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slop101 03-20-13 09:44 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11621688)
I've asked people to state the things that "don't make sense". I've heard one, which I explained.

Only in your mind. Your "explanations" are extrapolations, at best. You just can't admit to yourself that the show's writing is lazy lazy lazy.

Buttmunker 03-20-13 10:11 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
They mentioned that Shane had a "cameo" appearance in Season 3, but I must have blinked and missed it. Was that the episode when Rick was outside the prison gates, when the Governor was shooting up the place?

Buttmunker 03-20-13 10:14 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11621713)
If it's logical, yep. I won't defend things that can't be explained.

What, like how Rick became the leader after the first day? :lol:

argh923 03-20-13 10:25 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 11621719)
Only in your mind. Your "explanations" are extrapolations, at best. You just can't admit to yourself that the show's writing is lazy lazy lazy.

Nope. They're legitimate explanations. A show should not spell out every single detail of every single scene...it's like people are afraid to use their minds to fill in the blanks.


Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11621753)
They mentioned that Shane had a "cameo" appearance in Season 3, but I must have blinked and missed it. Was that the episode when Rick was outside the prison gates, when the Governor was shooting up the place?

Nah, it was in the mid-season finale, during the shootout...Rick hallucinated one of the Woodbury soldiers shooting at him as being Shane. It was definitely missable.


Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11621759)
What, like how Rick became the leader after the first day? :lol:

Exactly! :lol: I would've think they would've gravitated more toward Shane...but whatever. :)

Buttmunker 03-20-13 10:27 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
I think Shane was, in a way. When Rick came along, Shane was definitely upsurped. That caused 1/2 of his resentment towards Rick...the other half was, of course, over Lori.

Buttmunker 03-20-13 10:32 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Did any of you catch the sneak peek at next week's episode on Talking Dead?
Spoiler:
Merle is talking to "Officer Friendly," and telling him he has a cold, cold heart if he's considering trading off Michone.
Ain't that the pot calling the kettle black? LOL.

argh923 03-20-13 10:36 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11621782)
I think Shane was, in a way. When Rick came along, Shane was definitely upsurped. That caused 1/2 of his resentment towards Rick...the other half was, of course, over Lori.

Agreed completely.


Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11621789)
Did any of you catch the sneak peek at next week's episode on Talking Dead?
Spoiler:
Merle is talking to "Officer Friendly," and telling him he has a cold, cold heart if he's considering trading off Michone.
Ain't that the pot calling the kettle black? LOL.

Yeah, our reaction was, "Wow, if HE'S saying that, you know Rick is too far gone." lol

slop101 03-20-13 11:20 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11621776)
Nope. They're legitimate explanations. A show should not spell out every single detail of every single scene...it's like people are afraid to use their minds to fill in the blanks.

I guess my mind doesn't work well enough to fill in the blank of how there's NO zombies to be seen, then suddenly, slow-moving lurching zombies are an inch away from someone's face, with no warning whatsoever. Every goddamn time. Seriously, it's like they appear out of thin air when the script wills it.

Michael Corvin 03-20-13 11:25 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
What, you've never seen a ninja zombie? There's a reason.

Big Boy Laroux 03-20-13 11:56 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 11621840)
I guess my mind doesn't work well enough to fill in the blank of how there's NO zombies to be seen, then suddenly, slow-moving lurching zombies are an inch away from someone's face, with no warning whatsoever. Every goddamn time. Seriously, it's like they appear out of thin air when the script wills it.

right - i could maybe live with the one coming from behind the tree. could have been stationary, sitting, who knows. But then the other 2 are right in her face immediately. Which means she should/would have seen them when she walked into the woods and/or leaned against the tree.

i would think if i lived in the zombie apocalypse, my head would be on a swivel 24/7.

And you're right, this is not the first time zombies have materialized out of thin air.

fumanstan 03-20-13 11:59 AM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Yeah, zombies popping out of nowhere always annoys me. Unfortunately, it's common in any zombie related movie or show.

I think its easier to just accept that its for dramatic effect and unrealistic, opposed to trying to explain why it could really happen. Those reasons just end up being ridiculous.

Buttmunker 03-20-13 12:06 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
It could be explained that Andrea was so focused on the approaching vehicle, that she was distracted to the point of not noticing impending zombies.

It's Andrea, okay? Suspend disbelief.

Big Boy Laroux 03-20-13 12:20 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by fumanstan (Post 11621892)
Yeah, zombies popping out of nowhere always annoys me. Unfortunately, it's common in any zombie related movie or show.

I think its easier to just accept that its for dramatic effect and unrealistic, opposed to trying to explain why it could really happen. Those reasons just end up being ridiculous.

Agree with you, fuman - i'm fine with suspending belief for dramatic effect.

But the attitude presented in this thread ("I can explain anything!") is getting ridiculous.

argh923 03-20-13 12:52 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11621902)
It could be explained that Andrea was so focused on the approaching vehicle, that she was distracted to the point of not noticing impending zombies.

This was my logic. Thin? Perhaps...but not impossible. Plus if there were only two, it wouldn't even be a big deal...they're easy kills when she's not grabbed from behind by one.


Originally Posted by Big Boy Laroux (Post 11621936)
Agree with you, fuman - i'm fine with suspending belief for dramatic effect.

But the attitude presented in this thread ("I can explain anything!") is getting ridiculous.

Present me with something that can't be explained and I won't have said attitude.

DJariya 03-20-13 12:54 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Just finished this last night. Wow, this was definitely a heavy Andrea-centric episode. It was an okay episode. I don't think it was as boring as some here made it out to be.

:lol: Finally Andrea realizes the Governor is a psycho.

What was the point of the flashback between Andrea and Michonne? I don't think it really added anything to the story.

:thumbsup: I did enjoy the burnt walkers still alive. Some really cool effects there by Nicotero and his team.

Groucho 03-20-13 12:54 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
There's plenty that can't be explained if you aren't allowed to use "That doesn't need to be explained!" as a defense.

Buttmunker 03-20-13 12:55 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by DJariya (Post 11622002)
:thumbsup: I did enjoy the burnt walkers still alive. Some really cool effects there by Nicotero and his team.

The special effects - the money put into production, etc, the Zombies - they've always been top notch! I mean, if they had been cheesy-looking zombies, I don't think I would have given this series a fair chance.

fumanstan 03-20-13 01:14 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Coming up with terrible explanations doesn't make it better.

argh923 03-20-13 01:18 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Now that's a matter of opinion, whether the explanation is terrible or not. To me, it's not at all.

Like I said, the one unexplainable thing to me is that everyone has pinpoint precision with a gun.

fumanstan 03-20-13 01:20 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11621997)
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Present me with something that can't be explained and I won't have said attitude.


Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11622049)
Like I said, the one unexplainable thing to me is that everyone has pinpoint precision with a gun.

Sweet.

Buttmunker 03-20-13 01:21 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by argh923 (Post 11622049)
Like I said, the one unexplainable thing to me is that everyone has pinpoint precision with a gun.

That's not unexplainable. Practice makes perfect, and you gotta figure these people have been practicing for a year or more already.

And before you gripe about Carl shooting zombie-Shane in the head from 1000 feet away (or whatever, it was far), um...uh... ok, that was unexplainable. Beginner's luck? I don't believe the family, or Shane, taught him how to shoot, and even if they did and I don't remember, nobody gets that good that quick.

Giantrobo 03-20-13 01:33 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by slop101 (Post 11621840)
I guess my mind doesn't work well enough to fill in the blank of how there's NO zombies to be seen, then suddenly, slow-moving lurching zombies are an inch away from someone's face, with no warning whatsoever. Every goddamn time. Seriously, it's like they appear out of thin air when the script wills it.

:up:


Even as a fan of this show, and the Living Dead genre, this very thing has always made my eyes roll when it happens. It makes no sense at all.

dave-o 03-20-13 01:43 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 
Two words:

Windows. Down.


Explain that bitches!




:D

Buttmunker 03-20-13 01:45 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by dave-o (Post 11622096)
Two words:

Windows. Down.


Explain that bitches!

:D

a car going 30 mph really isn't in much danger of having a zombie stick his head through the open window to take a chomp out of you. (Just sayin') I'm sure they want to conserve gas, that's why they don't run the air conditioner.

argh923 03-20-13 01:47 PM

Re: The Walking Dead -- "Prey" -- 3/17/13
 

Originally Posted by Buttmunker (Post 11622058)
That's not unexplainable. Practice makes perfect, and you gotta figure these people have been practicing for a year or more already.

And before you gripe about Carl shooting zombie-Shane in the head from 1000 feet away (or whatever, it was far), um...uh... ok, that was unexplainable. Beginner's luck? I don't believe the family, or Shane, taught him how to shoot, and even if they did and I don't remember, nobody gets that good that quick.

I do remember Rick and Lori arguing over whether Carl should learn to shoot, and I think they started teaching him...but...exactly. :lol:

There are definitely things here and there that are unrealistic or unexplainable....but not to the extent people say, and not the things that people are complaining about.


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