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Bowzar

Sweden741 Posts

March 03 2014 15:28 GMT

#8061

Well at least they didnt hook up... yet.

Mensol

14536 Posts

March 03 2014 20:00 GMT

#8062

I wouldnt mind if governor shows up as a walker and kill both Carl and Beth.

sigh It was a boring episode.

SpikeStarcraft

Germany2095 Posts

March 03 2014 22:05 GMT

#8063

I think they are really trying to make this a good show but there's a thin line between awesome and cheesy.

Somehow it doesnt work out for them.. I dont know why exactly. Because in other shows they do stuff not too differently but they turn out way better and more believable.

maybe they try too hard.. maybe the acting is not always right.. maybe the story is not always consistent. Who knows.. I just turn a blind eye on some stuff and try to enjoy the show.

krndandaman

Mozambique16569 Posts

March 03 2014 22:24 GMT

#8064

--- Nuked ---

RowdierBob

Australia12794 Posts

March 04 2014 00:07 GMT

#8065

Lot to like and dislike about this ep. The intro with the car boot was great. But some of the later scenes with Beth and Daryl felt a bit try hard. Looks like the rest of this season won't have much of a concerted focus;.just following the crew in the prison battle aftermath. It'd be good to have a concerted focus in the near future story wise.

I haven't minded these eps lately. They're somewhat reflective of the world the characters live in. There's a lot of meandering and no meaningful direction. This isn't a bad thing for now but for the sake of entertainment I'm guessing the story will pick up again next season, with this one setting up the plot.

woreyour

582 Posts

March 04 2014 09:31 GMT

#8066

Beth wants Double Ds

Takuma

146 Posts

March 04 2014 11:47 GMT

#8067

Man, just rewatched episodes 1 and 2 of season 1. Such a huge contrast compared to this week's POS. How the fuck are they not getting attacked by Walkers as soon as they walk into the house, but instead they don't come out until the clock ticks?

Cel.erity

United States4890 Posts

March 04 2014 11:55 GMT

#8068

Darryl the survival expert, starting a huge fire in the middle of a wooded area.

Nekovivie

United Kingdom2599 Posts

March 04 2014 12:24 GMT

#8069

On March 04 2014 20:55 Cel.erity wrote:
Darryl the survival expert, starting a huge fire in the middle of a wooded area.

Ehhh it might be a good thing. I'd imagine that fire will draw in a lot of walkers who will then get turned nice n crispy.

Sandvich

United States57 Posts

March 04 2014 18:11 GMT

#8070

On March 04 2014 20:47 Takuma wrote:
Man, just rewatched episodes 1 and 2 of season 1. Such a huge contrast compared to this week's POS. How the fuck are they not getting attacked by Walkers as soon as they walk into the house, but instead they don't come out until the clock ticks?

have you been watching the show? Undisturbed walkers "hibernate" after not seeing prey, until awoken by noise. Like that's why they always knock and bang around when sweeping houses, so no hidden walkers trip them up.

sharkeyanti

United States1273 Posts

March 05 2014 09:20 GMT

#8071

The first half of season two had an aimless hodgepodge of meaningless moralizing and crimped faces. I think that time and parts of season three may have conditioned viewers to treat the slower episodes with a - much a warranted - sense of skepticism. That said, I really enjoyed this episode. Showing a group systematically clearing a building is only viewable so many times, I'm glad the writers are taking these repetitive necessities to showcase different facets of each character. The whole scene at the country club was certainly clear in some of its ideas, but had lots of tidbits that play to each viewer. I liked trying to figure out what happened, who died first, etc.

Beth's speech at the end was great because it had honesty, and sounded like an exhausted human, a little bit drunk, trying to make sense of reality. There's no clear Aesop message as the writers used to promulgate.

crms

United States11933 Posts

March 06 2014 02:33 GMT

#8072

On March 04 2014 20:55 Cel.erity wrote:
Darryl the survival expert, starting a huge fire in the middle of a wooded area.

don't forget wandering around the forest at night drunk.

this episode was a pile of shit. they spent 50 minutes portraying the most generic and uninspired story telling thus far. we get it, I promise, we get it.

life hard
doesn't matter who you were
poor redneck
rich bitch
spoiled farm girl
not about who you were
never give up hope

i couldn't vomit more cliches if I tried and the fact they felt they needed 50 minutes to convey such elementary concepts shows they have either no direction or think the average IQ of the watcher is about 34.

TerransHill

Germany572 Posts

March 06 2014 12:57 GMT

#8073

Yes, another boring episode. Apart from the bad writing theres one more point thats really disturbing me with the show: The zombies got totally ridiculous.
The szene when darryl and beth hid in the trunk annoyed me because its the dumbest idea ever to trap yourself with no chance of escape when there are lots of zombies right behind you. But of course, the zombies didnt perceive them albeit standing right there next to the car. We've seen them sensing humans before from greater distances and now all of a sudden theyre not able to do that anymore.
Also in earlier season, zombies were able to move faster, atleast jogging pace, now they are so damn slow you gotta feel sorry for them.

woreyour

582 Posts

March 06 2014 14:25 GMT

#8074

On March 06 2014 21:57 TerransHill wrote:
Yes, another boring episode. Apart from the bad writing theres one more point thats really disturbing me with the show: The zombies got totally ridiculous.
The szene when darryl and beth hid in the trunk annoyed me because its the dumbest idea ever to trap yourself with no chance of escape when there are lots of zombies right behind you. But of course, the zombies didnt perceive them albeit standing right there next to the car. We've seen them sensing humans before from greater distances and now all of a sudden theyre not able to do that anymore.
Also in earlier season, zombies were able to move faster, atleast jogging pace, now they are so damn slow you gotta feel sorry for them.

maybe just maybe they stink so bad they stink like walkers already or the car tires and swampy stink smell harder? Anyway as long as these zombies can hear something they immediately change targets..

GWdeathscythe

Brazil1091 Posts

March 07 2014 00:11 GMT

#8075

S04E12 is one of the most useless episodes ever in this show, maybe writers were missing season 2 days when they decided to do it.

trinxified

Canada7774 Posts

March 07 2014 21:36 GMT

#8076

Since reading this thread, I've been more picky about ninja-zombies... It's just so cringe-worthy now when I see zombies coming out of nowhere.

That last episode had a few of these... Crazy bad lol.

SpikeStarcraft

Germany2095 Posts

March 07 2014 22:32 GMT

#8077

I just got the Walking Dead Season 1 game on steam for some euros and i actually enjoy that story more than the show here.

Very immersive and intense. I know im late to the party but my motherboard broke so i can only play on my crappy laptop for a while. Cant even play starcraft because of too much lag.

Didnt expect it to be that good honestly.

MtlGuitarist97

United States1539 Posts

March 08 2014 01:35 GMT

#8078

The game (imo) kicks the shit out of the show. In the game, I actually felt legitimately sad at the very end. The relationships between the characters was believable and completely palpable. You didn't just have these characters that were very artificial and boring; they felt organic.

The show actually makes me happy when certain characters die (Shane, Andrea, etc.). The game made me feel sad and a little worried about who would be next.

Scorch

Austria3371 Posts

March 08 2014 15:59 GMT

#8079

Yeah, the game is much better. You making the decisions gets you more involved, there's no unnecessary drama and the writing is miles ahead of the show.

Omnishroud

1073 Posts

March 08 2014 17:18 GMT

#8080

I actually picked the game up again for a while today so its a coincidence you guys are chatting about it. I played before for the first hour or two but it didnt really hook me. I started playing today and the game had me after a few minutes lol. The start of episode 2 was amazing in particular and i didnt get much further then + Show Spoiler +

the farm and shooting the bandit / not bandit crazy chick with crossbow

but i plan to play alot more, i felt so fucking invested in the characters from the get-go, considering i started playing prior to the climax of chapter 1 i urge people to at least play until the beginning of chapter 2 before passing judgement.