4815162342 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well the Season 3 premiere just finished and it's probably the most gory episode yet.Very action-packed start to the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
75Live Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well the Season 3 premiere just finished and it's probably the most gory episode yet.Very action-packed start to the season.Great start to the new season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hershel's injury and amputation is a nod to the character of Allen, who was in the comics but not in the show. In the comics Allen was bitten in the foot while helping clear out the prison and Rick attempted an amputation of the foot.Hopefully Hershel has better luck with surviving the amputation than Allen did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shorts Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Those zombies in the riot gear were pretty badass. Too bad they didn't really do anything except stand there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shorts Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Hershel's injury and amputation is a nod to the character of Allen, who was in the comics but not in the show. In the comics Allen was bitten in the foot while helping clear out the prison and Rick attempted an amputation of the foot.Hopefully Hershel has better luck with surviving the amputation than Allen did.Lmao at Rick taking 20 hacks to cut off Hershel's foot. By then, Hershel had already stopped screaming and looked bored out of his mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Lmao at Rick taking 20 hacks to cut off Hershel's foot. By then, Hershel had already stopped screaming and looked bored out of his mind.Haha, Rick's amputation skills in the comics weren't good either when he did it to Allen. Allen ended up dying of blood loss and general infection so I'm worried about Hershel. Who else can handle his BAMF UNLIMITED AMMO SHOTGUN? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Best episode ever also loved the nod to the comic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Shorts Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Haha, Rick's amputation skills in the comics weren't good either when he did it to Allen. Allen ended up dying of blood loss and general infection so I'm worried about Hershel. Who else can handle his BAMF UNLIMITED AMMO SHOTGUN?I love how the zombie that bit Hershel was playing dead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Woww goriest episode yet! Awesome start to season 3, I agree with the last line of the episode: "holy shit!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I love how the zombie that bit Hershel was playing dead. :lol:I know, I thought that too, so stupid.Good episode that seemed to serve as more of a foundation for the rest of the season than anything. My only complaint would be that Carl all of a sudden is trusted to be Zombie sweeper and expert marksman? Wtf. Get that annoying kid off my TV.I have a question too which I'm not too clear on. Since everyone is infected, it's true then that you can survive a non-lethal bite without turning? So if Hershel doesn't bleed to death and manages to recover, he won't become a zombie right?What's the over/under on Lori giving birth to a walker? She continues to be a terrible character. Totally weak and mopy.Side note- I'm not sure why but this post didn't show up in "my content" even though I've posted it in 100 times. Wonder why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 :lol:I know, I thought that too, so stupid.Good episode that seemed to serve as more of a foundation for the rest of the season than anything. My only complaint would be that Carl all of a sudden is trusted to be Zombie sweeper and expert marksman? Wtf. Get that annoying kid off my TV.I have a question too which I'm not too clear on. Since everyone is infected, it's true then that you can survive a non-lethal bite without turning? So if Hershel doesn't bleed to death and manages to recover, he won't become a zombie right?What's the over/under on Lori giving birth to a walker? She continues to be a terrible character. Totally weak and mopy.Side note- I'm not sure why but this post didn't show up in "my content" even though I've posted it in 100 times. Wonder why.Didn't some guy get bit first season and turn into a zombie without bleeding to death? He got bit on the stomach and got really sick but I think that was the zombie bacteria infecting him not him "dying" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Didn't some guy get bit first season and turn into a zombie without bleeding to death? He got bit on the stomach and got really sick but I think that was the zombie bacteria infecting him not him "dying"Yeah, the guy they dropped off in the woods so he could turn without endangering anyone. That's why I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) I have a question too which I'm not too clear on. Since everyone is infected, it's true then that you can survive a non-lethal bite without turning? So if Hershel doesn't bleed to death and manages to recover, he won't become a zombie right?Here's the info you needed:Everyone is infected with the Zombie virus, however the zombie virus by itself is harmless, it just latently floats around your system.The Zombie bite doesn't turn you into a Zombie, however since a Zombie is rotting carcass, when it bites a person you get an overload of super bacteria strains that immediately go to work on your body. The major infection from the bite is what kills people, and then the Zombie virus activates.As for Carl becoming a marksman, remember that Season 3 takes place several months after Season 2 ended. Season 2 took place in the Fall and now its Spring. Edited October 15, 2012 by 4815162342 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well yea, and she's also much more pregnant now too, so time has passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Here's the info you needed:Everyone is infected with the Zombie virus, however the zombie virus by itself is harmless, it just latently floats around your system.The Zombie bite doesn't turn you into a Zombie, however since a Zombie is rotting carcass, when it bites a person you get an overload of super bacteria strains that immediately go to work on your body. The major infection from the bite is what kills people, and then the Zombie virus activates.As for Carl becoming a marksman, remember that Season 3 takes place several months after Season 2 ended. Season 2 took place in the Fall and now its Spring.Thanks. So immediate amputation is one of his only chances to not die from the bite.And eh, three/four months and he's already designated house-clearer? It's a little far fetched for me, this is the same kid who got people killed last season thanks to his adventures in the woods. Can't understand how they would all of a sudden trust him with these responsibilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Pretty much you'd have to try an immediate amputation, because otherwise nothing would stop the bite's infection from going to town on the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Awesome episode, can't wait to watch next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Great episode. Did not see the shock ending coming at all.I love the notion of these people being so happy to be locked up in prison. Very interesting setting.I also really enjoyed the "veteran zombie killer" attitude that all of them showed throughout the episode. It made sense too.Consider that Season One seemed to take place over a pretty short period of time. Perhaps a week or two at max. Season Two took longer, but even by the finale and the attack on Herschel's farm, I doubt it was more than a month or two. Add in a month where Rick was sleeping in the hospital, and you still get only a maximum of about 2-3 months between the zombie outbreak and the season 2 finale.Now we see that Season three starts "after winter". Not only that, but Lori is apparently atbout 8 and a half months pregnant. Regardless of how long the first 2 seasons really took, its safe to say that at least 6 months have passed. In other words, a far longer period of time than all of seasons 1 and 2 and Rick's coma put together. Considering the daily life-threatening challenges they were all facing, its not surprising that their zombie-killing skills improved across the board. That includes both Maggie and her sister Beth, who seemed to kill her share of zombies at the prison, and even Carl, who has obviously been well-trained by Rick and likely Daryl too over the past 6 months. He had a lot more time to train over the winter than he did in seasons 1 and 2.Makes sense that Carl is now a seasoned zombie killer, but it was still impressive how the group took over the prison courtyard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 'The Walking Dead' Season 3 Premiere Hits Series High With 10.9 Million Total Viewers & 7.3 Million Adults 18-49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockNrollaDIM Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 (edited) 'The Walking Dead' Season 3 Premiere Hits Series High With 10.9 Million Total Viewers & 7.3 Million Adults 18-49 DAMN. The power of Netflix. This is really changing viewership patterns. The ability to catch up quicker and more conveniently than ever. The season 3 premiere now reigns as the biggest telecast for any drama series in basic cable history among all viewers. “The Walking Dead” encored at 10pm with 3.5 million viewers and midnight with 850,000 viewers delivering 15.2 million viewers for the night. In addition, the season two premiere of “Talking Dead” at 11pm attracted 2.1 million viewers, growing 85% over the season one premiere. Edited October 15, 2012 by Silver Linings aDIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
