The Walking Dead - Season 5 Finale

Spoilers after the jump.

The Walking Dead: Season 5:14

Spoilers after the jump.

In Memoriam: Rick's Beard, Season 1 to Season 5

You will be missed.

Also - Alexandria really needs Rick Grimes.

The Walking Dead 5:10

The depress-fest continues on the Walking Dead...

The Walking Dead 5:9 - What Happened and What's Going On....

Spoilers after the jump!

Reminder: The Walking Dead Returns tomorrow, February 8th

And in case you can't wait, here's the first 2 minutes of the new episodes...looks like another road trip is coming.

Parkour zombies

And I thought walking dead were bad enough...parkour dead are much worse.

The Walking Dead: Mid-Season Finale

Spoilers/discussion after the jump.

Cheerful Walking Dead Mid-Season Finale Unlikely

Like usual, tough times appear to be ahead for our heroes. This time around though, the ending to this season's mid-season finale had actor Norman Reedus (Daryl) apparently crying for an hour straight before filming the scene - via TV Guide:

Reedus describes the hour's final moments as so "devastating" that they unleashed an intense wave of feelings before the cameras rolled. "I sat on an apple box with my head between my legs and just bawled for an hour," he says. "I really wanted not to tear up during [the scene] — I wanted to be like I had wasted every tear in my body before we started shooting — so I just sat there and cried and cried and cried.

The theory has been for a while now that Carol is going to be the next one to become walker-bait, and the recent Carol-centric episode, plus Norman Reedus having a "devastating" scene seems to support that theory.

We'll see if Team Rick makes it through the face off with Team Hospital intact!

Stay tuned for our after show write up tomorrow morning!

The Walking Dead goes Urban Survival

After a couple snoozer episodes, I really dug this past week's episode of the Walking Dead, titled "Consumed".

Some great post-apocalyptic scenery as Carol and Daryl returned to explore the ruins of Atlanta in search of Beth. And I am certainly a sucker for exploring desolate apocalyptic urban landscapes...for some reason, strangely beautiful and fascinating. Felt a bit like the zombie classic 28 Days Later.

Thumbs up to the show here for some good work here. Excellent cinematography, set design, etc. And cool to revisit some of the iconic places from earlier in the series.

Also enjoyed a few of the urban survival elements that were comparatively well done, if you were paying attention:

• Struggles with locked doors, chains and other barriers (and having the tools to deal with them)
• Acquiring transportation when needed
• Using existing shelter
• Scavenging water and other supplies
• Importance of stealth and observing unknown forces from afar
• Necessity of traveling light

Next week should be action-packed, as Daryl rallies the troops and brings 'em in guns blazing to rescue Beth and Carol.

What did you guys think? Think anyone will catch a bullet or walker bite in next week's jail break episode, "Crossed"/

Monster Hunter Image Contest: EVZombie

EVZombie bringing his A game!

Only a few days left to enter this contest...if you want in, hurry it up! Details here.

Monster Hunter Image Contest: GT's 12 gauge

From GT:
​I am a person with a c4/5 spinal cord injury. Here I am with my 12 gauge with adapted bite trigger and my Tenpoint crossbow with adapted crank trigger.  If I can kill pheasants and deer, zombies should be easy, lol. ​

From Alex: Huge props to GT for getting out there and doing what he loves. Awesome example.

If you want to get in on this contest, there's one week left to enter. There are three prize packages up for grabs, and your odds of winning should be pretty good! Full details here.

Jerry Miculek versus the Undead

Jerry just has too much fun...

The Walking Dead - Episode 410: Inmates

After what I thought was an odd placement for the 'Carl Eats Pudding' episode, the Walking Dead returns from the break. We've got various buddy pairs, scattered and running after the fall of the prison, and plenty-o questions from the mid-season break are answered.

Spoilers and pictures after the break, so don't say you haven't been warned :)

The Walking Dead - Mid-Season 4 - How Last season should have ended

Spoiler alert! You have been warned.

Well, seems like the first half of this season has been basically a big reset from the end of season 3.

First, we had to kill off the leftover citizens from Woodbury with the mystery illness. These folks were never going to last long, but we all knew a lame plague was not going to kill off any of the main characters.

Then, we had to build the Governor back up to a threat with an army. And try to humanize him a bit...do some soul searching before turning him back into the psychotic killer we all know.

We did finally get the big prison vs Governor showdown, and it was intense, brutal and tragic...but, we should have had it at the end of last season, and not have to be subjected to a string of what I have thought to be fairly dull, throwaway episodes.

So, big happenings. The Prison has fallen. Hershel died a horrible, gruesome death. That sucked, a lot, as ol' one leg is one of the only stable, capable characters on the show. 

The Governor is apparently dead, though we didn't SEE him die...and if you don't see someone die, well, they are probably still alive and kicking. I want him to be dead, hope he is dead, but think we might see him come back. The girlfriend and her sister could have gotten him out...the girlfriend is a nurse, could sorta patch that katana wound up...Why Michonne wouldn't chop off Govies head is beyond me.

Along those lines, we were made to think Baby Judith became a zombie snack, but I think Tyrese and the Carol Squad saved her. Safe bet on that one.

So, the group is scattered to the four winds...the bus, Maggie's group, Tyrese and a bunch of little girls, Daryl and Blondie, and beat up Rick and Carl. Another example of why your group needs a bug out plan, as well as contingency rally points for when the crap hits the fan. And commo equipment - even simple walkies - to help with the reunion.

What did you think? Thoughts on the season so far? Any takeaways from the battle for the prison?

The Walking Dead returns this Sunday!

Seems like it was only a few weeks ago that we left Rick, Daryl and the rest of the gang at what turned out to be a fairly happy ending for most of us--the Governor on the run and Andrea--everyone's least favorite character--dead.

This Sunday, we rejoin the crew at the Prison, six or so months down the road. Not surprisingly, bad things happen.

In the video below, the cast and crew give us some vague thoughts about what to expect, and we get a sneak peak at various facial expressions--mostly horrified. Check it out!

World War Z - Very Late Review

Did not make it out to see this one in theaters to see the Brad Pitt Zombie Movie aka World War Z. Was finally able to watch it this past week.

Got the "New Unrated Cut" version, though I'm not sure what's different about it...probably more gore? Yeehaw!

I went in with low expectations and was happy to have 'em exceeded.

The opening is by far the strongest part of the movie...from driving with the family to utter chaos in a matter of seconds. The scene in the grocery store was just about perfect in painting the picture of what the local Food Land would look like in that level of scenario. Not a place you want to take the family.

Then comes the running, hiding and fighting to survive. Movement is life. Makeshift bayonet on the found bolt gun, stabbing zombies left and right. Pretty much up until they hop on the helo outta Newark, it's an awesome movie.

After that point, it becomes a fairly so-so movie. The globe trotting, Where In the World is the Zombie Cure...not what we wanted. I liked the trip to Korea, the special forces guys held up their as the last remnants in their fallen base. I'd much rather have stuck with these guys for the remainder of the movie - or heck, even just brought some along for the rest of the ride...but, alas.

The rest of the movie...a bit meh. "Uneven" is what a better film critic would call it. The super human swarming zombies in Israel were silly at best. Lame ending. Too much world, not enough war. We got a few glimpses of a better movie, but sadly, 'twas not to be.

Instead of focusing on finding a cure, they shoulda just focused on killing zombies en masse. How tough is that? Come on, we all wanted to see A-10 Warthogs strafing hordes of undead and Navy SEALs fighting back wave after wave of walkers.

Hmm, maybe I should start penning that script. The Walking Dead meets Act of Valor. Coming to a theater near you, for the low, low price of $150 million!

Given the potential of awesomeness contain in the source material, and the amount of money spent, World War Z should have been better. Overall...enjoyable and worth a watch, but not great.

A Walking Dead Spinoff - Coming in 2015

I'm probably the last blogger on the internet to post about this, but in case you hadn't heard, a spinoff series to the hugely popular zombiegeddon extravaganza The Walking Dead is in the works for 2015.

While the story will be set in the familiar zombie world, the characters and their storyline will be entirely new.

"After 10 years of writing the comic book series and being so close to the debut of our fourth, and in my opinion, best season of the TV series, I couldn't be more thrilled about getting the chance to create a new corner of The Walking Dead universe," comic creator and The Walking Dead exec producer Robert Kirkman said. “The opportunity to make a show that isn't tethered by the events of the comic book, and is truly a blank page, has set my creativity racing."

The Walking Dead will return to your TV screen on October 13th.

Details from THR.

Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer

Yeehaw!

Your Thoughts on World War Z?

I'm not going to get a chance to see the biggest budget zombie movie ever this weekend, but I wanted to hear from the tribe.

World War Z the movie has very little to do with World War Z the book, and rumors of extensive re-shoots had many judging the film dead on arrival long before it even hit theaters. But, it's out, and initial reviews from the pro movie reviewers are that World War Z is actually pretty good.

Of course, because the artsy film critics enjoy a film doesn't actually mean it's any good.

So, what's the verdict from you, survivalists, preppers and die-hard fans of apocalypse fiction?