**Official AMC show "The Walking Dead" Thread - MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS**
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Didnt the governor tell everyone where the prison was at the beginning of the episode?
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I know I'm reaching but plot wise this show has a lot of holes herschel was bit on the leg & yelled his fucking lungs off, but the little girl got bitten on the shoulder & she was out.. if it was her neck then I can understand her ass is dead but your shoulder tho
also Im getting tired of this midseason finale /split-season bullshit. Hated it with Breaking Bad and now they are doing it with the final season of Mad Men.
also Im getting tired of this midseason finale /split-season bullshit. Hated it with Breaking Bad and now they are doing it with the final season of Mad Men.
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Great mid season finale. The battle was ill from start to finish. I actually liked Rick's speech before the shit went down, shows the Gov was only there to get revenge on Ricks group and the people who abandoned Woodbury to stay in the prison.
I'm gonna miss the Governor if he is really dead, the way he manipulated people was one of the highlights of the show to me plus no zombie has even come close to killing him.
I'm gonna miss the Governor if he is really dead, the way he manipulated people was one of the highlights of the show to me plus no zombie has even come close to killing him.
Abraham has been cast and has already filmed a good portion of the next couple episodes.
The guy playing him actually showed up to a CON Q&A session and started trash-talking the panel in character.
He's the replacement Meryl character, the unlikeable asshole.
Pretty much all of the characters that I like are dead now, with the exception of Daryl.
Not sure I want to sit through the next part of the season with all the emotionally stable characters dying.
And just because Michonne smiled three times, does not mean they've fleshed out her character at all.
The writers are developing all the characters that don't hold much weight in the tv show's canon.
Why invest in Carol for 12 episodes to send her off? Will her reappearance be that spectacular? No.
This pattern of developing and fleshing out characters, then killing them off is getting redundant.
It's lazy writing. So is the consistent talk about how hard life is.
I fucking get it. Everyone is dying and/or infected, the humans are the true "walking dead", but honestly, the only thing keeping this show afloat are the death twists.
The scripting itself is just kind of boring. It's guaranteed that we'll see somebody die, almost die, shoot a surprise-attack zombie in the head after almost being bitten, etc.
They need to develop a few characters that they don't intend to murder in spectacular fashion.
The guy playing him actually showed up to a CON Q&A session and started trash-talking the panel in character.
He's the replacement Meryl character, the unlikeable asshole.
Pretty much all of the characters that I like are dead now, with the exception of Daryl.
Not sure I want to sit through the next part of the season with all the emotionally stable characters dying.
And just because Michonne smiled three times, does not mean they've fleshed out her character at all.
The writers are developing all the characters that don't hold much weight in the tv show's canon.
Why invest in Carol for 12 episodes to send her off? Will her reappearance be that spectacular? No.
This pattern of developing and fleshing out characters, then killing them off is getting redundant.
It's lazy writing. So is the consistent talk about how hard life is.
I fucking get it. Everyone is dying and/or infected, the humans are the true "walking dead", but honestly, the only thing keeping this show afloat are the death twists.
The scripting itself is just kind of boring. It's guaranteed that we'll see somebody die, almost die, shoot a surprise-attack zombie in the head after almost being bitten, etc.
They need to develop a few characters that they don't intend to murder in spectacular fashion.
That's what i hate about The Walking Dead.
Once they develop a character they just kill him the next episode. Herschel was boring for two seasons then you gave a great story with the infection shit.... dead.
You spend two fucking episodes about The Governor... dead.
Where is the logic?
Once they develop a character they just kill him the next episode. Herschel was boring for two seasons then you gave a great story with the infection shit.... dead.
You spend two fucking episodes about The Governor... dead.
Where is the logic?
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Let's be honest, it's formulaic.
And it's only formulaic because the ratings are through the roof.
If they were hurting for ratings, there would be a much different approach to the writing.
They're not pushing the limits of real moral compass.
The one thing they do really right is the occasional big FX zombie set piece.
The last episode was the chick pulling the zombies leg and the flesh peeling off.
Those "squirm in your seat" moments, well zombie, convenience store roof collapse, etc. are really great moments on TV, they push the limits of what can be aired on TV.
But when you step back and look at the patterns, nothing is being done with scripting that is any more exciting than Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or other "monster of the week" shows.
Sure, the antagonist doesn't change very often, but there's always just one big conflict per episode, and little clues left for future episodes. It's so exactly the same every week that I don't even care to find out all the little hints and shit they keep doling out.
IDK, I'm being critical of a formula. It really works for the show. They're getting the ratings they want.
Eventually, that formula will no longer work. That's when you'll start seeing zombie babies, and real conflict among people, instead of "I have a problem with you, therefore I'm going to chase you for six episodes".
And it's only formulaic because the ratings are through the roof.
If they were hurting for ratings, there would be a much different approach to the writing.
They're not pushing the limits of real moral compass.
The one thing they do really right is the occasional big FX zombie set piece.
The last episode was the chick pulling the zombies leg and the flesh peeling off.
Those "squirm in your seat" moments, well zombie, convenience store roof collapse, etc. are really great moments on TV, they push the limits of what can be aired on TV.
But when you step back and look at the patterns, nothing is being done with scripting that is any more exciting than Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or other "monster of the week" shows.
Sure, the antagonist doesn't change very often, but there's always just one big conflict per episode, and little clues left for future episodes. It's so exactly the same every week that I don't even care to find out all the little hints and shit they keep doling out.
IDK, I'm being critical of a formula. It really works for the show. They're getting the ratings they want.
Eventually, that formula will no longer work. That's when you'll start seeing zombie babies, and real conflict among people, instead of "I have a problem with you, therefore I'm going to chase you for six episodes".
Bingo. Same thing happened with Breaking Bad when the ratings spiked up.
The writers restricted themselves out of fear of losing their success. The irony being it was the lack of fear / formula / restriction that ultimately created the success in the first place.
Lucky for them most people are too dumb to notice or care, so they are generally successful in preserving rates at the artistic expense of the show.
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That is exactly right. And you're absolutely right about most viewers not caring or seeing.
I'm looking at it from the standpoint of someone going into that field next year, so my hyper-critical analysis is really just practice for the future, I guess.
But really, it's getting a bit old. They've really ramped up the routine this past season, though, since their ratings have skyrocketed.
I'm looking at it from the standpoint of someone going into that field next year, so my hyper-critical analysis is really just practice for the future, I guess.
But really, it's getting a bit old. They've really ramped up the routine this past season, though, since their ratings have skyrocketed.
The main problem I had was he killed Hershal instead of the black chick....In real life he would have killed her when they captured them and only used Hershal as a hostage....The most dangerous person to your existence and you knock her out and dont kill her?Thats that bullshit
And Fuck Carl....cannot wait to see him die
And Fuck Carl....cannot wait to see him die
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