Walking Dead Season 5 Thread

[death2redemptions]

I thought that was a very boring episode but I'm happy to see a new character introduced at the end.

A boring episode of Walking Dead is still better than most shows.

[Ephland]

Originally Posted by death2redemptions

I thought that was a very boring episode but I'm happy to see a new character introduced at the end.

According to the internet, if the source material is followed, the new character basically introduced the next big plot line.

[IamRalpho]

This show is so tough to watch when there are episodes like this. I like the show but I can never put it up there with the elites because of how weak the slower episodes are. Just feels like they are going in circles....someone dies....new people appear. I know I knows thats what happens when the world explodes but I dont wanna watch it?

[xbignick]

Originally Posted by IamRalpho

This show is so tough to watch when there are episodes like this. I like the show but I can never put it up there with the elites because of how weak the slower episodes are. Just feels like they are going in circles....someone dies....new people appear. I know I knows thats what happens when the world explodes but I dont wanna watch it?

Thought about this, but then in that kind of world most days should be like this. I'm just glad we finally saw real, fitting weather. I don't think we've ever seen snow and this is only like the 2nd or 3rd time it's rained. Apparently they had a rain machine but it started raining as they were filming.

[IamRalpho]

Originally Posted by xbignick

Thought about this, but then in that kind of world most days should be like this. I'm just glad we finally saw real, fitting weather. I don't think we've ever seen snow and this is only like the 2nd or 3rd time it's rained. Apparently they had a rain machine but it started raining as they were filming.

I dont even think of stuff like that, because if I did Id just get madder at shows and hate them more.

[ilovethelakings]

Originally Posted by Brobocop

I love all the hate people have for this show. If you don't like it I don't get why you watch it? There is so many others things to watch these days. I thought the past two episodes have been pretty great, way better than the march to Terminus episodes from last year.

Right? Too many people bitch about this and other shows when they don't go the way they want. It's too slow. It's too fast. They forgot this. They changed that. It isn't like the comics. It's too much like the comics. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[jlzinck]

I liked the episode.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by jlzinck

I liked the episode.

I did too, it brought closure to the Atlanta part of the story and having Aaron pop in at the end clearly starts the next chapter.

[xbignick]

The amount of people on the reddit subreddit and other forums that believe Maggie's dream was real is staggering.

[shrevecity]

Originally Posted by xbignick

The amount of people on the reddit subreddit and other forums that believe Maggie's dream was real is staggering.

Its amazing on that, but like I said earlier the things they did would have been a disaster for the group. No way would all of them have run to the door to hold it. And Daryl would have alerted the rest of the group.

[mindbinge]

I thought it was a good episode...there were some classic shots in there with the zombies trying to break the barn door...kind of a nod to the old school if you watch any old zombie flicks.

I still think people were spoiled by the writing on Breaking Bad and expect that to be the norm on shows like this now...which, to me BB was the high water mark.

I thought it got really slow last season at the prison...but i've been pretty pleased with it lately...I wish there weren't as many commercial breaks but i guess that's what pays the bills.

[Clarka3]

Originally Posted by IamRalpho

This show is so tough to watch when there are episodes like this. I like the show but I can never put it up there with the elites because of how weak the slower episodes are. Just feels like they are going in circles....someone dies....new people appear. I know I knows thats what happens when the world explodes but I dont wanna watch it?

if you want a faster-paced show, see Z Nation. You'll come back to the Walking Dead in no-time.

Originally Posted by xbignick

We had the big "We are the Walking Dead!" statement and met a character that introduces us to a new point in the series. Allowed everyone to get past what happened in the last two episodes as well, though it was decent even though it was calm/building.

This was a big moment in the comics, when rick dropped that line. I don't know that it carried the same weight the way they used it in the show.

Originally Posted by jrosales

So you mean to tell me that the storm could topple over a bunch of sturdy and wel-developed trees, but the ramshackle, beat-up barn stayed in tact?

Consistently horrible writing on this show.

Originally Posted by Cliffroach

So the walkers at the barn door wasn't a dream? A tornado or something came through and wiped them out. That's sketchy.

While I'm seeing some that are saying that this was a dream sequence, they really didn't do a good job showing that. Add in all the corpses smashed by trees at the end, i'm with you. While it totally could have happened since Tornadoes skip and bounce, the chances of all those trees landing around the barn to smash the walkers and none hitting the barn is astronomical.

Originally Posted by xbignick

Like the 50th time Walking Dead has done the "person get pissed and runs into walkers violently" thing. Way overdone. And did she stab Abraham with the knife that had Walker blood?

Yup. ANd i'll tell you, if that cut turns out to be what does in Abraham, I'm going to be salty.

[pensfan87893]

Originally Posted by xbignick

We had the big "We are the Walking Dead!" statement and met a character that introduces us to a new point in the series. Allowed everyone to get past what happened in the last two episodes as well, though it was decent even though it was calm/building.

it was nice to hear Rick say that.... a nice comic quote there

[timfsu2k]

Originally Posted by Clarka3

if you want a faster-paced show, see Z Nation. You'll come back to the Walking Dead in no-time.

Thought about checking that show out. No good?

[CAS239]

Originally Posted by timfsu2k

Thought about checking that show out. No good?

I turned it on in the middle of an episode because I had never heard of it. Watched it for about 5 min then turned it. It was terrible over the top stuff.

[hairysasquatch]

What was up with the dead frogs?

[Ephland]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

What was up with the dead frogs?

i took it as a symbol of how dry the area was.

[Brobocop]

I have seen and heard some comments from people that they don't like how this show is somewhat repetitive in terms of someone joins, someone dies, so on and so forth. I've always explained this show as this generation's Seinfeld. This show truly is about nothing. There is no overarching plot, there is no end point in sight, there really is no beginning since we start with the zombie apocalypse in full swing. I like watching to see where it is going to go next, not to find out some conclusion. I think the show is great when it diverges from the comics since I don't want it to be too predictable.

Does the show have fits of bad acting or episodes that are a bit lackluster, sure, what show doesn't? I think though when this show is on it's A game, it's must watch TV. I would say that more times than not, this show delivers and you watch it for those huge payoffs.

[hairysasquatch]

Originally Posted by Ephland

i took it as a symbol of how dry the area was.

Sorry - as a non-reader of the comics I've been conditioned to assess everything on which the camera alights for >3 seconds as a fundamental harbinger or some storyline or other.

[CAS239]

I took the frogs as Sasha seeing them and in her mindstate after losing Tyrese, she didn't care about anything and didn't want to inform the group of them because she was just done.

Could be that it was just showing how dry everything was to give a feel of how rough the group has it. Thus making the rain that much greater. But if that was the case, why not collect the frogs and eat them. No need to shovel dirt over one like you're trying to hide it. The group would have feasted on some frog legs

[Clarka3]

Originally Posted by timfsu2k

Thought about checking that show out. No good?

it's not bad by any means. the pace is quicker, but the quality is not as good because of it (and the wack SFX).

[mindbinge]

Originally Posted by hairysasquatch

What was up with the dead frogs?

Originally Posted by Ephland

i took it as a symbol of how dry the area was.

yeah i think she was walking in a dried up creek bed.

[Ephland]

Originally Posted by CAS239

I took the frogs as Sasha seeing them and in her mindstate after losing Tyrese, she didn't care about anything and didn't want to inform the group of them because she was just done.

Could be that it was just showing how dry everything was to give a feel of how rough the group has it. Thus making the rain that much greater. But if that was the case, why not collect the frogs and eat them. No need to shovel dirt over one like you're trying to hide it. The group would have feasted on some frog legs

a few tiny ass frogs would not have fed one of them, let alone the whole group.

[ekalbnz]

Originally Posted by CAS239

I took the frogs as Sasha seeing them and in her mindstate after losing Tyrese, she didn't care about anything and didn't want to inform the group of them because she was just done.

Could be that it was just showing how dry everything was to give a feel of how rough the group has it. Thus making the rain that much greater. But if that was the case, why not collect the frogs and eat them. No need to shovel dirt over one like you're trying to hide it. The group would have feasted on some frog legs

Who knows how long they had been dead for though?

[GoTribe!!!]

Originally Posted by ekalbnz

Who knows how long they had been dead for though?

Probably not very long... they hadn't turned yet.