The Walking Dead

[thistlechaser]

While I still watch this show, I don't rabidly follow it. Even though this week's episode made me highly (HIGHLY) grumpy, I wouldn't be posting about it if the The Talking Dead people weren't all so happy about it.



Glenn used to be one of my favorite characters, at least until the whole Glenn/Maggie thing happened. The more focused he got on her, the less interested I was in him as a character. So when he "died", I wasn't really muchly bothered. In fact, I was pleased to see that the show was still willing to kill off such a main character.

And then they went back on it.

Sigh.

They filmed it to make it "clear" that he was really dead. I knew they could wiggle out of it if they wanted to, but I had hoped it would stand. It feels cheap that they saved him, like a trick.

I'm not going to stop watching the show over it, but it sure does make me frown a whole lot more.

Edit: See? See how biased The Talking Dead is? They did a poll on viewers' reactions to Glenn being alive. The three options were: Tears of joy, happy dance, and peed a little. Where are the negative choices?



Unrelated: Watching TV through online feeds has a few small benefits. Most feeds seem to come from the east coast, so I get to watch everything three hours early. It's also fun that when I watch news, it's usually out of New York City. My childhood home area often gets mentioned! Odd and fun!

Earlier today I was watching a Food Network feed, and it was coming out of the UK. Amusingly, they had little 30 second promos for explaining "American food", like what corndogs are. Ha!

I know it sounds odd, but I guess since I see them so infrequently now, I don't mind commercials at all, especially when they come from other areas. It's fun trying to guess where a feed is coming from based on the commercials.

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[twissie.livejournal.com]

since I see them so infrequently now, I don't mind commercials at all

Hahaha I am the same. I rarely (almost never!) watch live TV, so seeing actual commercials is like a novelty to me at this point ^^;;;

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Agreed! Some of them are really nicely made, and since I don't see them all the time, I actually watch them and notice instead of tuning them out. And the ones from different areas are quite interesting -- I loved seeing all the UK commercials for stores I never even heard of!

[changeling72.livejournal.com]

I have no idea what corn dogs are..?

I saw something a short time ago that said anything-on-a-stick is popular in the US at the moment - even deep-fried (or battered - I can't remember) butter! Really? Is that also known as heart-attack-on-a-stick..?

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Corndogs are a hotdog put on a stick, dipped in a cornmeal batter, then deep fried. They said it was like some British food, but I can't remember the name they used. They're quite yummy though!

Fried butter (on a stick?) is a thing at state fairs, more of a once-a-year at most thing. I've never had it and know no one who has, but apparently it tastes just like a buttered roll. (They freeze some butter, wrap it in dough, then deep fry it.)

I'm not sure what heart-attack-on-a-stick is, but I'd think fried butter would certainly fit that!

State Fairs are known for coming up with horrible for you, outlandish foods though. It's a tradition that every year they try to come up with better (worse for you) things to fry.

[resonant.livejournal.com]

thank you for the explanation!

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. :)