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Walking Dead show is such a soap opera. It's not remotely as well done as the comics and yet being based on a comic there needs to be 40 minutes of filler per actual story with each episode, so they fill it will soap opera bullshit.

Speaking about series that drag on FOREVER... how about the dumbest, most popular television series on AMC: Walking Dead, which advances the plot towards... what exactly?

I think the last episode I watched was about being 17 and wanting to get wasted for the first time in the apocalypse -- which would be a funny ass movie if it played out more like Harold and Kumar.

HOLY FUCK -- how about Harold and Kumar Face the Apocalypse? Anyone? Anyone?

(At least we have the fast paced Game of Thrones to show how it's fucking done. Plot advancement AND character development at LIGHT SPEED.)

Haven't read the books, only seen a couple of the movies and I doubt I've even seen them in order. Have no idea who Cho Chang might be, etc.

But it's pretty rare to find an author/writer who can portray a character in a non-stereotypical believable manner when it's a nationality, culture, gender, etc different than theirs.

You'll notice a lot of American characters are based on the "cowboy" attitude when it's set elsewhere in the world. Doctor Who has a bit of this at times.

And male writers who do female characters in books, I often find they spend a lot of time thinking about the lead male character, love, hate, etc. If the lead is a "bad guy" the female is usually very subservient, and if the lead is a "nice guy" the female is "an equal" which they go to great lengths to make clear.

Female writers who do male character perspectives spend a lot of time either belittling the lead female character, being a potential love interest, or are "nice guys" who the female lead has no interest in but they obviously keep trying.

They main character tends to be a similar nationality and race as the author...or values similar to what would be standard for their upbringing. And they often pick hair colors they have.......and similar backgrounds to theirs if it's a more modern book. Lawyer, doctor, martial arts, military, areas they grew up in and or live in, etc.

I mean at this point, I find it funny that as soon as XYZ nationality or "age group" person dies in The Walking Dead they find a replacement usually before 2-3 episodes pass. Killed off annoying old dude who had two "daughter like figures", find a new annoying old dude who has two daughters...situation.

So.... given Rowling's popularity....she's probably doing a bit more than the common author/writers are to keep people interested...because the stuff I wrote above is like 75% of the authors. I'm sure a lot of Chinese writers aren't producing a lot of white guy main character books.....probably should make that black guy instead because they can get offended.

Pop culture zombie apocalypse scenarios of the last 10 years in cinema and televisions' a metaphorical foreshadowing of what will happen in America after the first week of a national teamsters strike. No groceries for a couple weeks would make the Walking Dead look like some day care field trip. You too, Europa...

The zombies are already in place, you simply need to cut-off food supplies to activate them.

So... next week is Walking Dead?

Anyone else officially done with zombie scenario series and films? WWZ sucked dangled goat balls, the Walking Dead series was a soap opera with chicken parts, and quite frankly, everyone you meet now in western cultures seem like the hollow-eyed stamblers depicted in these redux redux redux of Romero's take on the undead (no one since has really improved upon his depiction) The real zombies scare me more (neighbors, residents of cities of over 100K)....Ise fucking sick of zombies.

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Oh man... LMFAHS... Tears of laughter... Laura Cohan (Maggie from Walking Dead) did something freaking hilarious.

Aisha Tyler is the new host. I expected worse than Drew Carey, which I thought was impossible, and I was right; she's doing alright so far. But of course she's no Clive Anderson. But then, no one is.

Unpopular opinion incoming!

First, full disclaimer: I am not a game developer, but I do write software for a living I'd prefer to be paid (and paid well) for my skills.

Ok, here's the thing. Sorry, but not your stuff. You didn't make it and you don't own it. You own a licence to use it. End of.

I know I'm in the minority here, but I believe not only is a certain amount of DRM acceptable, it's actually unfortunately necessary. I am possibly crazy, but I believe in paying the fucking writer.

Now DRM as it stands is fucking bullshit. *I* paid to watch this motherfucking movie. *i* paid to play this fucking game. Every time you cunts force me sit through a fucking anti -piracy message, it makes me more inclined to pirate your fucking content.

And I don't want to. If I'm buying your game/movie/book, I've already decided your artistic output is worth my time and energy that I put into working. Fuck it, I could have stayed at home and learned to play drums. I've wanted to do that for years, but I don't have the fucking TIME! So you get my time/work/energy.

How fucking dare you waste my precious free time on your sanctimonious fucking ads targeting the very people who don't give a shit about your message, and who, by some perverse twist of natural justice, don't have to put up with your bullshit.

That said.....

"wah, I don't like your DRM" is not a valid excuse to pirate content. If you don't like the way company X distributes your favourite book/game/movie/tv show.... don't consume that content.

No, seriously, (and I'm well aware I'm going to engender a lot of hate for this) if you feel you are entitled to the fruits of someone else's hard work because you don't agree with how it's distributed, then seriously, fuck you. Yeah, I'm not kidding. I don't care if it's WB or HBO or EA or whatever undeniably fucking idiotic big media conglomerate. At some point, a bunch of hard working, talented people created something you want to consume.

PAY THOSE FUCKING PEOPLE.

Or find another way to let those creators know you want their content but not as it's currently available.

If it's awesome, find a way to let them know. If it's shit, don't consume it.

So back to games and drm and copying.

It boils down to this. Buy the games you want. Support the people who are working their arses off because they love what their doing. If you think the new COD is shit (and you're in good company), then don't buy it, don't pirate it and for the love of FSM, don't play it. Your time is valuable. Buy a cheap PC and play FTL or Monaco or Fez or Walking Dead or Mark of the Ninja.... all great games, none of which need a "next gen" (aka 3 or 4 gens ago on the pc) console. Hell, go kickstart Star Citizen.

Fuck it, this is now so long I don't know where or why or how I started.*

Pay the people who make the things you love. They deserve it. They'll make more cool shit. Don't borrow it, don't pirate it. Just, pay them. They get fuck all enough as it is.

* kids! don't write posts drunk after midnight on Saturday after watching the All Blacks crush the French! You will write unpopular opinions and most likely excommunicate yourself from online communities you enjoy!

I didn't think it was possible to make something entertaining out of The Walking Dead. Well done!