The Walking Dead Season 3 AMC Thread
mguy1977
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Prison just got more terrifying.
Matthew
Prison just got more terrifying.
Matthew
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They are only streaming the first episode. But there is two problems. First off I have a low monthly cap on my internet. So I don't stream anything over 15 minutes. Plus both my parents watch the show and they are not gonna sit huddled around my 25 inch monitor to watch it. So I will be acquiring it from my buddy Brian Torrens. I already know when the blu ray season 3 set comes out next year I will be buying it.
http://www.rpsteeves.com/2012/10/wrapped-up-like-zombie-review-walking.html
It's unheard of for a cable show to have a higher demo rating than a show on network TV. The highest rated show of the season was the season premiere of Modern Family with a 5.5.
Last night, The Walking Dead had more viewers than The Amazing Race (9.4M), The Good Wife (9M), Once Upon a Time (9.1M), Revenge (8.2M) and The Mentalist (10.6M).
Including encore broadcasts, The Walking Dead had 15.2 million viewers for the night.
The show keeps topping itself. The season 2 premiere took the record as the most watched episode of a drama in basic cable history. Then the midseason premiere beat that record. That was followed by the season finale, which also beat it. Now the season 3 premiere has come along and broken that same record for a 4th time.
Here's a rundown of the series' numbers.
Season 1 Premiere: 5.35 million
Season 1 Finale: 5.97 million
Season 2 Premiere: 7.26 million
Season 2.5 Premiere: 8.1 million
Season 2 Finale: 8.99 million
Season 3 Premiere: 10.9 million
It's crazy that AMC was dropped by the second largest satellite provider, but it didn't lose any numbers. Not only that, it gained 2 million viewers.
It is that simple.
Matthew
A great set up for the season. We've jumped ahead about 6 months, and we see that the main team has become a very cohesive unit. They trust is Rick's leadership, have done well under it, and there are new tensions with Lori and Rick. They also put all of the players in motion (except for one...) and set the tone for the season. I was also pretty surprised at the "holy shit!" moment at the end of the episode. All-in-all, I think they are living up to the promise they made last year.
Loved the new confident badass Rick. Loved the scene where Lori's questioning him about his strategy, and where last season we'd see him all hesitant and questioning, here's it's like "yah..thanks..now shut up bitch!" (although, I thought they did go a little over the top on his coldness to Lori - but I guess her attack on him after she pushed him to kill Shane, and the fact that she's carrying what is most likely Shane's kid - you can see where he'd have mixed emotions).
Aside from that, Carl was cooler (loved the silencer they gave him - and it makes sense that they would give it to him). Sharp-shooting Carol as the Andrea stand-in (and I guess the implication is that she and Darryl are a couple, now? Someone else I spoke to about that didn't seem sure about that).
I figured with Dale gone, Herschel would be assuming the role of Wise Old Man (tm), and it looks like they're having him do that right down to the amputated leg! (does this mean he's going to be starring at dinner time, as well?? :^)
Loved the Prison itself - they did a great job with it - it looks suitably spooky. I suspected the final scene would be the live prisoners (and, again, love how they jumped right to it, instead of waiting a few episodes - just bang/bang/bang action here!). I loved the scene in the comic where, IIRC, they're all sitting around the cafeteria eating and say "Hey! C'mon on in and join us, why dontya" or something like that. But this was great too (and probably a lot more realistic) with one of the prisoners saying something like "holy shit!"
So overall, great stuff - hope they keep up the pace!
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and F U contract cancellation fees!
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The ep was good but was it sorter than eps from last season? Seemed to be about 4-5mins shorter.
I don't know much about guns but was that a real silencer or one that was made for the show?
I think it's cute that Carl is crushing on Herschel's youngest living girl. Plus Herschel with a beard is a win and boy does it look like he lost weight from last season.
I know of a couple of people that got sent a letter from borrowing stuff from Brian Torrens. Everyone of them borrowed new Disney films from him. I just get Walking Dead,Breaking Bad and maybe next year Mad Men from him. Since Dish dropped AMC. With all three shows I buy the dvd or blu ray season sets when they come out. The only music I get from Brian is stuff I already have on record or cassette. Cause I currently don't have the equipment to transfer either media to MP3.
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No way joker those pirate waters are dangerous.
Never thought they'd actually get inside the prison by episode one.
Me either I figured it would be at least episode 3 before they go to the prison. With how slowly paced the second season was.