The "Walking Dead" Thread

[jimm]

Nice plan Rick.. He gets dumber by the episode

[zombiehorror]

Is it just me, or was The Shock Monster and the EC Quicksand Zombie both in tonight's Walking Dead mid-season premiere? Sure looked like them to me.

Someone at https://www.facebook.com/groups/vintagemonstertoys/?fref=nf posted the Shock Zombie, not sure about the EC reference...I missed them both.

[Anton Phibes]

Yup...thats Shock Monster! The Quicksand Zombie is hit in the face with a shovel...if I am not mistaken a few seconds later by an Alexandrian red shirt.

[raycastile]

That's pretty awesome. I haven't watched the episode yet. I'll be keeping a lookout for Shock. Looks like he's a white-haired Shocky, too. It would have been even more fun if they had found a context for a blue-haired version that made sense. Maybe he could have been dressed in punk clothes.

[ravenloft]

I keep hoping for a complete departure from the comic story line because I think it will be the demise of the show or at least the popularity of the show will drastically decline. I am not excited for Negan or the developments that happened last episode at all.

[Anton Phibes]

I actually pretty much hate the comic. There. I said it. But I like the show. I hope it runs away from what is forthcoming for the main cast as well. Please deviate from the comic. Especially with regards to Glenn. But...uhm....Carl got it like he did in the comics. So it aint looking good.

[Mord]

I am not excited for Negan or the developments that happened last episode at all.

I thought we didn't have to worry about Negan anymore.

[Mike Scott]

I thought we didn't have to worry about Negan anymore.

I think those guys were only Negan minions.

[zombiehorror]

I think those guys were only Negan minions.

Correct, Negan (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has not been formerly introduced as of yet.

[jimm]

Strange no one noticed or heard  the life and death tussel between Darrell and the minion behind the truck?

[ChristineBCW]

Or saw or reacted to the RPG zooming into their midst!  We don't know much about Daryl's background - obviously, he's got a long history as a weapons expert, knowing how to set the fuse on some kind of proximity basis for that air-blast in the middle of the bikers instead of impact-blast at one of the bikes.  Whew.  We're soooo lucky.  Of course, if the writers had let big ol' Sarge do it, we saw that he was handy with RPG launchers.

The only question I've got, "Will Negan be ended at this half-season, or continue for another half - or will the writers drag him out for 3 full half-seasons?" 

Darn - I was hoping to see Carl has half-his-skull amputated by Negan's nail-studded bat, too.  I wanted to see that big ol' hat flop around on half-a-skull. 

[Memphremagog]

I'd like to see Morgan get killed off pretty soon as the writers portray him as nothing but a damn fool who's actions constantly put others in jeopardy..we already have one guy for that in the form of Rick, so who needs a copycat?

[jimm]

 Got that right... Both dumb as rocks

I'd like to see Morgan get killed off pretty soon as the writers portray him as nothing but a damn fool who's actions constantly put others in jeopardy..we already have one guy for that in the form of Rick, so who needs a copycat?

[ChristineBCW]

I've thought Morgan might be suffer another "separated from" group-event and then perhaps he'd be brought back in another "calvary charge saves the day" episodes.  That actor (Lennie James) has the most active IMDB credits among any cast member (short of John Carroll Lynch, the 'mentor savior' of Morgan in his HERE'S NOT HERE episode).

Getting rid of Morgan wouldn't mean the unemployment rolls would be exacerbated that much!

It's interesting to see the current 'core cast' with "in production" or "post-production" credits on IMDB.  In some WD forums, there are arguments that claim this indicates a brevity of WD lifespan for that character.  Norman Reedus, however, has done some few-character films (AIR, for example, essentially a 2-person film) and yet retains on-screen life.  For now. 

[ravenloft]

Two months have gone by and I guess Carl's convalescence from his grievous eye trauma is over. Dude has no game with that comic book buddy chick of his. Death count was pretty low this time, they almost didn't have anything for the "remembering those we lost" clip on the talking dead. Character time was low too, many actors were a no show this episode. I do like the "raiding for supplies" (shades of The Road by Cormac McCarthy) episodes much better rather than the zombie suburbs episodes.
I like the new guy he is slick and capable (and dangerous), hard to believe Daryl fell for his crap over and over, while Rick being strangely overly trusting this time around is no surprise, he is kinda dense and all. Saw everything coming a million miles away in this highly predictable episode.