Ranger Lothbrok

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Lol. They all looked so uncomfortable.

They couldn't get these guys a bigger couch?

Holy hell. I NEVER thought I'd be so sad to see Merle go. Incredible episode.

So what does everybody think? Should I go to the game tomorrow? Or watch from the comfort and safety of my couch and save myself the $50? Don't wanna get embarrassed at Prudential Center, and chances are it's gonna be Biron night.

Great job on the reporting as usual TMFN. Nobody would visit this section if you didn't post here lol.

Yeah, definitely not taking my buddy up on those tickets for Tuesday lol.

Hey, if I stopped supporting the Rangers every time they've been terrible, I would've stopped watching in 1997. The question is: subject myself to almost certain abuse by Devils fans, but do my part in cheering for the Blueshirts? Or go home after class and watch the game from the safety of my living room, free from any heckling?

So here's a fan's dilemma: we're awful right now. You can pretty much call Saturday in Pittsburgh a loss already. Then Monday we have the Canes at home, but we're playing in NJ the following night. I was offered a ticket to that game. 10 people from my school are going, which is right down the road. I have class until 6:00, so the timing is perfect. Grab a bite to eat, head in to the arena. Already parked in the morning. Now here's the problem: with how heinous the team has been, is it worth it to drop the $50 to go to Prudential Center, watch us play uninspired and exhausted hockey (we've been terrible on the second game of back-to-backs), and take a whole load of shit from Devils fans? Or do I roll the dice and go, since winning in that arena is so incredibly satisfying on the off chance it happens? High risk, high reward. I'd love to go out and support the Rangers and get a little more blue in the seats, but with how bad this team is, it's pretty much a 75% chance that we lose that game, and I don't want to be anywhere near Prudential Center when that happens. So what would you do? Go out and support the team, or hide away at home to avoid the embarrassment?

Poop. I didn't watch any of the first few episodes. I'll have to see if they'll re-air them, or if History channel has an On Demand function.

Awesome episode. Best one of this season thus far IMO. Starting off with the sign left for Emily, and then seeing the zombie girl with the bracelet that said Emily. Morgan's whole zombie trap set-up, the guy with the backpack, the cafe, etc. It was all very well done.

On the Howard Stern channels on Sirius they have a show called Geektime, and they were replaying their interview with Robert Kirkman from when he first got the TV deal with AMC. Something I thought was interesting was that he deliberately told them to stray from the comic storyline, because he wanted people who had read the comics to be able to enjoy surprises in the show too. And he said, despite TELLING them to take liberties, that the upcoming season (Season 1 at the time) followed the storyline a little too much for his liking. Kind of interesting to hear that, for once, a writer DOESN'T want the show following the books to the letter.

Gotcha. I know ratings disagree with me, which I'll partly chalk up to word of mouth and growing popularity/advertising budgets (I see the commercials on EVERY channel now, never used to see them), but I think the show was better in Seasons 1 and 2. Like, one of the most moving episodes was the whole scene at the CDC. Where they're watching the currents running through a brain and see the difference between living and dead. Like that, and the opening episodes, I haven't seen anything like recently. I know all of the reasons for it: budget constraints, change in showrunners, what the viewers want/ratings, etc. I just think, personally, that the show was better in the beginning.

Right. I got the whole play on words thing the first time you mentioned it. Come to think of it, how could you have a show ABOUT zombies? What would you do? Follow one around in its every day life? What I'm getting at is: if it's a show about survivors in a zombie world, shouldn't the zombies be at least somewhat important? Otherwise, how is the show different from anything else? And by the way, I love the show and it doesn't remotely affect my viewership. Just thinking aloud.

Huh. You'd figure with the "record ratings" that the budget would INCREASE, and we'd see more of the stuff we saw in the first season, rather than less of it. And as for what the comic books do, what's the point of having a zombie-infested world if you de-emphasize the zombies? It's called the Walking Dead, not Melrose Place v2.0.

The show has lost its creepiness factor, which is part of what made it so enjoyable. Like, think about the first episode, with Rick wandering around the hospital. The bolted door that said, "DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE," lighting the match in the stairwell, all the bodies outside, and then that one zombie he sees crawling on the ground with half a body. Now look at it: Governor drama, Woodbury drama, Merle and Daryl drama, Michonne/Andrea drama, Glenn/Maggie drama, Rick drama, etc. Get back to what the show should really be about: zombies!

Article from HBOwatch.com about how the production may work: http://hbowatch.com/how-a-dunk-egg-series-could-work-on-hbo/

I sincerely doubt GRRM ever finishes the series, for a number of reasons.

On a Royal Caribbean cruise as we speak, getting hosed at $0.65 per minute for Internetz. But I did clean up in the casino on New Year's Eve. $200 at the craps table, another $100 in three-card poker, and $50 more on slots. At that point I cashed out. Stopping in the Bahamas today. Tough to find stuff to do really when you don't drink though.

Norman Reedus, aka Daryl, was on a show on the Howard Stern channels today called Geek Time. Awesome, awesome dude. Apparently the way he got in to acting was he was offered a role in a play after getting drunk one night in LA, putting on massive sunglasses, and cursing out people walking by on the street from a balcony. He used to work on motorcycles, and was planning on having that be his career. He says the bike he rides in the show is a piece of shit, and that while the rest of the crew lives in Atlanta when filming, he lives further south (about an hour away) so that he can ride his REAL bike to work each day and see the country. He seems like a badass in real life, and was utterly hilarious. Good guy, glad he caught a break.

Yeah, I haven't read the novels either, but the only reason I didn't put a spoiler alert is because it's pretty clear that it's only loosely based on the sequence of events in the graphic novels. Like if they were following the novels to a tee, both the baby and Lori should be dead. I also think Dale was supposed to die a LOT earlier, but didn't because he tested well with the viewer-base (which I'll never understand, I hated Dale). But yeah, I only have loose opinions from my friend who read the graphic novels, not any real plot facts. But I'll refrain from posting anything that borders on factual. I'm interested to see what the deal is with the Governor, because I thought he was kind of cool too.

Well last we saw here T-Dog sacrificed himself so she could get away right? Didn't we see her look back at him and then slip out a door to the outside? I assumed she was alive. And one of my friends has read all the graphic novels. She said Carl is absolutely horrible and annoying, and is probably her least favorite character and he only gets worse. In the novels, both Lori and the newborn die, so I guess they kept the baby alive so it wouldn't be TOO sad. And finally, without any spoilers, she said the Governor is probably the biggest villain in the entire series, and is actually one of the most evil/twisted villains she's seen in any sci-fi/fantasy/drama series.

Recording the episode as we speak. Waiting for my buddy to arrive so we can watch commercial free. I agree with most of what everyone said about last week's episode though: Lori was annoying and kind of useless, but Rick's reaction is what got me. Oh, and by the way, Daryl is far and away my favorite character.

After watching last week's episode with a buddy of mine, I just went on a Netflix binge and have seen all of Seasons 1 and 2. I've missed I think two episodes of Season 3, but regardless I'm 100% hooked. Zombies are a personal fear of mine, whereas my friend just thinks they're ridiculous, but despite my phobia I'm all in on this show now. Who's ready for tonight?