I mean at least they're trying something different than the typical horribly acted/run of the mill baddies they run into but this is pretty bad. I guess you can say it's original?
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The Walking Dead Season 7, Part 2 Sundays on AMC
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I mean at least they're trying something different than the typical horribly acted/run of the mill baddies they run into but this is pretty bad. I guess you can say it's original?
SDCowboy
Member
I'm sorry but the second half of this season just flat out sucks. It's goofy, seems totally toned down violence and intensity wise, and it just feels like it's going nowhere. Negan is the only thing saving this season, and he's barely even been on the second half.
If this second half is the tone the show is taking from here on, I may be done.
If this second half is the tone the show is taking from here on, I may be done.
Undead Fantasy
Member
Jesus that deer looked horrendous.
SDCowboy
Member
So true. The show is seriously starting to feel like a soap opera now.
More_Badass
Member
I've been on the fence this entire season. Which is something I never imagined would happen with The Walking Dead
Finally, a good episode last week...then this boring-ass, painfully obvious "furthering the plot" episode with shitty acting (looking at you, Christian Serratos) and good actors phoning it in (Andrew & Danai). Or perhaps they were just that uninspired by the horrid writing.
I know it will pay off with something very exciting, eventually, but man...the lows in this show are such a fucking drag.
Just give me Eugene & Neegan for the rest of the season, please.
I know it will pay off with something very exciting, eventually, but man...the lows in this show are such a fucking drag.
Just give me Eugene & Neegan for the rest of the season, please.
SDCowboy
Member
I mean, I don't know what the reasoning is for the tonal change in the show, but it's just getting beyond boring. It's campy, goofy, lets talk about our emotions while we wonder around, garbage.
Heck, in this episode, did you notice even almost all of the zombie killing was either just implied, or off screen?
DodgyGeezerFella
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SCAVENGE
FUCK
SCAVENGE
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SLEEP
DRIVE
SLEEP
DEER !
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SCAVENGE
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SLEEP
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DEER !
SDCowboy
Member
Agreed. We finally get an episode that feels like TWD again, and then it's back to a goofy, laughing, walking around and talking episode.
More_Badass
Member
I brought it up last page. It's even more noticeable when you go watch episodes from past seasons
Clear was this episode done much better
The whole scavenging run plot can be fun and exciting, and has been in other episodes, but this wasn't that
SDCowboy
Member
I'm starting to wonder if this second half is possibly in response to the folks who couldn't handle the violence of the first half (and end of last season). It's like the show has suddenly morphed into a PG soap opera.
More_Badass
Member
It was. Gale Anne Hurd said they toned down the violence in the second half in response to that, but then Nicotero and Gimple rushed to say that they didn't
SDCowboy
Member
Good grief. Well hopefully they return to the grittiness that made the show great, next season, because this is awful.
Killing_Joke
Member
Garbage episode. They really do have a talent of stretching a 5 minute plot into an entire episode. The Rick fake out was hilariously awful.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
There has been a lot of mediocre green screen this season. Like when Rick was at the top of Up Up Up and looked out over the junkyard. Also, I never want to type Up Up Up again after this post.
More_Badass
Member
I didn't like this episode, but that scene with Michonne clearly wasn't trying to fake out the audience
oh, no doubt (I think I even mentioned that in my rant 2 weeks ago)..but that deer was something else.
Samurai G0SU
Member
is the shows resolution 720p? lot of things looked blurry this episode.
maybe its my hopper - even though i have it set to 1080p/i output, it wouldnt matter if the source is lower.
maybe its my hopper - even though i have it set to 1080p/i output, it wouldnt matter if the source is lower.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
people turn into hyper critics when it comes to this show yet 75% of the criticism is misplaced. Always makes me giggle.
Also FOOKIN CHRIST Rosita is annoying as hell.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Lol deer god
youngplaya21
Member
Does everyone else think that the final showdown with Negan and the group attacking their base may be pushed back til next season? Worried that the season will end on a cliffhanger or Rick saying 'Let's go' or something....
Also, hope the next episode Rosita is in is her last: holy hell has her shtick gotten old and annoying...
Also, hope the next episode Rosita is in is her last: holy hell has her shtick gotten old and annoying...
Samurai G0SU
Member
i bet itll be negan catching them off guard putting them on their knees again or something. there always has to be some type of crazy climatic cliffhanger and i think that would be something good in order to jump start things with them attacking. or maybe one where carol goes undercover and takes everyone out at the saviors headquaters.
-Pyromaniac-
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there's definitely not enough time this season I don't think to have the full epic fight arc take place. I think it will be the shit just popped off for real and there's no going back type of season finale.
I do hope we get to enjoy Negan at least one more season tbh. And stop hating on Rosita. Tera is way more terrible.
Final showdown? I can't fathom that happening this season. We have four more episodes, right? Looks like Carol is back in next episode. We need to get Ezekiel and the Kingdom on board, get more guns for weirdo junkyard peeps join in (does the Kingdom supply the necessary guns?), figure out how the hell things are going to play out with Oceanside, and figure out Eugene's play from within the Saviors at minimum, I think.
Tall order. I think we'll see at least some of those groups come together by the finale for their first organized skirmish with Negan. I don't follow any blogs or read any spoilers, so if I'm foolish and way off base here, be gentle please.
Yep. Agreed.
Tera's character has gotten far less annoying since her introduction, though. I thought Rosita started off well -- a badass who didn't talk much. Unfortunately (and to be fair to Christian), I can't think of many actors who could pull off what they are asking her to do in terms of script. Personally, I don't feel like it's a natural evolution of her character at all. She loved Abraham, yes, and Neegan brutally murdered him. But Abraham also betrayed her, and she is allied with the other woman. I think her response would actually be very similar to what Sasha went through (brilliantly acted, by the way) after her love interest died, but it seems like either the writers didn't want to go back to that well again (understandable), or didn't think she had the chops to pull it off.
Grizzle_Dat
Banned
My main gripe with last nights episode was when the walker got his gun jammed and started firing it didn't attract any walkers to it. Anyone else shooting a gun would have been swarmed because of the noise . Instead they go for the car,
They're not really in the zombie apocalypse, the deer was a glitch in the Matrix. Rick and the deer bugged out when the zombies swarmed, teleporting Rick into the box. The junkyard is a glitch too. The AI code was never fully written for the NPCs there, so they talk like toddlers.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
They've been able to show a character's feelings without glenning before.
Herr Schwarz
Banned
All out action will be the final EP of the season. With the action concluding at the start.
Think that's what happens with Terminus also.
They still gottah have dialogues for Carl development after him being away. They got to have an ep with the women village. A separate ep for Tara or whoever going to star trek getting killed off.
Then the finale of it going all out with the wrap up on the start of season 8.
It's just embarassing that they spent the whole episode trying to find enough guns for the Garbage People, but even after they find a shitload of guns the Garbage Lady says "Not enough, we need more". So now we have to endure at least 2 more episodes of them trying to find guns. The writers are so obviously stalling for more time and are completely shameless about it. It's the television narrative equivalent of "Sorry, but the Princess is in another castle."
I almost would have preferred it if they had discovered that all the soldiers' guns were inoperable or had no available ammo. At least that would have seemed a little less transparent.
As a side note though, I actually like how stupid and corny the Garbage People are. I would prefer that the show stay very comic book-y and pulpy, rather than being so incredibly self-serious.
I almost would have preferred it if they had discovered that all the soldiers' guns were inoperable or had no available ammo. At least that would have seemed a little less transparent.
As a side note though, I actually like how stupid and corny the Garbage People are. I would prefer that the show stay very comic book-y and pulpy, rather than being so incredibly self-serious.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Deer runs while Michone and Rick are whispering but stays still for a herd of moaning scowling zombies to eat it.
Spikematic
Member
What an atrocious episode. Completely indefensible and that's coming from someone who can stomach the most slow-paced of episodes. Those garbage people are the WORST. It sucks we'll have to tolerate them for fuck knows how many more episodes.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
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Say yes
WinterIsComing
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It's like the writers are trying their best to make the characters look as stupid as possible.
Here i am with 10 walkers to kill. Oh, wait, there's a deer. Heeeeeere deery deery. Oh, let me climb this giant wheel so i can see it better. Damn, this deer really looks bad. Oops, i'm falling and probably gonna die.
Please... i'm not even sure why i keep watching this
Here i am with 10 walkers to kill. Oh, wait, there's a deer. Heeeeeere deery deery. Oh, let me climb this giant wheel so i can see it better. Damn, this deer really looks bad. Oops, i'm falling and probably gonna die.
Please... i'm not even sure why i keep watching this
The Horror the horror
Banned
Think it's time to kill some more main characters.
These actors look bored and without energy.
Bring some fresh, inspiring meat to the fold.
These actors look bored and without energy.
Bring some fresh, inspiring meat to the fold.
I've been so busy with work that I couldn't watch the episode when it aired like I normally do, or at least directly after air time. After all I'm reading in this thread, should I just forgo it completely and wait until next week? Haha. Sounds like another "Oh fuck how many episodes did we agree to, again? Start filming something now!" episode by everyone's description.
Mr.Shrugglesã
Banned
Fixed.