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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 08:12 PM) Also, you all suck and are front runners for bailing on the Bulls just because Derrick Rose is injured. I hate you. Lol, i'm watching. Booze just dove for a loose ball. Might be the first time I've seen him do that

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 06:01 PM) Jenks, The point is, that without these people acting stupid, there would be almost 0 plot lines involving zombie attacks. Who would watch a show that entails a group of survivors, building an impenetrable fort and then not making mistakes. How many episodes would you watch? Characters have to act stupid, that is what puts them in close proximity to zombies. For the most part these are the reasons Im not a huge zombie movie fan. But one of my roommates loved zombie films, so Ive seen a lot of them. At a certain point you just have to get passed the idiocy, because its what drives the show. Basically after the first wave and surprise, there really is no excuse to get killed by a zombie. They are slow, cant use machines and have 0 intelligence. They cant even use rudimentary tools, there is just no way a zombie should get a human, unless the human is so stupid/inept/naive that they continually put themselves in harms way. Which is why zombie movies/shows are fun. Because its watching a train wreck, over and over again. Once in a while there will be a smart person in a zombie film/show, but undoubtedly they will die to do the stupidity of another character. I know what you're saying and I agree with you generally. What I'm saying is that they can make mistakes and still fuel various zombie encounters without resorting to just plain unrealistic stupidity. Season one was like that. Rick going into a zomnie filled metropolis is dumb, but not unreasonable. This season was more about idiotic and nonsensical actions to drive the plot along. The RV death could have been done a gazillion different ways that was entertaining/intense/comical, whatever. Instead it was just s***ty, s***ty writing to get rid of a character.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) I just love reading Jenks every monday coming in here "OMGZ WALKING DEAD ISNT REAL ENOUGH THIS SHOW SUCKS I CANT WAIT TO SEE NEXT EPISODE OK GOODBYE!"

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 04:48 PM) You cant have zombie movies if the main characters are smart. The simple answer is that zombies dont have brains, thus even the simplest human should be able to create a fortification to stop zombies. I mean even the simplest human would have built a moat, trench, etc. You know simple techniques that were developed to stop walking armies. Let alone more advanced techniques like putting flameable material in a trench so when a large swarm of zombies came they would fall in trench and then be lit on fire. That doesnt even get into the parts about hoarding important supplies, etc. But if you have smart humans, you dont have a zombie film. Its why Carl always runs off. At a certain point you cant write that the main adult characters are acting stupid and naive. We don't need this people to be Einsteins, we need them to be believably average and reasonable. Things normal people would not do: (1) remove a zombie well with a human attached to a rope after just hearing that there were 4 other perfectly fine (and zombie free) wells on the property (2) never leave the group without telling someone where you are going; or, in the case of Lori, never ask 2 people to go look for your husband and then two seconds later leave on your own to find him....and wreck your car in the process. (3) as someone else said - don't drive a) a repeatedly broken RV, and b) a loud as s*** motorcycle (little gas tank! no protection! very loud!) (4) allow a kid to continue to wander about without knowing where he is 24/7, ESPECIALLY after the other kid in the group just got killed because she wandered off (5) turn off the RV and head towards the door in the middle of a zombie attack These are just a few examples of completely moronic and completely unbelievable acts performed by these characters.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 03:16 PM) Lori's reaction was fine, but Carl's made no sense. I still think he cocked the gun too early to recognize Shane was a walker in the field. The timing of that had me all confused. The head shots were classic comedy. Rick's kills in front of the RV were fine because they were close range, but the line from Glen 'keep it steady' was hilarious. You're in a moving vehicle and carrying a shotgun! You're not going to hit anything other than dumb luck. Might as well not even aim. That's exactly what I was thinking, however if that's the case her wanting Rick to 'handle' Shane doesn't make any sense. Overall it was an entertaining episode but it was more in line with standard zombie movies with hilariously bad/dumb moments instead of intelligent. It had more inconsistent moments than normal. Andrea running through the woods for hours and being chased by zombies that can't run. I'm probably just questioning the entire logic of zombies in general by saying this, but don't their joints just completely fail at some point? Even if the virus maintains some body functions the ones walking with injuries and limps (which they all seem to have) are going to exaggerate those injuries and eventually not be able to walk at all. This episode seemed to expose more of the 'rules' of the world and that's why everyone is b****ing about inconsistencies. Not to sound too nerdy, but at least with Resident Evil the virus spawns mutation so the zombies seem more plausible. In this show the zombies would all just become cripples in no time. This goes way beyond the show, so it's not even a legit gripe of mine, but I always wondered how the zombies end up eating humans. I mean, zombies at some point were humans that got turned by other zombies right? So, how are any of them walking around if they're eaten to bits (ala the dude in the RV or the Otis' wife)? Or, if you say that they just eat them for a while (hence all the gaping holes and whatnot), why would a blood thirsty zombie stop if it (1) wants brains and (2) never gets full. But yes, the running/walking zombie thing is another "rule" this show has set up and broken many times in the series, depending on the writers' need at the moment.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 12:37 PM) Lori's reaction does make sense. But not in the way people are thinking. Lori is upset because she didnt think Rick would really kill Shane. Lori kept running her mouth, she kept instigating the situation, because she thought she wanted there to be a resolution. She kept pushing Rick, but part of her never really believed hed actually do it. Now Shane is dead, and there is no going back. Its a classic emotional reaction, you always want what you cant have. So Lori flips out, because she just cant handle the truth that Shane is dead and she is partially responsible. As for running from walkers, it was night and there was a mass of them. With the fire/gunshots/etc its at least believable that if Rick and his kid were quiet that the Walkers attention would have been drawn elsewhere. This is actually a pretty consistent with most Zombie movies. Many times the crowd of Zombies will be distracted so that 1-2 people can get away. My issue is more that she's completely ignoring the "he was going to kill me if i didn't kill him" portion of the conversation.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Mar 18, 2012 -> 09:12 PM) Yeah, I can consolidate mine too but haven't yet. I also think it seems like the easy route to go. What's yalls opinion? Just have to be sure it makes sense depending on your situation. If you've got some loans at a really low interest rate and some high it might not make sense. If you consolidate you're also potentially extending the length of the loan (not a big deal if you just started paying it back, but could be if you've been paying for 6-7 years).

QUOTE (MuckFinnesota @ Mar 18, 2012 -> 10:38 AM) How easy is it to get loans for grad school? I'd imagine it is just like getting loans for undergrad, but I don't know that for a fact. Yes, it's the same process basically.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 10:10 AM) You are finding ways to hate this show. You are talking about a 15 second clip in which Rick and Carl are running through an open field as some zombies go after them and some don't. It was something I never even thought of until you broke it down. It's just not that big of a deal. Well, it was all of them really. Herschel managed to escape despite being surrounded. Carol somehow escaped despite being cornered. The zombies straight up walked past Rick and Carl without even realizing they were right there (at the very start, before they got to the barn...and they did this two or three times. To the barn, from the barn to the house, from the house to the car, etc).

There was a LOT of brisk walking despite being surrounded by HUNDREDS of zombies in all directions. And the zombies never really went after them. It was more like they were just walking through the farm. And Rick was covered in blood (Shane) yet it didn't really attract any zombies like when he purposefully cut his hand open. It just wasn't very consistent. There were better ways from them to survive the farm attack than to continually walk around or run just a little bit. If that was the case why did Shane have to kill Otis? They would have just walked at a decent pace to get away from the zombies at the school.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 09:52 AM) I think it makes sense that the zombies have no sense of flanking maneuvers. They're mindless. What do you mean about the blood NOT attracting them this episode? They're mindless except for the "eat humans" thing. Obviously they don't have to actually use a flanking maneuver, but they just straight up ignored living flesh walking right next to them. There were 10-15 zombies going after the women as they were leaving the house, and each one of them ignored herschel who was 5 feet to the left of them. It was only when a convenient/clever kill shot angle was devised that one came after Herschel and Rick saved him.

So GoSox if a pink unicorn comes from the sky to save one of these characters from an impending zombie death you'd be ok with it because there are no rules? I mean come on. They've established the "rules" of the zombie world they live in and they just don't stick to them. And that's at best lousy writing and at worst just plain lazy writing. Steve mentioned the awfulness of Lori. I forgot to add that to my list. I loved the fact that she was screaming about Carl being gone. So incredibly unreasonable and unbelievable for her not to be glued to him given his prior knack for wandering around the farm unattended (not to mention the fact that they boarded up the house and/or were guarding the doors...so how escaped is even a bigger mystery). But most egregiously, we're 2 episodes removed from her being all "Rick you have to get rid of Shane because he's crazy," and she's now not talking to Rick EVEN THOUGH RICK CLEARLY EXPLAINED THAT SHANE WAS GOING TO KILL HIM IF HE DIDN'T KILL SHANE FIRST. WTF?! It's like two sets of writers are working on this show and they don't talk to each other or watch the episodes. How does this position jive at all? I mean, I sorta get it if she thinks he's gone bat s*** crazy, but he hasn't and he hasn't acted that way. He was explaining to her that he had to kill his best friend because he was going to be killed himself, and SHE wanted him to do it!

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 09:09 AM) Jenks you are like that guy who listened to Mancow every day in order to report the bad things he did to the FCC and tell everyone how awful he is For me (and I don't think i'm alone) the premise of the show was what drew me to it. And there are little bits and pieces of the show that are really good. So I keep watching sort of half knowing/half hoping that it's going to get better. New characters, no more farm, the survivors actually doing something instead of just talking amongst themselves - all reasonable expectations that I think are going to end up making season 3 the best yet. Unfortunately we have to get there first. And it's been a real struggle. The new head writer was obviously limited in what he could do, but you can tell he understood that fans were getting restless. So it's getting there, it's just fun to talk about how terrible the writing is/can be.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Mar 19, 2012 -> 09:14 AM) I love when Science Fiction is too fictiony. I'm just asking for a LITTLE consistency, that's all. When you set up a rule (e.g., Rick slicing his hand open to draw a zombie to him) you can't immediately forget said rule just for the sake of the plot. Walking among the zombies being the other big one - that was the whole point of the first few episodes - don't get caught in a sea of zombies or you're dead for sure! Except when you have a 12 year old and there are 100 times more zombies, then it's perfectly fine to walk briskly among them and they won't attack you (even when you're covered in anti-luring blood)

The episode was ok, and it's certainly getting better (hard not to really). My wife and I were screaming at the TV last night because of all the inconsistencies/stupid as s*** decisions people made: (1) apparently you can now run amongst walkers and be totally fine; (1a) apparently blood, which was a huge luring agent one day ago, no longer lures zombies; (2) zombies have no sense of flanking maneuvers, otherwise everyone would be dead; (3) Herschel has a 22 shot shotgun (no reload required); (4) zombie survival tip: when driving an RV to pick up people from the roof of a barn in a sea of zombies, once said people are on the roof, immediately turn the engine off and head toward the side door. Note: do not be concerned with sea of zombies coming to eat you; (5) helicopters attract zombies. gun shots attract zombies only when deemed necessary by the writers; (6) Carl...ugh. Carl. My favorite was when he WITNESSED his dad kill Shane, and then put a bullet in zombie Shane's head, and then CRIED when his dad "broke" the news to the group. WTF Carl? YOU WATCHED HIM DO IT WHY ARE YOU CRYING LIKE HE'S SOME MONSTER?! (7) Last night was reason 1,456 why preparing your home in case of zombie attack >>>>>>>>>>>> talking about your feelings over and over again. (8) Props to my wife for calling the "we're all infected and Rick knew it from his talk with the CDC guy" 2 episodes ago. (also, why was that such a big deal that Rick didn't tell people? I mean yeah, I would have been mildly annoyed, but it's not like it would change anything.) That's all I can remember off the top of my head. Certainly some cool kills in there, and i'm excited about whatever that thing is that helped Andrea. But Christ is this show awful.

God that felt great.

Fun to watch, but that royally screwed my bracket

QUOTE (Rex Hudler @ Mar 15, 2012 -> 04:29 PM) We're either talking about two entirely different things or you are smoking a good batch today. Either way, without seeing your reading list, I'll choose not to engage further because that made zero sense to me. I'm responding to this comment you made: Refs do this in just about every game, especially in basketball. There's a foul probably every trip down the court, but to keep a game "interesting" and to keep a flow, they let certain things go. They call the game either super strict (if it's getting out of hand) or super light (if the teams aren't being physical and are just running up and down the court). Tim Donaghy was the most recent example I can think of off hand. He did a great job last year for the Finals explaining EXACTLY how refs go about doing this: http://deadspin.com/5807464/tim-donaghy-on...eries/gallery/1 I'm not saying it's good or bad (it's probably for the better since you don't want to watch the game stopped every 20 seconds), but it absolutely happens. And yes, it probably happens more in the NBA than in the NCAA's, but I still think it happens.

If you don't think refs alter their call of games to make the games more interesting you're crazy. There is absolutely a play style and groove that teams get into that officials will adjust for. Go read any book or interview by any official in just about any sport and they admit it.

So the live feed system sucks. I can't believe they're charging for this. They purposefully put only 2 games on CBS for "free," the rest are pay games.

Rumor has it that Shaka has a plane ticket purchased to Chicago for Friday night to see Jabari Parker play if VCU loses.* *rumor created by me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 15, 2012 -> 09:14 AM) Like I said, I'm a bit more confident after last night, but seriously the Bulls can't beat the Heat in 7 if they can't get their roster healthy. CJ being gone is one thing, but losing Rip hurts the entire setup because Brewer has to fill the starter role. ANd yeah, that Rose guy is kinda important. People keep pointing to Brewer as a weak link. He's been incredible solid this year. He gets you 6-8 pts a game, timely rebounds, good defense and effort, and a couple of nice assists to boot. He's not really holding this team back at all. For me last night was an indication that the Bulls are every bit as good as the Heat when they're both at less than full strength (I consider Bosh going 3-15 an abnormality, much like his 1-18 night last year). They have problems at center and point guard, but momentum from game to game can easily fix that. We all know Chalmers and Cole can hit big three's, they just weren't taking them last night. The question is what happens when Lebron and Wade get theirs (like they did last night) but Bosh is hitting those 18-20 foot jumpshots and actually crashing the boards. What happens when the Bulls don't shoot 70% or whatever from three? My only complaint last night with Thibs was his refusal to put Gibson back in during the 4th. He stuck with Boozer far too long and it allowed Miami to stick around. There were three straight possessions where Lebron and Wade drove straight at Boozer and he did nothing to stop them. Gibson would have at least offered up a little resistance. Same with Asik.

hmm, i dunno. when i hit the march madness live link there was a pop up asking for my cable provider edit: ok, i see where you're at now. i think if you just skip past that screen asking you to log in or pay it gives you the scoreboard. i'm sure once the games start there will be a link to watch live (the CBS feeds anyway)

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 15, 2012 -> 08:39 AM) so, i have to pay to watch the games online this year? i dont remember that being the case before. CBS games are still free. The TruTV/TNT/TBS games are free unless you don't have cable. If you do you can log in to your cable provider and watch the games.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Mar 15, 2012 -> 08:48 AM) "I have gotten some bad advice," Howard said. "I apologize for this circus I have caused to the fans of our city. They didn't deserve none of this. I'm sorry from the bottom of my heart. I will do whatever I can to make this right and do what I was put in Orlando to do." Pssh, way too f***ing late for that. Sorry, I don't buy it. The guy came out last year and said trade me. He's openly talked about teams that he wants to be traded to, while playing for the Magic. He's gotten terrible advice, but we're not talking rocket science here. Don't string fans along is just common sense.