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Dwight. Makes sense that he's around for the season finale. I guess we'll have to wait to find out his part.the bloke with the burnt face
Eugene - playing a game, surely?
Next week must involve Oceanside. Will there be a fight or will some alliance/compromise be reached?
And a change of command of the Hilltop is coming.
Seems like a lot to fit in.
Eugene has historically not been averse to discarding his principles to save his skin - ie the whole lie which dragged Abraham/Rosita on a wild goose chase.
Well.....glad to see Negan make it through to the next season, but hopefully he will meet his end, in some kind of spectacular fashion at some point.
I fear I was caught up in the hype - slightly underwhelmed by the finale, Wife enjoyed but....
A fuggin Tiger ate his face off - I was happy enough with that.
Enough
Who's face did the tiger eat?
Well that was a bit lame. The budget constraints are really starting to show. After watching the final episode of Black Sails just before this I was left very underwhelmed. It just seems very tired now and all the tension has simply gone.
Probably one of the worst episodes. Lame slow and who hired the A team for the gun battle.
Err wtf was that?! It was like a Benny Hill sketch combined with a spaghetti western shootout. OK I got my tiger face-off wish but ffs what a lame action sequence in general.
The plot line wasn't too bad, I was wondering how the Saviours would stand up to all the groups at once but the double-cross sorted that issue. However once Sasha had done her thing and the shooting started it was just a farce, no real tension and over too soon. OK I get they're not a well trained military force but spraying bullets in random directions and turning around shooting people who, unless they were blind, would have already killed you is just lame.
Who's face did the tiger eat?
Someone's.
No-one's.
Doesn't really matter.
That gunfight scene was possibly one of the worst they've done...and they've done some dodgy ones. The "one-of-the-main-characters-might-die" tension is gone - I'm not sure any of the major players bit the dust in last night's episode did they? For a conclusion to bloody weeks of build-up, that left plenty of fans wanting. 😐
EDIT: I suppose Sasha's demise can be counted, but I think most people saw that coming.
Has it changed any from this?
Loved it at first but it got ridiculously repetitive.
I really enjoyed it. I kept last weeks episode too to watch them as a double-header. I realised the double-cross was going to happen, glad they didn't leave it on a cliff-hanger and that Negan made it to another series. The fight looks too assymetric now though so they'll have to come up with some way to even the odds. Another community would be too much to ask and as Negan knows the sizes of what's currently allied against him, why would he delay his war?
I also loved the music during the battle scene.
It's time they found a cure for the zombieness, it's been good and I've enjoyed it, last nights shootout...well. I'm hoping next season sees Negan turn to a good guy..they find a cure and all live happily ever after.
grum - MemberHas it changed any from this?
Loved it at first but it got ridiculously repetitive.
Yes, they sort of addressed that last night on the show "Atlanta, The Farm, the Prison and now here" (Alexandria) - they've been in Alexandria for 3 series now (of 7) and it looks to be permanent base, it’s only their second secured based after the Prison.
The plot has changed a lot in the last few years, it does drag at times (a lot of times) but the story does progress and evolve and whilst this does seem to still be a surprise to some viewers, the walkers, at numbers less than dozens if not hundreds aren’t the threat anymore, they haven't been for years – the survivors have learned to deal with them and they’re not hard to kill once you’re used to it, if you watch you’ll notice that the Guns they carry are first and foremost used in defence of other survivors – they just stab walkers.
The ‘world’ of the Walking Dead is actually bouncing back now, sort of, the remaining survivors have, re-established communities – and a sort of brutal civilisation – I wonder sometimes, post apocalyptic dramas in the US always go the same way – it’s a brutal dog eat dog world – the ‘old west’ was never like that, despite what some cowboy films portrayed, anyway – I’m sure a cure would be lovely, but they’re not going to bring back those who have turned already, they’re already dead, so the upside is limited to not having to stab your mate in the head when they die.
Anyway, I know they say there’s years worth of comic material left and they’re still writing new ones as I understand it – but we’re long past peak TWD TV now, and yes they look to have seriously hacked at the budget – A-Team shoot out about sums it up, running around blasting away with plastic looking assault rifles in random directions with no obvious effect to shooter who whatever they were vaguely firing at, it just wasn’t well done – it looked crap and lacked any sort of drama, bad enough for one of the biggest TV shows in the world, but considering they’ve been building up to it (and doing little else) for most of this series, it was a major let down – saved only by the Tiger.
Yeah, but, that daft 'king' shouting
''Alexandria shall not fall on this day! huzzah!''
I mean c'mon..
Did anyone else notice Daryls fancy rail gun (or whatever is was) completely changing in firing sound between action scenes?
As with most shows I watch out of interest of where/how the story meets its conclusion - but I tend to agree that the budget constraints and plodding nature are getting a bit long in the tooth.
I really want to see Rick grow a bigger pair and the group to spread their wings a bit. Sitting around in Alexandria cowering is d.u.l.l.
I get that Negan holds (held?) the power trip cards, but the show is sorely missing in tactical assaults/booby traps. and Zombies.
Still, at least Sasha's dead. Been holding out for that one for years.
And whats with Jesus? He arrived as a stealth ninja dude with an interesting personality, now he just hangs around in living rooms looking a bit trampy.
IMO - they need to jump forward in time about 5-10 years - to give a real perspective of how their fragile society has changed, how the younger kids developed, and if the 'Z' situation ever eases.
Adding contact with another country wouldn't hurt either.
Mind you, If I see another car started up on first attempt after a 4/5/6 year standing period.. I may just declare poppycock.
I liked how the Stig of the Dump style group were using bikes. That's what we need, more cycles! The whole double cross thing just seemed like lazy writing. Between the dialogue of Stig's crew and the Kingdom it's slowly morphing into The Walking Amateur Dramatics Society.
yeah, the stig dialogue is just plain stupid - nowhere near enough time has passed to develop that kind of phrasing among a group.
I enjoyed it, silly nonsense.
Is Rick immortal or something 😆
Pigface - Member
I enjoyed it, silly nonsense.Is Rick immortal or something
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Well yes, they all are - sort of...;)
He does seem to be able to shrug off a pistol wound to the vague area between his nipples and knee.
Bit shit that. Half the episode wasted on some emotional rubbish between a dead bloke and Sasha. The writing has been so pitiful that I was half expecting the last series to have all been her dream...
And I see they've pulled the same trick as with the governor. The first fight being a bit useless so setting up to have another go a few episodes later. If the first ep of the next series is entirely devoted to a completely pointless Negan backstory, this will confirm it.
Just got round to watching the finale.
Can't say I'm desperate for the next series to begin.
Seems to be 4 episodes a season and then a lot of filler.
First episode
Mid season finale
Episode after break
Season finale
This time round the Finale felt like Mid-season Finale
Fear the Walking Dead back in a couple of months- I have to say that looking forward to that more than another round of Rick and co.
Just binged this with a cold.
Never again will they get a minute of my time, they're just ripping the arse out of it now.
Is it out yet?
UK tonight
Should have ended 2 seasons ago. I caught the first episode with negan. It's just a joke now and basically dragging it out.
Should have ended 2 seasons ago. I caught the first episode with negan. It's just a joke now and basically dragging it out.
Can’t argue, I know the books go on forever but a great TV series needs an over-all story and TWD seems to have given up on it, feel repetitive, drawn out and stale.
I don’t see it ever having a satisfactory end either, it makes a fortune for the makers so when ratings drop they just cut the budget a bit.
I’m still watching, but it’s not the must-see thing it was a few years back.
Yeah same here, I'll carry on watching it but not with the same enthusiasm. Although GoT is lauded for killing off main characters TWD was doing it well before - both seem to be adopting a more traditional line these days but at least GoT still has a reasonably complex & intriguing story to unfold, I just don't see me caring half as much when TWD ends.
It was a good thing in the early seasons that people not zombies gradually became the real threat but now as each series focuses almost exclusively on a different set of human baddies you may as well not even have zombies in it anymore.
yeah yeah its crap but I still want to see it. Zombies!
Larest series of Z-Nation is great !
kimbers - Member
Larest series of Z-Nation is great !
Can't get on with it no matter how hard i try.
Much prefer fear the walking dead now, although with the introduction of the Proctors I really hope its not going to go the same way as TWD.
As this is the only time we are joined downstairs by our son to watch any evening programme ..long may it continue ( I think he still gets a bit scared 😀 )
Dp
yeah yeah its crap but I still want to see it. Zombies!
Wouldn't mind seeing some zombies in it. There needs to be a way to make them a bit more dangerous again.
So glad I tapped out at Season 2 Episode 2. A work colleague convinced me to check out season 3, or perhaps it was 4 but either way it quickly became obvious that it was just same protracted nonsense.
Aha jimjam, these mean nothing to you then...
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Lovely ..thanks for letting us know ..and I'm sure your life has taken a turn for the better 😀
I used the time I would have wasted watching 8 seasons of the Walking Dead to watch better television 😆
We still watch it out of habit more than anything else , watched the first series of fear but gave up a couple of episodes in as I just found it more of the same .
No zombies but if your into post apocalyptic stuff but with a very different tone to walking dead last man on earth is well worth a watch
Yeah same here, I'll carry on watching it but not with the same enthusiasm. Although GoT is lauded for killing off main characters TWD was doing it well before - both seem to be adopting a more traditional line these days but at least GoT still has a reasonably complex & intriguing story to unfold, I just don't see me caring half as much when TWD ends.
For me, the massive difference between TWD and GOT is, that GOT has a purpose - okay, so there are short little sub-plots and the odd character that just seems to disappear, but it's going to tell you a story with a start, a middle and an end. I was a bit miffed they decided to make the last series two and spread it out, but it was mostly great so far.
The TWD has literally lost the plot, it's becoming more soap opera, characters come, and they go, there are some plots that span a series or two - like the current Negan thing, but really, if you look at the series what usually happens is - 'explosive' first episode - pretty much half the story, then it dies down to a trickle of Soap Opera, love story, stab a few walkers in the face, Explosive mid-series finale with a chunky cliffhanger, starts again with Explosive first ep, Soap Opera for a few more weeks - cliffhanger.
I've not idea how it should end, but I suspect when it does, it will happen between series when someone pulls the plug on it, rather than a proper ending.
Kind of ironic that TWD is basically a zombie TV show, just plodding on with no sense of purpose. Occasionally causing damage to peoples brains through it's implausible actions.