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HaemishM
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No, I get that the A is Alexandria. The question becomes not what it says, but what it means. Who out there is looking at the stamp and going "Yep, that's them Alexandria folks. They don't belong to us." Which, I assume, is the "Wolves" with W.
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Evildrider
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Other than the scarlet letter meaning. I think people are reading too much into it and I think it was just the kid being a kid. My younger sister used to like to put stickers on everyone for example.
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jgsugden
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I thought the A was for Alcohol - as in you can drink at the party. However, that is kind of dumb considering who was doing the stamping...
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MrHat
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Other than the scarlet letter meaning. I think people are reading too much into it and I think it was just the kid being a kid. My younger sister used to like to put stickers on everyone for example.
We wouldn't be reading so much into it other than they spent a lot of shots focusing on it. Super slow episode. At least they look like they shoot stuff in the preview. |
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Evildrider
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Other than the scarlet letter meaning. I think people are reading too much into it and I think it was just the kid being a kid. My younger sister used to like to put stickers on everyone for example.
We wouldn't be reading so much into it other than they spent a lot of shots focusing on it. Super slow episode. At least they look like they shoot stuff in the preview. Once again, it's a tease for comic fans more than it is a OMG MUST BE IMPORTANT thing. I am pretty sure if it was a bigger deal they would have shown more than Rick getting one. Hell the kids only other interaction with the group was Carol. |
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Evildrider
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Fantastic episode. I hope it keeps this pace for the last couple episodes.
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Over and out.
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Evildrider
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jgsugden
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I would love it if Lenny James were a regular for a prolonged period, but I have a feeling they're not going to get to keep him for long. I expect him to make it to Alexandria, be there for a few episodes... and then die. I really hope I'm wrong, but I'm sure they've been all but begging him to join the show on a regular basis ever since season 2....
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Tebonas
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I really enjoyed large parts of the episode but at the same time I feel like the writers try to emotionally manipulate me into being ok with whatever atrocities camp dinner bell might inflict on Alexandria by being really heavy handed with giving them just cause to do exactly that.
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« Last Edit: March 16, 2015, 03:41:41 PM by Tebonas »
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Ironwood
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I too am vaguely disquieted by it all. Just doesn't add up. Also, Priest is just stupidity we haven't seen since War of the Worlds (also wholesale stolen from there..)
Further, that revolving door scene was just fucking stupid. Really, really fucking stupid. Also, if you're gonna be violent and horrendous, that's fine,
I dunno. It's better than the farm, but oddly not as believable. I'm getting pulled in too many stupid directions.
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Bunk
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All I know is that was some Tom Savini level shit there. Was not expecting this episode.
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Signe
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As long as the writing remains good, the other actors keep their acting up to par and the scene is believable and pushes the story forward, I don't mind main characters popping their clogs. In fact, I know it sounds just horrible, I kind of dig it when shows do something unexpected like killing off a favourite or main actor. I like the shock.
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Evildrider
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Are we really complaining about characters dying on a zombie/apocalyptic show? Besides Rick and Carl I am pretty sure everyone is game to die.
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Ruvaldt
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All I know is that was some Tom Savini level shit there.
Greg Nicotero worked on Day of the Dead with Savini and it absolutely showed in this episode. |
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Ironwood
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In fairness, Rick hasn't actually DONE or said he'll do anything yet...
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Signe
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In fairness, Rick hasn't actually DONE or said he'll do anything yet...
True, but the innuendo is pretty strong. |
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Ironwood
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Agreed, but that's not what our system of TV Justice is based on. Innocent until proven guilty !!!!
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HaemishM
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I'm willing to give the writers a fair bit of leeway with the Alexandria storyline because for the past two seasons, these guys have absolutely been killing it. I also think there's a whole shitload more to Alexandria than just "the good guys turn bad." I'm almost positive that A/W stamp/brand thing I mentioned is going to be important to whatever the fuck is going on in Alexandria. If this was the season in Farmville, I would say yes, we've seen all we need to see this shit is just going to be stupid. But I do not think we've seen everything we need to see to make up our mind about Alexandria. I've not read the comics, so don't know if there's a spoiler to be had there or if I'm reading the signs wrong but I just think there's more.
The violence got turned WAY up in this episode, and I don't think that was unintentional either.
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Ironwood
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The trailer for next week contained some rather specific information about that. Do you chaps get them ?
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HaemishM
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Sometimes my DVR cuts off the trailer parts, so I rarely get a full picture of the upcoming episodes.
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palmer_eldritch
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I've been loving this season so far, even with the oddities in the latest episode.
One thing that struck me this week - and also last week when Rick was standing by the wall at the end - is whether we are supposed to think that maybe Rick is going a bit mad? Which would be understandable obviously.
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Tebonas
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To be fair thats just a thing Ricks sanity does every once in a while - going on holiday. This would be the third time I think, the only question ever is how much damage he does before his mind returns from its happy place.  |
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jgsugden
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Why is Rick the way he is? Because it is what he needed to be. He couldn't be deputy Rick and survive as long as he has. He had to be the guy willing to kill Shane and ready to flee the prison without everyone that he loved.
Now, in Alexandria, he is amongst a bunch of people that have been mostly spared the horrors of the apocalypse - so far. There is a real question in my eyes as to whether Rick and his group would be doing wrong by taking control and telling these people, "Look, you don't get it. You've been incredibly lucky, but that is going to change and you're going to have to harden up. We can't abandon people that can be saved because we're scared, and we can't throw our lives away trying to save someone beyond saving. The dead are a threat, but the real threat are people that will want to take what has been built here. Those walls won't stop them. If you listen to me, I can help you survive. If you don't, you're going to die when the enemy comes. Noah's family didn't live too far from here. They had a walled community. Someone attacked it and burned it to the ground - killing everyone."
The leader seems smart - she may get there by herself.
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rattran
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I suspect Deanna will lose her shit when Glen gets back. And that will be the start of bad things happening. Then the ice wolves come...
I think Glen's story arc has kinda finished, so he'll be the next regular killed, but not by the dead.
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One thing I will say is that, while I have mixed feelings about what happened to Noah...that was one amazingly well done bit of CGI/Make-up/Whatever. He totally looked like he was getting his faced ripped to shreds, and it was utterly disgusting in a way that none of the other deaths have been. Between this scene and the horse last week, they outdid themselves on the pure realism. It might be for the best that they don't have a bigger budget, not sure if I could stomach it.
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Threash
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I bet abusive husband doctor ends up savings Tara's life. That would really split the group's loyalties up.
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Ruvaldt
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More likely he'll be drunk when they arrive, he won't be able to help Tara as a result, and Rick's group will have more reasons/excuses to kill him.
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TheWalrus
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Man, fuck that death. Tired of stupid killing the people I like. Ol Nick would have caught one in the leg. Fuckin fratasses.
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Raguel
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Finally watched the last 2 episodes. The only thing I'll say right now is that I initially thought Gabriel was talking about himself (I still think it was deliberately written that way). I was going to write that he's a hypocrite but what I really think is that he's a poor excuse of a human being and should be left out in the woods with Carol for a few days.
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Ironwood
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Evildrider
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Zombie Horde ? Sure, let's hide in a tree. No different when they've hid under cars and stuff. The walkers are pretty oblivious unless they see or hear something on the show. |
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Zombie Horde ? Sure, let's hide in a tree. Hey, when I was 15, if that girl hopped in a confined space and wanted me to follow, I was going in... period. |
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