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Season Premiere- Still Good

Well just got to watch the season premiere of the The Walking dead and personally thought it was pretty good.

They made some little changes from the comic. There was no time fast forward in the comic, they pretty much went right from the farm to the prison. Also Andrea never got separated from the group. Michonne showed up at the prison and saved one of Herschel’s family members from some walkers. She had the two zombies in chains in the comic as well. Herschel did not get his leg bit in the comic. Dale did and he survived with the cut off leg.

Overall the show seemed pretty good, some of the physics of the violence seemed a little off. Knives and sticks seemed to penetrate the zombies heads almost too easily. In the show zombies appeared with body armor on and guess ruined it. In the comic they used the armor for awhile but then sort of forgot about it. Which didn’t really make sense.

Overall I thought the show continues to be pretty good.

Trailer for Seaon 3

Season 2 Finale – Michonne Rising

Well watched the final of the walking dead and it was great, mostly. The action was bit a cheesy and I think it could have been better if they toned it down a bit and made it a bit more realistic. For one you can’t just run around shooting accurately out of a moving car, maybe a car that is moving slow but definitely not one that is moving fast.Also Herschel pretty much had infinite ammo or something. Most pump action shot guns only hold between 4-6 shells. He shot like 20 times, I guess he could have reloaded off screen but they could have done a better job with this.

It was good to just have some action though, and I liked how they introduced the herd concept in detail pretty early in the show. They didn’t really talk about this in the comic until later.

I liked that Laurie is pretty much a worthless asshole. She was in comic as well, she doesn’t keep tabs on her kid at all, then the whole world is supposed to stop to help her search for her kid. There is like mass death closing in, and she wants people to basically commit suicide looking for Carl. How often is Carl off just doing whatever, it’s like letting your kid go play on the African savannah or something. He probably won’t get eaten by lions.

She gassed up Shane which caused him to try to kill Rick, and she also gassed up Rick telling him that Shane is a dangerous murderer. Then Rick kills Shane and she acts all upset and offended. I said this before I think it’s great she is a lead and she sucks. If she was Ms. Perfect June Cleaver style it would be boring.

Then once they escape, and Rick lets them know about the guy from CDC telling him they are all carriers of whatever makes them reanimate. Everyone gets upset, what for? It was kind of a stupid thing to do, but at the same time, who gives a shit? What difference does it make, its not like there is bunch of people around living long enough to die of natural causes anyway.

Then Carol piping in about striking out on her own. STFU, bitch, she just had to be rescued by Daryl or she would be dead. So far all she has been able to do is watch her daughter and husband die, and cry about it. She thinks she should strike out on her own?

Andreas chase though the woods was great . And finally Michonne is introduced, similar situation as the comic. She appears out of nowhere and saves one of the group from some zombies. I hope they do a better job with her then Andrea.

Season 2 Episode 12 – Better Angels

OK, watched this week’s episode of the Walking Dead and it seems like it’s back on track. One episode kind of sucks then the next is great then it flip flops back again. I have to look at the credits after the season is over and see who is responsible for the good episodes.Anyways Dale’s funeral interposed with the the zombie slaughter was great. Finally T-Dog is there getting some licks in doing something. It seems for a while now they should be more proactive on taking out zombies in the immediate area.  Dale in the comic lasted longer and was bitten by a zombie and then maimed by cannibals. He went on to die by Andrea’s side who was his lover, even though in the comic Andrea is younger and Dale was a lot fatter.Anyways the conflict with between Shane and Rick was partially defused, and then Laurie trying to make herself feel better went and stirred it up again.

Rest of the episode was great, and the final show down between Rick and Shane was good. In the comic Carl shot living Shane when he threatened Rick. I guess they thought it would better better to show him shoot a zombie Shane in the show for some reason.

They are kind of beating the premise that anyone who dies becomes a zombie into the ground at this point, it has been mentioned several times.  It’s a big revelation but at the same time doesn’t really change much in terms of course of action does it.

Well one episode left until we have to wait for season 3.

Season 2 Episode 11 – Judge, Jury, Executioner AKA There goes Dale

Watch the latest episode and it was OK but again it did not really grab me.  The plot with whether or not to kill Randall has been going on for awhile now, and I don’t really care anymore. Dale ran around whining etc.

Someone needs to smack the shit of Carl. First he mouths of to Carol, the he steals a gun from Squirrel man, he loses the gun and warns no one about the zombie. Then he follows the guys into the execution and screws that up. Seriously does anyone keep an eye on him.

Then Dale finds the cow with its guts torn out. See I kind of thought this end was pretty whack. How is that scrawny zombie going to kill a cow. Cows are huge and they can mess you up if you mess with them.  How would the zombie kill it? Bite it? One bite and the cow is going to leave, its not going to stand there while someone hurts it.

The the way the zombie killed Dale was pretty whack as well. Can you stick your hand into to your stomach? How strong do you have to be to stick your hand into a person’s abdomen? How sharp does your hand have to be? I don’t think it is possible. I mean its already been established that the zombies are not as strong as living people and also slower. So what was it a super zombie that can just disembowel people with its hand?

Season 2 episode 10 – 18 miles out

Guy Pile!

Well after last week’s good episode this week’s kind of sucked. The preview of what was coming at the beginning of the episode kind of sucked in my opinion. What is up with cutting your hand to get a little blood. Do you know what a pain in the ass a cut like that is. I mean it’s going to take weeks to heal and that’s if it doesn’t get infected. It can be a serious impediment. Anyone reading this who works with their hands knows what I mean.

Anyways the zombie action seemed kind of stale. I felt no stress for the characters.  Last week’s episode with the shoot out in the bar and approaching zombies was tense at the same level as a good movie. This fight at the public works just really didn’t grab me. Why are Shane and Rick carrying only one gun and knife each? The new young guy seems OK, so far. You can’t really tell if he is good or bad. Although when he was killing the girl zombie, he seemed like he might have a bad streak in him.

The zombie makeup is not that great, showing the zombies close in sunlight looks kind of weak. They should either step up the makeup of bit , or stick to night scenes without close ups. Obviously this a observation made by some talentless random blogger on the internet, but still. How much scarier did the zombies look last week than this week.

The suicide drama was kind of boring. It tapped that hopeless insanity that the comic captured so well for about 30 seconds when Maggie’s sister was suggesting they kill themselves together. Then the rest of it kind of got old and boring. In the comic there was an actual group suicide of some prominent characters, doesn’t look like we are getting it in the show.  Also Maggie’s’ sister was kind of an idiot in the comic, she repeatedly put the group in danger by doing stupid things.

Laurie was true to the comic in this episode, kind of idealistic, not realistic and self centered and self righteous. I like that, none of characters are supposed to be perfect.  Some of line’s the women said in this episode were kind of groan worthy though.

Andrea is still no where near as cool as she was in the comic.

Season 2 Episode 9 – Triggerfinger

Well the Walking Dead keeps getting better and better. Not only did we get a zombie tearing his face off pushing it through glass with teeth snapping kind of like one of the Cenobites from hell raiser, we also got some living people murdering each other action.

There really wasn’t much respite in the action in the this episode. Maybe for a minute when Carol was trying to communicate with squirrel man but it was short and ok.

The story arc has really left the comic book these last two episodes. In the comic they left Hershel’s farm peacefully in search for a new home. In the TV series it looks they may be driven from there.

Not really sure why Andrea is subscribing so much to Shane’s philosophy.  It would have been real hard to leave one wounded guy to get eaten, but at the same time he could prove dangerous.  I wonder if there will be a big fight for Hershel’s farm?

How long before someone kills Shane? He should really move on from Lori at some point, shouldn’t he? Andrea seems more fun without all the baggage.

Season 2 Episode 8 – Nebraska aka “I’m Rick Grimes … bitch!”

Come at me bro

Well the show is finally back on and it is good. That the show blends personal drama almost to the point of boredom and then suddenly snaps out of it, into some bizarre, bloody violent situation is great, in my opinion.

This episode primarily took place around Hershel’s farm in the aftermath of the shooting of the zombies in the barn. There is some debate on how wrong or right Shane was in getting rid of the walkers. Of course Dale is whining like a little bitch as usual, although he is accurate in portraying Shane as dangerous.

It struck me as kind of strange that Laurie would tell everyone where to bury the bodies of the dead. It’s not her farm, her land, and she only knew one of the dead. That just struck me as strange.

In the comic at this point everyone in Rick’s group left the farm along with Maggie, not sure where the show is going , though.

It also seemed stupid that Laurie would go to get Rick and Glen by herself. I mean they just left to go get Herschel, then she leaves right after to go get them. Give it a minute. Plus how many people are just kind of chilling around camp? She couldn’t have taken anyone with her? What was Daryle doing exactly, cutting sticks to throw at squirrels?

The ending was great.

 

 

 

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Rammbock – Watch it now

Sitting home alone tonight and while scrolling through the horror section of watch it now, I found this movie I never heard of called Rammbock. I debated for minute if I should watch that or maybe watch Big Trouble in Little China again, but I am glad I chose Rammbock.

I would have to say with the hundreds of crappy zombie movies out there this movie is pretty good. It’s only an hour long so I don’t really know if it’s a show or movie or what. It’s in German with subtitles.

The story takes place in an apartment building in Berlin after a 28 Days Later style outbreak. A kind of pathetically lovesick guy and a young plumber are trapped in the lovesick guy’s ex-girlfriend’s apartment. The action is tight, there are some realy brutal parts and overall it’s a really fun movie.

The thing that was kind of great about this movie is the lead is kind of pathetic. I mean he is losing his hair young, he has a belly, he is kind of a wimp. He is chasing after this girlfriend who appears to have moved on. He is pretty much the guy who would be the first to die in a more mainstream movie. It’s kind of refreshing to see actually.

It’s on watch it now , on netflix so check it out.