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 whembly wrote:
Just saw it!

I mean... daaaaaaaaaaaaaanm.

Spoiler:

Is it okay that I cried like a blubbering fool when Lori died? 'pecially when Lori said goodbye Carl... I lost it man.

Carl is BOSS!

 Byte wrote:

 whembly wrote:
Just saw it!

I mean... daaaaaaaaaaaaaanm.

Spoiler:

Is it okay that I cried like a blubbering fool when Lori died? 'pecially when Lori said goodbye Carl... I lost it man.

Carl is BOSS!

Spoiler:

The T-Dawg thing for me was worse. But yes, intense show.

Dude...

Overall I liked this episode, and I like the A story, B story formula they have going on.

Hopefully it gets less predictable.

I have to admit the Governor angle isn't doing much for me. Guess it has to develop more.

Sunday's episode surprised me like hell. I told my sister who just started watching that everyone is expendable except for Rick and family. Guess I lied to her.

its pretty good - and is lots different to the comic - which is good and bad - makes it harder to know whats happening all the time but then I don;t like some of the character changes - Andrea mainly.



The Govenor I think is good and interested to see how it evolves - Andrea may be playing with fire depending on how close they go to his comic book character - at present he is less obviously insane.

However I do wonder if you need a dictator (sane or not) to survive in a post appocolpyse environment..............

You do probably. Just hope you get a benevolent one.

Good episode...

Wth? Rick is psychotic lunatic and the Govenor is a perfect gentleman? Guess that backs up the theory they just want the show to be as different as possible from the comic.

 KamikazeCanuck wrote:
Wth? Rick is psychotic lunatic and the Govenor is a perfect gentleman? Guess that backs up the theory they just want the show to be as different as possible from the comic.

If you recall Rick got pretty psychotic in the books as well, the series ( thus far) just isn't delving as deep into the "inner workings" of Rick's mind (yet) and is showing more "surface level crazy"...but I bet you allready know who's going to be at the other end of that line when Rick picks up that phone.
As for how the Governor is being depicted, agreed it's a bit of a departure from the books, but it works for the series...more of a "slow build" rather than " Hi I run this town and Chop Chop Chop Bat Gak Crazy!!!" in the first few minutes of introduction.
His "crazy" is being gradually revealed and I'm certian that more and more elemeents of the "book Governor" will begin to manifest in the series.

I don't see them killing off Andrea.. without her, who cares about the guv'nor story? To me that whole storyline is like "This is what's happening to Andrea till she meets up with the group again". Having never read the comics, I pretty much knew he was gonna be bat-poo crazy anyway though.

I didn't think Lori would die though.. but did we ever see Carol die? why were there 3 graves? I thought I remembered her getting away, and then all they found was her scarf and just assumed she died, like they assumed that one prisoner died but really didn't?

Really enjoying this season overall. Got my GF hooked on it now too

 Necros wrote:
I don't see them killing off Andrea.. without her, who cares about the guv'nor story? To me that whole storyline is like "This is what's happening to Andrea till she meets up with the group again". Having never read the comics, I pretty much knew he was gonna be bat-poo crazy anyway though.

I didn't think Lori would die though.. but did we ever see Carol die? why were there 3 graves? I thought I remembered her getting away, and then all they found was her scarf and just assumed she died, like they assumed that one prisoner died but really didn't?

Really enjoying this season overall. Got my GF hooked on it now too

I agree that Andrea is more than likely "safe" for a while, and though it's a departure from the books I'm enjoying the whole storyline between her, Michonne and The Governor.
Truth be told, I actually like " TV series" Andrea much more than "comic book" Andrea, as the character is much more interesting in the show.

Somebody mind spoiling for me and telling me who is on the phone? I have a suspicion that it's dead Lori and Rick is going bonkers. Am I right?

 Lint wrote:
Somebody mind spoiling for me and telling me who is on the phone? I have a suspicion that it's dead Lori and Rick is going bonkers. Am I right?

I'm sure Carol is still alive for some future plotline. They got a whole season in this prison and they already killed Lori.


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Oh, Michonne had that badass moment I was waiting for.

The Carol thing or lack there of is disturbing to me.

 FITZZ wrote:

 Lint wrote:
Somebody mind spoiling for me and telling me who is on the phone? I have a suspicion that it's dead Lori and Rick is going bonkers. Am I right?

Spoiler:

In the comics it's Lori, after she dies at the prison (killed by the Governor's forces along with the baby in the books), Rick find a phone in an abandoned house on which he speaks to Lori for a while...so unless the show producers have changed things, the call should be from Lori.

@FITZZ:

 whembly wrote:

 FITZZ wrote:

 Lint wrote:
Somebody mind spoiling for me and telling me who is on the phone? I have a suspicion that it's dead Lori and Rick is going bonkers. Am I right?

Spoiler:

In the comics it's Lori, after she dies at the prison (killed by the Governor's forces along with the baby in the books), Rick find a phone in an abandoned house on which he speaks to Lori for a while...so unless the show producers have changed things, the call should be from Lori.

@FITZZ:

Spoiler:

In the comics, was it really Lori? Zombi-fied Lori? Or, was it Rick's psyche cracking there?

This season is really interesting to me. They change the story enough to keep me interested while still staying true to the source. I really did not see the show turning as dark as the comic, its TV after all, but when I saw the phone in the birth room I just thought, no way are they going to do that, just a tease for the comic readers.....and yet, this week the phone rang. Things are about the get very dark. They really do tease us comic readers, every time I saw Shane training Carl with the gun, I just felt this sense of forshadowing that was awsome.



Issue 104 comes out in a few days. Can't wait

I think they've made leaps and bounds with characters in this season as opposed to last, certainly holding my interest more. Michone is just plain awesome, even as fairly one-dimensional as she is. I hope she sticks around for a bit and gets some better character development.

Was this week pretty Meh for everybody? I thought maybe knowing too much from the comic was effecting me, but this episode just didn't do much.

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
I think they've made leaps and bounds with characters in this season as opposed to last, certainly holding my interest more. Michone is just plain awesome, even as fairly one-dimensional as she is. I hope she sticks around for a bit and gets some better character development.

Honestly, the more I see of Michone, the more I don't care about her. She acts like a badass just to be a badass, and she treats everyone like crap. While I agree the Governer is bad news, she is antagonistic towards everyone, and allows for no discussion. If they kill her off, I won't lose any sleep over it. I was VERY upset when T-Dawg died though, and was quite bummed when they really made it seem like Carol didn't get away, due to her missing for almost 2 full episodes. That surprises me, because I didn't like Carol very much at first, but I guess she grew on me. Of course, I don't think anyone was upset when Lori kicked the bucket. I actually have a bet with one of my friends though that Rick won't survive season 3, and that he's totally looney tunes now. I didn't think anyone in the main family would die off, but...apparently I was wrong. Rick is next up in my local death-pool. I got 5 bucks on him dying by the end of the season.

 Andrew1975 wrote:
Was this week pretty Meh for everybody? I thought maybe knowing too much from the comic was effecting me, but this episode just didn't do much.

I liked it better than last weeks and I felt it advance the story more. Last week was like a skipping CD.

The show keeps getting worse IMO. The production value is going down, the effects when it comes to firearms are just awful, no shells, no recoil, the pistol's slides don't even move and is it me or are they making it look way to easy to drive a knife into and out of a skull?

Having never read the books I'm really enjoying it.

Rick's descent into madness is interesting to see as well as how jaded Carl has became in such a short time.
And the Governor and his town is fascinating to me at the very least

 FITZZ wrote:
I agree that Andrea is more than likely "safe" for a while, and though it's a departure from the books I'm enjoying the whole storyline between her, Michonne and The Governor.
Truth be told, I actually like " TV series" Andrea much more than "comic book" Andrea, as the character is much more interesting in the show.

She comes across as a bit of a slut.

 Glorioski wrote:

 FITZZ wrote:
I agree that Andrea is more than likely "safe" for a while, and though it's a departure from the books I'm enjoying the whole storyline between her, Michonne and The Governor.
Truth be told, I actually like " TV series" Andrea much more than "comic book" Andrea, as the character is much more interesting in the show.

She comes across as a bit of a slut.

She sleeps with one guy, and that makes her a slut? I hate to see what humping the whole town would make her.

I just got through all the back episodes (on video) and have gotten caught up after a friend at work convinced me to give this show a try. Psychologically & emotionally brutal show.

Now I'm hooked.

Welcome to the fold brother. it's very addicting, once you get started. My sister is the same way-she lives and breathes zombies now. Lol

 Gitsplitta wrote:
I just got through all the back episodes (on video) and have gotten caught up after a friend at work convinced me to give this show a try. Psychologically & emotionally brutal show.

Now I'm hooked.

Welcome.