The Walking Dead: Season 8

[Gorn Captain]

Felt very much like "let's get this over and done with quick and easy".
Everybody gets a scene in the finale, and they all live happily ever after.
But so many plotholes/ aka bad writing.
Jesus goes from "don't use the pointy stick" to "Kill!Kill, Negan!", in ten minutes time.
There is a herd of like a million walkers in the valley, coming their way, but the first order of business is "let's go shopping for some new windows!"
All these main characters, reduced to glorified extras, cardboard cut-outs.
I'm sure that next season, Negan will go to the bathroom, and they left the window open...

I'm glad it's over, I can say goodbye now.
TWD had about four good seasons, and that's what I have on DVD. I think the last time I felt something for the show is when Glenn (apparently) died at the dumpster. After that, it went downhill fast. So I'll just leave it there.

[Hector]

Westworld returns at 9:00 next Sunday.

Oh hell yeah...bye bye, Fear the Walking Dead, lol...

Well, I could DVR both...but I don’t want too...




P.S. Ash vs Evil Dead is around the same time...I DVR that one...it’s only 1/2 hour long, plus it’s fun...

[johnnystorm]

Oh and why the hell were there stained glass windows hanging on that tree in the middle of nowhere?

[johnnystorm]

I was disappointed with the finale. Three years wrapped up in 3 minutes. Then everyone becomes pals...all that was missing was Rick and Negan sharing a Coke!
I'm sure the Maggie thing will go nowhere, and Dwight will be back ( although I hope not, I dislike him a lot). And that crap bit with Eugene and the guns...they all had new ammo? No one had at least a couple old rounds in the gun? I was so hoping Eugene was done...another character I cannot stand.
I watched the Fear episode, primarily to see just how Morgan got out west. It was ok, but nothing to make me come back next week. Besides, Westworld returns at 9:00 next Sunday.

[Hector]

Oh heck...I just talked to my sister, who also watches the WD and FTWD...and she said Fear season premier was way better than the entire WD season. Damn, maybe I’ll take a look at it after all...it’s on our DVR, lol...

[emeraldknight47]

Regarding FTWD, I’ve only watched the first season, so I thought I’d check out the “reboot.” First episode was pretty good. Didn’t see any of the show’s regulars until the last five minutes, but I did like Maggie Grace’s “Althea” (or “Al”) (who, IMHO, looks better with short, dark hair), her big, badarse SWAT vehicle and Garret Dillahunt’s “John Dorie” (like the fish, as he says, but with an “ie” instead of a “y.” Previews for next week’s episode looked pretty good and I got a sort of urban “Road Warrior” vibe from it.

[Hector]

It was a decent finale.

However...not perfect. One major gripe. All these past two-three seasons or so...we get the all mighty peace seeking Jesus, who never kills. He does this to the point of ad nauseum. Yet there he is at the end, supporting Maggie’s thirst for revenge, part of the group plotting to kill Negan. Good grief, make up your damn bloody mind, writers, lol.

Didn’t watch Fear, I’m sick and tired of the apocalyptic world of zombies already...enough until next year...I need a rest. Plus you seriously think I want another dosage of Morgan???? Are you kidding me? I hate that character. Plus I hate the lead in Fear too, Madison. I’d rather have someone drop a bunch of fire ants down my pants, lol.

[hedrap]

Just a badly produced season.

Imbalanced storylines with emphasis placed on the wrong moments. Just consider, wth was the point of Jadis or the female tribe subplots? Building Simon up then killing him arbitrarily?

I think Chandler wanted to leave, surprised Gimple and Kirkman, and they had to revise everything accordingly.

The other glaring point from the finale; the obviously alternate take insert scenes. I'm betting they shot a a few versions of Maggie and Negan dying - she kills him, he kills her, they kill each other, both survive - depending on their contract status. Because the scene of Maggie with Jesus and Daryl...they didn't shoot that together. When Maggie's talking, That's a double in the chair for Jesus, and Daryl's Boba Fett moment is a cutaway insert. Then the scene with Negan, Rick, Michonne and Sadiq is a makeshift set which is lit to look like the infirmary room.

Fear was better in that the characters, tone and composition was very different. It felt more like the first act of a movie.

[Nostalgiabuff]

season finale wasn't bad. it did feel like it was a little rushed though with the saviors quickly surrendering. I did not watch the Fear premier yet, past my bedtime, LOL

[LonnieFisher]

I didn't know the comic is still being produced.

[Mikey]

IMO they should just cancel the entire franchise and let it end with the little dignity that still remains.

The Zombie craze has ended

[hedrap]

^If that's correct, how is Rick not dead? His entire character is baggage, and I could swear Lincoln and Reedus were up after S9.

I'm guessing it means we're done with Gimple and AMC's obsession with Lost serialization cliffhangers.

I've also been wondering if Morgan's transference is going to be something akin to Lost, where he dies on TWD and we travel through his consciousness to when he encountered Fear. If the reset for both is true, then Morgan's "everybody dies" talk was foreshadowing.

I'm holding to Kang's comments about getting back to the series highpoint; the travel days of the Prison/Terminus/Alexandria. The Commonwealth makes for a good plot device and I could see the Whisperers being a mid-season encounter. You could also jam the Fear survivors into Commonwealth as it's supposed to hold 50K people. The two series could be separate and intertwine by showing how Rick's group action effect people not associated with him but the audience knows.

[Gorn Captain]

Rumor has it, that at the end of the season for both TWD and Fear TWD, the storylines will come to a conclusion, leading to a full reboot in the next season. Anybody know something more?
Supposedly, this new storyline would be a fresh start, so "you don't have to know anything about previous seasons".
Hmmm...

[Mikey]

edited --- wrong thread

[Gorn Captain]

I went FF through all of the speeches, so for me Eugene barfing was the highlight of the episode. It's also a fine example of how I feel about TWD right now.