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I've never been one to admire a bad guy, but J.D. Morgan kills it!!!
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I love my FJ and wanted to make it mine, so this is my way. :)
I've never been one to admire a bad guy, but J.D. Morgan kills it!!!
I know I'm a little late to the party, but I avoided most spoilers since the show first aired, so I was able to watch it without anything getting spoiled. Gah, what a show. I have no one to talk with about it! Thank heavens for Reddit. That finale was really satisfying - violent but sentimental, all the loose ends tied up. Everyone seems to get what they deserve (both good and bad).
If the information i heard is correct, there are only 2 seasons left. If that's true, alot of things need to happen.
Jimmy is frankly too good still, no where near as bad as Saul Goodman.
Mike isn't a killer yet, Kim needs to be gone or written out. Not sure about Nacho
Just saying that there's also a during, and after breaking bad, which could be an issue
So how would you all do it in 2 seasons? In any case, 13 episodes might help
I'm halfway through season 5 and I just want to point out that basically none of this would have been possible if it weren't for Saul. Saul made the connection to Fring and Saul made all the money laundering possible. If they hadn't hooked up with Saul because of Badger's arrest, none of this crazy stuff could ever have happened and the whole operation would have remained small fry. Saul is the real wheeler dealer in this picture.
Also, can anyone pinpoint where Walt and Gus really went past the point of no return? I mean, after all was said and done with Gus it seemed like he really was a reasonable guy. He was willing to keep working with Jesse b/c Jesse wasn't being a total Jerk like Walt was. Walt made it so clear that his intention was to kill Fring I'm surprised that Fring let him live as long as he did. Anyways, if anyone could point out where things really started going off the rails in that relationship or otherwise explain the relationship arc I would really appreciate it.
Bonus: how about that face Jesse makes as Skyler asks Walt if Walt told Jesse about the affair, when he awkwardly drinks the water? Priceless
Mesa Verde. Mic drop In all seriousness, couldn't sleep today, so watched the first episode of BrBa, and noticed this. Either Vince and Peter planned for the Saul prequel, or they are creative as hell, and don't want real banks to creep into their universe.
After a long time without watching the show I've finally watched seasons 2B and 3A this week and my only question is: what the hell happen to those 50/100 Mexicans?
Sure, lots of them probably died in the attack at the border, but the rest were taken to Troy's base. We did see some of them get killed, but surely not all of them.
Of course, only the main characters manage to escape, but what I find weird is that Luciana doesn't even mention it at all. Or Nick.
So Troy and his men murdered dozens of people, the people that Nick and Luciana fought to save and then they don't even say anything?
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Daenerys holds court. Cersei returns a gift. Jaime learns from his mistakes.
like u look at rick and daryl in the first 2 seasons they talked like normal people now daryl just moans and grunts and rick talks like one of those inspirational gym junkies "we are the onea thats survive" "the world is ours" etc
One of the few books i have read and i couldn't believe when they announced it was being adapted into a TV series. Basically it's set in a future were personality/memories can be stored digitally in cortical stacks placed in your upper spine. This allows you to be downloaded into another body (resleeved) if necessary.
Plot revolves around the suspected suicide of Laurens Bancroft, whose cortical stack was damaged in the process meaning he has to use a backup to resleeve. As the last backup was 48 hours before his death he hires a private detective, Takeshi Kovacs, to investigate what he believes was murder.
Filming has been underway for quite some time now (Nov' 2016) and apparently has a budget is $7 million per episode. To make it even more exciting, Miguel Sapochnik (Hardhome/Battle of the bastards/Winds of Winter) is directing the first episode.
Some serious potential for this one folks and can't wait to see if it delivers. Initially it was due to be released end of 2017, but looks like it has been pushed back to early 2018. Get hyped!
So the Saviours arc will probably take all of S8 as well and I was wondering what this sub think of it now.
Personally its my least favourite. Negan is just too cartoony for me, the pacing is atrocious, Rick has been shafted hard (the only reason I'm still watching..), wrong characters get too much focus (Rosita) and the other communities aren't very interesting etc.
In the walking dead it has a episode where it says the virus activates just the brain stem not the actual brain itself. When they come back to life as zombies do they get all 5 senses back? Because they get hearing, seeing, and smelling.. so do they also get touch and taste? They probably do but im just wondering lmao
well the ratings dont lie. and everyone i speak too say seasons 1-4 have been a lot better then the past few, why do you think that is? i still love the series but i feel like the 1st 3 seasons were amazing and the past 2 have been good at best. only 8/16 episodes on season 7 have been worth watching
:'(
*without spoiling :P
my first comment is i love that the intro to the show only lasts a few seconds.
some other thoughts: an entire episode about swatting a fly? how did that go over when the show was airing?
also, i really flipped out when the theme to Vikings was used in an episode.
I love how the show creates details in relationships and conversations that are usually just skipped over in other shows and movies. it really feels like people having a conversation a lot of the time. on the flip side, I just don't buy the relationship between Jessie and Walt. Walt is just always a complete jerk to him which seems out of personality.
I know she wont want to do it this way, but they're (kind of) all she has left...
Cersei Lannister: He's not serious enough. I'll say this for Ned Stark: he's serious enough. Was it really worth it? Losing him this way? [Robert places the cup on the table and stands]
Robert Baratheon: I don't know. But I do know this: If the Targaryen girl convinces her horselord husband to invade and the Dothraki horde crosses the Narrow Sea... we won't be able to stop them.
Cersei Lannister: The Dothraki don't sail. Every child knows that. They don't have discipline, they don't have armor, they don't have siege weapons.
Robert Baratheon: It's a neat little trick you do: you move your lips, and your father's voice comes out.
Cersei Lannister: Is my father wrong?
Robert Baratheon: Let's say Viserys Targaryen lands with 40,000 Dothraki screamers at his back. We hole up in our castles. A wise move. Only a fool would meet the Dothraki in an open field. They leave us in our castles. They go from town to town, looting and burning, killing every man who can't hide behind a stone wall, stealing all our crops and livestock, enslaving all our women and children. How long do the people of the Seven Kingdoms stand behind their absentee king, their cowardly king hiding behind high walls? When do the people decide that Viserys Targaryen is the rightful monarch after all?
Cersei Lannister: [pours herself wine and sits] We still outnumber them.
Robert Baratheon: Which is the bigger number, five or one?
Cersei Lannister: Five.
Robert Baratheon: [holds up his left fingers] Five...
Robert Baratheon: [clutches his right fist] ... one. One army, a real army, united behind one leader with one purpose. Our purpose died with the Mad King.
A Targaryen? How can someone be roasted like that and survive?
Can someone please tell me best Best youtube let's play gameplay walkthrough of walking dead
At the start I loved this show, it oozed with style and personality. Mixing what has been established with the Netflix Marvel shows with a blaxploitation style. It had an energy that I thought was quite lacking with DD and JJ. I really thought this would be the first netflix marvel show that I would love. But then cottonmouth died and I think everybody pretty much knows the rest.
Remembering the first episode and then just finishing the finale, holy hell the creatives took a very wrong turn somewhere. Honestly the show became almost unrecognizable. They pretty much did a Rocky V fight where there is a crowd cheering and booing. That suit diamondback was wearing was terrible. I have never seen a show take such a signifcant drop in quality as quickly as Luke Cage did.
Sansa: hey Bran! Welcome back
Bran: I'm not Bran, I'm the three eyed raven
Sansa: Hey Arya, welcome back!
Arya: I'm not Arya, I'm no one
Sansa: Hi Jon, welcome again
Jon: I am not a Stark, I am a Targaryen
Sansa: Hi Theon, welcome back
Theon: I am not Theon, I am Reek
Sansa: Hi Uncle Benjen, nice to see you alive
Benjen: Sorry I am half-dead
Sansa: fu*k you all! I'm out!
Why did Walter leave his watch at the payphone in Season 5, Episode 16 (Felina)?
It was the watch he got from Jesse Pinkman as a 51st birthday present, but after posing as a New York Times photographer to find the Schwartz residence at the payphone, why did he leave his watch there?
What do you think is the intention by the writers of the first scenes as Gene? In the latest one in S3E1, he is still trying to avoid the police but suggests the thief kid to get a lawyer because it's an emotional reaction but do you think the next scenes are actually leading somewhere? Because S2E1 where he locks himself in the dumpster room is the same intention: "Avoid the police".
In BrBa s02e10 Saul says: "I know a guy (Mike), who knows a guy (?), who knows another guy (Gus)."
So who is a guy who knows another guy? It's surely "Ignacio".
In my opinion season in which Saul will be working for Walter, will be about Nacho running from "Lalo".
Twd is the only show i watch and i wanna start watching a tv show to fill in the time until october, everytime i start watching a new tv show i can never stick with it coz im just so used to twd, any recommendations?
Is it me or do are they named and flow really well?
For example
Too Far Gone
The Day Will Come When You Won't Be (fantastic reference)
Besides the dying fire
You know what episodes those are and they give you a good reminder of what the episode had
Without getting into spoiler territory, I've just finished watching Ozark on Netflix and there are definite parallels between this and Breaking Bad, and I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. Jason Bateman is great in the lead role and the story keeps you gripped.
Liam Cunningham continues to impress. Davos's interactions with Dany showed just how good he really is at this sort of stuff. He's always been an honorable person, but more and more we're seening just how intelligent he is, and just how dangerous he could be. The man called Dany out to her face in her own throne room, even though Jon was fine with "my lord". Jon did his best to be polite, but Davos spoke his mind. it wasn't just Stannis who Davos was willing to call out. He always said he was really just a smuggler, just a man from flea bottom, but he was clearly meant for this life.
Has the walking dead made you more capable of surviving an apopalytiptic situation or has it given you a false sense of survival?
Bran: "You are not Ned Starks son" Jon: "What do you mean, who's son am I then?" Bran: "Its too hard to explain"
WE WILL NEVER FIND OUT HE IS TARGARYEN
Just finished Breaking Bad for the first time on Netflix (these kinds of posts annoy me too, so I'll keep it short).
This show was incredible. The acting was insane, the characters were instantly iconic (my heart breaks whenever I think of Jesse's story, especially in the last season), and all in all the show just blew me away, despite having most of the deaths spoiled for me and going in with high expectations. Definitely my 3rd favorite show, easily beating out The Walking Dead and LOST.
On to Better Call Saul!
SAVAGE....
Jaime: "There are always lessons in failures."
Olenna Tyrell: " You must be very wise by now."
"He really was a cunt wasn't he?"
"Tell Cersei I want her to know it was me"
Lady Tyrell just made the greatest exit from the show so far and the greatest last words spoken.
Diana Rigg is such a great actress. Sad she won't be around anymore.
Hey guys my friends got hype and made this website
If it doesn't suck too bad and we have time, we'll add new stuff each week
I wasn't a huge fan of him in season 6, but in season 7 he feels like one of the best acted characters in my opinion. Absolutely love him this season and don't feel like he gets enough credit for how well he plays the role.
Edit: For everyone commenting about how his show actor is nothing like the books, please understand that 1. I have never read the books and know nothing about them, except that 2. At this point, the books and show are almost two entirely different story lines in the same universe. Maybe my understanding on the second point is wrong, but from what I've seen in the show, he is one of the best actors and nailing the role he was told to play. Even if that role isn't the same as his character in the book.
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S03E02 - "Rickmancing the Stone" | Jane Becke | ??? | Sunday, July 30, 2017 11:30/10:30c on Adult Swim |
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I went on AMC's official website and it wasn't there. It's not on netflix.
What should I do?
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I showed my friend the scene with the battle with the claimers when rick bites Joes jugular and spits it out and then repeatedly stabs the fat guy that looks like Danny devito's penguin. He loved it and now just started season 1. So my question is what scene would you show to somebody who has never seen it?!
im just curios, because wasnt shane in charge of the group, why would a new guy come about a month after this group had already made a camp and had been living there with shane calling the shots for a month?
I get that rick is Shane's sherif but still ..
what are your thoughts?
For me it's 4 days out.
It's just classic Breaking Bad, it has everything : humor, drama, chemistry... Plus the Walt/Jesse relationship is at its peak and the episode just focuses on the two of them. It's just so rewatchable, even if you aren't binge watching the show. You can just watch this episode and experience so much that BB has to offer. It also has so many classic lines and moments, from Jesse thinking Walt is gonna build a robot to Walt finding out his cancer is in remission.
So what about you, what's your favorite episode that nobody talks about ?
I consider this show to be one of the greatest television shows ever made and something that'll be taught in film and media schools for years to come. One thing that I love is the long term story arcs and how it seems so well planned out and how everything fits together. While the very high level story could have remained, it seems to me that without Jesse, some major things would have to have changed.
Are there any documents that outline the original vision?
One of my favorite Jesse quotes.
From the scene where he calls Walt on the hospital phone shortly after Hank got shot.
So, in season 1 Walter sets Kens car on fire while being on gas station. My question is how didn’t he face any consequences? Every gas station has a camera I guess, so Ken and the owners would probably look at the video and see it was Walt. Ken has maybe even seen him as he walks away from the fire. Any ideas what happened?
Looking ahead at 3B and beyond, there are a few possibilities for how the plot would get the Clarks off this ranch and onto what would conceivably be the next bit of plot. But... there's also a lot of plot that could come to the ranch and a ton of story to be mined by sticking in this area. There's the inevitable alliance with Walker's group, perhaps not just for resources but against a common enemy. There's the fact that Strand and Salazar are now wandering around, each with their own storylines, and could encounter people who then have plot connections to the ranch, leading the characters back together. The question then becomes what happens in the long term. If 3B is basically Walker alliance, Salazar reunion, Strand at the ranch, then what happens in S4? What if, unlike TWD, which always found a reason for the characters to go back on the move until Alexandria, FTWD gives the characters their Alexandria early... and for a purpose that ties into a common fan theory about this group of characters.
What if the ranch is a kind of villain Alexandria-- it becomes the central location of the series and plot surrounds protecting it at all costs? We've already seen how personal a quest this is for Madison and now Nick seems to be beginning to feel the same. The ranch already represents for these characters what Alexandria represents for TWD characters and they've spent a whole half-season building the backstory for that representation. This doesn't feel like an arc on the farm where we pick up some characters before moving on-- it feels like the FTWD family just met the anti-Deanna and found their home. For this to happen fairly early on makes me wonder if we are looking at a situation where these characters will come to do more and more reprehensible things to keep their home-- and build it. An alliance with Walker's group is only the start. What if Madison gets it in her head to basically empire build and the ranch develops Saviors-level resources over time?
It's worth noting that while the Clarks settle into this ranch, all past ties to a sense of home are destroyed along the way. The vineyard goes up in flames, the hotel is abandoned, and then, right in parallel to Madison negotiating with Walker to keep the ranch, Strand finds the Abigail again. It was good to be home but home was broken and so he burned it down, saying goodbye to his husband and starting anew, just as Madison's obsession with the ranch is 150% about Travis. With no homes left to go back to, the ranch is all the Clarks have and the Clarks are basically all Strand has, which will hit him hard when he next encounters them. That, plus the Salazars in shouting distance, means the story could well stay here permanently, with the plot coming to the characters, instead of them going out searching for it.
I know this show isn't for everyone. But I think people who would enjoy it might have dropped off after an admittedly slow 1st season, including fans of the comics who could have been disappointed it didn't dive right into the mythology.
But damn, this 2nd season is wild. It's a lot better paced and much more interesting now that we have the main 3 characters together for the most part. The humour is as dark as the comic series is famous for, and I've seen some shit this season I never thought I'd see on a TV screen. There's really nothing else like it, and they're just scratching the surface right now.
They're toying with various parts of the lore in very interesting ways and creating their own elements that fit right in with the world Ennis created. While Legion blew minds with how experimental TV and comic adaptions could be, Preacher is straight up having fun with it.
Again, I know it's not for everyone I just wish more people would give it a chance. I don't think it's getting great viewing numbers but I just really hope it doesn't get cancelled before it finishes it's story.
Jesse becoming a "gimp" for the neo nazis was a disappointing end. Hopefully after Walt saved him he turned his life around and didn't go back to the crystal but I was sorry to see Jesse stay a pathetic character at the end of the series. A little redemption for him would've been nice considering Walt got even worse. Jesse didn't catch one break on that amazing show
I thought it would be cool to create a comic strip of a memorable scene in Breaking bad but struggled which scene I should do. I quite like the idea of when Hank fought the Cousins or when Walt runs over the dealers.
Cos im lazy it would be even better if someone could make a comic strip of a memorable scene with the actual real life images.
Thank youuuu
In the early days of The Sopranos, Carmine Lupertazzi Sr was the boss of the New York Mafia. And his Consigliere or Underboss was John Sacrimoni aka Johnny Sack.
In the BB/BCS world, Don Eladio's Underboss is Juan Bolsa.
Translated to English, Bolsa means bag, satchel or.... Sack. So Juan Bolsa = Johnny Sack.
Bravo Vince
I love the show. I do. I really think it's brilliant and deserves all the acclaim it gets.
But jesus fucking god if every reference on there hasn't been beaten to death or brought up in every Reddit thread ever. I didn't even realize how bad it got until the suprise 3rd season premiere when you couldn't wander into a thread without some moron shouting about SZECHUAN SAUCE and how Tammy is a bitch, and Jan Vincent Michael, and REAL FAKE DOORS, and on and on and fucking on.
It's going to be a very long few weeks I can tell you that.
Usually they would have announced it by now. Bums me out, I have every one and was looking forward to adding to my collection
Think about it, sure they have a tough ruler but if you get on his good side then you'd be fine They have the best food and shelter that you can get it in the world of the walking dead You have a better chance of getting a higher position rather than being with ricks group where everything in equal. It just seems like the smarter decision to me What do you guys think
So as i re watch the series again like always cant help but wounder how the tuco character would have played out if the actor( Raymond Cruz ) wouldnt have asked to be killed off. Example would he of made jesse and walt go to Mexico or was that just away to get him killed off. What was the plot line? I know the show runners wanted him to do 8 more episodes and the way the story was going it seem like thoughs would have been some kick ass episodes. I guess its the thought of what could have been.
I mean, the out roar over what happened to Sansa, it seems like people ignored the horrible situation Theon was in. And I wonder that if the genders were reversed, would people ever accept Theon as a character if he were female?
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To avoid auto removal I'll just post what the bottle says:
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Does anybody else break out into tears when Jesse kills Gale. The way he begs for life just shows how much of a nice good guy Gale is and how he is just an ordinary guy trying to do his best.
I'm on my third rewatch (first one since I've started Better Call Saul) mainly to look out for subtle connections between BB & BCS.
One thing I've wondered about is Gus's past.
In one of the episodes we hear Hank say that he's couldn't trace Gus back further that 1987 when he emigrated to Mexico from Chilie.
In one of the episodes after this, we hear Don Elario say the only reason Gus is alive is because he knows who he is and this isn't Chilie.
I've read some posts online that say Gus could have been part of General Pinochet's administration.
Does anyone have anything concrete or anything I may have missed?
My nephew tricked me. He said this show wasn't depressing. But it is. By a lot. Everyone dies. Which - okay, whatever. But everyone is horrible. Even people that you don't think are horrible, eventually become horrible.
At the end of season 5, Rick & Co eventually find a sanctuary. It's a city that they can defend, and they can live in, and maybe be happy. Of course, the architect dies, and the doctor dies, and yes, the doctor was horrible, but how many doctors are going to die? Every doctor we've had on the show has died.
If I knew that things were going to get better eventually, then maybe I could stick it out. If I knew that society would eventually find a way to rebuild, if the virus could eventually be contained, then maybe there'd be hope in that wretched world.
But apparently there's no cure, and there will never be a cure. That sentence is why I put spoilers for everything in the title - because I don't know if that is common knowledge. I certainly didn't know that until I began searching, trying to find a glimmer of light. And without a cure, how will humanity survive? We're all just living this short, dirty, hopeless life where there is no port in the storm. Everyone you meet will prey upon you. And even death is no release. (Unless you shoot yourself in the head. Which quite frankly the show makes look very tempting.)
Season 5 ended (relatively) peacefully. Sure, that doctor guy killed that architect (whose talents will definitely be missed.) But that one guy from season 1 comes back, and he seems cool (I especially like how he said that life is sacred, which is a surprising attitude in this world). But if I were to watch season 6 and beyond, all that peace will be destroyed. Something horrible will happen, and walkers will overrun the city, and Rick & Co will be back to scraping by in the wilderness.
I would rather just stop. Pretend that everything is fine. That Rick & Co settle in their new city, and manage to keep it safe from the walkers. That scientists in France manage to isolate the virus, and even if they can't cure the people living today, they can vaccinate pregnant moms or something. So that every child born will be safe.
I'm just going to pretend that there's a happy ending there. Because I just can't deal with this.
We're two resident physicians who are super nerdy and love to argue about physiology. Not sure if this is allowed here, but I thought others may find the information from our last debate somewhat interesting, so I typed it up.
WHAT IS GREYSCALE?
Good luck stopping the spread of Greyscale with prayer. You'd have better luck dancing away the plague."
―Tyrion Lannister
Greyscale is an infectious disease that is considered almost always fatal in adults. The disease is believed to be spread through physical contact, which is why sufferers are often exiled or quarantined. Although it isn’t explicitly stated how contagious Greyscale actually is, the collective fear of any physical contact with an infected individual implies that the rate must be sufficiently high.
SYMPTOMS:
Although the skin and the central nervous system manifestations of the disease are the most striking, most infected individuals initially present with peripheral neuropathy (by way of numbness in the fingertips and toes). In the books, when Tyrion comes into contact with someone in the advanced stages of Greyscale, he periodically pokes his fingers with a knife to make sure that they are not going numb. The numbness is usually progressive, and eventually envelops the entire extremity.
As the numbness advances, the skin begins to turn gray and will eventually develop the cracked and scaly appearance we first see in Shareen Baratheon, and later Jorah Mormont. Just as with the numbness, the skin changes continue to spread until it covers most of the total body surface area. Blindness usually results when the disease progresses to the face and reaches the eye.
Once Greyscale reaches the brain, a “feral madness” ensues, causing the infected to act erratically and aggressively. In fact, the Stone Men (who are individuals with advanced Greyscale) are known to attack travellers in Essos, and are responsible for infecting Jorah Mormont. The progression of the disease is slow. From the onset of initial symptoms to full fledged insanity can take from months to years, and death invariably following many years later as the disease attacks the internal organs.
The only positive thing about Greyscale (if you can be positive about the disease), is the lack of pain throughout the entire process. It is likely that the preceding numbing neuropathy during the initial presentation destroys any remaining pain receptors. Thus, there is no pain when the devastating skin lesions appear.
ARE THERE ANY DISEASES SIMILAR TO GREYSCALE?
Like most authors, George R.R. Martin has taken some literary inspiration from many real-life examples. Greyscale combines aspects of several human diseases, creating a scary and destructive plague. Here are the most similar human diseases:
LEPROSY
If we had to pick one disease that bears the most resemblance to Greyscale, it would be Leprosy. Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae, which was actually the first bacterium identified to cause disease in humans. The predominance of skin symptoms and the social stigma associated with Greyscale is likely inspired by historical accounts of Leprosy.
Just like Greyscale, Leprosy causes a progressive skin numbing due to peripheral nerve damage. However, unlike it’s fictional disease counterpart, the numbness caused by leprosy usually comes after the first skin signs. The bacterium itself replicates to create an extremely large number of organisms, and infiltrates the sensory nerves wherever lesions occur. White blood cells from the host’s body (mostly macrophages, if you’re interested) attack the pathogen, causing significant inflammation and damage to the nerve tissue. Patients who are eventually cured of the disease will usually regain sensation over the course of several years after elimination of the infection.
As you probably know, Leprosy is mostly known for the multiple skin symptoms. Though there are multiple forms of the disease, the hallmark is granulomatous (a fancy word that sorta means bulbous growths caused by immune reactions) skin lesions that leave the infected disfigured. These unsightly growths were one of the main reasons why lepers were shunned.
Unlike Greyscale, leprosy isn’t spread by physical contact. Instead, small droplets from the respiratory system enter the air and spread. Interestingly, it is similar to tuberculosis. Neither TB nor Leprosy are particularly easy to catch, but those who spend significant time in close quarters with lepers are at risk. In this fact, Leprosy shares another aspect with Greyscale: Many of the people who try to help the victims become infected and die as well. The arch maester at the Citadel speaks of a procedure to cure Greyscale, but says that it is forbidden as the maester who developed it contracted the disease in the process. Similarly, many of those who treated lepers have succumbed to it in the process. Perhaps the most famous being Father Damian who died of leprosy in 1889, and was made a Saint in 2009.
Similarities: Disfiguring skin lesions, peripheral nerve damage, infectious spread, social stigma
Differences: Skin lesions before numbness, lack of change in mental status, spread by aerosol secretions
SYPHILIS
Believe it or not, syphilis is more than just a simple sexually transmitted bacterial infection. If left untreated, it can cause many of same problems seen in Greyscale.
One to three months after the initial infection, individuals begin to show a variety of symptoms. Most notably, a large rash can form and cover most of the body. This rash does differ from Leprosy, as it will usually resolve after several weeks and is less disfiguring. During this stage of the disease, there can also be joint pain, fever, and many other symptoms.
Many years (3-15) after being initially infected, syphilis enters the third and final stage. Victims begin to show severe mental deterioration, and large destructive skin lesions. Sounds familiar? It shows some of the same symptoms as the final stages of Greyscale.
Similarities: Mental deterioration, long disease course, skin lesions
Differences: Skin lesions do not persist until late in the disease, lack of peripheral neuropathy, many others
HARLEQUIN-TYPE ICHTHYOSIS
Warning: Do not google for images of this disease if you are at all squeamish. Harlequin-Type Ichthyosis is a genetic disorder that causes thickened, non-flexible skin to form over the entire body.
Imagine if your skin could not stretch, bend, or compress. Instead, infants born with this disease suffer with large plates of thick skin, which crack and prevent movement. Constriction of the chest can make breathing difficult, and many infants die of infection or dehydration due to cracks in the skin.
Modern treatments, including extremely potent forms of Vitamin A, have improved survival rates significantly.
Similarities: Scale-like skin
Differences: Non-infectious, and pretty much everything else
FIBRODYSPLASIA OSSIFICANS PROGRESSIVA
FOP is another extremely rare genetic disorder, with less than 1,000 people worldwide suffering from the disease. If you know a little bit of Latin, you may be able to surmise from the name that FOP involves progressive displacement of tissue with bone.
Overtime, all of an individual’s muscle and connective tissue becomes calcified and hardens into a bone-like structure. Predictably, FOP sufferers slowly lose the ability to move. The most common causes of death include respiratory failure from lack of chest mobility, infections of lung, and heart conduction issues.
Any injury, no matter how small, causes additional bone formation. Can you imagine? Every stubbed toe, every fall, and every paper cut causes you to slowly lose the ability to move.
Greyscale is similar only in that the gray stone-like qualities progress over time like those in FOP. Unfortunately, there is still no effective treatments for FOP, and the disease is fatal.
Similarities: Statue-like calcification of tissue
Differences: Almost everything else
WHAT IS HAPPENING (PHYSIOLOGICALLY)?
In order to really try and parse this down, there are a few big assumptions that we will. have to make. We will try and point out these assumptions as they come up, but as a small disclaimer: this is all speculation about a fictional disease. Some of the information is based on the (limited) expertise that we have gained throughout our training.
GREYSCALE IS A BACTERIAL INFECTION… PROBABLY
Almost all infectious human diseases are caused by one of four categories: viruses, fungi, parasites or bacteria. Each class of disease causing agent shares some characteristics which allow us to semi-accurately predict what exactly causes Grayscale. (There are some rare diseases caused by lone proteins, and even some infectious cancers in the animal world, but these account for a very small proportion of infections.)
The long disease course, broad range of symptoms, and the eventual involvement of the central nervous system leads us to believe that the infection is caused by a bacterium. (We are making the assumption that there are similarities between the causes of real-world diseases and the Westerosi ones. It could all be magic instead) Specifically, we feel that Greyscale’s symptom course is most similar to diseases caused by a subset of bacteria called Spirochetes.
If Jorah were in the real world, he’d probably be cured with a simple course of antibiotics. Many of the spirochete diseases are unable to mount meaningful resistance to certain antibiotics and are easily treated.
THE PATHOGEN RESIDES IN THE NERVE TISSUE
By infecting nerve tissue, the organism has a few primary advantages. First, nerve cells (neurons) are highly specialized and do not divide as frequently as other cell types. The lack of division creates a stable environment that will allow the Greyscale bug to thrive so long as it does not completely push out the native cells. The organism that causes leprosy uses this to its advantage and is able to invade the cells that wrap around nurons and remain there for long periods of time.
Additionally, if the organism can invade the neuron directly, it will have increased access to the central nervous system (i.e. the brain). As you may know, it is usually difficult for infections to reach the brain due to the blood-brain-barrier. However, by travelling up the nerve and into the spinal cord it could penetrate through this barrier and enter the brain. The rabies virus works in this way: after the victim is bit by an infected animal, the virus travels up the nervous tissue through the spinal cord and into the brain. Greyscale seems to work in a similar fashion, as we see a progressive numbness up the limbs that eventually results in some form of dementia/brain damage.
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I've been getting into podcasts lately, and just remembered Breaking Bad had one. I know Vince is on some (all?) of the episodes, so it would be a treat just to hear what he has to say. Are there a lot of insights into the creation of the show? Might do another rewatch where I listen to the corresponding podcast episode after each TV episode.
And as far as I can tell, the first season doesn't have a podcast, is that right?
It is somewhat strange that Rhaegar had three Kingsguard sworn to him. Kingsguard are exactly that, a household guard to the king of the Iron Throne. As Aerys was still alive, these men were sworn to him. Now, it is not uncommon for a solitary Kingsguard to protect a royal family member in the event that they live outside of the capital, but three? This is extremely unorthodox.
Think about it. Aerys has become notoriously mad, craven, and exceedingly paranoid. Coupled with the fact that his realm is facing a massive rebellion, one would think that he would keep his Kingsguard close by.
Why then were three whitecloaks--men that Ned Stark regarded as the paragons of honor and duty even decades later-- sworn to the crown prince instead of the king? Why would they be commanded to stay behind to protect the crown prince's paramour and his bastard child?
It's quite possible that Rhaegar, who had long grown weary of his father's madness, was planning a coup. He had fallen in love with Lyanna Stark who had impressed him at the great tourney of Harrenhal when she donned the guise of "the Knight of the Laughing Tree" in order to protect her father's man, Howland Reed. The king, caught in the throes of his paranoia, sent out a band of soldiers to capture this rogue knight. Rhaegar, knowing the harm these soldiers were commanded to inflict on the knight, absconded with Lyanna to some safe haven, eventually heading southward to Dorne. Perhaps at some point along the way, they wed in secret, and therefore any progeny born from their union would be deemed legitimate in the eyes of gods and men.
It's quite possible that Arthur Dayne, Gerold Hightower, and Oswell Whent conceded that their king's madness was intractable and favored the crown prince as the rightful king. This being the case, they would favor the child of Rhaegar as the rightful heir over Rhaegar's young brother Viserys.
Everything happened so fast, and it is quite likely that neither Rhaegar nor Lyanna knew if they could trust a raven and the maesters who wield them to convey the intelligence of their escape to the Starks in Winterfell. Brandon, the Wild Wolf, upon learning of Lyanna's abduction, sped hastily to King's Landing to kill Rhaegar. But we don't really know how Brandon came to hear about Lyanna's abduction. The timeline concerning all these events is nebulous.
Obviously, Rickard Stark travelled to King's Landing to retrieve his son, but there they both met their respective ends. Aerys sent a raven to Jon Arryn in the Vale asking for the heads of Ned Stark and Lyanna's betrothed, Robert Baratheon. Arryn declined and thus the rebellion began.
Nearly a year later, after Robert slew Rhaegar at the Trident, after Jaime Lannister slew Aerys in the Red Keep, and after Ned's men defeated Dayne, Hightower, and Whent at the Tower of Joy...Ned discovered the truth. Lyanna and Rhaegar loved each other and had a son together, whom Ned had to now pass off as his own bastard in order to protect the child from the fate suffered by Rhaegar's other two children.
Decades later, when Ned's mind meanders into thoughts of Rhaegar, he finds himself considering a lost brother that he never had the chance to know. He feels no anger or resentment or disgust. He feels only sorrow and curiosity and wonder. When his mind shifts over to the brave whitecloaks who fought valiantly three against seven, he considers them with the highest praise and honor. Men who kept a secret because their liege commanded it. Men who protected a dying woman and her babe from her own brother because their liege commanded it. Men who died for a prince that was promised.
Like I said, the timeline for the events leading up to and including Rhaegar and Lyanna's elopement are still cloudy. Martin hasn't parted those clouds for us yet. But I cannot help but think that Rhaegar was not a licentious beast, trying to steal Robert's betrothed away from him. He was a man trying to protect a woman whose valor and strength he greatly admired--to protect her from his own father who had long since forewent the dignity of his crown. I cannot help but think that the events at Harrenhal moved Rhaegar to a long-gestating action: to remove his father from the Iron Throne.
The fateful and tragic consequence of Rhaegar's protection of Lyanna was that they could not get word to her family in time to prevent a rightfully rash brother from storming King's Landing.
I can't believe how much the TV show stirred away from the source material and screwed Andrea's character up so much that they just killed her off. I think Laurie Holden did a fantastic job at portraying Andrea but it was as though the show took every opportunity they could to make her seem unlikeable, leaving Beth to attempt suicide, shooting Daryl and sleeping with Shane and the Governor.
I think Laurie Holden would have killed it in Andrea's death scene and if the show ever gets that far its bound to be Michonne taking Andrea's place which is another awful idea because Michonne is her own character and not Andrea.
As a young man, Jorah won a tournament and named a beautiful woman the queen of love and beauty. They got married and she moved in with him at Bear Island. But she was a gold-digging bitch and Jorah spent all his money on her to keep her happy, eventually resorting to capturing hunters on his land and selling them to slavers, which forced him to run away to Essos to escape death by Ned's sword. He spies on Dany to try to earn a pardon for his crime, but ends up falling in love with her and he gives up on any chance of returning to his home because he loves her and believes in her. She finds out he was once a spy, sends him away, he gets greyscale, and he still comes back and saves her in Mereen.
Jorah is equal parts hopeless romantic and bad-ass knight. He speaks a ton of different languages, he's incredibly smart, he's an amazing fighter and is knowledgable on different fighting styles.
He's one of my favorite characters (and Iain Glenn's performance is always top-notch) and I just hope he doesn't die :(
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Everytime i watch it when walt watches jane die i understand more and more why he did she was bad for jesse i use to think it was selfishness and it is a little but that was the best out come for jesse her not being around.
worth in combat? We have already seen Podrick save the life of the person he previously served in helping foil the assassination attempt on Tyrion in the Battle of the Blackwater. Now Podrick serves Brienne and she has been training him to fight. We still see him receiving training at Winterfell and can see that Brienne is still much better than Podrick. However just cos Brienne is better than Podrick does not mean that he cannot fight to a decent standard now. Brienne could beat most fighters in this show, she is much better than the average fighter. At the moment Brienne does not seem to be too impressed with Podrick's skill in battle. Will he change her mind at some point?
Does anyone else think Podrick could maybe save Brienne's life in battle or maybe save Sansa, who Brienne is pledged to defend? Saving Sansa would also be Podrick coming full circle as she was married to Tyrion and Tyrion would want him to save her. I know Podrick helped Brienne rescue Sansa and Theon already, but I feel that there may be a moment to come where he personally prevents either Brienne or Sansa from dying.
And I've been sorta watching along, nipping in everytime I know something good happens, and she just watched the Baelor episode from season 1.
She watched the whole final sequence in complete silence and when the credtis rolled, she turned to me and said "I can't believe they did that".
And she started laughing histericaly.
I can't wait to see the Red Wedding with her.
Ned comes to King's Landing and enters the Great Hall on his way to a council meeting. Jaime meets him at the Great Hall, and gives him his account of how his father was killed. "500 men just stood there and watched. All the great knights of the Seven Kingdoms, you think anyone said a word, lifted a finger? No, Lord Stark. 500 men and this room was silent as a crypt. Except for the screams, of course, and the Mad King laughing. And later, when i watched the Mad King die, I remember him laughing as your father burned... It felt like Justice." Now, I don't know if my thinking is affected by a sort of sympathy that the show has allowed us to have for Jaime, but it felt like he was sympathizing with Ned, almost consoling him, maybe even seeking an approval from Ned Stark for what he did, for avenging his family, maybe the great Eddard Stark would see him different from what the whole kingdom sees him as, a Kingslayer.
Ned replies with, "Is that what you tell yourself at night? You're a servant of justice? That you were avenging my father when you shoved your sword in Aerys Targaryen's back?" and it's so cold, you can instantly see the change in expression on Jaime's face to almost that of a betrayal. Not even the noble Eddard Stark could understand his situation, of the fact that just maybe, he had saved a whole city from being burnt alive... I feel so sad for Jaime... And the more I recap these small instances, the more i realize just how naive Ned Stark probably was...
I'm at season 2 near the end where the zombies are attacking the farm and i realized that the day/night cycle is weird. At one point when the zombies attack them and Patricia died it was completely dark, a little bit later it cuts to Glenn and Maggie and it looks like it's 9 in the morning. We saw them drive away when it was bit darker, but they don't need several hour to drive to the highway.
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In the last 30 seconds of the episode there is a person poking out of the doorway in the hallway when Walt is leaving. Was that like a lighting guy or something that accidentally made his way into the frame???
I've stopped watching the show, stopped reading the comics, stopped playing the video games. I've read comics ahead of the show and it was comics that actually ruined it for me.
However, I do come in peace and not mean to cause a shitstorm because I know y'all got a pretty big Negan fandom going on here and he's the reason why I stopped watching. I recently had a discussion with a friend and he wasn't able to give me solid answers, but I think you guys might which is why I'm here.
I'm wondering has it ever been explained how a guy with a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire is able to dominate and humiliate his followers without anyone ever trying something. The guy rose to power and was a head of a settlement (I forgot how those enclave's are called) all the while fucking everybody's wives, maiming his followers, and no one thought that he might not be the most sane person to lead them?
Have those things been explained in the comics or the show? I'd settle for Kirkman giving an off-hand comment on a podcast with 4 downloads.
Because, I really want to get back into the show and the comics and games. It's just that what drove me to the franchise initially was its realistic (well, as much as possible) portrayal of what would happen in a zombie apocalypse.
Rewatching the series, in season 4 episode 7 when Walt brings his cash from Gus to the car wash Skyler comments on it all being $50 bills and that no one pays for a car wash with a 50. Later in season 5 episode 13 when Saul goes to the car wash to speak to Walt, Skyler gives him change for a 50. Thought it was an interesting callback.
Everyone and their mothers can see that he's morally reprehensible on their first watch through. Everyone knows that. Especially by the end we realize what a horrible human being he is. But there's always that itch in the back of our mind, "This is so COOL!" We still have that itch in the back of our minds being so enchanted by him starting out and overcoming so much that it's easy to think he's cool throughout even the worst things. It has nothing to do with morals though. This is beyond despising him for what he's done, it's despising him as a person. Every time he's in the room I just know I'm about to get annoyed.
There's no other word for it. Every time he's on screen I dislike him just a little bit more, from about Season 2 (and ESPECIALLY Season 3) onward. Every incoherent, endless, meandering rant to a stone faced Tyrus. Every time he so blatantly manipulates Jesse. His stupid, endless rhetorical exercises. His machismo, underhanded tactics to always seem like the alpha in the conversation (that moreso happen in Season 5). His overly smug mannerisms. Honestly I'm partially mad because I'm seeing this overly arrogant, smug, irrational asshole and I can't believe I ever thought he was "cool". He's a total loser who drags everyone around himself down because he can't stand not being the smartest, most successful person in the room. It's only getting worse in season 5, watching him smugly swirl around a glass of scotch and give quippy one liners like he's the fuckin' Godfather.
That's also to say, Bryan Cranston you magnificent bastard. On that same token this rewatch has made me truly appreciate the ability of Cranston's acting. That someone can play this man so perfectly, and so consistently, it's only making me miss it even more. That I can get two completely different experiences with a character on two different watch throughs, I've rarely had that before in a show.
Since there was some interest in my last post about clues in Sansa's season 7 outfit, I thought I'd write this up comparing the costumes this season of the three rulers: Dany, Cersei and Jon. There are some big clues of where Dany's leadership is headed, how Dany and Jon interactions will go, and who might kill Cersei, among other things. As a costume history major, here's my take:
Dany's costume has a more sturdier look to it this time compared to previous seasons, showing that she's ready for battle. There's a red-black ombre effect - an obvious nod to the Targaryen colors. Padded shoulders historically symbolise power dressing, but hers are quite exaggerated which suggests she wants to dominate.
The first outfit, like many of her outfits this season, has texture mimicking dragon scales. The second is more subtle with chevron pattern, often used by military service, and has fur lining on the inside, possibly indicating a future association with Jon. We can speculate in the next episode, where she wears the first outfit, she won't be teaming up with Jon but will probably do so at a later time, offering her army. (Interestingly, Tyrion is wearing a chevron printed outfit for a future episode, but his chevrons are much larger and in the opposite direction - possibly indicating some difference in opinion with Dany?)
Back to the first outfit: we see a hint of pleating at the front. Remember she used to wear pleated dresses earlier so what we're seeing is that gradually being eased out every season. A hint that she's moving on from her gentle nature, perhaps.
The dragon chain is quite interesting. It has three dragon heads - self-explanatory. The way the chain draped like a sash is similar to those worn by royal figureheads. I've seen a photo where she just wore the three-dragon head pin only, but she chose to wear the chain while meeting Jon for the next episode, which is a clue she wants to demonstrate her status. Attached to the pin is an actual sash in red crinkled fabric, again mimicking dragon scales.
Now where have seen this silhouette and sash attached to a pin before? Oh yes, her brother Viserys wore them too (see here and here). His clothing is wrapped around from top left to bottom right and pin is positioned on the top left because the men on the show wear it that way. Notice the colour palette is strikingly similar in the second photo of Viserys and the first photo of Dany. So while Dany might feel she's not like her brother, her outfit is telling that she may be embracing his path. Something to chew on.
This is Cersei's spectacular season 6 finale outfit, minus the metal shoulder details and chain. When she's with Jamie alone she doesn't layer herself with any chunky accessories (and that might be a big clue about who might kill her).
This outfit is almost identical to what Tywin wore from an earlier season. There are two layers: a leather laser-cut hole layer on top of a silver brocade material. It's like she is trying her best to hide her vulnerabilities. But Tywin wore it too, so what was his vulnerability? His children, whom he couldn't control. Ditto for Cersei. She wears almost exclusively black outfits (other characters stick to grays, blues, browns) which is probably to separate her state of mind from the rest. She is a hollow person now.
There's a lot of talk about her (detachable) shoulder and neck piece because of what it could mean in regards to the prophecy. Remember her words in season 1 to Robert: "I should wear the armor, you the gown." This is Cersei wearing the armor. The big jewel encrusted lion on her shoulder is similar to the embossed lion Jamie and Tywin wear on their armor. The neckpiece is her version of the men's gorget (armor to cover the throat) and there's a lion embossed there just like Jamie. Additionally, her hair remains cropped, which makes sense given her craving for masculine power.
Everything about this neckpiece is extremely ostentatious. Euron is similarly flamboyant in his dressing style and it may hint at a partnership there. The neckpiece also has loads and loads of beadwork, which is very fragile material to work with. So unlike men's armor, this is just a false show of strength. Compare this to Sansa's outfit: hers also shows strength with the use of a belt and fastened collar but the materials used are practical, which suggests she might be more successful in protecting herself compared to Cersei.
There's not much to say about Jon's usual garb in the North, large furs mirroring Ned. But it's interesting what he wears when he goes South. He has his gorget on, something you only wear if you're going to battle. Ned never wore his when he went South so Jon is thankfully being smarter. We can see two direwolves engraved on his gorget. Robb never had that engraved on his when he went to battle so this almost certainly Sansa's doing (she wears two direwolf pins as well).
However, there's no cape with the outfit. I don't expect Jon to wear large furs going South where it's less cold, but even Ned wore a thin cape at King's Landing. By going without a cape or anything particular regal to meet Dany, it suggests he's not trying to play up his status as King of the North (his thinking might be because he's coming to Dragonstone to ask a favor) and coming across as deferential. This is quite interesting because Dany plays up her status when she meets him. It highlights the differences in their leadership styles - one believes she was born to rule and it shows in her attire, the other never asked for his title and hence wears his crown lightly.
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Just finished binging it and while it is a procedural, the cast grows on you so much that it makes every episode a joy to watch. The chemistry they have is unlike any procedural I've seen before.
What I really enjoyed and found refreshing is that it doesn't have any over the top forced drama. Peter is not only loyal to the law but also to his wife and it stays that way and it is nice to have a genius main character that doesn't have sherlock holmesque drug habit
I'm catching up on FTWD and half way through s02e13 and i just have the need to rage how much i hate Chris... what in the hell is wrong with him? such a shitty character. he turns on his own dad to help those loser fucking guys him and Travis ran int on the road? And he just leaves Travis at the barn.. i just had to rent about how much of s terrible character he is.
yo it's ya boi, here to shamelessly advertise my parents' house in senoia. it's got three bedrooms and two bathrooms, and like a block away from downtown senoia, which makes attending my dad's tour on a saturday only a 5 minute walk. it used to be a church (a very long time ago) which means that it has a bell tower kind of thing, but sadly there's no bell at the time as we're still trying to find where it ended up. it's also got a pretty creepy civil war soldier's grave in the front yard lmao. in the master bedroom you can see where the colors of the floor change from where the preacher's pulpit platform was from when it was a church, and we kept the preacher's chair in the foyer. it's also actually so close to the set that you can see the walls of alexandria from the front porch, which means that if we're filming any crazy scenes you might get to hear gunfire, explosions, etc. you can see pictures and get some more info from here and i'll be here to answer questions about the house.
In Season 6, episode 1, when Rick offers Judith to Morgan to hold, Morgan sort of smiles and laughs to himself before taking her.
In Season 6, episode 4, Eastman tells Morgan before he dies "you'll hold a baby again". Bit of a random thing to say, but it's nice to see the writers plan these sort of things. They're subtle and a nice touch.
Sam's Brother? Would D&D have the balls to do such a thing? Would they really dare to get Grey Worm killed by a character called Dickon? Sam's brother must have a role to play in this story. He would not have been recast if all he had to say was 'Dickon'. Is he destined to kill Grey Worm or play a larger part in the coming war?
Personally, I preferred his performance in the previous episode more. Odenkirk overshadowed him in this episode tbh
I started watching the show in August 2016 on Netflix. I already saw FTWD so therefore I decided to give TWD a chance. I watched S1-S5 on Netflix, but I had to buy S6 in store, because it wasn't available on Netflix yet
I would say this, but it's close.
Both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul are unrepentantly nihilistic. Every moment of victory and happiness and levity is backed by the absurd meaninglessness of it all. Even the sadness and despair is shown to be worthless in the grand scheme of things.
I've been binging the shows for the past week and Vince Gilligan's apparent worldview is really hitting me. The characters are all cogs in machines of their own pathetic design.
Fucking christ, I love it, but it doesn't exactly make me feel good about much of anything. The entire show is like the moment right after you cum when you realize your euphoria is over. Then every so often it makes you feel like your mom just walked in on you and, rarely, gives you flashes of the actual orgasm.
God, that was a weird analogy. What I mean is, it's shameful yet satisfying most of the time, but you still feel as though you have a mess to clean up. Sometimes it gives you glimpses of genuine delight or terror, but you're always reminded of the deflating monotony following - or perhaps even underlying - these paroxysms.
I'm so tired. Sorry for even making this post.
Since this will be the 100th episode, I thought it would be cool if season 8 opened up how season 1 did, but instead it is Carl.
You could have Carl drive a car into shot, gets out and walks around and finds a car yard, maybe kills a walker like Rick did.
The episode where Badger get arrested by DJ Qualls. He's sitting on the bench when DT. Getz sits down and test to buy meth from him. Badger calls out the police vans Dukes flowers and I forget the other one, then he says "you guys should use a garbage truck, I'd never suspect a garage truck." Then at the end of the episode Jimmy In and Out is set up and arrested with the same Dukes Flowers van. I just keep thinking it would have been so much better if the police actually took Badgers advice and rolled up to do the bust with an actual garbage truck. Has anyone else ever thought about that?
Would you feel different about the show?
Where did the troops from the hilltop and the kingdom come from? As far as I'm aware there's only one entrance to alexandria and I'm pretty sure they didn't just walk through the front gates, so were they hiding in the back the whole time?
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I have thought about the end to the TWD TV show a lot recently. I am not advocating that it end with Season 8, haha, but Robert Kirkman consistently seems to want the comic books to go until Issue 300.
Realistically if a TV show gets through 100 issues in 6 seasons, then the show would have to go on for 12 more seasons to complete the comic journey. That most likely will not happen. So, the show will have to end earlier and differently than the comics. The most important things to me that happen before the show ends are the following: 1) We conclude All Out War, 2) We enter A New Beginning and meet the Whisperers and the deaths for this arc are similar enough to the comics, 3) We get to see the Whisperer War.
After that, I would want the show to start veering off into its own conclusion because that will most likely be 10 seasons. I would hope they finish the show off with some important main character deaths, and the crew finding out what caused the zombie outbreak in the first place.
It is by far the best thing on Netflix before the return of Stranger Things. The acting is impeccable, the direction by Bateman is top notch, I'm talking, like, next level good. And the story is intriguing and constantly shifting. For some reason it has a low rating on rotten tomatoes which is bonkers to me, especially for a tv rating, which usually skews higher. GET ON IT PEOPLE!
Anyone else notice this? You'd think it would be more a cautionary bit of information for them to use, otherwise I'd have watched more of the show.
I have thought about the end to the TWD TV show a lot recently. I am not advocating that it end with Season 8, haha, but Robert Kirkman consistently seems to want the comic books to go until Issue 300.
Realistically if a TV show gets through 100 issues in 6 seasons, then the show would have to go on for 12 more seasons to complete the comic journey. That most likely will not happen. So, the show will have to end earlier and differently than the comics. The most important things to me that happen before the show ends are the following: 1) We conclude All Out War, 2) We enter A New Beginning and meet the Whisperers and the deaths for this arc are similar enough to the comics, 3) We get to see the Whisperer War.
After that, I would want the show to start veering off into its own conclusion because that will most likely be 10 seasons. I would hope they finish the show off with some important main character deaths, and the crew finding out what caused the zombie outbreak in the first place.