tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post1624778471704309781..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Walking Dead: Arrow on the DoorpostBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-28845343547374083032015-02-15T07:35:46.213-05:002015-02-15T07:35:46.213-05:00Hi, Elfie, long time lurker! Why have you been hid...Hi, Elfie, long time lurker! Why have you been hiding comments like this one? :)<br /><br />I don't think this is a spoiler -- are you aware that a spinoff is in the works? I think that it's going to be what you were talking about: the beginning of all this. Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-7900040074128265962015-02-15T02:56:22.680-05:002015-02-15T02:56:22.680-05:00This episode, despite being slow-paced, was quite ...This episode, despite being slow-paced, was quite decent. It was super tense and I kept waiting for something bad to happen. I guess that's just how this show is, if something bad *doesn't* occur within those 45 minutes, you're just rendered surprised. xD<br /><br />To be honest, I really like this show, but sometimes I find myself questioning why I keep coming back for more. I'll binge watch episode after episode, and then I'll feel pretty depressed (although sometimes I even feel good because no matter how bad life gets at least I'm not living in a zombie apocalypse!) it's just that this show seems to me like such a missed opportunity. It would be SO much better if they took the Lost approach, gave us some insight on who these people were before the world went to hell, and actually took the time to show us how this outbreak actually occurred and where all these zombies came from. Like... Did it start out as just some strange stories on the news or was it quicker than that? How did our characters react to it all? It's interesting to see this post-apocalyptic world but it doesn't have to solely FOCUS on the 'post' part, it can be very well effective -- in fact, it would be so much more effective if we got to see how everything was like "before" as well. Including our characters. It would breathe some life into the show for sure. <br /><br />Anwyway, I just wanted to say I'm a long time lurker and I read this website's reviews for a lot of shows including Buffy, Doctor Who, Arrow, Flash, TWD etc and I finally wanted to make myself known. ^.^ Elfienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-30782539967759243972013-03-20T23:36:12.708-04:002013-03-20T23:36:12.708-04:00i thought (and this is only IMHO btw) that the gov...i thought (and this is only IMHO btw) that the gov asked andrea to leave so he could show his true colours to rick. He obviously believes that she is still buying his bullshit, they are still f*cking and shes only called him out on a few things not calling him as the untrustworthy psychopath who is a bit of a dick which only Andrea, ricks group and the viewers know he is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-17962808698670625772013-03-18T07:25:21.096-04:002013-03-18T07:25:21.096-04:00I'm so annoyed with what the governor is doing...I'm so annoyed with what the governor is doing also. Why the "kill-a-few-then-go"-thing. Like you said, if he means to take the prison anyway - just do it already. <br />This back and forth is just feet-dragging. I have to say this part is much, much, better done in the comic - where the Governor is a REAL threat. <br />This whole story has made the show lose it's pace and tension. <br />Sad. Henrik Bennetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646513358412600648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-57153777246807187562013-03-14T13:05:28.344-04:002013-03-14T13:05:28.344-04:00"Lauren Cohan is the only one who's maint..."Lauren Cohan is the only one who's maintained consistent accent and sounds authentic."<br /><br />As an authentic Southerner, I'm afraid I have to disagree. Her accent sounds like incomprehensible mush to me. She sounds drunk or like her tongue's swollen, rather than "Southern"; I literally have to turn on the captions to understand what she's saying! Lincoln and Morrisey actually sound somewhat more "Southern" in a generic way (albeit neither really sounds like someone from Georgia). Lauren Cohan is great to look at and a pretty good actress; I just wish they had allowed her to use her normal accent instead of slurring her speech to the point that I can't even follow what she's saying.<br /><br />(Every time I start to complain about the ludicrous lack of Southern accents on The Vampire Diaries - set in Virginia! - I remember the ones on this show and the atrocious grab-bag of assorted quasi-Southern accents on True Blood. That shuts me up in a hurry.)TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-37450961292510185972013-03-13T20:20:27.641-04:002013-03-13T20:20:27.641-04:00Anonymouses and Tim, I'm pretty sure at this p...Anonymouses and Tim, I'm pretty sure at this point that HBR is just teasing me. :)Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-49117816341281922512013-03-13T17:24:25.395-04:002013-03-13T17:24:25.395-04:00Yeah, I'm agreed with Tim. I don't know wh...Yeah, I'm agreed with Tim. I don't know what Andrew Lincoln has done to you in particular, but saying the same thing over and over doesn't make it true. Unless you are Mr. Mxyzptlk.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-61111131463964097422013-03-13T10:16:54.852-04:002013-03-13T10:16:54.852-04:00@HellBlazerRazor
This is the seventh time you'...@HellBlazerRazor<br />This is the seventh time you've railed against Andrew Lincoln's 'bloody buggering' acting.<br /><br />We get it. Really, we do. <br />You don't like him. Let's move on.<br /><br /><br />In other news, thanks for the consistently great reviews, drnanamom.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-42782224017598180912013-03-13T09:47:36.862-04:002013-03-13T09:47:36.862-04:00I would love to know how this whole zombie thing s...I would love to know how this whole zombie thing started. Where the virus and all these dead people came from all of a sudden. <br /><br />But I think the creator said that he won`t reveal that :( <br /><br />I find it interesting that it has come to the point where the humans are more dangerous than the zombies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-60759032959755747032013-03-12T21:45:20.761-04:002013-03-12T21:45:20.761-04:00I am stunned! STUNNED! Two strong episodes in a ro...I am stunned! STUNNED! Two strong episodes in a row! <br /><br />That written, I'm fed up with Brits doing bad Souther drawls. Either cast actual southerners for the roles or make the character British. <br /><br />Lauren Cohan is the only one who's maintained consistent accent and sounds authentic. <br /><br />David Morrissey can't maintain it. I think he should use his real accent. That would add to the inanity of the Governor. <br /><br />Andrew Lincoln is still a bloody buggery awful actor.HellBlazerRaiserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12015895593976794867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-18496753435854971462013-03-12T16:03:04.167-04:002013-03-12T16:03:04.167-04:00I am with Jess on the prison issue. Why not just f...I am with Jess on the prison issue. Why not just find a new place. And the road can`t be so bad anymore since they have so much experience with the walkers (who aren`t really scary anymore). Why not go back to Rick`s town?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-35017657928785934792013-03-12T15:57:29.747-04:002013-03-12T15:57:29.747-04:00This episode was too boring for my taste and did n...This episode was too boring for my taste and did not help to move the story forward although I did enjoy some scenes (Daryl & Martinez, Hershel & Milton, Rick & Hershel). The parlé could have been also more intense. <br /><br />Jesus, Andrea is just annoying and it might have been a dick move to send her out but I would have done the same. Her speech was just awful and annoying.<br /><br />I don`t understand why you want to bring Hershel to a meeting when there is a possibility of a fight? And why does Daryl always carry his crossbow to gunfights? <br /><br />I hope M&M will survive the fight and become part of the prison gang.<br />And I want a change of location. I am sick of the prison. The second half of the season is suffering from lack of pace and the story of the fight is unnecessarily dragged on.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-63428945123401015472013-03-12T15:56:06.550-04:002013-03-12T15:56:06.550-04:00I found this episode wonderfully tense while I was...I found this episode wonderfully tense while I was watching it --- they've done such a good job of convincing me that (almost) anyone can go, at any time --- but after the fact, I was troubled by a lot of the questions you raised, Doc.<br /><br />What the hell is the Governor doing? Is he really just the big cat playing with its food a bit before he eats it? Because his plans don't seem to make any sense. Why not wipe the prison out before? Why bother with truce negotiations at all, if he has no intention of following through? He's just so sure of his ultimate victory that he wants to have some ego-stroking fun first? He just doesn't think he can get Michonne taken alive with a full-on assault?<br /><br />And on the flip side --- Rick clearly saw that the Governor is an untrustworthy douchebag, and he has to realize that with that man in charge a truce would be unsustainable. So why not take him out then and there? Too many uncertainties about getting everyone else out of there alive? Or about who might rise up to take his place? <br /><br />I'm also not clear on what Rick wants Hershel to talk him out of. When I watched the episode, I thought he wanted Hershel to talk him out of going to war. To tell him that he should trade Michonne's life for their families' lives. But apparently a lot of folks read the scene the exact opposite --- that Rick is now considering handing Michonne over, and he wants Hershel to talk him out of doing that. I guess I need to watch it again. <br /><br />Ultimately, I'm finding it hard to accept that everyone isn't on board with Carol and Hershel's "get the hell out of Dodge" plan. I know the road was hard on them, and that it could be harder now with a baby and with Hershel losing his foot. BUT they managed out there for 8 months with no losses, and those odds seem a lot better than the certain losses they'll face if they go to war with Woodbury. They consistently been losing people since they arrived at the prison, and it just doesn't seem to be a place worth fighting for at this point.<br /><br />One thing that did make sense to me: Andrea opting to go back. Hershel gave her two important nudges in their brief conversation. He let her think the absolute worst about what the Governor had done to Maggie, and then he told her that if she came back to the prison with them, it would all be over. In other words, she would have no further opportunity to nip this in the bud before things get even worse. So she went back to Woodbury to take out or otherwise undermine the Governor from the inside. Once more unto the breach!<br /><br />Enjoyed reading your thoughts, as always, Doc.Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com