Typical "Walking Dead" season (other than the first). Slow until the end of the season episodes. I'm ready for when they decide to have a final season 
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Typical "Walking Dead" season (other than the first). Slow until the end of the season episodes. I'm ready for when they decide to have a final season
I've been satisfied with pacing. I know they are following a general framework. I'm miffed at times dealing with the alterations they've made with characters, but ok because the overall tone is true to the original story. Daryl was a great edition, but I'm most aggravated with offing Andrea in the show. Bastardos!
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Typical "Walking Dead" season (other than the first). Slow until the end of the season episodes. I'm ready for when they decide to have a final season
Blasphemy! There is still a lot of experiences they need to put these characters through! I say by season 10 we should be good! I am curious to see if they are going to end the comic book series soon. They are coming up on issue 150 and in a few more years 200.
I've been satisfied with pacing. I know they are following a general framework. I'm miffed at times dealing with the alterations they've made with characters, but ok because the overall tone is true to the original story. Daryl was a great edition, but I'm most aggravated with offing Andrea in the show. Bastardos!
You and me both re: Andrea! Grrrrrrrr.
I too am satisfied with the pacing and character interactions this season. I am really waiting to see who/what/death/cliff hanger we are left with when we hit the season finale!
Rough ep this week. Lost one and that Father. What's his angle? He should be grateful to the group but man, he threw them right under the bus. At least there was a witness.
I foresee a one or two more people not making it past this season. I just have a gut feeling on this.
Throwing them under, backing it up a few times, and then for good measure pouring a little gas on them and then using a blow torch to light them on fire! Yeah, there will be consequences for this one. Not to mention we have the son's death we have to break to mom back at the ASZ!
Going to be an interesting final two episodes of the season!
Did anybody else catch in the "next weeks preview", Daryl seeing what appeared to be a light or flash light off in the distance? I am speculating, but I think we will finally see one of the new bad guys here!
I was so sad to see Noah sacrifice his life for that POS, who was thinking only of himself.
And what's up with the preacher? Has he just finally lost the last of his marbles?
And what's up with the preacher? Has he just finally lost the last of his marbles?
That's not quite how I interpreted the scene. To me, Noah was a victim/consequence of the ASZ guy's cowardice and selfishness. Noah didn't willingly sacrifice himself to save someone else.
The preacher has never come to terms with what the "new world" requires for survival and he hasn't fully dealt with or taken responsibility for his own actions. The best way to make yourself feel better about your own shortcomings is to focus on what you feel are the shortcomings of others. Rather than embrace his own guilt and shame he's going to point out the "sins" of Rick's group. I think you could also easily say he's "lost it", but in the zombie apocalypse everyone has pretty much "lost it" to a certain degree.
I can see her blaming Glenn (even if it wasn't his fault) and getting Glenn offed in the finale episode.
I think it's been a mediocre season so far.
I have found that last two episodes a snooze fest. Hopefully something gripping happens soon...
Honestly, I getting bored. I know, blasphemy.
It's hard for me to get into it as I know there is no light at the end of the tunnel for them. This is all there is. Real life is discouraging enough.
Even the extra gore from this week didn't matter to me.
I'll hold on 'till the end of the season. Next season? Who knows.
It's hard for me to get into it as I know there is no light at the end of the tunnel for them. This is all there is. Real life is discouraging enough.
Even the extra gore from this week didn't matter to me.
I'll hold on 'till the end of the season. Next season? Who knows.
Interesting perspective. What do you think would make the show more entertaining or exciting for you? What would help you "get into it" more?
I think you're right on, he's guilt ridden, he's projecting his sins onto others (well, admitting for them, clearly, they've all some seriously f-ed up things...)
I'm more worried about Carol: she's gone from realist to slightly sociopathic.
I really dug on them - I find this more compelling than the zombie-attack-of-the-week.
I really dug on them - I find this more compelling than the zombie-attack-of-the-week.
I also prefer the fending off the zombie apocalypse too much
I will stick with it no doubt; have too much time invested in it.
I'm more worried about Carol: she's gone from realist to slightly sociopathic.
Carol is fabulous. However, I also think she is struggling to cope with her losses and that is partly why she was so mean to the kid initially. The way I see it, after the loss of Sophia and then the subsequent loss of the other girls, she doesn't want to get close to another kid ever again. Think about it, her threat to keep him silent made sense and she promised him all the cookies he wanted. Then in the next episode we see her doing everything she can to be rude to him and saying she won't make him anymore cookies. That's a pretty big risk, but she doesn't want to like him. The thing that snaps her out of it is the discovery of the abuse and the moxy the little boy showed in swiping the chocolate.
Watched the latest episode today...
I agree about him not coming to terms with his actions. Still I find this accusations regarding Rick's group to be heinous, or he has lost his religious marbles trying hard to fool himself and identify evil in people who don't deserve it when it comes to survival morality.
It's a transistion season. I'm into the character dynamics so I don't mind the relative lull and I think I know what's coming. It's pacing.
Yes, for individual perspective, I sympathetic to the feeling of the "I've had enough". To each his own. They are following along with the comic as a general framework, and there will be more group conflict. The show lives and dies by its characters and their personal interactions, not zombie deaths although at times zombie swarms have their purposes for driving the story.
I'm enjoying this story dynamic.
Agreed, we know death by zombie is a crusome death, but that was graphically raised several notches in the last episode.
I agree about him not coming to terms with his actions. Still I find this accusations regarding Rick's group to be heinous, or he has lost his religious marbles trying hard to fool himself and identify evil in people who don't deserve it when it comes to survival morality.
It's a transistion season. I'm into the character dynamics so I don't mind the relative lull and I think I know what's coming. It's pacing.
Yes, for individual perspective, I sympathetic to the feeling of the "I've had enough". To each his own. They are following along with the comic as a general framework, and there will be more group conflict. The show lives and dies by its characters and their personal interactions, not zombie deaths although at times zombie swarms have their purposes for driving the story.
I'm enjoying this story dynamic.
Agreed, we know death by zombie is a crusome death, but that was graphically raised several notches in the last episode.
Noah's death was by far the most gruesome of them all so far. It was flat out brutal. Between what appeared to be an eye popping and then having his cheek ripped off..... Poor guy.
My guess is that this season more or less ends with the mounting conflict between Rick's group and the ASZ people (where they currently reside) with a possible introduction to the next phase of the comic framework. And where is Jesus?
And where is Jesus?
There was a surprising amount of time between "now" and "Jesus" in the comics. At least a full 6 issue arc. I doubt we will meet him until next season.
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Last nights episode was getting pretty intense.............. They have done a pretty good job of setting up the season finale for the show next week!
Agreed! I was rooting for Carl to hopefully get the girl lol. Couldn't tell if Rick has gone crazy or if it was staged/strategic.
Apparently the new human bad guys are really awful. I get the feeling they will make the governor look angelic.
They certainly have turned up the drama to hype the season finale. The ending of this past week's episode was definitely intense. When I think back over the past several seasons it's easy to see how traumatized and feral our survivors have become. Rick is certainly coming across like a loose cannon at this point.
The writers are doing an excellent job of exploring post zombie apocalypse morality and ethics. It's interesting to ponder what happens to mankind when it ceases to be the "apex predator" in it's environment. How does survival morality differ from morality in normal life? Can one reconcile their sense of self with what is required to survive?
The writers are doing an excellent job of exploring post zombie apocalypse morality and ethics. It's interesting to ponder what happens to mankind when it ceases to be the "apex predator" in it's environment. How does survival morality differ from morality in normal life? Can one reconcile their sense of self with what is required to survive?