The Walking Dead
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- mg330
I watched it last night. Definitely brutal and unnerving. I get why people are reacting the way they are to it or calling it "torture porn." But I was able to look past the brutal graphic violence and focus a bit more on the overall fear and raw emotion of the group literally being completely broken and having no hope. Throughout the series they've been up against a wall before, they've lost people, but there was always some resilience, and some realization that they were going to figure it out.
But this just seems like they have no hope, which makes me curious for what direction the show goes in. Even imagining that they could fight back against some of Negan's group, how/where do they even start and where do they even find the mental strength to do so?
I was wondering how far Negan's reach is geographically. Could they simply escape and get as far away as quickly as possible? Will they be isolated, separated from each other and/or will it be hard for them to communicate to form a plan? Will some of them just decide to leave on their own with no regard for the risks to the others? Will they form a plan without the consequences to Darryl if they leave?
- grab Darryl ..
& make a run to the West Coast :)Ramanisky2 - the most logical option is to get the hell outta dodge. leave darrly behind (he did have glen killed after all).Gnash
- head north to canada where all the zombies are frozen solidGnash
- I'm surprised they didn't extract the location of Alexandria from themGnash
- ^ I think they already know that
they live there.Ramanisky2 - ^ ouchGnash
- grab Darryl ..
- sublocked0
Too long and drawn out. The part with Glen was the worst. Yuck.
Maybe I'm going soft in my old age, but I think I'm gonna give the show a break for awhile.
- Yeah, but remember the source material. This is, for some, the climax of the comic and AMC knew everyone was wondering if they'd do it justice.SteveJobs
- OBBTKN0
Ok, Maggie is free again :)
- _niko0
I think that Negan was justified in a way, rick and his team indiscriminately slaughtered Negan's men some while they slept, others were burned alive. Those people could have been his brothers, his wife, his children or at the very least his Glens.
- yes, it was justified to get rick's crew back, no doubt ... the extended sound and gore that the show's producers allowed is a little harder for me to acceptmonospaced
- Was it indiscriminate? I thought Negan and his people killed others before. Negan appeared to be part psychopath. His own people seemed scared of him.Jetserf
- It's been a while since last season but I thought Negan was terrorizing the group Rick and Company found and wanted to be trading partners with.Jetserf
- ^ Yes. That's how Rick even knew about Negan and went after them and took about a lot of them.CyBrainX
- Projectile4
Crazy, even in movies you never feel that level of connection to a character! Plus, the whammy of thinking you got out of it with Red going.. then BAM! My favourite character gone, and knowing how it killed Maggie too!
Most brutal scene ever. So much more than gore, it was executed with cutthroat precision, that's what made it such a shock!
- i_monk0
This is about where I stopped reading the comics.
- I never read the comics and won't until the series is over. I don't even want to read hypothetical spoilers.CyBrainX
- I found the Negan stuff unenjoyable; pointless sadism. Didn't finish the storyline (though I have the issues).i_monk
- @i_monk, it's worth pushing through. I found the Negan stuff a bit dull and essentially the Governor storyline ratcheted up; but it gets interesting again...Wolfboy
- ...after that arc is finished.Wolfboy
- Gnash1
- Trump ZombiesRamanisky2
- I seriously want a whole family of racoons as pet :(pango
- Maaku-1
- May your trip to the after life be fast and furious.ETM
- ^lolmoldero
- that's Jin.
"we have to get back to the island!"monospaced - wait that's not Glenn ?!? Wut?Ramanisky2
- that's clearly Pangomoldero
- lololololpango
- CyBrainX0
I think King Ezekial was a bit fruity for lack of a better term.
Star Trek did this a lot in all their series. - Follow up an intense episode with some lighthearted filler. I liked his "cards on the table" conversation with Carol at the end.
- Maaku0
Prediction for the rest of the season: In a very slow pace, Carol and Morgan convince King Ezequiel and his crew to go save Rick and whatever is left from the others. </end>
So much for an awesome start...
- Gnash1
In Ancient Greek mythology, the pomegranate was known as the "fruit of the dead", and believed to have sprung from the blood of Adonis.
Hades trapped Persephone in the underworld by making her consume a pomegranate.
- CyBrainX0
Deuces!
- Fabricio2
Episode 3
My new alarm ringtone.
- _niko0
Holy shit just shoot him already. Through the fence at the beginning or a dozen other times when he's walking around and you all have your guns still. Or the handful of times you could have done it when you had his bat.
Take out Negan and the saviours fall. Most of them hate negan anyway.
Frustrating episode especially seeing Darryl like that
- Sure they may hate him, but he's convinced them they need him to survive.ETM
- But the point is Rick is broken and will not watch even 1 more person die. Kill Negan, and many will die.ETM
- < i was thinking the same thing.Gnash
- Agree. That's the hardest thing watching the show, seeing these people behave like idiots.MondoMorphic
- At least the music they played for Darryl was cheerful.pango
- Ramanisky21
I just hope that we don't have to sit through an entire season++ of Rick and his people being broken ...
dammit, its time to fuck shit up.
come on Coral lets do this.
- They are gonna milk this for a while.DRIFTMONKEY
- ughhhRamanisky2
- Based on comics I can guess the season finale...ETM
- You can't base anything on the comics.CyBrainX
- You kinda can. For as much follows it, as deviates from it.ETM
- And given that they introduced Hilltop and the Kingdom, it's following fairly well.ETM
- Gardener-1
- drgs0
The whole season is going to be a waiting game for that Rick vs Negan moment, but it gonna feel so good
- There are already quite a few candidates for that job. Carl, Meshonne, Rosita already asked for a bullet.CyBrainX
- You dont understand. Rick is going to kill Negan. Thats how movies workdrgs
- Movies work when there is motive and there's a ton of that to go around. Aside from who kills him I'm betting on a team effort that includes Carol and Morgan.CyBrainX