The Walking Dead - TV Series on AMC ( Comic and Un-aired Spoilers unwelcome!)

[myc]

I think a little magic imp unholstered Dawn's gun and made her shoot Beth.

Look how surprised Dawn is when Beth's head gets blown off. She looks more shocked than everyone in the hallway. She didn't do it!

C'mon man....

 

[DiFabio]

"Back and to the left. Back and to the left. Back... and to the left."

 

[crows]

 

[greygoose]

It was an OK episode. The ending was dramatic but I wish there had been another scene with the main group after they exit the hospital just to give us an idea of where/what the group will be doing in S5 Part 2.

On a side note, if they had gone with Rick's plan from the start I feel the episode would have been better. I actually trust Rick's decision's this season.

 

[OSCORP]

So many experts here.

 

[crows]

in case anyone missed Beth crying

 

[cilantropants]

I liked Beth. Should've been Maggie.

 

[Henry Morgan*]

in case anyone missed Beth crying

I don't want to see that again! you are just trying to make us cry now

I liked Beth. Should've been Maggie.

Yeah that would've been much better

and less predictable...

 

[Shawpaw]

agreed. Wish it was Maggie

 

[Solidus]

Should have been everyone.

 

[a-dev]

Watched it. I will comment further when I return from my riot.

 

[Henry Morgan*]

 

[The Ween]

It's a ******* tragedy how people are forced by federal, international and maritime law to read a thread where others in different time zones post.
My wife has a cold and we didn't watch the show yet, but I had a cop come to my door and make me click into this thread to read the spoilers against my will.

Damn cops! Burn the ***** down!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Darth Snoopy]

Watched it. I will comment further when I return from my riot.

Damn cops! Burn the ***** down!!!!!!!!!!!

The Ween is getting MILITANT!!!!

 

[nexus]

Forget Hershel's farm, the group has been meandering around Atlanta and the surrounding areas for four or fiveyears, since season one. Rick has got them going around in circles. At least Abraham was trying to get somewhere. There could be other places where large populations have banded together to come up with solutions like walled off reinforced towns or cities with military fortification and defense, electricity, clean water, medicine, scientific research, periodic screenings, deceased body disposal, communications, government, transportation, jobs, and even entertainment. They could have a sense of near normalcy while they ride out the next 10-20 years it might take to figure out the plague. After a few years you'd figure there could be dozens of these types of fortifications across the country and around the world. In which case groups like Ricks would basically be out there scattered out in the wilderness or in makeshift encampments like Terminus and basically devolving into savagesand lunatics.

Sure you figure everything would fall apart in the early days, weeks, months and even the first couple of years, but we are a rather resourceful and resilient species. After chaos comes order.

 

[toylion]

Forget Hershel's farm, the group has been meandering around Atlanta and the surrounding areas for four or fiveyears, since season one. Rick has got them going around in circles. At least Abraham was trying to get somewhere. There could be other places where large populations have banded together to come up with solutions like walled off reinforced towns or cities with military fortification and defense, electricity, clean water, medicine, scientific research, periodic screenings, deceased body disposal, communications, government, transportation, jobs, and even entertainment. They could have a sense of near normalcy while they ride out the next 10-20 years it might take to figure out the plague. After a few years you'd figure there could be dozens of these types of fortifications across the country and around the world. In which case groups like Ricks would basically be out there scattered out in the wilderness or in makeshift encampments like Terminus and basically devolving into savages.

Sure you figure everything would fall apart in the early days and months, but we are a rather resourceful and resilient species. After chaos comes order.

You mean like Woodbury, Georgia.

 

[The Ween]

4 episodes is about a month's worth of TV. That's pretty drawn out. If you consider how much the show achieved in Season 1 in comparison to 4 and 5.

I don't know - the spark has really done out.

With a show like this, you can't use the first season as a comparison simply because everything is so new and the shock value is still there. You know nothing of the characters or anything. I remember one of the first things I posted in this thread after seeing the first episode is how unnerved it made me feel. Rick shooting that little girl for one thing. That feeling doesn't come back to me very often now. The last time is when they were at Terminus and the Termites were cutting their throats to bleed them out. Since I'm not a horror fan really, that was bad for me.

 

[The Ween]

Really forced. Carol was just all the sudden awake and up and fine. Doc went from guessing she had internal injuries to her just being completely ok because the plot device called for her to need to leave with everyone else.

The show was most interesting when it felt like anyone could go at any moment. It's what keeps Game of Thrones so tense even in the more boring scenes. That simply doesn't exist anymore. We saw Beth's death coming a mile away.

And don't forget the awkward goofiness of Maggie's reaction after a complete lack of caring the entire season. She already assumed she was dead and was totally fine. Now she knows shes dead and she's going to spend the season alone and going crazy?

There's a difference between that maybe someone is dead, and KNOWING someone is. There's always hope. When you see your little sister with her head blown out (though they didn't show it like that, but at that close of range it would've been half gone) it's going to make you go a bit nuts for awhile. With Beth being gone, her whole family is gone. She just has Glen by marriage.

 

[toylion]

There's a difference between that maybe someone is dead, and KNOWING someone is. There's always hope. When you see your little sister with her head blown out (though they didn't show it like that, but at that close of range it would've been half gone) it's going to make you go a bit nuts for awhile. With Beth being gone, her whole family is gone. She just has Glen by marriage.

Plus she was told Beth was alive only to see her body carried out.

 

[The Ween]

Building up to something that turns into nothing appears to be a trend.

Welcome to the Tombs built up to....nothing

Terminus built up to...nothing

Daryl and Beth alone in the wild built up to...nothing

Bob #2 running away built up to...nothing

Hospital scenes with Beth built up to...nothing

Abraham and crew setting off to Washington built up to...nothing


The programme is missing tension. Season One and Two had superb tension between Rick, Lori and Shane because of the affair.
Season 3 had the constant threat of the Governor.

The latter half of Season 4 was such a mess.

Season 5 feels forced. I've no idea who is writing these seasons now but they need to be fired.

They need to cap the number of episodes per season and make it much lower and they need to say 'Five seasons then we are done' and have an ending in sight.

Why was Breaking Bad so good? Because it had fewer episodes and moved towards an ending. Walking Dead is currently been churned out because it's making money. Its fame is it's worst enemy.

Breaking Bad had a beginning and an end from the get go. TWD doesn't have an ending so far since the comics are still being written. Something must be keeping people interested.