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Please. If god does exsist then season 2 will be a million times better than the first.
just watched first ep :) yay for 1hr long episode
Awesome, sickbeard just pulled it for me, bout to watch.
Actually it's been that long I might hit up the first season for a recap while waiting for ep2 as well.
Downloading tonight, where does everyone obtain TV shows nowadays?
I have a usenet server and have sickbeard just monitor all the show's I wanna watch.
I have an nzbmatrix acc for other misc crap
watched it just before, it wasn't bad. Not much really happened though
except the ending of course but we all know he'll be fine
* spoilers maybe? *
such a disappointing return episode,
Less crappy side plots - more interesting setting up cool bases/scavenging for cool stuff.
They should make a series about what would jason bourne do in a walking dead situation!
I really hate stupid kids in these situations.
Hell yes love this show, great to see it return ))) loved the first episode...
the first episode was f*****g terrifying.
If you're interested, there's also a companion talkshow for each episode. ("Talking Dead")
Needs less 'woe is me' bulls*** drama and more zombies eating brains/having their head exploded.
They did have some good hacking scenes though. Way too much of the Mum, the Blondie and the dude having a cry though.
Enjoyed that ep. A few slow parts but the Spoiler:
walking herd scene was tense and the bald zombie in the camper van. Awesome makeup! Kind of sick of Shane and his drama bulls*** with the Rick's wife.
The church scene was pretty hilarious (and ironic).]
Also, I found the two monologues by Rick (opening scene and church) to be forced and lame.
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lol @ herd of zombies. it's a horde you silly people.
the first episode was f*****g terrifying.
lol @ herd of zombies. it's a horde you silly people.
Yeah when they called it a herd in the show I had exactly the same thought.
Obviously no-one in this group of survivors has ever watched a zombie movie at all, and that explains why they keep dying.
i thought that black guy was done for when he sliced his whole arm open, but rambo saved him.
Yeah what was with that!? He even did it properly and went down the street not across the road.. that guy surely would have bled out right then and there.
Poor form AMC - you don't show Chekhov's arm slash, and then in the next scene everything's happy. :(
7.3 million viewers in the US, making it a new record for cable television.
Yeah 12 raider.
Its 13 eps, 7 now and then the final 6 in February which should help with the long wait till season 3 next October
Seems like the show just became really lame.
That bit at the start "Hide under the cars!" why not hide in them, like in that big campervan you had... oh and while youre at it shut the door.
And maybe look more than 10 feet in front of you when checking for zombie herds.
Yeah, spotter on the roof;
"Nup all fine here"
"Oh look water"
"Oh wait, one zombie"
"Oh Christ! 50+ Zombies"
Less than 50 f*****g meters away (they show the cars between Rick and the horde.) If you cant see a horde of zombies that's over 50 strong coming at you from a greater distance that that, I don't think you should be a sentry. He saw it about the same time as Rick too, why even have an elevated position?
I love the show but for a season opener... was a bit of a let down.
So many illogical things for people to do who have been living in that environment for some time. Too much cry baby woe is me I wanna eat a bullet or kids getting lost drama.
Just go out and spend the episode scavenging cool s*** and a have a few close calls while crackin some zombie skulls. Would have been way better imo.
Also with all the other vehicles just sitting around full of gas... why are they puttering around in some big ass old piece of s*** wagon? (not the RV, the other car) Even if your new fangled computerised car broke, take the battery out and take your pick of the thousands of other cars just sitting around.
what was with the opening monologue, god damn what a piece of s*** this series has turned out to be. its like a b grade movie only that would be insulting to b grade movies
yeah exactly.
theres nothing there.
omg there a marauding mass of zombies walking at 0.2km/h toward us what shall we do, thats it, i'll try and reassemble a f*****g gun that i had no idea how to assemble and drop it on the f*****g ground and have to stab some c*** zombie in the face yeah, top tv that.
and to think all of the tv shows they cancelled so this tripe can rule the airwaves
Ah its good to know the haters haven't forgot how to hate on this show. It suprises me though that after hating the first season so much, they're still watching the second season, but oh well, each to their own.
I thought it was pretty awesome personally, loved how tense it was. Was a bit odd they didn't see them sooner, but I don't really care cos it made for a great scene.
What? I enjoyed the first season, since its the only zombie survival series on tv these days (or ever? are there any else that i don't know about!) i've given it the benefit of the doubt.
But really these crappy side/sub plots are just .. stupid? How did they not learn lessons off mad max 2, dawn of the dead remake, 28 days later, where interesting stuff like holding out in a makeshift base was.. cool!
The 'tense' moments you describe are like terrible horror films which use silly situations like 'a killer is in my house lets hide under a bed while he walks around in my room'.
Just such a disappointment that something with so much more potential would go down this route.
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The show isn't about balls to the wall zombie killing action though, its about the survivors and the s*** they go through just trying to survive in such a f***ed up world. I haven't read the books its based on, but my understanding is thats the point of the show, its not a Dawn of the Dead style zombie action fest.
remember that awesome movie zombieland? well they're turning it into a tv show instead of making a sequel.
^ No Woody Harrelson, no care.
I also found it kind of weird that there were overturned cars in between all the other cars. Like how the f*** did they roll over if there are cars nicely parked either side of them? But yeah, the zombies magically appearing out of no where was hilarious. That old dude is the worst spotter in history.
they could have walked out from the trees on either side of the highway.
They could have, but they didn't.
In the next screens you can see them walking down the Highway. On both sides.
I like the show overall. I enjoyed the first season. That doesn't meant that I can't get pissed off at stupid/annoying bits Khel. You're not the boss of me and my TV watching habits!
what a f*****g annoying episode. what the f*** is wrong with writers these days?
- how the f*** could a horde of zombies creep up on a flat highway with someone on the f*****g roof of the motorhome
- why the F*** are you driving old peice of s*** 2 wheel drive cars when you should be in a f*****g 4wd to be able to drive off the road and on the grass where there is plenty of room
- why the F*** is there a toilet or bed in the motorhome and have they not put a big f*****g plastic water tank in there instead to hold surpluss fuel and water?
- why the f*** would you run AWAY from the group when two zombies are chasing you?
- why the f*** would you fumble around with assembling a gun of which you have no bullets for when a zombie is walking AWAY from the place your hiding
- why the f*** would you open a bottle of water and use almost all of it to bath in while screaming joyiously about finding water? - like seriously WTF?
- why the f*** would you not have spares parts including radiator hoses etc in a big f*****g motor home
- why the f*** would you not have spikes extending from the top of the motor home pointing down on a 20-45deg angle to the ground to stop zombies climbing up onto the top?
- why the f*** wouldnt you have a big f*****g tractor with lawmower attachment at the front without the guard on it so you could just drive through zombies
- why the f*** would zombies group together when their only instinct is to eat
- why the f*** would you stab the zombie ten thousand times spraying blood all over yourself including your eyes and mouth when you already killed it with the first blow
- why the f*** would you let a women spend 30minutes talking to a f*****g statue when your wasting time looking for a lost child in countryside infested by zombies and then f*****g do the same yourself when you elect to be the guy that stays behind to look for the f*****g girl? - HOW F*****G POINTLESS
- why the f*** would you let your f*****g son walk up to a wild deer with antlers the side of a f*****g small vending machine ?
Seriously this f*****g show gives me the absolute s**** but it's the only zombie show on at the moment.
Any f*****g writer with half a clue could write a better zombie show then this and have people watch it simply for the zombies.
We need the guy who wrote "I am legend" to write a zombie tv series.
To top all of this f*****g facepalm bulls*** off... i then went on to watch the next episode of Terra Nova... which was just as f*****g irritating.
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I can't wait for the next episodes, i just love alllllllll the days of our lives crying by the women.
maybe you should stop watching it then you f*****g moron
gamer also didn't like flintstones, because he couldn't understand why you would push a stone car around instead of walking
(pro tip, it is called entertainment, this isn't a doco moron!, zombies aren't real!)
lol gamer rage on
The show isn't about balls to the wall zombie killing action though, its about the survivors and the s*** they go through just trying to survive in such a f***ed up world. I haven't read the books its based on, but my understanding is thats the point of the show, its not a Dawn of the Dead style zombie action fest.
***spoilers for dawn of the dead/walking dead***
Well dawn of the dead was/is a movie about the 's*** they go through just to survive in a f'd up world' - they did some interesting stuff like setting up camp in a shopping centre? Esp the remake where they showed them with time passing by playing golf/chess etc. Crazy ppl trying to hide their infected pregnant partners, facing starvation so having to think about getting food to the other dude accross the rd. Shooting jay leno.
Just soooo much more better idea's than 'o my kids gonna run off and get lost'
which is essentially what happened in walking dead first ep.
Just soooo much more better idea's than 'o my kids gonna run off and get lost'
You must have missed the bit where they explored a person's right to exit a f***ed up world, among other things.
"they explored a person's right to exit a f***ed up world"
Oh they 'explored' that did they? All i saw was some dumbf*** women who didnt go just slash her wrists or run into the mob of zombies and instead chose to b**** on about how she wanted her gun back and couldnt understnad why they wouldnt give it back to her after she displayed signs she was suicidal and crazy after wanting to blow up in a building.
Yeah that was deep s*** man... real deep... that the women would b**** on about not being able to kill herself because she didnt want to kill the old guy but then just not go /slitwrists
While he did indeed go off the deep end, he does have some valid points. Like instead of driving around in a beater thats constantly blowing hoses (it lost one in the first season too) why not pick up a better car amoung the hundreds blocking their way? A lot looked like they still had keys etc in the ignition as well...
People usung a little common sense wouldn't be a bad thing in a show like that either, but I guess without stupid people to make things happen they would actually need some creative writing skills.
I thought having the redneck dude on a stupidly loud harley, when they constantly enforce that Zombies are attracted to loud noises, is also a particuarly stupid move on their part.
You must have missed the bit where they explored a person's right to exit a f***ed up world, among other things.
yeah i think i did, i skimmed through it cause i dont find the 'im going to suicide' part appealing as a thought provoking zombie storyline...
Did you really find it that interesting?
Just don't watch Terra Nova. That is consistently bog.
Don't worry, Terra Nova isn't going to be around for that much longer. The Jason O'Mara effect will kill it.
Poor bloke is an OK actor but it seems like as soon as he is cast in a TV series it gets canned.
Ah its good to know the haters haven't forgot how to hate on this show.So you have to be a hater to find that first scene ridiculous? I didnt mind the first season and was pleasantly surprised when i noticed season 2 had started... then that s***, christ.
I mean if the zombies had come from the trees, or where their "Sentry" (blind old guy on motorhome) had a blocked line of sight, that might have made some f*****g sense.
If there had been a reason the motorhome door wasnt f*****g locked rather than just complete stupidity.. this goes to a problem i have with terra nova as well, it is this supposedly dangerous environment, death around every corner and no one seems to notice that, despite almost dying every week... "oh s*** that zombie almost got through the door and killed us all! " - one week later, "hmm a bit warm, should open the door to let a breeze in"
On the same topic, the kids, mum goes "stay where i can see you" err how about stay in the f*****g car or at least right next to it where you can get some cover if s*** goes down, especially seeing as how blind every c*** is.
You compare this situation to when their camp was attacked and there was a reason they didnt see the zombies coming, it was night, they were in the middle of the forest.
The jesus s*** is annoying, but i can almost forgive that because its an american show and they seem to give a s*** about that.
Also one second they are running from two zombies, the next in the church its like "hah look at those slow loser zombies, im gonna chop them up one by one"
oh i will just pull this zombie corpse over myself and cloak the fresh blood spewing out of my slashed artery.
It's mentioned in the comics that when one walker is near another zombie that's ambling along, it'll walk along with it.
This little group of walkers heading in some random direction pick up more and more walkers and end up being a herd.
So yeah, that's why they call them a herd in the TV show as well.
And the little girl doing a runner as soon as Rick and the 2 walkers were out of sight made the rest of the episode a long boring search for little lost girl in the woods.
The little girl running off was probably the thing that annoyed me out of that episode, stupid kid.
They said she was running the right way, then suddenly shot off in some other direction... Suggested she saw something etc, I can actually see that as reasonable for a s*** scared young child in the woods to do...
It's all the s*** that you wouldn't/shouldn't expect people to do that annoys me.
Little girl emerges from her hiding place first without waiting for the all clear.
Attracts 2 walkers and runs off into the woods away from the adults that could help her.
Rick is the only one that goes to help her.
Little girl wanders off and gets lost after being saved by Rick.
Distraught mother of little girl places the entire blame on Rick for her lost little girl that ran off.
Right. I understand the fact the show focuses on the "choices people make in a zombie infested world" but a lot of the choices made in this episode were frustratingly stupid.
Oh and Andrea specifically said she didn't want to get torn apart by walkers, it's pretty clear that if she was going to off herself she'd want it to be quick and less painful.
she should off her self straight after she figures out how to put her gun back together.
justa heads up that ep 2 aired last night in the states and is available on coughmumblecough.com .
( you all have your ways)
Someone should claim that domain name though. I'm sure it would be a good use for something.
the one thing that i notice, and bugs me alittle is this
rick has a radio, and they clearly have a way of charging it
they have in the past used a CB, so wtf don't more of them have a little CB and safe running around to tell people s***,
good episode if you havent seen it.
it was, and the reason i commented on it, when rick was running to the house, he still had his police radio on his belt
it was, and the reason i commented on it, when rick was running to the house, he still had his police radio on his belt
i was wondering were odus got fuel for that ute, prolly from the highway too.
and lol i saw the "doctor" thing coming a mile away/
Yeah, I love how the sheriff can just run up to the house. There were no visible gates connecting the fences so there's nothing stopping the zombies from coming in. I watched the opening scene twice to make sure and sure enough there's easy access to the house. Even when he's out on the porch talking to the old man and the camera is looking down the dirt road, there's absolutely nothing to stop anyone entering the property. F*****g retarded. And the house itself doesn't have any protection either.
s**** getting reallllllllll boring - did they fire their old writers or something?
The scenarios in this second season are just mind blowingly uninteresting?
Compared to episodes from the first season i.e handcuffing a crazy redneck bro up on a building in the cbd filled with zombies, meeting another 'hostile' gang, finding a underground lab with an insane guilty scientist.
Getting your boy shot by otis doesn't seem to cut it for me.
Please AMC just use/hire the same writers from breaking bad or something!
on a positive note - how to make it in america's lastest ep rocks!
It seems the zombies just congregate around built up areas anyway. As a group/herd, they don't seem to move very far from where they were first infected/killed unless it's in one shuffling herd down a highway. Obviously there is the odd one or two meandering through the forest looking muching on woodchucks.
I'd say the few zombies wandering about near a remote farmhouse could easily be picked off with a rifle.
Just sayin...
1 zombie dead in 42 minutes of watching.
The show should be called "the talking dead" or "the crying dead"
sick to death of the days of our lives bulls***.
I would love a show that was about the obstacles that survivors had to overcome in order to live in a post-apocalyptic world.
As pointed out, that's not what this show is. It's all about the inter-character relationships, and that part is sub-neighbours quality. Even the "Previously on The Walking Dead" was filled with that. Piling the standard faux-suspense zombie bulls*** on top of that doesn't make it any better. I think we expect a little bit more from the humans that managed to avoid zombification for this long than dancing toes on an easily blocked door.
yeah, I was pretty bored most of the ep. :/
but I think he mentions in the ep why there're like 0 zombeis around the farm? I think he says that it's cos they're well secluded from the main cities or w/e.
did they fire their old writers or something?I think they did actually.
Good to see when they ditched the whole CDC business they're back on track with following the storyline of the comics.
Would have been good to see Wiltshire Estates, but looks like we'll never know now :(
There's one major departure from the comics is s***ting me though, and from the comments it looks like it's s***ting you guys as well...
Shane should be f*****g dead by now :(
Hershel's farm hopefully means the prison is coming up soon >:)
Only seen S02E01 so far and WTF is with the black dude running all the way through the cars to get fuel? He was standing right next to a car!
i guess more people love it than hate it since it just got renewed for a third season. it's getting higher ratings than free to air shows.
zombie drama, who'd have think it
good episode!
lol at odis
I am a slow US TV noob so i have just started watching breaking bad.i find it quite awsome.
Breaking Bad S1 with The Walking dead episodes in between. F*** you s*** aus tv f*** you.
All I'm gonna say is Vin Rhimes and "Zombie Apocolypse 2011"
Pretty much L4D, The Movie
Classic B Grade but f*****g epic win!
heh new shane was going to use ottis as food for zombies.
The final bit was alright, but the two guys fighting for a minute kind of takes away from the "oh the zombies are right behindness" of the situation, shane should have been colder and just shot him in the leg and walked off without turning around (yeah i know he needed what fatty was carrying)
Oh yeah another moment where shane is "surrounded" then fatty shoots two zombies and he has a clear path, like why didnt shane attempt that at least.
Still, maybe it's getting better.
He wasn't surrounded, he had heaps at his back behind the fence, but only 3 coming at him.
After taking out the 3 (Fatty 2 and Him 1) they both comented on how they were out (or did they say last round?) of ammo....
Then they went and pulled out their Hand Guns.... which soon they also both said that they only had 1 round left.
If you're goig to let him die, and you need his pack. Shoot him in the head, Still fresh meat for the Zombies and 1 less that could come back to life. No fight for his pack.
Liked this one a heap better than #1 and I hope they keep going like this.
but I'm pretty sure I'm over Rick's acting
He's one of my most disliked charaters. Most times when there's scenes with him being all serious and s*** I just skip past. He's so boring. Especially him carrying on all glum with his son being shot.
Heh, yeah I'm with you Rev.
I dunno whether it's the actor that plays Rick, the directing, when they fired all the writers or a combination of all three.
Rick has a lot of inner turmoil in the comics and one of the recurring themes is how he struggles to keep a tentative grip on his humanity as leader of the group. He's supposed to be the backbone of the series and I'm worried his introspection scenes are going to continue being so emotionally bland all the way through.
He wasn't surrounded,Err thats what i said and that was my point.
Heh, yeah I'm with you Rev.
he told me....he told.....it doesnt matter.
i was like really dude, really.
Episode 6 is pretty good.
very good its getting heaps good now,
next week's ep is the last until february.
Nah it was still pretty s***, the start was especially annoying.
"Oh i cant tell you trust me..."
Because she couldn't say then as it would take away from the "big reveal" later on in the episode, but the reasoning turned out to be fairly obvious and mundane, and there was no f*****g logical reason why the chick couldnt have told asian dude earlier, except to artificially build tension.
This show should just be about Shane killing zombies.
next week's ep is the last until february.
wtf are u serious?
totally justified in my decision to avoid downloading past s2e2 of this show. absolute dud. less drama and focus on relationships and more blowing zombies heads off en masse with an m60.
in the mean time, fringe, boardwalk empire and terra nova(only just) can suffice. terra nova has a short life expectancy imo unless it becomes good though.
wtf are u serious?
it's the midseason break that every show goes on this time of year.
totally justified in my decision to avoid downloading past s2e2 of this show. absolute dud. less drama and focus on relationships and more blowing zombies heads off en masse with an m60.
well done, you completely missed the point of the whole show.
terra nova has a short life expectancy imo unless it becomes good though.
it will be lucky to get picked up for a second season imo.
If you're interested, there's also a companion talkshow for each episode. ("Talking Dead")
Anyone else watching Talking Dead as well? The Kevin Smith ep was hilarious :D
which ep was that? might watch it
terra nova has a short life expectancy imo unless it becomes good though.
People complain about a lack of Zombies in Walking Dead... when they at least try to get 1 or 2 in.
There are entire episodes of Terra Nova where you don't even HEAR a dinosaur.
well done, you completely missed the point of the whole show.
I get the point. I just wish there was less of a point and more Mindless Zombie slaughter.
Shane is by far the best character.
Nailin chicks even ricks wife, half psycho, fed a fat guy to zombies, killed the most zombies, doesnt carry a stupid rifle but a nice shotty cause shotguns rule.
Shane is by far the best character.
he would have been killed off in season 1 if they 100% followed the graphic novels.
he would have been killed off in season 1 if they 100% followed the graphic novels.
Ok Shane just went mental, the best bit in the series so far....
F*** yeah Zombie killin time!!!!
looks like shane was wrong about rick. only rick was man enough to kill sophia
looks like shane was wrong about rick. only rick was man enough to kill sophia
WTF man.
looks like shane was wrong about rick. only rick was man enough to kill sophia
Might wanna use some spoiler tags there rav.
pretty intense episode. Am still enjoying it even though it's a zombie drama.
looks like shane was wrong about rick. only rick was man enough to kill sophia
I read this after I watched the episode.
but still
Might wanna use some spoiler tags there rav.
no point since i've been quoted multiple times, plus cant edit s*** after 10 mins
good end to ep 7 -
the whole farm thing so far has been great at building the chars and setting up the whole humanity vs mindless killing
but yeah.. i want them to get to fort benning and into a fortified position with m60 mowing down zombie hordes.. at least for 1 ep :)
Really enjoying the season so far.
I wont spoiler this since the main reveal has already been mentioned above, but my partner pointed out a rather odd plothole.
The main cast are on the farm looking for a girl they've lost a few days ago. The farm folk must have found the girl sometime in the last few days and stuck her in the barn - wouldnt they maybe put two and two together and think "hey maybe thats the girl they're looking for?"
Really enjoying the season so far.
No, they didn't want them to know about the walkers in the barn.
No, they didn't want them to know about the walkers in the barn.Maybe, but they've had several discussions where the farm owner has said I want you to find that girl and then move on. Its also clear he wants them gone ASAP.
I guess we have to accept that the farm folk are dumbasses and didnt realise they already captured her; the only other explanation would be that they were aware Sophia was in the barn and it was all an elaborate ruse designed to avoid revealing the barn's contents, while simply waiting for them to give up on finding Sophia and leaving.
wouldnt they maybe put two and two together and think "hey maybe thats the girl they're looking for?"
Yeah, that was explained in the after show. Two things conspired there:
1) They didn't want to reveal there were dead people in the barn, as has already been mentioned
2) Hershel has a line when they're hauling zombie out of the swamp "Otis used to do this, but now we have to". Otis went off on a mission quickly to get supplies for Carl and got killed before there was any mention that they were looking for Sophia so he didn't have a chance to tell anybody that the little girl he snared a few days ago might be who they were looking for.
Basically Hershel didn't know that she was in the barn, he was just hoping they'd give up and move on. Even if he knew there had to be some chance he didn't want them to know that any walkers were in the barn because he guessed correctly that someone in the group would flip out and massacre them.
Time to enjoy the wait until Feb for the next ep.
gamer don't mention I am legend on these forums. Lots hated that movie, probably because of the ending.
General rule is that you spoiler tag anything about the latest ep.
Here is a comprehensive guide to viewing threads about tv shows:
It's hilarious how some people cry and whinge about spoilers. If you haven't watched the latest ep or have not even started watching, then don't f*****g click on the thread and then complain that you read something that you didn't wanna find out.
Agreed. I never open a thread about a currently running TV show (or movie) until i have seen the latest ep.
Anyone who does should expect to see spoilers.
Or are we supposed to use spoilers until we have asked every member of the forum and made sure everyone has seen the latest ep?
As for the episode, loved the ending. About time people in their group said what they think and took action instead of keeping secrets and treading on egg-shells. Also glad they resolved the little girl thing, even if it was a bit sad.
Nobody is crying or whinging. The day after, maybe, but spoiling the ending a few hours after the episode has been released... Using spoiler tags would be a courtesy that's all I'm saying.
General rule is that you spoiler tag anything about the latest ep.
wrong, spoilers only go on things that HAVEN'T aired. if you don't get this right, people will spoiler things that have and haven't aired, and then it's really easy to mistakenly read something that you shouldn't.
The point is, ANYTHING THAT HAS AIRED IS FAIR GAME, if you haven't watched the latest ep, don't read the thread.
wrong, spoilers only go on things that HAVEN'T aired. if you don't get this right, people will spoiler things that have and haven't aired, and then it's really easy to mistakenly read something that you shouldn't.
technically none of the walking dead has Aired in Australia.
It not a general rule more of common courtesy.
There is a difference between accidentally letting something slip and revealing what many would deem an important plot element of the series so far.
I am for one with -"don't Read the thread about a current TV show until you have scene the latest episode.
I hope this doesn't bring out the c***ingnes in some and start quoting s*** from the Comic.
sophia's actually still alive in the comic
sophia's actually still alive in the comic
DNR list.
im just saying you shouldn't be worried what people say about the comics, because they've already deviated from it quite a lot.
use common sense f***wits.. dont look at threads about a topic if you dont want to know about and discuss said topic..
spoiler tags should only be used in review threads... not discussion threads...
BOOM.. Rick is the f*****g man.
Just watched s2ep7, watched all of season 1 and up to se2p7 in the past 2 days.
I hear the complaints and the praise, not sure how I rate the show overall.. the intro credits are consistently good.
Someone needs to take Shane the f*** out, dude's a liability yo!
Glad they have moved on from that s***, i was getting a bit tired of it. The zombie killing has been going up in each EP so that's good, but now i have to wait till feb to get more :(.
As soon as i heard the moans after the shooting stopped i said "oh snap" out loud, lolz.
Someone needs to take Shane the f*** out, dude's a liability yo!
I don't trust Carl... ;)
Only one kid to go, i hate kids in these fkn shows/movies soo fkn annoying
I wouldn't expect Rick's son to die anytime soon, if the source material is anything to go by.
I don't know if you've been paying much attention, but the source material isn't anything to go by.
I don't know if you've been paying much attention, but the source material isn't anything to go by.
I read summaries of the comic and damn it sounds completely random and nothing like the TV show.
The only similarity is how the show started in S01E01 and the characters' names.
At some point, they have to deal with the actor's aging (kid who plays Carl).
time jump
I reckon that girl walking out of there was awesome as good as finding out darth vader was lukes son, then to have the main dude plant a slug in her head. awesomeness.
cant believe have to wait to feb! I jumped on tonight to grab it! :(
I initially thought it was going to be just the one ep in feb, because thats what the episode listings say, but I have hope since they mention EPISODES not just episode airing in feb :D
there's 6 more episodes i believe.
cant wait till feb :(
awesome zombie drama
Episode 8 is here. Set your Kleenex to maximum absorption.
s***, totally forgot it was on tonight. wont be able to watch since raiding in swtor.
Still loving this show, only recently caught up to date and yeah the end of episode 7 was f*****g awesome. Though, I didn't assume they had captured the girl as a zombie and knew about her, I figured she had found the barn while she was running away and went in there to hide thinking it would be safe then got f***ed up by the zombies inside.
So farmhouse lit up with people inside, or spooky dark barn... yeah the girl was stupid but i dont think she was that stupid.
Also what was going on with the stupid mum in this episode, sheriff goes looking for old guy, five minutes later she goes to redneck desperate for him to go after sheriff and then she drives off by herself.
This show seems so schizophrenic, they have bulls*** like that just bad writing used to artificially create drama, then they have s*** like the end of episode 7 and 8.
rick put down those 2 guys like they were walkers.
Yeah, the wife going off by herself was a bit retarded, I don't know what she was trying to achieve besides f*** up their best car. The stuff in the bar was awesome though, the bit at the end as well as the bits with Hershel talking to Rick beforehand.
Was that girl who's gone unconscious bitten? Cos nobody even seemed to be considering that, but isn't the whole fever thing and going weak the symptoms of it? I would have thought one of the people there would have at least considered it since they just had to wrestle her away from a zombie that was trying to bite her.
So farmhouse lit up with people inside, or spooky dark barn... yeah the girl was stupid but i dont think she was that stupid.
I saw her grab the gun and hop in the car. i said lol shes gonna flip it.
at least considered it since they just had to wrestle her away from a zombie that was trying to bite her.Thats what i mean about bad writing, i didn't even consider that angle as i would just assume theyd check for a bite/injury and it didn't need to be shown, but next week i'll have my roll eyes at the ready just in case.
When the zombie grabbed that chick it was such over dramatised bs, either the zombie would scratch the s*** out of her, or it never had a grip on her. F*** off with the fake predictable drama s***.
the pick through the forehead was pretty cool though
that was a scythe
I was thinking the black guy was just going to stomp her head into the ground until it was mush.
I wish they'd leave that f*****g farm. F*** me dead this show is boring. It's like there's 40 minutes of talk and 4 minutes of action. I end up skipping thru most of the dialogue because I just know it's gonna be sappy.
The ending of Episode 8 had hints of the comic book Rick awwyeah :]
It's not even that though. It's the script. It's just so painful to listen to. Even stuff like The OC and Modern Family is infinitely more interesting. They need to stop moping around and get on with stuff. If I was in charge things would be different.
That's why you watch Spartacus or Game of Thrones Rev :P
There is a lot of Drama, too much for me at times as well. But compared to some of the s*** you watch Rev, there's hardly any at all.
The only thing I get annoyed at is how stupid the characters seem to be. I know it's already a bad situation, but some of the decisions these people make show them to be more brain dead than the Zombies.
How do you find the wow storyline rev?
How do you find the wow storyline rev?
I don't care about WoW's story now. I just play thru to see the new areas and to gear up. I don't even read the quest log. I just grab the quests and head to where I have to. But...that's just a game and my enjoyment comes from seeing new things and collecting gear.
TV shows are different. I'm sitting back watching things unfold. I have no power over what happens so I expect to be entertained. The Walking Dead script wastes too much time on infighting when they should be on the move escaping zombies. Not arsing around on a farm.
But getting back to WoW. The story has been quite good up until Cataclysm. So Blizzard has done a pretty good job of keeping me intertained. But I have a feeling your question is more aimed at Cata which has been disappointing lore wise.
The Walking Dead script wastes too much time on infighting when they should be on the move escaping zombies.
Why are you still even watching it? I don't think its ever going to be the show you want it to be
Ok. I love zombie movies. So when this came along I was hoping this would be awesome. How could it fail? It has zombies and it has action. And then it turns into Days Of Our Lives, with zombies.
If anyone here grew up in the 80's. You would have seen all the awesome zombie movies. Even the Dawn of the Dead one just recently and the leser Resident Evil flicks.
Seriously, no one gives a s*** about the Days of Our Lives version. We want action. I could easily go thru the cast and pick at least 5 people who shouldn't be there just to get the story moving along. I can't believe you guys think this is exciting with the amount of downtime this show has. Put me in charge for 2 eps. I'll show you zombies and survival. Not this namby pamby s*** we're seeing now. Seriously, if you think this is exciting, you need to watch other shows.
Yeah, I kind of agree with Rev. When I first heard about The Walking Dead I was hoping for something like left 4 dead the TV show.
That being said I'm still enjoying the show for what it is.
the 8.1 million people that tuned in the other night have such awful taste in shows.
Of all people on QGL I thought you would agree with me. Your thoughts have betrayed you too!
I'm enjoying the walking dead for what it is, not what I think it should be.
Only stupid bit in the last episode was when the wife took off in the car, I turned to my wife and said "why do they have to make all the women f*****g stupid in this show?"
not sure if its been mentioned but easiest solution would be just stop watching and by association, stop posting about how terrible it is reverend evil ...
I mean that in the most unoffensive way possible.
Didnt realise this was the walking dead circlejerk thread, no criticisms allowed.
I'd say it's because you (and people that think the show needs more zombie action) are complaining about the wrong thing.
You seem to have expected a zombie action TV series, which it isn't. It's a TV show based on a comic that deals with how everyday life was changed by a zombie apocalypse.
The ending of Episode 8 for example, while it might be good to see other living people, it'd be naive to blindly trust 2 randoms that could easily just murder everyone and take what you have.
The show pretty much is Days of Our Lives with Zombies, don't expect it to be anything different from the comic.
I agree they made some characters really stupid and the writing is a little off (Lori flipping the car to go look for Frank for no apparent reason).
Shane has been a font of irrational entertainment though.
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New episode aired last night. Discuss.
Also, try and catch last week's Talking Dead. All you "moar zombies pls!" folks will appreciate what Jane's Addiction frontman Dave Navarro has to say to one of the executive producers of the show.
(I admit to laughing about the 'bed-ridden' snipe)
Not bad, although that guys leg.. "if we rip it off we'll destroy some of his muscle... so err lets just cut the whole thing off"
Rips leg off then later on "he should be walking in a few weeks"
Haha yeah Dave Navarro was pretty awesome in grilling that exec and telling him what should and shouldn't happen. Must have been pretty tough for that guy to sit there on the couch and think "man if that's what you want, you're gonna love what's coming up" without spilling the beans.
Really liked the last episode. More of that plz.
I think what people aren't taking into account, is the amount of trouble that the show has gone through behind the scenes. First, then-showrunner Frank Darabont sacked a bunch of the S1 writers. Then he himself was let go, after prepping the S2 premiere. The budget has been hacked and slashed to hell.
So if you're wondering why the show seems directionless, and stuck in 2-3 locations with minimal closeup zombie action, you now know why.
Errr, various TV-related news and eZine sites. A lot of "he said she said" around the business of firings and budget, with a lot of damage control refuting most of the claims (but the budget cut is very obvious).
The latest I read was a story about the alleged co-creator of the comic franchise (Tony Moore) suing Robert Kirkman over unpaid royalties (ie. his 50% cut on everything). If it gets nasty (doubtful), then that *may* have an impact on future seasons. (the back end of six episodes for season 2 is already in the can)
Seems the story behind the show has more plot and action than the show itself. Still enjoyable viewing, all the same. :)
I cant be the only one hoping that f*****g kid was going to die.
Also more stupid writing for the sake of moving the story along, kid just wanders into the woods... yeah a week ago your only friend died doing the same thing, nice one retard.
plus he left the gun behind. f*****g noob
new dale was gonna die the moment they showed him walking through the field all alone.
Whoa, big departure from the comics. I don't think anyone has any idea where it could go now.
Dale had to die though... with nobody else on his side willing to hang on to their humanity, his character was pretty much dead in the water. Either a zombie gets him or he offs himself while someone tries to talk him down.
i think the actor wanted off the show when darabont was fired so that's why he was killed off.
Someone put a leash on that kid for gods sake.
next weeks ep is gonna be total mayhem.
god damn ricks son is annoying as s***. better get eaten soon.
I guess Shane had to die sooner or later. Bit of a shame though, he was one of the more interesting characters.
great scene at the end...in the comic it was much, much earlier. Before they discovered the farm I think.
I don't get why they're so deaf and blind either. 100 zombies shambling out of the forest and across a field in the quiet of night must make s***load of racket. Seems like situational awareness skills are something you'd want to keep sharp in a zombie apocalypse.
Guys, settle down, there was a small embankment! Just big enough to hide the 100+ horde of zombies.
lol, show would be dull as f*** if everyone managed to live happily ever after and avoid all the zombies.
You guys don't know what you want!
I hope season 3 gets the green light
great scene at the end...in the comic it was much, much earlier. Before they discovered the farm I think.
It looks like it might be aligning itself a bit more with the comic. So the question is...
If the show gets renewed; how long before they kill off Lori?
I think Rick and Lori get award for worst parents.
Unless the kid is a secret ninja.
err they ordered a third season in october last year.
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err they ordered a third season in october last year. last edited by ravn0s at 21:34:33 13/Mar/12
err ok then
err. I hope season 3 isn't as boring as season 2. I've stopped watching because it's like watching a soap opera.
No one has bothered to ask how someone who wasn't bitten by a zombie comes back as a zombie?
No one has bothered to ask how someone who wasn't bitten by a zombie comes back as a zombie?
err because everyone is already infected.
Because the Zombie virus reanimates the dead. These guys have been hacking apart Zombies. It stands to reason that they're infected. Therefore when they actually die, through whatever means, their corpse gets reanimated.
http://www.ausforums.com/images/icon5.gifNo one has bothered to ask how someone who wasn't bitten by a zombie comes back as a zombie?
Probably something to do with dna and retrovirus and antibodies and blood and science, as opposed to the "only bites cause zombieness" which is just total fantasy bulls*** and would never really happen.
err because everyone is already infected.
Yep, same as in the comic.
Carl kills Shane, Rick and the group bury the body and move on. Later in the story (almost a year) Rick comes back and digs up Shane when they realise you don't need to get bitten to reanimate. Zombie Shane is still twitching so Rick blasts him in the head for good measure.
Hence the title "The Walking Dead". It hasn't got anything to do with the walkers per se, but rather the survivors.
It's worth checking out the comics. Just keep in mind that the TV show is very (very!) loosely based on the comic. Though it is good to see some alignment between the show and the comics now. Hopefully it continues...
thought the last episode was amazing... and i understand the whole concept that its the human conflicts and the drama in the world that cause all the f*****g problems, zombies are sort of secondary to the struggle to survive blah blah blah ....but truly they should start adding a little more zombie action to balance it out!! now have to wait a s*** load of time to see that mass come over the hill to f*** the farm over !!!
How did the beard dude not see that zombie!? He was in an empty field with complete visibility for like 100m in every direction!
Agree it's a bit s***** sometimes, hopefully if they sort out the behind the scenes BS the plot quality will pick up.
How did the beard dude not see that zombie!?
You should know the answer from the previous surprise-zombie encounter:
The "how come they didn't know?" is resolved in the finale this weekend. Basically refers to last season's finale where the CDC guy (Jenner) whispers into Rick's ear that everyone is a carrier.
For fans of the comic (never read it myself) - The Govenor has been cast. David Morrisey. Commence miscasting whining now. :)
pretty sure he's been shown how to fire a gun.
Yep, because shooting at cans during the day is exactally like narrowly skimming past your dad to get a heat shot on a moving target while scared and shaking.
it's a freaking show with zombies in it and you think some kid scoring a head shot is unbelievable?
I also think that a lot of the people do really stupid unrealistic (in the setting) things. Whats your point?
f*** this show is getting s***. Its sooo slow, its more of a f*****g family drama dealing with the morals of doing s*** instead of 'surviving' in a zombie attack..
The entire last episode i was hoping they would kill that f***** whingey old man off and yay they finaly did. His entire roll in the show was the be the f***** old churchman "o0o we better not do that, oh come on rick u cant do that, rick thats not moral'
the show might actually go somewhere now..
Finale next monday night if i'm correct? Will be interesting.
How did the beard dude not see that zombie!? He was in an empty field with complete visibility for like 100m in every direction!It was visible for the camera for the sake of the viewer being able to see.
But if you have ever gone away from the city, in the middle of the night, on a 1/8th moon or no moon at all. You literally cannot see your hand in front of your face it's that dark.
Night in the city due to the lights and moon light actually makes the night you are used to, not exactly accurate per se.
They were in the country I'd say visibility would have been poor.
If anything, ol' mate Rick does the distraught thing fairly well (like the first episode in his abandoned house). Otherwise he's kinda annoying in the way he acts.
Shane's acting is full of annoying ticks. I couldn't really stand watching him.
While there's been some good episodes, I can't believe they dragged it out so much.
So we still don't know how it is that these guys are coming back zombies even though they weren't bit or scratched???
It's pretty obvious to me. The zombie virus is airborne and thus everyone is infected. But this only means they will become zombies once they die.
What being bit by a zombie etc. does is different. It gives you an infection that kills you a lot quicker. And as you're then dead, the zombie virus kicks in.
The thing that the CDC guy whispered to Rick at the end of season 1 was likely along the lines of "everyone is infected" or some such.
What being bit by a zombie etc. does is different.
Why is it different? You just said:
The zombie virus is airborne and thus everyone is infected
Which implies it's already in everyone's system, in everyone's blood. So what "infection" does a zombie's blood/bite contribute if you're already carrying?
It's pretty obvious to me.
Actually it's not obvious since your argument doesn't make much sense.
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It's different because Zombies are ripping apparts bits of your flesh and mussle. Causing you trauma and a f***load of bleeding. Thus you die quicker.
(Also, maybe some virus in their filthy disease ridden mouths is what not-so-slowly kills people when they are turned after a bite)
It always makes more sense when they do this with Zombie movies/tv. I have trouble thinking the world would be taken over so easily/quickly if the only way to become a zombie is to be bitten. Pretty sure we could deal with that.
But if people are being attacked and bitten and attacking eachother and getting into accidents and people dying every day of natural causes, then that would explain a much more sudden rise in numbers and the overrun.
It's different because Zombies are ripping apparts bits of your flesh and mussle. Causing you trauma and a f***load of bleeding. Thus you die quicker
I see no problem with that, but the original comment implied the zombie gives you a zombie infection that speeds up dying, rather than full-blown physical disembowlment being the reason you die in under 60 seconds.
I would probably link it to how the common cold occurs. We all have it, but usually when you're run down, weak or exhausted does it have a better chance of actually making you sick, disregarding being spread by people who are already sick.
Yeah to be clear, the thing the zombie's do to you that cause you die quicker is a combination of them tearing you apart or having nasty (non-zombie causing) infections because, you know, they're rotting decayed flesh and all that. Being bit by a zombie means you die quicker because being bit by a dirty, decaying thing might tend to do that to you. And who knows, maybe being infected by the Zombie Virus lowers your immune system in some way too. But the Zombie Virus itself has already infected everyone which is why the guy with the broken neck, those zombie guards at the place that Rick and Shane had a punch up at didn't have marks on them and why Shane zombied out.
Finale was good.
The prison!
and Spoiler:
They have a date when season 3 starts?
Edit: October some time :P
F*** yeah! Michonne!
They need some of those leashes for carl.
And you think they would have done something about the door on that Winnebago, hell was it even closed? And who the f*** was that c*** who died, it's like they introduced a couple of random nobodies throughout the season just so they could return and die in the finale.
that was jimmy. i think he was the bf of hershel's youngest daughter.
Oh also i liked how everyone goes "Its too dangerous to turn around and look for the others blah blah" they turn around and meet up without incident. Well don't you look stupid now black guy who never says anything, you're even stupider than dumb annoying wife.
Exciting to finally see Michonne and the prison. The rest of the episode was a bit "meh" though.
EDIT: Also, where the f*** is Tyreese? Are they just not going to have him in the show?
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i hate ricks wife and she needs to get eaten by her zombie baby.
turns rick against shane
gets upset when rick kills shane
b**** plz.
Yeah seriously, lori and carl need to f*****g die already.
Seems like the new showrunners are trying to get the show back to the source material. I think michonne and andrea will run into tyreese, then they'll get to the prison before (FUTURE EVENTS SPOILERS)
rick and co clear it and find the prisoners
That way they can continue pretty much on track.
Soon as I saw the helicopter I knew it was heading towards finding the prison.
In fact I bet it's the same helicopter that crashes and starts The Governor story line. (which imo has some of the most f***ed up torture scenes i have ever read in a comic)
Imagine the last ep being the best ep out of the whole season.
i agree ricks wife needs to become a zombie then run over with a combine harvester
Some good ones from http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/the-best-memes-from-the-walking-dead-season-two
Haha yeah, Hershel was firing that shotgun like a gatling gun.
Haha yeah, Hershel was firing that shotgun like a gatling gun
I did see him load the gun once and even then the camera cut away so fast he would have only had seconds before the zombies were all over him. But yeah, getting head shots from moving cars was the highlight though. Who would have thought they were crack shooters.
Prolly the best and funniest ep from the whole season.
It was an awesome episode. I was amazed at the amount of shell's Hershel's shotty carried too. Never happens like that in L4D.
So glad to see Shane finally get nailed, knife stylez!
Can't believe Lori/Carl hating on him for killing Shane, WTF!! Also WTF with the peeps all turning on him as leader, where did that come from!?
Looks like it might be getting better, intro credits are still awesome.
Apologies for the thread necro, but it's not quite ready for a new thread:
Tonight, AMC aired a new episode of 'Talking Dead,' which included a bit of goss on the new season, and a teaser clip of Michonne.
A trailer for Season 3 will air soon.
At least we only have to wait till October for more. The gap between 1 & 2 was killer.
they will probably show a trailer at the SDCC this week
You got it in 1, Rav. Wednesday sees the 100th issue of the comic, then it's SDCC Thurs-Sunday. The trailer will be aired during the series premiere of 'Smalltown Security' on Sunday (the 15th).
Right now they're airing the pilot in black and white. (the idea being it more closely emulates the feel of the comic)
Comic Con 4 minute trailer
looks good
Sure hope they have a good explanation for why everyone looks different between seasons, given it looks like they find the prison days/weeks after season 2. :P
Hmmm I was expecting more from Woodsbury unless the trailer is hiding heaps of information.


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Words cannot even begin to describe how abhorrent and borderline criminal referee Wiekus Swart's performance was at yesterday's EFC Africa 28 event. To quote Gene Wilder, Wiekus Smart is a "stupid, ignorant son of a bitch, dumb bastard" who should have his license revoked and be barred from attending an MMA event, watching an MMA event, or even listening to an MMA-themed podcast until he is shed of this mortal coil.
Let's take a step back. About three weeks back, specifically, when EFC Africa fighter Booto Guylain died as a result of head injuries he suffered during a TKO loss to Keron Davies. It was a devastating moment for the tightly-knit EFC community, and one that EFC Africa President Cairo Howarth dubbed "a huge loss to the sport and to all who know him."
It was also a tragedy placed at the forefront of EFC 28 yesterday, with all of the evening's competitors donning a black armband to honor Guylain in a touching, if frightening reminder of how dangerous a sport MMA can be. Yet at this very same event, referee Swart allowed this catastrophe of common sense and human judgement to take place during a fight between Christophe Walravens and Bernado Mikixi.
How many illegal shots to the back of the head did you count after Walravens dropped Mikixi? 10? 12? How many seconds did you count between Walravens pleading with Swart to end the fight and Swart's intervention?
I've never said that the job of an MMA referee was an easy one, nor have I ever claimed that I could do it better than those who do. But this is unforgivable. Allowing this man to continue refereeing MMA fights would be akin to allowing Denzel Washington's character in Flight to continue flying planes.
In an era of MMA where referees are still only being held accountable for their actions on message boards and blogs, a precedence needs to be set that the job of protecting two trained fighters from killing one another is not one to be taken lightly, nor is it one that should be granted to any asshole with $600 and 3 days of spare time. An example needs to be made. Wiekus Swart is that example.

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Adrianne Palicki's costume for David E. Kelley's 'Wonder Woman' reboot costume drew the ire of fans. (Justin Lubin/NBC/Warner Bros.)Link
Gail Simone, the longest-running female writer of "Wonder Woman" comics.Link
Sterling Gates, "Supergirl" and "Green Lantern Corps" comic book writer.Link
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Wonder Woman has those nifty bracelets that deflect bullets but, it turns out, they don't work against fan attacks. A script overhaul and a costume redesign weren't enough to save Diana Prince and her alter-ego from television limbo. NBC essentially left David E. Kelley and his "Wonder Woman" pilot standing at the altar of Athena, and "Friday Night Lights" actress Adrianne Palicki won't get the chance to twirl the lasso of truth and bring the greatest female superhero of them all to 21st century airwaves. Now, all that's left is to think of what might have been…and to enjoy the Twitter schadenfreude, which you can read in the gallery above.
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In this teardown, we open a Wii to the logic board. I couldn't have done this without the help of my girlfriend, Elizabeth.
Disconnect all external cords from the Wii console.
Gather all tools.
One small screw holds the BIOS memory battery.
Once that screw is removed, you can slide out the plastic slot.
Remove these three black case screws. The one on the right is a few mm longer. These screws hold on the black plastic cover for the GameCube ports.
Lift off the black plastic plate.
There are four screws: two Phillips #00 and two Tri-Wing.
Remove all screws from the case.
Several case screws require a Tri-Wing screwdriver.
The next step has more pictures of removing rubber feet and the screws underneath. The feet and screwcovers are self-adhesive, but not every foot or screwcover has a screw.
Remove rubber feet and screws underneath.
Once all screws are removed, you should be able to pull off the front drive panel.
The wire connecting the front panel (green squares in the third image) can be pulled out gently by hand or with the help of a spudger.
If you actually take the time to do this step It would not have a broken holder
Now the case can be pulled apart.
We lifted up the cover of the optical drive by removing the six Phillips #00 screws. These are all labeled on the previous image.
There are a ton of parts in the optical drive, but there is nothing very fancy about this drive compared to other slot-loading drives, so I didn't take it apart completely. There are also a ton of gears and levers that I did not want to deal with.
The screws holding in the drive were deep within the casing.
Once those screws were removed, the entire case could be lifted off.
This wire slid out from its horizontal slot. Once it was detached, the ribbon cable came out as well.
With those wires detached, the optical drive came off completely.
We begin trying to get to the logic board by removing this small black plastic rim.
Remove all screws from the logic board cover. Two are recessed in the middle; others are along the edge. More will become visible as other parts are removed. It's like a game! You can start with the screws holding in the black plastic pieces, but I started with the most visible and went from there.
There are two wires (shown in the third picture) coming from the logic board and connected to the Wi-Fi antennas. These are delicate. Do not break them.
Take out these screws in the black plastic casing.
Detach the case fan. There are two screws holding it in.
You must detach the power connector for the fan if you want to remove it completely.
If your screwdriver is not magnetized, you will need a magnet to get out some of the embedded screws. You can hold a magnet against your screwdriver shaft to temporarily magnetize it.
Once all the screws out, you can begin to remove the black casing.
With the black plastic covers off, we can see all the screw holes. Most of the screws are out by now, but once the rest of them are out, you can lift off the logic board cover.
Note that at least one part is thermal padded to the logic board cover. You might have to replace this thermal pad, but I didn't. I just pushed them back together. Oh well!
Remove any remaining screws in the logic board cover.
Once all screws are removed, lift off the logic board cover.
Look around.
This is the thermal padding.
We opted not to remove the heat sink from the logic board, but it certainly could be removed.
Take some more awesome photos.
And take a couple more photos.
We stopped there.
A muffin tin worked really well to organize all the screws.
Putting the Wii back together took only about half an hour, and it works perfectly. We improved Nintendo's design by three or four screws and one square nut, but worsened their design by one piece of duct tape (to hold in the bios battery).
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I was kinda hoping you would take apart the optical drive assembly, you said there is "nothing fancy" about it, but since Nintendo designed this drive to be able to take the "mini" discs from GameCube, they have to work out a mechanism to center the disc before loading it onto the motor, hence "a ton of gear and levers" and that's the exact thing I actually wanted to see, I really wanted to know how they made it work..
Maybe I can make a guide for you with it like that. I plan to replace the Hard Drive in my wii so ill make a guide.
@zeldaawesome It is not a hard drive, it is NAND. In fact, that's about as far away from a hard drive as you can get.
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Nice guide. I have one suggestion and one comment to add.
Suggestion: a different color circle in the pictures for the Tri tip screws would speed up re-installation.
Comment: the extra square nut holds in the BIOS battery cover which is quite inconvenient to discover as it is the last screw you reinstall.
Thank you! Helped a lot to change the casing. The only advice that I can give is to organize the screws properly to mount it up again.
Thanks for this. My Wii is now 9 and I need to do a good clean out of dust and what not. This will be really helpful.
so i got off the first two triangle screws under the black plastic on the gamecube controller ports, and after, i went to take off the four on the side of the wii. i got the ones that were deep in the console, but as i tried to get the black triangle ones that are a little smaller i messed up the screws to much and i pretty much lost the threading on the two. what can i do to get them off. i can replace them if i can get the darn things off. also i was using a flat head that worked on all the other silver triangle screws.
Would you mind answering a question? My Wii was dropped on accident, and I thought I heard something come loose. Sure enough, little black chunks of plastic came out of the fan slot when I examined it. The Wii itself appeared to work, but I can't help but worry that somehow gameplay might be effected. Any ideas where the black pieces of plastic came from? Will this effect the Wii's performance? Please respond as soon as you can!
Thanks for the 411. It was useful, with a few side notes:
1)I tried following your tool list on the cheap. Thinking that I had a ton of tool kits already, I skipped ordering the Phillips screw drivers. I panicked a little when I started my teardown, only to find all my drivers too big for the job....save one. The Phillips screw driver in the "Radio Shack 61PC Computer and Electrical Tool Set" handles all the Phillips screws on the teardown.
2)The notation about the hidden screws was a little misleading and a bit of an aggravation, as only a small percent of the feet actually covered screws (1, actually, IIRC). For a future edition of this teardown, please add some sketches to show the proper locations.The recommended "Pro Magnetic Project Mat" and my lame excuse for art skills saved me in this area.
Thanks for the brilliant and well annotated tear down! A dab of no nails with a cocktail stick will make sure the rubber feet will stay sat when you reattach them.
@gjwilder - that's the center piece out of the holder inside the game case, it probably broke off and got stuck in the center hole of the disk and loaded into the slot unnoticed.
I can't imagine how that would work; torx and tri-wings are shaped very differently. In any case, it's much better to use the right tool for the job, or you risk stripping screws and never getting them out again. Tri-wing drivers are pretty easy to get ahold of, so best not to take shortcuts ;)
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In the eight years of serving as the Executive Director for Mid-Columbia Center for Living (MCCFL) nothing has moved me to write as much as the article on the beer and wine tax and the front page picture of the bottles of beer on the production line. Our agency provides public addiction, mental health and developmental disability services to Hood River, Wasco, Sherman and Gilliam counties. The Governor's proposed tax increase for beer and wine will NOT effect our local brewery. The budget passed in the special session translates into a $68,000 dollar cut for MCCFL's local outpatient substance abuse services. The budget did not cut Detox Services (of which we have none here). The plan as I read it is to not require the beer and wine industry to pay their fair share of the costs associated with their product. Keep open the Detox Centers so we have a place to allow persons who are extremely intoxicated to safely dry out. Reduce outpatient services which would allow persons to get the necessary treatment so they don't end up in Detox Services or endangering all of us on the road. Does this seem logical to you?
If it was ethical and it did not violate confidentiality laws I would like to submit the pictures of the seven-hundred and sixty nine (769) clients we served in our substance abuse program in FY 2001. Maybe we could also fit the pictures of the families, friends and employers that were adversely affected by their problems? Three hundred and forty six clients (346) were from Hood River. Of the total treated forty-eight percent (48 percent) were in our DUII education and treatment programs -- these persons where driving under the influence of intoxicants.
According to the Oregon Department of Transportation alcohol continues to be the overwhelming contributing factor in impaired driving fatal and injury crashes.
Substance abuse is a disease process that if not treated during the early stages result in addiction. I would urge you to contact your representatives before the special session next Monday and advocate for no reduction in outpatient substance abuse treatment and an increase in the wine and beer tax to help pay for the costs of treatment. Your legislators believe that the public will not support an increase in wine and beer tax even though the public is paying now for state sponsored treatment programs through state income tax.
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The first same-sex weddings took place in early December in Washington state. Marriage equality has come a long way in Gene Robinson's lifetime. He was the first only gay person to become a bishop in the historic traditions of Christendom — and he wore a bulletproof vest to his 2003 consecration.
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WASHINGTON (Sincair Broadcast Group) - The Department of Justice Inspector General (OIG) has announced a review of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) over the handling of the email server investigation of Hillary Clinton.
Michael E. Horowitz announced the investigation was in response to a number of requests from high-ranking members of Congressional oversight committees.
According to a release, the OIG will look into allegations that FBI procedures weren't followed with regard to FBI Director James Comey's July 2016 announcement that he was not recommending charges against Clinton for her handling of classified information and whether "underlying investigative decisions were based on improper considerations."
The investigation will include letters Comey sent to members of Congress on October 28 and November 6 about the discovery of additional emails that ultimately did not impact the FBI's charging decision. Democrats have alleged that his actions breached DOJ policies by releasing that information so close to the election, potentially influencing the results.
The OIG will also look at whether an FBI deputy director should have been recused from participating in some investigative matters, and whether the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs released non-public information to the Clinton campaign.
Months before he took on a role in the investigation, the wife of Deputy Director Andrew McCabe received large donations for her Virginia State Senate campaign from a super PAC connected with a prominent Clinton ally. Hacked emails released by WikiLeaks showed an assistant attorney general communicated with campaign aides about hearing dates and other information that may have been available to the public.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Make that the e-Cat in the Hat.
Dozens of Dr. Seuss classics, including "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham," will be available this fall for the first time as e-books. Random House Children's Books announced Wednesday that the first 15 will come out Sept. 24, followed by additional publications in October and November.
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My wife and I both come from music-loving families, and we want our son to love music, too. Because music – indeed, any art form – is one of the best things about life. It's well settled that the arts have extraordinary benefits for learning, wellness and culture (which is why, in a struggling economy, the arts are always the first curricular victims of school budget cutting).
Also, the keyboard was about $150 cheaper than the TVs we were considering.
My most recent music instruction was half a year of guitar in seventh grade – one could still see pterodactyls in those days – but I can't wait to broaden my artistic horizons. Even if I don't get much past "Chopsticks," the idea that I'm going to learn to play a musical instrument brings a brighter outlook for the new year than anything has in a while.
Each December, I reaffirm legitimate but tired goals: Get in shape; manage finances; organize. I then fail anywhere from moderately to spectacularly, but I'll keep trying because doing the same things over and over eventually yields different results.
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My sister-in-law in New Jersey teaches voice lessons. Her husband runs a community theater. We recently saw a great production of "Scrooge: The Musical" at the Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles.
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