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It's Monday, Monday/The show's released on this day!
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I'll now receive your stoning.....
I'm shocked.....A Rebecca Black parody/reference has been sitting here for 1.5 hours with no "groan" or "oh christmas" or "really, bro?"
I'm shocked at everyone's self control ;)
Did ya hear did ya hear? Michael's a six headed alien!Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Just finished: GODDAMN YOU KC WAYLAND!!!
Tears laughs and a frustrated groan!
How many hours till next week.
"and Kelly is... Kelly... and she's - great."
lmao
"It ok" to Datu LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Chogidog
Man that was a frustrating Episode. Now we know she was bit.
But I hope everyone take a notice that everyone made their choose.Quote:
Originally Posted by Merlin1274
Also Micheal wasn't "forced" in to serve. He choose to serve and had a duty to serve.
A nice pat on the back for everyone on the forums for successfully predicting Tanya being bit from waaaaaaaay back. I reckon this is from her bandage, not from Randy; otherwise they would say she's been infected. It's too straightforward for Michael to be like "oh it must have been with Randy" and for that to be the case - he's got to be like "I think I know... oh wait what the hell is going on here!"
Top episode, although I'm never a fan of breakup/emotional turmoil scenes because I always think they're a little bit unreal. Still, it was well done, and it was a solid episode - information overload with the Colonel!
I found it difficult to tolerate Michael being so selfish. But I also found it crappy that Pegs suddenly went cold. I guess her desperation to return to a "normal" life was that great. I don't blame Pegs or any of the others for their decision. I do think it was pretty crappy of Michael to try to guilt trip some of them into staying. I can understand his want for them to remain behind after all they have been through, but he was too damn childish in his acceptance of it. In all fairness though, he probably feels abandoned.
So Tanya has been bitten, or so that is what the examiners believe. It may be that she bears the bite marks of an animal back from her time as a Veterinarian or actually did received a bite from one of the creatures she experimented on, or even from the scrap she went through with Randy and his group of biters. Who knows?!
I'm curious to see if the story will follow the crew at Boulder, Colorado (Na-Nu Na-Nu!!!).
Did anyone else think that Kimmet was lying when he said he knew nothing about the "cause of it?"
I think we're about to understand a little more about why Saul didn't turn & can breathe at ground zero. Some kind of immunity that runs in the family, and only Tanya knows cause she got bit at some point and didn't turn.
I have a little different thought on the Michael/Pegs break up. It seems to me that it was more of a "we're breaking up, and saying eff you so that it's easier," kinda thing. Tho, the guilt trip from Michael was a bit BS.
Think we're gonna get stories from Boulder? Or will it be left as a big black hole of speculation (like wherever the mallers are w/ our peoples).
Some things i picked up on..
1) Special Op's? Zed Recon trips?
2) 'ALL' Active duty is HQ'd @ Ft Irwin? The rest of the US military is wiped out? Damn
3) The Box? where Puck got his blood stripes? Zed's kept for training?
4) No Air Force mentioned in the services?
5) All the Hot spots seem to be along the ring of fire and spread out from there?
6) They aren't aware of the colony as a safe spot
7) The Kelly line is still funny after a few re-listens
Well that is certainly one way to deal with exposition and still make it awesome, now ain't it?
Damn...just damn. If this is truly the last time we see Datu, Pegs, Kelly and Hope I'm gonna have a big sad. Either the story branches off to them too, or Burt and Angel come back soon because I don't know if I can handle it! Please note: This is the first time I'm begging to get those characters back....you know we've reached critical if I'm begging for an Angel return!
I'm going to leave most of the posting to the rest of you, but I do believe that we have one of the best opportunities yet to have the story cross over from remembering and real time. Michael said he'd have to write down what he remembered and if he had stopped his journal writing before, maybe this is what gets it started again...
.....because now he has to. Because it's his job. And he has been tasked with analyzing the data.
I know best line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chogidog
I agree the voice acting in this scene was amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by fridginators
I was thinking the journal writing was going to end around here. I imagined it was going to go into mostly real time with small episodes of journal entry or flashbacks.
I don't know if the story will fragment and continue over at Boulder, Colorado, but I'm hopeful. I'd like to see how things are going over there, especially with such a big population, and Mork.
After relistening, I still think Kimmet is lying about knowing more about the cause of the outbreak. I'm amazed at the astounding rate at which the pandemic spanned the nation: one and a half days! Also, if the Philippines had thier own hotspot, then I have little hope for Datu's family. : (
Okay, so in regards to the chapter art, I see how the plane departing came into the story, but now my concern is over the silhouetted figures returning. That can't just be Riley. Maybe it is representative of Saul and Victor, or maybe even Burt and Angel?
Kimmet said they established pretty decent range of communication. Though it seems they focused their efforts on communicating with areas to the East. If Michael had the gumption to radio folks to the West, he just might be able to get Saul and Victor's attention (and very likely the attention of the Colony and Mallers).
I also want to take a moment to say, Way to go Riley, you bad ass! The French...who knew?! Also, Puck is shaping up to be quite the cool guy. I sense in him a strong soldier and a loyal friend...for now.
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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Ah nicvoodoo misses Angel someone the Ra1th!
Wow. Ok its sucks to see so many characters go but I seriously doubt this is the last we've heard of them. But it might be the last we hear from them for awhile. We've now got three confirmed groups of out original Tower folks plus Burt, Angel and Lizzie who are MIA but could be a fourth. Might be that the group headed for Boulder drops off the radar for awhile only to reappear out of the blue to save Michael's ass later. (I can just see Pegs flying in over the horizon to save Michael from a horde of zombies)
On a side note, when they said the safe zone was in Boulder did anyone else have flashbacks to "The Stand"? I know I did.
YES yes I did! I was so ready for them to call it Safe ZoneQuote:
Originally Posted by HardKor
Well, I wasn't expecting that. Interesting that there is a large number of survivors now out in Boulder, and I really hope we hear the story from a 3rd perspective in Boulder, as I think there will be some interesting things happening out there.
Am I right in saying Puck was scratched by Tanya in the last chapter part? If so, I worry for him...
Another amazing episode! It's hard to imagine the United States reduced to one city of 150,000 and one military base in the Mojave Desert!
I'm amazed that Pegs was given the choice to leave. I would have thought COL Kimmet would have drafted a competent helicopter pilot on the spot, civilian or not.
Is anyone else holding out hope that one or more of the Tower survivors has a change of heart and gets off the plane before it takes off? I'm hoping the three (four?) figures in the distance in the Chapter artwork are our people coming back.
Just got through the episode for the first time. I was frustrated that Michael was allowed to leave the briefing. He had till the next morning to talk with his people why the hell would a Colonel allow him to leave in the middle of the briefing. I know that this is a fictional story but I would think that the Kimmet would want his new asset up to speed and working ASAP and that he would have little compassion about Micheal's musings for the civilians he came with.
The Coast Guard was the first to get their poop together was another hint I got out of this. I have often wondered about the naval situation. Ships at sea wouldn't be affected right off the bat so I was wondering if there are strong seaborne forces to augment what is left of the ragtag bunch on land. I would think submarines would have been the safest place at the time of "the event." The big missile subs would have quite a large nuclear capability too.
I think the group will be staying for a little longer. Tanya was/is infected, no way they would let people near her go to the last known bastion of humanity without more medical inspection and evaluation. They know they have slow turners/carriers on their hands, they aren't going anywhere.
I agree that the status of Navy ships that were at sea at the time of the outbreak is a huge question. And crews in ICBM silos and underground command centers, etc. I suspect that the fact that they weren't mentioned in COL Kimmet's briefing means that they either didn't make it or they are not in contact with Fort Irwin.Quote:
Originally Posted by trubkir
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Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch
Thank you Kc for putting the Coast Guard in a good light. It always seems like we're the subject of the jokes and are always the ones to either cause more bad than good or are just a joke compared to other branches. I was literally cheering in my truck on my way home from base today because my branch got props from Kimmet.
Although Boulder and Ft. Irwin sound to be the last refuge of human life on the continental United States, keep in mind Col. Kimmet did state that they haven't had any other contact. He might not know about the Colony but it exists, which would make it reasonable to assume that other such pockets of civilization exist. There might be some Fort out in Florida, Texas, and/or somewhere on the East coast doing well, just in a situation where they can't contact each other.
That's why they need to get some douche bag like Kevin Costner to run snail mail across the country!
there goes datu... crying again... for the last time :_(
Hmm...
Anyone else get the feeling we may have just heard the beginnings of the mallers/ other tower hatred?..picture this. Coast guard lands at lax..mallers want to get on..fight ensues...cj and Sean survivealong with a couple others..set up other tower. Boom.
Hey, nobody else has said it...i just had to:)
On thinking of other pockets of civilization, isn't there like this Mountain where all the high profile members of the executive branch and stuff supposed to go in the event of a hell-on-earth emergency? Or am I just thinking of Terminator 3 too much? Seriously though, isn't there some Mountain bunker currently in use where they store the countries secrets on mainframes and shit miles below rock?
You're not making it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adventureless_Hero
http://www.norad.mil/
NORAD located in Colorado. That covers the deep buried bunker part.
As for the information.....*shrug* There's something they don't want you to know....
I had the opposite reaction--that many made it? Yay! They have enough military to have a base? Yay.2!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch
General Thoughts (you don't have to salute)
Personally, it immediately made me nervous that they'd put all humanity's eggs in one basket. I mean if Bolder Fails...
Didn't Puck get injured by Tanya? Nurse Brum gave him ice for it so maybe it was just a bruise. If did get scratched, he hasn't turned yet!
I hope she gets a chance to explain before they shoot her. She must know she's immune and might know why.
Whatever the reason for Saul and Tanya's immunity--they must be part of a small portion of the population. After all, Colorado would have had access to the same medicines that Tanya did. But if only a small number of people could respond to a cure and/or were naturally resistant or immune to the cause--it would obviously fail on most people. Unless you chose one of the resistant people to treat, you'd never see it. Being immune rather than fighting off something temporarily also makes sense in that Saul didn't turn when exposed to a super dose of the haze.--something that might have overwhelmed an acquired immunity (maybe that's another reason CJ sent them?) The slow turner could have been partially resistant (only one recessive gene) or didn't have access to the cure.
One thing, if there was an explosion large enough to make cracks in the earth all over the world; why no earthquakes? Heck, even with explosions that big there'd be vibrations felt all over and no one mentions feeling any.
Did anyone spot the manipulation of Michael from the Col? You don't find out what's going on unless you sign...but it turns out that everyone else in the group found out just by passing the physical. I know, I know, he was under threat so it was both a carrot and a stick, but still. Most of what he was told even Puck knew. Maybe once the people leave he'll find out additional info.
Yeah, being in the army sucks, but it's such a pure example of the need for defense. Still, she almost fell apart over shooting Latch so maybe Pegs is fundamentally unfit. I'm betting one or some of them come back once they've rested. I wonder if they'll write each other?
So far the mechanism reminds me of a series of books I've been reading. Cheryl Priest has a Steampunk/Zombie series set in an alternate civil war. In it, Seattle is a walled "dead" city due to a volcanic/underground gas that has been released by tunneling. The gas immediately turns people into zombies. However, people process it into powder and sell it as a cheap drug...and I'm sure you can see what happens with that. Personally, I don't think the similarity hurts We're Alive as they are both original works and very different from one another. It just adds to the canon.
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Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Thanks man! I was going crazy trying to remember what it was called. For some reason I kept thinking it started with a /T/. Curse you Mt. Tartarus!
Um, wtf? I keep trying to google map Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado to get an idea of how far it is from Boulder, but the fecking thing keeps showing Peterson AFB as being in Ohio? What the feck?
So anyway, North American Aerospace Defense Command appears to be near Colorado Springs, Colorado. A mere 100 miles south of Boulder. I wonder if there is anything there?
Yeah the whole Michael/Pegs being separated thing makes me think of the a soldier leaving for (or in this case staying at) the front lines while a loved one stays behind (or leaves for) the home front. And I think you may have thought of the perfect way for us to find out about what's going on in Boulder: letters!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eviebae
I suspect you won't find anybody home at NORAD. They've probably all bugged out via the Stargate.Quote:
Originally Posted by nikvoodoo
Nah....they're there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch
They're just locked in a never ending struggle with Joshua and games of Tic Tac Toe.
@ Nik and Cabbage Patch... really guys? LOL!!!!
Dammit all. This episode was amazing and awful in the best way.
"Oh look Datu's crying again."
Just what we need zombie Egyptian gods and jafar. But if that meant RDA joined We're Alive crew all will be forgiven.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabbage Patch
Datu "I'm going to crying"
O'Neill "Oh for crying out loud!"
COL Kimmet "Who do you think you are?"
O'Neill "Does it say Colonel anywhere on my uniform?"