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I was channel surfing with my wife and she flicked past the channel that shows WD down here for just one second that lined up exactly with that gif. I then had to explain why I burst out laughing.
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Rick should have humped Jadis when she made the offer. I can't believe I'm still watching this show.
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Mar 14, 2018 01:38
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JossiRossi posted:I'm not sure I would give the show this much credit, but I've not noticed this myself. I'm hilariously bad at catching biblical references though so me not seeing it means absolutely nothing. Was this something like in the first season? Well, on a strict theological basis, Purgatory is the wrong word. What I would mean is the much more pop culture Left Behind sense, where the apocalypse is a test of character for people who need to prove whether or not they're worthy: quote:Based on a dispensationalist interpretation of prophecies in the Biblical books of Revelation, Daniel, Isaiah and Ezekiel, Left Behind tells the story of the end times (set in the contemporary era), in which true believers in Christ have been "raptured" (taken instantly to heaven), leaving the world shattered and chaotic. As people scramble for answers, an obscure Romanian politician named Nicolae Jetty Carpathia rises to become secretary-general of the United Nations, promising to restore peace and stability to all nations. What most of the world does not realize is that Carpathia is actually the Antichrist foretold in the Bible. Coming to grips with the truth and becoming born-again Christians, airline pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, their pastor Bruce Barnes, and young journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams begin their quest as the Tribulation Force to help save the lost and prepare for the coming Tribulation, in which God will rain down judgment on the world for seven years. Or movies like, well, Purgatory: quote:Britton learns that Refuge is actually Purgatory, where the gunfighters are stranded between Heaven and Hell, hoping to hoping to find a redemptive grace that will bring them salvation as they struggle not to backslide into final damnation. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1087375_purgatory Sounds pretty familiar to Walking Dead plotlines and zombie media in general. But a lot of the characters in The Walking Dead have arcs that are curiously centered around looking for some kind of inner peace that would suggest they're "ready to go," and this gets super loving ham-handed before too long. I think the strongest sense you get of this is when Tyreese is dying. It's a little much to give Walking Dead credit so much as recognize that it has a really muddled set of religious references throughout that don't add up to much.
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Mar 14, 2018 05:51
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The complete lack of dramaturgy and subtext is really a thing of beauty. I can't get over this last episode: Must get doctor to Hillside. Spend 30 minutes building up this God Leadeth The Blindth thing. BAM doc's dead there is no god gently caress you. Another doctor shows up and goes to live in the trailer. I'm thinking they had 2 different writers who never meet, both coming up with different doctor subplots, and by the time someone realized this they've already shot too many episodes and need to get rid of one of them. They could've had some meaning to all that, but just said "gently caress it" and laughed all the way to the bank.
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Mar 14, 2018 10:20
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Wugga posted:The complete lack of dramaturgy and subtext is really a thing of beauty. I can't get over this last episode: Must get doctor to Hillside. Spend 30 minutes building up this God Leadeth The Blindth thing. BAM doc's dead there is no god gently caress you. Another doctor shows up and goes to live in the trailer. In my mind it is worse than that because the ~other doctor~ showing up in Hilltop means there is a god in TWD's universe...he's just a jerk. Like, it could have been a relatable story about losing or keeping faith, but instead we literally watched this god come down from heaven to gently caress with Gabe Old Testament-style for 50 minutes. As for the writing, I like to imagine a first- or second-year film student, set up on a folding chair with a mechanical typewriter on a tv-tray, banging out script pages in a field, ripping them off and throwing them over his shoulder to a PA seconds before they start shooting it. No time to think, no time for continuity: just keep pushing forward!
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Mar 14, 2018 14:49
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dont even fink about it posted:Well, on a strict theological basis, Purgatory is the wrong word. What I would mean is the much more pop culture Left Behind sense, where the apocalypse is a test of character for people who need to prove whether or not they're worthy: Also, the lowest of hanging fruit... https://i.imgur.com/wmJiQsa.mp4
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Mar 14, 2018 21:22
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but what does it mean that he read Negan's letter first???
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Mar 15, 2018 00:44
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Rick better show up at hilltop with Jadis No drawn out pleas, just show, dont tell
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Mar 15, 2018 01:21
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Blazing Ownager posted:why is Negan in such a ridiculous rush? Just camp their little town in like a medieval siege and they'll be out of food and hosed in two weeks. Just pick off anyone going out for food and they literally will surrender once they mostly starve to death. Even Negan doesn't want this poo poo to drag on. "Alright, I killed off your couple main characters, ran around apeshit for a while, burned and pillaged. But now the fans hate me and my army has entered unlimited spawn. Let's just do this and get it over with so everyone can move on"
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Mar 15, 2018 05:17
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Wugga posted:The complete lack of dramaturgy and subtext is really a thing of beauty. I can't get over this last episode: Must get doctor to Hillside. Spend 30 minutes building up this God Leadeth The Blindth thing. BAM doc's dead there is no god gently caress you. Another doctor shows up and goes to live in the trailer. TWD I assume is still making AMC a lot of money, but continues its ratings slide as more and more people give up on it. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/daily-ratings/sunday-cable-ratings-march-11-2018/
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Mar 15, 2018 05:41
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Oh man think about if game of thrones was going right now too The ratings, they'd be bad
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Mar 15, 2018 17:12
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If they keep adapting at a rate of one volume per half-season to keep the show from catching up like they've been doing, the next villains are going to last three seasons again
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Mar 15, 2018 17:32
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moist turtleneck posted:Oh man think about if game of thrones was going right now too GoT is the only TV show that is appointment television for every single person I know who watches it. As in, "I can't XYZ on Sunday because Game of Thrones is on".
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Mar 15, 2018 17:41
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And that's after GOT became outright bad this season after a long slide
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Mar 15, 2018 18:19
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dont even fink about it posted:TWD I assume is still making AMC a lot of money, but continues its ratings slide as more and more people give up on it. And still crushes everything else on cable TV on a Sunday night. They're going to ride this lame horse for a long time.
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Mar 15, 2018 19:53
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Auron posted:And still crushes everything else on cable TV on a Sunday night. They're going to ride this lame horse for a long time.  3x the nearest competitor which is professional sportball...yeah, we'll be hate-watching for a while yet 
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Mar 15, 2018 20:17
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The synopsis for the first two episodes of FTWD s4 are out. The premier was co-wrote by Gimple and pretty much confirms it's gonna be more or less "episode 17" of TWD season 8. However, the first two episodes have been released to critics also, and Forbes really likes it. I'm pretty sure this is the same Forbes writer who's been trashing the main show the last few years and hated the first two seasons of FTWD so that's a good sign at least. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikka...y/#f17b3d7465c0
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Mar 15, 2018 20:52
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On the other hand, there's this: http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead/news/a852272/fear-the-walking-dead-season-4-spoilers-crossover/ quote:Fear the Walking Dead is set to look VERY different in season four with a "new look and a new atmosphere". So they are giving FWTD, a show that had it's own very distinctive look and atmosphere with the Mexican and US Southwest vistas and things like MARKETTHUNDERDOME, a look that will be much more like...The Walking Dead.  Also, a disturbing lack of Strand in that interview. 
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Mar 15, 2018 23:02
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Astroman posted:http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/fear-the-walking-dead/news/a852272/fear-the-walking-dead-season-4-spoilers-crossover/ The show got Gimpled. It was nice to know you, Fear the Walking Dead, for the one season you weren't poo poo.  Goddamn I want to give it a chance though. Please break my expectations, Fear. ED: I find it hilarious how much Fear improved to the point we're all defending it and concerned for it. When Season 3 started the attitude was "Let's not even make a thread for this poo poo, it's just going to get lame and dumb as gently caress anyway, let's watch to laugh at it" and 2-3 episodes in we were like "Hey, this isn't bad.." and it just went up from there. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Mar 16, 2018 |
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Mar 16, 2018 00:31
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dont even fink about it posted:And that's after GOT became outright bad this season after a long slide Say what you will at least the production value on GoT is at it's absolute peak. I've seen movies that look way, way, WAY less cinematic than the last season of Game of Thrones. It's unfortunate that while it was getting all that plastic surgery to look pretty it also got a lobotomy. moist turtleneck posted:Rick better show up at hilltop with Jadis They better not try to turn her into loving Alpha because I don't think I could take the character STILL learning nothing from her "constantly loving around and betraying Rick's group never works out well for her. Also making deals with the Saviors and loving around and betraying them worked out worse." It was supposed to be sad when Simon gunned them all down but if Rick showed up at the start of the season with his people and mowed them all down, I'd been 100% cool with it. Not just from some meta not liking them but a "these people are untrustworthy dicks that want to take slaves and feed people to art project zombies." gently caress them. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Mar 16, 2018 |
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Astroman posted:On the other hand, there's this: The Forbes preview sounds promising, though. I was all ready to give up on FtWD at the end of season 2 but I gave it another shot and I'm happy to do the same here. Also, check the Forbes link. It has a photo of Strand in action.
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Mar 16, 2018 03:18
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Episode was still high on the trash ratio. Butthole vision? That Dwight-Tara “let me prove I’m trustworthy” bit was telegraphed from scene 1. Swamp zombies. Teleporting zombies. No one bothering to look at the sound that literally drew them. Doctor Highlander. “Let’s all believe in God..” time. But at least plot moves forward? I donno.
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Mar 17, 2018 02:40
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Is the show on again tonight? lol there wasn't even anything to discuss last ep
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Mar 19, 2018 01:22
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moist turtleneck posted:Is the show on again tonight? lol there wasn't even anything to discuss last ep Yes. I'm just so sick of dramatic close up zooms of everyone.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:04
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I can't wait for a car chase.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:11
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Mar 19, 2018 02:24
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Quite possibly the slowest car chase ever
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Mar 19, 2018 02:25
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And we dont even get to see it happen?
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Mar 19, 2018 02:27
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This is...really really bad.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:30
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What the gently caress is this
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Mar 19, 2018 02:35
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This Rick and Megan moment would be almost good as a finale knowing that one of them WILL die from it. But to have them so close knowing full well they're both escaping is kinda pointless.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:39
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I kinda wish Negan went on a full rant about how dumb the trash people were anyway.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:41
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How are they still ranting to each other in a loving basement.
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Mar 19, 2018 02:55
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Where did rick find the lighter fluid?
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Mar 19, 2018 02:56
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Yeah let’s not warn them about the saviors or anything.
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Mar 19, 2018 03:04
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D is gonna kill Simon to become the double agent.
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Mar 19, 2018 03:05
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Tenzarin posted:D is gonna kill Simon to become the double agent. Negan is going to show up and kill Simon
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Mar 19, 2018 03:05
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Lol what kind of an ending is that.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Lol what kind of an ending is that. I would be ok with things if Jadis puts Negan in some kind of elaborate SAW bullshit torture machine built out of garbage. Wouldn't even be mad if he escaped and survived to season 9. I just want a little creativity for once in this show's existence.
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