Last weeks Walking Dead Episode – Chupacabra, saw the “return” of Merle as Daryl struggled with being injured after falling into a ravine, twice! Laurie was pregnant, and now Glenn knows, but she still hasn’t told Rick. Glenn tells Dale about his rendezvous with Maggie, and a second encounter at the barn reveals the secret kept all this time, the barn is full of walkers. The Walking Dead – Secrets Carl is up on his … Continue reading
Last week’s episode of The Walking Dead, Cherokee Rose was kind of slow paced. It serves as a setup for coming episodes, though we may not get all of our answers before the mid season break at episode seven. The focus was mostly on the “well zombie” as well as Maggie and Glenn having relations in the pharmacy (after Glenn grabs Lori’s pregnancy test). Shane continues his descent, Herschel continues to push for the group … Continue reading
Last week of The Walking Dead left with Carl in dire straits as Shane and Otis were trapped by the walkers attempting to get the respirator and valuable medicine. Sophia was still missing with Dale, Andrea, Daryl and Carol still at the RV while Glenn and T-dog made their way to the farm to get T-dog some assistance for his lacerated, infected (non-zombie) arm. Save the Last One – Episode 3 The episode opens with … Continue reading
Let’s jump right into it with the extended The Walking Dead Season Two trailer. Nearly 5 minutes of awesome. Walking Dead Season Two Trailer: From that trailer the story looks to be both deviating widely from the source material (again) but then also reconnecting with it as well as Rick carries a boy to the farm that was a crucial part of The Walking Dead story early on in the books/graphic novels. Season Two is … Continue reading
No Cure for Zombie-Infection The six-episode first season of AMC’s The Walking Dead, based on The Walking Dead comic books came to and in this past Sunday. The season closed with a literal bang as the CDC building entered the final phases of it’s catastrophic “end-event” procedures, and annihilated it self and the two people remaining inside. The episode brought to close a big departure from the source material and whittled down the remaining cast … Continue reading
Tell it to the Frogs First I wanted to briefly talk about Episode 2 “Guts”. I was busy and it got too late to do a recap. I noticed a lot people being down on the show for “pacing” and such after the second episode. I’m not sure what people are expecting from the series, particularly viewers who aren’t familiar with the comic books or collected graphic novels. This isn’t going to be all zombie … Continue reading
There do be spoilers ahead, so be aware! The Opening There is a brief opening sequence which deviates from the graphic novel. The character of Rick Grimes played by Andrew Lincoln walks among the skeletons of abandoned vehicles along the highway and has to face a zombie-fied little girl. With only the smallest amount of hesitation and a face full of remorse and regret Rick takes the girl down with one shot. At first this … Continue reading
Almost 3 years ago to the day, I write a few posts discussing some of Television that was into, on was titled Good TV Returns. I preface this post and the old one by saying, I don’t watch much TV. Back then, school and life were a distraction, now life and film/gaming/this blog are a distraction. I have a hard time sitting down to watch television on a regular basis. My viewing comes through DVDs, … Continue reading
