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Jason

11-16-15 08:47 PM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

After watching the Morgan episode and this one, the only thing I can say is a simple denim jacket would have prevented about half the deaths on this show.

JZ1276

11-16-15 09:30 PM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Coral (Post 12646707)

So Abraham tries to get the launcher from the walker and risks getting bit instead of just killing the walker first? He had a knife with him and was face-to-face with the walker - stab him in the head and go for it. Stupid characters leading to false tension.

A slow moving walker is coming towards Daryl - so he's desperately trying to get the crossbow out of the bag before he gets bit. Pretty easy to escape the walker and get the crossbow later... or just walk away with the bag while trying to get the crossbow out. No need to sit there like zombie-lunch. Again, false tension.

I was thinking the exact same thing during both of those scenes. Stupid.

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Originally Posted by Red Hood (Post 12646779)

But wasn't it in the Morgan centric episode that some zombies walked easily out of the camp fire and launched themselves at Morgan? In that episode, it was shown that fire doesn't work that much at walkers and actually makes them more dangerous as the living would get burn if they try to grab them.

Not that I agree with setting them on fire, but they were all pretty much trapped with nowhere to go.

mnementh

11-17-15 04:51 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Coral (Post 12646707)

That scene was a reminder that Abraham's had a death wish for a while. The previously montage at the start of the episode reminded viewers of that by showing him recklessly running into a throng of walkers.

Xiroteus

11-17-15 05:39 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

Episode was fine, however aside from episode all the cast members have not been in an episode together. Did they not go two or three episodes without showing some at all.

I think the dumbest thing was when whoever bent down to say something to those who where in that burt down cabin. Really? Do you not know how walkers work yet? And then somehow falls down on them.

d2cheer

11-17-15 09:35 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Coral (Post 12646707)

Total filler episode where very little was accomplished. Dragging out Glenn's fate this long is ridiculous. This is what happens when you can't come up with ideas, you drag timelines and events to fill some episodes.

This is why I love that they are dragging it out. I like the direction they are taking with this season only there should be more Daryl and Carol. ANYONE that thought the Glen angle would be tied up quickly is fooling themselves. I also get a kick out of everyone's irritation with it.

Shannon Nutt

11-17-15 09:53 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Xiroteus (Post 12646951)

Episode was fine, however aside from episode all the cast members have not been in an episode together. Did they not go two or three episodes without showing some at all.

I think this is because all the main actors on the show are only contracted for 12 episodes, even though each season runs 16. This is why there's always a few shows without Rick or Daryl or Carol, etc.

hdnmickey

11-17-15 10:28 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

The way they have done this season works for me. There are just far too many characters to feature them all in the same episode. I would rather have these split stories than have every character only get a minute or two of screen time.

Interesting introduction to Wade and the rest of the new threat.

jjcool

11-17-15 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadLamb (Post 12646586)

Well yeah.. I did not miss all of that of anything, I'm just being nit-picky. Does the US military stock RPGs? Could a doomsday prep'er have a box for a military group to "find"? It just seems like one of those weapons that is not around in the USA very much.

I'd be asking the same thing if they had found a tactical box filled with a couple dozen 22cal derringers in the back of a Humvee. Being that too doesn't strike me as something our military just has in a warehouse some where.

In the end I'm guessing it's just a writer's move to get the classic rocket launcher into play. It a very film friendly weapon compared to the self contained sort of missile launchers.

Just wait, maybe Glenn gets RPG "saved" some how. :lol:

Still not sure what you're getting at. Abraham found some military weapons on a military vehicle and a member of the military. Without any first hand knowledge, I would guess that the US military does use something very close, if not identical, to what was portrayed in the show.
Again, it isn't really that much of a leap to thinking the military would have been deployed in this situation and that they would have been armed with military style weapons.

hdnmickey

11-17-15 10:44 AM

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I'm sure the army would pull out everything they got if the Zombie apocalypse was to actually happen.

hanshotfirst1138

11-17-15 10:56 AM

If the government used the military properly, they could probably stop a zombie apocalypse from starting, or at least keep it contained. No ethical qualms about shooting the living dead.

Jason

11-17-15 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 12647049)

Wow, AMC are really cheapskates, aren't they?

dstrauss

11-17-15 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason (Post 12647096)

Wow, AMC are really cheapskates, aren't they?

It's common practice to not sign all actors for every episode per season, especially in large ensemble shows.

Navinabob

11-17-15 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadLamb (Post 12646586)

So I looked it up, and yeah... it's plausible. It's not standard issue, but Special Forces do carry them. Not only that, but there is a company in Texas that produces them. I don't recall if Abraham found the US or Russian version of the weapon.

I did not recognize the patch so I don't know if the guy was special forces or not. Also, I thought it was a nice touch Abraham removed all the ribbons, patches & pins from the military jacket.

funkyryno

11-17-15 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by jjcool (Post 12647081)

No, the US military doesn't use the weapon that was portrayed in the show. That style of RPG launcher is Soviet-era weaponry used by the "bad guys."

The average viewer might not notice the error and just see it as a generic rocket launcher. Anyone familiar with the weaponry used by the American armed forces would notice that it's out of place.

Shazam

11-17-15 12:40 PM

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Good grief.

http://i.imgur.com/MvbwXr4.png

Navinabob

11-17-15 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Shazam (Post 12647211)

Good grief.

http://i.imgur.com/MvbwXr4.png

Yep. It's plausible that it was sitting around to be found like that... not very likely, but plausible.

rw2516

11-17-15 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 12647049)

Also they save a bundle on production costs by shooting several episodes concurrently. This has gone on with ensemble cast shows since the b&w days.
Gunsmoke would have a Festus episode, a Kitty episode,then a Matt episode. Rawhide did it a lot. Stat Trek TNG really did it a lot.
Being able to shut down a season production after 8 or 9 weeks instead of 16 saves a bundle. imagine how cheap the show would look if everybody was in every episode.

Raul3

11-17-15 04:57 PM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

So the Fall final is in two weeks. There are only two more episodes.

Do you think they will wait on Glenn until the Fall finale?

Or are they going to wait until next year? :D

DeadLamb

11-17-15 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 12647509)

wait on Glenn until the Fall finale?

tough call. It's been a great rabble rabble issue for the fans but story line wise he has only gone "missing" for about a day. Maybe two days? Outside of Morgan's flash back ep the entire season so far has taken place with in 24 to 48 hours.

most of the group have no clue he is not 100% fine. If Daryl drove past Glenn on the side of the road with his thumb out no one in the truck would think anything about it.

So it's a balance between story lines about Glenn missing for months on the show or a quick ratings/press boost from showing Glenn is ok. They can't wait too long or people will stop caring, so fall final seem like the time to do it.

I still think those RPGs save Glenn some how.

Bill Needle

11-17-15 06:30 PM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

Maybe there is nothing to reveal about Glenn because he is just plain dead, from that time he was torn to pieces on screen.

DthRdrX

11-17-15 06:48 PM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 12647509)

So the Fall final is in two weeks. There are only two more episodes.

Do you think they will wait on Glenn until the Fall finale?

Or are they going to wait until next year? :D

I'd say we will definitely know by the end of episode 8.

bralph

11-18-15 07:14 AM

Re: The Walking Dead (S6E06) -- "Always Accountable" -- 11/15/15

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Originally Posted by Raul3 (Post 12647509)

So the Fall final is in two weeks. There are only two more episodes.

Do you think they will wait on Glenn until the Fall finale?

Or are they going to wait until next year? :D

I doubt it happens, but I actually hope we never see or hear from Glenn again. I liked his character, but in the world they created I'd think it would be common for someone to die/get bit but not witnessed by someone else. I know he is a "major" character, but I still would be fine with that happening to him. Certainly the other characters will discuss it and make some effort to find him, but I actually hope they come up empty.

Draven

11-18-15 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Bill Needle (Post 12647572)

Maybe there is nothing to reveal about Glenn because he is just plain dead, from that time he was torn to pieces on screen.

Except he totally wasn't :)

The more I think about it, the more I know he's still alive. They would never just leave that open-ended. The characters simply have to know what happened to him. The show has never worked like that - everyone's fate is well-known and anything ambiguous is eventually resolved. Plus doing things like pulling his name out of the credits but not filling that time with a different name just reeks of "we're fucking with you".

The idea of them going the rest of their lives not knowing what happened to Glenn is simply not possible with the way the show has gone so far.

GoVegan

11-18-15 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Jason (Post 12646798)

After watching the Morgan episode and this one, the only thing I can say is a simple denim jacket would have prevented about half the deaths on this show.

Zombies are weird creatures. Their skulls become softer than a bread bowl, but their teeth are hard as hell and razor-sharp.

DeadLamb

11-18-15 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by GoVegan (Post 12647883)

Their skulls become softer than a bread bowl

and don't forget about the balloon like brain. Where you just sort of poke it anywhere to make it pop and shut them down completely in an instant.

as for this ep.. Wonder how far they had to travel to find a burned up forest to shoot in vs the normal locations? It was a unique sort of setting really. Don't tend to see burned up forest land as a plot point unless the entire movie/tv show is about firefighters.

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