The Walking Dead "The Walking Dead" General Stuff & Thaaaangs Thread - Part 10

[Will Nolte]

Glenn's fate won't be revealed until the 22nd

http://www.wetpaint.com/walking-dead-season-6-glenn-dead-1449659/

 

[Reek]

the episode was great, but as someone pointed out earlier, it really wasn't needed at all.

Everything that happened is pretty much what most people thought about Morgan anyway lol he went crazy, found a way out, and became Donatello.

They used a 90 minute episode for that, mind you.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Kinda dumb considering Sarah Wayne Callies name was there for the entirety of season 3.

I guess this means Rick won't have any visions of Glenn in a white nightgown.

 

[Elevator Man]

I wonder if we’ll see how Rick made it back to Alexandria after being trapped in that rv surrounded by a horde of walkers.

This season it seems the writers are giving Glenn the treatment they’ve given Carol the first half of the last three seasons. Where they temporarily write out a character for a few eps only for he/she to return later. In season 3 after T-Dog saved Carol at the prison she was presumed dead, but was actually trapped behind a door with a walker blocking her way out. So she was absent for about 2 or 3 episodes. In season 4 episode 4 Rick banished Carol for the murders of Karen & David but hadn’t showed up again until the second episode of that mid season. But that made sense from a story stand point. Then in the first half of season 5 she and Daryl went to Atlanta searching for Beth but was then injured and abducted by the Grady Memorial deputies, who of course had Beth. During that point she was unconscious for most of that period until Beth’s demise. I guess the writers have to resort to these tactics with it being such a large cast they‘re writing for.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

the episode was great, but as someone pointed out earlier, it really wasn't needed at all.

Everything that happened is pretty much what most people thought about Morgan anyway lol he went crazy, found a way out, and became Donatello.

They used a 90 minute episode for that, mind you.

It was absolutely necessary, a beautiful episode. Thank god you're not in charge.

 

[HighFivingMF]

If we went by the "the audience can just fill in the blanks" logic wouldn't we just show a character loading up for a run then immediately cut to them coming home with a few less bullets and some food?

 

[squeekness]

Glenn's fate won't be revealed until the 22nd

http://www.wetpaint.com/walking-dead-season-6-glenn-dead-1449659/

I'm fairly sure that qualifies as cruel and unusual punishment.

 

[Hunter Rider]

This weeks ep was ok and served as a breather after the first 3 intense eps, I don't think it needed to be extra length though.

 

[Travesty]

Yeah, I have no idea why it was 90min, when the entire story could have been told in 20-30min.

 

[Elevator Man]

Mostly to hype up the "Into The Badlands" (like that doesn't get enough promos on AMC) and "Preacher" trailers.

 

[Travesty]

I had no idea they were adapting Preacher. I was shocked when I saw the preview for it last night.

 

[roach]

Yeah, I have no idea why it was 90min, when the entire story could have been told in 20-30min.

Most of the time when they do this is because they don't want to cut anything from an episode. TWD has so much clout at AMC that they'll let them do whatever they want.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

It was not 90 minutes, it was precisely 64 minutes.

 

[Travesty]

Yeah, if you cut out the commercials, but while watching it live, its 90 mins. Just like how a full hour of the show is around 45min.

 

[Napoleon]

This weeks ep was ok and served as a breather after the first 3 intense eps, I don't think it needed to be extra length though.

I agree that it was smart to put this episode after the last three. It really helps build suspense as to what's going to happen.

 

[Teelie]

The moment I saw the goat I knew it was a goner. And then there is Eastman. This show has started to grow weary with "meet new people, watch them die stupid or pointless deaths."

Eastman's death served as a motivator for Morgan but it was unnecessary.

Tabitha's death was just filler gore for an otherwise zombie-lite episode, not to mention another method of exploiting pets as a cheap way to try striking an emotional cord with audiences.

"Look at the cute goat, aww, now watch us mercilessly kill it because we can't think of something more clever."

They've done it several times in this series with horses, dogs and now a goat.

And this is was definitely a boring episode. Knowing what happened to change Morgan was good and it was needed but it was also padded extensively.

 

[Leenie]

^Watching people die upsets me so much more than the animals ...

 

[Napoleon]

Did anyone else catch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference, what with Kevin Eastman being the name of its co-creator, the turtle shirt Eastman wore, and him using a bo-staff like Donatello?

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I liked the episode myself, nice change of pace for the season so far, and it was interesting seeing what happened to Morgan since season 3. Makes the anticipation next even bigger as well.

 

[Elevator Man]

Did anyone else catch the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reference, what with Kevin Eastman being the name of its co-creator, the turtle shirt Eastman wore, and him using a bo-staff like Donatello?

Yeah I noticed that. Hardwick even pointed that out on TD.

 

[roach]

Yeah I noticed that. Hardwick even pointed that out on TD.

The show runner said the turtle shirt wasn't a reference to TMNT

 

[Elevator Man]

Maybe consciously it wasn't, but subconsciously it was.

 

[Reek]

It was absolutely necessary, a beautiful episode. Thank god you're not in charge.

If you needed 90.. .excuse me... 64 minutes to tell you the gist of what happened with morgan... Thats your problem. Everyone has an opinion, dont be a dick.

It was not 90 minutes, it was precisely 64 minutes.

Anyways, I liked the episode.

Thank god I am not in charge... Otherwise 99% of season 5 wouldn't exist.

 

[Iron_Stark]

This episode still didn't make me change my mind about Morgan. I don't like his character and hope he gets taken out by the Wolves. He has caused so much death and keeps letting unnecessary and evil people live.

 

[Spider-Who?]

It was absolutely necessary, a beautiful episode. Thank god you're not in charge.

Agreed. I thought it was a great episode. I don't think the story could have been done as well in the normal show length; we're talking about seeing a character's psychological redemption, his growth from a deeply mentally scarred fate who kills anyone he sees without thought (and begs for death if he fails to kill them), to someone who finds some kind of peace. It's such a 180 shift that telling the story quicker wouldn't have done it justice.

I loved how once Morgan started to heal, they showed how tenuous his progress was - when things went wrong, he reverted back to his old ways, trying to kill, begging for death. It shows that he is not miraculously better, that it is a constant struggle for him to hold onto that peace and attempt to live by Eastman's beliefs. That not killing the Wolves was not about sparing a life, but about protecting himself and all the progress he's made. It makes it clear that not killing the Wolves is not an easy choice for him, and that his well-intentioned obsession with protecting himself has it's own problems.