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Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Well well well.... looks like the season is upon us once again. This time they are banking everything on having a CGI tiger.

Which means their budget for anything else that is CGI is zero.


From what I recall, Maggie had diarrhea and they shoved 30 people into the RV and drove off and got waylaid by a bunch of lumberjacks and the lumberjack leader squashed a bottle of Heinz ketchup, then the episode ended.

I believe I told myself to just skip this coming season since there is no chance it'll be any good but... can I really do it? It is a mystery.


Actually, according to the fabled "black highlander" rules, since the goofy rastafari king is black one of the previous black people has to die. Therefore it is either Michonne or Michonne with glasses who got canned. I forget if the latter was even there.

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Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

vintagepurple posted:

Turns out irish and asians count towards the minority quota pal

I thought each minority had their own quota system.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
The kid who looked like Harry Potter died in the shower and then fudged everything up back at the prison.

EDIT:

There was also the cop Beth pushed into the elevator pit.

EDIT2:

Wait, what are we talking about?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
The show will continue to be poo poo but I'm hoping there will be something in this brand new season that'll cause stuff like the ol' coffee cup dumpster measurement exepriment or another good meltdown. Maybe some smug comicreader posting some halfspoilers with a self-satisfied smirk on their face (not realizing that this show is impossible to spoil since it's already rotten to it's core)?

Only time will tell.

I'm hopeful.

At the very least.... give me some moist gifs.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Hmm. I have zero hope for this season. I'm glad that they revisited their one hundred burning logs set piece just to confirm that yes, zombies are attracted to fire.

EDIT:

Do cemeteries also serve as like a stadium for your TV events? I watched like a minute of that cringy talk show after the episode and he claimed that he and that horde of people were on some cemetery watching Walking Dead. Cheering, shouting, booing and generally just making a racket. On a cemetery.

???

Gortarius fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Oct 24, 2016

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

AndyElusive posted:

How come no Zombies Walkers showed up out of the woods to stealth kill any of Negans men when they were all so fixated on the torture porn?

Abes blood flew on all of them, camouflaging them. This was one of the times when that actually worked.

Yeah, I don't know. If they would have any sort of consistency then all of Negans guys would've been munched after all the racket they made.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

bobjr posted:

I mean Negan can kill the nameless people in the town, but how many do they even have left at this point?

On some days there are zero nameless people in the town, on other days there is about a hundred of them. It is a mystery.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I gave up on watching entire episodes of this poo poo so I usually just find a few clips per episode and leave it at that.

With that said, what the gently caress was Spencer doing when he ran from the car? He just got out of the car and... ran to the woods? Why? Did he somehow know that a wise and powerful woodsman was there with a bow?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

John F Bennett posted:

Who doesn't everyone wear leather in this zombieland? It's not like zombies have sharp diamond daggers for teeth, they're only human. I'm sure you can't bite through leather.

They do have power drill fingers though, easily capable of ripping open bodies in a matter of seconds.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Why were the zombies just chilling in the puddle?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I hope Rick is the one who makes a plan on how to dunk on ol' Negan.

Okay guys, here's the plan: There is a puddle full of zombies back where me and that stock gay guy were at. What we are gonna do is we are going to make ourselves some makeshift knives and then make some flutes with them. We are going to make all those puddle zombies follow the flute music all the way to Negan place and then he'll really be in trouble. Heh... He won't know what hit him.

So where does he live? Anyone know? Oh, what's that? You left a 20 meter trail of ketchup on the road to mark the way? Good thinking. Let's go and find that ketchup.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Hmm. Perhaps they should introduce orcs to the show.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
So Negan told that woman to cut Rositas face, to mess it up, but then it was just a one centimeter cut on her cheek that'll heal in two days. I guess that was good enough for Negan who is a known pacifist.

One minute prior to that Spencer is trying to shove his guts back inside him. One minute after the cut the ol' chubster has her brains blown off via noscope360.

I think what's happening is that the writers have this wheel of fortune that has things like "Inexplicably runs to the woods, finds crossbow" and "Leans backwards in a 70 degree angle, gives a smug grin" and they use it to construct an episode.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Man, they should just introduce orcs, ninjas, timetravelers, skeletons, anime characters and ghosts and all the rest.

Just go all out. Who cares anymore? Who wants to watch some limbo master terrorizing a bunch of idiots for 15+ episodes?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
So did they kill off Manchonne since he isn't there nodding approvingly with everyone else?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
This show is garbage, but the craving is still there, and it turns out the vidiogame got some new material recently.

I checked it out on youtube and it's comical how much better the writing is. It isn't even super amazing or anything but they don't really gently caress it up every 5 minutes.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I completely missed that the season had continued and also concluded.

But did I really miss it?


I saw some gif about Eugene in a Neo costume talking about Phalanx. Does that sum it all up?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I want rick and pals to sail to Atlantis.

Or the Bermuda Triangle.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Has it been speculated what the gently caress Daryl said when he was storming Alexandria with Maggie?

Watched some clips to figure out if the latter half of the season is worth anything and from what I can see they finally gave Eugene something to do and it's all really good. The rest just looks like the usual garbage though.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
My god. I skipped season 7 because it seemed like a load of poo poo after like 2 episodes.

That gif is all I need to conclude that I should skip season 8 too.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Okay, I haven't seen any of these episodes, but I like this thread and just checked some clips because I keep hearing about these juicy goofs they've got, so please explain to me:

1. The rolling zombies down the hill. How the gently caress was that convoy or whatever in any trouble? They had gun's and the zombies slowly rolled down, yet still they got some noname guy and caused havoc. It's like that time when that noname wall engineer walked into a zombie who was stuck behind a tree and somehow died, or that fat idiot who was looking for Daryl in the woods and put his hand inside a zombies mouth and then acted surprised that he got bit.

2. There is a scene where a bunch of people are running in a straight line and then some cosplayers come out from behind piles of poo poo and just brast the runners to hell. But the runners do not react at all, they just keep on running until they are all dead. I'm assuming the runners are Saviors, which leads me to the next thing...

3. The Saviors suck. How are they still alive? Iirc in season 6 Rick and his idiot friends killed like a hundred of them. They were getting slaughtered. Now it looks like they are back to killing them by the hundreds.

4. Are they really doing the "Morgan is off his flipping gourd" thing again? I suppose Rick is also going to go crazy and then back to normal in the span of 3 episodes for the 10th time.

Do you think the actors involved are like really proud to be a part of this show?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

moist turtleneck posted:

I don't remember this at all but I wanna see it again

It was in season 6 I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9IXS9jenD4

Somewhere in this episode I believe. They are all hiding in the woods when some baddies come looking for them.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I had to check out the car chase and tiger getting ganked after the high praise the two scenes got over here.

They did not disappoint.


That gif of the saviors slowly setting themselves on the ground as the armored cars swoop in, brasting away the saviors + the laughably bad car chase + the scene where black Dante with dreadlocks has a meltdown and tries to sacrifice himself epicly instead of just taking 2 steps to safety makes me think they don't have the money for stuntmen. As such there is no scenes where you would need one, despite the nature of the show and ample opportunities to do something cool.

That tiger dying was also really lovely (how did the tiger get overpowered and ambushed by zombies?) but the tiger itself looked like it was about as convincing as the GoT direwolves (and just as worthwhile to have slurping up your budget).

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Kelly posted:

Zombies are not enhanced in this show and are in fact really slow and dopey, so if that scene with Shiva is anything to go by, you only need like a dozen unarmed humans to defeat a tiger.

Well, to be fair, once you turn into a zombie in TWD you unlock the razorblade fingers.

EDIT:

Holy poo poo, I just noticed those zombies on the road in that clip. How did the bad guy not see them? It's a sunny day, there's nothing to block his vision of the road but he just somehow got spooked by the zombies.

Also the one time rick doesn't have his epic revolver, or any other firearm, is when he needs to jump in to the other vehicle to do knife battling. Of course.


Why didn't they just brast the tires?

How did Daryl recover that fast? Does he have one of those turbo levers on his bike like the cars in Mad Max? The jeep certainly had some enhanced armor on it judging how it soaked up all the CGI sparks, aka bullets.

I couldn't tell who the gently caress got thrown out of the car at first and to be honest, I still don't. At first I thought it was Rick who jumped to safety since the car went straight to the ditch after that. Okay, then Daryl motors it to the ditch and lo and behold it's Rick climbing out of there. But then they say "Heh, let's go see if that goofball still lives." while staring at the wrecked car and then they move towards the wrecked car. So... Did someone grab the gunner, pull him into the car's cockpit and then throw him out, while Rick and the driver drove through the fence like idiots (I guess they just couldn't turn the loving wheel or hit the brakes to avoid the crash)?

What the gently caress was that car chase?

What the gently caress is going on with this show?

I've watched two clips and I already feel like I'm going out of my mind.


Help.


HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLPP!!

Gortarius fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Nov 13, 2017

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

BonoMan posted:

Also I still can't get over the stupidity of Shiva's death.

The group WAS ALREADY ACROSS THE tiny creek. They were already to safety.

The tiger didn't buy them anything. It's not like the tiger jumped down there and bought them like 5 minutes to remove the King's foot from under a fallen tree or something.

They were literally on the banks. The tiger died and they just walked to safety like they could have done anyways because ZOMBIE'S ARE loving SLOW AND WERE MIRED IN MUD.

Dear lord my blood temperature goes up by 50 degrees just thinking about how bad that was. Where in the world is the money going? I guess having a cast of 100000 people wasn't a good idea after all.

"Ugh, we aren't going to make it across this 2 meter ditch, just leave me behind. We are in mortal danger and there is ZERO time to lose. Also we are on the other side of the ditch already."

"B-but you are the king dude, brah..."

"I'm not a king! I'm just a fucker!"

*Has a meltdown*

"Tiger swoops in and accomplishes nothing."

*Close up of Gamer Feels face*

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Tortuga posted:

This just looks like pretty good fan art. Why has Morgan got a spear?

Maybe he goes back to that place where he impaled some teenager through the neck with a stick like that back when he was insane for the first time.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I do like how the only way they know how to add any tension or a scenario where anyone would be in any danger is to make everyone a complete idiot who would never figure out the most obvious solution.

It all reminds me of that GoT episode where they are on the icy lake and nothing they do makes any sense before, during or after their epic mission.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Randandal posted:

This entire season takes place over one stupid day doesn't it

If it's something that seems like a dumb thing to do, TWD does it.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Marmaduke! posted:

Think they did that in season 3 when some prison goon got sick, died and zombified

It was that Harry Potter guy in season 4 who went to take a shower and it was just too much for him.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
What was that quip guy's plan exactly? I will clumsily lurch forward to grab a handgun from someone's holster through a barbwire fence while being watched by 4+ people. Oh poo poo I got slammed on my rear end (twice), I never saw that coming!

Let's say he got the gun. What's step 2? Or is this just TWD and there is no step 2.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Okay so from what I've seen, the saviors are stuck in their lovely HQ because it's swarmed by zombies, but at the same time they seem to have endless ammunition and plenty of guns so... What's the problem here exactly, from their point of view? I know this show likes to ignore any obvious solutions to problems, like thinning the horde through a window, so what's the "canon" reason they are stuck in there?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Astroman posted:

I think the snipers prevented them from poking their heads out the windows to shoot the zombies. Once Daryl's Awesome Plan got them all inside, Eugene probably realized they could just mow the walkers down in a crossfire.

Okay, but then... how does mowing down the zombies help them any if they are boxed in by snipers? Isn't there like 10 Saviors left at this point?

EDIT:

Wait a minute, Daryl's plan is to let the zombies in? Why?

EDIT2:

Okay so before Daryl crashes the car, Eugene is off goofing about on the rooftop with Dwight. I guess the snipers aren't allowed to shoot those two?

Gortarius fucked around with this message at 14:26 on Dec 4, 2017

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Hey so this war thing is still going on but havent the saviors been decimated? Rick and co have killed them by the hundreds and thrown a good 20 or 30 more into the hoosgow.

What the flip is going on?

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Thrifting Day! posted:

Is this a wet fart attempt to copy the “Is Jon Snow actually dead” hysteria?

Jon Snow would be a perfect fit for this show because he supersucks just as bad as everyone in twd. That episode with the icy lake cements his level of intelligence and plot armour to be on par with rick.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
Look, just give the reigns to me. I’ve got all the plans and ideas to turn this ship around.

The next episode is all of them getting the taco shits after a bad batch of weetabix, and they are all writhing in agony trying to hold it in, and then rick finds an old storage locker full of the walking dead comics.

”Here, use these!” Rick exclaims and they all run into the woods to take a dump and wipe their asses on the comics. This scene has the synth music from the car ”chase” scene from earlier.

Our show moves on to Negan who is having a one on one meeting with Archibald, their latest recruit. ”Dayum, Archie... You are a real. Son. Of. A. Bitchhh... I like your style!” *smug Sonic grin* Negan then leans backwards with his head going through a window and as he tries to lean back up he is stabbed in the neck by a shard of glass.

”Heh, just as I planned.” Archibald utters, adjusting his sunglasses anime style. ”Looks like your the boss now.”

Eugene emerges from the shadows, and moves in to inspect the corpse. Seemingly satisfied by this turn of events Eugene looks back at Archibald and says ”Get Garfunkel on the horn. We’ve got work to do.”

Back at the storage locker the gang lets out a collective sigh of relief and wipe their brows. ”Dodged a bullet there...” Carol mutter to herself. Rick is covered in sweat. ”It ain’t over ’til it’s over.”

Suddenly a voice echoes from the woods: ”What’s the haps, paps?”

”Coral!”

Coral saunters out from the bushes. ”Coarl! You should be dead, I know you should! What gives?”

”I used a magic marker to do all that poo poo. I just wanted Enid-san to suck my dick, and I knew she could not refuse if she thought I wuz a goner.”

”Corral, you fucker! You sonnuva bieatch!”

*commercial break*

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Han Nehi posted:

So I’ve given up on this show but I have this season on DVR. Are there any good scenes I should watch before I erase it?

There is a "car chase" scene that supersucks, it's a good watch.

There is a scene where bunch of guys gently lay down on the ground as they are being gunned down by CGI.

There's also a cameo by Jim Carrey.


Idk if there's anything else.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I wish they'd kept that crazy claimed guy around longer.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
So what does the scoreboard look like right now?

Saviors have around 10 kills and 300 deaths.

But they are supposed to still be a threat?


From what I recall, Alexandria has those magical streets and citizens who phase in and out of existence at will, so I guess it's only fair that the Saviors can keep spawning an endless supply of grunts to bolster their ranks.

Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot
I caved and watched an episode, and it was just as bad as I knew it would be.

The guy walks intro a beartrap, screams in agony and immediately 6 or so zombies jump out of the bush, and somehow, magically, he is fighting them off. Even more magically the gun teleports to gabriels feet (did it get thrown out of the guys hand? I missed it if it did) and he makes the perfect blindfolded noscope360. It is so amazing in fact that the doctor doesn't care about the pain or the other 3 zombies lurking about anymore and is just laughing.

I can't say I would know what your vision would be like with whatever infection that is supposed to be but I doubt it looks like a piece of folded brown paper around the camera lens.

The rest of the episode was such uninteresting nonsense that I can't remember what, if anything, happened even though I just saw it 15 minutes ago. I guess there was some tough moral choice of "Do we let the prisoners exercise or not? Hmm... We have no food but I think we should..."


Thumbs up.

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Gortarius
Jun 6, 2013

idiot

Blazing Ownager posted:

The only way to explain it, which the show never has, is that zombies evolve some venom injector in their teeth and it's the venom that creates the "100% kill rate cannot be stopped cannot be helped." All other injuries are fixed with antibiotics. Again, the show never has said this but it is literally the only way the rules they setup could work.
They have venom fangs, razor fingers and teleporter glands.

canepazzo posted:

What exactly was the point of the doctor. Like, what did he accomplish other than being Beth v2.0?
I think they were going with something like "Oh no, I kept getting lucky breaks and giving him hope and he got cocky and died... because of me...."

Gortarius fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Mar 12, 2018

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