THE WALKING DEAD...and all things zombie

HughFreakingDillon

tempo_n_groove said:

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HughFreakingDillon said:

that season 10 ending was weird. no cliffhanger. no big dramatic moment. odd. 

and one thing I've always been bothered by with this show is the episodes that focus on one character/group. then you don't get to see what happens with the other groups for at least a couple episodes. can't stand that. 

I have never cared for character development and "back stories".  It's a zombie apocalypse.  Nobody gives a shit what you used to be.  Everyone has demons.

Now go out there and scavenge and be bad asses.

That's just me though...

I actually like some of the back stories. it gives context and insight into their current personas. 

Meh, I just want them to kill shit.

season 1 and 2 are your bag then. lol

Yep, that's what I loved.  it's been trying to become something that most of us zombie lovers don't care about.

If you look at what the OG team has done too is fucked up every situation they have gone into.  Farm, prison, Woodbury, Alexandria, I know I'm forgetting some.  It just seems like they are the protagonists since they kept ruining established places.

Just kill the effing zombies.

that's actually a question that was raised in season 10 ("are we the good guys?"). like none of the viewers had thought of this before, of course it's possible the OG group is just as bad as every other group. Sure, the governor had a tv room full of heads. sure, negan smashed skulls with a baseball bat. but rick and crew pre-emptively murdered people while they slept. every group is just trying to survive. 

My big problem to this is all throughout history, man got together and rebuilded, not this Lord of the Flies crap.  Hell they put criminals on a continent and they policed themselves and became a country.  A few groups can't put their bloodlust down for a greater good?

Georgie seems to be the only person doing this, rebuilding, so either the writers are feminists or they are just trying to prove that man is just plain evil, lol.

EDIT:  Or that the world is just a crappy place to be no matter what.

I think being thrust into a situation like that creates paranoia and survival instinct to a much larger degree than you are giving credit for. Finite resources, constant threat of being bitten/eaten alive by zombies, having to brave the elements and not just sitting in a heated house with tv and a warm shower; etc. australia was founded in a much different time. our generation are used to comfort. 

tempo_n_groove

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

that season 10 ending was weird. no cliffhanger. no big dramatic moment. odd. 

and one thing I've always been bothered by with this show is the episodes that focus on one character/group. then you don't get to see what happens with the other groups for at least a couple episodes. can't stand that. 

I have never cared for character development and "back stories".  It's a zombie apocalypse.  Nobody gives a shit what you used to be.  Everyone has demons.

Now go out there and scavenge and be bad asses.

That's just me though...

I actually like some of the back stories. it gives context and insight into their current personas. 

Meh, I just want them to kill shit.

season 1 and 2 are your bag then. lol

Yep, that's what I loved.  it's been trying to become something that most of us zombie lovers don't care about.

If you look at what the OG team has done too is fucked up every situation they have gone into.  Farm, prison, Woodbury, Alexandria, I know I'm forgetting some.  It just seems like they are the protagonists since they kept ruining established places.

Just kill the effing zombies.

that's actually a question that was raised in season 10 ("are we the good guys?"). like none of the viewers had thought of this before, of course it's possible the OG group is just as bad as every other group. Sure, the governor had a tv room full of heads. sure, negan smashed skulls with a baseball bat. but rick and crew pre-emptively murdered people while they slept. every group is just trying to survive. 

My big problem to this is all throughout history, man got together and rebuilded, not this Lord of the Flies crap.  Hell they put criminals on a continent and they policed themselves and became a country.  A few groups can't put their bloodlust down for a greater good?

Georgie seems to be the only person doing this, rebuilding, so either the writers are feminists or they are just trying to prove that man is just plain evil, lol.

EDIT:  Or that the world is just a crappy place to be no matter what.

I think being thrust into a situation like that creates paranoia and survival instinct to a much larger degree than you are giving credit for. Finite resources, constant threat of being bitten/eaten alive by zombies, having to brave the elements and not just sitting in a heated house with tv and a warm shower; etc. australia was founded in a much different time. our generation are used to comfort. 

I will counter w the prison and Alexandria.  2 of the places I mentioned earlier that they ruined.

I will also mention that Australia has 5 of the deadliest snakes and 7 of the deadliest spiders on their continent so it wasn't comfy, lol.

Man needs the basic essentials, food, water, shelter.  The writing doesn't follow those basic needs.

You see during the show like when Morgan goes off he finds people surviving.  They found a way.  it's been amazing that a bigger group can't find a way without traveling hordes(whisperers, wolves, etc) that don't seem to need shelter and just roam.

I am having a lot of fun discussing this w you right now.  Thanks

HughFreakingDillon

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

tempo_n_groove said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

that season 10 ending was weird. no cliffhanger. no big dramatic moment. odd. 

and one thing I've always been bothered by with this show is the episodes that focus on one character/group. then you don't get to see what happens with the other groups for at least a couple episodes. can't stand that. 

I have never cared for character development and "back stories".  It's a zombie apocalypse.  Nobody gives a shit what you used to be.  Everyone has demons.

Now go out there and scavenge and be bad asses.

That's just me though...

I actually like some of the back stories. it gives context and insight into their current personas. 

Meh, I just want them to kill shit.

season 1 and 2 are your bag then. lol

Yep, that's what I loved.  it's been trying to become something that most of us zombie lovers don't care about.

If you look at what the OG team has done too is fucked up every situation they have gone into.  Farm, prison, Woodbury, Alexandria, I know I'm forgetting some.  It just seems like they are the protagonists since they kept ruining established places.

Just kill the effing zombies.

that's actually a question that was raised in season 10 ("are we the good guys?"). like none of the viewers had thought of this before, of course it's possible the OG group is just as bad as every other group. Sure, the governor had a tv room full of heads. sure, negan smashed skulls with a baseball bat. but rick and crew pre-emptively murdered people while they slept. every group is just trying to survive. 

My big problem to this is all throughout history, man got together and rebuilded, not this Lord of the Flies crap.  Hell they put criminals on a continent and they policed themselves and became a country.  A few groups can't put their bloodlust down for a greater good?

Georgie seems to be the only person doing this, rebuilding, so either the writers are feminists or they are just trying to prove that man is just plain evil, lol.

EDIT:  Or that the world is just a crappy place to be no matter what.

I think being thrust into a situation like that creates paranoia and survival instinct to a much larger degree than you are giving credit for. Finite resources, constant threat of being bitten/eaten alive by zombies, having to brave the elements and not just sitting in a heated house with tv and a warm shower; etc. australia was founded in a much different time. our generation are used to comfort. 

I will counter w the prison and Alexandria.  2 of the places I mentioned earlier that they ruined.

I will also mention that Australia has 5 of the deadliest snakes and 7 of the deadliest spiders on their continent so it wasn't comfy, lol.

Man needs the basic essentials, food, water, shelter.  The writing doesn't follow those basic needs.

You see during the show like when Morgan goes off he finds people surviving.  They found a way.  it's been amazing that a bigger group can't find a way without traveling hordes(whisperers, wolves, etc) that don't seem to need shelter and just roam.

I am having a lot of fun discussing this w you right now.  Thanks

when I said "comfy" I mean our current generation, like 1990's era. Not in 1901 when the conditions all over were a little less....comfortable. So it wouldn't have been as much of a shock putting those people in that situation as it would putting people used to going to their monthly massage to fighting off the dead. 

But yeah, it is a tad unbelievable that everywhere they go they seem to find some murderous horde of extremists that just want to destroy the world, lol. 

But this is also the world where zombies can exist, and exist without needing some kind of sustenance to stay alive and active. 

dudeman

Still hanging in there with TWD. I feel committed to see the series through to the end.

eeriepadave

Can't believe this show is finally over. I haven't watched it since like season 8 or 9 though. Guess I can finally get caught up now?

dudeman

Well, it's over and it isn't. I don't want to give anything away but it looks like they took a page from the MCU playbook. They're going full on spin offs and cross overs.

tempo_n_groove

dudeman said:

Well, it's over and it isn't. I don't want to give anything away but it looks like they took a page from the MCU playbook. They're going full on spin offs and cross overs.

They've done a few spinoffs already and Fear was good in the beginning and I refused to watch the kids one as I don't want to be disappointed in the cyclical writing.  They'll hire a new writer that writes the same stories that were already done but try to make them seem fresh...

The main thing that pissed me off about this movie is that society never tried to get back together.  That is something I never see as happening.

Vitalogensia

It's been many years since the last episode I watched.  Got tired of all the characters.  So unless the zombies win at the end by killing literally everyone, I've no interest in getting caught up.

Gern Blansten

Vitalogensia said:

It's been many years since the last episode I watched.  Got tired of all the characters.  So unless the zombies win at the end by killing literally everyone, I've no interest in getting caught up.

That would be a fitting final scene. Like a zombie thanksgiving with Rick and Daryl as the main course

tempo_n_groove

Just curious if anybody is still watching?  Any insight because this thread is dead, lol.

Jumb0

I watched the first episode of Dead City and never went back. 

tempo_n_groove

Jumb0 said:

I watched the first episode of Dead City and never went back. 

I don't even know what that is, lol.  Please explain.

CarryTheZero

New miniseries with Neegan and Maggie from Walking Dead. They go to NYC.

Jumb0

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

I watched the first episode of Dead City and never went back. 

I don't even know what that is, lol.  Please explain.

Negan and Maggie on Broadway

tempo_n_groove

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

I watched the first episode of Dead City and never went back. 

I don't even know what that is, lol.  Please explain.

Negan and Maggie on Broadway

I went and googled it to get a broader definition.

It seems people were in agreement that Fear ended up sucking as well as TWD and the other spinoff was worse than the both of them combined.

But a few people have said the same thing.  First epi stunk and the next few have been solid so maybe give it another go?