Juliajms

Looks like there might be a movie at some point. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Game-Thrones-Movie-George-RR-Martin-1079525.aspx

He couldn't look any more dapper, could he?

You can check out a bunch of red carpet pictures of the cast here. https://twitter.com/GameOfThrones/ Lena Heady looks amazing.

I thought it was a really good episode. It's sad that someone who is mentally ill the way Lizzie was can't be tolerated in this world. It's clear why, but it just shows how brutal this world has become. It's like life in the Middle Ages (nasty, brutish and short) with a side of Walker. I sort of wish they had taken Lizzie to Terminus. At least see if there is someone there who can snap her out of this, maybe even age would do it, but I can see why they didn't too. I wonder where Ann is? I haven't see her post in weeks. Hope all is well.

I have a bad feeling about Daryl's fate. Beth declaring that he'll be the last man standing does not bode well, imo. How old is Beth? From that episode I take it she is still 19/20? She looks older, so when she spends the whole episode basically acting like an idiot, it's hard for me to take. I was hoping that Rick/Michonne would show up at the end of the episode. If not Rick than Tyreese/Carol.

Michael Park has a small role in House of Cards.

Well, I can tell you that Walt Wiley is in Omaha today doing a stand up show. The morning news lady is giddy to interview him so she can ask all about Susan Lucci. lol

*sigh* What is it with these fools committing crimes while being on a television show??!! Don't they realize it not only increases the chances of getting caught, but that the system will really bring the hammer down as an example to others? Damn, I can't really believe Phaedra was in on it, she's too smart for that, but even a himbo like Apollo should have known better.

And they did kill off Lori and that was certainly realistic. I think Daryl really didn't have that much time to react. People don't have time to process things in this world because crazy stuff just keeps happening. They didn't even get a chance to tell Ty before all hell broke loose.

Oh, I don't know. I think children are born even under the most horrible conditions. Look at all the women living in the third world under famine conditions that have live births. People even gave birth in concentration camps. I doubt Lori was any worse off then those women. That's not to say that the children born under those circumstances are as healthy as children born under more optimal conditions, of course. I'm really going to miss Hershel. I also believe that Judith was saved by someone. I don't mind if they killed her off, I just don't think they did.

Yeah, I agree big money is part of the problem, but at some point individuals have to take responsibility for swallowing the koolaid. Plus the democrats have a real chance to get the ACA right and they f*cked it up. I'm sorry there is no other way to put it. This was a golden opportunity and for whatever reason it's been turned into a debacle. I really hope this doesn't send health care reform back 20 years. I can't guess what will happen in 2014. For awhile there, the GOP was shooting itself in the foot left and right, with their ridiculous comments about rape, women and minorities. Now the democrats have seriously screwed up with the ACA. It's like a war of attrition.

I think it's in poor taste no matter who is doing it, but we have bigger fish to fry than someone's weight and who is talking about it. Things are going to hell in a hand basket and this is what our politicians spend their time on? I really cannot believe the Obama administration has fumbled the ball the way they have with the ACA. It was so hard to bring people around to this sort of massive change in our health care system. I just hope they can salvage it, so that more people can get the healthcare they need. Plus, it seems like the problems so far are mostly with the technical side of the roll out. I've always been a little afraid of what will happen to premiums once this is completely rolled out. If they can't get the website right, I don't have a lot of confidence that they've correctly assessed the overall impact this law will have on health care. Jesus take the wheel. These are the times I feel especially lucky that I am healthy and covered by my husband's work insurance. I remember a time when neither of those things were true and none of us knows what the future will hold. So many countries have done a better job of health care then we have. I don't understand why we can't get it right.

Is it me, or did it take people longer to turn in season one? I swear it took hours for Andrea's sister to turn. Now it seems like they die and turn instantly.

AH. Normally, I don't look at spoilers for this show, but that's a good one.

I wonder if Carol will be a part of the spin off show? I haven't read much about it, but in her interview, I didn't get the impression she was finished.

I think Rick would have taken Carol back to the group, if she insisted on being judged by them as a whole. They both knew that wouldn't have ended well for her. I get that impression because even when she said she wanted to take the girls with her at first, he didn't just shut her down. He told her why that was a bad idea and she basically assented. Not sure if this EW interview with Melissa was posted. http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/11/04/walking-dead-melissa-mcbride-carol-rick/

My feelings are so mixed, but I get why Rick doesn't trust Carol anymore. If you have to lose your humanity to survive is it worth it? Can you trust someone who values survival over everything else? That would be hard to do when they are going rogue.

She did say that they were drowning in their own blood, so I think she also rationalized it as a mercy killing.

I don't even see how something dead could have the flu in the first place, never mind being contagious. I guess the answer is that in a world where the dead can walk anything is possible. That doesn't mean Bob is right though. Not sure how I feel about Carol. If Rick had let her stay, I think it's true that TY would have killed her or demanded her death or banishment anyway. Even if Rick could have kept the secret it might have come out another way. I would have liked Carol to be on the show longer, but I'm ok with how she's leaving. Maybe she'll be back down the road. I hope she does find another group and show people how to survive. I like how many loose canons are on the show. Rick, Bob, Ty all have compromised judgement. God knows what they are going to do moment to moment. Bob is probably more dangerous than Carol, so it's going to be interesting to see what comes from that.

And the way they kill of characters, they aren't going to have the high costs that seasons 8 and beyond often entail for other shows. I keep waiting for NCIS to be crushed for that reason, even though it's the number 1 show, depending on how you look at it.

A few episodes ago they showed us that he didn't like to kill the Walkers at the gate. I agree that they haven't shown us enough of Ty, but I did feel for him and Sasha when they were turned away from the prison last season. Rick was out of his mind, but it just felt so wrong for him to turn decent people out, when it was practically a death sentence.

When she went in and got that picture of Laurie for Carl that changed everything for her character. I think that's when she opened her heart to becoming part of the group and Carl did the same for her.

I think when a black man has a legitimate reason to be angry, he should get to play that whatever stereotypes may exist. I mean, it's not like TY is pissed for the hell of it. Carol killed his GF. Personally, I get where Carol is coming from. These people are living in the end times. I can see where she decided to make the call to try to stop the contagion, even if she didn't have the right. Hell, I can even see how she thought she did have the right. I think she and Hershel are toast this season though. Carol has stepped into Shane land, even if her intentions are much more honorable. I do think she thought she could stop the contagion with those two. It was obviously far too late. I don't think she's going to try to do it again, she probably thought those two were going to die anyway and she might be able to stop the spread. A desperate act doomed to fail and I do think she will die or be shunned for it. It's too bad, she was just getting really interesting.

Rick is the one who really lost control more than Ty. I'm glad the Rick is recovering, but they haven't made it a full recovery, as if nothing had ever happened to him. I didn't realize that Carol was the killer until she knocked over the water barrels, but I believed she was capable of it. I also thought it could be Sasha. Both of them seem like they could be pragmatic enough to try to save the majority by killing.

How is this astonishing in any way? No one in any government is legitimately astonished. The only thing that surprises me is that we haven't been spying on the German Chancellor longer. Allies spy on each other. The U.S. has been caught red handed spying, so now our allies can demand concessions, but they spy on us and we spy on them and that's the way it has been and always will be. I'm getting a big kick out of all of these governments pretending otherwise though. http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/29/politics/nsa-hearing/index.html?hpt=hp_t1