tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post8673313097225626809..comments2024-03-29T09:13:52.064-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The Walking Dead: Dead WeightBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-69592370149719449532015-07-01T21:44:41.038-04:002015-07-01T21:44:41.038-04:00I came here to complain about them killing off Env...I came here to complain about them killing off Enver Gjokaj’s character in one episode. Come on! Peter was so nice. I was hoping he would survive and become the new Rick of the show (I’m kind of tired of Rick himself).<br /><br />I don’t think these two last episodes were a waste of time. The writers made me care about the characters who surround the Governor far more than I ever cared about the people in Woodbury. I’m actually worried about them.Lamounierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00225447169375363236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-14442990586945132092014-01-15T19:15:19.044-05:002014-01-15T19:15:19.044-05:00However, I did appreciate one small touch: the Gov...However, I did appreciate one small touch: the Gov still likes his trophies (the heads in water, Enver Gjokaj in the lake).Scott Rigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711526444461565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-44277401326014976092014-01-15T19:14:16.173-05:002014-01-15T19:14:16.173-05:00I agree with Billie; I don't think the writers...I agree with Billie; I don't think the writers intended for us to sympathize with the Governor in these two episodes. I think they expected us to be on the edge of our seats worrying about when and how he would abruptly turn back into Mister Bad Guy.<br /><br />The trouble is that he has never once behaved like an actual, believable human (psycho or not), so I found it tedious, all the waiting for the inevitable.<br /><br />It might have been more effective to show this protective, fatherly side of him when he was first introduced. Instead, we were shown right away in season 3 that he was a Bad Guy, which quickly escalated into Super-Powered-Bad-Guy-Without-Believable-Motivations. Meh.<br /><br />I think they completely failed with this character.Scott Rigganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711526444461565186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-10034225795580025912013-11-30T04:41:59.264-05:002013-11-30T04:41:59.264-05:00Season 3 of Walking Dead! You've returned to b...Season 3 of Walking Dead! You've returned to break my heart! Thank you Governor, I don't know what I'd do if you weren't around to bring this show down.<br /><br />Seriously though, this episode was so lazy and heavy-handed. The symbolism had all the subtlety of the Kool-Aid Man and everything felt awkward. Tara mentions she's a lesbian one episode ago and they JUST so happen to run into another lesbian that instantly digs her after some dialogue about guns that sounded like something out of a teen novel. Not even just digs her, they're like practically married at this point. I guess the Chambler sisters fall in love fast. the Martinez instantly accepted the Governor back into the fold and completely drops his guard after all that he saw him do. I don't care if he was drunk during the golf scene, he was sober all other times. Which is a shame because I kinda liked Martinez. Mitch just instantly capitulated to the Governor and is now his right hand man. Hopefully he betrays him somewhere down the line.<br /><br />And last of all, Shumpert, young(?) virtually mute Shumpert. Completely unflappable and stoic in all the time we knew him in season 3. Completely breaks down and dies off screen.Freemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11265555641080269765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-50980103777988827512013-11-29T04:47:25.192-05:002013-11-29T04:47:25.192-05:00TheShadowKnows: Exactly. A person/character that i...TheShadowKnows: Exactly. A person/character that is "evil" is totally uninteresting. <br />The single most important thing to remember when writing a character, renowned screen-writer John Augusts words not mine, is "Every villain is a hero". <br />He has to have purpose, because even serial killers have a plan, a method. <br />Okay, fine, make him crazy but at least make him try to justify his actions somehow better than what they're doing now. <br />Henrik Bennetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646513358412600648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-17228146933803368732013-11-27T09:32:10.112-05:002013-11-27T09:32:10.112-05:00I don't understand why some people say the Gov...I don't understand why some people say the Governor is "practical" or "pragmatic" or "just doing what he has to do to survive." He's a psycho, full stop. Killing a bunch of soldiers when he could have recruited them to fight the zombies wasn't practical; it was stupid and wasteful and psycho. Bringing a bunch of zombies into Woodbury to fight gladiator style wasn't pragmatic; it was dangerous and stupid and psycho. Keeping a bunch of zombie heads in a cabinet wasn't something he needed to do to survive; it was stupid and depraved. And PSYCHO!<br /><br />If the Governor really WERE a ruthless man doing the pragmatic thing to survive, regardless of who it hurt, he would be a lot more interesting to me. It might even be debatable whether he or Rick were right in some cases. But as it is, the Governor is just a psycho with a Napoleon complex, and the answer to why he does what he does is "well, because he's crazy" or "well, because he's evil". What a waste of a good actor and a chance to examine some serious issues.TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-53806914750890972072013-11-27T07:37:31.211-05:002013-11-27T07:37:31.211-05:00"The last two episodes have just taken us in ..."The last two episodes have just taken us in a big circle of repetition rather than offering up anything new or interesting."<br />Too true. <br />My facepalm is now firmly back in place, these really were two utterly pointless episodes. <br />Also really, really, really, annoying! <br />I honestly didn't give a s**t where the governor got to and now I don't again! <br />It's lazy writing and only a way to bring the threat back, a threat that should have, scriptwise, been over a long time ago. <br />I expect to be even further annoyed next week, and am assuming who will die but won't say it here.<br />You may ask why I keep watching. Well, to be honest, I don't know. I've kept reading the comic in spite of it going to hell a couple of times. Maybe this can come back too. <br />Otherwise...I'll probably keep watching anyway. Because I can.<br /><br />Ps. A spin-off!? DsHenrik Bennetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12646513358412600648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-76112859993383411442013-11-27T01:26:56.642-05:002013-11-27T01:26:56.642-05:00I didn't think that these two episodes were to...I didn't think that these two episodes were to make the Governor sympathetic. I kept expecting him to turn on the people who helped him, and he eventually did. Instead, when we got to the tank at the gate, I realized that these two episodes were so that we would know what was going on with the people attacking the prison, instead of seeing them as just nameless Governor minions. I sort of want them to overturn the Governor and join the group in the prison. Although I'm not counting on it, because nothing ever goes right on this show. :)<br /><br />I just knew we weren't going to get Enver Gjokaj for long. He has multi-episode character arc on <i>Witches of East End</i>, though, so that's something. I'm so glad he's getting work. He just needs to star in a show that I love. Can't they find a spot for him in <i>Sleepy Hollow</i> or <i>Person of Interest</i>? <i>Almost Human</i>? Please?Billie Douxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-79338407509591988552013-11-26T22:11:27.631-05:002013-11-26T22:11:27.631-05:00Well, at least I don't have to be ticked that ...Well, at least I don't have to be ticked that the writers are somehow trying to redeem the Governor. He's definitely too far gone. He killed Enver Gjokaj!!! What more proof of his insanity do we need? :) (At least we get to keep Kirk Acevedo for one more week. I didn't expect him to make it out of this episode. So there's that. Even if he <i>is</i> playing a dude that seemingly got over his brother's murder a bit too easily.)<br /><br />Love the review, Doc. I'm very with you on the "big circle of repetition." Last week, I was down with the idea of exploring the season's theme through the Governor. But now that the answer to the "can he come back" question is a definitive no, I can't help feeling like it was all a waste of time. I wouldn't have wanted an answer other than "no," but two whole episodes just to get us back to the madman at the gates that we had last season seems pointless.<br /><br />Does it make a difference that this time he's not just being a dick, trying to get rid of nearby competition or exact vengeance, but is instead trying to secure a safer place for people he cares about? I don't know that it does, for me. I may have slightly more sympathy for his group this time, but that doesn't mean I'm eager to see them fight with and kill characters I've grown to really care about. If the Governor was just gonna show up with a tank to tear the place down, regardless, did we really need to spend two episodes watching his struggle not to give in to his dark side? <br /><br />Especially since these last two weeks did nothing to affect my rooting interests in the impending conflict. I'm Team Prison Crew. Full stop. Just like I was before these two episodes. At best, I can say that I now hope that maybe Lily and Tara make it through and join our survivors. The core group is getting kind of thin.<br /><br />And likely to get thinner next week. Since we're pretty much right back where we were prior to last season's finale, I'm going to go with the same death pool. I'm thinking Herschel, Beth, and Judith don't make it through the overall fight (which I expect them to drag out through the break). And probably at least one of those is going down next week. The more I think on it, the more convinced I am that Herschel's number is finally up. *Sob.* I've been expecting to lose him for a long while now (and dreading it). But he keeps surviving, so maybe it isn't going to happen this time either? Please? Probably wishful thinking.<br /><br />Re: why they turned back at the walker swamp. Apparently, the idea was that the Governor was just trying to run from himself and realized there were no other ways out, even if there were other roads away from the camp. No matter which way they went, the danger without and within would always be there. So he may as well just turn around and shore up the camp they already had. Not that they did a good job of conveying that internal debate!<br />Jess Lyndehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165015932507376656noreply@blogger.com