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The Walking Dead Season 7, Part 1 Sundays on AMC
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Air Zombie Meat
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Episode was ok but it is getting annoying having to wait weeks to see each individual plot strand continue because of the jumping around.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
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When are we going to see a episode with Carol and King Ezekiel again?
AngmarsKing701
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I will admit to have completely forgotten that Tara & Heath left before the doc got the arrow in the eye.
I don't think there's too many storylines. GoT started with a little story about the Starks and Lannisters and expanded to include an entire world, with the Starks and Lannisters essentially playing the perspective role.
In some sense, TWD is doing the same, with the Atlanta group playing the perspective role.
I do think GoT does a better job of saying "here's what is happening in Westeros" and "here's what is happening in the East" with multiple viewpoints. TWD tends to hop from one spot to another and focusing an entire episode there... which can lead to "okay we haven't seen these guys for 5-6 eps so what the hell were they doing again?"
Corpsepyre
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I'm not surprised at the dropping ratings. It's insufferable throughout, and there's very little forward momentum. The storytelling's also really weak and fragmented. I hope the ratings fall more.
Not a fan of Tara, feels weird to me that she got her own episode. Is it just me or is she not a very good actor? She's one of the few "main characters" that seems to pull me out of the illusion.
I think she's extremely attractive, and I like the role that her character is supposed to fill, but I just don't think she does it justice.
I think she's extremely attractive, and I like the role that her character is supposed to fill, but I just don't think she does it justice.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Worse, if that's even possible. Tv reviewers almost never give 5s or 6s. Everything is a 7,8,9,or 10. So they'll give a prestige drama like Rectify a 9.5 and then turn around and give an episode of Gotham a 9 the next week. They're useful for recaps (that's basically what they are) and to catch little details I might have missed. That's it.
Mr Fahrenheit
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I'm normally pretty lenient with this show, I still enjoy a lot of the episodes people say are boring and useless because most of the time there is some important character development or setting up (even if a majority of it is something like Daryl being locked in a closet), but that episode was boring and useless.
If it's going to be a solo episode then it has to be an important or interesting character, something that Tara isn't. Honestly my initial reaction at the start of the episode was "who" then it went into "oh, didn't she die somewhere along the line?" And poor dreads, I forgot he even existed. Idk, I know what they're setting up but it didn't need anywhere near an entire episode dedicated to it, and they certainly could have used a better character to deliver it.
Also they need to get over their nonlinear storytelling fetish, I love nonlinear storytelling, but there needs to be a good reason for it. What was gained from telling it that way? It's been such an annoying thing the last couple seasons.
Edit: also this is twice where they've faked us out with the teasers and they need to cut that shit out.
If it's going to be a solo episode then it has to be an important or interesting character, something that Tara isn't. Honestly my initial reaction at the start of the episode was "who" then it went into "oh, didn't she die somewhere along the line?" And poor dreads, I forgot he even existed. Idk, I know what they're setting up but it didn't need anywhere near an entire episode dedicated to it, and they certainly could have used a better character to deliver it.
Also they need to get over their nonlinear storytelling fetish, I love nonlinear storytelling, but there needs to be a good reason for it. What was gained from telling it that way? It's been such an annoying thing the last couple seasons.
Edit: also this is twice where they've faked us out with the teasers and they need to cut that shit out.
Jack Scofield
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This is anecdotal evidence, but my girlfriend finally stopped watching this show after the second episode of this season, and she's been a fan since the beginning. I think the slow pace, dumb characters, and lack of any resolution has finally taken its toll.
This show is less about telling a story than it is a revenue generator for AMC. It doesn't help that the show just meanders and is never building towards anything greater. I don't want or need a zombie cure, but the show needs to have the characters move towards something that isn't just a new settlement. There's no build-up, no sense of forward momentum. It's just boring.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
The ratings would have to go off a cliff for it to even be over 2 years from now. I think the ratings bleed is a little overblown. If the midseason premiere and Season 8 premiere numbers are significantly down, then I'd believe it.
They gotta chill with the one place each episode stuff though. It kills the storytelling for this arc. You can't go 3-4 weeks without seeing a group, that's a long time in week to week watching. It's especially daunting when we have all these different communities.
Killing_Joke
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I just can't stand individual character episodes and it's fucking astonishing how much they do it. It drags down the main story to a screeching halt. Can't wait for the 90 minute episode where Eugene learns how to create a bullet.
The Artisan
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I agree. Maybe instead of fillering and fluffing and slowing the pace down, they need to get the story going.
While on balance I enjoyed this latest episode, two things stood out to me
1. like others in the thread noted, shining white teeth in the zombie apocalypse played havoc with my suspension of disbelief.
2. Tara's action scene on the bridge was just horrible for all sorts of reasons. She was like an awkward kid struggling in gym class, zombies were "dying" even though they weren't being stabbed in the head, zombies converged on her slower than I have ever seen in the face of her limp attempts at pushing them away and over, and when she was barely clear of them they suddenly stopped paying attention. Actual threat and sense of tension near zero. So inconsistent with almost every other zombie group battle scene, including the one earlier in the same episode!
1. like others in the thread noted, shining white teeth in the zombie apocalypse played havoc with my suspension of disbelief.
2. Tara's action scene on the bridge was just horrible for all sorts of reasons. She was like an awkward kid struggling in gym class, zombies were "dying" even though they weren't being stabbed in the head, zombies converged on her slower than I have ever seen in the face of her limp attempts at pushing them away and over, and when she was barely clear of them they suddenly stopped paying attention. Actual threat and sense of tension near zero. So inconsistent with almost every other zombie group battle scene, including the one earlier in the same episode!
Air Zombie Meat
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Reading this comment made me think of a good zombie apocalypse countermeasure. Remove everyones teeth.
DodgyGeezerFella
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Felt like a Meg episode ......
If I remember correctly, they do that in WWZ.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
They did, yeah
RatskyWatsky
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The show is clearly building towards something greater - albeit maybe too subtly, judging from the responses here. This season has made it clear that humanity is finally coming back online. There are now multiple communities of people - communities of normal people - all in close proximity to each other. Communities that are thriving.
And there's nothing particularly special about Virginia, so if it's happening there, then it's also probably happening everywhere else too.
The question is: what's going to happen when Rick finds out?
Theanine3D
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I haven't.
Someone could have stumbled onto the truck full of sand and used it to bury the zombies as a defense so they could get across the bridge. Not too farfetched. I mean, Maggie used a farm tractor just an episode ago to run over zombies.
I thought the first half was terrible but the second is way better.
I would not be surprised at all if this happens.
Escape Goat
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It was partially dried cement. The outside dried enough to form a shell.
I also liked this episode aside from the first half. Two decent scenes with Tara and the two other women. I really liked the conversation she had with the young girl who followed the group.
My god seeing the ocean.. I was like.. wait is that something that's not a tree or shrub? Or a wall?
Really goes to show you how desperately this show needs a different location.
I actually liked the episode, mainly cause I do like Tara. Plus it was a nice change of scenery
My god seeing the ocean.. I was like.. wait is that something that's not a tree or shrub? Or a wall?
Really goes to show you how desperately this show needs a different location.
If I remember correctly, Michonne removed the bottom jaws and teeth of her "pet" zombies when she debuted.
disappeared
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So did I miss much last night? Sounds like no.
I'm really wondering about the show. They've got two episodes till the mid season finale and I'm really curious how they're going to make it compelling.
I'm really wondering about the show. They've got two episodes till the mid season finale and I'm really curious how they're going to make it compelling.
Escape Goat
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I think we've slipped into an alternate dimension. I liked last night's episode.
The Silver
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Wow they really gave her an entire episode, who decides this shit? I actually liked seeing the other camp but...come on now......the structure of this season is stupid.
bitbydeath
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Same, meh.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Are they trying to save $$$ by only having a few of the characters per episode?
Series regulars are payed for every episode, even ones they don't appear in.
Damn if that's true, they're wasting lots of money. There needs to be more focus on the main group, especially considering the finale and premiere.
Captain Europe
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This episode was ok, Tara still feels like a guest character even though she's been on for seasons(this is a problem for a lot of characters in TWD), kinda boring for a side character to get a whole ep, still not as awful as Beth episodes tho, those were the worst.
Obviously these groups are gonna team up somehow, and shit is gonna go down
Wow, I actually thought that they were holding back Rick & Co because they wanted to save money. AMC is weird, I really don't like how little they use Rick, he's the best character on the show by far, played by the best actor on the show. The mid season finale is gonna be here soon and we've seen Rick like twice.
Obviously these groups are gonna team up somehow, and shit is gonna go down
Wow, I actually thought that they were holding back Rick & Co because they wanted to save money. AMC is weird, I really don't like how little they use Rick, he's the best character on the show by far, played by the best actor on the show. The mid season finale is gonna be here soon and we've seen Rick like twice.
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I mean I'll still probably watch it before next weekend. Got nothing else to watch.
SirClinksAlot
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They are jumping around waaaaaaaay too much.
Rollo Tomasi
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Have they ever shown Winter on this show? They always skip it.
-MD-
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Heath (that's his name?) has had like 15 minutes screen time total so I'm sure a lot of people are wondering who he is.
I didn't even remember who Tara was in a relationship with, she said something like "I have a girlfriend waiting for me back at home", completely forgot it was the chubby Dr that ate an arrow last season.
Samurai G0SU
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What a twist with the bridge!
SuperSonic1305
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How did Heath and Tara not see that walker in the car?
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She's been absent since mid-to-late last season and contributed almost nothing to the recent overall series of events. She's a good character but it's not the viewers' fault the writers didn't make her more memorable, at least closer to the end of last season.
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