The Walking Dead

watched 04-12 now, you guys really are bitching about anything or nothing at all. At least when you can actually point out specifics it makes sense. But a character development episode with two actual actors in it? That was a really solid episode.

character development? what did we find out we didnt already know?

is that all that character development means? Finding out about their past?

I guess you wanted to see them fuck. This isn't HBO.

i didnt want to see them fuck, i wanted to see them die by zombie. doesnt everyone?

Hmm, the last scene with Daryl

Well if Beth was grabbed by you know who and they did you know what, it would make it much more tragic since she had helped Daryl.

Cybsled_sl said:

Hmm, the last scene with Daryl

Spoiler

are those the Hunters/cannibals?

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Those were the same guys that came into the house Rick was in. The leader was the guy sitting on the porch above Rick.

I actually kind of figured we hadn't seen the last of them since I recognized that actor from other shows and movies.

Edit: found him, it's this guy:Jeff Kober - IMDb

that was fairly terrible, why the fuck are there endless zombie hordes attacking every house daryl and beth run into? i mean seriously, i can see one or 2 wandering zombies hearing something and then just going in to see whats up. but this is like an organized raid on those 2 at this point. i guess beth was kidnapped or something?

Maester Chuk_sl said:

that was fairly terrible, why the fuck are there endless zombie hordes attacking every house daryl and beth run into? i mean seriously, i can see one or 2 wandering zombies hearing something and then just going in to see whats up. but this is like an organized raid on those 2 at this point. i guess beth was kidnapped or something?

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Clearly she was kidnapped by more advanced walkers that could drive, they used a raiding party to flush her out first

Golt_sl said:

Clearly she was kidnapped by more advanced walkers that could drive, they used a raiding party to flush her out first

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Felt like a whole plot line was setup that went nowhere. The large grave-yard house: being really clean and neat inside, then finds a pantry with lots of food. Daryl realises that the stuff has been freshly stacked 'no dust' I was expecting some resolution to this ( well perhaps it's still too come when some other group that we follow also finds the place and some answers )

But today, it went nowhere "oh I think there's someone at the door" I'll just pull it open without checking"

Do post apocalyptic survivors forget what glass is? Peep holes? Anything? "Hey, i heard a noise, let's go open the door as wide as possible!". Also, I am not sure I saw it correctly or not, but was Maggie just laying out in the street hanging out with some bodies? I get she is losing it, but let's be serious.

The pace is still killing me. I saw the advert for only 3 episodes left this season, oh? So if we are lucky, we may get to see Terminus? People on railroad tracks are similar to Spirit Bombs on Dragonball Z. They just fill episodes with nothing.

Gamma Rays_sl said:

Felt like a whole plot line was setup that went nowhere. The large grave-yard house: being really clean and neat inside, then finds a pantry with lots of food. Daryl realises that the stuff has been freshly stacked 'no dust' I was expecting some resolution to this ( well perhaps it's still too come when some other group that we follow also finds the place and some answers )

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In regards to the really clean house, etc. I kind of figured that the kidnappers stocked the house to lull traveler's in and take them. Seems like a stretch given the number of people that would pass by though.

figured it was all a setup, from the house to the dog to the walkers.

thought it was pretty good for the show. certainly don't have a high bar set for it, but they have had a lot worse.

Yea, i'm interested in the whole Maggie laying in the street near walkers as well... wtf was that. She was not covered with blood to mask her smell or anything (which is what i thought she was doign when she opened up the body)
so, wtf is up with laying with walkers.

Daryl opening the door wide open is beyond against his character :/

What also bugs me is how close all this was to the Prison.... i mean these people went on runs and outside the prison for months, and nobody ever ran into the tracks or 1 sign about this place for safe haven? Then suddenly the prison is gone and almost everyone find the tracks and the signs to go there.

Quineloe_sl said:

is that all that character development means? Finding out about their past?

I guess you wanted to see them fuck. This isn't HBO.

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Good writers develop characters in the contexts of actions, story, plot, etc. They don't just have an episode where two characters are in scenes contrived so they can sit and talk. That's not character development. It's shit writing.

popsicledeath_sl said:

Good writers develop characters in the contexts of actions, story, plot, etc. They don't just have an episode where two characters are in scenes contrived so they can sit and talk. That's not character development. It's shit writing.

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this. a good example of character development is when Kyle Reece who has been stalking Sarah Connor all of a sudden jumps up pulls out the sawed off shotgun and blasts the terminator in Tech Noir, he then goes to Sarah extends his hand and says, "come with with me if you want to live". up until that point we thought Kyle was maybe another terminator, now we know he is there to protect Sarah from the Terminator. that episode of walking dead, was just these 2 hams meandering around acting pissy, daryl reveals he is a redneck and is also a mean redneck drunk, beth reveals she is a small town girl who never got off the farm much. mind blown, right?