Walking Dead TV Show **Spoilers** (comic talk only in spoiler tags)

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**KamikazeCanuck**

For dramatic action scenes if the unfortunate but logical answer. (In the comic they did just what you're saying). Regardless, you'd probably still have to go hand-to-hand indoors.

**Lint**

Good episode. However the amount of commercials was incredibly distracting. TWD has always had it's fair share of ads, but this was the first time I really noticed how badly it was interrupting the story. Bad form AMC.

**KamikazeCanuck**

That's why God invented the PVR.

**Necros**

yeah unless I have some random channel on in the background while I paint, I never watch normal network tv anymore. I record and then watch it an hour or so later so I can fast forward through the commercials. I actually used to not mind it so much, my girlfriend got my hooked on DVRing.

**Hulksmash**

As for the fence thing I thought it made sense. To create some defensive depth and a truly secure location they needed to do it before dark. There were an unknown number of zombies in the prison and the more noise they made the more would pour into the yard. You can only reach so many zombies from the fence once you start to pile them up and you could easily break or lose your tool if it gets stuck in a skull (in fact, I think they should have shown this happening to help people realize how unrealistic just standing behind a fence forever would be. they did in the comic).

So to get everything cleared out and secure the yard they had to go in. Same rules apply when they moved farther into the prison. Secure and area, move into the next, always have a fall back. Though they managed to botch that up in the end

@Necros

Same goes for me when it comes to DVR. We try and give it 30 minutes for shows we're nuts about just to cover the 10-15 minutes of commercials.

**Worms4u**

I thought the opener was 'pretty good' but one thing really nagged at me. They're experienced zombie killers at this point - They know how they act and how to deal with them. That said:

Spoiler:

Bleh
Worms

**Squidmanlolz**

Worms4u wrote:
I thought the opener was 'pretty good' but one thing really nagged at me. They're experienced zombie killers at this point - They know how they act and how to deal with them. That said:

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When they go into the bowels of the prison and see completely eaten corpses all over the place CLEARLY there is a massive herd around. I know they were looking for medical supplies/food but they should have been MUCH more careful. Lure them out kill them at a choke point.. don't wonder into a bazillion of them.. fricking stupid.

Bleh
Worms

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**KamikazeCanuck**

@hulksmash it's true there was tons of zombies around the prison but they were already inside the gap between the double fence. I guess this is a confident group of zombie slayers and clearing a yard is no big deal.

**Hulksmash**

My thought is in that in between area is that they wouldn't have anywhere to go if something happened. Taking the yard gave them defensive depth and options. Just my view on it.

**FITZZ**

Overall I really enjoyed the season opener, based on what I've seen thusfar I'm predicting good things for the season.
Given the differences between the series and the books I have to admit that I'm quite interested in seeing how things play out.

**Iur_tae_mont**

It was pretty good, but I saw

Spoiler:

**Gymnogyps**

I know, stupid Herschel.

I also noted the number of commercials, especially at the end, was making me lose interest. there were so many I started doing something else, and I was greatly anticipating the show.

I guess they needed to stretch it out so they could take more jabs at Dish...

**Lint**

Gymnogyps wrote:
I know, stupid Herschel.

I also noted the number of commercials, especially at the end, was making me lose interest. there were so many I started doing something else, and I was greatly anticipating the show.

I guess they needed to stretch it out so they could take more jabs at Dish...

Thank you! Glad I'm not the only one who watches this without a DVR. My complaint even if you skip the commercials is that you're still getting jipped out of a good 7 extra minutes of show with all of the extra breaks being taken during that episode.

Also I find it more than a little stupid that they're telling Dish customers, who aren't watching the show, that they can't watch the show that they are already not watching, because Dish won't give them the channel that they aren't watching so they can't watch the commercials during the show that they can't see. Sorry.

**KamikazeCanuck**

It's too bad they didn't make it a 1.5 or 2 hour season opener like they do sometimes.

**Squidmanlolz**

Am I alone in thinking that the scene from the last episode of The Walking Dead where Maggie stabs the SWAT walker's throat and then turns and does that little laugh/smile like, "did you see that?" is one of the hottest scenes in television history?

**Chancetragedy**

Haha I was screaming DON'T GLOAT YOU TOOL JUST KILL ZOMBIES.

**Squidmanlolz**

Hell, I loved it....

Anyway... These prisoners are fething NUTS

**Byte**

Rick planting his machete in the long hair prisoners head was epic.

**Squidmanlolz**

Byte wrote:
Rick planting his machete in the long hair prisoners head was epic.

OMG, I was shocked!

It's always fun because Lori's personality changes every episode. One day she feels too much guilt to even talk to Rick, the next day she's back to nagging on his decisions... I wonder who she'll be next week...

**JohnnoM**

Also, I kinda found Herschel's wailing funny, is that bad?

**whembly**

JohnnoM wrote:
Also, I kinda found Herschel's wailing funny, is that bad?

Well... wouldn't you if you had your meaty calf munched off?

And here's the funny thing about Zombies... a normal HEALTHY humie would have a hard time of actually biting AND TEARING off the flesh.... let alone a decomposing animated humie.... alas Hollywood...

**Squidmanlolz**

Anybody watching the Talking Dead?
SUPER SPOILER for the next episode

Spoiler:

**JohnnoM**

whembly wrote:
JohnnoM wrote:
Also, I kinda found Herschel's wailing funny, is that bad?

Well... wouldn't you if you had your meaty calf munched off?

And here's the funny thing about Zombies... a normal HEALTHY humie would have a hard time of actually biting AND TEARING off the flesh.... let alone a decomposing animated humie.... alas Hollywood...

I understand you would wail, (though I would probably yell and swear, not moan/wail) But the noise he was making I thought sounded funny.

I'm downloading Ep 2 now, is it good too?

**Squidmanlolz**

JohnnoM wrote:
whembly wrote:
JohnnoM wrote:
Also, I kinda found Herschel's wailing funny, is that bad?

Well... wouldn't you if you had your meaty calf munched off?

And here's the funny thing about Zombies... a normal HEALTHY humie would have a hard time of actually biting AND TEARING off the flesh.... let alone a decomposing animated humie.... alas Hollywood...

I understand you would wail, (though I would probably yell and swear, not moan/wail) But the noise he was making I thought sounded funny.

I'm downloading Ep 2 now, is it good too?

YES, yes yes yes.

**whembly**

JohnnoM wrote:
whembly wrote:
JohnnoM wrote:
Also, I kinda found Herschel's wailing funny, is that bad?

Well... wouldn't you if you had your meaty calf munched off?

And here's the funny thing about Zombies... a normal HEALTHY humie would have a hard time of actually biting AND TEARING off the flesh.... let alone a decomposing animated humie.... alas Hollywood...

I understand you would wail, (though I would probably yell and swear, not moan/wail) But the noise he was making I thought sounded funny.

I'm downloading Ep 2 now, is it good too?

YEAH... actually kinda of a wicked evolution... you'll see.

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After seeing that episode... help me out with something... I think I missed something:

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**KamikazeCanuck**

Ya, I don't know what's up with that. At the end of season two it was Lori who was pissed off at Rick. Now it flipped with no explanation and Rick is always pissed at Lori.

**JohnnoM**

maybe the webisodes would help? Im pretty sure there are some ones about the "winter in between seasons 2 and 3. I have them somewhere, but haven't watched them.

**Pacific**

Bloody hell that first episode was disgusting!

Good to see this 3rd season looks like it has got a bit more of a budget than the last one.

**Necros**

I thought rick was just pissy that she smooched Hershell back to life, cuz he could have been a zombie at the time.

**whembly**

Necros wrote:
I thought rick was just pissy that she smooched Hershell back to life, cuz he could have been a zombie at the time.

I don't know about that...

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