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November 06, 2011

The Walking Dead; Added: Hell on Wheels Pilot Immediately Following
— rdbrewer

Get your hate on.

You know what this show needs? A couple of blade-slinging zombie killers.

Zombies will even sit and watch them dance.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 04:30 PM | Comments (199)
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Get your hate on.

Posted by: rdbrewer at 08:30 PM

Obama is a Stuttering Clusterfuck of a Miserable Failure.

Oh. Wait.

And not first.

Posted by: Holger at November 06, 2011 04:32 PM (zaVyn)

2 No thanx...I learned my lesson.

Posted by: Minuteman (aka trainer) until Juggy is Gone at November 06, 2011 04:33 PM (DGxyd)

3 Head and body lice?

Posted by: USA at November 06, 2011 04:34 PM (6Cjut)

4 Is this filmed in Zuccotti Park?

Posted by: USA at November 06, 2011 04:35 PM (6Cjut)

5 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at November 06, 2011 04:35 PM (fyOgS)

6 Haven't seen the show. Do they defecate on police vehicles and bank lobbies?

Posted by: USA at November 06, 2011 04:36 PM (6Cjut)

7 Once upon a time...

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 04:38 PM (DGnMA)

Zombies?

The Ravens and Steelers are playing.

Oh, you mean the TV show.

Nevermind.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes.... at November 06, 2011 04:38 PM (sJTmU)

9 If they more or less follow the arc from the comic for what happens at Hershel's farm, this season should be really good.

If they don't, I have no idea. They've already deviated by killing Otis (the fat guy who wasn't fat in the comic) and Shane died long before this part of the story, too.

The good news is that Glenn is going to get some.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 04:40 PM (B0LGd)

10 Ain't watching this POS show anymore.It sucks.

Posted by: steevy at November 06, 2011 04:40 PM (fyOgS)

11 That is one of the better scary and revolting pictures I've ever seen!

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 04:42 PM (mKMj1)

12 4 Is this filmed in Zuccotti Park? Oakland

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at November 06, 2011 04:42 PM (6tJap)

13 Hopefully, someone will go take a peek into the barn at Hershel's. That will be interesting - to see what they find. Bahaha!

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 04:42 PM (B0LGd)

14 3 Head and body lice? Posted by: USA

*Shudder*

That's even worse than zombies, and exactly what the Occupy wherevers deserve.

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 04:43 PM (mKMj1)

15 Eww, our local zombie raykon is shambling about the thread below.

Posted by: toby928© is a sad panda at November 06, 2011 04:44 PM (GTbGH)

16 You know what works best against zombies?

Longbows.

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at November 06, 2011 04:45 PM (Ys0KI)

17 we really need a troll buster to start taking care of his idiocy

Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2011 04:45 PM (GULKT)

18 The problem with zombie films is that it'd be too easy for humans to wipe out the zombies. A heavily armed nation vs slow moving shamblers with a vulnerability to being shot in the head? No contest, zombies lose.

Some device needs to be worked out to explain how the zombie numbers got unmanageable in the first place, a mass plague is good (I am legend), or super fast infection (28 days later). But even so, the surviving humans would wipe out the zombies. we're not the dominant species because we're strong, but because we are smart and can use tools. Zombies can't, zombies lose.

If they can't think and are killed by gunfire, or even an arrow (walking dead) for Christ's sake, end of story.

You know the funny thing is that the scariest, most formidable and dangerous zombies were the ones in Return of the Living Dead, they were smart, deranged, and almost indestructible, they kept coming no mater how many pieces you cut them into.

Posted by: AmosKeeto at November 06, 2011 04:47 PM (Wf8bk)

19 Is raykon running nHGo+?

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 04:48 PM (vkhTD)

Starring SCOAMF as the Undead Special guest star on the left.

Posted by: Tommy Gunnarson, Sonuva Gunnar at November 06, 2011 04:48 PM (ybA9f)

21 Oh yeah, and if you burned them they released deadly chemicals that animated more corpses

Posted by: AmosKeeto at November 06, 2011 04:49 PM (Wf8bk)

22 Braiiiiinssss.

Posted by: Joe Biden at November 06, 2011 04:49 PM (Ys0KI)

23 Please let this be the "kill Rick's psycho-bitch wife" episode.

Posted by: garfish at November 06, 2011 04:50 PM (h6jtj)

24 First season was great, I was enthused. This season has been so slow. Ten times slower than season one, I swear. It drags and it sucks. It's been written so that things happen at the speed of a fricking soap opera. They easily could have explored all the relationship problems, and given us more action, in two less episodes. Instead they dwell and dwell and dwell on things that simply aren't worth THAT time spent. What a disappointment.

Posted by: Mike Devx at November 06, 2011 04:50 PM (kEFed)

25 Anybody gonna watch the new western on AMC, Hell on Wheels?

Posted by: jewells45..teapartyterrorist at November 06, 2011 04:50 PM (Z71Vg)

26 Don't forget. Hell on Wheels debuts on AMC tonight. I can't wait to see what they do with a western.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 04:51 PM (piMMO)

27 25 Anybody gonna watch the new western on AMC, Hell on Wheels?

Posted by: jewells45..teapartyterrorist at November 06, 2011 08:50 PM (Z71Vg)

I guess the character that Colm Meaney portrays was a real guy. Apparently a real asshole too, but a self-aware asshole.

Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2011 04:53 PM (GULKT)

28 Nah, she doesn't die (in the comic) for a long time. Her death is very tragic. Oddly enough, in the comic, she is less of a raving bitch. In fact, she is very likeable.

Andrea is also not a basket-case and is someone you don't want to hit with a wet mackerel.

I know they don't want to do a page for page recreation of the comic but some of the acting choices and direction for these actors and their characters doesn't make many of them very endearing to an audience.

Not everybody, when faced with tragic circumstances, turns into a bitter fuckwad.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 04:53 PM (B0LGd)

29 Tommy #20: Starring SCOAMF as the Undead Special guest star on the left. Script: SCOAMPF lurches out of the darkness and latches onto Rick. They struggle. SCOAMPF makes guttural and snarling noises. They keep struggling, finally Rick breaks away and shoots SCOAMPF. Zombie kill. Rick: "My God! He was trying to talk, I think to tell me something. But there wasn't a teleprompter, so he made no sense." Dale: "Did he injure you? Are you bitten!?!?" Rick, shaking his head. "No, no. But I should have been. He had a clear shot at my neck the whole time! But for some reason, he just kept pawing for my wallet instead."

Posted by: Mike Devx at November 06, 2011 04:54 PM (kEFed)

30 we really need a troll buster to start taking care of his idiocy

As with those who employ the illegals, we should cut off the source of nourishment for Raykon.

Any engagement with him should result in a two day suspension of membership at AOSHQ.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 04:55 PM (piMMO)

31 Is this show a documentary of my oakland raiders, they suck big time!!

Posted by: lous a girl at November 06, 2011 04:56 PM (R21xD)

32 Lemme see if I've got this right... These OWS encampments are full of overdosing, lice infested, shit-stained malcontents, but the tea party is evil?

Posted by: Doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at November 06, 2011 04:57 PM (a+do9)

33 I can't wait to see how Rick and Lori's marriage turn out. Only reason left to watch the show.

Posted by: Valiant at November 06, 2011 04:57 PM (aFxlY)

34 32 Lemme see if I've got this right... These OWS encampments are full of overdosing, lice infested, shit-stained malcontents, but the tea party is evil?

Posted by: Doom am I, full-ripe, dealing death to the worlds, engaged in devouring mankind. at November 06, 2011 08:57 PM (a+do9)

Yes, did you not get the Jounalist memo #25, aka, anything liberal/progressive good, tea party/conservative evil. Dont make me report you to your betters..

Posted by: lous a girl at November 06, 2011 04:59 PM (R21xD)

35 My hope is the show lasts because I love zombies and the comic series. It may also spawn other horror shows for basic cable.

There's a ton of great material in the comics but they're not utilizing much of it at all. What they have used, thus far, has been (with some exceptions) badly employed. As I said, Hershel's farm is a treasure trove of awesomeness in the comic and should be the same for the show if they don't step on their dicks.

Also, when/if they get to the prison, and meet the 'Governor' and other assorted baddies maybe the pace of the show will pick up.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:01 PM (B0LGd)

@32, the St. Louis occupiers (who just let it slip that they have a grand total of 15 campers) are having their GA meeting now. http://tinyurl.com/63nsuhc
It's the same lame student council stuff most of these groups do, although they have the specter of the Mayor shutting them down pretty soon.

And, to show the rampant anti-Semitism, they were going over the results from last night's GA, and noted that there was consensus to pursue "divestment" with the Mayor, although the hipster in charge didn't actually know what that meant (of course, it means business divestment from Israel).

Posted by: Palandine at November 06, 2011 05:01 PM (g7D8V)

37 Somebody fix that upside down flag in the back of the camper, please...

Posted by: derit at November 06, 2011 05:02 PM (FQlFL)

38 I was already fast forwarding through the dumb bits until the last show. Now I save myself the trouble by not watching at all.

Posted by: BillyBob at November 06, 2011 05:02 PM (F0Pf9)

39 24 First season was great, I was enthused. This season has been so slow. Ten times slower than season one, I swear. It drags and it sucks.

That's what happened to The Sarah Connor Chronicles, IMO

Posted by: the furious white-haired guy on the bottom right of The Photo at November 06, 2011 05:03 PM (6GvAC)

40 Â‘World NewsÂ’ Political Insights Â— Anger Is ObamaÂ’s Hope(ABC News)

anger, fear and loathing in Washington, oh my!

Posted by: LC LaWedgie at November 06, 2011 05:06 PM (m8ARs)

41 A bad zombie show is better than no zombie show.

Posted by: USS Diversity at November 06, 2011 05:06 PM (t7IDU)

42 Is it possible to link an XKCD comic without being accused of spamming by the filter?

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 05:08 PM (mKMj1)

43 Holy crap! A pacifist veterinarian. Not sure I can watch much more. It's the end of the world and he wants them to go without guns?

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:09 PM (DGnMA)

44 Wasn't the plan to make Zombieland a TV show? I hope it can still be greenlit if "The Walking Dead" um, dies.

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 05:09 PM (6GvAC)

45 42 Is it possible to link an XKCD comic without being accused of spamming by the filter?

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 09:08 PM (mKMj1)

use tinyurl.

Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2011 05:09 PM (GULKT)

46 Try it, Dianna

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 05:10 PM (6GvAC)

47 28 Nah, she doesn't die (in the comic) for a long time. Her death is very tragic. Oddly enough, in the comic, she is less of a raving bitch. In fact, she is very likeable.

Sad. That scene where Rick had to plead for the life of his son to his own mother was just pathetic.

Posted by: garfish at November 06, 2011 05:10 PM (h6jtj)

48 In a world of zombies, only a dumbass objects to others carrying guns.

Posted by: dogfish channeling Confucius at November 06, 2011 05:10 PM (N2yhW)

49 How does TWD handle the gun issue? By telling the characters to sequester their guns. FAIL!

Off for the very last time.

Posted by: d_fitz at November 06, 2011 05:11 PM (kUCIm)

50 I have never master the art of tinyurl, so I guess I'll just do without linking. It struck me funny, though, in the context of Occupy Portland's heartache over lice.

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 05:11 PM (mKMj1)

51 44 Wasn't the plan to make Zombieland a TV show? I hope it can still be greenlit if "The Walking Dead" um, dies.

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 09:09 PM (6GvAC)

Apparently Fox and Sony Pictures are discussing it.

Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2011 05:11 PM (GULKT)

52 Effort: http://xkcd.com/948/

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 05:12 PM (mKMj1)

53 Eh, I've got a bunch of them qued up on the DVR but I really have only watched the first two episodes of this season and maybe 35 min.? of the 3rd episode before I dozed off. I guess that the only way for me to not WANT for all (at one point or another) of the former residents of Camp Dinnerbell to die a horrific death at the hands of Zombies is to be too tired to keep my eyes open. Otherwise, I just start getting mad at the characters, the writers, and the actors, and at show in general... One of the few shows I've watched where I'm all like, "Spoilers?!.... Whatever, you'll probably save me some time and grief. Go for it! ***Note to SHOW, it really makes it difficult to keep up with a series if you INSIST apon making the viewers start to really hate every live human being in the story. I mean, it's not like you have the option of turning the ZOMBIES into anti-heros or something*** Either through making them say or do unutterably stupid things over and over and over again in order to further the plot or just crudely written, endless seeming "charachter development" scenes where even THIS non-fan of horror / gore movies is screaming at the TV for more BRAINZZS! I really don't care for the "ick factor" in movies or TV at all but I'll have to admit, Walking Dead has even had me on the edge of my seat waiting for the next Zombie attack. Not really on the edge of my seat due to scary suspense, mind you. More like, "If these retards on screen keep effing ineffable stupidity for *another* 3 minutes, I may just jump out of my skin! Where are the ZOMBIES? Why won't this STOP?!".

Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 05:12 PM (SINNR)

54 Wasn't the plan to make Zombieland a TV show?

I thought the tv show version got green lit recently.

All I can say is that Tallahasee would not approve of this shit.

Posted by: alexthechick at November 06, 2011 05:13 PM (Gk3SS)

55 Sad. That scene where Rick had to plead for the life of his son to his own mother was just pathetic.

Posted by: garfish at November 06, 2011 09:10 PM (h6jtj)

Yeah. Never happens in the comic. In fact, Carl's life and his well being is something she and Rick fight and kill for.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:13 PM (B0LGd)

56 I want those kids investigated because of their proficiency with weapons and choreography. And ummm.....cough.......cuz their white.

Posted by: Janet "Big Snatch" Napolitano at November 06, 2011 05:13 PM (ucERL)

57 Be sure to catch the hover-over - it makes it even funnier!

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 05:14 PM (mKMj1)

58 Wise Bunny

Posted by: sTevo at November 06, 2011 05:14 PM (VMcEw)

59 I give a big Eddie Murphy-like FU to AMC for not showing past episodes on their website. Just clips and "webisodes." FU, man!

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2011 05:15 PM (4q5tP)

60 New hotness: It's a zombie infested world..and we're safer without guns!.. huh?

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:16 PM (PlLjX)

61 49 How does TWD handle the gun issue? By telling the characters to sequester their guns. FAIL!

Off for the very last time.

Posted by: d_fitz at November 06, 2011 09:11 PM (kUCIm)

===

Yeah. Unless someone had a gun to my head, I would never willingly surrender my firearms - for real or if I was writing a story. That is just more pandering to the liberal left that makes up the staff and regular audience of AMC.

Maybe they have a point in the story where that decision will be rued, I don't know.

Either way, I am not happy and I have cut this show a lot of frigging leeway.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:17 PM (B0LGd)

62 He doesn't like guns in a world full of zombies. So they all put their guns down.

How is it possible to make a zombie show left wing?

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:18 PM (7EnKU)

63 by not to

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:19 PM (B0LGd)

Panetta cutting military retirement and medical benefits.

Really fucking sick of these assholes in the wh, really sick of them!!

Posted by: lous a girl at November 06, 2011 05:19 PM (R21xD)

65 62 Seriously??Even I did not expect that level of stupid and I quit watching!!

Posted by: steevy at November 06, 2011 05:20 PM (fyOgS)

66 Guns are bad, mmmkkk?

Hey, let's take all the guns and lock them up separate from the ammo and only give the old man the key...

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:21 PM (PlLjX)

67 "Take a look at this green screen..."

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:21 PM (7EnKU)

68 No guns?! "What are we supposed to use? Harse language?"

Posted by: derit at November 06, 2011 05:21 PM (FQlFL)

69 62 He doesn't like guns in a world full of zombies. So they all put their guns down.

How is it possible to make a zombie show left wing?

I'm glad I'm not watching that drivel.

Next thing you'll see is surviving groups of Christians thinking that the zombie plague is "the Rapture" and deliberately getting infected and infecting others. Yes, this is what happened in World War Z.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at November 06, 2011 05:21 PM (UR5vq)

70 It's a Wonderful Life William F. Buckley Jr. July 20, 1992 ... I for one hope that the next time a nation experimenting with socialism or communism fails, which will happen the next time a nation experiments with socialism or communism, Ken Galbraith will feel the need to explain what happened. It's great fun to read. It helps, of course, to suppress wistful thought about those who endured, or died trying, the passage toward collective living to which Professor Galbraith has beckoned us for over forty years, beguiling the subliterate world, here defined as those whose knowledge of what makes the world work is undeveloped. ...

Posted by: twoslaps at November 06, 2011 05:22 PM (S51NE)

71 It's almost like this show is written by idiots.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:22 PM (7EnKU)

72 Alright, I've had enough. Somebody lemme know if the pacifist gets eatin' cause that's the only way I'll watch again.

Posted by: dogfish voting with the remote at November 06, 2011 05:23 PM (N2yhW)

73 I couldn't take the stupidity of this show any longer. Off for good and I am not going to bother with that other show either. I'm going to settle in with my usual Sunday night book read.

Laters AMC.

Posted by: d_fitz at November 06, 2011 05:23 PM (kUCIm)

74 21 freaking minutes and no zombies have be killed yet! WTH!!!!

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:23 PM (DGnMA)

75 These people are morons.

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:23 PM (PlLjX)

76 Here's another XKCD classic

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 05:24 PM (6GvAC)

77 69 Glad I never read that left wing POS.

Posted by: steevy at November 06, 2011 05:24 PM (fyOgS)

78 64

Panetta cutting military retirement and medical benefits.

Really fucking sick of these assholes in the wh, really sick of them!!

Posted by: lous a girl at November 06, 2011 09:19 PM (R21xD)

Nope, there is nothing else we can cut...its the only thing left...swearsies!

Posted by: Red Shirt at November 06, 2011 05:24 PM (FIDMq)

79 What happens when the zombies get weapons from the BATF?

Posted by: al-Cicero, Tea Party Jihadist at November 06, 2011 05:25 PM (Ys0KI)

80 >>Somebody fix that upside down flag in the back of the camper, please..<< If it's an "upside down" American flag, it's meant to be a distress signal.

Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 05:25 PM (SINNR)

81 Been throwing the show on DVR. Guess I'd rather have 40 minutes of my life devoted to it vs the full hour. I've been ragging on the show since last season, but I do think last week's show showed me a glimmer of hope. I guess we'll see if they an build on it, but I'm fully expecting a return to Teh Suck.

Posted by: Brock O'Bama at November 06, 2011 05:25 PM (/WZ6r)

82 I'm watching Dexter.Much better show.

Posted by: steevy at November 06, 2011 05:25 PM (fyOgS)

83 Hey, let's take all the guns and lock them up separate from the ammo and only give the old man the key...

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 09:21 PM (PlLjX)

Not tense enough. The old man must have some type of medical condition as well, like epilepsey, asthma, dia-beet-us, heart defect, mini-strokes, that can be triggered under high stress conditions (like a zombie attack) and totally disable him, making getting to the locked up guns even more problematic.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2011 05:25 PM (4q5tP)

84 I hate this show, it's painful to watch them trip over one dumb plot element after another.

Posted by: d_fitz at November 06, 2011 05:26 PM (kUCIm)

85 IIRC, Hershel and his family/neighbors had weapons. The men took turns standing a watch - armed.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:27 PM (B0LGd)

86 76 Here's another XKCD classic
Posted by: Zimriel

Excellent! To say nothing of apropos!

Posted by: Dianna at November 06, 2011 05:28 PM (mKMj1)

87 LOLOL. "First"

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 05:28 PM (6GvAC)

88 I just added Hell on Wheels. It's up next.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:28 PM (7EnKU)

89 first

Posted by: meatpoles at November 06, 2011 05:28 PM (xXhWA)

90 LOL! Awesome zombie ripping in half.

Posted by: Holger at November 06, 2011 05:29 PM (zaVyn)

91 How about alzheimers so he doesn't remember who everyone else is and refuses to open the gun safe?

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 05:29 PM (vkhTD)

92 So, I guess it wasn't just me who noticed the comments just falling off a couple minutes back

Posted by: Zimriel at November 06, 2011 05:30 PM (6GvAC)

93 The Zombies Will Get Smarter, and Survivors Will Get Dumber. Keep Watching, It's Inevitable.

Posted by: d_fitz at November 06, 2011 05:31 PM (kUCIm)

94 "LOL! Awesome zombie ripping in half.". 30 minutes into the show and we get an oopsie dead Zombie. This show is kind of like watching a slow motion train wreck. It blows.

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:32 PM (DGnMA)

95 ZZZZzzzzzz...znk.. did I miss something?

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:32 PM (PlLjX)

96 I couldn't take the stupidity of this show any longer. Off for good and I am not going to bother with that other show either. I'm going to settle in with my usual Sunday night book read.

I'm going to watch it but I'm a little nervous about the whole angry Confederate portrayal. I hope they don't go off the deep end with it.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 05:33 PM (piMMO)

97 Yes! Lets lock up ALL the guns!

Posted by: Diane Feinstein (D) Calibonya at November 06, 2011 05:34 PM (zJc8Z)

How about alzheimers so he doesn't remember who everyone else is and refuses to open the gun safe?

Perfect

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2011 05:35 PM (4q5tP)

99 What did Helen Thomas Well Zombie have in common with every other zombie this band of hapless fools has ever encountered? Answer: a shitload of open, bloody wounds and an ocean of fetid saliva gushing from its mouth. But they go to all the trouble of trying to capture it, nearly killing Glenn in the process, on the worry that if they simply blow it apart it might contaminate the well water. Fucking idiots.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 05:35 PM (miCh8)

100 Stossel's 'Stupid in America' episode is pretty good. Actually, he's been doing pretty good stuff for a while now.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 05:38 PM (piMMO)

101 Ya know. If we can't get rid of the Department of Education, I hope the next guy puts Michelle Rhee in charge of it.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 05:40 PM (piMMO)

102 Change it, this sucks!

Posted by: Beavis at November 06, 2011 05:40 PM (zaVyn)

103 Sex but no zombies!?

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:40 PM (DGnMA)

104 Told ya'!

Get you some, Glenn.

For America!

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:41 PM (B0LGd)

105 shark jump

Posted by: derit at November 06, 2011 05:41 PM (FQlFL)

106 Hello, sahibs! I have a special package which has been ordered. I will drop it off at the set of this stupid television show you are watching. THANK YOU

Posted by: Habib's Nuclear Bomb Delivery Service at November 06, 2011 05:41 PM (6GvAC)

107 Glenn's about to get hacked by zombies.

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:42 PM (DGnMA)

108 Glenn!

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:42 PM (PlLjX)

109 Oh, yeah. This does mean he's about to get killed.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:43 PM (7EnKU)

110 Wasn't she Otis' woman?

Posted by: Holger at November 06, 2011 05:44 PM (zaVyn)

111 And can we find the freaking girl already? The budget per episode must have been cut to about $1.98.

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:44 PM (DGnMA)

112 Expect a shit-storm when Hershel finds out. It wasn't a racial thing in the comic, her dad was pissed about the fornication.

Be interesting to see how liberal AMC handles this, though.

Any bets?

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:44 PM (B0LGd)

113 Once you go Yee-Haw! you never go back.

Posted by: Count de Monet at November 06, 2011 05:45 PM (4q5tP)

114 At least if this were on HBO we could be seeing bare boobehs right now. Or hell, maybe even zombies.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 05:45 PM (miCh8)

115 OT: Jon Stossel is on Fox News doing a show on the US Education system. Fun.

Posted by: Alex at November 06, 2011 05:46 PM (e/SJC)

116 It's possible but Glenn is long lived character in the comic. That could change in the series, though.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:46 PM (B0LGd)

117 The comic sucked by this point too.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 05:46 PM (miCh8)

118 Just go to the next ranch, idiot.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:46 PM (7EnKU)

119 Hmm, they probably spliced in that recent video of the belt-whipped daughter to save a buck.

Posted by: derit at November 06, 2011 05:47 PM (FQlFL)

120 Why do I want to watch a show on education? I'm watching zombies and expanding my horizons.

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:47 PM (DGnMA)

121 Check the barn, Rick. You might change your mind.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:48 PM (B0LGd)

122 OT: My Dad emailed me this earlier:

Holy Frickin' Reagan: Best Advertorial You'll See

Seriously, watch it.

http://minx.cc/?post=304681

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:49 PM (PlLjX)

123 Whats in the barn? Deaders? Zombies?

Sex Slaves?

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 05:49 PM (vkhTD)

124 Are we on zombie rations? Only one zombie per episode gets whacked.

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:49 PM (DGnMA)

125 Pregnancy test?

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:49 PM (7EnKU)

126 Q: What's the difference between a zombie and an OWS protestor?
A: Umm....

Posted by: chemjeff at November 06, 2011 05:50 PM (s7mIC)

127 Yeah, you're pregoo, Lori. We all know by who.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:50 PM (B0LGd)

128 If they follow the comic long enough, there will be a major ass-kicking sword wielding lady named Michonne. Perhaps they could get that actress who played the Jamaican slayer briefly on Buffy.

Posted by: epobirs at November 06, 2011 05:50 PM (kcfmt)

129 Why do I want to watch a show on education? I'm watching zombies and expanding my horizons.

I hate zombie shows.

Posted by: What Now?! at November 06, 2011 05:50 PM (piMMO)

130 Q: What's the difference between a zombie and an OWS protestor?

The zombie is more intelligent and smells better.

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 05:51 PM (vkhTD)

131 Whats in the barn? Deaders? Zombies?

Sex Slaves?

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 09:49 PM (vkhTD)

You're right.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:51 PM (B0LGd)

132 130 Q: What's the difference between a zombie and an OWS protestor?

The zombie is more intelligent and smells better.

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 09:51 PM (vkhTD)

More motivated too.

Posted by: buzzion at November 06, 2011 05:52 PM (GULKT)

133 What happened to the girl who ran off from the highway zombie raid?

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:52 PM (7EnKU)

134 zombies didn't chose to be victims

Posted by: derit at November 06, 2011 05:52 PM (FQlFL)

135 Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 09:51 PM (vkhTD)

Zombies don't rape.

Posted by: Holger at November 06, 2011 05:52 PM (zaVyn)

136 A picture is worth a thousand words.

Posted by: surprised at November 06, 2011 05:53 PM (k1rwm)

137 128 If they follow the comic long enough, there will be a major ass-kicking sword wielding lady named Michonne. Perhaps they could get that actress who played the Jamaican slayer briefly on Buffy.

Posted by: epobirs at November 06, 2011 09:50 PM (kcfmt)

I hope he character makes it to the show. She was one of the reasons I kept reading the comic. If they get to the prison, I will be dipping my balls in only the finest chocolate pudding until I pas out.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:53 PM (B0LGd)

138 The whole no-guns-thing works in the UK, but not here. I'd be checking every house/car/store I come to for food, water and guns & ammo; even in CA...and so would they. It's bullsh*t and too stupid to like. And I understand the problem with action & special effects being costly, but that should only make the writer and director work harder at making the uneventful moments more realistic and interesting. In any emergency, introspective, self-centred weenies are the first ones under the wheels....

Posted by: Malcolm Tucker at November 06, 2011 05:55 PM (/FhCo)

139 Oh for crying out loud "I love you"!!! Where are the freaking ZOMBIES!

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:55 PM (DGnMA)

140 What bugs me about it is that AMC hasn't been showing repeats of Breaking Bad when I want to re-record the last three episodes so a buddy can watch them on the big (well, bigger) screen!

Posted by: andycanuck at November 06, 2011 05:55 PM (/VGq8)

141 Curious, I had no idea you could speak Russian!

Posted by: chemjeff at November 06, 2011 05:56 PM (s7mIC)

142 I wonder if Rick is finally going to give Carl his Sheriff's hat?

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:56 PM (B0LGd)

143 And the ultimate insult? My wife just called this days of our lives for guys. Arrggghhhhhh!

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 05:57 PM (DGnMA)

144 Eeew. Did we need to 'see' her peeing on her pregnancy test? I mean, really.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 05:58 PM (B0LGd)

145 sheez..it's turned into a friggin' soap opera.

Posted by: Willy at November 06, 2011 05:58 PM (PlLjX)

146 Why go outside for that? Drama?

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 05:59 PM (7EnKU)

147 sniff ... sniff .. it's not the zombies with the ammonia smell, is it?

Posted by: not clicking just to be safe at November 06, 2011 05:59 PM (RL7U1)

148 These frigging pinko, left wing humps had better get on the ball or even I, die hard zombie fan guy, will stop watching this show.

Oh, shit! Merle is back!

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:00 PM (B0LGd)

149 Merle!!!!

Posted by: Jprs at November 06, 2011 06:01 PM (DGnMA)

150 Not going to watch HoW because I am not in the mood for Hollywood race baiting and historical revisionism. Hopefully, my assessment is wrong because I am a western fan after I am a zombie fan.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:02 PM (B0LGd)

151 "tell me about Meridian (sp?)"

And then he shoots the guy. Well, it's one interrogation technique, I suppose.

Posted by: Waterhouse at November 06, 2011 06:03 PM (kvZF2)

152 If you go to the AMC site, they have some webisodes of TWD and an extended preview for next week's show. That is, if you're interested.

http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:05 PM (B0LGd)

153

You're right.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 09:51 PM (B0LGd)

That helps.

Still not watching it.

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 06:05 PM (vkhTD)

154 Well, it seems to me that exactly one thing was actually accomplished this week, in an hour of television.

And since this is basic cable, nobody but Glenn really got anything out of it.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 06:08 PM (2QDaE)

155 I hope the next guy puts Michelle Rhee in charge of it.
Posted by: What Now?!

Are you aware who she is married to? Kevin Johnson, the former mayor of Sacramento implicated in an Americorp funding scandal that only resulted in Inspector General Gerald Walpin's dismissal.

Not someone you want on the inside of a White House.

Posted by: drybrush at November 06, 2011 06:09 PM (mIucK)

156 "Zombie Land" rules.

Probably the funniest fucking movie I have ever seen.

"I love Red nucks".....

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:11 PM (ezL2d)

157 Are you aware who she is married to? Kevin Johnson, the former mayor of Sacramento implicated in an Americorp funding scandal that only resulted in Inspector General Gerald Walpin's dismissal.

I remember that. Not that Americorps is clean. They cover up about 1000 rapes of volunteers a year.

Posted by: Deathknyte at November 06, 2011 06:11 PM (vkhTD)

158 The bad news is, the only hope this show has is to NOT follow the comic.

Because as stupid and slow as the "get off my lawn" storyline is, it gets even worse from here.

You think THIS narrative doesn't go anywhere? Oh ho ho ho! If anything that resembles a prison ever appears on-screen, hit the panic button....

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 06:12 PM (2QDaE)

159 I love Red Necks

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:17 PM (ezL2d)

160 So far, HoW ain't bad. A lot of familiar faces. They laid out some bucks.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 06:17 PM (7EnKU)

161 The bad news is, the only hope this show has is to NOT follow the comic.

Because as stupid and slow as the "get off my lawn" storyline is, it gets even worse from here.

You think THIS narrative doesn't go anywhere? Oh ho ho ho! If anything that resembles a prison ever appears on-screen, hit the panic button....

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 10:12 PM (2QDaE)

===

Disagree. The prison and the confrontation with the Governor was one of the best arcs in the comic. If they get that on screen and manage to do a halfway decent job, it should be pretty awesome.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:18 PM (B0LGd)

162 I guess that the appeal of Zombie Apocolypse or other "Diruptive End to Civilization as We Know It" stories rides on satifactorily posing the question, "How Would WE Deal With It (or not)?". I guess I have my answer from the writer folks at AMC. Not! Last fucking group of people I would want to share a life-raft with on the Pacific for months or so are the writers for TWD. Yeah, it IS more interesting when you take individual frailties and human dynamics into account but I, like a commenter above, find it hard to believe that EVERYONE "when confronted by tragic circumstances turns into a bitter-fuckwad". Yeah, but history teaches us that some do and some don't and some become transcendantly heroic, and sitting in your Walter Mitty armchair you can't really KNOW which one you might be... I imagine that, under apocalyptic circumstances, I *could* prove to be a worse liability to my group than any combination of vanity, jack-assery, insecurity, fucking basic stupidity, being out of shape, daddy issues, cupidity, false modesty, and youthful cluelessness of 4-5 of the main charachters in the Walking Dead combined. I like to flatter myself that I might could overcome *some* of those deficits given time and...A SENSE OF URGENCY!!! I dunno, though. Perhaps the charachters (as written) in AMC's the Walking Dead & the Malthusians and Erlichmens of the world are correct. We all deserve to die! Nahhh, It's just TV! SRSLY? Sequestering weapons useful in basic survival?

Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 06:19 PM (SINNR)

163 Am am lost, am I supposed to cheer for the zombies or the humans? On one hand, the zombies clearly have a broader range of emotions and needs. On the other hand, the humans have trouble getting out of a parking lot but can tie knots with their feet while being attacked. Tough choice all round.

Posted by: Everyon'es a Critic at November 06, 2011 06:24 PM (qZb8X)

164 I did a walk-on cameo for sweeps week. I was even sober.

Posted by: Ted Kennedy at November 06, 2011 06:26 PM (qZb8X)

165 Yeah, but history teaches us that some do and some don't and some become transcendantly heroic, and sitting in your Walter Mitty armchair you can't really KNOW which one you might be...

I imagine that, under apocalyptic circumstances, I *could* prove to be a worse liability to my group than any combination of vanity, jack-assery, insecurity, fucking basic stupidity, being out of shape, daddy issues, cupidity, false modesty, and youthful cluelessness of 4-5 of the main charachters in the Walking Dead combined.

===

Excellent points. If I found myself to be a liability to a group, I'd GTFO before THEY realized it and solved the problem permanently. Most people like to think they'd do well in a terrible crisis and while many might do so there are just as many (if not more) who would turn into monsters. Or, even worse, a proverbial albatross around the neck.

That was something they touched on in the comic. The nice folks you see at your grocery store, your next door neighbor who BBQ's with you might end raping your daughter while making you watch if society collapsed. In other words, who you think you are and who you think other people are don't count for much. Holding onto those illusions is what I think could be a very lethal mistake when/if SHTF.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:26 PM (B0LGd)

166 Holy sentence structure fail, Batman. No more martinis for me.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 06:28 PM (B0LGd)

167 141 Curious, I had no idea you could speak Russian!

Posted by: chemjeff at November 06, 2011 09:56 PM (s7mIC)

Can't click on the link, but I"m so very upset that "they", whoever "they" are did that to the brand new recently dedicated statue of Ronald Reagan. I'm a big Reagan fan, so it's just disheartening to see that.

Posted by: surprised at November 06, 2011 06:29 PM (k1rwm)

168 "Holding onto those illusions is what I think could be a very lethal mistake when/if SHTF"

I am skeered

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:29 PM (ezL2d)

169 I say we increase defense spending to 55 trillion per year, so the Zombie, Aliens, Meteors dont kill us all.

Then I can sleep in peace.

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:33 PM (ezL2d)

170 ok, lemme see ... at pixy's place it's hard to post a link but if you can put up links but can't click on a link does that mean your handlers are just providing links to put up? okay...

Posted by: not clicking just to be safe at November 06, 2011 06:35 PM (RL7U1)

171 Disagree. The prison and the confrontation with the Governor was one of the best arcs in the comic. If they get that on screen and manage to do a halfway decent job, it should be pretty awesome.

To me the comic started a steep descent after the first six-issue arc. It wasn't just that they switched artists at that time, going from the amazing linework of Tony Moore to the unreadable smudgy scribblings of Charlie Adlard (it says something to me that, in an industry in which artist turnover is a constant, Adlard apparently was never in any kind of demand for other work that ever required he leave Walking Dead for even a single issue) -- though that was bad enough for me; I never liked or got used to Adlard's work, no matter how long he stayed on the book.

No, the main problem was that when sales figures for those first six issues went into the stratosphere and the title's long-term survival was assured, Kirkman stopped trying to pack lots of story into the book the way he had for those first six phenomenal issues and instead opted for a slooooooow, languid, excruciating pace. In fact, the show is reminding me very much of what it was like to read later issues of the book, in which the characters got bogged down in a single location forever and wallowed in endless anguish over their feelings, and the zombies only made cameo appearances. And that was the prison storyline to a T. They spent dozens of issues in that stupid place until I finally decided to stop wasting my time, because the story literally was not going anywhere. Kirkman thought he was doing deep character stuff but he doesn't have the chops for that. (For a guy who can't write good dialogue, Walking Dead was by far the talkiest comic I've ever read.)

I got through the Governor storyline but even that wasn't enough to save the book for me. I stopped reading it somewhere in the #50s.

Posted by: The War Between the Undead States at November 06, 2011 06:37 PM (2QDaE)

172 Oh hell! Merle is back?! F**k! Fergit everything I ever said in this thread about not caring about spoilers! Ahh, who am I kidding. 0

Spoil away, just tell me it's worth watching the Epi and getting and into the series.

Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 06:42 PM (SINNR)

173 Can anyone figure out what these Zombies actually want? So perplexing.

Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 06:43 PM (rZZA3)

174 Girls, you are weak little girly men if you don't make on average 700k per year and have a net worth of 9 million. Little girly men, all you have to do is work harder if you want to be rich...

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:43 PM (ezL2d)

175 "173 Can anyone figure out what these Zombies actually want? So perplexing.

Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 10:43 PM (rZZA3)"

They want the truth

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:45 PM (ezL2d)

176 Yes, Herman, the truth. But what exactly is that?

Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 06:56 PM (rZZA3)

177 I think Brewer is just going to keep posting the sword thing until someone says that he likes it.

Kind of like Bill Mauldin and the Willie-and-Joe-shooting-the-Jeep comic strip.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at November 06, 2011 06:58 PM (+XVQe)

178 "176 Yes, Herman, the truth. But what exactly is that?

Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 10:56 PM (rZZA3)"

God loves us all, God wants us all to be rich, God wants me to be president

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 06:59 PM (ezL2d)

179 I like Hell on Wheels. So far.

Posted by: rdbrewer at November 06, 2011 06:59 PM (7EnKU)

180 "Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 10:56 PM (rZZA3)"

Whats your view of God?

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:01 PM (ezL2d)

181

So, how does any of this help you get it? Ittalics won't work, so emphasis on "this".

Posted by: LCIM at November 06, 2011 07:04 PM (rZZA3)

182 can't click on the link cause i'm not on my personal computer.

and don't ask me to explain how my hash is the same if I'm not on my personal computer, I don't know myself, why that is.

Posted by: surprised at November 06, 2011 07:06 PM (k1rwm)

183 "So, how does any of this help you get it? Ittalics won't work, so emphasis on "this"."

How about first we define who the heck you are talking to

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:07 PM (ezL2d)

184 Girls, I can change my hash when I want, for my own reasons.

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:09 PM (ezL2d)

185 Do you want to watch?

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:10 PM (ezL2d)

186 One thing I don't get...where did all the zombies come from? Given the zombie preference for flesh, why were all these people not eaten? I get that some may get bitten, escape the zombies and go off alone to die and re-animate. But it would seem the far and away most common outcome of death by zombie horde is small morsels distributed among multitudinous zombie rot guts, especially in a place like Atlanta with that kind of population density. I think in the whole series there was only one (half) zombie who had obviously been used as a lunch buffet for the dead.

Apparently the walking dead are really driven to consume very tiny nibbles of live human flesh. Although based on the make up department, it does seem that zombies spend an inordinate amount of time eating peoples' lips.

(I watched the first season and the first episode of the second, then gave up...let me know if it is good enough to give it another chance)

Posted by: Daedalus Mugged at November 06, 2011 07:13 PM (sWzdq)

187 There I go again.

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:31 PM (6V1Pw)

188 Girls
Country Strong
God You know the truth

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:36 PM (6V1Pw)

189 Girls
Dont you want to know the truth?

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:42 PM (6V1Pw)

190 Girls, get a little bit stronger

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:48 PM (6V1Pw)

191 >>Excellent points. If I found myself to be a liability to a group, I'd GTFO before THEY realized it and solved the problem permanently.<< I wouldn't. Who wants to be cast out into the wilderness? (Other than fucktards with expensive (subsidized) fetishes that involve being eaten by Alaskan Grizzly Bears with a "girl-friend" in tow...) I'd try to "free-ride" as long as I could and try to figure out "other" ways to be uniquely useful to the group, until I got found out. That's just me... Because I KNOW, that on my own, I'm fucking toast. I am a very short, very small, female specimen of the human species and as such, I am, and all like me are fair game when TSHTF.

Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 07:52 PM (SINNR)

192 "Posted by: Deety at November 06, 2011 11:52 PM (SINNR)"

Girl, I personally think you are one drunk monkey

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:56 PM (6V1Pw)

193 Girls, lets fight, lets go for it

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 07:57 PM (6V1Pw)

194 Im a 2 time loser

With a guitar in hand

Take me away

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 08:08 PM (6V1Pw)

195 Travis can I have this dance

Comon boys, bring it on

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 08:17 PM (6V1Pw)

196 I can not take what was not mine...

Posted by: Herman Cain at November 06, 2011 08:28 PM (6V1Pw)

197 28
Not everybody, when faced with tragic circumstances, turns into a bitter fuckwad.

Posted by: Baroque at November 06, 2011 08:53 PM (B0LGd)

They do if they are liberal or a member of the democratic party.

Or part of the OWS crowd.

Posted by: Jack at November 06, 2011 11:39 PM (zKFOT)

198 Well, we had one waterlogged zombie - the Wading Dead - and even he split in half and wasn't really a threat unless you really weren't watching your step. But also a nerd gets sex with the hot chick, so that part was realistic.

And the old vet must have been nuts, saying they would have to move on when Carl is able to travel. Yo, Pops, you're talking to the people who have the guns now. Your strongest guy just got et. A man needs to take a realistic look at his situation before he goes issuing demands.

Posted by: Adjoran at November 07, 2011 12:39 AM (HJBJB)

199 If I were the mother of the missing girl, I'd shove Shane up against a tree and say, "Look motherfucker I want gun training. And I want it NOW. I'm going out into those woods to find my daughter, and I'm shooting every zombie that I can find, so they don't get her. So show me how to shoot NOW. Then I'm out there for my little girl." Actually, every member of my team would be trained to be their best shot before the first day they join the team is finished. But these people, they give up their guns. They sequester their guns. Wouldn't want anyone accidentally getting shot, you know. Sheeesh.

Posted by: Mike Devx at November 07, 2011 04:17 AM (kEFed)

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