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The Walking Dead Discussion Thread: Season 4 Episode 8 [contains minor spoilers]
N/A | December 1, 2013 | N/A

Posted on 12/01/2013 1:35:02 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction

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To: laplata

I saw that! He was totally in control. I need to remember what scene that’s from in the comics. Robert Kirkland said that readers of the comics would recognize it, but I don’t remember which comic it’s from!


321 posted on 12/01/2013 9:04:32 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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To: ConjunctionJunction

Carl was cool, calm and collected. LOL

I’ve never read the comics.


322 posted on 12/01/2013 9:07:46 PM PST by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: laplata

When Maggie went looking for Beth because she wasn’t on the bus, there were those few minutes where Maggie was in a shoot out before the bus took off— I’m hoping with Beth and the baby on it. Beth was always looking after the baby!


323 posted on 12/01/2013 9:10:10 PM PST by MacMattico
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To: txhurl
comic book line ended.

That’s when The Stand takes over.


Wait. WHUT??
And nobody told ME?!
324 posted on 12/01/2013 9:13:44 PM PST by RandallFlagg (IRS = Internal Revenge Service)
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To: MacMattico

oops! No, Beth was with Daryl!


325 posted on 12/01/2013 9:14:55 PM PST by MacMattico
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To: MacMattico

Good observations.


326 posted on 12/01/2013 9:17:52 PM PST by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

So sad. I could tell the actor was affected by it, too, on The Talking Dead. I’ll miss the character. It was so nice of them to focus on him a couple of episodes back....


327 posted on 12/01/2013 10:00:59 PM PST by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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To: Lazamataz; driftdiver

It was an M48A5, or at best an M60A3.

I rode in -60A3’s even on active duty; they were still in the inventory up until 1989. The basic M1’s were only just getting fielded.

The grenade down the pipe was all Hollywood flash-bang. If they had a round in the breech, that’s the ONLY way you would have had that kind of blast. Secondary explosions would have been the rounds cooking off, and I only saw the one boom.


328 posted on 12/01/2013 10:13:29 PM PST by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: ConjunctionJunction; Lazamataz; Secret Agent Man

Well, we watched the 11PM showing, and what a bloodbath!

Here’s the body count I saw, add to it if I miss someone:

Megan;
Herschel;
Philip/Brian/The Governor;
The dyke cop’s “life partner”;
Mitch;

I ALMOST thought Darryl got munched, but using the walker as a shield to bum-rush the invaders? Full points for balls, but not credible.

I’m thinking someone pulled Judith out of the car seat just in time, but who, and where is she now?

Kudos to Lizzie for rallying the kids, and Carl for fighting at his dad’s side like a trooper.

So now, we got groups scattered all over:

Rick/Carl, in the woods;
Glenn, the kids and others on the bus;
Maggie, Sasha and the drunk medic who’s been drilled;
I forgot where Tyreese got to;
And don’t forget Lilly and Michonne are out there someplace.


329 posted on 12/01/2013 10:29:26 PM PST by Old Sarge (And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
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To: laplata
So, I DVRed Talking Dead and they're talking about some of the things I posted. Really, I'm only watching it now, I didn't just re-post Talking Dead conversation! I noticed in their “in memorium” section, Judith is not listed!

First time I've watched Talking Dead. Not bad.

330 posted on 12/02/2013 12:36:28 AM PST by MacMattico
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To: Old Sarge; All

To all you guys talking about the Tank, Talking Dead says it’s a 1971 M60 used in Vietnam that belongs to a private collector. The owner is quoted as saying it would “make hamburger meat out of zombies”.


331 posted on 12/02/2013 12:46:32 AM PST by MacMattico
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To: Old Sarge
The grenade down the pipe was all Hollywood flash-bang. If they had a round in the breech, that’s the ONLY way you would have had that kind of blast. Secondary explosions would have been the rounds cooking off, and I only saw the one boom.

Yes, that *kind* of blast. But apparently the technique is effective against a open or closed breech.

Which is good to know.

332 posted on 12/02/2013 1:47:35 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: MacMattico; Old Sarge
To all you guys talking about the Tank, Talking Dead says it’s a 1971 M60 used in Vietnam that belongs to a private collector. The owner is quoted as saying it would “make hamburger meat out of zombies”.

I thought it was a 60. I can spot a tank pretty good. :)

Doesn't make sense to the story line though....

333 posted on 12/02/2013 1:59:36 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Old Sarge

To amend what I wrote: Open breech is vulnerable, closed breech is vulnerable with a round loaded, and a closed breech with no round means you just gave the tank a free shot. :)


334 posted on 12/02/2013 2:02:19 AM PST by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: VerySadAmerican

I hope they do go beyond the comics, but why should they? The comic is way better than the TV show.


335 posted on 12/02/2013 4:43:05 AM PST by Farnsworth (Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
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To: Lazamataz

Four years as M-60A1 driver/loader/gunner/commander.

I agree. Although, depending on type of grenade, I would say there was a pretty good chance the inside of the barrel would be damaged enough to make firing 105 rounds a bit dicey. Pitting of the rifling...perhaps a crack.


336 posted on 12/02/2013 4:43:48 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: ConjunctionJunction

So long old friend. The show won't be the same without you.

337 posted on 12/02/2013 4:45:56 AM PST by McGruff (Obama lied. Period!)
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To: MacMattico

Rick would essentially be returning home. The preview for the second half of this season was a scene straight out of the comic book, according to Kirkman. Looks like a neighborhood, which is where they ran to after losing the prison. In the comic, that is where Rick started having phone calls.....


338 posted on 12/02/2013 4:47:39 AM PST by Farnsworth (Now playing in America: "Stupid is the new normal")
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To: Farnsworth

The Walking Dead trilogy is great too. Shows how the governor came to power and how he’s not really the guy you think he is. But a caveat to anyone who reads it...it diverges from the TV show. And there is a torture scene in the third book that is one of the most gruesome things I’ve ever read.


339 posted on 12/02/2013 4:48:28 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: Lazamataz

If the goal is to take over the prison because it is a secure location does it make sense to use a tank to blow the s*** out of the place and render it uninhabitable? Does it make sense to shoot at the walls instead of the enemy firing at you from behind light cover? A few well placed tank rounds could have almost completely eliminated resistance from the prison.

Why did the gov kill Hershel instead of Michonne since we know he HATES her?


340 posted on 12/02/2013 4:48:54 AM PST by Brooklyn Attitude (Things are only going to get worse.)
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