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  1. TWD was never very good to begin with. People watched it because TV series were starting to have a breakout moment, the zombie genre had not been done in TV yet, and AMC had earned some respect from MM and BB. But it basically sucked from the start. Zombie fighting was central to the show because the human characters were generic and boring. TLOU was very good in season 1, and I think Craig Mazin did well when he deviated from the source material - see: S1E3 One Good Day. Neil Druckmann has also been a solid director. It exists in a world with zombies that sometimes create problems, but tries to be much more focused on human character development and interactions. Everyone who heard anything about the games has probably heard that games 2-3 were not as well received as game 1. Having now seen the death of Joel, I think most of us can understand why. I’ve also heard some reviews that the story remained very good, so hopefully that will be the case for the remainder of the TV series. So despite sharing a genre, I don’t think the comparisons between TWD and TLOU are fair. The former was a sloppy show with bad acting that meandered for 11 seasons (seriously?!) with no clear direction and lots of gotcha bullshit moments. The latter is a compact story based on specific source material that is scheduled for 3 seasons, with overall good acting and production value, currently in a season 2 transition period after losing one main character.
  2. You’re more optimistic than I am.
  3. That’s not even what Proverbs 16:9 says. I was curious because that shit sounds like a stupid cop-out for anything. What it actually says is this: “A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” - KJV Or if you prefer: “In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.” -NIV I’m not sure how you get from that to that bullshit cowboy meme post, but if someone is a Christian, perhaps they shouldn’t post memes with a scripture reference and quotations as if to suggest that is the exact word of god, when that is not at all what the Bible says.
  4. Mark Carney meeting with Trump tomorrow. Pretty tough position for Carney to be in after what happened with Zelensky, but hopefully he stands strong for Canada.
  5. Agreed, because when I vote for a president and think about the qualities I want in a leader of our country, what is really important to me is a guy who can spew a bunch of ridiculous bullshit online to troll people who are different than me. I know we ban trolls here for being trolls, but trolling from the Oval Office is a actually great quality to have in the leader of the free world.
  6. So foreign movies are getting a 100% tariff apparently. Lots of questions. Will that only apply to foreign film studios and the movies they produce, or will it also apply to American studios that film outside the U.S.? For instance, lots of American stuff is filmed in Canada (our trade enemy). What percentage of the film needs to be filmed domestically to avoid a tariff? What about TV series? What about streaming platforms? Assume for a second that TV series are included, and then take a series like Carême (a French series) on Apple+, how does that get tariffed? Perhaps they are exempt due to purchasing the series ahead of the tariff. Are there royalties or something similar involved? Does that suddenly incur a 100% tariff? Maybe it’s all just a bunch of bullshit that never gets paid.
  7. I liked it. The guitar scene was not my favorite but the episode as a whole was good IMO. Got some backstory on FEDRA and the WLF, introduced Isaac, our main characters had a run-in with WLF and a zombie scare, Ellie revealed her immunity, Dina revealed she is pregnant as predicted, and they hooked up. A little action, a little drama, a new bad guy, plot moved forward.
  8. The point of the tariffs is to stop fentanyl coming in from Canada and we’ve already saved millions of lives. And what fentanyl does get through, while unfortunate, the drug traffickers will pay big beautiful tariffs that will eventually eliminate income taxes.
  9. I started this tonight and had to turn it off after 15 minutes because it felt like I was back in the ER in residency. Probably a good thing as far as accuracy of the show goes, but I didn’t want to relive those days. Rounding on patients and worrying about labs when I’m at home on my couch? No thanks. Y’all enjoy.
  10. Ellie is 14 in the game and Rage thought she was hot, but he’s disappointed that Bella Ramsey doesn’t play an equally hot 14 year old on TV and he’s having trouble reconciling that.
  11. Ordering yourself a badge on Etsy that has crooked lettering and says 69420 is something a 13 year old would do when he isn’t yet aware what defines being cool in this world.
  12. I think I watched all of them but I agree with this take.
  13. I’m not sure the taxi was even a benefit to them. Seemed like the distances were pretty short and one time they got stuck looking for a taxi. Pretty dirty of Holden and Hahn to agree to work with the girls, then secretly switch to working with the guys. I kinda hope that karma catches up with them.
  14. It seemed like the trip went quickly but I just assumed there was a lot of mundane travel time that wasn’t worthy of being on screen. They said something about staying off the main roads to avoid conflict so I think we can infer that their plan worked. The first season had a 20 year time jump followed by a 3 month time jump. The first season skipped past a lot of Joel and Ellie’s trek across middle America. This season had a 5 year time jump followed by a 3 month time jump. I think it’s okay to skip through Ellie and Dina’s trek across the northwest. There’s apparently a lot of empty space out there with no raiders or zombies.
  15. I enjoyed that episode. There wasn’t much action, but the plot is moving forward and many of the scenes were beautifully shot. I think it was a good follow up to the last episode which was action packed Dina is a great addition so far and more than just a token pretty face. She can’t replace Joel, probably no one can, but her personality complements Ellie well. She has a strong voice, she’s intelligent, and she has a more positive vibe to offset Ellie’s moodiness and cynicism. In only 3 episodes, they’ve given me a new character to be invested in and care about. I predict that Tommy and Jesse will set out after them once they learn they are gone. There will come a point where the girls are backed into a corner and the guys will show up to help.
  16. It was one of their earlier series when Apple+ was just getting off the ground. People who subscribed talked about it quite a bit at the time, but like any show that’s >2 years old, it gets overlooked in favor of newer stuff.
  17. He was pretty outnumbered and unarmed, similar to when the guys on horseback surrounded them. Perhaps he’s a better fighter, but it was 5v1 and they had guns and were threatening to hurt Dina. Joel would rather sacrifice himself than risk harm to a young woman, considering his daughter situation. Still disappointing to see him go out like that, but perhaps that’s the nature of the apocalypse. Not every hero gets a glorious death from a bloater or psycho raider. Sometimes you survive the zombie outbreak and later get killed by a vindictive 25 year old with questionable fighting and survival skills. A lot of apocalypse survival probably comes down to good or bad luck.
  18. Also, rage and helo are predictably pathetic in this thread. Rage with his incel whining about a teenage girl based on a video game not being hot enough for him. Helo managing to always be wrong about everything which is a rare talent. I also played the game and I think Bella Ramsey is doing a fine job as Ellie. There are Tomb Raider games and movies if you are having trouble getting yourself off.
  19. Just watched the first 2 episodes and I was not prepared to watch Joel die tonight. I did not even consider that a possibility as Abby was beating him. What a gut punch. Agree that it was disappointing for Joel to die at the hands of Abby after all that he had been through, without even a fight. She and her crew feel like they stumbled out of the wrong script and production set. My wife and I commented multiple times during the episode that it felt GoT-esque. Interesting that it resulted in the death of one of the 2 main characters. Feels a lot like Ned Stark. One of my favorite parts of season 1 was the relationship that developed between Joel and Ellie. That’s gone now and I’m disappointed by that, but I agree with mdmost that the show has earned credibility and I still want to see what direction they take it. Much like episode 3 of season 1, this upcoming week seems like a good opportunity for a flashback episode that centers on another character (Dina, please) to help build the audience attention and fill the void. Because otherwise, Tommy is the next biggest character and he’s the Diet Coke version of Joel, which is boring.
  20. Perhaps you could buy a whole smoked brisket from a reputable BBQ joint and reheat it on your BGE. Everyone will think you did it if they smell smoke when they arrive.
  21. He almost always uses the pronouns “I” or “me” and rarely the pronoun “we”. He very clearly thinks this race is for him, and his wife is only there because people on the race are required to have another person with them. This episode he was blaming her for the haystack saying “you picked a bad challenge.” Then he parked like a dumbass and said “I have the worst luck on this race.”
  22. What’s the spin that the conservative websites are putting on Trump’s change in tone re: China? It was a high stakes game of chicken that Trump started and he is now the first to back down. He swore he would make a deal with China and now he is backtracking with no deal in place, while Xi stood firm. It took less than a month to break him. How does a Trump supporter look at this as anything other than Trump being a dumbass pussy that got in over his head and got outplayed at his own stupid game?
  23. Is it possible for any of the prisoners to get a voucher and get upgraded to a $34k/month prison that also teaches them about the Ten Commandments?
  24. Nothing you described sounds like the marriage is completely beyond hope, so counseling seems like the obvious answer. Sometimes things just get off track and y’all have had some hard shit to deal with. Does she sense that something is lacking? You need to have some straight conversations with each other, and let her know in a non-accusatory way that you want to improve things. Tell her you care about her and your combined happiness and the wellbeing of your family, and ask if she’s open to counseling.
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