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Was anyone else Disappointed by last nights the walking dead ?
I reckon I would've been if the last few series are anything to go by...
Was better than the first half of the series. Nice to see some creative zombie slaying for the first time in a while
It was ok, trying to figure out who he was smiling at, at the end.
A lot of slaughter but it was a little flat.
1st season was amazing. Each season thereafter got steadily worse.
No coincidence that it got worse after Frank Darabont left.
Was anyone else Disappointed by last nights the walking dead ?
I've been disappointed with pretty much every episode of S7. Haven't watched last nights one yet. It's definitely run its course.
I was out after episode 1 of season 7.
I fell asleep
They really do need to get off the story arc of the graphic novels. All the getting together to face Negan, and The Kingdom is dull as ditchwater stuff. It needs stripping back to the basics with a smaller, more vulnerable group.
trying to figure out [s]who[/s]what he was smiling at, at the end.
The realisation that he's just found his new army to take on the saviours.
Thought last nights episode was pretty good.
Anyone else finding King Ezekiel annoying as ****?
Thought last nights episode was pretty good.
Me too. Also enjoyed the mid-season return. Just want to see them get on with it and take the fight to the Saviours now.
Anyone else finding King Ezekiel annoying as ****?
Forsooth, let it be said that this is the case, verily.
I like the fact the nihilists from The Big Lewbowski are surviving the zombie apocalypse.
Anyone else notice what looked like a plane behind Rick's head when he was on top of the rubbish pile? Probably just missed in the editing, but never know with these shows.
Not nearly enough Negan since the mid season break.
Yep, saw that, but decided it was a bird, not a plane.
Do we know how much time has elapsed since "the event"? Cos that group last night seem to have gone all "mad max" apocalypse vocabulary pretty quick.
The walking dead - plenty of them in Leeds.
Was an OK episode, the underlying issue of the zombies just being mildly annoying bit-part players these days remains though. They have to contrive situations in which to make them seem any real threat. Even in the latest episode it was almost laughable as Rick and Michonne kept looking up concerned at the walkers half a mile away walking slowly towards them and then a couple of minutes later suddenly had to run through them pfft.
As naff as it would be they need some super zombies like in World War Z once Negan's dead (hopefully along with 99% of the current bloated cast) and make it a zombie survival show again
My counter to that is that after so much time they are not scared by the "biters" almost blasé. They know how to kill them, many of them are in bad shape.
There was a discussion about how people would cope if the dead could run, as in World Was Z, the conclusion was they wouldn't it would be game over.
This weeks boss level zombie was pretty easy
Do we know how much time has elapsed since "the event"? Cos that group last night seem to have gone all "mad max" apocalypse vocabulary pretty quick.
Various time lines put it at only a couple of years at most, unless you're Carl, in which case it's about five years!
This weeks boss level zombie was pretty easydefeated by some sofa cushions and a random trash bag of rags.
Yep. Needs a new show runner for me. It's a bit too bleak as well. What's wrong with a bit of hope? Where's the bloody people? Why can no one communicate with other states or other countries. It needs to be scaled back cast wise and scaled up location wise. And it needs a road map to an end date before people start switching off in greater numbers.
Also noticed that the King sounded like Johnson from peep show for a while in that last episode.
Anyone else notice what looked like a plane behind Rick's head when he was on top of the rubbish pile? Probably just missed in the editing, but never know with these shows.
I was temporarily blinded by the horrific CGI.
I was temporarily blinded by the horrific CGI.
Wait. That was a green screen? It seemed so real!
😀
No CGI, they're having to use different tigers so sometimes it looks like it's a different size
I found the last episode pretty dull. Im hangin in there as I want to see how the downfall of Negan comes about.
Surely there has to be a wicked twist or two leading up to the liberation.
Agree that it would be good to see more zombie threat and isolation, but, isolation probably doesnt translate well to multiple seasons and the human element of such a landscape is an interesting subject.
No CGI, they're having to use different tigers so sometimes it looks like it's a different size
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Anyone else notice what looked like a plane behind Rick's head when he was on top of the rubbish pile? Probably just missed in the editing, but never know with these shows.
There's a helipad in the background of that screen grab above too...
Maybe Negan will get taken out by a Hellfire missile from an Apache...
Great episode last night 😆 some proper gruesome zombie killing
Pigface - MemberGreat episode last night some proper gruesome zombie killing
I enjoyed it, I casually said "ah, this is the episode that Rick dies" I'm not sure where it came from, but my OH jaw hit the floor.
Not sure if I enjoyed last night's episode or not, I guess I was disappointed nothing properly kicked off but at the same time know the writers like to have a few padding build-up episodes before the big events of the season.
At least Carol's back and an unstable Morgan is always a good thing, now I just want to see the tiger munching on Saviours...
The writers have explained that the long dead are deteriorating. The scarier ones will be those that have recently turned.Pigface - Member
My counter to that is that after so much time they are not scared by the "biters" almost blasé. They know how to kill them, many of them are in bad shape.
Good things from last night:
Force-of-nature Carol is back. I LOLed at the road sign scene.
Mental Morgan. He could go off in any direction.
Oceanside is about to get dragged in.
The dialogue between Rick and Michonne puts us on notice to be prepared for the loss of another major character.
I wouldnt chuck Michonne out of the bed for eating crackers, i can tell thee...
Meh, the contrived situations wind me up more than they should. I mean you get a decent sniper rifle but then come up with dumb reasons why it's better to run into the compound carrying it. Next week better not be a CQB clearance of the compound using the sniper rifle else the writers have played too much Counterstrike...
@FuzzyWuzzy, I suspect we'll all be disappointed by next week's episode. It's the last but one, it'll be more staging and more tension building.
I've mentally prepared myself for the last one in 2 weeks to end on the Mother, Brother and Sister of a cliff hanger, it's 'how they do'.
Yeah it's all got a little dull at the moment. It's not really the Walking Dead now, more Piggy and Ralph in Lord of the Flies. If i wanted to watch that, i would.... I want Zombies, crazy crazy zombies....
It seems like they've run out of Zombie plot.... which lets be honest... means it's lost all it's purpose.
Well I am still enjoying it 😆
Who is the shadowy figure that Rossitta bumps into?
Pigface- it'll be Jesus or Darryl or both.
Holding a crossbow, no? Must be Daryl.
Really disappointing episode though. How many times they can rehash the 'tense search by saviours' thing? And the girly bonding over sniper rifle was just tiresome.
Doesn't the bloke with the burnt face still have daryls bow? thought daryl had got a new one from the kingdom.
Could be him but Rosita thinks its daryl?
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.