GhettoGamer
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I keep seeing post like this, what new threat can there be? Its always going to be man vs man with the zombies as a variable. Hell in the prison they changed it up and put in a flu threat and guess what? People still complained
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The Walking Dead Season 5, Part 1 Sundays on AMC
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I keep seeing post like this, what new threat can there be? Its always going to be man vs man with the zombies as a variable. Hell in the prison they changed it up and put in a flu threat and guess what? People still complained
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I'm getting the impression that these "always complain about the evil villain group" people either want Rick's group to try and destroy itself from within and fight with each other (ala Shane in Season 2) or they want super powerful mega zombies to appear for no explicable reason that are impossible to kill without suffering major casualties.
More_Badass
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If only we get a winter season. I think trying survive the winter could make for a good half season. We've never seen the group actually surviving. We've seen scavenging and holding up in buildings and places. But never actual survival
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Man, that makes sense... TV Glenn is very awesome indeed, but I liked comic Glenn, I kinda liked the "simplicity" of his character.
And man... killing Daryl in the same way that comic-Glenn was killed would cause some colossal outrage by all the fans of the show. My GF would be devastated and would totally stop watching the show for sure.
I kinda "see" Daryl dying in that way and Carol becoming a "comic-Maggie" badass. Damn
And man... killing Daryl in the same way that comic-Glenn was killed would cause some colossal outrage by all the fans of the show. My GF would be devastated and would totally stop watching the show for sure.
I kinda "see" Daryl dying in that way and Carol becoming a "comic-Maggie" badass. Damn
SuperSonic1305
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Was there a post credits scene in this episode? My DVR cut off during the preview.
SniperHunter
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Holy shit what an episode!!
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Nope. You're not missing out on anything.
Jack Scofield
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How did Bob not notice he had a stump until the very end of the conversation? Too distracted by the sweet smell of BBQ to look down, I guess.
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I'm disappointed Hipster Cannibal didn't offer Bob a bite to eat before he was fully coherent.
Marge: Homer, stop eating yourself!
Homer: But I'm so tasty!
Rick already said how he will kill Gareth. I don't think any writer can resist making his claim come true and tie the begining of the season and end of the season together.
Yeah no way Rick isn't the one to kill Gareth. The show runners will make that happen for sure.
blackaroni
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Does Bob normally put those marks on the trees? I thought he was going into the woods to kill himself, but they showed that tree markings. Also, how long does is it take someone to turn? He didn't really show any symptoms before being kidnapped.
bring on the crimson heads
Bob did not mark any tree. If anything, I'm speculating that it's the hunters marking the location of the group.
To be honest, I'm a bit disappointed that (potential comic spoilers)
Bob's sole purpose on the TV show is to seemingly recreate Dale's death scene. An iconic scene that needed to be done properly, for sure, but I was hoping that they could do something *ahem* meaty with his optimistic personality and/or alcoholic backstory.
Then again, when one thinks about it, he was probably the only character that would make sense to be in this situation.
Then again, when one thinks about it, he was probably the only character that would make sense to be in this situation.
The Last One
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Bob was crying. What if
he was bitten in the leg the cannibals cut off from him? They saved him!!!!!!!
He probably was bitten, but it took way too long between the bite and the leg cut. The Hunters probably just infected themselves by eating the leg.
The Last One
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I was thinking more of a human/zombie hybrid that retains some human intelligence and can co-ordinate the zombies. Just done better than Land of the Dead.
Naww I'd prefer to keep the zombies mundane.
Oh god no.
Badlucktroll
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I am sick of that labored growling hissing sound the zombies make. I would love to see some unsettling shriekers/howlers/screamers. One were Rick be all like "Holy shit wtf is that!" Is there anyway i can contact Greg Nicotero or something?
I would love some different types of zombie sounds.
eso76
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actually yes, i can't help smiling as soon as i hear that HSSSS GREEEWWWLLL BLEEERRRGHH.
I can't deny i'm addicted to TWD, but after watching the first couple episodes i was really hoping it would be a new, different, more clever, approach at the zombie genre.
And this, albeit small, is one of those things i'd really like to see handled differently
RustyNails
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This episode was all sorts of awesome. Few scattered thoughts:
Rick's fistbump was one of the best fistbumps I've ever seen.
Carol is being weird. Why was she planning to drive off in the night? What's past is past. Forget it. Everyone has done bad, bad things to survive.
Is it just me or is Carl way less annoying? I think they're making him become the moral compass of the group; what differentiates them from everyone else in a deeply amoral universe where there is no right and wrong.
Bobby is bit by the water zombie. Most probably in the leg. Why else would he go outside and cry after he got that one last kiss. He was planning on leaving the group and going far away so he doesn't turn inside the church and kill everyone.
Which brings us to the marking on the tree. My theory is a little far fetched, but I think Priest and the Cannibals are related. The Cannibals have made a deal with the Priest. They will let him live as long as he supplies them with humans who may shelter in his church. Priest goes and marks the trees if he has people inside, whom the Cannibals will come and get, which is why they appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Bob. I think that is the big secret Priest is hiding. He is a spineless shit to do anything about it. "You'll burn in hell" is marked by one of the humans that was taken away by the Cannibals.
But I could be completely wrong and Priest's angle is related to Daryl on the trail of Jesus mobile. Its too big of a coincidence. OR the marking could have just been made by Rick to signal Morgan, and is completely unrelated to the Priest or the Jesus mobile.
Rick's fistbump was one of the best fistbumps I've ever seen.
Carol is being weird. Why was she planning to drive off in the night? What's past is past. Forget it. Everyone has done bad, bad things to survive.
Is it just me or is Carl way less annoying? I think they're making him become the moral compass of the group; what differentiates them from everyone else in a deeply amoral universe where there is no right and wrong.
Bobby is bit by the water zombie. Most probably in the leg. Why else would he go outside and cry after he got that one last kiss. He was planning on leaving the group and going far away so he doesn't turn inside the church and kill everyone.
Which brings us to the marking on the tree. My theory is a little far fetched, but I think Priest and the Cannibals are related. The Cannibals have made a deal with the Priest. They will let him live as long as he supplies them with humans who may shelter in his church. Priest goes and marks the trees if he has people inside, whom the Cannibals will come and get, which is why they appeared out of nowhere and grabbed Bob. I think that is the big secret Priest is hiding. He is a spineless shit to do anything about it. "You'll burn in hell" is marked by one of the humans that was taken away by the Cannibals.
But I could be completely wrong and Priest's angle is related to Daryl on the trail of Jesus mobile. Its too big of a coincidence. OR the marking could have just been made by Rick to signal Morgan, and is completely unrelated to the Priest or the Jesus mobile.
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HadesGigas
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Either that or he smelled that sewer water all over him.
But ok, fine. Actual answer: Comics:
It's the exact same line uttered in the comics, and the victim there is white.
Carnby
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Yes. Absolutely. Definitely.
Dark meat is best meat.
I wanna see a bloater equivalent in TWD.
Nah, I'm quite happy with the walkers as they are.
FUBAR McDangles
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I read a book series where nuclear devices were used in an attempt to stop a zombie plague but instead it made any zombies within the blast radius affected by radiation, enhancing their intelligence and allowing them to run.
Would be kind of cool to see running zombies that can set basic traps/willingly travel in packs.
But then I also like the idea of the zombies all just being shamblers.
Watch Nightmare City AKA City of the Walking Dead.
Sye d'Burns
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Surviving winters in Georgia. I dunno, that seems a bit far-fetched. I mean, you saw the traffic that dusting caused Atlanta.
Do you think they'd stop scavenging due to a cold drizzle?
Dead Prince
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I'd let him eat me even if I wasn't dead. at the end of the night i'll feel like i have only one leg to stand on
Jest Chillin
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I honestly think she's just broken. Has been for a long time but has only realized it since the incident with the girls at the country house. I'm pretty sure she feels that she's like the older one. Can't be around people anymore.
If you think about how's she's been portrayed over last season and the beginning of this season... she shows almost zero emotion about anything. Positive or negative. Everyone else seems to still have some shred of humanity left. Caring about people's safety. Celebrating small victories. Regrets. Carol hasn't felt that about anyone other than the girls for awhile and now they're gone.
-Pyromaniac-
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could rick's swag level be any more off the charts
GhettoGamer
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perhaps he should have.. bob'd to the left to avoid them.....
More_Badass
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Damn, I just realized we've spent 5 seasons in the same state.
Can we get out of Georgia already?
Wait for the spinoff(s).
Please, no spinoffs.
RatskyWatsky
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Oh but
The Almighty motherfucker Negan
But not till the end of this season, if that soon.
Also I don't think they'll follow the comics,
we won't see Lucille skull fuck Glenn's brains out
Eugene, Abraham, Tara or Morgan
Yeah, I do know what you mean. I can still see those pages frame by frame in my head. I was absolutely rocked when I read it.
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