The Walking Dead Chatter (possible spoilers)

Huge WD fan here from day 1...I also followed some spoiler rumors that have been floating around online all year so I was expecting those two...it was just a difficult thing to watch even knowing that it's JUST a TV show. The gruesomeness of the second kill, and the way he was suffering - that is what got to me.

The acting on this show is top notch and that last scene after Negan left...heartbreaking.

There are thousands posting comments online about how they will never watch again and it went too far...I for one am glad that they did it this way. It is important for the story line and I'm actually excited to see what happens from here. Much more realistic than the good guys ALWAYS winning.... Those are the same "fans" that would've been upset if they hadn't had shown anything....ugh.

I will definitely keep watching.

Did you watch the live 90 minute Talking Dead afterwards? I've never seen any other TV show have this much hype and such a huge following (Maybe Star Trek back in the day?)

 

Every episode of Lost was thoroughly scrutinized as well. If ABC had to do it over, I'm sure we'd see a Talking Lost (which I would have never missed).

 

Well, it was a very emotional episode that left me stunned and a bit angry. Not sure if I'll continue watching. Not because of the violence but I felt the producers wanted to jack with the fans, over and over again. At one point we are led to believe that all of them except for Rick was whacked. Time will tell.

 

I interpreted the cutaways as Rick reminding himself what could happen if he didn't do as Negan asked.

 

I love the Walking Dead and I will continue to watch. I have seen every episode of this show and I adored Abraham, I will so miss him, he was one of my favorites. I swear I just about cried when he was getting his head bashed in by Lucille.

Yes, they have some great actors on this show. The man playing Rick is amazing.

 

To be fair, the show gave Abraham a much better death than they did in the comics.

 

I didn't read any spoilers or follow the comics so it was a surprise to me. I didn't expect 2 people. Thought it was going to be Darryl for a minute there. However, for some reason I am not as broken up about this as I was with Beth. I'm thinking it is because I have had time to process the fact that someone major was going to die and exactly how it was going to happen. Beth was a surprise out of nowhere - also it isn't that I cared much for her really but Darryl's loss in that episode killed me.

 

Great point and I kinda agree, Beth was such a shock. I have watched the latest episode 3 times now and feel I now 'get it'! Add to that 'Talking Dead' comments, how they had to 'break Rick' and it all makes sense....this is a whole new direction for an amazing show. It makes Lost look like children's fiction, in my opinion this show is the best to hit tv. The charactorisation, the scrip writing and the shock factor are better than anything seen to date....looking forward to the next installment but won't be watching next week in Vegas, will have to catch up when I get home!

 

Agreed. Andrew Lincoln's performance in last season's finale and this season were amazing. The look on his face during Negan's speech was an unfettered "I. Fucked. Up. And now some of my friends are going to die."

 

All I know is I love Negan!! Well I think I'm going to love to hate him. Very excited about this character.

I've been watching since th beginning and I like the way the show is going now, it was feeling kind of stale last season or so. This gives so many new possible plot ideas

 

Can I just say my all new favorite Abrahamism is "suck my nuts"!

 

I think a good bad guy makes for a great show. The governor never did much for me. Meryl I thought was a solid bad guy, but no one's had that "holy hell, this guy might give the devil a run for his money", until Negan. (Outside of Hannibal in the TV show....he still masters this role in my book.)

Negan so far equals unequivocal brutality, but with enough savviness to know you need to hit like a sledgehammer, but leave the victim with something that they are still terrified of losing, keeping them on a tether.

Broken with something yet still to lose, creates subjugation. Broken with nothing left to lose, turns your victim from helpless, to hellbent on nothing but vengance, which makes for a dangerous enemy. The proverbial, "I might be going to hell, but you're coming with me."

Negan seems to get this, which is what makes him so frighteningly diabolical.

It was a really hard show to watch, but I'm always a sucker for a show with a great villan, and he's shaping up to potentially be one of the better ones I've seen in awhile!

Speaking of taking all fear of loss away, it'll be interesting to see how Maggie unfolds...

 

I've read all the above posts
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The Execution killing scenes were pretty brutal -- but brutality we've seen before.
I don't read the comic or spoilers -
But in hindsight -
Negan wants to break Rick -
and sacrifice the other possible ALPHA males ( as examples, to the group ).
This is a true psychological scenario used in brutal situations.
[ can't kill the star of the show,yet ! ]
So Darryl got lucky by being held hostage and not sacrificed. [ he's a HUGE co-star ! ]
Eugene was obviously NOT an Alpha male....covering eyes + crying.........non threat.
Glenn wasn't crying............... a threat perceived by Negan.
Abraham was visually defiant......absolute threat perceived.
Negan has to treat all woman as a non threat - because they aren't males - so no sacrifice made on them.
He considers them second class citizens ?
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The baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire ? - is funny - the damn wire won't matter !!!! -
but it's a nice barbaric touch to the past war weapons of history.
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I think the show has repeated itself -
Here we go again, with another "bad guy leader".
I never liked The Governor ( sp ?) character and all that time, the show spent in that mode.I just didn't care for it.
But I also thought the "Time On The Farm" was so Soap Opera-y -- I almost completely lost interest - I thought the show might end for me !
and i do realize The Show was working on Character Development at that point
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Funny thing ?.......as I'm watching the actor playing Negan ( don't know his name ? )
I had a flashback to old cowboy movies !
There was an actor who looked like him........wore a black cowboy hat + shirt w/ a red bandana around his neck !
So, the character, Negan - reminds me of a bad guy / gunslinger from the old cowboy movies !
He's wearing that black leather jacket + leads his own band of outlaws across the wild frontier west.
He is not disfigured - they give him the rugged crazy, handsome look - but psychologically impaired for certain !
Negan is an tribute to that era of the Cowboy Bad Guy. ......( how to you spell ?....french word = .O-mage ? sp? ) sp?
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My 2 cents.

 

Yea, thanks for spoiling it WelshB*****, I've only waited about 9 months to watch this and then get it spoiled by one selfish comment. Haven't you ever heard of putting in a SPOILER ALERT??

Pretty annoyed that someone would post without thinking of others. Cheers for that!!!

 

Nah, nothing will top...."when you were pouring the bisquick...were you trying to make pancakes".

 

Woa calm yourself lol it was a guess, I've read the comics and am aware that glenn dies and Abraham was supposed to die a while ago. If you dont want an idea why read a speculation thread?

 

Come on, it's just a TV show.