Final chapter part! What does the dastardly Kc have in store for us now that we'll have to wait two weeks for our next installment??
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Final chapter part! What does the dastardly Kc have in store for us now that we'll have to wait two weeks for our next installment??
To quote Clubber Lang (Mr.T)
"Pain"
Well I was wrong, but I think I heard Burt.
Well, looks like they control pretty much everything and there is no place to hide. Better hope there are reinforcements inside these buildings. They'll have to narrow their options and make a stand somewhere. They better fortify a zone of control and start pushing back to expand it.
Awesome episode!
REALLY KC??? You send Riley off to be drunk in a corn field?! And now Fort Irwin is overrun? What is this world coming to when an audio drama has so much... drama. A bitter sweet episode with no time for Saul and Victor. Only question is, did Michael have a pistol when he got off the helicopter at Fort Irwin? or was he still using his rifle? If he didn't have a pistol, then who took the shot? Kelly had a rifle so it wasn't her. Datu does have a pistol, so it could have been him. Oh and was anyone else able to download the podcast before 9am. It was a few minutes before 9 when I downloaded, but all the previous episodes I had to wait a few minutes after 9 before I could download.
Random, unorganized thoughts that are popping into my head as I type:
Oh Riley...passed out drunk in a corn field....sadly I can relate. Been there, done that.
The Locked and Loaded commercial had me grinning with joy.
When the helicopter crew was approaching Fort Irwin I half expected them to get shot down. But I guess now we're in for two weeks of guessing whether is overrun or not.
All in all great episode. It ramped up the suspense and is set the stage for whatever is gonna go down at the fort. I gotta believe something is gonna be there. I doubt KC would have the story go there only for them to find it overrun and then abandon the place. It might be overrun, but they'll find something there to move the story.
Good Episode.
1. Is anyone else wondering what Kelly found in the cornfield?
2. Also since Fort Irwin isn't exactly "zombie"-free what do you think they will do next?
3. And is anyone else impressed how fast they were able to fix some complicated hydraulics system?
4. Next week's episode is probably going to be a Saul and Victor episode, so what antics and shenanigans do you think they'll end up in?
5. What was Riley covered in? Alcohol or Blood? Or Corn Syrup =P
6. Oh and what was Datu saying in the helicopter when he cuts himself off 10:38/16:00?
Loved the Lock and Loaded sponsor ;) I especially loved the part where it was like "If you want something we don't have, we'll find it for you" and I was instantly reminded of Burts arms dealing business in the back of his store (he owned a Lock and Loaded right?)
Damn 2 weeks of waiting. If it's true that you are smarter in death if you were smarter in life then I'm thinking Military Zombies might be ultra good at fighting?
Hmm I thought she said she found/saw something on her "end" of the cornfield. Oh well, I guess that warrants a re-listen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
*Edited*
4:08/16:00 Kelly - "Michael, the tracks might not be hers!"
So she didn't really "find" anything, but she is referring to someone else, or perhaps this was in reference to the "zombies" and the imminent danger they were in?
(Oh and is it "her's" or "hers"?)
Yup!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kn1ckerb0cker33
Now we just need spoof sponsors of Michael's college, the hockey team that played at the arena, Riley's restaurant, and Kelly's law firm. ;)
I hated this episode. Because they went to Ft. Irwin. So Kc made me wrong. and I hate being wrong.....
....but aside from my petty nature I thought it was great! Wonder if Riley is apologizing for anything more than getting plastered and lost in a corn field....not exactly likely, but still a possibility.
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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Wait...that wasn't a real advertisement for a gun store called "Locked and Loaded" in the Southern California area? I also googled it to find nothing on it...*hides away in shame*
what was Riley covered in?
VERY Wild Idea, but hey i'm using my imagination ;P:
what if the people who found refuge in the fort saw the chopper land and released a zombie, or two, that they held captive to act as attack dogs to maybe see if Michael and the gang were alive, or for some other security reasons. i doubt if there are survivors at Fort Irwin that they would allow zombies to walk about within. but survivors could also be trapped within a certain section of the fort. but i'm guessing that there would be military Personnel there, i'm sure their biggest priority wold be to regain control and secure the fort, and would have a good idea at going about it.
OR! WHAT IF THE FORT IS A ZOMBIE HIVE like The Arena?! Then Michael and The Gang would really be in a pickle!
Interesting ideas kenobi. We shall see on the next episode of Dragonb...oh wrong show and 15 years too late!Quote:
Originally Posted by smalls kenobi
But what would stop the "zombies" from attacking the people who released them, unless they have some way of releasing them without actually being in contact with them?
I am wondering if Riley went and found the alcohol in the farm or the barn. That might explain why she is covered in something. It also might be why the zombies found them in the morning, if they were following Riley havig spotted her away from the group.
Was anyone else really worried when Michael and Kelly went into the creepy corn/wheat field as the zombies were getting closer.
DBZ... Good Times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kn1ckerb0cker33
and yeah, maybe they have some wireless control for a gate on a "Zombie Kennel" of a sort located in a specific area. but IDK, it was just a wild idea :P
Yep. Lost World: Jurassic Park. "Don't go into the long grass!!!!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by cupcakezombie
Left 4 Dead: Blood Harvest :)Quote:
Originally Posted by cupcakezombie
How many when hearing the Lock and Loaded sponsor play thought we would hear something about Burt, I did. Damn you Kc :mad:
2. Kalani mentioned that they could make a round trip on one tank of gas, "rough guess"(Ch21). Not to say they could go back to LA but more like they have fuel to use. About 100 miles worth given the distance already travel(more or less). Should have fun looking at google maps and seeing possible places to go. :) Vegas anyone. :D. But being serious I don't think they'll leave right away or at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kn1ckerb0cker33
3. Not sure if sunset to sunrise is fast or slow :meh:
4. Agreed
5. Blood seems possible since Kelly seemed hesitant to carry her. I was also thinking it could be vomit.
6. Yea what the hell did Datu say?!
Great Episode
I think Kelly was probably referring to Vomit. Drink a bottle of something strong enough to floor you and you're probably gonna be seeing it again. If the tracks were zombies then maybe her puke smell hid her from them?
Like the idea of the zombie being a test. I'd love there to still be a military unit in Ft irwin. If only Michael was a higher rank than Sgt he could command them! Not sure if KC will let us have a military unit though. Once the heroes have access to things that go against the premise it often ruins a show (a la being able to get back to earth in Stargate Atlantis and the stupid god lasers in it!)
Maybe they can go back to LA in a military chopper with mini guns or something? Pick up Saul and Victor and then just go on about their lives??
So I had a few thoughts when listening to this one:
1. (This goes back the part 2 but it was in the recap so I will include it here) after the coyote, michael gets mad about the trash and asks who had the jumbalaya because presumably its theirs. But if you listen earlier it was he who had it. Perhaps a sign he is starting to crack up a bit?
2. Was kinda pissed the riley was went missing as a cliff hanger only to show up drunk minutes in. But since this is unlike KC to do things like this for no reason and they didn't know where the alcohol came from my guess is she got it from the farm house and there is something else there that will come into play later on down the story. (Maybe riley found it or alerted it to their presence, or maybe a fall back if ft irwin is a no go)
3. I too want to know what the hell Datu was saying at 10:38.
4. Gotta say, this episode was not my favorite, great acting and writing still, but nothing happened. Kinda anticlimatic ending to a day waiting for my drive home to listen to it. And now 2 weeks... Guess its a good time to relisten to them all straight through :)
Heh heh.... yeah-- Apache helicopter, anyone? :hammer:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bray
Take THAT, Mallers!
I loved the Locked and Loaded ad. I have to wonder since this store is mentioned in We're Alive and Burt grunts in the ad, I'm pretty certain this the same as Wayside Flowers. But is there such a store as Lock and Loaded? I don't know American gun stores.
I thought this was another one of those episodes necessary to put the right pieces in place for the overall story. I still enjoyed it, but it was simple, "find Riley, get away from closing in zombies and arrive at Fort Irwin". When Tanya pointed out the military uniforms I said, "that don't mean much" just before Michael said the almost identical, "that doesn't mean much" I feel we are now bonded closer in mind and spirit.
The sort of triumphant, victorious music once they were over the Fort gave me mixed feelings. I was reminded of when we first entered the colony and there was joyful music and birds chirping, and then it turned out not to be such a happy place. I was suspecting Fort Irwin wouldn't be great, but I was hoping that there would be normal people. From a story point of view though, Fort Irwin being overrun would force our characters to go back to LA to discover everyone who is still alive. I like the theories that the Fort isn't 100% zombified, that in some secured buildings there are soldiers holding out.
It was puke on Kelly. Just to clarify
And the fort zombie they shot hitched a ride from the corn field. The troops in Fort Irwin would have had to have been incompetent to have been overrun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
So it's not just me with Datu's line at 10:38. I don't see why it should be difficult to understand on purpose, it's not in a key moment.
Nickvoodoo prediction made sense to me but I'm glad Fort Irvin happened soon in the season. Too far in, and you risk the Battlestar Galactica effect. (isn't there a button to mask spoilers?)
It's a fitting third chapter, not having Vic & Saul in it makes enough room for progression on the helicopter crew storyline.
I'm not a firearm expert, somebody mentioned it was a gun and not a rifle firing at the end? If this is the case, KC having served in the army and knowing the difference means this is a meaningful detail. A zombie remained attached on the helicopter's back somehow, unheard over the engine noise, and then Datu (the one with the pistol) shot him as it was reaching for Michael and Kelly as they went away from the helicopter?
I loved this episode, gently easing us back into the suspense and the fear of the zombies.
Riley covered in vomit, nice.
I really hope that Irwin is either overrun with zombies, or that it has a bunch of soldiers-turned-crazy-mercenaries that just want to ruin Michael's day. I don't think either way they are going to be able to stay there.
But where can they go? They had a good thing going at the tower, security, space, lots nearby to loot from, but you only find places like that in built up areas. And what else do you find in built up areas? Zombles and bat shit crazy Mallers.
If they go find somewhere out of the way in the middle of nowhere, they won't have the security of high walls and concrete buildings, but they will have less zombles to deal with and space to grow food, if they need to.
Fort Irwin just seems too good to be true. There is no way they are going to be able to just clear it out and live happily ever after. For one, it won't make for a very good story, and secondly, look what happened in Dawn of the Dead in the shopping mall, they spend all that time clearing it out, making it safe, only for a bunch of bikers to come ruin it all.
But then, maybe Michael and the chopper gang are just that, the bikers that let the zombles in to Fort Irwin. The remaining soldiers have set up a nice little thing there and here comes Captain Emotionally stunted with a hoard of zombles that have followed his helicopter all the way to their front door....
At 10:38 Datu says, "So what about that nap?" because in 25-2 Michael said he would let him nap on the helicopter on the way to Fort Irwin since Datu had stayed up all night
I had the same reaction. I started listening this winter with the luxury of hearing a chapter at a time but now that I am caught up it is hard to get used to such little morsels.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pikepaw
Overall I really wish there where more points of resolve along the season, but the open questions seem to keep accumulating. And now that the survivors are so fractured each group has their own story line I'm afraid it will become more convoluted.
With that said, I think this is an awesome production and will keep listening. Maybe if we all step up our financial contributions to pay the salaries of a full time production staff then we'd have an hour per week...but I guess we should be happy with what we are getting for free.
If I got paid to do this full time. YES, you would get more ;) And this can be my public announcement. Open questions will start to become closed. That is all I will say for now...Quote:
Originally Posted by kidmuncher
No! If you start closing questions......that means the show is wrapping up!
More questions! More unresolved issues! More mystery and intrigue!
There will be more questions here and there, but alas, questions must close.
Oh well fine....you just keep being a good story teller and tie up your loose ends.....pfft. ;)
Like the idea of the zombie being a test. I'd love there to still be a military unit in Ft irwin. If only Michael was a higher rank than Sgt he could command them! Not sure if KC will let us have a military unit though. Once the heroes have access to things that go against the premise it often ruins a show (a la being able to get back to earth in Stargate Atlantis and the stupid god lasers in it!)
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Bray,
Mike doesn't have his uniform on anymore, BUT.. Sergeants do have the authority to issue commands/orders. That doesn't mean they'd be followed though. The command structure is probably going to be shredded, so whomever is left, will keep on following who they've been following. FNG's, as a rule are suspect from the start.
They aren't in much danger as long as they're in an operational helo. They can hover over the base at will without a worry (unless they run into Behemoths and they start throwing cars).
I figured Riley was covered in puke. There didn't seem to be too much concern on Michaels part about having Kelly get her hands dirty so I ruled out all the dangerous possibilities. Now I am wondering: Riley + Puke = Pregnant? Lol, I am only kidding. I had to do that since anytime a gal pukes we quickly assume she's pregnant (though I do really think Lizzy is carrying Saul Jr.)
I do believe there might be a scattered number of survivors in the Fort however I do believe the Flesh-Biters have the upper hand. Some evidence for this could be the fact that the helicopters were still all grounded. I figured a good number of survivors may have wanted to scout nearby cities for other people and/or supplies? Then there was the lack of radio contact. Isn't Ft. Irwin supposed to have it's own power? I figured someone would have been manning (personing) the radio.
I do like the idea that perhaps a flesh-biter may have clung onto the helicopter and that could be the one they shot at. Even if the Fort is in tip top shape, I wonder as the chain of command. Having seen 28 Days Later recently I can't help but think that it could be populated with gun toting tribal-mentality men in fatigues.
I look forward to seeing more of what goes on at Ft. Irwin and actually don't even mind if we take a little departure from the story line of my favorite character Saul 2.0
Ok.. my 2 cents on this episode...
...Michael, Michael, Michael, you let me down troop. Getting lost in the cornfield is a jeep move! *Jeep* stands for brand new troops who don't know squat. You spend all your time telling them to bend over and when they come up say "POP!" You've just pulled your head from your ass!!
50 miles of open desert is a bitch to cross. It'd take the infected a llllllllloooong time to reach the post. The average walking speed for a healthy human is around 3 MPH. The temp and weather won't be a factor for the infected, but the terrain and their condition would be... unless they all came up the road as they followed people fleeing from the west or the base population itself became infected.
Side note: So where should they look on post for survivors or equipment?
MP station
Transportation or Logistics
Operations
Helicopter maintenance hangers. (once those puppies are closed, no one is getting in).
Crow, just curious, have you been to Irwin?
I liked the episode a lot, not sure if I liked it as a Part 3 to a Chapter, but I still liked it. I also liked how the group has sort of gotten used to the zombies walking around. If this was a season ago and they saw the streets of Bartow crawling with zombies they would've laid chocolate bricks but now they are just like "Sigh. Whatever".
I also would like to throw my hat into the "The Zombie is a test" theory.
Also...
It's scary how talkative you are on the forum... normally you're as silent as a mouse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
KC,Quote:
Originally Posted by Kc
as a rule, I try to stay far away from Army Posts..
all jokes aside. Nope. I've only been to Cali once and that was to Travis AFB to get an MRI. I was trying to envision what a training post would have though and picked out what I thought would be universal units.