The Walking Dead

[8 Ball]

Well yay, Comic Culture forums live on :)

Any predictions for tonights Mid-season finale? Personally I think Daryl is going to take out Merle...with Carol's death probably being the catalyst.

[Profit]

Gah, should have made Walking Dead my first post in this section. :p

No predictions from me yet, I won't get to watch until tommorrow. So you won't see me back in this thread until then. :D

[FatherXmas]

Well you know that Daryl and Meryl get out and then it's going to be all the drama back at the prison.

Personally I wanted Michonne to lop off Meryl's good hand.

So did a bomb go off at the prison during the riots to make that hole.  Not that's going to be a problem when the Gov comes calling.

[Mandu]

Glenn and Maggie are becoming major bad asses.

Michonne isn't impressive at all.    She must have been changed from the graphic novel because fans were talking about how awesome she was.   But so far she isn't any better at killing zombies or fighting than anybody else.  And she's not too bright.

Hopefully Tyrese turns out to be a good character.  So far I already like him more than characters who have been around a lot longer.

And speaking of Tyrese are the producers deliberately trying to be accused of having a token black guy?  Most the time that somebody screams token black I tend to ignore them as seeing what they want to see.  But damn.  T-Dog was the only black man.  Then we got another one in the prison but he didn't get added to the group until immediately after T-Dog died.  Sure he was around but not a part of the group.  Now Tyrese shows up and bang, no more Oscar.

And now we need to wait till February.  Dammit.

[Mental Maden]

My peeps!  I was just browsing and passed by this section several times before I realized it was here.  So obviously somebody asked nicely and they gave us a potential new home.  Any announcement or rules set up for this section, etc. I need to look at before getting back into the swing of things?

[corvus1970]

I agree with the sentiment that Daryl will indeed end up killing Merle.

If so, I cannot WAIT to see it happen.

[FatherXmas]

My peeps!  I was just browsing and passed by this section several times before I realized it was here.  So obviously somebody asked nicely and they gave us a potential new home.  Any announcement or rules set up for this section, etc. I need to look at before getting back into the swing of things?

It was the first post I made here at Titan, asking for a new home.

[8 Ball]

I liked the episode though it didn't advance the story as much as I'd hoped (I was expecting the Govornor's forces to reach the prison by the end of this episode or so) Andrea is still annoying me and I wish they didn't make TV Michonne so stupid...she's really badass when the writers want her to be but the other half the time or so she goes and does stupid things like open a zombie cage w/o checking it out first.

And yay the introduction of Tyreese! Hope he sticks around longer than he did in the comic (might only have a couple episodes if it follows closely to the comic) But how in the hell did Ricks group not notice the big gaping hole in the back of the prison?

Also best quote I've read today about the "Token black guy" nature of Walking dead

"Black people are the Dr. Who of The Walking Dead. They are always in rotation. One dies, and the other one shows up."

[beveri8469]

I liked the episode though it didn't advance the story as much as I'd hoped (I was expecting the Govornor's forces to reach the prison by the end of this episode or so) Andrea is still annoying me and I wish they didn't make TV Michonne so stupid...she's really badass when the writers want her to be but the other half the time or so she goes and does stupid things like open a zombie cage w/o checking it out first.

And yay the introduction of Tyreese! Hope he sticks around longer than he did in the comic (might only have a couple episodes if it follows closely to the comic) But how in the hell did Ricks group not notice the big gaping hole in the back of the prison?

Also best quote I've read today about the "Token black guy" nature of Walking dead

"Black people are the Dr. Who of The Walking Dead. They are always in rotation. One dies, and the other one shows up."

me and my best friend were just talking bout this topic this afternoon. like i was telling him, ive have never noticed that in any show or movie ive seen.

[Mental Maden]

Thankfully they showed a little more character in Michonne this week.  (Following up on my statements about the charcter from our discussion on the old boards)  The episode felt more like a teaser trailer for the next episode in February than a fall finale.  A lot happened but a lot didn't.  Loving Glen and Maggie and Carl is becoming a real bad ass.  Andrea needs to die by fire.

[FatherXmas]

From the preview I'm going to guess they rescue Daryl (and unfortunately Meryl) but Michonne is captured.

And Andre is just a walking example of bad life choices.  Does she even know that Shane is dead?  The farm invasion occurred just after the Rick/Shane/Carl scene and I don't remember if she found out or not.

[Kaos Arcanna]

Were they doing the zombie investigation science in the comic?

I can see the Governor hoping for a cure for his daughter as a reason to keep her "alive" as he did.

And if Carl turned would Rick shoot him do you think?

[Mental Maden]

And if Carl turned would Rick shoot him do you think?

Yes.  Then he'd talk to his ghost for 4 episodes.

[Altoholic Monkey]

Were they doing the zombie investigation science in the comic?

I can see the Governor hoping for a cure for his daughter as a reason to keep her "alive" as he did.

And if Carl turned would Rick shoot him do you think?

No in the comic the science guy, was just there to patch up members of the town. I don't know if they'll do it on television but the Govern chops off Rick's hand.  Which is now sort of represented by Merle.  Rick talking on the telephone to his wife, was a direct lift from the comic.

Michonne really is a badass in the comic. This whole Andrea angle is different, why they're making Michonne so irrational now makes me nervous and think that they haven't understood her character.  She's basically the new "Shane". 

Also in the comics Michonne does more to the Governor than just poke out his eye, she's is extremely brutal with him because in the comic he brutally rapes and beats her.  She toughs it out and there's a scene where she says she's scared...scared of what she's going to do to him. And it's not many pages later that you get shown exactly how frightening Michonne can be.

If comic version of Michonne were placed in the tv show, her strength would overpower Rick's lead. if you look at all the women on the show, they play second fiddle to the guys. Michonne character is not the second fiddle type. It'll be interesting to see if they water her down.

I would highly recommend getting The Walking Dead Compendium 1 and 2.  Also if you haven't done so play The Walking Dead - The Game from Telltale games. It is fantastic!

[corvus1970]

And Andre is just a walking example of bad life choices.

Indeed. She's replaced Rick's Wife as the main cast-member I hate the most.