The Walking Dead

[Breed]

Set up my plan, and they don't all die right away. They stay there and loud, just thin out as they climb the ramp.

So they are like a baited trap. It keeps the area clear of walkers, and also has a mechanism so they destroy themselves over time.

A zombie Field of Dreams eh. Build it and they will come. Word............

 

[Breed]

Oh, and yeah, Aside from finding out dude tortured people back in his homeland (vee have vays of making you talk.) and brah-man who seriously mind-fucked that one dude in the quarantine pens or whatever they were called. Fear the Walking Dead was complete garbage. I didn't watch the season ending episode though so maybe I missed a redeeming value or reason to keep on watching.

 

[lilchi721]

That said, the new Kwai Chang Caine of Kung Fu philosophy Morgan now espouses.

It's not Kung Fu it's Aikido.

 

[Chef99]

It's not Kung Fu it's Aikido.

Heh. But the Caine joke doesn't fit otherwise...

 

[Breed]

It's not Kung Fu it's Aikido.

Yes, but Kwai Chang Caine was about that Kung Fu, homey. Since you ain't knowin. I gotta figure you're just a young whippersnapper who's closet reference to Caine, played by David Carradine, in the 70s tv show, Kung Fu. Comes from Sam Jackson's character, Jules, in Pulp Fiction.

 

[Breed]

Heh. But the Caine joke doesn't fit otherwise...

Word. Chef knows what time it is.

 

[Chef99]

Word. Chef knows what time it is.

 

[Breed]

Heh. That was a cool ass show.

 

[Chef99]

Heh. That was a cool ass show.

Yeah it was. Funny thing is, I just happened to watch Kill Bill 2 today for like the thousandth time. Carradine really does Bill as kind of an evil Caine.

 

[Payton]

Word. Chef knows what time it is.

Hey, can I ask this?

Is "Word" only completely played when white people say it?

Is it making a comeback?

I mean it is quite likely that it was played no matter when a white person said it, but...

 

[calsnowskier]

Hey, can I ask this?

Is "Word" only completely played when white people say it?

Is it making a comeback?

I mean it is quite likely that it was played no matter when a white person said it, but...

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Even popular big budget cable shows have died due to budgets being untenable. Rome being a great example. It was at the time the most expensive show every made, since dwarfed by GOT and others. At any rate, one of the big expenses with high end grahics is just rendering. If you're bored, read up on the 'render farms' used by Wingnut Films on LOTR, just to chug through the incredible processing requirements. Big big bucks. And that's not even the human cost to create the original FX.

Movies with 100 million dollar budgets tend to do this stuff well.

Lower budget movies scrimp on FX, and it shows.

TV, with fractions of the budgets, try to write around even needing expensive FX. Or pick their spots (ie the dragons in GOT)

Heard a clip with the actress who plays Michone. They asked her if she was getting good with a sword. She said no because she very rarely has one - she usually just holds a handle and they edit the sword in later.

That blows a huge hole in the 'budgets are too tight for CGI' theory.

Look at that dorky show, 'Grimm.' Serious CGI in every episode and I highly doubt it has a larger budget than Walking Dead.

 

[beardown07]

Hey, can I ask this?

Is "Word" only completely played when white people say it?

Is it making a comeback?

I mean it is quite likely that it was played no matter when a white person said it, but...

word

 

[mr.hockey4242]

Negan may have been cast!!!

 

[chf]

Heard a clip with the actress who plays Michone. They asked her if she was getting good with a sword. She said no because she very rarely has one - she usually just holds a handle and they edit the sword in later.

That blows a huge hole in the 'budgets are too tight for CGI' theory.

Look at that dorky show, 'Grimm.' Serious CGI in every episode and I highly doubt it has a larger budget than Walking Dead.

Some GGI is easier than others. A sword forinstance doesn't change shape. Keyframe where the handle is, keyframe where the 'blade' would be, and done.

Don't get me wrong, TWD has LOTS of CGI. Every time they chop off a zombie head (or just chop into a zombie), that's cgi, it's just relatively cheap cgi. Bullet holes in a body? Cheap cgi.

But once you've got entire bodies that need to look and feel real, it's a whole 'nother level.

If you're bored, read up on how long they shot, (had to shoot multiple times) Cersei Lannister's walk of shame scene. They did it once with no green screen, once with a moveable green screen, and then re-takes for closeups.

That shvt costs TONS of money.

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Oh and I love me some Grimm, but the CGI in there is pretty minimal actually, and is just the faces, for incredibly short periods of time. You're going to see the transition (which are pretty cheezy on purpose - cheaper) and wide shots are probably masks/prosthetics.

Q & A With Grimm SFX Make-Up Designer/Creator Barney Burman - SciFiAndTvTalk

That's an interview with their SFX guy, and he talks about how they marry 'practical' FX and CGI together.

Why do they do that? Cost.

 

[chf]

Heh. That was a cool ass show.

I started a thread back at the old site for you. Another Luther mini coming up on BBC America.

 

[calsnowskier]

Negan may have been cast!!!

I saw that.

PURE speculation, though. No reason to think it is true.

For the record, I think he would make a better Dwight than Negan, though. But he may be too big a name for Dwight.

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Sad day for Glenn's death. Kind of saw it coming with the foreshadowing, but usually he always finds a way to get out of harms way. F that curly haired asshole that failed him multiple times.

I have a feeling when the rest of the group finds out about his death it will change the way they have been handling these newbies. Kid gloves will definitely be coming off! Rick has already been eluding to that fact.

 

[SlinkyRedfoot]

Cersei Lannister's walk of shame

It was next to impossible to jerk off to Cersie with that old bitch saying, "shame, shame, shame," and ringing that fucking bell.

 

[calsnowskier]

Interesting bit that I did not notice myself...

Steven Yeung was not on the opening credits of the last episode...