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The Walking Dead Season 7, Part 1 Sundays on AMC
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Yeah it's raining like crazy Hardwicks mic just cut out he's the only one without an umbrella (his choice hes tanking it).
LowParry
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Let me guess. You thought Governor was a better villain right?
DangerMouse
Member
Here at the end they're getting a bit swamped. Before it was lighter.
Yup. He did a real good job.
Ultra Numb
Member
Agreed.
When I saw the look he gave Steven Ogg last season? He's going to pull off the more badass and ruthless Carl just fine - if it goes like that.
Master Thespian
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Negan lost like 50+ people and only set out to kill one. He was forced to kill another. He didn't make Rick cut off Carl's hand. I'm not saying he's a nice guy but he did the bare minimum to break the Alexandrian's collective spirit.
The Artisan
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they gave it a 3, not a 4
DangerMouse
Member
Morgan and Carol, nice.
Morgan's gonna surprise this season I think, he's gonna finally get to wreck some shit.
Yup, that was great.
Morgan's gonna surprise this season I think, he's gonna finally get to wreck some shit.
Agreed.
When I saw the look he gave Steven Ogg last season? He's going to pull off the more badass and ruthless Carl just fine - if it goes like that.
Yup, that was great.
Carol at the end if the season?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7iz1HTh9U
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xB7iz1HTh9U
BlackGhost
Banned
Those things happened
LowParry
Member
Think of it this way. Negan see's a group of people that are more than capable of taking out his men. What better way than to get those people into your fold to do those said things. His army just got a lot stronger.
Even worse!
BlackGhost
Banned
Hardwick pls
The Silver
Member
I loved JDM but I can't say I really liked the episode itself, it needed to be a two parter to last season's cliffhanger and cut down. And by the time this episode hit I've already imagined everyone dying in every brutal way, the only part that stuck with me was Rick completely breaking down when having to chop off Coral's arm.
He's an amazing glib wise-cracking sadist. It's also very interesting that he didn't go through with having Rick cut off Carl's arm, that he gave a warning before killing a second person and told them what would happen, and that he pointed out that Rick had killed a lot of his people.
UberTag
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There will be other episodes where this perspective is going to be covered. It didn't have to be (nor should it have been) conveyed tonight.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
So who died?
The guy that got hung at the beginning of the season 6 finale.
I thought the episode was fine personally, but it still feels like they took what should've been the finale and tacked it onto this season. Next week will be the real start of the new season.
TWDGaf's soul.
UberTag
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Daryl got taken prisoner. Negan left Rick with Aaron, Eugene, his son and a bunch of grieving women. (Well, I suppose Michonne wasn't grieving that much.)
GregLombardi
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LowParry
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Oh man that was so brutal to see.
lol I know why they did what they did. That doesn't mean I have to be happy about it.
Remove the picture and type that in spoilers.
Fixed.
Daryl got taken prisoner. Negan left Rick with Aaron, his son and a bunch of grieving women.
The Artisan
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shouldn't they get JDM to work out a little? Negan looks brolic in the comic
giancarlo123x
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Why? It aired already. Only comic and promo material needs to be spoilered.
There kinda was.
"You work for me." "You can live a life producing for me."
He basically sees other people as lesser beings, his men included.
BlackGhost
Banned
Ep already aired. Believe he's fine in here, no future spoilers.
TheOfficeMut
Unconfirmed Member
No. The episode aired and this is a thread to discuss this season. Spoiler culture ffs
RustyNails
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How long did Governor stuff went on for? I'm seeing Negan be the villain of the next 2-3 seasons.
LowParry
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That is correct.
"Standard rules apply: after the 9PM ET / 6PM PT airing of a new episode, the details of that episode may be discussed openly without the use of spoiler tags. Please remember to spoiler tag any preview and/or promo discussion for episodes that have not aired."
Is that how this works?
My fault. I assumed that we weren't allowed to post anything so important without spoilers in case someone who hasn't seen it stops into the thread to see reactions.\
Daryl got taken prisoner. Negan left Rick with Aaron, Eugene, his son and a bunch of grieving women. (Well, I suppose Michonne wasn't grieving that much.)
I apologize. I was wrong.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Game of Thrones has done it better multiple times and is the biggest HBO show ever and has had the exact same type of cultural phenomenona this show has had. One uses cheap ways to retain an audience, the other gets nominated for Emmys.
Episode is over, spoilers are fair game with who died (in this thread).
Probably this one and next one. Personally I just hope they say the next season is the last, split it into two parts and give the show the budget it deserves.
UberTag
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Gov hung around for just under a season and a half.
The Governor was alive and kicking in The Walking Dead comic for 22 issues... from Issue 27 through Issue 48.
Negan, by comparison...
_____________is still around after 60 issues_____________
True enough. Nobody should be putting tonight's episode up on the same pedestal as Game of Thrones.
All of season 3 and half of 4.
Latvian Hitman
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This episode was about Negan breaking Rick and getting him to fall in line, which is no easy task. Negan could have just had everyone in the lineup slaughtered and been done with it, but he sees the value in Rick and his group and wants to try and 'assimilate' them. Doing so requires breaking the leader in front of the group. None of the slaughter was wanton. It was all calculated. As soon as he saw Rick 'break', the slaughter ended. Negan will be revealed to be a much more complicated character than he at first appears to be.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Oh wow, I guess Glenn had to go eventually.
BlackGhost
Banned
It's cool haha. My advice to others is don't go into show threads if you're not caught up
Pilgrimzero
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The thing about Negan is he's not just some crazy dictator. He and his society have rules. New world ORDER. And while he does force people to gather for him he also helps keep the area zombie free plus protection from outside forces.
As JDM said, Negan isn't the "bad guy". He's forged order out of chaos and wants to keep it that way. Being a part of his society and follow the rules and things are better for everyone.
But it's a forced order that you have no say in. A dictatorship.
So is he a bad guy for keeping his society safe? He doesn't think so.
He's not crazy like the Gov. Or most other antagonist the group meets. Which makes him more interesting a villain.
As JDM said, Negan isn't the "bad guy". He's forged order out of chaos and wants to keep it that way. Being a part of his society and follow the rules and things are better for everyone.
But it's a forced order that you have no say in. A dictatorship.
So is he a bad guy for keeping his society safe? He doesn't think so.
He's not crazy like the Gov. Or most other antagonist the group meets. Which makes him more interesting a villain.
Yo it was nuts.
Wait, is this seriously his explanation for why he gave the episode a 6? He couldn't handle the sadism? The character is a shitty person on a lost world without any laws,
The Artisan
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how do you mean
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