Duxxy3
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Agreed.
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The Walking Dead Season 7, Part 1 Sundays on AMC
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Agreed.
Exploratory
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Lol what are you talking about? The entire cast and creators said just last night on Talking Dead this is just the beginning. And if the comic is still going so why would the show abruptly end?
Damn. That's just a whole lot more effective (I had also forgotten that Glenn acts out, I guess that's why he picks him in the end).
To anyone who watches this show on BD, is this level of profanity that laced throughout the show?
PadWarrior
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Thanks!
perineumlick
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You do realize this is a series about a zombie apocalypse right? It's always been gory. Glenn's first "death" was gory. Why be squeamish now?
RustyNails
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Duxxy3
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Comic books don't end.
I'm a big believer that stories should have endings in mind, and not just go on forever until the writers get bored and make something up (Lost comes to mind).
wvnative
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Your opinion.
I agree with the original post. Never experienced a piece of entertainment that conveyed that kind of horror before. My nerves were shot the entire time.
I didn't watch Talking Dead last night, but was Chris Hardwick all "Yowza! Walking Dead poor Glenn and Abraham WACKADOO!!!!! How shocked were you? Send us a text VERY to 27214 or SUPER VERY to 27214 and remember to like the show on facebook! Now we're gonna look at this replica of Lucille the bat while I hold it up and we all think about the brutality we just watched and pretend like it isn't tearing at the fabric of moral society! WACKADOOOO!!!!!"
BlackGhost
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Wish I woulda held out and not read the spoilers. I would have been totally surprised
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No, it was quite somber, actually.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Yes they do. The Walking Dead isn't like Superman or the X-Men, when Kirkman wants it to be done, it'll be done. It's a creator owned comic.
I think a lot of people are glancing over the premise of The Walking Dead. It's basically "What happens after the credits roll in a zombie film?" There are short term goals and long term goals, but there isn't a neat little bow or end game. It's just a glimpse into the life of these survivors. People come, people go.
I totally agree with you on endings, I think it's an important part of a story. But with The Walking Dead it's really just about the ride. Everyone is infected. Presumably the dead will always keep coming back, society just has to cope or fizzle out.
Lol pretty much. Only people he gave a shit about was himself, Carl and Lori.
Wondering if Eugene will be able to joke again. Feel like next week will be potentially too sober of an episode, walking around with pacifist Morgan and Carol in a wheelchair
DeaconKnowledge
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So many posters in here have frail sensibilities. Instead of calling for the show to end, why not just stop watching?
Jeez, just because the subject matter is too much for you doesn't mean you get to spoil everyone else's fun.
Jeez, just because the subject matter is too much for you doesn't mean you get to spoil everyone else's fun.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
I feel like I would have been like this if this had been the last episode of season 6, when I was engaged. The disconnect of the summer gap ruined it.
That's not the same thing at all. People are asking for a conclusion.
Well the director said they have at least 12 seasons of content they can use. So don't see it ending any time soon, unless the ratings start to tank.
LifEndz
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Agreed. The taming of the Rick aspect of the show was fine. The group was really starting to feel itself and the audience and the characters needed to be deathly afraid of Negan's guys. My criticism of the episode has nothing to do with that, but rather with the gimmickry and artificial suspense that they still resort to. It's almost as if the criticism from last years season finale and all all the times they teased Glen's death fell on deaf ears. They teased Glen's death so much that when it happened I laughed, primarily because they toyed with it so much that it had no impact at all. Then you get to the everyone hit with a bat montage because we shot this footage and can't let it go to waste along with the so over the top barbecue with Glen and his baby sitting at the head of the table because we're hell bent on making you cry.
This show has had some amazing season premieres. The pilot, Season 3 and Season 5 (I think that's the terminus open).
I'm so glad I have ignored all reports and spoilers since the end of last season. I didn't expect that last night, it was the tensest hour of TV I may have ever seen.
I will say this also. I'm certainly no prude, but I'm absolutely shocked and stunned that they allowed that level of gore on a non-HBO like channel. I haven't been as disturbed by a kill in the same way since maybe the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre with that disturbing body twitching after the hit to the head. Then the eye, the complete destruction, just insane. I just can't believe they were able to air all of that. Wow.
It's one thing when they do gross things to the Walkers, it's brutal but also kinda cartoony since they are, well, zombies. But to have humans do that sort of thing to other humans, in that brutal of a way...I was amazed.
I will say this also. I'm certainly no prude, but I'm absolutely shocked and stunned that they allowed that level of gore on a non-HBO like channel. I haven't been as disturbed by a kill in the same way since maybe the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre with that disturbing body twitching after the hit to the head. Then the eye, the complete destruction, just insane. I just can't believe they were able to air all of that. Wow.
It's one thing when they do gross things to the Walkers, it's brutal but also kinda cartoony since they are, well, zombies. But to have humans do that sort of thing to other humans, in that brutal of a way...I was amazed.
Alligatorjandro
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I wonder if we get any backstory on Negan.
friskykillface
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As long as ratings are good they won't stop
$$$$$$$$$
I was this close to buying Negans bat at comic con earlier this year, I should have
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More_Badass
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They were planning this moment for two years.
That trough moment with Glenn in the Season 5 premiere is even more calculated trolling now
That trough moment with Glenn in the Season 5 premiere is even more calculated trolling now
If it shows him as this nice guy dad with his two daughters then nope. It will ruin the current Negan.
Like with The Joker...no backstory is needed. You just know he's crazy.
DeaconKnowledge
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If you stop watching it, then it is concluded!
It's just silly to ask for it to end, on any level. There is no clear end in sight - the premiere established that there is MUCH more to come, and the show is the most watched scripted show on television. If you no longer enjoy it, or are wary of where the story will go from here, then the show is not for you and you should drop it.
Same with the scene from Tyreese's death episode. When Glenn was holding the bat and talking with Rick.
Um, Rick still has something to lose, Carol doesn't.
Hadn't thought about that. Plus, all three of them were killed by humans rather than walkers.
Also: Sasha's next bf better watch his back. lol
LordKasual
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The show writers just handled this whole situation so well, based on the knowledge of the comic and the direction the fans know the story is supposed to be heading. I was so impressed.
So the writers use the meta knowledge to throw multiple curve balls of what we think we know is coming to keep it surprising for everyone.
Carl's arm survives, but regardless, the situation was tailored to use what you know about the comic story against you. It's like an F-U to fans who thought they were too chicken to make Negan work in the show.
Big respect to them. Although i secretly was wishing Glenn survived...
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This episode was graphic indeed, but it's still a far cry from how Glenn went out in the graphic novel. Even Game of Thrones wasn't ballsy enough to show someone's in-tact face getting ripped apart, so I wasn't expecting them to go full detail on television. But The Viper vs. The Mountain was far more disturbing IMO.
- Everyone knows Negan has to kill someone. Everyone thinks Darryl is safe because of his fan following on the show.
- Everyone knows glenn is supposed to die because of comic spoilers. People doubt the show writers would piss off people by killing off a major character, so people expect one of the many newcomers to be axed off instead.
- Rick is missing a hand at this point in the comic, so after the trailer (when he takes Rick into the truck), people assume this is also where Rick loses his hand...solely because they know it happens in the comic.
So the writers use the meta knowledge to throw multiple curve balls of what we think we know is coming to keep it surprising for everyone.
- First person killed is Abraham. The show continues, people think Glen is safe and the writers chickened out. (Expected result. Show-only people are surprised, Comic faithful are somewhat annoyed.)
- Darryl freaks out and hits Negan. (Now everyone is fearing for Darryl)
- But instead of Negan killing Darryl, he kills Glenn. (Show-only people are double shocked, as they are supposed to be. Comic readers are now satisfied. People in both camps get a surprise.)
- Darryl dodges the bullet, but his fate is now unknown. His existence now seemingly causes the death of Glenn.
- Just when it looks like its slowing down, Negan sets up a situation where he's about to chop someone's limb off....But instead of Rick, it's Carl. (Show-only people are now triple shook, Comic readers have been curved yet again. After 2 deaths there's little reason to assume they won't do it.)
Carl's arm survives, but regardless, the situation was tailored to use what you know about the comic story against you. It's like an F-U to fans who thought they were too chicken to make Negan work in the show.
Big respect to them. Although i secretly was wishing Glenn survived...
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This episode was graphic indeed, but it's still a far cry from how Glenn went out in the graphic novel. Even Game of Thrones wasn't ballsy enough to show someone's in-tact face getting ripped apart, so I wasn't expecting them to go full detail on television. But The Viper vs. The Mountain was far more disturbing IMO.
How do you figure? It was pretty much the same.
Negan had broken Rick mentally.
Ultra Numb
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Then Simon would of took over and everyone dies.
nekkid
It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan.
That's just obtuse.
More_Badass
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And then everyone dies
Devilgunman
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It would be worse if Rick just fcking cut Carl's arm off. I wasn't expecting Negan to stop him tbh.
Ya and then guess what would happen to the remaining 8 people back with the 50+ saviors.
MadLaughter
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"Think about what could happen."
Was repeated 50 times. With Rick imagining all of the others being killed.
The Artisan
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everybody saying Daryl is the reason Glenn died, I thought Negan killed him coz he was gonna kill him anyway for jumping at him when he said he was gonna put Maggie out of her misery.
Kill Negan and then think of something. They've gotten out of worse shit before.
He went for the ax at first and it failed. A while later, Negan sits right beside him with just a bat and ax and he doesn't go for him? He walks past Negan to get out of the trailer and Negan only had a bat and he doesn't go for him? He climbs back into the trailer with an ax and Negan's back turned and he doesn't lunge at his back with it? WTF.
And wouldn't have gave a fuck if anyone else in the group got killed.
I miss Shane...lol.
No, he said he would give them one freebie, since it was an "emotional moment." lol, but then Daryl acted out too, so somebody else had to go down. Then he chose Glenn because reasons. Probably just to rattle them more since they were expecting him to kill Daryl.
He wouldn't have killed Glenn if no one in the group fucked up again, but I think he was itching to kill Glenn. I'm sure when Glenn jumped out of line in the first place he wanted to bash him right then and there. But Negan wants to seem somewhat reasonable so he couldn't kill him without giving a warning first.
No he gave the group a warning after Glenn jumped at him and said he wouldn't let that shit fly again.
xrnzaaas
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It's hilarious that in the new episode they couldn't even use a line 'suck my balls'. I wonder if they'll 'improve' the entire Bluray season this time.
The episode itself was good, didn't expect the second death.
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
Tell that to Invincible
DeaconKnowledge
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So is asking for the most popular show on cable to end cuz reasons.
Not to worry guys Abraham is alive but I wouldn't say well.
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