Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

Really? Enlighten me, how is it "a fair bit more" than a zombie television show? I don't care who is airing it or what commercial you saw, how is this anything more than a television show about zombies?

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

It's about people trying to deal with the end of civilization as they know it, and building a new one.

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

How is this anything more than a website about DVDs?

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

Nice try, but the analogy doesn't hold. This is a forum, a community. Thus the "talk" part. Obviously that's not true of the television show. It's a show about zombies, or more specifically, the "zombie apocalypse." Sorry, but that's what it is, and that's the level it should be enjoyed upon.

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

I actually disagree. Not only do I think the beat-down was not over the top, I think Shane and the women should have drowned him then and there. Same goes for the dickhead chained to the roof. Rather than chaining him to the roof, a bullet should have been put in his head. In this situation, you can't tolerate someone who's being belligerent, vying for power, beating up on others, etc.. Ed should have been put down for the good of the group. Instead, now they have to deal with a violent misogynist with a grudge.

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

WARNING: I am playing Devil's Advocate ... Shane?

Having said that, we are still not clear on his motivations. Was his relationship with Rick's wife completely above board? Will he turn on Rick down the road in an effort to get her back? Somebody (sorry I forget who) made a reference to the possibility that the affair was going on before "the world ended." Shane certainly was ambivalent about Rick's return ... was it shock, was it disappointment?

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

Don't know. If more comes out later about what he's up to, then we'll see. But so far, he seems to have been acting to keep everyone alive and safe. When someone starts behaving the way the crazy wife-beater or the dickhead who got cuffed to the roof was behaving, in that situation where the human species is at risk... can't tolerate that kind of behavior. Can't. Get them all killed.

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Tell it to the Frogs" -- 11/14/10
 

So I just started this show a few nights ago, and I just finished up this episode. I've never been a fan of horror shows or the zombie genre, but this was getting such good talk amongst my friends that I had to check it out.

As for the situation with Merle, . That was insane. As for not killing him earlier, I understand why Rick didn't. Trying to keep some bit of civility even in the midst of chaos was evidently very important for him. I'm surprised no one else acted out, but I wasn't surprised that Rick simply cuffed him.

As for the beating of Ed, that was interesting to see the reaction of his spouse/partner. What was terribly sad about that portrayal is that at the end of world, someone still gets put into a situation of domestic violence, and with all the support imaginable around her she still can't leave. Shane's beating of him seemed to be more out of the situation with Lori than with Ed's actions.