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

[Reek]

Negan is going to become a fan favorite... believe me. tremendous.

 

[Slick]

Yeah I think he's going to be a Gus Fring level villain.

 

[NotNickFury]

So not as big as "No Sanctuary," but the premiere brought in about 17 million viewers. I'm surprised that the Season 5 premiere is still the benchmark so far, but after seeing the group herded together in Terminus, a lot of folks wanted to see how they escaped.

 

[samsnee]

I think I'm done watching this show. I'll still keep up with recaps and what not, but

Spoiler

the death of Glen was too much, even if it was what happened in the comics. Not even being able to see him have one last normal moment with any of them is tragic. Also, it was nice having an Asian American on the show that isn't a stereotype, and just a normal guy.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

This is why I didn't enter FB even once yesterday all day as well as other websites that could have spoiled it. Just focus on your work/daily tasks and it's ok.

I'll be honest when I logged on I wasn't even thinking about TWD, just wanted a few mins break from work and then that popped up. Have unfollowed the page now as it really ruined the episode for me.

 

[Kane52630]

I think I'm done watching this show. I'll still keep up with recaps and what not, but

Spoiler

the death of Glen was too much, even if it was what happened in the comics. Not even being able to see him have one last normal moment with any of them is tragic. Also, it was nice having an Asian American on the show that isn't a stereotype, and just a normal guy.

But when they do something like this it's okay to stomach?

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[Mike_D202]

 

[Ruth Fisher]

I hate negan but love that he take care of himself!

 

[Kane52630]

Parents Televison Council Takes Violent Walking Dead Premiere To Task

 

[Sawyer]

That nihilistic series that regularly engages in graphic, bloody violence was nihilistic, graphic and bloody?

*clutches pearls*

 

[samsnee]

But when they do something like this it's okay to stomach?

Spoiler

Because there's no personal connection there.

 

[Reek]

Because there's no personal connection there.

uh.... people have died on the show before... just saying.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

Noah was torn apart and that wasn't too violent?

 

[The Joker]

Hershel getting beheaded with a sword wasn't too violent?

 

[Hunter Rider]

Parents Televison Council Takes Violent Walking Dead Premiere To Task

I'm not surprised in fairness, it was the most relelentlessly unpleasent 45 minutes of TV I have ever seen, and then I see people going "How cool is Negan"....It baffles me, all I wanted after the ep was the chance to see the ep where he is killed.

I think the difference between this ep and say Herschel's beaheading was that savage, unrelenting brutality of smashing the skull of not one but two characters heads in, in the case of Glen it was extended with the horrific image of him with his eye hanging out, trying to talk as his pregnant girlfriend could only look on in horror, only for Negan to make it a joke, it was pretty horrific IMO.

The thing with other brutal moments in shows is that they are fleeting, this was relentless for the whole ep, from the savage murders to the way Rick was broken down, there was no relief. I'm not a father but I certainly wouldn't want my kid to see it if he or she were under 16.

 

[samsnee]

uh.... people have died on the show before... just saying.

Noah was torn apart and that wasn't too violent?

Hershel getting beheaded with a sword wasn't too violent?

I didn't really have strong feelings for those characters one way or another. Different people's deaths affect different people, uh, differently. This one just hurts.

 

[Reek]

i was a bit cold with saying that... having read the comics, i was prepared

 

[Mike_D202]

The thing with other brutal moments in shows is that they are fleeting, this was relentless for the whole ep, from the savage murders to the way Rick was broken down, there was no relief. I'm not a father but I certainly wouldn't want my kid to see it if he or she were under 16.

 

[Kane52630]

lol thank you.

This is show was never for kids.

 

[Great Cthulhu]

Next they will do a remake of the episode but Negan will use a wiffle bat to make an example out of Glenn and Abe. Kind of like that South Park episode with Cartman and Kyle.

 

[Elevator Man]

Well EW didn't waste anytime revealing [BLACKOUT]one of the Lucille victims[/BLACKOUT] on their cover this week.

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This Week’s Cover: The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun shares the inside story of Glenn's brutal death

“I don’t know if I’ve fully processed it yet,” says Steven Yeun about the untimely demise of his character on The Walking Dead. Fans could say the same thing.

Yeun appears on the cover of this week’s Entertainment Weekly and shares his memories about playing Glenn on television’s top-rated drama, as well as his thoughts about having to say goodbye to both the character and the show. “This is something that will hit me maybe a couple of months from now,” he says. “Or maybe it’ll hit me next year. Maybe it’ll be when I’m 45 and all of a sudden I’m just crying in my kitchen and I can’t explain why. At that point, it was beautiful in that it was so easy for me to get emotional. Personally, for me, I’m not one to cry all the time. I don’t cry much in real life. And when you do not cry in real life, the moments that you do cry are very, very fulfilling and cathartic. You realize, maybe I should cry more in general.”

Yeun also discusses whether he thinks the graphic violence was too much, what it was like for his family to have to sit through the scene (not all of them did), the importance of Glenn’s final words, as well as how he felt leaving The Walking Dead set for the final time.

“It was a really confusing time for me personally,” says Yeun of his exit. “It was a sense of relief that a chapter was closing, a sense of accomplishment in looking back and seeing all the things that I got to be a part of, a sense of sadness in knowing that I don’t get to work with these people in the same capacity again, and a sense of confusion because I didn’t know how to place a lot of it because I had to keep it secret.”

Lauren Cohan, Andrew Lincoln, and Norman Reedus also each pay tribute to their costar with personal remembrances about working with Yeun over the course of the series, while Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman honors the man who played fellow victim Abraham, Michael Cudlitz. Plus, the cast and producers tell you what to expect next on the show. (Hint: One person is not about to take this Negan business lying down.)

 

[Elevator Man]

So not as big as "No Sanctuary," but the premiere brought in about 17 million viewers. I'm surprised that the Season 5 premiere is still the benchmark so far, but after seeing the group herded together in Terminus, a lot of folks wanted to see how they escaped.

I was surprised it was that close b/c of the slight dip in last season's ratings I was expecting around 15-16 million viewers total. I guess most who claim to quit the show stuck around for the premiere to see who ended up being Lucille'd. As well as a lot more people, who normally don't, watched it live so they wouldn't get spoiled later.

 

[Hunter Rider]

lol thank you.

This is show was never for kids.

You guys are kidding, a zombie show based on a comic and you don't think anyone under 16 has been watching to this point? Even then that rating isn't strong enough for what was shown in that episode.

 

[Schlosser85]

But it's not the show's fault if parents let their kids watch it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

But it's not the show's fault if parents let their kids watch it.

It is if the content goes beryond the expected boundries of the rating.