102 – “Guts” – Watching Dead
Jim and A.Ron with more Walking Dead catch up, this time episode two of season one, “Guts”. We review tank escapes, the effectiveness of zombie climbers, how foley artists get to have all the fun, gore as comedy, why it’s a bad idea to parade your juicy, living, ass in front of a horde of hungry zombies geeks, and lots more.
As always, if you like what we do, give us a shout out! You can email, Tweet, orFacebook us. Give us some lovin’ by leaving us an iTunes review and especially by using our Amazon affiliate link for any and all of your Amazon shopping needs. Remember, it costs you nothing, and sends a little “sumpin’ sumpin‘” our way. Win/win!
You can find our Watching Dead theme song on MysterianaMusic.com
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
101 – “Days Gone Bye” – Watching Dead
Jim and A.Ron are back to cover season 1 of The Walking Dead starting with, of course, the series premiere – “Days Gone Bye”. We hit all the highs including the most vulnerable of garments, dehydration and british biking lessons.
As always, if you like what we do, give us a shout out! You can email, Tweet, or Facebook us. Give us some lovin’ by leaving us an iTunes review and especially by using our Amazon affiliate link for any and all of your Amazon shopping needs. Remember, it costs you nothing, and sends a little “sumpin’ sumpin”‘ our way. Win/win!
You can find our Watching Dead theme song on MysterianaMusic.com
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
Watching Dead Mid-Season Wrap Up – Watching Dead
Jim and A.Ron ponder a few questions looking backward to this past half season and looking forward to the next. Where do the survivors go next? Which was better so far, season one or season two? Can they make the zombies scarier? Then we process some listener feedback and talk comic spoilers in the spoiler section.
Like what we’re doing? Want to help us out? Consider subscribing to our cast and leaving a five star review for us on iTunes! This helps us out in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use our Amazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying. It costs you nothing, and helps pay for our bandwidth. Win/win!
We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us. You can also follow Jim on Twitter, or gab with me on Facebook. Thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week!
You can find our Watching Dead theme song on MysterianaMusic.com
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
207 – “Pretty Much Dead Already” – Watching Dead
Turns out that the midseason finale went out with a bang. Several dozen, actually! Before we get into the recap, we consider an article from The Atlantic on five ways The Walking Dead can be improved. It’s pretty good, even if you think The Walking Dead is just fine as is.
Then we break down the action as we consider effective Carol pick-up lines, Rick Jr., Glen getting a spinal upgrade, the Dale/Shane group dichotomy, the finer points of zombie walking, and Rick’s record versus undead little girls.
Like what we’re doing? Want to help us out? Consider subscribing to our cast and leaving a five star review for us on iTunes! This helps us out in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use our Amazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying. It costs you nothing, and helps pay for our bandwidth. Win/win!
We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us. You can also follow Jim on Twitter, or gab with me on Facebook. Thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week!
You can find the Watching Dead theme song on MysterianaMusic.com
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
Walking Dead Review – 207 – “Pretty Much Dead Already”
An unequivocably excellent episode to cap the mid-season off. Now, of course the same things that drive me crazy about certain characters are still driving me crazy, but this episode went and took those “bugs” and made them “features”, to use programming parlance. What I mean by that is that negative character traits, which up to this point have seemingly been just annoying and arbitrary, were actually used to move the plot forward, and draw clear distinctions between the various survivors. And for once (you could argue twice, last episode was awfully good, too), the show actually shifted into into high gear and things happened.
It seems like the writer’s theme of “survivors” versus “nice guys” is starting to come into focus as we watch what is essentially a coup. We don’t know how extensive it is just yet, but that’s what’s going to have me hot and bothered for the start of season 2.5 in a few months. Herschel has been over thrown. The survivors might be nice enough about it, moving forward, but if they want to stay they are going to stay… they have the guns and the will to sweep away anything standing in their way. And if they leave, they’re leaving on their own terms. So Herschel is done. Is Rick? Or did his handling of Sophia, when no one else, not even the Mighty Amoral Power Ranger Shane could, do just enough to save his leadership in the eyes of the rest of the survivors?
206 – “Secrets” – Watching Dead
Welcome to this week’s episode of Watching Dead! Some say this was the best episode of the season, and some say one of the worst. What do Jim and A.Ron think? It might surprise you.
We talk about chicken legs, advanced shooting classes, farmer’s ultimatums, the ridiculous, irresponsible way the “morning after” pills were depicted on the show, Dale stepping up, the lethality of shelving, Rick’s rationality, and junk grabbing.
Like what we’re doing? Want to help us out? Consider subscribing to our cast and leaving a five star review for us on iTunes! This helps us out in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use our Amazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying. It costs you nothing, and helps pay for our bandwidth. Win/win!
We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us. You can also follow Jim on Twitter, or gab with me on Facebook. Thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week!
You can find the Watching Dead theme song on MysterianaMusic.com
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
Walking Dead Review – 206 – “Secrets”
Well, this is the episode where this ridiculous show roped me into another season of watching. Unless they drop the ball really badly, like, say, crash two 737′s into each other over Herschel’s farm, I’m in.
There was a lot of silly stuff, to be sure, and I think we should have been at this point two episodes ago, but bygones. The good stuff is pretty good.
What’s good? The fact that an episode that was largely Darryl free held my attention, for one. The fact that several survivors are getting real about the dangers they’re facing and putting others through (Lori realizing how they’re taking Glenn for granted; Maggie realizing that maybe what’s in the barn isn’t exactly Mom and Shawn; Dale and Shane seeing each other for how they really are; Glenn growing up and carrying a gun). Andrea taking a small, halting step towards becoming someone I wouldn’t want a walker to chew on.
Walking Dead SURVIVAL Review for 205 “Chupacabra”
Hello fellow survivors! It’s time for your weekly review of the survival techniques of our favorite zombie-themed drama on AMC, The Walking Dead!
Scenario 1: Dale finds out that Glenn boned Maggie.
What the survivors did: Dale shamed and scolded Glenn for having the temerity to have about 45 seconds of one-sided pleasure. What was he thinking? What would her father say? Why is he such an awkward idiot with a laughable understanding of women’s biological, sexual, and psychological needs? Etc, etc.
What the survivors should have done: The only acceptable response to this predicament is a high five, fist bump, and a demand for Glenn to describe the encounter in glorious detail. Self-aggrandizing, embellished, not to be believed, and even down right fabricated detail to be sure, but still. Seriously, I do NOT want to hear any shit, Dale. ”But what if Herschel kicks us out?” Doesn’t matter had sex. ”Her father is crazy! For fuck’s sake he’s keeping zombies in the barn!” Doesn’t matter had sex. “She only had sex with you because you’re the only unattached non-elderly, non-rapist in the whole camp!” Still counts had sex! The only way I’m post-hoc cock-blocking a buddy like that is if he’s blind drunk and trying to get down with a cast member of The Jersey Shore. And none of my friends have saved me from a flesh eating zombie. What the hell, Dale? I hate you.
205 – “Chupacabra” – Watching Dead
Welcome to this week’s episode of Watching Darryl Dead! The show picks itself off, and dusts itself off after falling into a well last week, only to derail the otherwise decent episode with an ill advised headshot! Rage along with Jim and A.Ron as we vent along with the listeners about the near tragic stupidity that is Andrea.
Other points of interest; Darryl’s continual carving a portrait of himself onto Mount Badass, Herschel and Rick’s uneasy alliance beginning to unravel, the finer points of guitar-based icebreaking, rag dolls, devil’s advocacy, and some really insightful feedback from our fantastic listeners. Unfortunately, some of the best stuff comes out in our spoiler section, which is roped off with a protective cordon of music, so be sure to switch off if you don’t want hints about what happens next week OR very mild comic book spoilers / analysis.
Like what we’re doing? Want to help us out? Consider subscribing to our cast and leaving a five star review for us on iTunes! This helps us out in the rankings and expands us to new listeners! If you’d like to help support our cast, please use our Amazon affiliate link to buy the stuff you’re already buying. It costs you nothing, and helps pay for our bandwidth. Win/win!
We love getting your thoughts, speculation, and/or feedback, and try our level best to get as much of these in to our cast as possible, so keep emailing it to us. You can also follow Jim on Twitter, or gab with me on Facebook. Thanks again for listening, and we’ll see you next week!
Podcast (watching-dead): Play in new window | Download
Walking Dead Review – “Chupacabra” – 205
Tonight’s episode was pretty good, and then it made me as angry as I’ve ever been at a TV show. A hate formed inside me for a character so white hot, that I couldn’t think rationally. I blacked out for the entire ensuing commercial break.
I’m sure you know at what point and at what character this rage was directed at; Andrea shooting Darryl.
Not only has Andrea been a real shit of a character ever since her sister died. Not only is Darryl my favorite character in the show, and not by a small margin. Not only had he just emerged triuphantly from a forrest crucible of character develepment; no, that wasn’t enough. The writers decided to make Andrea shoot him in the most excruciatingly dickhead way they could. First, she appointed herself lookout, wisely replacing the negligent Dale. So that was defensible. But she’s going to waste a bullet and make noise that can be heard for miles, when they’ve impressed upon us this entire season that doing both is phenomenally stupid? And not in a moment of panic, no, she just wanted to show the boys that her gun penis was as long and girthy as theirs.