Mark of the Beast closes out in just about 9 hours from now. Thread is posted, lets get excited people!
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Mark of the Beast closes out in just about 9 hours from now. Thread is posted, lets get excited people!
Get excited? I haven't stopped being excited since this chapter started!
woot woot!! it 12hrs it will be on the iphone... 14hrs i'll be cruising into work WA style!
I don;t know if I have been as amped for an episode before!
I have to wait until I get home from work, which means this thread will be about 10 pages in by the time I finally get to listen to it. Still looking forward to finding out what Scratch's weapon will be.
Can't wait for this to come out, I work afternoons on Mondays so I don't get to listen to it until later tonight....stupid work
Cool... I'm subscribed.
Yes. Very Cool. Now so many unanswered questions!!! We still don't know what's happening with the mallers. But I guess the my biggest question is who attacked the helicopter? Mallers? And how many slaves do they have? It seems like A LOT!!! I NEED MORE!!Quote:
Originally Posted by j0be
'No stopping in the white zone" I LOVE THAT AIRPLANE REFERENCE! Yes Burt you rule!!!!!!
So... Do we trust Pippen yet? Do you think the Mallers would go through all this trouble to fabricate a fake passport, a character back-story, and then beat the shit outta him, just to get the drop on the Tower???
Seeing as how the bird got bullet holes, I gotta think either Mallers or a smaller faction, maybe just an armed group of people wanting to get on and told no it was full. So they decided to shoot it out and the chopper got disabled in the process.
My question is this, wouldn't the rain have washed away the blood? So was this incident recent? Or did I make up the rain? I seem to remember it pouring in a previous episode.
And in regards to Pippin, I like that they are being cautious with him and not just giving him a big hug and letting him sit at the dinner table. I still don't trust him.
Not a lot of action during this part, and now we have even MORE unanswered questions, but Burt doing the Airplane! bit made up for everything. I have to say, and I'm not sure I've mentioned this before, I love the sense of humor on this show. So I guess that means: KC, I love your sense of humor. Keep it up, I really enjoy the little comedy bits that break up all of the serious business.
This just in-Burt's the dad Saul never had.
In other breaking news, Kelly doesn't think Pippen is lying. Michael's trying not to become the gatekeeper, and Saul is still human.
It wasn't the episode we were expecting at all, I think. But it was pretty good. And now we know the mall was close to LAX.
Really, at this point, if I hadn't noticed Scratch say she was dropping off Pippin, I wouldn't have been so suspicious. However, since she mentions him specifically, and that she was "dropping him off", I'm highly suspicious.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock Daddy
The helicopter was inside a hangar. Roof overhead. No rain to wash it away. (and yes rain occurred previously)Quote:
Originally Posted by Arkum
Did anyone else think about the airplane jokes that were chosen? The abortion skit? Do you think it's a little hint, or foreshadowing of someone's pregnancy? or maybe a tragedy that will befall a beloved character after she learns she is pregnant? (For example in the style of the movie Seven) This would mean right after Saul discovers Lizzy is preggers, one of them dies... Hope not...
Although that is an interesting, some jokes are there just as jokes. I haven't seen a cop yet hell bent on revenge for his wife and child (Road Warrior). But you never know. Zombie baby!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock Daddy
Edit: Here's the Whitezone Redzone battle from Airplane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvdNCDVmRPo
Also, I laughed at the airplane reference, because of the major joke from it about Shirley.
Unless I am mistaken, it said join us again Monday at the end?
It did, but the iTunes description said come back May 23rd.Quote:
Originally Posted by WestonWisdom
I was hoping for a little Gipper speech! But abortion jokes will have to do I suppose.
Kelly isn't sure Pippin is lying. She can't get a read on his face because he got beat to hell so badly. The one key element missing from Pip's escape story from the Mallers is what prompted him to get beat so badly? Were they just done with them? That seems like a vital piece of information that wasn't really discussed in that little meeting there. Had that come out, I'd be far more inclined to believe Pippin's story. And I'm very glad the Tower is done assuming things. Just because it seems impossible to create a forgery doesn't mean its impossible to find a British passport somewhere in LA. We know the mallers have searched up and down and far and wide for things and their territory is pretty vast. They might have found something.Quote:
Originally Posted by bequita
Another interesting point is the conversation about ID's and carrying them. Michael and Kelly don't, but Lizzy still did. So....wonder how many more people in the Tower are like Lizzy or like M/K?
Some aspect of Kalani's backstory is true...now its just a matter of figuring out if Kalani is who he says he is. :p
I noticed that too. I'm trying to look up Kalani's story, but I thought he had said a SMALL plane that only seated about 10 people. Burt's description made it sound like a larger plane.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Edit: Burt really doesn't describe the plane, but any "airline" plane generally seats way more than 10. I had a really small flight once with only 50 people
Good call Voodoo. Maybe the Mallers beat the shit out of his face because he didn't look exactly like the passport, and they didn't want the tower to catch on!Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Kind of upset that they didnt touch base with the mallers and what they did to the arena? Are they safe? Did they achieve their objective? How pissed off is Ink going to be that his arena was burned down?
Or... Pippen IS really who he says he is, but the mallers are holding his family as ransom until he betrays the tower. ;)
If that is the case, Pippin has about 2-3 days before the swelling goes down and his face turns back to "normal." Meaning if he is a Maller plant, he's gonna have to shake his security detail pretty quick to accomplish whatever it is he was sent to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock Daddy
First off, welcome!Quote:
Originally Posted by nate of the dead
Second, we'll probably get back to some details about that next chapter. That's how the teasers work!
If you believe Tardust, there's no way they achieved their objective. They didn't have enough tankers to completely destroy the Arena. And yeah, I would have liked to see what happened to Lizzy/Tar/Bricks but that's a story better left untold for the moment apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by nate of the dead
Was anyone else a little underwhelmed by the end of this chapter? Don't get me wrong, I really liked it, but I was expecting a little more. Ah well, I can't wait for the next chapter!
The second part seemed more the climatic element to this chapter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cusmar350
Or even the first part with the epic ambush! Guess they wanted to finish the chapter on a more quiet note to set up the the next chapter.
Oh yeah it was inside. Good call, forgot about that.Quote:
Originally Posted by j0be
One of em calls out "MP5 over here" or something similar, if I am remembering correctly. Maybe a hint, since I think that is a weapon the Colony had on hand when they were escaping. Not thiat its an uncommon weapon type, and maybe I'm looking for connections that aren't there, but thought I'd bring it up for discussion.
So was the helicopter ambushed by people with guns or what? Was that what Burt meant when he said the helicopter had 'its wings clipped?'
Yeah, from what I was getting, the helicopter was going to take off, when it was shot-up and the passengers were all either murdered and/or taken as slaves...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cusmar350
Here is an explenation:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cusmar350
People in Helicopter, zombies attacks, people try to defend selves and take off, helicopter shot and damaged (by whom?That is what we 'should' find out next episode, can zombies shoot guns? Is someone working with the zombies? An accident?)
Also sometimes, when keeping poultry, farmers will 'clip' the wings of its livestock to prevent it from flying off, this is just a metaphor saying that the helicopter can't fly anymore.
The thing that makes me dubious, who the hell has 'Pippin' on their passport, it sounds like a maller-nickname for a Brit inmate as opposed to a real name, if it is one then it is EXTREMELY uncommon as I have never come across it before in my life.
Though I was thinking something like this could've been the case ever since the first time we were introduced to Pippin, the cliffhanger ending, but now I'm more dubious, especially with has feverish and nervous (in the wrong way) behaviour.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock Daddy
Too many new questions, WHAT HAPPENED TO LIZZY!!!!
What he meant by that was the gasoline tank was shot. That was the dried up red liquid that leaked out they were mentioning. Meaning this particular bird can't fly anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cusmar350
As for how that ambush worked......that's a great question. It either means there had been a perimeter that got broken through by zombies and humans turned their gunfire inwards towards the helicopter, it was human on human violence, or the scariest thought: Zombies are packin' heat :p
I got the whole couldn't fly thing, but I forgot that the gasoline tank was hit. I suppose the next question is: WTF happened?
Helicopter was not in Hanger...Quote:
Originally Posted by j0be