S03.E09: The Minotaur/ S03.E10: The Diviner Speculation and Live Chat

[raven]

This is your pre-air Speculation and Live Chat thread for the two hour mid season premiere, S03.E09 The Minotaur/ S03.E10: The Diviner. This thread will close after the episode airs Sunday. Then please go over to the actual episode topic here. Please do NOT post spoilers or discuss The Walking Dead here (that is for over here).

As always, please be civil and respectful to your fellow posters, and thanks for posting at Previously.TV!

[nodorothyparker]

I am so not ready for this show to return, and in no less than a two-hour block yet.  Good god.

[Mr. Sparkle]

Right? A giant block of meh. 

[raven]

*goes out to buy a giant block of chocolate*

[Ohwell]

*goes out to buy earplugs and noseplugs to be ready for the giant explosion due to happen after certain person consumes giant block of chocolate*

[AnyTimeFromNow]

I must be in the minority, but I have grown to look forward to this show. I find the characters compelling--not admirable, but intriguing. I like the look of the show, especially the contrast with TWD.

[raven]

2 hours ago, AnyTimeFromNow said:

I find the characters compelling--not admirable, but intriguing.

I am interested to see where the show is going.  I still like to goof on it though!

[nodorothyparker]

I want to like it.  But I keep feeling like they're teasing us with glimpses of a better show somewhere that they never seem to be able to deliver on.  So a snarking we will continue to go.

[BasilSeal]

23 hours ago, AnyTimeFromNow said:

I must be in the minority, but I have grown to look forward to this show. I find the characters compelling--not admirable, but intriguing. I like the look of the show, especially the contrast with TWD.

I'm with you on this one. the first two episodes of the season were well thought out and well paced, it dropped a little in the middle but it delivered in the end. It's quite a different show to TWD and i think that may be why many are down on it, but overall, the writing and characterisation are more accomplished.  In TWD the writers rely quite frequently on having the characters do things that are out of character or just plain stupid in order to drive the plot and create conflict / danger.  In FTWD the characters are much more consistent in their actions and they make better decisions. compare where they are with FTWD with where TWD was after a couple of seasons. Two words: Herschel's Farm. does anyone seriously want to argue that this season isn't  streets ahead of that narrative quagmire?

 

anyway, back to the speculation, it looks like the plot is going to hinge on them running out of water, which is odd because i'm sure we saw Alicia jump into a lake full of the stuff a while back but never mind, no prizes for guessing where that will lead them to given that one of their erstwhile companions has a whole reservoir at his disposal

An alliance with Walker is the commons sense way to go, but Troy needs to suffer an unfortunate accident next time he's off on a hunting trip, he'll feck everything up for them for sure.

Edited September 5, 2017 by BasilSeal

[walnutqueen]

On 9/4/2017 at 3:49 PM, AnyTimeFromNow said:

I must be in the minority, but I have grown to look forward to this show. I find the characters compelling--not admirable, but intriguing. I like the look of the show, especially the contrast with TWD.

 

On 9/5/2017 at 3:27 PM, BasilSeal said:

I'm with you on this one. the first two episodes of the season were well thought out and well paced, it dropped a little in the middle but it delivered in the end. It's quite a different show to TWD and i think that may be why many are down on it, but overall, the writing and characterisation are more accomplished.  In TWD the writers rely quite frequently on having the characters do things that are out of character or just plain stupid in order to drive the plot and create conflict / danger.  In FTWD the characters are much more consistent in their actions and they make better decisions. compare where they are with FTWD with where TWD was after a couple of seasons. Two words: Herschel's Farm. does anyone seriously want to argue that this season isn't  streets ahead of that narrative quagmire?

 

anyway, back to the speculation, it looks like the plot is going to hinge on them running out of water, which is odd because i'm sure we saw Alicia jump into a lake full of the stuff a while back but never mind, no prizes for guessing where that will lead them to given that one of their erstwhile companions has a whole reservoir at his disposal

An alliance with Walker is the commons sense way to go, but Troy needs to suffer an unfortunate accident next time he's off on a hunting trip, he'll feck everything up for them for sure.

Table for three, then.  I'm looking forward to this show, too.  But then, I've always liked it, and had little lurve for most people's favorite characters (including Strand!!!).  Just call me contrarian already.  ;-)

[MrsRafaelBarba]

My Placeholder show is back.

 

Got the wet bar stocked.

 

Will be in full on SNARK mode tonight.

On 9/4/2017 at 6:49 PM, AnyTimeFromNow said:

I must be in the minority, but I have grown to look forward to this show. I find the characters compelling--not admirable, but intriguing. I like the look of the show, especially the contrast with TWD.

I'm still pissed about Travis, one of my TV husbands is gone.

 

There's a vacancy, hey Walker!

[candall]

On ‎9‎/‎4‎/‎2017 at 8:19 AM, nodorothyparker said:

I am so not ready for this show to return, and in no less than a two-hour block yet.  Good god.

SAME.

It's not that I haven't come to enjoy this goofy little show--it's that this two-hour extravaganza completely snuck up on me and I just wasn't psychologically prepared to spend Sunday night hunched over my laptop, snarking on the 'lil Dickens.

I know, I know, a nice pungent cheese to go with my whine.

[nodorothyparker]

Oh good.  A musical interlude about death while Stoneface stares.  Just what this show needs to start out a half season.

[JackONeill]

Nothing better happen to the dog!

[calliope1975]

I easily quit the mother ship, but for some reason, mostly snark, I can't let this one go. 

That dog better live. 

[candall]

OKAY!  Well, I'm newly energized by the peppy intro song and montage!

[JackONeill]

Kinda cold for Madison to move in.

[chick binewski]

The cable keeps flaking out...Hurricane Irma is actively rejecting this show.

[MrsRafaelBarba]

She moved into Jerimiah's house?

Alicia is wearing an Ellen Ripley tank top.

Edited September 11, 2017 by MrsRafaelBarba

[MrsRafaelBarba]

The Nation is here.

 

Woot! Woot!

 

 

Eugene's brother doesn't like this, at all

 

 

He will be a problem.

Black Cap ain't here for Troy's bullshit.

[candall]

Wow, is it the show or are we rusty?

[nodorothyparker]

This is so tedious it isn't even snarkworthy.

[JackONeill]

Slow going tonight. Nothing to make fun of.

Three of us said the same thing. And that's not even funny.

[calliope1975]

I can't tell if Madison is in agreement and supportive, or wants to murder everyone present. 

[nodorothyparker]

Enough with the "arty" shots from behind or through other stuff.

[raven]

My computer is running a scan which is slowing it down.  82% done.

Who's this cranky guy?  I started late.  NM, I'm sure I'll catch up.

Did he say Gretchen? 

Oh, my dog as to pee.  Commercial!

[MrsRafaelBarba]

Meanwhile, at H20 Headquarters...

 

 

Hi Daniel!

[Gobi]

Who was Gretchen?

[MostlyContent]

Yeah, besides realizing that I care nothing about the people Daniel is with, nothing much to comment on.

[raven]

1 minute ago, Gobi said:

Who was Gretchen?

Was that the girl from Bong Bible Study?

[MrsRafaelBarba]

1 minute ago, Gobi said:

Who was Gretchen?

Think she was part of that family Troy killed.

[chick binewski]

1 minute ago, Gobi said:

Who was Gretchen?

Seriously. I think I have blocked everything from this show except for the Jaguar and Dougray Scott.

[nodorothyparker]

I think? she was the blonde teen girl who introduced Alicia to smoking pot with severed head Geoffrey?  She and her family were all found turned after they tried to make a run for it from the compound.  I think? Troy killed them to pin it on Walker's people.  

I'm seriously struggling to pay attention to any of this.

[candall]

I can't even believe it--I'm more invested in the T-Mobile and Honda commercials.  Everyone's so high energy!

[nodorothyparker]

The show's so slow that it's making even the cheestastic speechifying in ads for the mother show look riveting.

[chick binewski]

Oh excellent! The Flatliners remake absolutely no one was clamoring for!

[Gobi]

So it's 2010?

[Glaze Crazy]

Aha. So they need to burn off the back 8 of this season to make room for the mothership in 6 weeks, hence double episodes tonight.

[JackONeill]

So Madison is a geologist and will understand all about the water situation.

[MrsRafaelBarba]

Terrence is Eugene's brother, my story and I'm sticking to it.

Time for some Bacardi 151 

[TVFan17]

This dull show is still on the air?   Yikes.  And 2 back-to-back episodes tonight?   Who needs that?

I can see that Madison is still stuck in that one facial expression.

[minamurray78]

Wasn't this show about zombies? It was easier then. I've forgotten who was with who, who was lying, who was plotting...

[MostlyContent]

Oh good!  Weapon hoarding.  That always ends well!

[JackONeill]

So viewers will write in to save shows about to be cancelled. 

Can we write in to have this show cancelled?

Just an idea.

[MrsRafaelBarba]

4 minutes ago, Gobi said:

So it's 2010?

Yes 

 

This is early in the ZA, Rick was in a coma.

[nodorothyparker]

I have no idea who half of these people are or what side they're supposed to be on.  And I don't care enough to try to figure it out.

[MrsRafaelBarba]

Black Cap is cute 

[raven]

Or they could arrange for Troy to have an "accident".  No one would care.

[JackONeill]

1 minute ago, nodorothyparker said:

I have no idea who half of these people are or what side they're supposed to be on.  And I don't care enough to try to figure it out.

Name tags.

i say it every time.

[candall]

Madison:  "Okay, here's the plan:  no one tells Troy that Nick killed his father."

Nick:  "Maybe."