TV Talk

Last night's Archer was great.

I'm getting pretty fed up with Walking Dead. I was pretty okay with everything they've changed from the comic (except fuckin' T-Dog, ugh, why won't he die already) but changing what is arguably the single most character defining moment for Carl, is just too much.

Walking Dead SPOILERS

"I'll just lead Rick for an hour out into an open field where nobody will hear or see me kill him. Well, I guess this field which is directly within view of our house is good enough." -Shane

"I can't watch my kid. I have SO MUCH laundry to do." -Lori

"..." -T-Dog

"I weigh about 80 pounds and have rotten muscles. I'm so weak I can't even get my legs out of mud, but I can still overpower a full grown man, pin him to the ground for ten seconds, then rip him apart with my bare hands." -Zombie

Also why wasn't that fucking zombie still eating the cow? Did he change his mind and decide he wanted some human? And where was he hiding? Dale walked through the open field able to see clearly for 100 feet in every direction, then the zombie was right behind him. Did he set a human trap, then hide in the grass and flank him?

How great would it have been if Dale gets close to the cow to check it out and the thing just pops out of the cow,all covered in cow guts, and gets him?

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I really hope they didn't just kill off Sammy. Behind Cooper and Dewey he's the best thing on the show.

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I concur.

Hey Pete.

If you haven't already, start watching Awake. It's about a cop who's in a car accident with his wife and son. Every other day the other is dead, and he uses things in one reality to solve cases in others. He has to solve how the accident happened too. With you liking the conspiracy stuff in Prison Break, I thought you'd like this. There's only been 2 episodes so far.

Cool thanks! I'll have to give it a shot.

That sounds a lot like Life on Mars.

I read Luck got cancelled because yesterday (or some days ago) a third(!) horse died while making the series.

Yeow! Hadn't heard that. Not surprising though. Horses are expensive as heckfire!

I missed the new episode of Community. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

It's ok. It was meh at best.

Felt to me like they've been gone for so long, that they tried to cram even more into the show than usual. Which probably isn't good if they were hoping to get a bunch of new viewers from tonight, but hopefully as the season goes on, they'll settle back into that perfect pace they had.

I watched the pilot, wanted to give it a shot, but I never actually watched the second episode. I blame the idiots who decided when to air it. "Here's the first episode, but you'll have to wait about a month for the next one!" Screw that.

The shows Im watching right now are Californication and Shameless. I think Californication is getting a little old. It just seems to be the same crazy shit over and over. Hank is always screwing some girl and always wanting to get back with his wife. That and they seem to just add more sex each season. Am I wrong about this? Shameless is pretty good this season. Same ole dysfunctional family with a few twist thrown in.

I agree with that Californication assessment. They should have ended it for good last season. You left out Charlie does something perverted, though.

Carl has always been able to do that. It fits with his character.

And you leave T Dawg alone!

He is a great black role model for zombie movies. Not dying first and all.

Funny. I thought I was watching a tv show, not reading a comic.

So because it's a TV show is reason for it to not have character defining moments?

Carl popping up out of nowhere, shows more how shitty parents he's got than any sort of character of his own. Your kid was just shot with a high powered rifle a few weeks ago, there's a plague of death and destruction roaming the country-side. In fact, it has already claimed one child's life! Put that little fucker in a time out ,and if he moves an inch, whip out the belt!

T-Dog being a role model for not dying first? Is it better to die first or not have any sort of impact on the story at all? Even worse, not having any character for himself at all?

Quick, How many people knew the name of the guy that died in the RV last night, or what relation he had to anyone. Without looking it up afterwards?

My anger and frustration with this show is because when it started it felt a lot like this is what could actually happen, this is how I or people I know would react. It's something that's been sorely lacking in any story lately, television or otherwise.
Now it's just become this show, like every other show. Things happen for the convenience of the plot, characters do things for no discernable reason than to bring them into contact with zombies.

Realistic characters facing real danger are gone. I felt no sorrow for any of the characters they killed last night. Because they were more cardboard cut-outs than actual living, breathing characters.

What's bad is that T-Dog is probably safer than ever. the show-runners know how much of an emotional response they get from fans by him not dying, so he'll probably keep on living just to get that cheap emotional response.

Christ, I could go on for another 3 hours about how terrible this all is.

I was kidding about T Dog and totally don't have a fan site dedicated to him.....

I really don't.

I do stand by my statement about how Carl had been able to escape before, so I wasn't upset about him doing it again.

And the whole, not being like the comic, thing I can let slide because it can create its own "character defining moments" by being different. How knows? Maybe his true moment has yet to happen?

...but...but... ...but...

I had no clue who the hell that guy in the RV was. His name was Jimmy, I guess. Couldn't care less about him dying. Same with that blonde girl.

I guess it's all meaningless to rant against though. I saw their ratings were through the roof. So it'll just be more of the same next year. And by same I mean, look for Daryl to get killed in a late season episode. Because, DRAMA! But mostly because they now have Michonne to be his character.

Hindsights a bitch.

I knew who he was! He was Jimmy, sad-girl's boyfriend.

And Nate is right. Nothing that happens makes any fucking sense anymore. Everything feels very unrealistic.

I did get excited when I saw Michonne and the prison, though. I'm pretty sure they'll fuck everything up, but for now I'm excited.

Also, why the hell was everyone so upset that Rick didn't tell them they are all infected? It literally has no effect on their lives in any way. It's a virus that only affects you AFTER you're dead. The only thing telling them would do would be to increase their feelings of hopelessness. He made the right call not telling them.

And that was a lame thing to whisper into Rick's ear anyway. They figured that out without a doctor telling them in the comic. The whisper served no purpose in the story.

You don't think it might have been nice to know that though if, say, you, Dale and T Dog are sitting there at the RV while they're all out looking for the kid and T Dog drops dead from slicing his arm up? Or Dale has a heart attack? That would be some pretty damn important information to have.

Even worse, in the first episode, he's on the radio telling Duane that what the doctor told him was no big whoop. What the shit!

I don't care if he wasn't sure if it was true or not. It's still worth mentioning, "Hey, just in case anyone dies of natural causes, keep an eye on them, you know, just in case."

Also, notice how Dale died now that we have another wise old man for season 3.

Me too!

I haven't watched the last episode yet but this series of The Walking Dead was so weak. Cliched themes, bland characters, bad acting. The zombie bits were mostly okay though.

Skins finale: meh. This whole season sucked and I'm just glad it's over.

Oh Alcatraz, I wanted to love you. I even gave you 8 episodes to wow me when I usually only give a new show 2 or 3. I went more than halfway, but you never reached back. It was great to see Hurley again but no ones going to buy him as a comic book drawing doctor. Having a big mystery of the two mysterious keys end up being they opened a lock that required a third mysterious key was the worst idea in the history of worse ideas. But the final straw that broke the back was your big thrilling cliffhanger of the MAIN PROTAGONIST of your show lying there dying. There is zero suspense or drama over whether she will live or die. Of course she's going to live. And so I can no longer waste my time on a love that won't give me a little in return. Alas, we'll never know how beautiful a relationship there could have been.

With unrequited love,
N

PS: please forward this sentiment on to The River.

I'm watching Freaks and Geeks. Why have I never watched this before? Oh yeah, because it got cancelled like every other great show. Boo.

That show was the greatest. Created by Judd Apatow and the guy who directed Bridesmaids.

Heck yes. They should talk about bringing it back like they're supposed to be doing with Arrested Development. Although everyone will have to be adults and all... Not a big deal to me, since Jason Segel has only gotten more attractive as he's aged.

Californication finale: NOOOOOO!

Game of Thrones premiere: YESSSSS!

Still trying to download Game of Thrones. They sure are making it hard these days, geez.

I got it in 10 minutes. It's on HBO right now but I couldn't wait so I watched it a bit earlier.

How do you download files? I download them straight from websites, but more and more of those sites are getting shut down! I can't download torrents, because this pc is a piece of shit.

I only use torrents. I resort to direct download only when the site doesn't allow torrents. It's quick and awesome.

We also have the second fastest internet in the world, as I like to always point out

Shae is wonderful in this episode. If only her character wouldn't go in that direction later on.

Just watched the best episode of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA! It's a two parter and everything! My favourite bit was when the guy started crying and said, "It's hit me like a flood gate!" You've mixed up your cliches, stupid.

Battlestar Galactica is rocking my world.

Nice! I just recently watched that whole show and loved it.

I think I'll like it... only seen 3 episodes so far. It's like if Lost and Firefly got together and had a baby.

I avoided it for so long because I thought it was just like Star Trek. I'm not really into SciFi. But this girl I know kept telling me that I would love it. And I finally decided to give it a shot like 3 years later.

It's much deeper than I would have ever thought. I loved the direction everything went in.

It's a shame it has such a nerdy title. People always write that show off before knowing what it's about. It's really amazing. One of my favorite shows ever.

I liked it until the end, but I'm not going to spoil it for anyone.