I'm thinking if I pulled that shirt up over my head like that, nobody'd be looking at Coral.Cool shirt from a couple of seasons ago.
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I'm thinking if I pulled that shirt up over my head like that, nobody'd be looking at Coral.Cool shirt from a couple of seasons ago.
That right there blew away any ability I had to suspend disbelief and enjoy this show. There's no way in the WORLD thatWee-eell, it wasn't quite as turd-tastic as I'd feared. Or I might be wrong about that. I did go in with very low expectations, after all.
But as before, dumb stuff.
Such as, how TH did the Saviors break out of the Sanctuary (apparently using most/all of their ammo, as per Eugene's comment in the previous ep) and counter-attack so swiftly and effectively? In previous eps, they were openly saying to each other that there was no plan. We, the audience, never saw or heard any post-breakout plans being formed, let alone nailed into place. They also seemed to have plenty of rounds left, so either Eugene was wrong in his estimate (probably not) or he was cranking bullets out like a bar-steward, because in the space of a few hours there was apparently ammo a-plenty.
"Negan wants Rick, the King and the Widow". Right. So why does Simon let her go, then? Even if we overlook that for a teeny-tiny second, he lets her go back without an escort! That there? That's stupid, that is.
As is Enid and Aaron's road trip. "Let's lure the Oceansiders out!" What a good idea! They only told you to stay away. Oh, and you attacked them before and nicked their arsenal. But yeah, good idea. Blowing Granny away when she finally turns up, less so. But hey ho, thanks for trying.
Rick and Negan's "fight". FFS, Rick, man, don't dab at the MF with the handle! Swing it around and tw*t him one with the business end! You know, the end that's only got barbed f***ing wire wrapped around it! Make it so he'd come second even to "Popeye" Glenn in a beauty contest!
And if you do have to dab at him, for Christ's sake blow him away when you fall through the window and come up with your gun in your hand. IIRC that thing fires .357 rounds. One or two of those and Negan's leaning back, "Oh, sh!t"ting days are over. I mean truly.
Genius. I love the Jacob's ladder approach in this situation. Sure, it would be a tad nauseating. Think "It was all a dream." Like they did on Dallas. *urp* But it would be a lot more believable than what they've got going on now. MaybeCarl getting bitten. OK. Yes, he should have been nibbled a few eps back, as I said at the time. But come on. That whole thing is clearly something that got bolted on in the writers' room at some point. Either that or Chandler Riggs really can't act, because there was no reaction at all. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Yet bites hurt. Surely he'd at least wince a bit and look pained?
And the bite...on his side? Really? When his arm was right there, begging to be chewed, and his legs were offering a much more accessible target?
Anyway, it is what it is. There just better not be a magical miracle escape for him. Glenn's Magic Dumpster was bad enough (I mean, most dumpsters I've seen have small wheels and 2-3 inches ground clearance at most; they really don't need much/any more, they're not supposed to be moved around a whole lot, or easy to move around), but if, somehow, we get a chopper landing and someone telling Negan to stop being so naughty, now can we please help the boy (well, "boy") in the Magical Ever-Expanding Sewer System, then...yeah. Phuket.
While I'm thinking about the helicopter...I'm telling' ya, all this should be in Rick's head. That chopper is a medevac, all right, but it's for him, because in reality he's still lying at the side of the road having just been shot, and Shane and the rest of the deputies are huddled around trying to save him.
I. Love. It. This would be the absolute BEST ending they could give it.And of course he doesn't make it, dying in the hospital room he was lying in back in S1. We then get the closing shot of the series. Rick in the morgue. His body bag gets zipped up and the attendants leave the room, talking. The body bag begins to move. Zombie noises come from within. Yep, Rick is actually Patient Zero.
We'd have to explain howCap TWD, switch to FTWD...in which Morgan turns out to be part of the medical team that first experienced/tried to save Rick and are therefore technically the experts. Or something. Anything. Just make stuff start making some kind of sense.
I'm with you. Gimple needs to go. Even so, I don't think the show would survive, but I do think the blame lies squarely on his shoulders. He didn't just ignoreBest bits were when the Trash Pandas did their 'Brave Sir Robin' bit - hopefully for good - and Rick's "Don't you ever shut up?" to Negan.
Apart from that, I feel we've really just come full circle back to how the cards lay at the midpoint of S7. It's almost as if Gimple (a pox be on his house) has decided to ignore the back half of last season but had to burn the first half of this one as well to make it happen.
Tbh, if I were in a position to do so, I'd be handing the bloke his P45 with his next payslip and getting someone else in. But unfortunately, I'm not, so...
Wee-eell, it wasn't quite as turd-tastic as I'd feared. Or I might be wrong about that. I did go in with very low expectations, after all.
But as before, dumb stuff.
Such as, how TH did the Saviors break out of the Sanctuary (apparently using most/all of their ammo, as per Eugene's comment in the previous ep) and counter-attack so swiftly and effectively? In previous eps, they were openly saying to each other that there was no plan. We, the audience, never saw or heard any post-breakout plans being formed, let alone nailed into place. They also seemed to have plenty of rounds left, so either Eugene was wrong in his estimate (probably not) or he was cranking bullets out like a bar-steward, because in the space of a few hours there was apparently ammo a-plenty.
"Negan wants Rick, the King and the Widow". Right. So why does Simon let her go, then? Even if we overlook that for a teeny-tiny second, he lets her go back without an escort! That there? That's stupid, that is.
As is Enid and Aaron's road trip. "Let's lure the Oceansiders out!" What a good idea! They only told you to stay away. Oh, and you attacked them before and nicked their arsenal. But yeah, good idea. Blowing Granny away when she finally turns up, less so. But hey ho, thanks for trying.
Rick and Negan's "fight". FFS, Rick, man, don't dab at the MF with the handle! Swing it around and tw*t him one with the business end! You know, the end that's only got barbed f***ing wire wrapped around it! Make it so he'd come second even to "Popeye" Glenn in a beauty contest!
And if you do have to dab at him, for Christ's sake blow him away when you fall through the window and come up with your gun in your hand. IIRC that thing fires .357 rounds. One or two of those and Negan's leaning back, "Oh, sh!t"ting days are over. I mean truly.
Carl getting bitten. OK. Yes, he should have been nibbled a few eps back, as I said at the time. But come on. That whole thing is clearly something that got bolted on in the writers' room at some point. Either that or Chandler Riggs really can't act, because there was no reaction at all. Nothing. Zip. Nada. Yet bites hurt. Surely he'd at least wince a bit and look pained?
And the bite...on his side? Really? When his arm was right there, begging to be chewed, and his legs were offering a much more accessible target?
Anyway, it is what it is. There just better not be a magical miracle escape for him. Glenn's Magic Dumpster was bad enough (I mean, most dumpsters I've seen have small wheels and 2-3 inches ground clearance at most; they really don't need much/any more, they're not supposed to be moved around a whole lot, or easy to move around), but if, somehow, we get a chopper landing and someone telling Negan to stop being so naughty, now can we please help the boy (well, "boy") in the Magical Ever-Expanding Sewer System, then...yeah. Phuket.
While I'm thinking about the helicopter...I'm telling' ya, all this should be in Rick's head. That chopper is a medevac, all right, but it's for him, because in reality he's still lying at the side of the road having just been shot, and Shane and the rest of the deputies are huddled around trying to save him. And of course he doesn't make it, dying in the hospital room he was lying in back in S1. We then get the closing shot of the series. Rick in the morgue. His body bag gets zipped up and the attendants leave the room, talking. The body bag begins to move. Zombie noises come from within. Yep, Rick is actually Patient Zero.
Cap TWD, switch to FTWD...in which Morgan turns out to be part of the medical team that first experienced/tried to save Rick and are therefore technically the experts. Or something. Anything. Just make stuff start making some kind of sense.
Best bits were when the Trash Pandas did their 'Brave Sir Robin' bit - hopefully for good - and Rick's "Don't you ever shut up?" to Negan.
Apart from that, I feel we've really just come full circle back to how the cards lay at the midpoint of S7. It's almost as if Gimple (a pox be on his house) has decided to ignore the back half of last season but had to burn the first half of this one as well to make it happen.
Tbh, if I were in a position to do so, I'd be handing the bloke his P45 with his next payslip and getting someone else in. But unfortunately, I'm not, so...
"It was all a dream." Like they did on Dallas. *urp*
Cool shirt from a couple of seasons ago.
I'm thinking if I pulled that shirt up over my head like that, nobody'd be looking at Coral.
I think all those W's were for the Wolves.We finally got to watch last night. I am not pleased!! Carl was such a little pain in the arse the first few seasons but darn it, he's grown on me. I cried!! Cried!! Even though I knew something was wrong with him the whole episode. Cried!! My husband was highly amused. "I can't believe you're crying."
I did not cry over Glen. I felt sick and more than a little disgust. But no crying. Damn you, Coral!!
I completely forgot about all the cryptic "W's" left all over and did not know who the heck you all were referring to by Whisperers. Is that where the W comes in? I have not read the comics. But, I am holding out hope that it does end up being a "cheat" this time and is a Whisperer bite.
Ahhh. So who are the Whisperers?? I mean, I understand they are not Walkers but have I just missed this along the way or they are new?I think all those W's were for the Wolves.
The whisperers areAhhh. So who are the Whisperers?? I mean, I understand they are not Walkers but have I just missed this along the way or they are new?
Thank you!The whisperers aresurvivors who wear walker skin to blend in. Unlike our gang who have done it from time to time, Whisperers stay like that all the time. That's how they live. They're the next group the gang encounter.
Ohhhhh,I really love your rick as patient zero scenario. I would love that. The Jacob's Ladder situation would be perfect too.
That right there blew away any ability I had to suspend disbelief and enjoy this show. There's no way in the WORLD thatRick wouldn't swing at Negan with Lucille's business end. None. Or that he wouldn't have taken a shot. Those two fails on Rick's part blew the show out of the water for me, long before Coral's bite.
Genius. I love the Jacob's ladder approach in this situation. Sure, it would be a tad nauseating. Think "It was all a dream." Like they did on Dallas. *urp* But it would be a lot more believable than what they've got going on now. MaybeAnd I'd really enjoy that.All of the people on the show were people from his real life. The Governor carried himself like an officer, so maybe a boss Rick didn't particularly like. All the kids on the show could be kids from the neighborhood. Carol could be a domestic abuse call Rick Answered. And, maybe in the ultimate twist, Carol was killed by her shmuck husband. That would explain why Rick would ressurect her in his mind and make her so strong. If we thought about it, we could explain how he knew all of them in his real life.
I. Love. It. This would be the absolute BEST ending they could give it.
We'd have to explain howRick could be patient zero and how Nick's girlfriend got infected. We're assuming she died of an overdose, so she would have to have been infected before that, somehow. We'd also have to explain how the virus got from Patient Zero (Rick) to other cities and countries around the world. Sai King provided the perfect scenario for it: One of the first responders ran, lighting the infection along the way like a wildfire.
I'm with you. Gimple needs to go. Even so, I don't think the show would survive, but I do think the blame lies squarely on his shoulders. He didn't just ignoreI just don't think there's any coming back. I'll watch the first episode in February, but unless they come up with something that's truly dazzling (without being a cheat), I'm done with it. I've enjoyed the series. I'm glad I watched it. But that's the end of it.The back half of the season, but also the entirety of the comic book's narrative from that point forward. The whole (comic) series revolved around Carl. Killing him off now creates a complete departure from the comics. There's just no way to reconcile that.
I think Carl got bitten an episode or two back when he was taking food to the guy in the woods his dad chased off. There was a zombie fight and Carl was in a pretty intense battle with a zombie. I'm guessing that's where it happened.
(BTW, people in WY do NOT have the pseudo hillbilly accents that infested that movie)