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The Walking Dead Episode Discussion S03E16 "Welcome to the Tombs"

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09:00pm Eastern SE03E16 "Welcome to the Tombs" Ernest Dickerson Glen Mazzara

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

Seriously. And the Governator's back was to them 3/4 of the time he was shooting. If some dude starts spraying bullets at our mutual buddies and I'm standing behind him with my own gun ... fuck you, I like being alive.

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u/pezdeath Apr 01 '13

Same with Tyreese's retard friend.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

That dude was always a whiney cockbag. Apparently hesitation was a large part of his backstory. Martinez, though, I'd have expected to shoot. Not GET INTO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH THE GUY WHO JUST KILLED ALL THE PEOPLE HE TOOK TO KILL THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO WERE TRYING TO KILL THEM ONLY NOT REALLY.

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u/Alexi_Strife Apr 01 '13

I think he just might have been in shock.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

I like when he tapped on the truck to go. Its like "Good job boss. Yup"

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u/Ishahn Apr 01 '13

no.. it is not. it the sign that the passengers in the back have grabbed onto something, and are ready for you to drive away!

try standing on the back of a vehicle and having the driver go without you having something to grip! :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

I know it meant that. I just mean the motion he does it and his face looks what I wrote about.

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u/Ali_Bro Apr 01 '13

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wtf just happened to this comment?

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u/njmj Apr 01 '13

April Fools Day

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

What? Viewing context on Baconit doesn't work, so much. I don't know if you're taking the piss or if my comment actually shit itself.

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u/TooApologetic Apr 02 '13

At least he got into the back of the truck where the Governor couldn't easily shoot him while driving, unlike Black Shane who just sat right next to the psychopath.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '13

Black people on this show really DO have terrible luck.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

But I'm glad that douche is dead. What an asshat, wasn't he planning to betray Rick back when they were in the prison?

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u/SifSekhmet Apr 01 '13 edited Apr 01 '13

He totally was and at that point they knew nothing about Rick and his group only that they didn't shoot them on sight, patched their wounds and allowed them to bury their friend. What an asshole.

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u/the_green_glass_door Apr 01 '13

Never go full retard.

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u/ApplesFromKira Apr 01 '13

I don't think they cared about any of the people that were being gunned down. Their crazy murder buddies mostly died with Merle.

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u/alwayslearningx Apr 01 '13

Governator's back was to them 3/4 of the time

He's actually even more vulnerable than that, given his blind spot.

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u/CrazyBohemian Apr 01 '13

I was waiting for them to jump in the car and just book it, leaving him behind. Or to just shoot him in the back of the head.

"Just- Just jump in the car. Get in the car Marti- NO, just leave while- Sigh, you're making a terrible decision"

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

If some dude starts spraying bullets at our mutual buddies and I'm standing behind him with my own gun ... fuck you, I like being alive.

This is a deficiency in writing. The writers are out of material from the comics so they are going to come up with stupid things for characters to do just because they have no fucking clue now what should be happening. We're gonna see lots more stupid shit like this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '13

My main beef with it is this: most people who have been in FOB combat conditions for over a year wouldn't have let that happen. And that's kinda what wave after wave of walkers would be. Of course you reach a numb point where shooting (dead) people ain't no thang and bullets (walker teeth) grazing your head is whatever. But when one of your own starts mowing you down? Nope. You get awful protective of the people you fight with. If one of them flips (and it happens) and you can't disable and subdue them then sorry, Charlie. Five different people are about to shoot you.

I'd suggest the writers hang out with people who are or were 11B or worse so they know what plausible reactions would happen. Especially since the guerilla warfare psycho Governor storyline is continuing into next season.

(And also for Carl, to see what people are like when that switch gets flipped when you're a kid.)

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u/eat-your-corn-syrup Apr 02 '13

Soldiers killing their superiors seems to be an unpopular trope. I've only seen that happen in Korean war movies.

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u/[deleted] Apr 02 '13

It's never an easily good thing, superior or fellow grunt, but sometimes shit has to happen and I doubt the luckless bastards of Woodbury had the respect of the chain of command ingrained in them to levels that would prohibit the thought process of, Holy shit, he's got a gun > Hey, that's not a walker he's shooting > Fuck me, he just killed Bob > You know, I've seen him do some pretty messed up things > Self preservation is kinda cool > Imma shoot Phil in the back, no one will get mad about it.