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  • Iron Mego
    Wake Up Heavy
    • Jan 31, 2010
    • 3532

    #31
    Originally posted by hedrap
    It was good, but not deserving of the Top Secret clearance. I found it pretty obvious the entire hush-hush was, once again, Gimple trying to out-think the audience.

    After I read Henry Rollins was the basis for Negan, Morgan had little chance with me. He's over the top in everything I've seen him in, and what's scary is he's said Negan has to be played subdued. Think about that; this is JDM idea of a subtle character portrayal! He's like a villain from 48 Hours or The Rock.

    IMO, the Wolves and Terminus really hurt the Saviors. The Carl/Hatchet threat had some weight, but honestly...think of all the crap they've witnessed. Watching two close friends get their heads bashed in wouldn't be hard to accept after you were trapped and almost eaten by living humans!
    Couldn't, and didn't, say it better myself. You nailed exactly why I don't like Negan.
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    • Goblin19
      Talkative Member
      • May 2, 2002
      • 6108

      #32
      The show mostly lost me last season. I feel the writing and characters have become too obvious, they too often have to have characters explain what they are feeling rather than let the actors emote it. Season 6 was the first one that I didn't watch every episode. Not to mention, some pretty stupid actions by otherwise smart characters that seem to occur just to make things exciting. This season has potential but I have no faith in these writers.

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      • Starroid Raiders Dagon
        Persistent Member
        • Apr 28, 2013
        • 2162

        #33
        I loved this video of co-workers saying good-bye to Steven..
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87hq8LR5S58

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        • Gorn Captain
          Invincible Ironing Man
          • Feb 28, 2008
          • 10549

          #34
          Yeah, it was intense. Yeah, edge-of-your-seat.
          But do I want to watch favorite characters being brutalized time and time again? Is this "exciting entertainment"?
          I'm not a fan of torture porn, and to see two good men savaged in this way is too much for me. The whole mood of the show is now "you're all going to die horribly. When the apocalypse happens, you might as well put a gun to your own head on day 1 and be done with it".
          Where's the glimmer of hope?
          Do we really want to see our heroes on their knees, season after season?
          No thanks, I'm done.
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          "When things are at their darkest, it's a brave man that can kick back and party."

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          • Hector
            el Hombre de Acero
            • May 19, 2003
            • 31852

            #35
            But that's the entire point of the show, since the very beginning. Brutal gruesome deaths in both comics and show.

            Nothing shocking or new here...

            Don't you wanna stick around to see Rick get Negan? Payback is going to rule.

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            • CrimsonGhost
              Often invisible
              • Jul 18, 2002
              • 3568

              #36
              I don't know. That whole "get my axe" part was really long and unnessary... And didn't even make logical sense. Rick was already broken before they got in the camper. It was annoying to sit thru.

              You know what could have been amazing? If at the end of the season 6 finale, Negan bashes in Abrahams head, and then we're all relaxed going into season 7 thinking he's picked his target already, only to have him teach Glenn a lesson halfway thru the episode! It would have even been more shocking.

              I found myself rooting for Negan. Is that bad?
              Expectation is the death of discovery.

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              • wise guy
                Career Member
                • Dec 29, 2014
                • 894

                #37
                I have followed every episode since season 1 and after the Glen and Abe deaths( killed in such a stupid way) I'm done. I don't care about the comic (and don't read it ) but liked the show. Negan and his bat would get blown away by gang members here in central California so there is nothing scary about an old scrawny actor with a bat. Because he is
                a wimpy actor they had to over do the head beatings to try to make it gory. Some comic book stories don't adapt well to television.
                Last edited by wise guy; Oct 25, '16, 7:22 AM.

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                • rykerw1701
                  Persistent Member
                  • Aug 27, 2007
                  • 1026

                  #38
                  I think the only way to keep people coming back is by occasionally killing off favorite characters. There's nobody safe, there never has been on this show. That's not unique to Walking Dead, of course, but it's essential for the longevity of the show.

                  So I'm ok with the loss of Glenn and Abraham, though I liked both characters. But I thought Glenn's death in particular, with the whole eye thing, was more than what was needed. Most viewers don't care about the comic book it's based on anymore than they care about picking up the latest issue of Thor before an Avengers movie.

                  I'll be back next week, but won't stick around if the level gruesome stays this high. The show is hardly a Fred Astaire movie, but this last one took it too a new low. I suspect they'll ease back on the brutality throttle a bit, but we'll see.

                  Also, I have no problem with Negan's weapon of choice being the bat. There's plenty of guns in the show already, and killing by bludgeoning is more personal than just shooting his victims.

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                  • Sideshow Spock
                    valar morghulis
                    • Mar 8, 2005
                    • 2849

                    #39
                    I agree with much in this article..



                    This wasn’t quality television, and it wasn’t suspenseful drama. It was torture-porn masquerading as storytelling, and AMC should be ashamed for airing it.
                    The article also details deeper issues with the show. I'm not quite in the "quitter's club" yet, but I've definitely moved in the "meh" direction with the show over the last couple seasons.

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                    • Goblin19
                      Talkative Member
                      • May 2, 2002
                      • 6108

                      #40
                      Great article, but as much I want the more character driven episodes too, i don't think the latest show runners are up to the task. My favorite episodes from the early seasons were the so-called slow ones. Now the episodes that try to build characters are obvious and boring. I'm very much with the guys who wrote that in that I've slowly grown tired of the show's obvious manipulations and increasingly calculated nature.

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                      • drquest
                        ~~/\~~\o/~~/\~~Shark!
                        • Apr 17, 2012
                        • 3741

                        #41
                        Interesting article.... I like the slower episodes as well, but then you get people complaining about that too....

                        Personally I wish they would have ended last season with Abraham, then showing Negan dragging Rick to the RV, fade to black.... It would have had a larger impact and still would have had people guessing.... Toss in Glenn at the series premier and whoa.... would have taken a lot of people by surprise. When I saw Negan talking about the "first one was free" and I saw Glenn in the background I knew it was coming...
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                        • hedrap
                          Permanent Member
                          • Feb 10, 2009
                          • 4825

                          #42
                          Originally posted by CrimsonGhost
                          I don't know. That whole "get my axe" part was really long and unnessary... And didn't even make logical sense. Rick was already broken before they got in the camper. It was annoying to sit thru.

                          You know what could have been amazing? If at the end of the season 6 finale, Negan bashes in Abrahams head, and then we're all relaxed going into season 7 thinking he's picked his target already, only to have him teach Glenn a lesson halfway thru the episode! It would have even been more shocking.

                          I found myself rooting for Negan. Is that bad?
                          Exactly. I was thinking they should have just leaked it was Abe and that way of word of Glen got out, they can point to the multi-hit so they shot of everyone...

                          ...which did leak last year. They shot everyone being clubbed to death to some degree at the outside location, but then killed Abe, (and I think Glen), at an interior locale for composite. So at minimum, Abe was a later-decision sacrifice.

                          The Verge but seems to be written by guys who didn't grow up on 80's horror. That's really what I found shocking; it was Nicotero going back to his KNB roots but on primetime cable! Really shows how far cable has devolved. And as someone who did watched it all, attended Fango cons etc...horror-gore has no place on open cable. It was never produced, ever, with mass audience consumption in mind.

                          The other problem is blaming Gimple. It's not him, it's Kirkman. Guy is pretty much an insensitive sociopath. He really does not care how people feel or that he's exposing an entire group of folks who would never watch gore movies to a condensed version. AMC is also very heavily responsible for the tease/protraction editing. They knew people would tune out after the first break if they saw Abe get killed.

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                          • Hector
                            el Hombre de Acero
                            • May 19, 2003
                            • 31852

                            #43
                            Even Jeffrey Dean Morgan aka Negan said it was too much...




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                            • Hector
                              el Hombre de Acero
                              • May 19, 2003
                              • 31852

                              #44
                              Interesting article on Dwight...

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                              • wise guy
                                Career Member
                                • Dec 29, 2014
                                • 894

                                #45
                                I hate Jeffrey Dean Morgan and hope The Murphy gets him !

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