The Walking Dead "The Walking Dead" General Stuff & Thaaaangs Thread - - - Part 12

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............ huh?

EDIT: Oh, Khary Payton. I thought you were referring to Ray Fisher and I was like "When did that happen?"
 
............ huh?

EDIT: Oh, Khary Payton. I thought you were referring to Ray Fisher and I was like "When did that happen?"

No problem. I should have clarified.
 
This weeks ep was like a sedative for fans after last weeks trauma. I thought it was ok, I like Ezekiel and I think his dynamic with Carol has potential.

I did want to see how Rick, Maggie and co are doing after last weeks horrific events, however it seems we wont see them until at least ep 4, but next weeks ep with Daryl in the compound with Negan looks intense.

The problem with the “complaint” is the source: the Parents Television Council is a religious conservative watchdog group that acts like the town council from Footloose over anything on TV that isn’t on the Hallmark Channel. Plus they love the free press they get whenever they go off on whatever is popular on TV right now.

Nothing’s going to come of that complaint....people who swear by the recommendations of the PTC aren’t watching TWD. And the PTC got attention, which is what they really wanted anyway.

Hey now, lets not bring the Hallmark channel into it! :D Groups aside I am sure many parents were disturbed by the episode, not just the nature of the violent acts, but the prolonged nature of it.

I'm not saying the show should or will have any repurcussions for it, I am just saying I could understand the other side of coin, I felt it went beyond the expectations of a TV MA, kinda like seeing a R rated movie and it sneaking in some NC-17 content.

Honestly, as brutal as it was, I didn’t think it was worse than stuff that’s already happened on the show. It hurts more, because it was characters we loved. But this show’s always been cruel and disgusting.

The thing that made it worse IMO was it was human on human sustained cruelty and brutaltiy, the act of one human smashing another's head into pulp, and like you say heightened by the fact it was Glenn and that it happened in front of Maggie.

I've seen my share of horror flicks, but I didn't even make it through AHS:Hotel after seeing:

Multiple characters killed via explicit sexual assault. Another character was tortured by having his eyes and tongue cut out, while having his hands impaled on a headboard while also given drugs to keep him erect inside of a corpse.

I checked a bit of this out to be able to give a proper opinion, and it is certainly grotesque and horrible, but it's like some nightmarish cartoon, which removes the human aspect and just becomes some vile excercise in twisted imagery, where as what happened in TWD felt raw IMO.
 
I checked a bit of this out to be able to give a proper opinion, and it is certainly grotesque and horrible, but it's like some nightmarish cartoon, which removes the human aspect and just becomes some vile excercise in twisted imagery, where as what happened in TWD felt raw IMO.

I can understand your POV. Negan's executions were more realistic, but the AHS:Hotel premiere was more sadistic and gratuitous. If I can draw a movie parallel, I'd call TWD a "hard R". AHS was like a gory porno, and I was shocked that the censors allowed it, even with the content warnings.
 
Next week:

[BLACKOUT]90 minutes of Negan Big Bad Wolfing Alexandria.[/BLACKOUT] :mrk:
 
Since South Park dropped the F bomb the other night, I wonder if AMC will follow suit and let Negan say it from time to time.
 
Fix has done it too. It's not the big deal it used to be. :)
 
I say, just do it like Syfy does it with the Magicians. That way, you can have the uncensored versions as well.
 
Negan @ Father Gabriel

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Since South Park dropped the F bomb the other night, I wonder if AMC will follow suit and let Negan say it from time to time.

Not a chance. And thing is, I would be fine if they even did what AMC did with Preacher: have Jesse actually say the word, but just 'mute' it out. That could get annoying, given how often Negan says the word, but I like how the show manages to keep him as foul-mouthed still.
 
Negan @ Father Gabriel

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LOL!

That was a beautiful moment. Post-catharsis Gabe doesn't seem to fear anything. He seemed to genuinely unnerve Negan, if only for a short time.
 
Also going off his reaction of that footage from Deanna's camcorder Negan seemed intimidated by the bearded Rick from season 5.
 
I really need someone to kill Negan, like yesterday. But he should be tortured for a few days first.
 
Also going off his reaction of that footage from Deanna's camcorder Negan seemed intimidated by the bearded Rick from season 5.
Hopefully bearded Rick makes a comeback; I'd like to see the Negan be afraid of what he's turned Rick back to.
 
Hopefully bearded Rick makes a comeback; I'd like to see the Negan be afraid of what he's turned Rick back to.

Has he really changed that much though? I would say he's still the same but he just not in a position to do much about the situation right now.
 
This season has been really strong so far, last week with Daryl holding out was good and this weeks ep was dripping with tension, everything between Rick and Negan is intense.

I read up on where the comics go from here and I hope the show doesn't follow suit, Negan is a menacing villain but I think his act can get played out if stretched too long. I hope he's killed off before they do the Whisperers.
 
Negan will never be scared of Rick...

Carl, however...
 
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