The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
11-14-17, 03:21 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
How big an appetite do walkers have, anyway? Do they keep eating until they're full? What if their stomachs have rotted away...does the food just fall out? And does zombie scat litter the landscape?[/QUOTE]
I think the comics actually have Eugene address this question. I don't read them, but I have read about that story line.
I think the comics actually have Eugene address this question. I don't read them, but I have read about that story line.
11-14-17, 03:46 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
Rollin', rollin', rollin'...keep them zombies rollin'....
As for this season thus far:
Meh. "Action" for the sake of action gets old pretty fast.
Gripes (many already mentioned):
Machine gun can mow down rows of people from a pretty good distance but can't hit motorcycle or car within spitting distance (until finally the old radiator block gambit is played).
Rick can dispatch hundreds of walkers with a well-placed knife blow to head but has a hard time cutting throat of human driver and dumping him out of truck in order to be able to save weapons vehicle intact.
Carol can hide behind truck with no shots either ricocheting on walls behind her or pinging off pavement below truck. Also, Carol doesn't take out guys while all five are gathered together with four holding up gun crates and the other with weapon slung over shoulder. Also, Carol's attackers don't attempt to flank her position with covering fire but just do a back-and-forth full auto exchange to eat up air time.
The interminable crawling and stumbling from zombie scenes with the King (and his subject and his attacker and Jerry) without any point.
Shiva...who could literally have shredded the emaciated walkers easily or bowled them over while escaping...just allows herself to be swarmed. Unless this is a deliberate sacrificial rear guard action from Shiva...totally unnecessary considering her power...this was contrived.
As for "Zombie Shiva," unless the walkers can regurgitate all the consumed pieces and then the reanimated chunks can reform themselves into semblance of a big feline, don't think anyone has anything to worry about.
How big an appetite do walkers have, anyway? Do they keep eating until they're full? What if their stomachs have rotted away...does the food just fall out? And does zombie scat litter the landscape?
As for this season thus far:
Meh. "Action" for the sake of action gets old pretty fast.
Gripes (many already mentioned):
Machine gun can mow down rows of people from a pretty good distance but can't hit motorcycle or car within spitting distance (until finally the old radiator block gambit is played).
Rick can dispatch hundreds of walkers with a well-placed knife blow to head but has a hard time cutting throat of human driver and dumping him out of truck in order to be able to save weapons vehicle intact.
Carol can hide behind truck with no shots either ricocheting on walls behind her or pinging off pavement below truck. Also, Carol doesn't take out guys while all five are gathered together with four holding up gun crates and the other with weapon slung over shoulder. Also, Carol's attackers don't attempt to flank her position with covering fire but just do a back-and-forth full auto exchange to eat up air time.
The interminable crawling and stumbling from zombie scenes with the King (and his subject and his attacker and Jerry) without any point.
Shiva...who could literally have shredded the emaciated walkers easily or bowled them over while escaping...just allows herself to be swarmed. Unless this is a deliberate sacrificial rear guard action from Shiva...totally unnecessary considering her power...this was contrived.
As for "Zombie Shiva," unless the walkers can regurgitate all the consumed pieces and then the reanimated chunks can reform themselves into semblance of a big feline, don't think anyone has anything to worry about.
How big an appetite do walkers have, anyway? Do they keep eating until they're full? What if their stomachs have rotted away...does the food just fall out? And does zombie scat litter the landscape?
I agree with everything you said !!
What about Daryl wiping out and then 30 seconds later he is back on his bike, caught up with the truck, and no damage to himself or his bike.
11-14-17, 04:33 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
this doesn't feel ANYTHING like the show from S1 or 2.
my God, it's just bad. It's laughable. If this show started off this way I would suspect it would've been long cancelled by now.
my God, it's just bad. It's laughable. If this show started off this way I would suspect it would've been long cancelled by now.
11-14-17, 09:04 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
Given how badly they have been executed, I'm finding these drawn out ammo wasting scenes far more boring than the character pieces we got last season. This "all out War' could have easily been done in one extra length episode, and probably make more sense. But kudos to the effects crew for giving us the pretty realistic depiction of the carnage that gun would reign down on the group. Sucks Shiva had to bit it, but she goes down basically the same way in the comic.
But that said I'm still not as down on this show as others. Plus I'm sure they'll be following the Negan end game from the comics soon and then we can move on to the next big bad story line. And I suspect the anarchy within the Savior camp, with no Negan around to keep things in control, will make for a great episode.
But that said I'm still not as down on this show as others. Plus I'm sure they'll be following the Negan end game from the comics soon and then we can move on to the next big bad story line. And I suspect the anarchy within the Savior camp, with no Negan around to keep things in control, will make for a great episode.
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11-15-17, 03:42 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
Rollin', rollin', rollin'...keep them zombies rollin'....
As for this season thus far:
Meh. "Action" for the sake of action gets old pretty fast.
Gripes (many already mentioned):
Machine gun can mow down rows of people from a pretty good distance but can't hit motorcycle or car within spitting distance (until finally the old radiator block gambit is played).
Rick can dispatch hundreds of walkers with a well-placed knife blow to head but has a hard time cutting throat of human driver and dumping him out of truck in order to be able to save weapons vehicle intact.
Carol can hide behind truck with no shots either ricocheting on walls behind her or pinging off pavement below truck. Also, Carol doesn't take out guys while all five are gathered together with four holding up gun crates and the other with weapon slung over shoulder. Also, Carol's attackers don't attempt to flank her position with covering fire but just do a back-and-forth full auto exchange to eat up air time.
The interminable crawling and stumbling from zombie scenes with the King (and his subject and his attacker and Jerry) without any point.
Shiva...who could literally have shredded the emaciated walkers easily or bowled them over while escaping...just allows herself to be swarmed. Unless this is a deliberate sacrificial rear guard action from Shiva...totally unnecessary considering her power...this was contrived.
As for "Zombie Shiva," unless the walkers can regurgitate all the consumed pieces and then the reanimated chunks can reform themselves into semblance of a big feline, don't think anyone has anything to worry about.
How big an appetite do walkers have, anyway? Do they keep eating until they're full? What if their stomachs have rotted away...does the food just fall out? And does zombie scat litter the landscape?
As for this season thus far:
Meh. "Action" for the sake of action gets old pretty fast.
Gripes (many already mentioned):
Machine gun can mow down rows of people from a pretty good distance but can't hit motorcycle or car within spitting distance (until finally the old radiator block gambit is played).
Rick can dispatch hundreds of walkers with a well-placed knife blow to head but has a hard time cutting throat of human driver and dumping him out of truck in order to be able to save weapons vehicle intact.
Carol can hide behind truck with no shots either ricocheting on walls behind her or pinging off pavement below truck. Also, Carol doesn't take out guys while all five are gathered together with four holding up gun crates and the other with weapon slung over shoulder. Also, Carol's attackers don't attempt to flank her position with covering fire but just do a back-and-forth full auto exchange to eat up air time.
The interminable crawling and stumbling from zombie scenes with the King (and his subject and his attacker and Jerry) without any point.
Shiva...who could literally have shredded the emaciated walkers easily or bowled them over while escaping...just allows herself to be swarmed. Unless this is a deliberate sacrificial rear guard action from Shiva...totally unnecessary considering her power...this was contrived.
As for "Zombie Shiva," unless the walkers can regurgitate all the consumed pieces and then the reanimated chunks can reform themselves into semblance of a big feline, don't think anyone has anything to worry about.
How big an appetite do walkers have, anyway? Do they keep eating until they're full? What if their stomachs have rotted away...does the food just fall out? And does zombie scat litter the landscape?
Shiva being killed was absolutely ridiculous. The strength and reflexes of a tiger being overwhelmed by a small group of walkers? In addition, it happened because Ezekiel and companions were being idiots. Drag him up the other side, and GTFO of there.
It's just shit. I can't believe how bad this show has gotten.
11-16-17, 09:25 AM
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11-16-17, 10:20 AM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
I kind of thought maybe she is waiting for them to load the heavy guns onto the truck before she takes them out but I suppose that might be giving the writers too much credit....
11-16-17, 10:24 AM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
There's numerous articles on the internet about it and his current lawsuit against them.
11-16-17, 10:28 AM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
Not sure how much of a factor that is by itself. The show was great for many seasons after Darabont's exit. Anybody disagrees definitely fits into "why are they still watching" category given only S1 was all Darabont. 
11-16-17, 11:28 AM
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11-16-17, 12:06 PM
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11-16-17, 03:16 PM
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If that's the case I'm left with a couple of questions. Is the problem Gimple or Kirkman? Is it just that some of the later plots don't translate well to the screen?
11-16-17, 04:21 PM
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Re: The Walking Dead (S8E04) -- "Some Guy" -- 11/12/17
The example of this that sticks out in my mind is when Negan greeted Rick's armed gang earlier this season (which was covered extensively on this forum at the time). Negan was clearly completely exposed to a group of people with machine guns who wanted (badly) to kill him, and they never fired a shot at him, instead shooting out windows of a building for seemingly no reason.. That's an execution problem.
It's often said that perfect is the enemy of good, but it can also be said that "good enough" is the enemy of great.
