The Walking Dead Season 3 tonight! (NO SPOILERS ALLOWED!!!)

[Jumbo]

Not only is it obvious in the writing, but producers have also confirmed that one goal of the show is to create ambiguity and dissonance about who are the real monsters, having characters that are varying and ever-changing degrees of likable or not, the nature of humanity in general, especially under the most serious of stressors, and having many shades of grays in all these matters as well as some (at least one) very clearly defined hero figure (s) --who just may (in my speculation) also be compromised some time.

And yeah, you comic readers need to watch yourselves in this thread and use ninja text and spoiler alerts or I'll make you the ES version of the Walking Dead by putting you on "Read Only."

[Ellis]

To anyone remotely interested... the actual comic book is on youtube. 9 issues so far.
They are putting them up weekly.

http://www.youtube.com/user/WalkingDeadComics

[Jumbo]

Cool tip, Ellis.

[Ellis]

Having read the first 9 issues ... I'm liking the comic book far more than the series.

[Destino]

The characters this season seem to have all lost a lot of IQ points. Season one felt smarter while this season feels like the writers are coming up with scenarios and then finding any way to get the characters into them.

What happened to the "covering yourself in zombie slime" trick? They used it in the first season and until it started raining it was working. Would have come in handy in the school... hell any planning would have been good. Short on ammo, no melee weapons, no escape plan. What could go wrong?

Anyone else find it funny that the group the show is following seems to be the worst surviving group at dealing with the Zombie plague? The gang bangers in the city were getting along just fine, in the middle of a zombie city no less! The random country folk were doing just fine until one of them accidentally shot the boy. Meanwhile the main group is constantly on the move to no where. They need to elect the country guy with the cross bow leader and tell the sheriff he can now devote more time to feeling strongly about everything.

[Rodriggo]

The characters this season seem to have all lost a lot of IQ points. Season one felt smarter while this season feels like the writers are coming up with scenarios and then finding any way to get the characters into them.

What happened to the "covering yourself in zombie slime" trick? They used it in the first season and until it started raining it was working. Would have come in handy in the school... hell any planning would have been good. Short on ammo, no melee weapons, no escape plan. What could go wrong?

Anyone else find it funny that the group the show is following seems to be the worst surviving group at dealing with the Zombie plague? The gang bangers in the city were getting along just fine, in the middle of a zombie city no less! The random country folk were doing just fine until one of them accidentally shot the boy. Meanwhile the main group is constantly on the move to no where. They need to elect the country guy with the cross bow leader and tell the sheriff he can now devote more time to feeling strongly about everything.

***SPOILER***

Yeah, Shane not having an escape plan at the school was bizarre. I mean at least keep a couple of flares and see what happens. Plus why did both go into the trailer when one could have carried both bags and the other stood cover?

Shane seemed like trouble anyway but turning him into a murderer in one episode was a bit of a stretch especially when he was kind of apathetic about it all anyway as per his desire to leave the group.

Note to writers, more tense zombie encounters less soap opera whinning and ******** from the females. The widow with the missing kid, the scowling blond, the two-timing mom, ALL COMPLETE AND UTTER BEAT DOWNS.

[f_trizzy]

don't ruin anything if you have read the comics please. i am dying to find out if Merle shows back up, but I don't want anything spoiled

Um, not really ruining anything. One of the main antagonists in the comic is a character named the Governor. There isn't even a guarantee his character will appear in the series, I was just wondering what role Merle is going to fill because you would think he is going to be returning at some point.

And like S&S said, Merle and Daryl weren't even in the comic.

[Skinz4Life12]

Um, not really ruining anything. One of the main antagonists in the comic is a character named the Governor. There isn't even a guarantee his character will appear in the series, I was just wondering what role Merle is going to fill because you would think he is going to be returning at some point.

And like S&S said, Merle and Daryl weren't even in the comic.

i never said you were ruining anything. i've never read the comics so i didn't know that Merle and his brother are not even in it.

i was just saying if you've read the comics and new that Merle returned later in the series not to give anything away

[jaybrant]

***SPOILER***

Shane seemed like trouble anyway but turning him into a murderer in one episode was a bit of a stretch especially when he was kind of apathetic about it all anyway as per his desire to leave the group.

***Spoiler***

I don't think this was a stretch at all.. Last season he was shown pointing a gun at Rick. You think a guy who would think about shooting his best friend in order to be with his wife wouldn't be able to shoot a man he just met in order to survive?

I actually like Shane's character. I'm rooting for him to make it to the end. I'm sure he'll go out in a blaze of glory though, sacrificing himself for Rick or the kid.

[Rodriggo]

I don't think this was a stretch at all.. Last season he was shown pointing a gun at Rick.

Yeah, forgot about that. After episode 3 it's safe to say he's a character I wouldn't "root" for.

[Elessar78]

Dudes, if it's listed under "spoiler alert"... please don't quote it. Go ninja or something.

[jaybrant]

Dudes, if it's listed under "spoiler alert"... please don't quote it. Go ninja or something.

My fault... But the quoted text did have a Spoiler warning.. Besides, to me a spoiler is giving something away that hasn't happened yet. Also, if you haven't seen the latest episode why enter the thread?? Obviously people are going to be discussing the latest episode.

[Southtown]

SPOILER. Ninja text...random thoughts and speculation. TV and comic.

So is Otis really gone? On IMBD.com it lists Otis as appearing in 6 episodes. He's only been in 2 so far. He can easily be in 6 via flashbacks but...

What if he staggers back to the farm? Remember that in the comic Herschel is keeping his infected family and neighbors in his barn while he waits for a cure. He would be sympathetic to zombie Otis and want to take him in. Also they would see a gun shot wound which could lead to a confrontation with Shane. Or, as Otis is making his way back to the farm, a herd forms with him and this is like the herd that forces evacuation of the farm in the comic.

Its also too bad they haven't run into Tyrese. I'm hoping that maybe they find him when they find Sophia. T-Dog though is probably meant to have the Tyrese role. Too bad, he's one of the better characters in the comic. It would also be great if Sophia is found as a zombie, then Carol could let her bite her and commit suicide that way, but I doubt that happens.

And could the comic be any slower right now? I got into it a while back and read a whole bunch of issues in a row online. Now I wait once a month for it to come out and its a whole bunch of nothing. It seems the last 5 issues have just been Rick talking to Carl. They take two issues to build up Nicholas as a threat only to have him back down immediately...and now they plant the seed for Abraham to be a threat. Something needs to happen...

Absolutely love the comic and love the show though.

[Elessar78]

My fault... But the quoted text did have a Spoiler warning.. Besides, to me a spoiler is giving something away that hasn't happened yet. Also, if you haven't seen the latest episode why enter the thread?? Obviously people are going to be discussing the latest episode.

I've seen the latest episode, but having warned me that there was a spoiler I didn't read your post. Spoiler alerts don't have an expiration date. I don't know if it's this episode or two episodes from now that this will come into play. Not related to this, but in other series' people have off handedly mentioned "oh so and so didn't get renewed for next season." well...

[TTViper]

I'm loving the show. I was hoping Otis would have a bigger role in the show.

Did it bother anyone else that when the group was leaving the CDC there was literally hundreds of guns laying around and the group didn't think to pick anythying up?


Spoilers are only for what hasn't happened yet. Anything that has already aired is fair game as well as speculation/theories.