The Walking Dead, Am I Alone?

AprilT said:
I've seen them done up, there's a spread Daryl did for a magazine, it was really hot. I'm not really into the guys on the show, but, I know a lot of women are crazy for Rick and Daryl, they just never appealed to me in that way, but they do clean up nicely. :) or and the women are ok I guess. LOL



Here's some links I found contained in the one page with a little interesting reading about the upcoming spinoff.

http://www.projectcasting.com/tag/the-walking-dead-spinoff/
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You can count me in for one who is crazy for Daryl and Rick. Seriously, like most of the characters. Oh my gosh, felt very much the way you did when Herschel came to his end. Shocked, I was. It was horrible. Recall sitting there in disbelief.
Looking forward to tomorrows episode.
Again, thank you.
 

Hi Temperance, so glad you joined us here, My age group WD followers are some of my favorite people to chat with. :)

Yes, that Herschel death scene, just had me sitting in a stupor for a bit, I was so ticked off at everyone involved with writing that scene, it was such a devastating way to see such a loving character go to their death. He represented everything that was good, of course the Gov represented the opposite and you knew he wasn't going to let the scene end without bloodshed, but, that was just so over the top wrong in so many ways I couldn't stomach in the moment.

I know some people watch the show for the blood and gore, but, for me the main characters, just represent, what it means to go on when it feels like all hope is lost and you must find a way through those feelings to continue on for whatever reason gets you through it. Watching these people not give up, just shows what the human spirit is capable of even in the face of hopelessness and so much more.

I know this isn't real life and is the mind Kirkland, but, I sure would hate to see the depravity of some people if there were some sort of apocalypse, I know some would be as bad if not worse than the characters Rick and his people have had to deal with.

So question, show fans, who do you think most resembles what you believe your post start apocalyptic character would be like?

There are two characters for me at two different time periods in my life:

1. Beth when I was younger, she was who I most related to throughout the show, I understood her and was a lot like her when I was a young girl in how I believed in and treated everyone.

2. Michonne, (minus katana and fighting skills,) in my older years for a lot of reasons I won't get into at the moment. I look people over just as she does keep my ear to the pavement.
 
AprilT said:
So question, show fans, who do you think most resembles what you believe your post apocalyptic character would be like?

There are two characters for me at two different time periods in my life:

1. Beth when I was younger, she was who I most related to throughout the show, I understood her and was a lot like her when I was a young girl in how I believed in and treated everyone.

2. Michonne, (minus katana and fighting skills,) in my older years for a lot of reasons I won't get into at the moment. I look people over just as she does keep my ear to the pavement.
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Great question April, while watching the characters deal with the situations they encounter, a myriad of thoughts, feelings and images run through the mind. Many questions come up, like "how did he/she feel when...", how did he/she have to courage to...", and so on.

Anyway, in some facets of my life I have to be the Alpha male, in other situations I find myself functioning as a follower, a good soldier, a part of the support system for a group. And, at some times [mostly in my earlier years ] I'd find myself and the uncertain, less confident type.

I've not been as dynamic as Hershel, nor as wise as Dale, but I feel comfortable characterizing myself as being a conglomerate of:

Rick, T-Dog and Glenn.
 

Thanks, Thomas, this is a part of what I like about the show, it does bring up a lot of thoughts, questions and feelings as some of us watch the show. I know I learned quite a bit about people from the venom some spilled about the Beth character.
 
I think I relate to michonne the most, not for her fighting skills, but sheer toughness and adaptability. I suspect underneath that tough exterior, hides a considerable amount of humanity. Can hardly wait for the next episode.
 
Shalimar said:
I think I relate to michonne the most, not for her fighting skills, but sheer toughness and adaptability. I suspect underneath that tough exterior, hides a considerable amount of humanity. Can hardly wait for the next episode.
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Yes, I agree with your assessment of Michonne partly why I relate with her character as well, I understand that about her. You know she has a vulnerability, but she shields it for good reason.

Thanks everyone for participating, I'm enjoying reading your answers, hope your having as much fun with this too.
 
...continuing to catch up- am in S3 E 4, Michone and Andrea are planning to leave Woodbury. Meanwhile at the prison the two remaining inmates were led to the gate with some provisions. Somehow a gate was left open and the place got overrun with walkers...T-Dog got bit bad! Something that Rick had said earlier gave me the impression that T-Dog's time was coming.

Edit. Uh oh, Andrea is having a drink with the 'goveranor', ya know what that means...

...looks like Lori is going to have the baby, 15 minutes left in E 4.

Edit2- Sweet Jesus, I didn't see what happens next coming...a life ends, one begins.
 
Thomas, so exciting to hear your excitement of what's going on from past episodes. :) So much I forgot when it occurred in what season. Just don't recount when it gets to the Heschel storyline please. :( But happy to live vicariously through your exciting recaps of some of what your seeing now.
 
I'm going to finish up S3 E6 and 'decompress' so's I'll be ready to shift gears and focus on tonight's latest episode. :)
 
YAY! Tonight's episode will be on soon, I'll will watch last weeks episode just before though as a refresher. In my time zone last weeks epi will be on in about 20 minutes :D
 
So, episode 513- seemingly an uneventful one, but things are going on. Let's see, Rick gives that gal(Jesse?) a quick, awkward smooch...was it an "air kiss" or? Sasha has a ptsd moment...maybe more than just a moment. Carol steals some guns, gets caught by a young boy...uses some creative mind-bind strategy to make the boy wish he'd not been born. A walker with a "W" on its forehead...?
 
This was my assessment of last night's show

Deanna seemed a little off in this episode if you aske me, like, this little utopia, I've built in my mind is going to work, no matter what other reality exist outside those walls; almost like she's holding on to her idea for dear life. I'm probably reading too much into it, she just seemed a little desperate suppressing her own fears.

Though Sasha, shows signs of PTSD, I was with her when said to that woman something about, that's all you are worried about, as if all is right with the world, I get trying to live a normal life, but, you can't expect these new people to integrate so swiftly as if all they've been doing is out on camping adventures with least of their worries being a home cooked meal and cocktail hours. Have the decency to read the womans face and she's not comfortable.

Daryl and Aaron, sitting in a tree. Honestly, with all the rumors that had been stirring lately, I almost expected those two to kiss. :rolleyes: But good Daryl finally took a shower or at the very least wiped down.

Carole is a hoot, scary for sure, but a bit comical at the same time. She truly may be the one to fear most, Rick right at her shirt tails.

Speaking of Rick, he better get a grip and take a cold one. I do think he sensed there were some problems between Jessie and Hubby, she also made it clear that something was amiss by some of what she said during their conversation, things weren't always, better before, she said it more than once. Plus hubby gives off a bad vibe that's not hard to miss. Jess almost seems a little frightened of hubby or that could be a ploy. I don't know just yet.

Where's the preacher, did he get eaten and they just didn't show that part as they've not been able to fit everything in between all the commercials and thought maybe none would miss his absence.
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Good episode, the place is indeed creepy and we all are just waiting for the next shoe to drop, just like some of Rick's crew are. We know it's coming and even we aren't sitting comfortably. I'm just afraid of who how many we are going to be losing and how it will all go down.

I gave more thought to Jesse and hubby:

I also wonder if Jesse is the one that needs to be watched and maybe the hubby isn't really the bad one.
 
I am beginning to wonder if this community is really as it seems, or if there are dangerous undercurrents--aren't there always? This show increases one's paranoia, for sure. Got any trust issues, anyone? About those cookies, Jujube, I'm with you.
 
Shalimar said:
I don't trust either of you! What is that noise? Where is my giant sword?
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It's in Michonne's hands, or maybe hanging over the fireplace mantel, in semi-retirement. I've wondered how a young gal like Michonne had become a Katana expert, the Katana is used in several martial arts disciplines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katana#Usage_in_martial_arts
So, I'm guessing she took up one of the disciplines while attending a local college or university.

...continuing my catching up: S3, E7,E8,E9- too much has happened to detail...Michonne leads The Group to Woodbury, they're still unsure about her; they tear up Woodbury and rescue Glenn&Maggie and also Daryl who, reunited with Merle, run off together somewhere...? Meanwhile, Tyreese and Sasha & others arrive at the prison. Tyreese & Co. meet Rick, Michonne's got a concussion, sleeping off the last couple days. Hershel counsels Rick about "giving people a chance"...regarding his insistence that Tyreese & Co leave. Rick has [yet]another hallucination of a tall woman in a white dress- maybe Lori? Yep, it's Lori(watching right now). I was going to make a snide comment about Rick's hallucinations, but with all everyone has been though- I'm surprised that everyone's not stark raving mad...like Philip(the governor).
 
Don't get me started on Rick and that period where he was going though all that mess, I was so though with him, I found him a bit comical during that time, he reminded me of Charlie, a character from "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia."


 
And now one more funny, the first one used to crack me up, you have to connect it with the title of the video. I've watched that one several times before his transformation. The transformation video is a great watch, a must see.

To get this video, you have to imagine Rick just being told Carl is gay and how Rick used to be over the top emotional in a lot of his episodes in the early days. It's not ha, ha, Carl's gay, which by the way, this is just a parody and not what the real scene in the show was about. This is the over the top old Rick antics that makes this funny.



The following not a parody just a view of Rick's journey

 
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I'm not familiar with Charely and the "It's Always Sunny in Philly" show but the videos sure parallel Rick's mental state and behavior pretty closely. :eek:
 
tnthomas said:
I'm not familiar with Charely and the "It's Always Sunny in Philly" show but the videos sure parallel Rick's mental state and behavior pretty closely. :eek:
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Charley from that Philly show was the first thought that came to my mind every time I saw Rick freak out. You probably don't want to be familiar with that show, it's quite crude, used to be over the top funny, but they got a little carried away in the later season, though I'd still get to chuckling if I were to tune in for a minute. I'm not even sure its still on the air or just in repeats now somewhere on cable or.
 
I've come across the "sunny in Philly" show on DirecTV, thought it might be good since it has Danny DeVito, but after a couple minutes the show wasn't delivering what I thought was funny. Two minutes- that's all I give a sitcom before I give it either a thumbs up or thumbs down.

...I'm moving along with season 3, just polished off episode 12("Clear"), where Rick, Michonne and Carl go to search for weapons in Rick's hometown. There's still some doubt and friction Between Rick & Carl, and Michonne. They Encounter Morgan, the guy that saved Rick in the beginning of the series. Morgan has gone insane, and refuses Rick's invite to join them at the prison. Michonne helps Carl retrieve a photo of he and his parents, and some baby stuff for Judith. As they head 'home' there's some "warm & fuzzy" looks exchanged between Rick and Michonne. My imagination? Maybe, but there are a bunch of fans(that have no life) that spend much effort analyzing and posting about every bit of subtle nuance that they detect...or think that they detect, in the TWD series. See this link.


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