Walker Wednesday

Episode 5:13 "Forget" 

House party anyone? 

SPOILER ALERT! 

*by continuing to read on you willingly know you may read something that might spoil your Walking Day episode 513 eperience if you have not watched it yet*

This episode found out group in a peculiar situation, one that may be more uncomfortable then surround by a group of walkers. This episodes central theme was a house party that Deanna was throwing for the group. The people of Alexandria have had the luxury of not really experiencing what is going on beyond the saftey the walls of Alexandria provide. This is evident by the party that is being thrown for our group. 

Our group struggles with the idea of attending a party, when just a few days prior they were held up in a barn pushing back a door keeping walkers away during a tornado. Now drinks, snacks and lively conversation with the neighbor folk? Sasha seems to be the only one holding on to life outside and is struggling more than Daryl to accept Alexandria and Sasha lets that be known during her Party Pooper meltdown. Speaking of Sasha and Daryl we may have a potential job for Sasha which is being on look out duty and Daryl was officially asked to be a recruiter with Aaron. Also, can you say Bro-mance? You'll see what I mean, spaghetti and a motorcycle? Watch out ladies Aaron is laying it on thick.

Carol officially became more awesome this episode during her talk with a young kid who followed her into the gun supply. Ill save this for you to see because it was the best part of the episode and writing about it does no justice. Let's just say I'd take the cookies.  

It's also official that Rick wants to get down on some Jesse. He proves it with one of the most awkward cheek kisses in probably TV history. Plus he almost gunned down #porchdick on the streets of Alexandria. If you don't know who that is you need to watch Talking Dead because #porchdick was trending.  

So what did you guys think? How about that snazy party?  Anybody else tired of Sasha? Do you like Daryl's new job? Let me know what you think and comment below now!

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Walker Wednesday

So we have had a few days to let this weeks episod of the Walking Dead sink in. What did you think? 

This weeks episode found the group struggling with accepting their current situation in Alexandria. Some find it easier to give in to some of the benefits of Alexandria while others still haven't completely put their gaurd down.

Don't confuse me saying they give into that easy as them being weak because I don't mean that at all. Take for instance Rick and the now infamous shower and beard cutting scene. Or Michonne brushing her teeth for 20 minutes straight. Some like Daryl are holding on to the fact that they can't trust anyone except each other and isn't giving in to the temptation of a warm shower. Some of them are just more open to the idea that this may indeed be a safe place.

Both sides are cautious and Deana, the leader of Alexandria, conducts interviews with our group members to obtain more information and to place them in jobs in the town. The jobs make me think of the movie Maze Runner, you have Runners who go get supplies, Leaders and then Gatherers who cook, clean etc. Some get their jobs by the end of this episode while some don't.

This episode also introduced us to a few new characters. Carl's new friends Ron, Mikey and Enid. Jesse the new good looking woman on the show and her husband. Deana, her son Aiden and his pal, plus a couple other characters.   

Highlights of this episode:

Rick and Michonne were asked to be Constables of Alexandria

Carol acts weak in her interview and while turning over her weapons

Jesse - the new hot girl! 

Glenn rocks Aiden  

Rick's stashed gun has been taken

Carl tries to make friends

All in all it was a really good episode and I'm looking forward to see how the interaction goes with the group and the members of Alexandria. The winner of the highlights I noted above: Glenn's right fist square on Aiden's nose. I was hoping it was going to happen earlier in the episode and it finally did. It was the little cherry on top of this episode for me. 

For more make sure you go and check out our Podcast on this episode and the others since the mid season premiere. You can find us on LivingTheNerdLife.com at the Podcast page as well as on iTunes! 

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Walker Wednesday

The Distance

So what did you all think of Episode 511: The Distance?

Overall I felt it was just ok. 

The group struggles with Aaron's proposition to join him and his people. Rick I feel does a lot of overthinking in this episode that puts the group at risk almost costing them his, Michonne, Glenn and Aarons lives. 

Putting myself in his shoes I completely understand his decision and Carol even lets him know this at the end of the episode by saying, "Even though you were wrong, you were right." Everybody knows that all of his overthinking was to protect his family and I don't mean just Carl and Judith, but everyone in the group. 

One of the biggest question marks or eyebrows being raised from the episode that was left unanswered was where is the picture of you people? Aaron comes up with a shakey at best story that the film developed but came out bad which lead to the 3 questions. How many walkers have you killed? How many people have you killed? Why?  

How about Glenn's driving through the walker highway from hell? This scene was pretty crazy and again one that could have been avoided. During the panic to get back to the group following a signal flare Aaron steps up with Glenn to help save both Rick and Michonne. From there they find the group and another new cast member, Eric. The episode ends with the group staring down the gate to Alexandria

What do you think of Aaron and Eric? Is this Alexandria really safe? Can the group trust these people? 

Find out more of our thoughts from this episode with a more in depth review/discussion on our podcast at the footer of the page. 

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Walker Wednesday

What did everyone think of this weeks episod of the Walking Dead Episode 510: "Them"?  

I'm glad to see an episode with everyone in it this was a pleasant change. Not that I don't mind seeing an entire episode about a few cast members but it's nice to see the whole gang together.  

This episode is what I like to call a "filler" episode and probably wont be a favorite for many of the fans. After last weeks episode and making the decision to push towards Washington the group struggles with hunger, thirst and each other. Sasha still dealing with the loss of her brother Tyreese acts out putting the other members of the group at harm causing tension between them.  

During their journey they run across a pack of wild dogs which turned out to be a blessing because they found their next meal. Still lacking water they push on and after a brief cut scene where Daryl finally showed his emotion over the loss of Beth the group is left looking at a supply of water with a letter that read "From a Friend." 

Not trusting anyone, Abraham slaps the bottle of water out of Eugenes hand worried that the water may be contamenated. This was a great moment because regardless of what happened in the past, Eugene lying to Abraham about a cure, they still care about each other, they're still family. Right after struggling with this the skies begin to fill with dark and ominous clouds and rain begins to rehydrate the group from their long hot journey. The rain quickly becomes too much and a storm begins pounding down on them. Daryl takes them to a barn he found while off scouting for water.  After clearing the barn they set up camp for the night.

This leads to the 2nd most important scene in the episode. Daryl goes to check the barn doors when he noticed a large group of walkers looking to make their pressence known. One by one the other members of the group notice Daryl holding back the door. The scene was pretty intense and shows the group working together to hold off the walkers while a seemingly tornado is rolling through with the storm.  

The following morning Maggie and Sasha take a walk with a music box that Carl gave Maggie earlier in the episode and that Daryl and fixed. When looking at the sun rise the open the music box and it still didn't work. But then, a rather well dressed and groomed man tell them "Hello! I'm Aaron and I'm a Friend. I'm looking for your leader Rick." Following that the music box kicks on and leaves us with quite the cliff hanger! 

Like I said the episode dragged a bit but all in all the episode was executed perfectly. From the struggles of the team 2nd guessing either going to Washington or just life in general to the climactic scene of the group coming together to hold off the Walkers at the end. Followed by one of the best cliff hangers this season. Won't be many viewers favorite but it wasn't that bad. 

What did you all think? Who is Aaron? How does he know Rick? 

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Walker Wednesday

With the mid season premiere behind us by a few days now we have quite a bit to talk about.

**please note: that there will be spoilers below don't read on if you don't want to know what happens. **

What did you think of the episode? 

All in all I thought this episode was the best by far when it came to cinematics. What I mean by that was just how in depth Tyreese's hallucinations went. Plus the one scene that stands out for me is when they were trying to get Tyreese back to the truck and they open the gate to a flood of walkers. The scene was shot through the eyes of Tyreese and quite honestly amazing! 

Other than that I understood the conflict Rick struggled with taking Noah home. This is what Beth wanted so he wanted to honor that. Glenn calls him out a bit saying that obviously this place was going to be ransacked and during his conversation with Rick about it there was a lot more foreshadowing being laid out. 

Another interesting thing happened while in Noah's neighborhood and that was finding a large amount of walker bodies. The peculiar thing is that they only found arms and legs. While trying to escape with Tyreese they make back to the truck where Rick rams another SUV in his attempt to get back to the group. After ramming the other SUV all the torsos of the walker bodies previously discovered spilled out of it and on each one of the walkers heads they were marked with "XX." They didn't question anything at this time because they were in a mad dash to get Tyreese back to the group to try and help save his life but I'm looking forward to see where this goes. 

Watching the Talking Dead Grego Nicotero eludes to the new moral compass of the show who he says is Michonne. Which during the episode you can see her drive to want to settle down and establish a home, stop being on the move. She at first wanted to stay in Noah's neighborhood, "we can stay and rebuild." Then she wanted to push on to Washington because there may be others there. Rick agrees and the episode ends with him saying they should push on to Washington its only 100 miles away.

With all that being said I'm going to miss Tyreese on the show. With how popular he has become I'll be looking forward to seeing the new roles he will be offered in future shows and film. 

What did you think? Are you going to miss Tyreese?  Let us know in the comments below.

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Walker Wednesday

We are just a few short days away from the return of The Walking Dead and couldn't be more excited. This leaves me with with a few questions not really about the show but about you, our awesome readers! 

How do you watch The Walking Dead? ​

- Are you someone that records it then watches it to fast forward through the commercials?​

- Do you watch it by yourself with no distractions?​

- Do you have viewing parties?​

For myself both my wifes family and my family love The Walking Dead so our Sunday nights​ consist of a family potluck and of course The Walking Dead! We do a lot of predicting and speculating as to what might happen in future episodes. 

So in the comments let us know "How you watch The Walking Dead?"​

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Walker Wednesday

The latest trailer from AMC titled "Another Day" released 1/20

February 8th seems so far away! 

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Walker Wednesday

When you're constantly fighting for your life battling zombies in the zombie apocalypse, "beauty" and "art" are definitely the furthest things from your mind. 

But The Walking Dead is ditching its usual blood, sweat and gore (seriously, how bad must each character smell by now?!) in the latest teaser trailer for AMC's hit series in favor for a beautiful, artsy video that we just can't get enough of.

"Surviving," Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) says ominously at the start of the video. "Surviving together is all that matters."

The minute long video then finds the Grimes gang in full battle mode, making their way through a foggy woods, slicing, slashing and shooting at zombies off screen.

The gang's all here, from Rick to Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) to Michonne (Danai Gurira) to Glenn (Steven Yeun) to Carol (Melissa McBride) and more, and each of them get a really cool slow-mo close-up, putting their rage at the undead on full display. It's eerie, it's powerful, and seriously...it's freakin' beautiful. 

We've never been able to describe anything on The Walking Dead as beautiful before, and it's throwing us off guard! 

"It's all that matters," Rick says again at the end of the trailer. 

So what does this teaser trailer mean for the Grimes gang? Are they going to lose even more people when the show returns? 

Watch the video above now, and find out when The Walking Dead returns Sunday, Feb. 8 at 9 p.m. on AMC.

-Source: EOnline.com​

There are a couple of things that stood out to me in this teaser trailer. First, Ricks terribly fake looking beard! Second, where is Carl?  Third, who exactly are they shooting at?

All I know is that this was a great trailer and EOnline nailed its description as to how it was both beatiful and artsy! How do you make a Zombie Apocolypse trailer both beautiful and artsy you may ask? Set the scene with a bit of fog then have your main characters, that everyone has grown attached to for the past 4 plus seasons, walk through it. Not just walk but lets have them shoot at the fog. Now while they are walking and shooting at air put it in slow-mo. From there play some classy music and have Rick say "Surviving, surviving together is all that matters." Cut & Print! 

We are now less than a month away from the mid season premiere and growing more impatient by the day. It can't get here soon enough!

What did you guys think of the teaser? 

Posted by: Joe @thee.social.nerd