The Walking Dead Thread

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Ima havta part ways with you there, lol.
It
We're still on Bates Motel...after that, hopefully Vikings will be back.

@CatherineofAragon

If you liked Vikings, see if you can catch a BBC series called "The Last Kingdom".  It's set during roughly the same period, though that's kind of hard to tell given that Vikings has a somewhat squirrely timeline historically.  Ragnar's sons play prominent roles.  But this is told primarily (though not exclusively) from the English perspective.  Basically, it follows this English boy who is raised by Danes and has divided loyalties --  "The Last Kingdom" refers to Wessex and Alfred the Great, is based on historical novels by Bernard Cornwell. 

Absolutely love the way the series portrays Alfred, and the series builds pretty well as it goes along.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPApTGWwas

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

If you liked Vikings, see if you can catch a BBC series called "The Last Kingdom".  It's set during roughly the same period, though that's kind of hard to tell given that Vikings has a somewhat squirrely timeline historically.  Ragnar's sons play prominent roles.  But this is told primarily (though not exclusively) from the English perspective.  Basically, it follows this English boy who is raised by Danes and has divided loyalties --  "The Last Kingdom" refers to Wessex and Alfred the Great, is based on historical novels by Bernard Cornwell. 

Absolutely love the way the series portrays Alfred, and the series builds pretty well as it goes along.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxPApTGWwas

@Maj. Bill Martin

Thank you!  This looks really good.  Several of our shows are ending this year---The Strain, TURN, Bates Motel---and this looks like something to get into.  Appreciate it.

[Silver Pines]

"Can't return a steak with a bite taken out of it"

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

All right, I should know what that refers to.  Give me a clue, please, lol.

Btw, @Cripplecreek, I apologize for sounding so snotty and rude when I responded to you about "Into The Badlands."  I really didn't mean it that way.  Sorry, my friend.

[Cripplecreek]

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

All right, I should know what that refers to.  Give me a clue, please, lol.

Btw, @Cripplecreek, I apologize for sounding so snotty and rude when I responded to you about "Into The Badlands."  I really didn't mean it that way.  Sorry, my friend.

No offense taken but I think you would agree that Quinn (the barron) makes a far better villain than Neegan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRWWcuP37k

[XenaLee]

We're doing a rewatch of the season finale.  Rick should've put a bullet in Eugene's head.

Aiding and abetting the enemy is treason.... and should be punishable by death (IMO).

[Maj. Bill Martin]

@Maj. Bill Martin

Thank you!  This looks really good.  Several of our shows are ending this year---The Strain, TURN, Bates Motel---and this looks like something to get into.  Appreciate it.

Let me know how you like it.  I have to say that the last episode of the season was one of my favorite hours of TV ever.  There's some pretty good character development that really pays off.  And the season definitely progresses -- lots of important stuff happens.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

All right, I should know what that refers to.  Give me a clue, please, lol.

New AMC series The Son, which I have taken an instant liking to for quotes like that.

[Silver Pines]

No offense taken but I think you would agree that Quinn (the barron) makes a far better villain than Neegan.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoRWWcuP37k

@Cripplecreek

Yeah, that guy's definitely creepy, and he doesn't make you want to burst out laughing.

[Silver Pines]

Let me know how you like it.  I have to say that the last episode of the season was one of my favorite hours of TV ever.  There's some pretty good character development that really pays off.  And the season definitely progresses -- lots of important stuff happens.

@Maj. Bill Martin

I'll do that.

[Silver Pines]

New AMC series The Son, which I have taken an instant liking to for quotes like that.

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

That's the one with Pierce Brosnan, isn't it?

[Cripplecreek]

@Cripplecreek

Yeah, that guy's definitely creepy, and he doesn't make you want to burst out laughing.

What makes him dangerous is that he gets men to follow him willfully.

He gave a hell of a speech this week and then he went out and killed his son.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vogNn3WQseg

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

That's the one with Pierce Brosnan, isn't it?

It is.

[Cripplecreek]

I see the actor who plays Floki on "Vikings" is now on into the badlands and looks pretty much the same.

[Silver Pines]

I see the actor who plays Floki on "Vikings" is now on into the badlands and looks pretty much the same.

@Cripplecreek

Oh, crap, you had to go and do that, didn't you, lol!  I love Floki and I think Gustaf Skarsgaard is a fantastic actor, and now I'm going to have to check it out.

[Silver Pines]

What makes him dangerous is that he gets men to follow him willfully.

He gave a hell of a speech this week and then he went out and killed his son.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vogNn3WQseg

I need to go to Chrome to watch this...Internet Explorer has started showing big blank spaces when someone posts a video.

[Cripplecreek]

@Cripplecreek

Oh, crap, you had to go and do that, didn't you, lol!  I love Floki and I think Gustaf Skarsgaard is a fantastic actor, and now I'm going to have to check it out.

I can't tell if this is actually him or an actor who looks and behaves a LOT like him.

[Cripplecreek]

@CatherineofAragon Nevermind, you're safe. The actor is Marc Rissmann.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I need to go to Chrome to watch this...Internet Explorer has started showing big blank spaces when someone posts a video.

Have you done anything (install/uninstall/update) with Flash lately?  I believe the reason I don't see video links is because I don't install Flash and the software that the site runs on tags video links as being flash.

@Oceander - Just an FYI, could be a trend, or not.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I am really enjoying this season of iZombie, and I'm not too proud to admit it.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon Nevermind, you're safe. The actor is Marc Rissmann.

@Cripplecreek

I can understand why you thought it was Skarsgaard, though.

If you see Samuel Roukin in anything, please alert me, lol.

[Silver Pines]

Have you done anything (install/uninstall/update) with Flash lately?  I believe the reason I don't see video links is because I don't install Flash and the software that the site runs on tags video links as being flash.

@Oceander - Just an FYI, could be a trend, or not.

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

No, I haven't but according to what I've read, IE isn't being supported by Microsoft and they're going to phase it out.  Lately it's been doing all kinds of strange things.

[Silver Pines]

I didn't really notice how good Bates was until I watched the series review leading into this season.  I'm recording, but not watching, this season so I can binge watch it.

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

Well, it's down to only one more episode for the series, and that's next week.  I'm going to really miss this show; the quality and its ability to grab you has stayed consistent throughout.  The last episodes are like a runaway train.  I'm impressed that the writers have been able to stay very true to the spirit of the movie, while never letting you be sure that you know what's going to happen. 

Freddie Highmore is young but I think he has great things ahead of him.  He wrote and directed a couple of this season's episodes.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

Well, it's down to only one more episode for the series, and that's next week.  I'm going to really miss this show; the quality and its ability to grab you has stayed consistent throughout.  The last episodes are like a runaway train.  I'm impressed that the writers have been able to stay very true to the spirit of the movie, while never letting you be sure that you know what's going to happen. 

Freddie Highmore is young but I think he has great things ahead of him.  He wrote and directed a couple of this season's episodes.

New season of Fargo starts tonight.  Watch it now, thank me later.

[Cripplecreek]

New season of Fargo starts tonight.  Watch it now, thank me later.

The first 2 seasons were good (the 2nd was best)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZrTrnsJnmY

[Silver Pines]

Okay, Fargo goes on the list.  How many seasons so far?

@XenaLee, stick with Bates Motel, it gets even better. 

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

Okay, Fargo goes on the list.  How many seasons so far?

@XenaLee, stick with Bates Motel, it gets even better.

This is season three.  So far they have been almost completely independent, so you don't need to watch the first two to get up to speed.

[XenaLee]

Okay, Fargo goes on the list.  How many seasons so far?

@XenaLee, stick with Bates Motel, it gets even better.

Ehh.... the music for Season 3, Episode 1 of Fargo really got on my nerves.  Plot isn't as good as Season 1, either.  If the music doesn't change and the plot doesn't get better, not sure I'll be watching it to the end.

But Bates Motel is amazing.  I wondered how they could structure an entire series around that theme.  Now I know....lol.

[Silver Pines]

This is season three.  So far they have been almost completely independent, so you don't need to watch the first two to get up to speed.

@InHeavenThereIsNoBeer

Oh, really? Hmmm, interesting...

[Silver Pines]

Ehh.... the music for Season 3, Episode 1 of Fargo really got on my nerves.  Plot isn't as good as Season 1, either.  If the music doesn't change and the plot doesn't get better, not sure I'll be watching it to the end.

But Bates Motel is amazing.  I wondered how they could structure an entire series around that theme.  Now I know....lol.

@XenaLee

I want to be really careful of what I say, lol, because I don't want to spoil anything. 

When you start out you think, okay, I've seen the movie, I know everything about this story.  What's amazing to me is that the showrunners have managed to stay absolutely true to the spirit of "Psycho" without necessarily copying every single aspect of it. 

My husband said he's never seen a show which stayed consistently excellent from start to finish until BM. 

[Cripplecreek]

This is season three.  So far they have been almost completely independent, so you don't need to watch the first two to get up to speed.

I really liked season 2. Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan was just plain awesome.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2H7T2tggXU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb814rfwOOE

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

I want to be really careful of what I say, lol, because I don't want to spoil anything. 

When you start out you think, okay, I've seen the movie, I know everything about this story.  What's amazing to me is that the showrunners have managed to stay absolutely true to the spirit of "Psycho" without necessarily copying every single aspect of it. 

My husband said he's never seen a show which stayed consistently excellent from start to finish until BM.

Yeah, the writing is great.  Anything that keeps my interest season after season has to be good.  All of the side dramas and criminal elements, twists and turns make for good tv viewing, IMO.  I'm on the 4th ep of S2 .... Dylan knows now who his real father is.   You know.... I waffle back and forth between feeling sorry for Norma and disliking her.  Right now I'm in the feeling sorry mode...lolol.  Complex creatures.... her and Norman.

[XenaLee]

I really liked season 2. Bokeem Woodbine as Mike Milligan was just plain awesome.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2H7T2tggXU


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb814rfwOOE

I loved the part where Milligan shows up at the fresh motel massacre.  Gets out of the car, surveys the mayhem and carnage, says "Ok then".... gets back in the car and drives off.  Hilarious!

[Cripplecreek]

And Hanzee has had about all he can take of us palefaces.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws67ZS7b7OQ

[Silver Pines]

Yeah, the writing is great.  Anything that keeps my interest season after season has to be good.  All of the side dramas and criminal elements, twists and turns make for good tv viewing, IMO.  I'm on the 4th ep of S2 .... Dylan knows now who his real father is.   You know.... I waffle back and forth between feeling sorry for Norma and disliking her.  Right now I'm in the feeling sorry mode...lolol.  Complex creatures.... her and Norman.

@XenaLee

I was the same with Norma.  I hated that she didn't take Norman's illness seriously enough to really get him the help he needed.  But all in all, I come out liking her, because she's so nuts herself, and I LOVE her screaming fits and arguments she has with Norman.

What about Romero?  Yay or nay?

[Silver Pines]

@XenaLee

You have to see this, lol.  Not Photoshopped.

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

I was the same with Norma.  I hated that she didn't take Norman's illness seriously enough to really get him the help he needed.  But all in all, I come out liking her, because she's so nuts herself, and I LOVE her screaming fits and arguments she has with Norman.

What about Romero?  Yay or nay?

Romero, bad boy, bad cop....ended up being a yay, but I was conflicted and torn throughout.   But generally, I tend to disapprove of folks that behave the way Romero behaved....lol.

In the end, he was a good guy trying to protect Norma, and then he just went off the deep end with the revenge factor.   Norman had to be stopped.  He would have gone on to kill again and again.  Dylan knew that.

[XenaLee]

@XenaLee

You have to see this, lol.  Not Photoshopped.

Wow!   Two of my (now) favorite, all-time actors side by side.   Kewl....thanks!

[Silver Pines]

Romero, bad boy, bad cop....ended up being a yay, but I was conflicted and torn throughout.   But generally, I tend to disapprove of folks that behave the way Romero behaved....lol.

In the end, he was a good guy trying to protect Norma, and then he just went off the deep end with the revenge factor.   Norman had to be stopped.  He would have gone on to kill again and again.  Dylan knew that.

@XenaLee

Yeah, I pretty much agree with that.  I didn't like Romero at all when the show started, but I grew to like him, and then later on, even more so. 

[RoosGirl]

@XenaLee

Yeah, I pretty much agree with that.  I didn't like Romero at all when the show started, but I grew to like him, and then later on, even more so.

Easy to look past some minor character flaws with a man that looks like Romero.

[Silver Pines]

Easy to look past some minor character flaws with a man that looks like Romero.

@RoosGirl

Oh, I agree, lol.

[RoosGirl]

@RoosGirl

Oh, I agree, lol.

And easy to decide that the flaws are indeed minor. 😆

[Silver Pines]

And easy to decide that the flaws are indeed minor. 😆

@RoosGirl

I've seen male characters with even more sizeable flaws...and I've minimized them right down to nothing.   

[Suppressed]

Beacuse I'm a few seasons behind, I don't read this thread, but this made me think of first season for some reason...

[Silver Pines]

Beacuse I'm a few seasons behind, I don't read this thread, but this made me think of first season for some reason...

@Suppressed

Lol

[Silver Pines]

@Cripplecreek

Are you watching Fear The Walking Dead?  I'll be honest, for me the show has interesting moments, but I have to reeeaaally struggle to maintain interest at this point.  My husband likes it more than me.

But without giving anything away, I am so damn sick of Kirkman's "let's shock the viewers by killing off a key character AGAIN."  We get it, okay---it's the apocalypse and no one is safe and you're writing in a new and controversial way.  That was established, so just stop it now.  Ugh.

[Cripplecreek]

@Cripplecreek

Are you watching Fear The Walking Dead?  I'll be honest, for me the show has interesting moments, but I have to reeeaaally struggle to maintain interest at this point.  My husband likes it more than me.

But without giving anything away, I am so damn sick of Kirkman's "let's shock the viewers by killing off a key character AGAIN."  We get it, okay---it's the apocalypse and no one is safe and you're writing in a new and controversial way.  That was established, so just stop it now.  Ugh.

I watched a few minutes on Sunday but not enough to know what's going on.

Somebody was being turned away from some group or something.

[Silver Pines]

I watched a few minutes on Sunday but not enough to know what's going on.

Somebody was being turned away from some group or something.

@Cripplecreek

Lol, yeah, in other words, the basic ongoing plot.

[Victoria33]

@Cripplecreek   Are you watching Fear The Walking Dead?  I'll be honest, for me the show has interesting moments, but I have to reeeaaally struggle to maintain interest at this point.  My husband likes it more than me.  But without giving anything away, I am so damn sick of Kirkman's "let's shock the viewers by killing off a key character AGAIN."  We get it, okay---it's the apocalypse and no one is safe and you're writing in a new and controversial way.  That was established, so just stop it now.  Ugh.

@CatherineofAragon

Bob and I watched it.  I am like you, some parts are good but it doesn't hold your attention completely.  Also, how do you follow a so called main character if he/she gets killed?  You are left with a hole when that happens.  And, I can't stand that son who continually has a temper fit.  He has been that way since this program started when he was a teenager on drugs and always complaining.  He needs a slap just to get his attention and shut him up.

[Silver Pines]

@CatherineofAragon

Bob and I watched it.  I am like you, some parts are good but it doesn't hold your attention completely.  Also, how do you follow a so called main character if he/she gets killed?  You are left with a hole when that happens.  And, I can't stand that son who continually has a temper fit.  He has been that way since this program started when he was a teenager on drugs and always complaining.  He needs a slap just to get his attention and shut him up.

@Victoria33

They took away one of the few characters that I halfway liked.  Now it's just those...well, I won't say it because I don't want to be a spoiler. 

I liked Strand until they pushed that heavy-handed story of him being so in love with his boyfriend.

I'll be honest, I liked Nick the first couple of seasons.  He was a doper, but I kept hoping he would clean up his act  because he just seemed so sharp...in fact, he had the situation figured out before anyone else did.  I thought if he could get off the drugs, he would be a bad-ass.  But they had to go and make him into a weirdo who deserted his family and likes to wander among the walkers.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I like it when they kill(?) off a main character from time to time.  It's boring when you know everyone is going to make it every time.

So far, this season looks a lot better than the first two.  However, it looks like it could fall into being just another TWD, which I like, but I don't need two of.