The Walking Dead, Am I Alone?

I plan to watch the series on Netflix, I watched 'Breaking Bad' from first to last, commercial free at my leisure. My wife and I watched all 162 episodes last winter. We would get our popcorn and settle in, usually watched 2 sometimes 3 in a night. They would run about 40 minutes each. With the cable channels speeding up the episodes so they get more commercials in - see here - we will probably watch everything this way.
 

YAY! So glad to see some more of you have or may develop an interest. Looking forward to hearing some of your views on past and or upcoming episodes.

SOP, have you been watching the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Get Sal?
 
AprilT said:
SOP, have you been watching the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Get Sal?
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Not yet too busy catching up on my 50th time through all the lame reality shows and 'Ancient Aliens'. SIL says it greats probably wait until a full season gets on NF.
 

It's pretty decent and already has a couple of cast members from BB on there. I'm enjoying it, but, I agree, much better to watch a full season if you can do it that way without commercial and so forth. :)
 
jujube said:
Has anyone here read "World War Z" by Max Brooks? If you like The Walking Dead, you'll probably enjoy the book. They also have it out on CD, with some really good actors doing the reading. The movie based on it was OK, but *just* OK.....different focus.
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Jujube, I'm not really a fan of doomsday, and especially zombie fair, perse, it was just something about the people and their struggles and determination within this story in TWD, that drew me in, I would love the show if they never show another walker till the end. I did see World War Z, only went because of Brad Pitt and found him too distracting to really even get into the movie or buy him in the character, because he was just too darn gorgeous. This genre really just isn't my thing. I even tried reading a book on a variety of stories based in similar themes authored by people that had some connection to TWD series and I just couldn't get into it. The webisodes stories on youtube are good though. :)
 
Son_of_Perdition said:
I plan to watch the series on Netflix, I watched 'Breaking Bad' from first to last, commercial free at my leisure.
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I've never used Netflix but can I see it happening in the near future. ;) Just recently AMC ran a daylong string of BB episodes, so I put aside my reluctance to watch what I see as glorifying the meth production and sales. Maybe more exposure to BB will "set the hook" for me...
 
O.K., I watched Sunday night's TWD("The Distance") and now we know "who's Aaron?" and that the group arrives at the gate of the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Now, is it my imagination, or is(are?) things warming up between Rick and Michonne?
Your thoughts:
How long is this Alexandria Safe-Zone thing going to last? I hope it doesn't turn into another Terminus.
Which characters(if any) are going to....get bit....in the remainder of season 5?
...there was something else I was going to bring up, but I had a "senior moment".
 
It was one of the better episodes this season that's for sure. I don't see anything happening between Rick and Michonne at this stage, there was a time, there seemed to be a little spark and yes even on last night's episode, there was a moment, but, no, I'm not feeling it with those two.

Alexandria, is quite questionable, is it really a safe zone, maybe maybe not, I hope so. There could be any reason they wanted Rick's group to join up with them. Are they the good guys fighting off the bad or just the opposite. Like I said, I so want to believe Aaron's group are up to good, but, even Michonne after all she said about taking a chance, she's not 100% either just yet. I'm afraid, it's killing me to find out and I may have to go see if I can find some spoilers or look for some details about Aarons group from the comics. I don't know if I can stomach another surprise attack on the group from within.

I hope they spare anyone from getting bit for a while, I'm done with them losing people in the group.
 
I think the group is getting tired of Rick's we're-going-to-do-this-on-our-own-if-it-kills-us attitude. I have to wonder if Rick is afraid he won't be in charge any longer if they join up with another group. And, yes, it did seem like there was a tiny little bit of "warmth" between Rick and Michonne. She sure hasn't given anyone else that *look*. And, my first thought when what's-his-name showed up and said "I have good news" (or something to that effect) was "Ding-dong, the people from the big church around the corner have come to see if you've found your personal savior.
 
I agree Jujube, I think the group and most everyone else is getting tired of his over the edge way of dealing now, but, at the same time it's a little understandable where's he's coming from after Terminus and that other rouge group just before and lets not leave out the gov. He wants to keep his people safe, he's lost trust and has a bit of a trigger finger, he's still sort of shell shocked, he's hasn't always been the most stable person in the group, remember when he lost his wife. I certainly wouldn't have been as trusting as the rest of the group was, but, Rick kind of went overboard.

They all needed to be somewhere in between in their thinking and proceed with some caution, though Michonne did come to her senses at not the best timing though. After someone tried to eat me, I think I'd be a whole heck of lot more careful with how quickly I trust new comeings.

Not to do with Aaron so much and I won't share, but, I did look at something in the comics, sorry I did, I will try to refrain from doing that again. As of now, I'm hoping to erase what I read on the comic book site; it's good that they don't follow the comics exactly.
 
After doing some research, I think that the spark evident between Rick and Michonne was, as mentioned here a "mom and dad dynamic". Geez, I'm so shamefully nosy! :rolleyes:
Anyway, Michonne's loss of her child- Andre, coupled with Rick's having recently<?> gotten custody of Judith certainly accounts for the some of the direction in their friendship.

I really have to keep a keen eye on TWD sources, as some refer to the comic book version and some to the TV series; playing 'catch-up' across five seasons, with so many characters and plot complexities is a daunting task. Keeps me from spending money tho'. :)
 
Thomas, good link, I enjoyed reading that, it pretty much syncs with much of what I felt. I don't read the comic, this was the first time, I went over to the comic site to see what the future could possibly hold. The show doesn't go exactly according to the comic, they have also switched up certain characters and who dies and when they die in the tv series, but, being sick of all the crazies I just didn't want to be shocked with who this group turns out to be. What I did kind of find out about the future may not come to pass, but, I'm not going to be checking back at the comic site again, it's too upsetting reading what might or might not happen to certain favorite characters. I'll just wait to see what happens via the TV show, less stress that way. LOL.
 
Yes, sticking with one version- the TV series, will do my sanity much good as well. In searching for more information sometimes getting too much information is counter-productive, and just....

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Thomas, that's pushing it. LOL, I love the show, but, I don't need their app, now a T-shirt, a mug, a calendar, maybe some pots and pans, etc. :laugh:

3 more days. I can't wait, though I have to.
 
Well, my testing of the TWD app was rather short lived, had some annoying quirks, and seemed to be a vehicle for selling TWD swag, and some kind of zombie photo sharing. I deleted it.

LOL I'd be kicked out of the house if bought stuff like that. Maybe could get away with a mug...
 
LOL! Cain't say I would blame your SO. I shall tell the truth, I once did look into the apps a while back to see what my pic would morph into as a walker. But, I wasn't able to get it to work or there was some charge or something and I said forgetaboutit.
 
Enjoy the rest of your evening, almost midnight here, need to get ready for my final resting spot for the evening. :D Always fun chatting about the show, so appreciate having another fan to talk about it with here.

Good night.
 
AprilT said:
I was just wondering, are any tv watchers out there looking forward to the upcoming season of TWD. Most watchers don't need me to spell out the initials, but for others I'm talking about The Walking Dead.

I've never liked this genre of tv or movies, but from the first time I wached the reruns of season one on netflix, I was hooked. So now, I live and breath this show during the season it's on. Well this and a few other shows, but none as much as this one.

I can't be the only on the site that loves this show, will I always have to go rehash what happened on the previous show over elsewhere with those half my age. :sorrow::wiggle:
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I may be hooking up my Netflix again April, and if I watch a show, that is any good at all, I do get hooked. I have about 5 hobbies right now, and I haven't watched tv for a long time, and my Netflix ended about a year ago, or I ended it I mean.

Shoot, if you enjoy something, I say "far out". It seems so hard to find good movies or tv shows we like;) I was thinking of trying to watch that Sons of Anarchy after I saw them all interviewed. Geesh, I honestly wanted to see more of that good-looking Jax butt!! You go girl!
 
AprilT said:
Jujube, I'm not really a fan of doomsday, and especially zombie fair, perse, it was just something about the people and their struggles and determination within this story in TWD, that drew me in, I would love the show if they never show another walker till the end. I did see World War Z, only went because of Brad Pitt and found him too distracting to really even get into the movie or buy him in the character, because he was just too darn gorgeous. This genre really just isn't my thing. I even tried reading a book on a variety of stories based in similar themes authored by people that had some connection to TWD series and I just couldn't get into it. The webisodes stories on youtube are good though. :)
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By the way, I LOVED the movies where Brad Pitt had to leave his family and go figure out how to stop all the vampires, and I'm not a fan of vampire flics, but that was way good!!
 
I'll be watching episode 12 "Remember" in a few minutes, was just killing time browsing Netflicks...looks like I can watch TWD through season 4; I've watched most of season 5 so oh, the show started gotta go!
 
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