The Walking Dead (Season 8)

[Armor and Sword]

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It really has entered the pure **** area now. I really don't care about the main characters anymore.

Pure camp in a bad way now. Just bad.

[Sinner]

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Random thing this bugged me and my co-workers last night.
When Carol hit the button to open the gate, how did it open?
There is no electricity.......

Another super boring super uneventful episode.
They need to end this show, give us one more season at most.
The writing is just horrible.

Yeah I was wondering what was up with that also. My girl and I still like it, I usually ignore some of the crazy things or don't notice much of it like others but there were a few things that even bugged me last night...that being one...

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When Ezekiel and the his people got shot they were inside the Savior compound. When Ezekiel was rescued by his first guy they were inside the compound. Then when Jefferey Dahmar got Ezekiel I'm assuming maybe they didn't go very far but they ended up back at the compound with the gate locked? They just did a big circle? When did they even leave the compound to be on the other side?

I know Shiva died in the comics but I really wish they would have had her injured from a gun shot and that was her last stand to help the King when he was telling Jerry and Carol to go cause there is no way those Walkers should have been able to take her down. Would have been much easier to take had she been previously injured.

When Daryl and Rick were chasing the guys with the 50 cal, Daryls' motorcycle got shot and he was able to get back on it and ride? Also there was no way the guy wouldn't have hit Ricks jeep I don't care how bad of a shot you are. When he first uncovered and showed he was getting ready to use the 50 cal he should have been shot right there.

Then when Carol had the 2 guys while they were in front of the jeep and she had to make a decision to take them out and get the guns or save Jerry and Ezekiel. There was no way she couldn't have done both cause she was literally right behind the jeep. She knew where they were but they had no idea where she was. She could have just run around there shooting and they would have been dead then go help Jerry and Ezekiel. They should have had her further back from the jeep and it would have worked better. maybe i'm just nit picking but those bugged me a little.

[jeremym480]

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To me this show has just become one big TV Trope after another. I mean, they used the same "swoop in at the last minute to save the good guy" trope three times in last nights episode alone. Then you have the everybody dies except one guy trope, bad guy can't aim to save their lives trope, a good guy gets snatched by a bad guy trope, and I'm sure there's others that I'm missing.

With that said, I think that this episode was probably the best of the season, even though it was extremely predictable and I never felt that any of the main characters were in any danger. I still enjoy TWD and am invested in many of the characters but I'm not sure what they can do, if anything, to fix it at this point. If and when this war ends and Negan is killed off I just can't see them going back to moving on and just surviving. I feel like they really need to seriously start making strides towards and end game because just about any where they go from here is going to have a been there done that feel. Basically what I'm saying is the show has peaked for me and is going to end up being one of those shows that ended up staying around too long.

[Scott]

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For those that aren't enjoying it, do you not enjoy the comic?


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[Armor and Sword]

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For those that aren't enjoying it, do you not enjoy the comic?


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I have never read one of them. Purely a TV show fan. This is my last season. No doubt. Time to move on. I am invested...but season 8 is my last hurrah. There is so much better TV out there now. The show is too long in the tooth and lost all the magic after Terminus. It's just a mismash now. Nothing compelling at all. I actually think killing off Glen and Abraham essentially killed the show.

[Scott]

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I have never read one of them. Purely a TV show fan. This is my last season. No doubt. Time to move on. I am invested...but season 8 is my last hurrah. There is so much better TV out there now. The show is too long in the tooth and lost all the magic after Terminus. It's just a mismash now. Nothing compelling at all. I actually think killing off Glen and Abraham essentially killed the show.

well, it’s stayed true to the comic...


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[Herky]

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well, it’s stayed true to the comic...


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They did change some of the characters. The governor was a lot worse in the comics and Michonne was a little more friendly with the men if you know what I mean.

Not a big fan of the Rick/Michonne thing. I don't hate the show they just can't do some things on AMC that they can in the comics. If this were on HBO or Starz it could be almost exactly the same as the comic.

They are pretty close to being the same however.

[Scott]

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They did change some of the characters. The governor was a lot worse in the comics and Michonne was a little more friendly with the men if you know what I mean.



Not a big fan of the Rick/Michonne thing. I don't hate the show they just can't do some things on AMC that they can in the comics. If this were on HBO or Starz it could be almost exactly the same as the comic.



They are pretty close to being the same however.

Agree 100%


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[kehlis]

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well, it’s stayed true to the comic...


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That's only relevant to those who read the comics which not all of us did though.

It's like coming out of a movie and hearing someone say, well, the book was much better.

[SuperSeahawks]

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I binged watched the 1st 5 seasons, then watched 6 and 7 live. I stopped watching and haven't seen season 8 for a few reasons. The main characters seem to be enclosed with enough plot armor to protect them if they took a RPG to the face. The zombie fad for me has ended, especially with the zombies no longer being the primary villain of the series. Overall, the show moves a little too slowly for my preferences and the structure is predictable (a few random deaths, then characters will certainly die during the mid-season and season finales).

[DamnYanks2]

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Yea I'm done watching. I dont like the majority of the new characters. The plot is just boring and recycled.

And it lost that organic feel a long time ago.

They should have killed off Carl or somebody else. Killing Glenn was a bad idea.

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[jasontoddwhitt]

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I'm not getting the hatred for this season...as a reader of the comics...I'm liking this season so far. Changes that earlier showrunners inexplicably made have put them in a bit of a corner, as Gimple is trying to bring the show more in line with the comics (Michonne has practically taken Andrea's place in the story, Carol has taken Michonne's place in the story).

As a production guy, I'm wishing this show had GoT's budget.

I'm glad Jerry sliced Jeffrey Dahmer in half and survived the episode. Hell, I was more worried about Jerry's survival than I was Ezekial. While I understand that Shiva needed to die to stay in line with the comics, there is no way in hell that a pack of zombies is bringing a full-strength tiger down. Now if they had shown that Shiva had been wounded by that .50cal machine gun, then I could've bought that.

The All Out War story arc in the comics was two whole volumes (12 issues). It'll be interesting to see how this all plays out as there is more to come.

[LionsFanNJ]

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I still watch it when i cannon demand but i'm really not as invested in the show as I used to be, I'm just trying to reconcile how the show is going to pull off the next arc. Will be interesting to see for sure.

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[jake44np]

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Best part of the whole damn episode was the 2 second slip of them showing the sky.

[Leon]

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I thought the last one was pretty good. Almost, almost, makes Negan sympathetic -- and I'm glad we didn't go there.

I'm still salty about Shiva. We barely know her, but I've been more affected by her passing than any death for 3 seasons.