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Svanja
Sep 19, 2009

Bread Set Jettison posted:

Talking dead is funny tonight

It is. Watching the actor defending the Governor is amusing!

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Bluedust
Jan 7, 2009

by Ralp
It's so weird hearing these guys with their real accent. Rick was a complete mindfuck, but Gov is close.

PaganGoatPants
Jan 18, 2012

TODAY WAS THE SPECIAL SALE DAY!
Grimey Drawer
No throat zombie death?

Hollismason
Jun 30, 2007
Feel free to disregard this post.

It is guaranteed to be lazy, ignorant, and/or uninformed.
Yeah, David Morrissey and the guest were like " Yea he is redeeming himself " and Chris Hardwick shut it down by quickly rattling off everything the governor has done. It was pretty great.

Jamesman
Nov 19, 2004

"First off, let me start by saying curly light blond hair does not suit Hyomin at all. Furthermore,"
Fun Shoe

Heroic Yoshimitsu posted:

Apparently this episode was the worst crime ever commited against humanity, but I liked it.

There are a handful of people who want this show to be what it's not and never set out to be. Been happening since the first episode.

I also liked the episode. :hfive:

cycomatix
Apr 23, 2008
Fun Shoe
I'd love for this to go some place where the governor tries to get into the prison with his new family peacefully. Can you just see the conversation where they had JUST kicked Carol out to let the Governor in?

PaganGoatPants
Jan 18, 2012

TODAY WAS THE SPECIAL SALE DAY!
Grimey Drawer
Bacon throat. :stare:

Kirk Vikernes
Apr 26, 2004

Count Goatnackh

Dead Yourself of the Week - zombie juggalo

Hexel
Nov 18, 2011




I'm gonna have to rewatch. Caught the beginning, had to step away and felt good about it because gently caress flashback episodes but this sounds interesting.

Starks
Sep 24, 2006

Its nerdy as hell that I know this but the song that played at the beginning of the episode (last pale light in the west by ben nichols) is from a Blood Meridian tribute album. It was kinda weird to hear it during the episode but also cool. Oh and the episode was great I thought, the guy who plays the governor is a good actor and ill watch him over rick any day.

Starks fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Nov 18, 2013

PaganGoatPants
Jan 18, 2012

TODAY WAS THE SPECIAL SALE DAY!
Grimey Drawer
Chris :smith:

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

I thought it was a solid episode that did a good job with a difficult task - humanizing a character that is probably too far gone. I respect that they tried and it was a valiant shot but everything has its limits.

I don't think it was a full on "love and forgive the governor" story, though. He acknowledges that he "lost it" when talking about himself in the third person. He spent the entire episode trying to run from it and briefly got a taste of a second chance. But stumbling back in with Martinez by the end of the episode is as good enough of a sign of "yeah, you didn't get away" as they could have given.

So I doubt the show wants us to forgive him, they just showed him trying to move on. And now he's back where he started.

Bored
Jul 26, 2007

Dude, ix-nay on the oice-vay.
Chris Hardwick :(

Carteret
Nov 10, 2012


Wait... what's wrong with Chris Hardwick?

Edit: His pops died :( :(

6EQUJ5 6 7
Sep 1, 2012

I'd do the same as you.
Chris is a total pro. Even if you don't like him, you have to respect him for coming in and working and not missing a beat.

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

Carteret posted:

Wait... what's wrong with Chris Hardwick?

His father died this weekend. I assume it was brought up at the end of the episode.

Codependent Poster
Oct 20, 2003

Carteret posted:

Wait... what's wrong with Chris Hardwick?

His dad died this weekend.

6EQUJ5 6 7
Sep 1, 2012

I'd do the same as you.

Carteret posted:

Wait... what's wrong with Chris Hardwick?

His dad died yesterday. Apparently it was sudden and unexpected.

Cool Cherry Cream
Jun 15, 2013
Zombies! Jokes! Tweets! Hashtags!

My father died :smith:

EvilTobaccoExec
Dec 22, 2003

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts!

STAC Goat posted:

His father died this weekend. I assume it was brought up at the end of the episode.

Did Hardwick shoot him after he died?

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

That episode was loving awesome. Normally I don't give a poo poo about redshirt episodes but Kurt Russell Governor was so awesome that the whole thing turned out to be pretty compelling.

I'd gladly watch another episode of him leading his new family.

Hopefully the season keeps up the pace because this episode ruled and so did the last one, so hopefully that'll last for the remainder of the season.

Hexel
Nov 18, 2011




I never thought they could make me give a poo poo about 'ol Governor but they pulled it off :golfclap:

moths
Aug 25, 2004

I would also still appreciate some danger.



That was pretty great. Also I loved how they leveraged the Governor's erratic last-season writing to create insanely tense scenes.

And was that the same child actress in the Penny photograph? Or did they find another kid that looks like her?

TOOT BOOT
May 25, 2010

I'm really confused about the timeline of what happened this episode. Did he burn Woodbury right before he showed up at the prison or right after everyone abandoned it last season? I'm assuming his cronies left him not long after the end of season 3, he wanders around and finds the family, his cronies' new group finds him, more stuff happens, then we catch up up to the present with him standing outside the prison?

Rageaholic
May 31, 2005

Old Town Road to EGOT

TOOT BOOT posted:

I'm really confused about the timeline of what happened this episode. Did he burn Woodbury right before he showed up at the prison or right after everyone abandoned it last season? I'm assuming his cronies left him not long after the end of season 3, he wanders around and finds the family, his cronies' new group finds him, more stuff happens, then we catch up up to the present with him standing outside the prison?
Yeah I was assuming tonight's whole episode was a flashback, which played out like so:

Governor's cronies leave him
Governor burns Woodbury
Governor wanders around and finds new family
Governor's cronies find him
--the next couple episodes happen--
We see Governor show up at the prison like it happened at the end of last week's episode

Hobo Siege
Apr 24, 2008

by Cowcaster
I would rather watch a show centered around this guy, if I'm being honest. He's a completely irredeemable shitbag, but there's one thing in the world that he cares about and it alllllllmost makes him resemble a functioning human being. Waiting for the monster to show back up creates some awesome tension.

Crankit
Feb 7, 2011

HE WATCHES

EvilTobaccoExec posted:

Did Hardwick shoot him after he died?

Nah, Liam Neeson showed up and smashed his dads face in with some kind of gas canister.

ghouldaddy07
Jun 23, 2008
The Governor is a brutal zombie killing machine. I tend to hate trying to call things on TV-shows,
but I expect the Governor will betray martinez's crew to Rick.

The redemption arc will be a long con till the end of the season.

Hexel
Nov 18, 2011




I wonder if they deliberately cast his milf love interest to look creepily like Lauren Cohan (Maggie) after the psychological torture he did to her last season :stare:

STAC Goat
Mar 12, 2008

Watching you sleep.

Butt first, let's
check the feeds.

No More Heroes posted:

I wonder if they deliberately cast his milf love interest to look creepily like Lauren Cohan (Maggie) after the psychological torture he did to her last season :stare:

I'm glad I'm not the only one. My tv was super dark and I had a hard time making out her face during that make out scene. And for just a second I saw Maggie and was super creeped out.

ghouldaddy07
Jun 23, 2008

STAC Goat posted:

I'm glad I'm not the only one. My tv was super dark and I had a hard time making out her face during that make out scene. And for just a second I saw Maggie and was super creeped out.

I too thought she looked like Maggie. May be just a relative of the actress. I assume the Governors baby is going to rip his way out of her to fight zombies.

Illinois Smith
Nov 15, 2003

Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Liar posted:

So these two women essentially has the best chance of surviving of ANYONE on Earth. A safe place, weapons, and unlimited food. But as soon as one penis dies they latch onto the next closest available and happily give it all up.
If you watch the episode really closely you can tell that these ladies aren't the most capable bunch in the world



Plus the whole "they've lived in a building with zombies and weapons for all this time but haven't figured out how to kill one yet" thing.

Schneider Inside Her
Aug 6, 2009

Please bitches. If nothing else I am a gentleman
Man the Governor went totally berserk in that pit, holy poo poo. I liked this episode, added some character to Gov which was much needed, and I mean really he only killed Andrea and that doctor guy, as well as a bunch of Woodbury citizens. If anything he did us a favour.

I wonder what lengths he will go to to keep his past hidden, or if it will be possible.

moths
Aug 25, 2004

I would also still appreciate some danger.




So is she going to be the lesbian that tragically dies or the one that goes flippin' insane?

Iowa Snow King
Jan 5, 2008
I didn't get any lesbian vibes


She kept asking the Governor to pound it after all

He just didn't get the message

Pryor on Fire
May 14, 2013

they don't know all alien abduction experiences can be explained by people thinking saving private ryan was a documentary

I thought it was pretty clear the cop was a lesbian and the other one wasn't. Also this episode was really good, the prison and squinty eyed angry beard drama was getting tired.

Dr Zaius
Jan 2, 2001

Smells Like Team Spirit
Looking at that gif, I guess they wanted it to appear like her bag is so heavy that her swinging around quickly threw her off balance? Just looked incredibly silly to me. Anyhow, was absolutely dreading an entire episode of the Governor, but it was alright by the end. He looked ridiculous in that shot of him standing in front of a burning building in Woodbury though. My prediction is they'll spend these episodes trying to humanize and redeem the Guv only to have him violently and mercilessly gunned down the instant Rick and the gang see him.

Ahhh Real Zombies!
Jul 16, 2007
Get it?
It was pretty clear she was a lesbian, since she was talking about some girl.

Before she trips you can see one shoe came untied, that's what I figured she fell from but maybe the bag was to heavy too.

Ahhh Real Zombies! fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Nov 18, 2013

Pryor on Fire
May 14, 2013

they don't know all alien abduction experiences can be explained by people thinking saving private ryan was a documentary

Dr Zaius posted:

Looking at that gif, I guess they wanted it to appear like her bag is so heavy that her swinging around quickly threw her off balance?

I think that's the idea, but if you're carrying a heavy pack that is capable of throwing you off balance (they can) you'll probably use both shoulder straps pretty quickly since five minutes without them both is pretty uncomfortable. Realism isn't really this show's thing though, it's probably not worth talking about it much.

Still as someone who backpacks ten hour days with a 50 pound pack regularly it made me chuckle.

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Mice Everywhere
Sep 7, 2007

I love animal porn! So F* you if you don't accept that!

Iowa Snow King posted:

I didn't get any lesbian vibes

I'd say talking about having sex with other women is a pretty big signal but maybe that's just me.

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