Zombie Apocalypse
The mid season finale of the Walking Dead was Dead ass on point! If you haven't been watching ...well you missed a good one. To those who's been running from Atlanta to Woodberry with Rick and the crew has watched them come from a bunch of scared confused victims to a crack unit of walker killing commandos.
They've lost a couple of people along the way and to add insult to injury they now face the threat of human beings that have lost their humanity following an evil tyrant torturing and killing people for personal gain and power. It's no excuse for it now, but in a zombie apocalypse where all people everywhere should stick together this bastards ego tripping can't be tolerated. The Suicide Squad has also had several run ins with zombies, roamers, walkers or whatever you want to call em.
In the second season of the Walking Dead one controversy among the group was who do you side with, Team Shane or Team Rick? Me; I'm team Rick and if I had to pick a team, a starting line up if you will, this is it.
Daryl, Michonne, Glen, Andrea, Maggie and Carl
(Tyreese hasn't come into the group yet)
For a super zombie fighting undead killing Squad,
Team Tiger would be
Deadshot, Nubia, Nightshade, Vixen, Plastique and Captain Boomerang
What would be your zombie fighting line up?
And if you don't know who Nubia is here's the link
Final thought.....who do trust?
I watched the first two seasons of The Walking Dead out of compulsion from being a fan of the comics, my girlfriend being a fan of our having appointment television as a couple, and besides-- Sunday night, right? Season one didn't wow me because it was either too faithful to the basic story, too unfaithful in characterization, or just plain cheesy with that CDC stuff. Season Two was better thanks pretty much solely to Shane, though that Sofia storyline was a shambling, aimless, seemingly undying thing. By comparison, Season Three has been stunning in its balls, momentum, and willingness to correct past mistakes in shockingly brutal fashion. I still figure the only thing that saved Andrea was her being enough of a bimbo to fall for the Governor. The show is still rock stupid at times, but it's too entertaining to hate on. Fact is, after a hundred issues, I now like the show way more than the comics.
ReplyDeleteRick Grimes isn't Ben-- he's Rick Flagg, who also wasn't exactly a favorite of mine. Bronze Tiger is more of a Michonne, uncomfortable as that may be. Let me say, I'm quite the fan of the pants they keep Danai Gurira in, and makes her my #1 "who would you..." on the show. Anyway, Deadshot's Darryl, the Wall is Shane, Vixen is Glenn, Nightshade is Maggie, and Boomer is Andrea.
A friend on the job turned me on to the comic. A tale of the struggle to hold on to humanity and morality after the illusion of a civilized world has been erased. Major concept.
DeleteBoomer is Andrea -- both of them dumber than a bucket of shrimp.
Nightshade is Maggie -- both of them loyal and smart etc.
Bronze Tiger is Michonne -- the best fighters...ok.
I'm kinda scratching my head about the rest though. Waller a backstabbing self serving out of control punk like Shane???
Daryl was pretty much my favorite character until I saw the Michonne/Governor fight. Now the sword is #1
I myself don't care the show, but far be it for me to deny someone else the fun they get from it. It's just not my bag, but then not everyone enjoys Arrow or American Horror Story like I do as well.
ReplyDeleteStill pretty good post.
I also love the BN tie-in scan you provided, which reminds me that I really need to pick those two issues up.
I've been watching Arrow from the DVR and it's ok. It's just something missing. I read what Shlomo wrote about the show. I kinda feel the same. I was hopeing for an Oliver Queen that was a little more cavalier.
DeleteThese days every character has to be brooding or a sarcastic clown (Green Lantern) because that's what works somewhere else.
Deadshot and the Royal Flush gang was done wrong too. Overall the show is worth watching though. I'm on board.
It does have it's faults not doubt about that; especially since some of the dialogue and love stuff does tend to get twilight-ish real quick in some areas. Still it's pretty damn decent, and about the only good thing going on tv DC-wise.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hear ya' on the undesirable representations of the characters you just mentioned. But I did enjoy the hell out of the mid-season finale, being totally blown away bu the reveal of that dark archer. Did not see that one coming, even though now it makes a lot of sense.
Just have to wait until next month for the rest of YJ and hopefully the new Batman animated series, Beware the Batman, as well.
We'll be there.
DeleteYes sir, we will. Young justice has been some of the best animation of all time. Batman the animated series, Justice League Unlimited, Static Shock, X-Men (the first one) and a few more. If Beware the Batman is as good as these, it'll definitley have fandom.
DeleteWell, part of the problem is that I'm on Team Shane. What happened on the show when they kept the character alive is that they split comic book Rick in half and gave all his strategy and pragmatism to Shane, leaving TV Rick a hollow feel good dope. Shane was against the CDC trip, was the savior of Carl, demanded the treacherous Randall should die, called Sophia as dead, and tried to exterminate all the walkers for the safety of the group. His motivations may have been twisted and self-serving, but he kept the group alive before Rick, was the most effective and smartest agent within the group, and honed Rick into becoming a better leader. You see Shane through the same dark prism as wholesome DC heroes view Amanda Waller, who leverages death and imprisonment against dangerous super-villains to facilitate a covert agenda.
ReplyDeleteI wish Michonne was written better. All she had to do was tell Rick about Andrea or Andrea about Glenn/Maggie to gain staunch allies instead of post-apocalyptic political gridlock. On the other hand, she' beautiful and stabs the f out of people who deserve it, so I can get past the glitches. I like Daryl, and I'm hopeful Tyrese will become my favorite character on TV as he was the comics (though Glenn had the longest reign as my #1.) This season, I'm even starting to like Carl and Carol. It's just Rick and Andrea's dumb asses that drag the show down now.
Daryl was pretty much my favorite character until I saw the Michonne/Governor fight. Now the sword is #1
Dude it get's real when you chime in, fucking A man. I see Amanda's doings as all good. Sometimes her tough decisions are hard to swollow, but it's for the greater good. None of it is for self gain.
DeleteNow your boy on the other hand, has some issues. What kind of best friend wants your wife, kid the respect and admiration people have for you that you've earned with your actions? And willing to kill you to inherit your whole damn life? This guy needs an enema.
(TV Rick - a hollow feel good dope, now that's laugh out load funny. I don't totally agree, but it's funny as shit that you said it).
Shane was on point a lot of times and those would probably have been my calls as well. But not at the expense of other people man, it's that wholesome DC hero stuff.
Other than that, were on the same team.
Ah, but there's a camp that suggests Shane's drawn out "assassination" of Rick was actually a suicide mission to allow Rick to put him out of his misery. Point being, Shane was the only "big picture" planner for two seasons, the Governor's here for three, and both (by design or default) serve the greater good through despicable means in a manner not entirely dissimilar from The Wall (especially as characterized after the Ostrander series ended.)
ReplyDeleteFun debate! We're good here!
Now that's some forward thinking. I can't wrap my head around planned suicide, but if Shane did that, that precisely? that's a beautiful mind type of geniusness.
DeleteWhich I KNOW that idiot didn't pull off :)
Now the governor's like Waller??? Man this is the most fun debate I've had in a long minute. Are you talking about the Sarge Steel team? I couldn't finish that series, so I might be caught here. Where's Shlomo when you need him?
i bought the first trade that covered issues 1 -10 when that first came out. i continued picking up the series but got bored with it somewhere in the late teens. i tried watching the show once but didn't care for it at all and haven't seen it since. once you've seen movies like 28 Days Later and the Dawn of the Dead remake those slow walking zombies get to be pretty passe. i'm afraid that's all i gave to offer on this one bro.
ReplyDeleteThought you could get me outta this mess Frank might have me on this one. And speaking of Zombie movies; it has been some good ones right.
DeleteAnyway, I want to change my Banner to reflect the holiday season. Can't find but one image with BT in it and he's so far in the background you can almost count the pixels.
Sometimes the DCU is just shameful.