SPOILER ALERT!! Official 'The Walking Dead' TWD Season 7 Discussion Thread

VoxHog said:
I feel like I'm watching Fonzie jump over that shark again. Ugh!
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It does seem that they've gone a little stupid this season. It seems like every episode is rather dull. But it also seems as if they are simply laying out a stage, setting the backdrop, for a mid-season climax and/or cliffhanger. It's like they're not even moving a story along. They're just introducing all the characters. But I think they could do what they're doing in about half the time that they are doing it. I feel like I'm reading a friggin' Tom Clancy novel where he introduces all the characters in the first 450 pages of the book, and then does the story in the last 50 pages. By that time, there are so many moving parts and characters that the novel has largely just become a chore to finish, I've lost who all the characters are, and the ending has lost most of its impact.

I watched the Talking Dead afterwards, and it mentioned two things that seems that the show has lost its direction: (1) Nicotero seemed more enthused about how they made the sandwalkers, and how it hearkened back to some Italian movie of the genre; (2) the "Tara" actress was so enthused about the show being written by a new guy that is an accomplished playwright (sp?), and his artistry in writing the episode. Really?

I'm sorry, I'm not enough of a fan of the genre to know WTH the source of the inspiration for the sandwalkers is, nor do I particularly care. And as far as a new writer… maybe they should keep looking.

The show is the TV adaptation of a graphic novel, not "War and Peace." Let's move along.
 
dogboye said:
The show is the TV adaptation of a graphic novel, not "War and Peace." Let's move along.
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But if, as I gather, the graphic novel is bogged down in War & peace style morbidity with added humiliation porn, then this faithful TV adaptation is ratings suicide. As shown by the lack of response to this thread.
 
I'll be blunt, I think it sucks lately; and by lately, I mean this season.
 
This season sucks, this is by far the slowest and lamest. They really need to step it up before the ratings tank to cancellation level. I am a huge TWD fan but even I have limits on tolerance to piss poor writing and complete lack of anything of substance. The season so far could have been done in 2 episodes and we would have missed nothing. Seems like this Neegan story arc has brought the show to a slow crawl.
 
Yeah I'm over the two scenarios, either they're at a safe haven and defending it (farm, prison, Alexandria), or they're on the run from place to place.. kind of gets old.
I say they send Daryl, Michonne, Rick, and Eugene(that turd can be Samwise) on a Lord of the Rings quest to get the zombie vaccine from mount Doom(buried deep in some mountain top facility in he Swiss alps).
See? In two sentences I just made the show 3000 times better :D
 
I'm still wondering if eventually they will find a way to tie the two series' together. The writers seem to like having multiple storylines running within the same series and then eventually bring them together. I don't know if they'll kill Daryl off but since he isn't a character from the comics they can do pretty much whatever they want with him. If he were to strike out on his own (essentially leaving the show) soon, a couple seasons down the road he could meet up with the west coast group and bring everything together.
 
I think rcb2000 and clampdaddy should be consultants for the show! Both scenarios sound great. At half the greatness they'd be much better than the slow trudge going on this season.
 
The last episode was, in my opinion, the worst one yet. An entire episode based on a useless "and then" character. I actually care more about what the tiger had for lunch than I care about what is happening with Heath and whatever her name is. They are so insignificant that I actually totally forgot they were on the show.

Garth
 
WhoTH is Heath? The guy that was with the girl on the sand-zombie bridge?

I was more interested in where the heck they were supposed to be, within a couple tanks of gas from Alexandria. None of it looked right for this area. The story wasn't keeping my attention.
 
Ricks crew is splintered off in different directions running into other groups who Negan has wronged. Yup that's going to be the storyline for the rest of the season. I just wish they'd get to the part where Daryl escapes and finds a mini gun in someone's garage and then returns and turns Negan and his goons into soup.
 
What was bad about the all women episode?

I bet if it was a guy like Darryl escaping from a biker gang trying to kill him and making a friend there it would have been more appealing?

Anyways. I liked it, except for that free hand knife sharpening scene of course. At least I couldn't put an edge on it like that.
 
Jens Schuetz said:
What was bad about the all women episode?

I bet if it was a guy like Darryl escaping from a biker gang trying to kill him and making a friend there it would have been more appealing?

Anyways. I liked it, except for that free hand knife sharpening scene of course. At least I couldn't put an edge on it like that.
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Probably because an entire episode about a secondary character that nobody cares about makes for an entire episode that nobody cares about.
 
clampdaddy said:
Probably because an entire episode about a secondary character that nobody cares about makes for an entire episode that nobody cares about.
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Lol. Nice summary :-D
Thing is only after such an episode some could care more about the character. At least they tried.
 
clampdaddy said:
I've even saying it since the very beginning. A big tractor is the ultimate zombie apocalypse survival tool. As long as you have enough fuel, no herd is too big to handle from the comfort of a cushy seat and an air cinditioned cab.
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Give me a CAT D11T and I'll build you an impenetrable fortress with the bones and bodies of Neegan and his entire crew.

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Character development. Many of the also ran characters will become important. I know it's awful to endure, but it's development of why they become important
 
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