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Luvcow
Jul 1, 2007

One day nearer spring

Blazing Ownager posted:

PS: Ogg was a dozen times more intimidating than Negan has ever been. I really like Morgan as an actor but "fake friendly that could go psycho at any time" really fits Ogg better. It's like they couldn't decide who to cast, so they were like "gently caress it, Ogg can be Alternate Negan." I mean he even calls himself that pretty much.

Pretty much this. He should be in every scene with Negan.

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JossiRossi
Jul 28, 2008

A little EQ, a touch of reverb, slap on some compression and there. That'll get your dickbutt jiggling.

galenanorth posted:

There was the time that Glenn teamed up with her to rescue Maggie, then the time Enid gave her a haircut, so this episode is probably the third or fourth time.

That makes Maggie and Enid's relationship more solid than Maggie and Beth's ever was.

Vitamin P
Nov 19, 2013

Truth is game rigging is more difficult than it looks pls stay ded

nooneofconsequence posted:

My favorite part of this season is they didn't even both to give Carl a haircut.

That'll probably be deliberate though. If they ever need to Carl to look different because of character development or ageing they can just chop the locks off.

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot

Senor Tron posted:

One interesting thing I noticed at The Kingdom is that they are still flying the US flag right at their front gate.


I want an open ended finale. Unless they go dark and just kill all the remaining cast, I've long suspected that Judith is going to be involved in it.

I think the show will end with the discovery that anyone conceived after the apocalypse is actually immune to the infection. We won't see society rebuilt but the characters will have hope and something to hold on for, a future to build for their childreb.
It will end with Judith being bitten and then everyone crowding around while Michonne Rick holds his hatchet overhead to sever the limb, and Carl races toward them from off-scene to save her with the knowledge that she's immune.. Just as he rounds the corner and sees everyone he shouts, Rick's arms starts to come dow-FADE TO BLACK

followed by insinuations that Judith might show up with one limb missing on Fear the Walking Dead season 10

OMG JC a Bomb! posted:

Jesus turned women into booze.
Actually, Jesus likes dudes.

bobjr posted:

Carl is going to skate and kill someone like a villain from a post apocalyptic 80's movie.
Specifically (probably NSFW because there was a bunch of topless nuns) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqpbtJd3s

coyo7e fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Nov 21, 2016

nooneofconsequence
Oct 30, 2012

she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.

Vitamin P posted:

That'll probably be deliberate though. If they ever need to Carl to look different because of character development or ageing they can just chop the locks off.

I mean it was plenty long enough to do that before. It's not a big deal I just find it funny they sacrificed a small amount of continuity for Carl's perfectly feathered locks.

Hexel
Nov 18, 2011




coyo7e posted:

Specifically (probably NSFW because there was a bunch of topless nuns) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqpbtJd3s

at first i thought that was one of Hillary's #SpiritCooking rituals

The Walrus
Jul 9, 2002

by Fluffdaddy
i like this season, when i get home from work on mondays i draw a nice relaxing bath with some epsom salts, crack a beer and pour it into a nice glass, then put on this show. i call it the bathing dead.

Binary Logic
Dec 28, 2000

Fun Shoe
This season is really highlighting the comic book roots of the characters. Gregory's cowardly sycophant act is just as much of a one-dimensional caricature as Negan.

For the roller skating montage the show should have played "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_5l6rIUu4A

So what was Carl's plan when he left Alexandria? To catch up with Enid or go after Negan? And what did he think he was going to accomplish by hiding in the back of the truck.
:iiam:

bobjr posted:

Carl is going to skate and kill someone like a villain from a post apocalyptic 80's movie.

coyo7e posted:


Specifically (probably NSFW because there was a bunch of topless nuns) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6IqpbtJd3s
I thought the reference was to Solarbabies. How many post apocalyptic 80s roller skating movies are there LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcDCJyP9fo

or maybe Rollerball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVUxK1mNups

Binary Logic fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Nov 21, 2016

Blazing Ownager
Jun 2, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
So quick question: Why the flying gently caress is Sasha so gung-ho for staying at Hilltop other than "We can't just have Maggie there alone??" Same really goes for Enid.

I mean she's literally going "Yeah I don't want to go back to my home, or let anyone know the situation up here. I know both places have the same Savior problem, but back home we have a leader that likes us and here he hates us. But I totally need to stay here for reasons?" I absolutely understand Maggie staying but why Sasha is so quick to want to live there is beyond me.

nooneofconsequence posted:

I mean it was plenty long enough to do that before. It's not a big deal I just find it funny they sacrificed a small amount of continuity for Carl's perfectly feathered locks.

He should let his hair get filthy and find a cool leather jacket and more of a not give a poo poo attitude, and he can totally be the young Snake Plissken.

Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Nov 21, 2016

Tortuga
Aug 27, 2011


Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

Blazing Ownager posted:

So quick question: Why the flying gently caress is Sasha so gung-ho for staying at Hilltop other than "We can't just have Maggie there alone??" Same really goes for Enid.

Sasha wants to be near her boyfriends grave and her good widow mate Maggie. She also wants to hatch a plan to kill Negan without some bitch like Rick bitching it up. Enid needs a bit more on screen time so people care when she dies.

ditty bout my clitty
May 28, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe

nooneofconsequence posted:

My favorite part of this season is they didn't even both to give Carl a haircut.

They can't cut his hair before he's had a revelation.

I'm guessing that he'll find out that he's zombiesexual

ditty bout my clitty
May 28, 2011

by FactsAreUseless
Fun Shoe
Also have you guys any idea how weird the whole prayer circle thing was to non-biblethumpers? I was half expecting them to go heil hitler at the end.

Shooting Blanks
Jun 6, 2007

Real bullets mess up how cool this thing looks.

-Blade



Blazing Ownager posted:

So quick question: Why the flying gently caress is Sasha so gung-ho for staying at Hilltop other than "We can't just have Maggie there alone??" Same really goes for Enid.

Enid was weird, but I think you just laid it out for why Sasha wants to stay - she's protective of Maggie right now, due to Glenn dying and her health issues/pregnancy. I don't think it's any more complex than that - she even offered to scavenge to earn Maggie's residency there.

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot

Orange Red Bull posted:

at first i thought that was one of Hillary's #SpiritCooking rituals
Naw it's a movie which features usually-topless nuns on rollerskates fighting post-apocalyptic super mutants who ride roller blades and worship that strobing smiley face light.

If you can find a copy, it's really amazing. Kind of like Six String Samurai without any class, (intentional) humor, taste, good music, or a real story arc.

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot

Binary Logic posted:

So what was Carl's plan when he left Alexandria? To catch up with Enid or go after Negan? And what did he think he was going to accomplish by hiding in the back of the truck.
:iiam:
This is made way more clear in the source material, but Carl's entire purpose in leaving Alexandria this last episode is assassination.

quote:

I thought the reference was to Solarbabies. How many post apocalyptic 80s roller skating movies are there LOL.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFcDCJyP9fo

or maybe Rollerball

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVUxK1mNups
There were a lot. ad some were really amazingly terrible to the point they're great. Look up the producer/directors of those specifically terribad indy movies and their IMDB pages are pretty long (also their pictures often involve the director unironically posing in a trenchcoat with a katana). Solarbabies and Rollerball were both pretty mainstream, up there with Death Race iirc.

Rollerball and Solarbabies were not even in the same class as the movies I'm talking about - pure Troma-level or lower indy "adult" sci-fi films which mainly sold themselves on the soft-porn elements. If you can get a viewing party together some of those movies will break your brain - no rifftrax needed when a guy wearing camo netting and a gas mask is having a serious conversation with a 60s-era strobing emergency vehicle light.


edit: oops double post, meant to add this to the previous post.

coyo7e fucked around with this message at 23:51 on Nov 21, 2016

magpie
Apr 28, 2006
Does smiley mustache guy have a name? He's a fun guy, I would join the saviors to participate in art collection and appreciation.

Also what's the deal with hilarious Jesus kung fu, was he doing that before? That looks like a really good way to injure or tire yourself out, possibly one of the worst ways to deal with zombie shown as of yet. Oh great Jeezy thanks, you flying kicked that zombie in the torso, you gonna get up and actually kill it now?

I'm holding out hope for future roller skate assassination. Carl's legs were hidden by boxes in the truck right, pretty much confirmed he's still wearing them.

Tortuga
Aug 27, 2011


Runner-up, TRP Sack Race 2021/22

magpie posted:

Does smiley mustache guy have a name? He's a fun guy, I would join the saviors to participate in art collection and appreciation.

Simon. He has a pen and is a gin man.

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot

magpie posted:

Does smiley mustache guy have a name? He's a fun guy, I would join the saviors to participate in art collection and appreciation.

Also what's the deal with hilarious Jesus kung fu, was he doing that before?
EVeryone ITT refers to him as Trevor, because he's the same actor who played Trevor in GTA 5 (and knocked it out of the park.) He specializes in methed-out-looking white dude characters.

The actor's name is Stephen Ogg, don't recall what his character's name is in TWD.

The bit with Jesus doing spin-kicks on all the zombies has kind of turned into a meme/running joke for those who read the comics and that scene is really the first time the show has really tried to make it clear how physically capable he is in unarmed combat, because Jesus is just this absolutely over the top character. Even the TWD phone games and the like, tend to make Jesus some SSS-rank 5-star rare character who doesn't even need to wield weapons and instead has primary weapon "Jesus' Boot". He never changes, he can escape from any handcuffs or knots you put him in, and he doesn't carry a weapon, he's just a doofy support character with some groanworthy gimmicks due to the original source.

The only other time you get an inkling of how Jesus rolls is when he runs into the guys for the first time on that scavenger run, he runs all over the place like fuckin Jackie Chan and then slips his bonds and steals their truck anyway

magpie
Apr 28, 2006

coyo7e posted:

... he's just a doofy support character with some groanworthy gimmicks due to the original source.

It's weird the show are trying to make us take him seriously

King Vidiot
Feb 17, 2007

You think you can take me at Satan's Hollow? Go 'head on!

magpie posted:

It's weird the show are trying to make us take him seriously

It doesn't feel that way to me, he feels more like a nonentity like 95% of the characters in the show. It wasn't until he started doing loving flipkicks in the air that I even took notice of him beyond being "that long-haired Jared Leto looking guy".

Eyochigan
Dec 13, 2006

It's not rape unless I explicitly see it!
They made a big deal about her being an orphan and having no family and she was going off on her own until Glenn crawled out from under the dumpster. He told her something about the group = family and he told Enid that maggie was preggers. And then after all that, they return to alexandria to find the walls down and its over run with zombies. They get inside but then they need to rescue maggie, glenn needs to count on her, I think that was the point her character turned to where it is now.

comics: also they might be turning her into sophia from the comics, so quit moaning about the emo rollerskate stuff cause it may pay off later. and if there's no sophia, where does carl and his shovel fit into the narrative, right?

UmOk
Aug 3, 2003
This show would be improved a million times if they just had Carl go full "Carl Poppa"

A True Jar Jar Fan
Nov 3, 2003

Primadonna

I'm dumb, I still laugh every time someone yells Jesus' name. Stephen Ogg was great too.

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
Holy poo poo this show is slow I feel like it's been showing opening credits for 20 minutes now

Nobody likes this kind of slow

Guy Goodbody
Aug 31, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

moist turtleneck posted:

Holy poo poo this show is slow I feel like it's been showing opening credits for 20 minutes now

Nobody likes this kind of slow

Somebody really needs to edit the show down

The Walking Dead Kai

Chemtrailologist
Jul 8, 2007
My favourite part of this episode was Carl loving up one of their few remaining cars to kill a single zombie.

At this point I'm assuming that bicycles are some ancient/lost technology like Greek fire or Roman concrete.

Buzkashi
Feb 4, 2003
College Slice

The Walrus posted:

i like this season, when i get home from work on mondays i draw a nice relaxing bath with some epsom salts, crack a beer and pour it into a nice glass, then put on this show. i call it the bathing dead.

I do the same thing!

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
Carl is the new Shane but with cars

http://i.imgur.com/FwHIBDi.gifv

carl plz stop

Guy Goodbody
Aug 31, 2016

by Nyc_Tattoo

Ego-bot posted:

My favourite part of this episode was Carl loving up one of their few remaining cars to kill a single zombie.

At this point I'm assuming that bicycles are some ancient/lost technology like Greek fire or Roman concrete.

There are thousands and thousands of remaining cars. There are vast parking lots full of cars. The only cars they should bother actually trying to preserve are those that have been converted to run on vegetable oil. Those will be useful for years after the gas runs out/goes bad.

You're right about bikes, they should be using bikes. Quiet, easy to repair on the side of the road, uses no gas, bikes are ideal for their situation.

Strom Thermos
Sep 18, 2004

Grimes Driving School

moist turtleneck
Jul 17, 2003

Represent.



Dinosaur Gum
http://i.imgur.com/eYVTYzf.gifv

coyo7e
Aug 23, 2007

by zen death robot
I hate to break it to ya but this is pretty much the only show/series/comic/whatever which has a main character named Carl who is an immortal badass (even if he is unintentionally hilarious). I can't think of any others which count for anything.

From here on out, it's All Carl, All The Way Down

UmOk posted:

This show would be improved a million times if they just had Carl go full "Carl Poppa"
I'm holding out hope that they're going to recreate the "Carl with Abe's machine gun" scene, even though we haven't seen the gun yet.

magpie posted:

It's weird the show are trying to make us take him seriously
I don't feel they are, though, it feels very true to Jesus' character flavor and pitch. He tends to like, be around, but he's not really a gamebreaker unless someone puts him on a mission. He's kind of the guy everybody forgets about but they allow him to stand in on big important meetings, but he tends to just be "last guy alive who gets back from the patrol to sound the warning" kind of poo poo a lot of the time (not literally, but kind of that level).. Like a Dungeon Master's NPC stand-in who usually doesn't fight to their full abilities unless the DM just really wants to win the encounter?

Perhaps a good equivalency would be Snake Eyes from GI Joe - he's not always on the mission, but if he is, ya'll know it's getting done in some ridiculous seat-of-the-pants fashion by just him, if it gets to that.

Ego-bot posted:

My favourite part of this episode was Carl loving up one of their few remaining cars to kill a single zombie.

At this point I'm assuming that bicycles are some ancient/lost technology like Greek fire or Roman concrete.
Not sure about bikes being lost tech, but goddamn, it's not hard to toss some 3-in-1 or WD-40 into your pack so you aren't squeaking down the road at walking speed on some one-speed piece of poo poo.

coyo7e fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Nov 22, 2016

LadyPictureShow
Nov 18, 2005

Success!



Guy Goodbody posted:

There are thousands and thousands of remaining cars. There are vast parking lots full of cars. The only cars they should bother actually trying to preserve are those that have been converted to run on vegetable oil. Those will be useful for years after the gas runs out/goes bad.

You're right about bikes, they should be using bikes. Quiet, easy to repair on the side of the road, uses no gas, bikes are ideal for their situation.

Seems like the kind of thing they could have Eugene on task for. Despite the fact he admitted he wasn't a scientist, has he ever explicitly stated what he did do pre-apocalypse? Despite being a huge goon, he seems pretty generally knowledgeable when it comes to things. Wasn't he running point in the warehouse where Noah got killed b/c he knew what they needed for solar panel components? Team him up with a mechanic, they'd probably have veg oil cars in no time. Or they find Ed Begley Jr's house and steal his car. His probably runs on vegetable oil already.

Last Chance
Dec 31, 2004

galenanorth posted:

Randomly finding the rollerskates randomly is one thing --- how did those things get there anyway --- but walkers have regularly been shown to be wandering the roads all the time during car drive scenes. Why rollerskate there when they could come out at any time from the left and right? I was thinking "oh, they're doing another imagination/hallucination scene again -- no, wait, it's supposed to be real"

Yeah I thought this too. They even stumble a couple of times when rollerblading. C'mon hahahaha.

Kirk Vikernes
Apr 26, 2004

Count Goatnackh

So how did the episode end exactly? I watched it online and it cut out right after Carl popped up in the truck and the camera went back to Jesus. It seemed like an odd way to end it, and I'm not sure if I missed a couple minutes or it actually ended that way.

Strom Thermos
Sep 18, 2004

we are the Funyuns posted:

So how did the episode end exactly? I watched it online and it cut out right after Carl popped up in the truck and the camera went back to Jesus. It seemed like an odd way to end it, and I'm not sure if I missed a couple minutes or it actually ended that way.

Truck flips. Jesus turns and just as he's about to eat an unconscious Carl it cuts to the driver. It's Lori.

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

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God this show is loving terrible.

socialsecurity
Aug 30, 2003

Guy Goodbody posted:

There are thousands and thousands of remaining cars. There are vast parking lots full of cars. The only cars they should bother actually trying to preserve are those that have been converted to run on vegetable oil. Those will be useful for years after the gas runs out/goes bad.

You're right about bikes, they should be using bikes. Quiet, easy to repair on the side of the road, uses no gas, bikes are ideal for their situation.

It's weird they don't have bikes or any basic gear, it's been years and they still wander around like its day 1. A single trip to a sporting goods store would get them maps/compasses/solar powered chargers/portable water filters/camping gear/long range walkie talkies.

ruddiger
Jun 3, 2004

Too bad Carl didn't find a pair of rollerblades, he could've recreated a scene from this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl5Wxqx5ffs

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Steve Shultz
Jul 6, 2007
The ELIJAH LIST, spamming your inbox for the lord.
Jesus christ if they wanted to be cute and whimsical just have Carl ride the bike with Enid on the handlebars. Those two are both poo poo rollerskaters.

I would 100% watch this show forever if its was just following Jesus's point of view because hes clearly the new most fun character.
Actually Jesus and Eugine together in his drum and bass van would be ideal.

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