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After continuing to enjoy what was a mostly stagnant and, let's face it, disappointing Season 2 of The Walking Dead I have to say that the big finale did very little to make me feel any better about the way the series is going.

Where do I start?

Lori. God. I hope they kill her sometime in the very near future. She sucks and annoys the **** out of me.

The zombies. Is it just me, or did a lot of the zombies in this episode not look as much like zombies? I'm pretty sure during the opening when that horde busts through the wood fence I saw a girl with zombie makeup on her face and the rest of her body looked totally clean and normal. A lot of them looked like cosplayers, actually.

Pretty sure the closing shot was of the prison, but I kind of hope it is the Governor's mansion because that will make for some good television. I'm assuming it's the jail, though, which means we can probably expect season 3 to be similar to season 2 for a good chunk of it. The group stays in the same place and argues with each other.

Really, the saving grace of this episode were Andrea and Michonne. Not necessarily together. It's great to see Andrea coming in to her own and giving me a character other than Darryl to really enjoy. And Michonne... all I can say is FINALLY.

I did enjoy the season overall, but I definitely agree that there are some major issues with characterization that I, personally, never had with the comic book. Even 15 volumes into the comic series, I'm enjoying it just as much as ever.
 
BigBrown said:
I hope Comic Book Men gets another season, it's a fun show.
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I am actually enjoying this show, even though I find Walt Flanagan to be a giant douche. The dude with the beard is funny and they're talking about friggin' COMICS the whole time!
 
Overall, I was pretty underwhelmed by this season. It had it's high points and it's very boring low points. But I just can't say no to anything with zombies so I can't help but be excited for season 3.

I really hate Lori, by the way. As pretty much everyone else has said. I've never liked her, but this episode genuinely made me hate her. If she's mad and hurt that Rick killed Shane because it's pretty much her fault, then she needs to man the **** up. If she's mad that Carl had to get involved by killing zombie Shane, then she needs to keep a better eye on that kid. Is he that ****ing stealthy that no one EVER knows where he is? Is he a ninja? Does he have an invisibility cloak? Put that ****ing kid on a leash instead of doing nothing except running around screaming, "WHERE'S CARL?!"

I feel a little better now. And I'm really happy that Tara from True Blood isn't playing Michonne. I don't know why, but she really annoys me.
 
Talking Dead cleared up a lot of stuff. Apparently Lori's reaction was because she knew she set things in motion. So either bad acting or directing compounded the bad writing because that never came through. Also they said this is the start of the Rick-tatorship(clever) and from now on there will be a lot more telling and a lot less asking. They announced the actress who plays Michonne, and relax...it ain't Tara. I will eventually find an article and post it. She looks a little smallish but at least she doesn't appear to be Zoe Saldana hot. That was indeed the prison, so that will be a big part...whether they fold the Governor into the prison remains to be seen. Kirkman pretty much assured Merle will return in season 3. I just want to say that I dig Chris Hardwick...he's a great host and someone should give him a show based on his whole NERDIST idea.

The armless zombie pets were pretty kickass. But lets all hope that season 3 is more cohesive and has better character development than season 2. I thought Lori should have been more freaked out about the fact that the baby inside her, if it dies in her womb, would more than likely eat it's way out. Now there's a reason to freak out.
 
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Palffy3314 said:
I'm really hoping for the Governor in season 3. That was the best part of the comics.
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Governor has already been cast. So yeah, let's see if they can get that right. Apparently Kirkman and co. have been writing since January. I am going to give them a pass on season 2. I really think that, like the rumors hinted, Jeffrey DeMunn, a regular Darabont player, requested an exit from the show when FD was canned. Kirkman all but confirmed on Talking. Said that Jimmy was locked in for the pasture death and 'we had to change things'. Herschel was apparently locked in to dying last night...but they had to 'change things'. I think Herschel was kept to be a softer version of Dale's character. I like it because Scott wilson is a good actor and there is room for the backstory on ol'Hersch. I wonder if Kirkman got cowed by Darabont in the writers room. It seemed like he was taking his show back when he was talking about it. There is a good behind the scenes story there...I know it.

And Dexter...you may as well go all 'JD we hardly knew ye' because I have never watched a single episode nor do I intend to, of Mad Men. Not my scene. I admit, I am probably missing out...but then again I am a Hell On Wheels guy big time so, different strokes.

Oh. I don't want to hear any "too slow/They didn't solve murder" crap. 2 hr The Killing!!!!! Awesomeness.
 
THE WALKING DEAD Casts Danai Gurira in Pivotal Third Season Role

Everyone gone? Good. AMC has officially announced that Danai Gurira (of Treme and The Visitor) has landed the role of Michionne, the fan favorite character from the comic book on which the series is based. The character showed up last night on the season finale, likely to plenty of cheers and applause in viewers’ homes. It’s unclear just what’s going to happen in the series next season, even for those who have read the comics, but her arrival comes at a time when our group has been falling apart, and this should make for an interesting new dynamic.
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Okay, so I watched the episode, and my thoughts are pretty much what a lot of you guys already wrote. I too hate Lori, and her reaction to Rick didn't make any sense to me. I'm over the supposedly heightened drama whenever one of the characters freaks out about Carl not being around. It was almost like rehearing the punch line of a joke that had been previously made when we saw Farmer John and the Milkmaid become zombie vittles. The whole "meet up" on the highway thing just played out so lame. Are you telling me that in all the preparations those fools made on the farm, they didn't once discuss a fall back position? Were Rick and Shane too busy fighting over that stupid woman Lori to do any sort of contingency planning? Must have been. Oh, and the scene where Daryl rescues Carol played out cheesier than a Bollywood film.

But at the end of the day, I watched the whole thing (while forwarding through commercials) and the whole season. And I'll be back for Season 3. But the execs on this show need to make up there mind about what kind of show it is. Is it a show where the zombie tension / action propels the story line? Or is it a show where the primal, interpersonal drama between the characters propels the story line? Right now, it is a show that tries to balance the two approaches, and ends up doing neither very well.

Oh, and instead of focusing on that stupid shot of the car with the message to Sophia; they should have shown the vehicle that the audience had a true emotional connection to: Dale's RV

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adgy-san said:
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And didn't she also say one of the best lines in the comics along the lines of "as soon as they realized they weren't going to get to eat me they left me alone." ??? I remember something along those lines and thought it increased her "bad - a$$ed - ness!"
 
adgy-san said:
Really, the saving grace of this episode were Andrea and Michonne. Not necessarily together. It's great to see Andrea coming in to her own and giving me a character other than Darryl to really enjoy. And Michonne... all I can say is FINALLY.
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Ugh really? Behind Lori Andrea is easily my most hated character (Darryl is my favorite though), i was really hoping she'd be done with. But i did like how she was saved.

Dr. Strangelove said:
I'm over the supposedly heightened drama whenever one of the characters freaks out about Carl not being around.
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and so it begins...

Is there a REAL zombie outbreak going on right now in Africa? | Blastr

A weird disease spreading in Africa has health officials baffled—and the symptoms may sound a little too familiar to fans of George Romero's work, or of AMC's The Walking Dead.

Called nodding disease, the zombie-like disorder has spread to more than 3,000 children in Northern Uganda, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) are scrambling to figure it out.

The disease causes the affected children to sit and nod—hence the name—but also has some much weirder, and creepier, effects. The disorder causes severe seizures, amnesiac behavior, stunted development and extreme pyromania (seriously). Affected children often start fires or wander off, and more than 200 deaths have been reported from incidences caused by the infected, i.e. fires.

One parent, Grace Lagat, said several villagers have taken to tying infected children up to keep them from wandering off. She says her son, Thomas, often bites and gnashes at the rope to try and get free.

"When I am going to the garden, I tie them with cloth," Lagat told CNN. "If I don't tie them I come back and find that they have disappeared."

The disease has been popping up in smaller outbreaks the past four years, though it is now bordering on a regional epidemic.

With everyone from WHO to the CDC on the case, scientists have still not figured out the cause, or a cure. But, they do know that more than 90 percent of cases occur in areas that are home to the parasitic Onchocerca Volvulus worm, which is carried by insects, and vitamin B6 deficiency could be a factor.

"At first we cast the net wide," CDC disease detection director Dr. Scott Dowell said. "We ruled out three dozen potential causes and we are working on a handful of probabilities."

Though experts don't expect a worldwide epidemic—the disorder doesn't appear to be contagious at this point—they are taking some precautions to ensure it (hopefully) doesn't spread beyond the affected regions.

"We know from past experience an unknown disease could end up having more global implications," Dr. Dowell said.

Sound off: Should we be worried? Should we head for Hershel's farm now just in case? Oh, wait, never mind ...
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jerseydevil said:
and so it begins...

Is there a REAL zombie outbreak going on right now in Africa? | Blastr
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As silly as it sounds, I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of disease that came along that makes people act like zombies. They wouldn't be undead or anything, but the idea that people could go nuts and start trying to eat you after getting infected with some blood infection doesn't seem too outlandish when you think of the **** they're trying to do with medicine. See you guys on the other side, going to go hide in my bunker now.
 
jerseydevil said:
The Walking Dead's Showrunner Glen Mazzara Wraps Up Season 2, Teases Season 3 and More | Horror Movie, DVD, & Book Reviews, News, Interviews at Dread Central

some interesting stuff here...drinking game: everytime Mazzara answers a question with some form of 'that's a great question' chug yer coffee.
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Sorry but dude is in way, way, way over his head. I don't think he has the stones to push this story like Darabont would - just my humble opinion. His answer about Lori is very telling. He has no idea where he wants to go with her character and is entirely surprised by the fan backlash. To be honest I hated her in the graphic novel as much as I do on the show. Additionally he can still make Michonne a bit "fantastical" and still have his "gritty" story. The chick swings a katana and has two armless zombies chained to her for crying out loud!

Maybe this is all my post-Darabont hangover and bitterness but they messed up in moving Frank. Anyone who has re-watched Shawshank this week (thanks to AMC) can attest to Darabont's great story teller ability.
 
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