Rising British actor Max Fowler (BBC’s May Day) has joined the third season of the AMC’s drama series The Killing as a series regular. Also added to the show as a new regular is Bex Taylor-Klaus, an 18-year-old newcomer from Atlanta. They will join returning stars Mireille Enos and Joel Kinnaman and fellow new cast addition Elias Koteas on Season 3 of the Fox TV Studios-produced drama, in which homicide detective Sarah Linden will investigate the disappearance of another teen girl. Fowler, repped by KLWGN, Eamonn Bedford in the UK and attorney Fred Toczek, will play Twitch, a good-looking and savvy teenager who has been arrested for prostitution, drug possession and trespassing but has always managed to charm and manipulate his way out of sticky situations while dreaming of a Hollywood career as a model/actor. Taylor-Klaus, repped by the Corsa Agency and Curtis Talent Management, will play Bullet, a 16-year-old tough guy looking out for all the local street girls who is in fact… a she.
"I'm sad, it's a very bittersweet thing. I'm very sad about it being over. There's always going to be somebody who says they wished it went a different way. But if it ends well, if it ends right. … Hopefully we're going to please the bulk of our viewers with this ending. We're going to leave it all on the field, I can tell you that."
What the ****?! How hard is this?!
Thoughts on last night's TWD ep 3x09?
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I don't think there was really too much that was really surprising. You knew there was no way Merle was going to be able to join the folks at the prison amicably, and no way Daryl was simply going to just let them push him aside.
I'm not one of the comic book'ers, so not sure if everything is playing out equally so far in this prison arc, but I guess I was moderately surprised that Rick didn't welcome in Tyrese's group eagerly, especially considering they know for sure that the Governor will likely be coming for vengeance.
Speaking of that, I'm having trouble with the plausibility factor of Woodbury at the moment. Yeah, Yeah, it's just a show, don't over-analyze, but here's what bugs me:
Earlier in season 3, The Governor tells Andrea that the population of Woodbury was around 75 or so. I'm assuming that includes The Governor's henchmen like Merle etc. I haven't taken the time to do a count, but between the few raids Ricks' group has done, they've taken down a fair amount of these henchmen; not to mention a handful of people wounded at the arena during the Merle/Daryl fight, and the one(s) bitten by the walkers who got in.
My point is, even if the number was 75 in total, they've lost at least 10 people in the past few episodes minimum, maybe a few more. So of the at most 65 people, how many of them would even reasonably be able to be called into service on a "raid" on the prison, if called to do so? The Governor himself even pointed out that most of the inhabitants of Woodbury were coddled, and sheltered from the real world outside of the walls; so would many of them even be of any use in a prison raid?
Now, they DO have military vehicles and some firepower to work with, but attacking a reinforced prison, with its strategically placed guard towers etc, I don't know how feasable an invasion from The Governor would even be.
Thoughts?
For a mid-season premiere, it felt like a filler episode. I did enjoy Rick losing it in front of everyone. I really hope Andrea finally gets it next. I know, we've been saying it forever, but it has to happen eventually, right?
Think you are a little rough on Hardwick. I like the guy. Maybe the show is unecessary...whatever, he's a good host and part of the good 'Attack of the Show' geek chic culture. Good moderator at SDCC panels too. Lets' his enthusiasm show through but never overwhelms the conversation.
As far as the 'no death = no momentum' point Doc, well...you are right. To a degree. It makes it a little tougher especially when you cannot maintain tone and clumsily handle the balance of emotional moments with the meat & potatoes stuff. And, unlike the comic book, the show can't juggle the two. Between questionable actors and bad character writing(Lori, Carl...and yeah, Shane) the show is horribly uneven. Sunday night's episode especially showed this with the handling of the Governor. A decent character(so far) who should have raged and stirred things into action just turtled up and acted like a petulant schoolgirl. Really...looking through the blinds while Andrea rallied the troops? His walk and body language were kinda soft too...like he was going to run away crying with his arms waving like a little girl. The show is it's own worst enemy at times. You can see how strong the show can be in the quiet moments every once in a while(usually Darryl, Carol and the late Dale especially) but they just do not do it with enough consistency. I blame Rick. the worst written character in the comics. He is a mope. Either overreacting or paralyzed by self loathing. They capture that pretty well on the tv show. The fixed location does not help matters. The prison, once thought to be so cool, has really become the farm pt 2. Maybe there was a shift behind the scenes that needed to be done, but I can't help but think what this show might look like if Darabont had been able to stay on.