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Enderzero posted:What's their excuse for this season? That AMC owns the show and will gently caress it anyway they want, any time they want. Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Better Call Saul and the vast majority of things NOT Walking Dead on their network are co-owned IPs so AMC can be told no. Walking Dead properties don't get to say no. ED: I get the feeling the writing room is more a corporate feedback meeting more than anything. At least it's not Fear, where I swear to God think the writers are high as loving kites (and I'm not even really joking). Nobody can be as dumb as the Fear writers sober.
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some guy on the bus posted:Season 2 had Shane. They badly need a Shane or Merle type to cause drama and fighting within the group. You badly forget what counted as drama in Season 2. You could write the whole season on a basic loop. 10 Character says some view point they have and always have 20 Character goes into a room and says this to another character 30 Other character repeats their viewpoint they always say 40 Mention Sophia 50 Goto 10 The last couple episodes when Herschel actually changed his mind and decided to become awesome are the only ones worthwhile, if for nothing more than the hilarious infinite ammo shotgun. To be honest the show really needs a Herschel or a Dale to keep the character's heads on straight, more than another trouble maker. ED: Also I want to say that they totally wasted Bernthal's talent on Shane stretching it out for so long (and being blissfully unaware how psychotic they made Laurie at the end). I've seen him some things after and he's so much better without a poo poo script. He killed it at the Punisher over on Netflix now. Blazing Ownager fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Nov 17, 2016 |
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BlindSite posted:Youd think after abraham had been there for a while there wouldve been something like this. It's getting impossible to watch the show at this point with how lobotomized the characters act. These are things small hunter-gatherer tribes figure out. No one but the Kingdom has figured out the advanced technology of the spear. No one is ever watching out for trouble when literal chimps set lookouts. These people should be paranoid as hell but walk around without looking around corners .
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To be fair, Hilltop also uses spears. They should have tried taking out Negan with a sniper. They're all "what if Negan finds out", but not being found out is kind of what snipers are kind of supposed to be good at. Based on previews, though, their one good sniper is at Hilltop now.
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I'm really surprised more of them didn't have hidden guns, and how the gently caress is Michonne so bad at hiding. She knew they were there but she still sits and gawks in a doorway?
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I love Negan, I enjoyed the latest episode, I love the Morse code easter egg. It's me, I'm the worst Walking Dead fan.
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I am too. We are Negan.
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Blazing Ownager posted:You badly forget what counted as drama in Season 2. You could write the whole season on a basic loop. The show was never great but the characters of Shane, Daryl, Hershel, and Dale made it entertaining enough. I remember bad parts like that but I remember parts like Rick/Shane fighting and I enjoyed those and wondering what Daryl would do next before he lost all nuance. I miss the arguing and in-fighting they used to do. Rick/Spenser and Michone giving mean looks is a crappy version of that.
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britishbornandbread posted:I love Negan, I enjoyed the latest episode, I love the Morse code easter egg. John F Bennett posted:I am too. We are Negan. It's okay. I can bitch about various aspects of TWD all day but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't shamelessly addicted to this show.
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I watched S5 and S6 out of some weird obligation but Negan has brought me right back in. Love his character and his delivery. Sorry for those in the thread who don't like him, I understand that. I will be honest, when he finally dies it will be a wonderful moment.
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britishbornandbread posted:I love Negan, I enjoyed the latest episode, I love the Morse code easter egg. Why do you like Negan? He just says the same thing over and over. You could switch around his scenes in any order and you won't know the difference.
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Maybe true, but I like what I like. I enjoy the wisecracks against the backdrop of the end of the world, and the intensity he turns on at a moments notice when he thinks he is being hosed with. He is slightly more unnerving than the Governor, and I loved his role too.
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I liked him at first as well. I also love pizza but I want some drat variety and not the same toppings every day.
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I like Negan. JDM is a great actor and plays the whole 'charming and eloquent but super intimidating' part very well. Rick is a broken man, which I'm not sure I like. I can see how his will was just completely broken but he's been there before and was defiant to the end. Like when he told that guy at Terminus he was going to kill him with that machete despite from his perspective being moments from getting killed himself. Then he made good on that promise. Seems a little out of character for him to just be completely broken with no will left to fight. Just want to repeat that Negan rules through fear and that Daryl centric episode showed how most of the Saviors just follow out of fear. If they just shot Negan right in the face while he was at the gate the majority would have booked it. There would have been some true believers who stayed and fought but they'd be few in number and leaderless. Speculation here but I think we're heading towards Rick deciding he has to fight than rallying Hilltop behind them and through Carol and Morgan allying with the Kingdom then going to war with the Saviors. Probably see Rick decide to fight by the midseason finale, with the back half forming the alliances and ultimately the war. Edit: I also get the feeling a major turning point will be Dwight defecting. He's clearly not happy there and he seems to be on his way, or is already, disillusioned with Negan. I can see him being the catalyst that causes Rick to realize he needs to fight and with someone on the inside who knows the base and the Savior structure that he can win. Negan deep down is probably afraid of Rick and Co. Look at the damage and how many people his group killed of his. It would explain why he plays some brutal mind games with Rick and always rolls 20-30 men deep when meeting with him. He knows making Rick think capitulation is his only option to survive gives him the best chance of keeping him under control. Once that spell is broken, Negan is as good as hosed. Titan fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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I hope Rosita gets her own storyline this season. I think it would be awesome if Rick had to "lend" her to Negan, since he thinks Maggie's dead.
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I really liked Shane. John Bernthal is such a good actor and it's great to see him popping up in more and more movies.
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Spermanent Record posted:I really liked Shane. John Bernthal is such a good actor and it's great to see him popping up in more and more movies. This is the exact opposite of reality. Shane was easily the worst acted character out of the entire series up until this point. The entire series.
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I was a late comer to Walking Dead. When I started watching the series was already well into season 3 or 4. I saw season 1 and 2 over one long, rainy weekend and when watched back to back the mounting tensions between Rick and Shane make everything much more enjoyable.
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BonoMan posted:This is the exact opposite of reality. Shane was easily the worst acted character out of the entire series up until this point. The entire series. And yet I enjoyed his performance and think he's a good actor.
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No gently caress off, stop liking things. Not allowed here
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I loved the slow burn of Shane turning into a madman. Rick's ongoing helplessness was good, too. The final fight at the end of S2 was intense. Yeah again sorry for enjoying it. If it's any consolation the resolution of Terminus in ONE loving EPISODE was offensively terrible.
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some guy on the bus posted:The show was never great but the characters of Shane, Daryl, Hershel, and Dale made it entertaining enough. I remember bad parts like that but I remember parts like Rick/Shane fighting and I enjoyed those and wondering what Daryl would do next before he lost all nuance. I miss the arguing and in-fighting they used to do. Rick/Spenser and Michone giving mean looks is a crappy version of that. It's really weird to me seeing people disliking this season to the point of defending S2. I really like how far they're taking the Dwight/Daryl parallels. For the non-comic nerds Dwight was literally created in the comics because Daryl was so popular, he's a troubled dude that dresses the same and uses a crossbow, same haircut and everything, the only difference is the burns on half his face. There's obviously a fun little 'the same guy, but came up with Negan not Rick' and I'm glad they are running with it. There was some nice 1984 imagery in the compound episode too, even subtler poo poo like the tiers of cigarettes.
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e: /\/\/\ Agreed. Titan posted:Negan deep down is probably afraid of Rick and Co. Look at the damage and how many people his group killed of his. It would explain why he plays some brutal mind games with Rick and always rolls 20-30 men deep when meeting with him. He knows making Rick think capitulation is his only option to survive gives him the best chance of keeping him under control. Once that spell is broken, Negan is as good as hosed. No, Negan's best chance of keeping Rick under control would have been to smash his head in. Even if he could "tame" Rick what would be the point? Warlords don't surround themselves with potential usurpers which Rick would certainly be if he joined them. For heaven's sake even if Negan wasn't evil how the hell would their #1 priority not be avenging their fallen comrades. If some group attacked an outpost of Alexandria and killed Daryl, Maggie and a number of other people would Rick be trying to recruit them or anything? He'd straight out murder everyone! Remember those guys from the library? What did they do to deserve such fate when apparently killing scores of Negan's people unprovoked is just brushed aside? MeLKoR fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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The library didn't produce, or they were holding back on all the good magazines
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Shane was kind of uninspiring as a character but I had fun watching John Bernthal play The Punisher, so if you haven't seen Daredevil yet, Spermanent, check it out.
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I don't understand how Easy Street was cracking Daryl. I thought he traveled with Beth for quite some time. 
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BonoMan posted:This is the exact opposite of reality. Shane was easily the worst acted character out of the entire series up until this point. The entire series. You're forgetting Lori. She hasn't been good in anything I've seen her in, she always has that slightly startled but still vapidly stupid look on her face.
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I think the poorest acted character award definitely belongs to the annoying "mom?" kid that got bit in the head. Anyway I'm sure I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be too bothered if Daryl died this season. At this point they aren't even trying to further build his character, he's just invincible because he's the guy the fans like so he just does things while looking surly, and it takes a lot out of the plot when you know he's just not going to die. My prediction is multiple fakeouts like they did with Glenn until people get too annoyed with it and finally off him.
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Reivur posted:I don't understand how Easy Street was cracking Daryl. They should finally break Daryl by coincidentally playing one of the songs Beth used to sing.
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What happened to Beth anyway? Wasn't she kidnapped? I don't remember if there was a resolution. VVV Oh, right! John F Bennett fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Nov 18, 2016 |
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John F Bennett posted:What happened to Beth anyway? Wasn't she kidnapped? I don't remember if there was a resolution. Suicide by cop.
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John F Bennett posted:What happened to Beth anyway? Wasn't she kidnapped? I don't remember if there was a resolution. They took a page out of Wanted's movie script and curved a bullet up through her head.
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This version of Rick is worse than "Stuff and thangs" Rick.
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britishbornandbread posted:the resolution of Terminus in ONE loving EPISODE was offensively terrible. Commando Carol? That was awesome, she went metal gear solid on those cannibals.
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No Luck Needed posted:Commando Carol? That was awesome, she went metal gear solid on those cannibals. And the Terminus survivors chased them for a couple more episodes. So the resolution to Terminus wasn't even one episode, it was the opposite of that. multiple episodes.
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I kind of miss flashback episodes. Maybe we could get one about Negan before the outbreak and it's just about him being the star player for his company softball team and in one of the scenes he's walking to the on deck circle and one of his teammates says, "Negan! Negan! You forgot Lucille." and then he hands Negan his bat and Negan winks at the camera.
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Fitzy Fitz posted:They should finally break Daryl by coincidentally playing one of the songs Beth used to sing. I was thinking something by scatman john or rednex personally
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Anyway I'm sure I'm in the minority but I wouldn't be too bothered if Daryl died this season. At this point they aren't even trying to further build his character, he's just invincible because he's the guy the fans like so he just does things while looking surly, and it takes a lot out of the plot when you know he's just not going to die.
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