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~69% in the poll last night said they would run with Otis, and The Talking Dead point remains: why the leg shot? Still totally awesome episode though. The hanging zombie was epic!
 
Dexter said:
Can't blame him for doing that. Survival.
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Yeah but the living with one's self for doing it would be the hard part ... and the hanging zombie was awesome. Gotta love Darryl "Waste of an arrow." HAHAHA!!
 
chaingunsofdoom said:
~69% in the poll last night said they would run with Otis, and The Talking Dead point remains: why the leg shot? Still totally awesome episode though. The hanging zombie was epic!
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That's easy...leg shot because you have to give the walkers live bait. That was a tough call. On one hand, it's a heartless act...but, like Lori/Andrea have said, the world has changed. The needs of the many and all that. Who had a better chance of getting away, a hobbled shane or an overweight Otis. I would like to think that Shane was being entirely selfless and thinking only of who had a better chance of getting both backpacks back, but that would be wrong. It's that animal brain kicking in and the desire to live despite the cost. As far as living with himself, Shane has all kinds of guilt already hanging around, what's a little more. It isn't like he doesn't have distractions. And if you didn't see it coming I'm surprised.
Darryl continues to grow as the best character on the show. Should be reallllllllllllll interesting when Merle finally comes back. BTW someone said that last week when Darryl pulled out Merle's stash there was a bunch of blue meth in the bottom of the bag. Anyone catch that?
 
jerseydevil said:
That's easy...leg shot because you have to give the walkers live bait. That was a tough call. On one hand, it's a heartless act...but, like Lori/Andrea have said, the world has changed. The needs of the many and all that. Who had a better chance of getting away, a hobbled shane or an overweight Otis. I would like to think that Shane was being entirely selfless and thinking only of who had a better chance of getting both backpacks back, but that would be wrong. It's that animal brain kicking in and the desire to live despite the cost. As far as living with himself, Shane has all kinds of guilt already hanging around, what's a little more. It isn't like he doesn't have distractions. And if you didn't see it coming I'm surprised.
Darryl continues to grow as the best character on the show. Should be reallllllllllllll interesting when Merle finally comes back. BTW someone said that last week when Darryl pulled out Merle's stash there was a bunch of blue meth in the bottom of the bag. Anyone catch that?
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It was obvious that Shane was having an issue with what he did but he has that 'rat in the cage' thing going inside his brain it is obvious. And yes I noticed the blue meth - there was a lot of it. Darryl did say something like "crystal ..."

I am also interested to see where Darryl goes once Merle comes back in the picture. He has obviously grown into this groups dynamic and has a firm part in it but it will be very interesting to see where seeing Merle again will take him. Those who read the comic know where this is obviously heading ... but it is a bit different.
 
roenick said:
It was obvious that Shane was having an issue with what he did but he has that 'rat in the cage' thing going inside his brain it is obvious. And yes I noticed the blue meth - there was a lot of it. Darryl did say something like "crystal ..."

I am also interested to see where Darryl goes once Merle comes back in the picture. He has obviously grown into this groups dynamic and has a firm part in it but it will be very interesting to see where seeing Merle again will take him. Those who read the comic know where this is obviously heading ... but it is a bit different.
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Yeah despite all the protests to the contrary I cannot see Merle not being the, well, you know. If he is going to make it on this season they have been really tight lipped about it. I could actually see Darryl siding with the group. He seems to have some resentment towards Merle even though he is family. Regardless I hope his character sticks around. I have always liked Reedus(Blade 2 especially). Hell, I said the same thing about Pruitt Taylor Vince last week and look where that ended up...ok, I hate Reedus/Darryl and I want him to die. If you have read the comics, I have a hard time buying that Dale/Andrea is going to turn out the same way. We shall see.
 
HOW looks real interesting to me. It always comes down to me remembering when it is on.
 
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Hercules Says AMC’s New Western Series HELL ON WHEELS Is One Of Autumn’s Biggest Disappointments!!
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AMC’s “Hell On Wheels” is one of the season’s bigger disappointments, a Western mostly about a former Confederate soldier plotting vengeance for the rape and murder of his wife – even as he supervises former slaves building the Union Pacific transcontinental railroad.

It comes to us from brothers Joe and Tony Gayton, who scripted the 2010 Dwayne Johnson vehicle “Faster” (27% positive reviews among top critics on Rotten Tomatoes!). It stars Anson Mount (“Line of Fire,” “Straw Dogs”), Colm Meaney (“Deep Space Nine,” “Get Him To The Greek”), Common (“Terminator Salvation”), Dominique McElligott (“The Philanthropist”) and Ted Levine (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Monk”).

“Wheels” is one of the least politically correct series on American TV. The native Americans are introduced as perfectly despicable bloodthirsty savages, the term “******” finds its way into a lot of dialogue, and there’s even a curse word in the show’s title.

The best thing about its first episode is a harrowing Indian attack. The project struggles, though, almost everywhere else, offering bland characters, clumsy dialogue and plotting that holds few surprises.

Its titles are almost desperately evocative of HBO’s much better “Deadwood.”

(It’s slightly interesting to note that AMC sort of got into the original-drama game in the “Deadwood” era with the 2006 Robert Duvall miniseries “Broken Trail.” Duvall told Howard Stern at the time that he hated “Deadwood,” whose pilot was directed by Walter Hill – the same guy who directed the “Broken Trail.”)
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Not really sure how I feel about Hell On Wheels. Felt like there could have been so much more there. I will give it another week to see.
 
How To Make A Monster, Baby! A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Walking Dead Zombie Make-Up | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

We stumbled upon a cool post today that we just had to share with you. Have you ever wondered what goes into the creation of a zombie from "The Walking Dead"? Take a look at a step-by-step pictorial that shows actor Kevin Galbraith going from a regular handsome guy to a flesh-craving zombie.
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Good episode last night, and if you saw the teaser for next week...SPOILERS...somebody is coming back. Before you all get too comfy thinking that the show is just as good, remember, we will not know until after the hiatus(in 3 more weeks?) what the show will look like post-Darabont.
 
Finally watched Hell on Wheels. Hmmm, sort of a misfire ain't it? The biggest complaint is that there is nothing SPECIAL about this show that says it belongs in the same company of AMC/Fx's other great shows. As a matter of fact, outside of a few clumsy bits of violence, it could very well be on one of the major networks. It looks a little stage-y too, which is disappointing. It's full of stock characters doing stock things in a stock plot. I think Common is likeable enough as an actor but he ain't no Denzel(in GLORY). The lead is ok...not given much to do. I think your enjoyment of this depends on how you feel about watching Colm Meany channel Jon Lovitz's Master Thespian( I'M ACTING!!!!!!!). Me, not a big fan. I'll give it another try tonight and maybe even next week but I need to see a little something to justify keeping this on a busy dvr.
 
Thunderstruck Bringing UFOs to AMC | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

It appears to lean more toward the sci-fi side of the fence than pure horror, but considering its pedigree, which includes the team who wrote and directed The Exorcism of Emily Rose, we'd be remiss if we didn't mention AMC's acquisition of "Thunderstruck", a new series about powerful and enigmatic alien entities that begin appearing all over the world.

Deadline tells us that "Thunderstruck" is an hour-long UFO project from feature writing/directing duo Paul Boardman and Scott Derrickson (the aforementioned Emily Rose) and former "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer David Eick. Boardman and Derrickson will write the drama, Boardman and Derrickson will executive produce with Eick, and Derrickson is set to direct.

As for those "entities", after one shows up in the town of Great Falls, Montana, the local citizens must grapple with the dramatic effects and growing mystery of repeated visitations.
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Ok, I'm listening...
 
Anybody else sick of the "search for Sophia" theme in Walking Dead? What is it, 4 episodes now? Come on people, get on with it.
 
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