tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post7689692769793114586..comments2024-02-04T05:13:04.501-05:00Comments on Nik at Nite: The Walking Dead: "Welcome to the Tombs"Nikki Staffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-60959614381474899832013-04-04T13:40:31.806-04:002013-04-04T13:40:31.806-04:00Rebecca T: I totally agree. I hate being the one s...Rebecca T: I totally agree. I hate being the one saying, 'Yeah, the 12-year-old who shot the guy point blank between the eyes? Totally OK.' Because it's not OK... but it's not the wrong response. Andrea couldn't do it, and so many people died because of her inaction. Carl did it, and saved the lives of himself, Hershel, Beth, and who knows who else. Nikki Staffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463618183850438914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-62139533092227528572013-04-04T13:31:42.835-04:002013-04-04T13:31:42.835-04:00I do agree about Carl, but the comment I made was ...I do agree about Carl, but the comment I made was - I don't like the fact that I think Carl did the right thing. But that guy was not surrendering. You don't hand a gun over like that. After everything that has happened with the people of Woodbury, there was no other option.<br /><br />The scene of the Governor shooting his people made me actually ill, but the thing that bothered me the most was the way the two "sidekicks" just stood there watching it, and then just got in the vehicle with him. It was so much worse. The Governor is a sociopath - but they (especially the one who was also at the Rick/Governor meeting) is presented with a modicum of humanity and I don't know how they could just stand there and ACCEPT it so easily.<br /><br />And was I the only one who was screaming at Glenn and Maggie to GET DOWN? I couldn't believe they were so casual and sure that they had chased them off so quickly. It hasn't been that long since the one inmate got shot in the head from a sniper in the woods - why would they assume everyone came with the trucks? A number of things just felt off about that attack/response to me, but a big part of that could have just been my expectations for a giant battle scene.<br /><br />But I love this show and am so glad I caught up mid season and that there are people here to talk about it with since no one I know watches it!Rebecca T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11994380364321336824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-22425104097358974812013-04-04T08:58:31.105-04:002013-04-04T08:58:31.105-04:00Great recap as always you two. Some observations:...Great recap as always you two. Some observations:<br /><br />I thought throughout the season they really tried to say that Rick and the Governor really aren't all that different. But the last few episodes really seemed to want to hammer the point home that Rick = good and Governor = bad.<br /><br />I think Carl did the right thing - if the kid had dropped the gun like Carl said to he'd be alive.<br /><br />Were Maggie and Glenn purposely not trying to hit any of the Governor's people just scare them away? Either that or they are terrible shots - I didn't see any of them get hit.<br /><br />Yay - a boatload of new Redshirts!<br /><br />Seriously - not ONE of the Governors 15 or 20 people he was mowing down thought "I'd better shoot back!"<br /><br />Easily the best season of TWD so far.<br /><br />Can't wait for Mad Men!<br /><br /> -Tim AlanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-86991764041405928572013-04-04T06:15:34.161-04:002013-04-04T06:15:34.161-04:00Well, that was...unexpected.
As I don't live i...Well, that was...unexpected.<br />As I don't live in the US (or Canada), I don't watch the show live on TV but through more...controversial means the next day. So, when I watched the episode, it wasn't followed by credits and then by the Talking Dead but it was just done, and I was sure it must have been a two-parter and I had somehow missed that info, and for a while I actually looked for part II.<br /><br />There was a war online (quelle surprise!) of "This episode was lame! -No, it was the best episode ever, you're stupid! -No, YOU're stupid, because the majority thought it was awful and it's the majority that keeps a show alive, moron! -No, YOU're the moron, once the majority thought the earth was flat, true fans found this episode awesome!" (I didn't make up these arguments); I don't stand on either side, but the episode did leave me...unfulfilled?<br />The thing is, producers, writers & actors alike kept talking about death and heartbreak regarding the end of Season 3, and I was SO tense throughout the episode, and every time Glenn was on screen I was freaking out ("No, don't take your helmet off, NOOOO!!! Oh, nothing happened.), and in the end all that tension didn't get to be released. Where was all the death and heartbreak? Because if we're talking about the Woodberrites, no one cares, and if we're talking about Andrea and Milton I'm pretty sure 99% of the viewers saw that coming, and even those for whom these deaths would be sad had prepared themselves. Don't get me wrong, I'm ecstatic that my favourite characters survived, and I understand why such a route might have been chosen, but I still feel as if this great season just fizzled out.<br /><br />Regarding Andrea, way to make her frustrating even at the end -"Hm, this guy is about to turn into a zombie while we're in this enclosed space and I'm handcuffed to a chair, I should explain to him why I did everything and try to excuse myself instead of concentrate ALL MY EFFORTS on getting these pliers and freeing myself". Ugh! Honestly, even though I liked Andrea only during the just-six-episodes first season and was annoyed by her during the longer seasons 2&3, I didn't want her to die. I'd have liked her to get a chance to redeem herself and be one badass lady -therefore making a potential future demise heartbreaking indeed- and I'm disappointed that they killed her off this way.<br /><br />Carl really is creepy and scary at this point, but the biggest problem is that nobody ever tries to talk to this kid and understand him. If he ends up the Governor 2.0, a large part of the blame will be theirs.<br /><br />Sorry for the humongous post!Efthymianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30892649.post-27862164049682849882013-04-04T04:06:05.127-04:002013-04-04T04:06:05.127-04:00If Carl is the future of humanity, I'm not sur...If Carl is the future of humanity, I'm not sure they should even bother. Wish he'd get out of the house. Get him fitted for a little eyepatch now.<br /><br />I'm glad the Governor got away. They need some conflict if they're going to stay in the prison, or else next season will be "Gardening tips with Rick - how to keep Walkers out of your cabbages."<br /><br />Milton had a whole tray of implements. And he drops pliers? <br /><br />I like what Yvette Nicole Brown said on Talking Dead - aren't they afraid the seniors will die in their sleep and become Walkers? ;)<br /><br />It looks like they been very close to Atlanta for the whole series. It would be funny if Georgia were actually the only place affected by the virus. :) <br /><br />I'd like to end with a quote from Angel. "If nothing that we do matters, then all that matters is what we do."Colleen/redeem147noreply@blogger.com