guys have been risking your life looking for a little girl...well guess what I got in my barn. I love what they are doing with Shane, he is definitely becoming more and more like a psychopath, but as pointed out in the episode, you may have to be a psychopath to survive in the walking dead world.