Comments on: This week's The Walking Dead recap is full of incredibly awkward reunions! [SPOILERS] http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1599371 nvlady Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1599371 Makes me wonder if the writers even have a map of the prison in their writer's room. Or are they just making all this up in their heads... Makes me wonder if the writers even have a map of the prison in their writer’s room. Or are they just making all this up in their heads…

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1599365 nvlady Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1599365 Again, Rick killed in the moment (the inmate at the prison, the guys in the bar). They actively threatened him then and there. This was pre-meditated. She went back to kill him and her circumstances were no less dire than  what a number of other characters have gone through throughout the show. This was just different and overly reactionary. Again, Rick killed in the moment (the inmate at the prison, the guys in the bar). They actively threatened him then and there. This was pre-meditated. She went back to kill him and her circumstances were no less dire than  what a number of other characters have gone through throughout the show. This was just different and overly reactionary.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1599144 RedShirt77 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1599144  Correct.  She had more dialog then the two nondescript white guys that came in with them.  Correct.  She had more dialog then the two nondescript white guys that came in with them.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1599130 chgoliz Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1599130 There was a discussion between them at one point -- first day or so at Woodbury -- in which Andrea complains that she's told Michonne everything about her life over the months they've been together and yet gotten virtually no information about Michonne's life at all in exchange. There was a discussion between them at one point — first day or so at Woodbury — in which Andrea complains that she’s told Michonne everything about her life over the months they’ve been together and yet gotten virtually no information about Michonne’s life at all in exchange.

]]> By: DryDry http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598816 DryDry Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598816 Yep. With a single line of throw away dialogue back when they were first securing the prision - "Hey I fixed those 2 holes in the perimeter fence. We're good." and then Tyreese's gang just cutting/hacking/untwisting the metal ties to get through, I wouldn't be annoyed. Yep. With a single line of throw away dialogue back when they were first securing the prision – “Hey I fixed those 2 holes in the perimeter fence. We’re good.” and then Tyreese’s gang just cutting/hacking/untwisting the metal ties to get through, I wouldn’t be annoyed.

]]> By: copperwatt http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598765 copperwatt Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598765 Tyreese's Girlfriend? Tyreese’s Girlfriend?

]]> By: big ryan http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598746 big ryan Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598746 i can only think of 2 main characters who are alive and black, who is the other? i can only think of 2 main characters who are alive and black, who is the other?

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598518 chgoliz Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598518 Point, set & match! Point, set & match!

]]> By: Lethalwow http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598513 Lethalwow Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598513 We will just have to agree to disagree... Somewhere there is a double standard.  No one is jumping down Rick's throat for killing Tomas, the guys at the bar, attempting to kill Andrew (Who had his right at "revenge" on Rick and the gang), shooting up random Woodbury men. Just because the Governor had lackeys to do his bidding does not make his attempt on Michonne's life less server. It is a kill or be killed world. Anyone crying about the dude Maggie impaled with a bone? And once again, it is the tv show, and Michonne was not raped. Did she have to be raped to  go after the Gov?... No, she had motive enough. Seems like some people can't separate the two universes.  We will just have to agree to disagree… Somewhere there is a double standard.  No one is jumping down Rick’s throat for killing Tomas, the guys at the bar, attempting to kill Andrew (Who had his right at “revenge” on Rick and the gang), shooting up random Woodbury men. Just because the Governor had lackeys to do his bidding does not make his attempt on Michonne’s life less server. It is a kill or be killed world. Anyone crying about the dude Maggie impaled with a bone? And once again, it is the tv show, and Michonne was not raped. Did she have to be raped to  go after the Gov?… No, she had motive enough. Seems like some people can’t separate the two universes. 

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598506 RedShirt77 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598506  Yeah how simple would it be to have some wire on the fence and have them cut their way in....  this is why multiple writers and story-boarding are important.   Yeah how simple would it be to have some wire on the fence and have them cut their way in….  this is why multiple writers and story-boarding are important. 

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598464 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598464 Its mac truck plot holes like this that infuriate me so much about the show, but weirdly keep me watching. They *did* say it was another part of the prison, but still, come on. Its mac truck plot holes like this that infuriate me so much about the show, but weirdly keep me watching.

They *did* say it was another part of the prison, but still, come on.

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598459 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 21:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598459 Throughout the series, people have had their lives on the line. Considering the whole premise of the show is to find a 'good life' and that a lot of the time dying is a suitable option to that goal, and with how often have people been threatened and then have their lives let go (Rick does it a lot), I don't find justification in her rage.  Her life was not on the line at that point, she has surely been threatened before, she did get away. No, she wanted revenge. He had bloodlust, for what? Generally you do that for something you have to live with, something that changes you. She got away, she won. Why seek to kill him?I get what you are saying, but knowing both side (the show and the comic) and knowing the motive behind this part of the story (the Gov. Held Michonne raped and tortured her with the full intent of her 'finding a way for her to kill herself') sometimes living with torture is worse than dying. Throughout the series, people have had their lives on the line. Considering the whole premise of the show is to find a ‘good life’ and that a lot of the time dying is a suitable option to that goal, and with how often have people been threatened and then have their lives let go (Rick does it a lot), I don’t find justification in her rage. 

Her life was not on the line at that point, she has surely been threatened before, she did get away. No, she wanted revenge. He had bloodlust, for what? Generally you do that for something you have to live with, something that changes you. She got away, she won. Why seek to kill him?I get what you are saying, but knowing both side (the show and the comic) and knowing the motive behind this part of the story (the Gov. Held Michonne raped and tortured her with the full intent of her ‘finding a way for her to kill herself’) sometimes living with torture is worse than dying.

]]> By: DryDry http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598417 DryDry Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598417 Amazing how there's a small 4 foot hole in the chain link fence at the back of the prison  - that was alluded to by I can't remember who a few episodes ago - and NOBODY HAS BOTHERED TO SPEND 20 MINUTES TO FIX IT YET Amazing how there’s a small 4 foot hole in the chain link fence at the back of the prison  - that was alluded to by I can’t remember who a few episodes ago – and NOBODY HAS BOTHERED TO SPEND 20 MINUTES TO FIX IT YET

]]> By: DryDry http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598414 DryDry Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598414 She travelled around with Andrea for 8 months, so I have an extremely hard time believing that they didn't tell each other about where they were before hooking up. Surely Andrea told her about the farm and who was there. If not, then this show is just fuckn' stupid. She travelled around with Andrea for 8 months, so I have an extremely hard time believing that they didn’t tell each other about where they were before hooking up. Surely Andrea told her about the farm and who was there. If not, then this show is just fuckn’ stupid.

]]> By: Lethalwow http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598410 Lethalwow Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598410 No I do not. With that said, I did not discredit the emotional and/or physical scars of being raped. But there is not coming back from death. On the other hand, a  person can rebound from tragedy in life, picking up the pieces.  No I do not. With that said, I did not discredit the emotional and/or physical scars of being raped. But there is not coming back from death. On the other hand, a  person can rebound from tragedy in life, picking up the pieces. 

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598248 grimc Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598248 Fair point. However, I submit that this would be reflected in a greater number of black walkers, but the ratio is about the same as the living. Aha! Fair point. However, I submit that this would be reflected in a greater number of black walkers, but the ratio is about the same as the living. Aha!

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598195 chgoliz Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598195 Maybe you don't see anything more horrific than being killed, but a lot of people who have been raped or tortured in some other way will tell you that at the time they wished for death as the better option. Maybe you don’t see anything more horrific than being killed, but a lot of people who have been raped or tortured in some other way will tell you that at the time they wished for death as the better option.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598191 chgoliz Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598191 Or not, if you remember that this is set in the South. The apparent lack of overt racial prejudice on the show notwithstanding, I think that in a "real" zombie apocalypse, gun ownership + bigotry would have settled a lot of grudges early on. Or not, if you remember that this is set in the South.

The apparent lack of overt racial prejudice on the show notwithstanding, I think that in a “real” zombie apocalypse, gun ownership + bigotry would have settled a lot of grudges early on.

]]> By: Lethalwow http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598180 Lethalwow Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598180 It is not the comic book... I don't see anything more horrific than being killed... seriously, what's more horrific than being executed (which is what the four guys were sent to do). If someone wants to end your life, kill them first. That's her motivation, period. The aquarium was a reference to The Governor asking Merle if he brought back her head, which was for the audience, not her. But apparently that was not enough, for those with some sort of expectations of her being tortured and raped, but seriously, what's more horrific than your life ending, lol. Seems like the gravity of that went over some people's heads.  It is not the comic book… I don’t see anything more horrific than being killed… seriously, what’s more horrific than being executed (which is what the four guys were sent to do). If someone wants to end your life, kill them first. That’s her motivation, period. The aquarium was a reference to The Governor asking Merle if he brought back her head, which was for the audience, not her. But apparently that was not enough, for those with some sort of expectations of her being tortured and raped, but seriously, what’s more horrific than your life ending, lol. Seems like the gravity of that went over some people’s heads. 

]]> By: grimc http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598160 grimc Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598160 The low number of black people on the show is really remarkable when you remember that this is supposed to be set in the South. The low number of black people on the show is really remarkable when you remember that this is supposed to be set in the South.

]]> By: doggo http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598136 doggo Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598136 Bazinga! Bazinga!

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598130 RedShirt77 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598130 Can we talk for a minute about haw terrible and out of place the Talking Dead Promo's are?  I mean, they are profoundly annoying.  Maggie was almost raped last episode and that moron came on screaming about hash tags immediately after.... Its like they want to drive off any non-fanboys.  I tried to watch the actual show once, but after a few minutes of wanting to slap the writer they always have on I had to move on and watch Boardwalk. Can we talk for a minute about haw terrible and out of place the Talking Dead Promo’s are?  I mean, they are profoundly annoying.  Maggie was almost raped last episode and that moron came on screaming about hash tags immediately after….

Its like they want to drive off any non-fanboys.  I tried to watch the actual show once, but after a few minutes of wanting to slap the writer they always have on I had to move on and watch Boardwalk.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598126 RedShirt77 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598126 It is worth noting that the show now has a three Black people and one of them is the most bad-ass character on the show. It is worth noting that the show now has a three Black people and one of them is the most bad-ass character on the show.

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598124 RedShirt77 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598124  :)  :)

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598122 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598122 Well, you had Duane and the priest traveling in the group at the same time. That's something, right? Well, you had Duane and the priest traveling in the group at the same time. That’s something, right?

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598117 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598117 I didnt get how Glen was able to pull the walker's arm off from the wrist and tear off the arm from the shoulder, but not the elbow. I thought that was a HUGE physics no no. But I digress... I didnt get how Glen was able to pull the walker’s arm off from the wrist and tear off the arm from the shoulder, but not the elbow. I thought that was a HUGE physics no no. But I digress…

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598112 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598112 I still don't buy it. She's didn't know about the aquarium. She planned for men to come after her. She has a strategic mind. She cuts ties/her loses quick. She would not be 'mad enough to sit and wait to kill him' if something horrific and lingering didn't happen to her. If you read the comic, you'd know it was just transferring her anger form there to here. I still don’t buy it. She’s didn’t know about the aquarium. She planned for men to come after her. She has a strategic mind. She cuts ties/her loses quick. She would not be ‘mad enough to sit and wait to kill him’ if something horrific and lingering didn’t happen to her. If you read the comic, you’d know it was just transferring her anger form there to here.

]]> By: nvlady http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598111 nvlady Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598111 That does seem to be the only qualifier written for her character, doesn't it? That does seem to be the only qualifier written for her character, doesn’t it?

]]> By: dilinger http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1598071 dilinger Tue, 04 Dec 2012 15:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1598071 Wow, I totally missed the whole Shane thing.  I mean, I saw Rick freaking out during the gunfight, but didn't really understand why.  Glad you guys post these reviews!  Much quicker than sitting through an hour of The Talking Dead. Wow, I totally missed the whole Shane thing.  I mean, I saw Rick freaking out during the gunfight, but didn’t really understand why.  Glad you guys post these reviews!  Much quicker than sitting through an hour of The Talking Dead.

]]> By: Jared Granda http://boingboing.net/2012/12/03/the-walking-dead-suffer.html#comment-1597985 Jared Granda Tue, 04 Dec 2012 08:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=197928#comment-1597985 They have to keep the number of black men to a minimum. If more than one was allowed on The Walking Dead, how would the writers know which of them Michonne should be having sex with? They have to keep the number of black men to a minimum. If more than one was allowed on The Walking Dead, how would the writers know which of them Michonne should be having sex with?

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