Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 502, “Strangers“.
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ere are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 501, “No Sanctuary“. This season premier may have been the most exciting ever!
Also apologies, as due to family trips and a plague-like cold, we’ve only just watched this. This will be short and sweet.
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Sure it’s stupid, but it’s the kind of stupid that’ll have you snorting milk out of your nose and you weren’t even drinking milk.
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“Surviving Zombies: Apocalypse Field Guide” on the Science Channel
Educational – 2012 – Television Mini-series (Two Episodes)
I missed this when it first aired, but caught it recently. Although it didn’t set the world on fire (get it, because it’s about the apocalypse!) it’s worth a watch. There are, after all, just two 30-minute episodes.
The show follows three buddies who happen to run a business designing and fabricating a truly lethal line of medieval weapons at their shop, Zombie Tools. They’re all personable, clearly knowledgeable and different enough to be interesting. The show didn’t last enough to let them get really comfortable, but they acquitted themselves well.
The guys are planning for the worst and, using a trio of shipping containers as a base, go about setting themselves up a survival bunker in the woods. While I may not agree with all of their choices, they did make an interesting build. Interspersed are shorter segments covering first aid, nutrition and other topics. They’re all decent, but all hamstrung by time. With only 44 minutes total, there’s just not enough of it.
The show ends long before the bunker is at all complete (we actually never even get to see the inside). There are a lot of plans, but no time for execution. More disappointingly no tests are ever performed. Most of the fun of playing zombie apocalypse, of course, is actually fighting zombies. It’s a fun watch, but unfortunately more potential than execution.
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Greg Nicotero, the director – executive producer – writer – makeup effects supervisor – actor (I think he may also be a valet) for “The Walking Dead”, was awarded the George Pal Memorial Award at the 40th Annual Saturn Awards. Unfortunately, due to scheduling conflicts, he couldn’t actually attend the ceremony in person. Instead he (and a few friends) put together this fun, and clearly heartfelt, acceptance speech:
Congratulations to Greg for this well-deserved honor!
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Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 416, “A“. This is the season finale so expect the worst!
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Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 415, “Us“. We ended up watching the episode nearly a week late. Life does have a way of spoiling your plans sometimes.
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Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 414, “The Grove“. I deeply appreciate these slow, thoughtful episodes and this one was a hum-damn-dinger.
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Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 413, “Alone“.
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Here are a few random thoughts on The Walking Dead episode 412, “Still“.
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