Merle clearly knows the layout of Woodbury and therefore would take Daryl back there to resupply on ammo and weapons
Daryl is going to get the weapons and them back to the group, along with Andrea somehow
Andrea is probably end up leaving, after her “loyalty is tested” by the Governor
New T-bone/Oscar and his crew is somehow going to get tied back in, probably meeting Michonne after Rick Casts him off
The last episode will somehow bring them all together, which would both identify some new location, new information about the disease and the the death of the governor.
As far as Merle goes, I say he’s a dead man. But I can also see him turning into a good guy. They did 180’s with Shane, Daryl and kinda Rick’s character, I don’t see it being too unlikely that they can do it with Merle given enough time.
Merle clearly knows the layout of Woodbury and therefore would take Daryl back there to resupply on ammo and weapons
Daryl is going to get the weapons and them back to the group, along with Andrea somehow
Andrea is probably end up leaving, after her “loyalty is tested” by the Governor
New T-bone/Oscar and his crew is somehow going to get tied back in, probably meeting Michonne after Rick Casts him off
The last episode will somehow bring them all together, which would both identify some new location, new information about the disease and the the death of the governor.
As far as Merle goes, I say he’s a dead man. But I can also see him turning into a good guy. They did 180’s with Shane, Daryl and kinda Rick’s character, I don’t see it being too unlikely that they can do it with Merle given enough time. [/quote]
I think Rick is gonna be more and more psychotic, Daryl and Merle will eventually join the group after raiding Woodbury, The Governer will try and take over the prison seeing as how it is much more secure and Glen and Michonne are gonna go on a vengeance streak… As much as I hate to say it I am willing to bet either Maggie or Glenn is gonna get off’ed soon.
Why do the writers Cater to the Andrea Character? This chick has the most fucked up judgement but now she can lead the town? She knows once bitten your fucked but allowed this fucker to suffer, why? so the towns people wouldn’t see her do it. This bitch actually had me siding with the Gov in the scene they had together.
Rick needs to go a little more nuts I have faith he will come back.
Rick has completely lost it, don’t know why the group have not realised this yet and done something about it. As for Andrea she needs her head checking.
I am interested to see how the Daryl and Merle situation turns out though. Can’t see anyway back into the group for Merle after what he has done, just hope Daryl sees sense.
[quote]four60 wrote:
Why do the writers Cater to the Andrea Character? This chick has the most fucked up judgement but now she can lead the town? She knows once bitten your fucked but allowed this fucker to suffer, why? so the towns people wouldn’t see her do it. This bitch actually had me siding with the Gov in the scene they had together.
Rick needs to go a little more nuts I have faith he will come back. [/quote]
The only thing the Gov. did wrong in that scene is not explain to people why he did it and comfort the people. Something like ‘If that ever happens to me, I want you to do the exact same thing to me’ would have been cool from my perspective. Not sure how much that would calm the people!
Surprised the Gov has lost it quite like he has. Shooting the guy that was bitten was actually right in the circumstances and he usually is quite charismatic and manipulative with the people. I actually thought he would have used the situation to justify an immediate attack on the prison and assert more control. Instead him walking away like that has diminished his authority in my opinion.
Also, I want the actor playing Rick to hold his revolver with a straight wrist.
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THANKS YOU!!!
So glad I’m not the only one. That shit has been bothering me since the beginning. Is that the gansta/redneck way to hold a revolver? “You better not come at me brah!!! I’ll Shoost the ground!!!”
[quote]Ironwarrior25 wrote:
Surprised the Gov has lost it quite like he has. Shooting the guy that was bitten was actually right in the circumstances and he usually is quite charismatic and manipulative with the people. I actually thought he would have used the situation to justify an immediate attack on the prison and assert more control. Instead him walking away like that has diminished his authority in my opinion.[/quote]
The Governor is finished with keeping up appearances. The test with the old man who died of prostate cancer confirmed nothing remains of the person once they turn, and in the same day his daughter Penny who was a walker was dispatched by Michonne. Penny was the last thing tethering him to the civility of the old ways, and now that what remained of her is gone Philip fully accepted the world for what it is and is ready to go to war.
He explained to Andrea why he did what he did, that the people of Woodbury have had it too easy and he wasn’t going to hold their hands anymore. It makes sense. With Penny gone, the Governor was stripped of hope and could no longer pretend the world was ‘normal’, so… as their leader he is awakening the citizens to the same realities.
I think he still has authority with the militant part of the town of Woodbury and the ‘savage’ underbelly. That is all the authority the Governor requires at this time because those citizens previously unaware of the dark aspect of the town will have no choice but to yield to it. (I never read the graphic novel, but I get the idea most of them are designated as bait to slow down a herd if the town is ever overrun so the Gov. and chosen others can escape.)
Also, I want the actor playing Rick to hold his revolver with a straight wrist.
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THANKS YOU!!!
So glad I’m not the only one. That shit has been bothering me since the beginning. Is that the gansta/redneck way to hold a revolver? “You better not come at me brah!!! I’ll Shoost the ground!!!”[/quote]
I have never seen any one try that grip in real life.
In honesty, I don’t think I could manage a double action pull with my wrist torqued like that.
I get that it isn’t a gun or action show, but there is something to be said for making an effort. It seems to be getting more pronounced so someone has to think it looks cool.
And this is all coming from someone who managed not to let the 16 inch barrel or the lack of a sight on the National Guard’s M4 bother him.
[quote]four60 wrote:
Why do the writers Cater to the Andrea Character? This chick has the most fucked up judgement but now she can lead the town? She knows once bitten your fucked but allowed this fucker to suffer, why? so the towns people wouldn’t see her do it. This bitch actually had me siding with the Gov in the scene they had together.
Rick needs to go a little more nuts I have faith he will come back. [/quote]
I think she is getting used as the “drama” creator/they are trying to make her the sympathetic female that the shows producers kept saying Lori was.
This is of course flawed, because Maggie is managing a sexual assault and still brought enough to the table to play the sniper role. Carol pulled it together enough to be planning out a c-section/survive zombie hell for a week. Amy is managing to be useful. Those are plenty of potential heroines. At this point I don’t have much hope of Andrea proving to be Andrea from the comics.
I havent really liked this season so much. Many of the main characters died/injured, and they have no plan anymore, they’re just hanging around. Also, it’s weak how they decided Rick to become schizo. I think in reality Rick would become obsessivly caretaking of the newborn child and not ignore it and everyone.
Maggie was never actually sexually assaulted by the Governor. Sexually humiliated? Yeah but they aren’t one in the same.
Glen is acting like a bitch right after everyone was thinking he’d finally make that transformation into a man, per the beating he took.
You know, while killing people off characters unexpectedly adds a whole lot of excitement and `realism’ to the show it also shortens the show’s own life span. You need time to develop characters and get the audience emotionally invested, otherwise it’s just a bunch of people killing zombies and fighting other people. While that sounds cool in itself, there’s no real point any more – everyone dies and survival is only a fallacy.
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
Maggie was never actually sexually assaulted by the Governor.[/quote]
Based on the way the other characters are acting I’m starting to wonder if we are supposed to think that she was, even though it was never shown. Maybe it’s just that Glenn thinks that she really was because he didn’t see it. In any case I was a bit confused about that this episode.
[quote]NikH wrote:
I havent really liked this season so much. Many of the main characters died/injured, and they have no plan anymore, they’re just hanging around. Also, it’s weak how they decided Rick to become schizo. I think in reality Rick would become obsessivly caretaking of the newborn child and not ignore it and everyone.[/quote]
I’m on the other side of that fence. I think Rick’s old lady fucked his head up so bad he should be totally off the deep end if not for his son. He is still trying to be a that good guy cop but his heart is not really in it. And if he does think that kid has shane’s eyes,…well damn
I think this show needs some kind of scientific advance. The appeal of the first season IMO is not really understanding how the walkers form and operate, and getting to learn how it works through rick’s eyes.
It also really bugs me how nobody is taking advantage of the fact that if you cut off the arms and jaw of a walker they become docile. Why not create a herd to use as a meat shield?
[quote]NikH wrote:
I havent really liked this season so much. Many of the main characters died/injured, and they have no plan anymore, they’re just hanging around. Also, it’s weak how they decided Rick to become schizo. I think in reality Rick would become obsessivly caretaking of the newborn child and not ignore it and everyone.[/quote]
I’m on the other side of that fence. I think Rick’s old lady fucked his head up so bad he should be totally off the deep end if not for his son. He is still trying to be a that good guy cop but his heart is not really in it. And if he does think that kid has shane’s eyes,…well damn [/quote]
Lori is dead and she is still causing drama. Rick is dealing with the fact that “good guy” isn’t buying him what it used to. He doesn’t have it in him to be a sociopath, really no one in his group does. However, he also doesn’t have the optimism in human nature that would let him accept Tyreese and his band, or find a way to not drive Daryl away.
TO NikH,
When you say you haven’t enjoyed this season do you mean all of season 3, or just the first episode of 3.5?
I still think season 3 is the best season as a whole. Less stupid than season 2. More character development than season 1.
I think the writers wanted to have Rick “lose it” so the group wouldn’t automatically cede to him, but they got stuck on how to do it.
The strongest relationship on the show is between Maggie and Glen (Daryl and Carol is kind of weak) and it looks like from the latest episode the writers have started to complicate their relationship a bit. It seems they are heading in the direction of Glen becoming distant from Maggie because of what he thinks the Governor did to her and her unwillingness to talk about it. He probably still loves Maggie but he’s shifting his emotional energies to anger and thoughts of revenge, instead of greater affection to her.
If indeed this does happen in the episodes ahead than it is almost a guarantee, as some posters have suggested, that either Glen or Maggie will be killed off. In the comics, Glen apparently dies much later but seeing as how the producers are very loosely sticking to the source material, Glen will probably die soon rather than later. I can’t see Maggie dying before Herschel. If they do kill Glen, the show will lose the only noteworthy love story it had and limited potential to start another (Carl and Maggie’s sister seems to be the only alternative). I don’t care how grimy a TV series is, you need some kind of sexual tension to add some dimensionality to the show.