Eh. I think I'm about done with the show. I'll still watch because I'm pot committed at this point, but I'm no longer excited by it the way I once was. I don't blame them, it borders on impossible to keep a single overlying story arch new and interesting for 7 seasons. Eventually everything becomes stale, and what you're left with to keep it fresh is absurd. And so goes The Walking Dead.
First, the garbage people. This was stupid from the start. This for me was the point when the show stopped being about how normal people would adapt in a world with a zombie apocalypse, and into a comic book with absurd characters. It came close enough w/ the Kingdom, but these people took it. There was no semblance of reality in who they were or who they were led by. It was just comic book stuff. And of course I get this is all based on a graphic novel, but for many seasons it was able to keep a feel of reality (you know, minus the zombies). Once you stop showing us how real people would deal with this insane situation, and start giving us comic book characters and civilizations, you're going to lose a large crowd.
Which brings me to...why would they have ever trusted them to be on their side? They had absolutely nothing on the line. You just happened across them, but now you trust them fully? All the groups they've come across that were evil, and how slow to trust anyone theyve been as a result, but they meet these folks once and tell them their whole plan?? Nonsense. It'd be one thing if they absolutely needed them, and everything was futile without them, but the fact that they were able to beat back Negan not only without them, but also having to fight against them TOO, shows how unnecessary they were. So you trusted a group you knew nothing about, based on nothing, and with no necessity...neat.
Stop forcing Maggie on me. It was like suddenly one episode last year they just said, "hey, Maggie is an awesome leader and everyone looks to her," and I was just supposed to accept it. It came from nowhere, they just said it and I'm supposed to say ok. They just forced it so badly, and they knew it wasn't natural, so they had to tell you how difficult a decision she was making all the time, and how everyone was looking to her. Why were they looking to her all the sudden? Who knows, because the show said so.
Negan carries on. Awesome, the Kingdom and Hilltop show up, but nobody gets in the way of the exit. Yawn. And Negan would IMMEDIATELY grab an army and return. They still have them outnumbered by a mile. He wouldnt give them time to recover and prepare. Makes no sense.
The show now is this:
Season premiere - exciting start, whoa I wonder what will happen?
Episodes 2-15 - nothing much happens.
Season finale - some resolution to issue present in season premiere.
Sorry for ranting so long, but the show has gone off the rails for me. Nobody acts rationally anymore, the character changes are completely forced, new characters and civilizations aren't real people at all anymore, and the show slogs along for 14 of 16 episodes per season now.
I predict a huge viewership dropoff next season.
First, the garbage people. This was stupid from the start. This for me was the point when the show stopped being about how normal people would adapt in a world with a zombie apocalypse, and into a comic book with absurd characters. It came close enough w/ the Kingdom, but these people took it. There was no semblance of reality in who they were or who they were led by. It was just comic book stuff. And of course I get this is all based on a graphic novel, but for many seasons it was able to keep a feel of reality (you know, minus the zombies). Once you stop showing us how real people would deal with this insane situation, and start giving us comic book characters and civilizations, you're going to lose a large crowd.
Which brings me to...why would they have ever trusted them to be on their side? They had absolutely nothing on the line. You just happened across them, but now you trust them fully? All the groups they've come across that were evil, and how slow to trust anyone theyve been as a result, but they meet these folks once and tell them their whole plan?? Nonsense. It'd be one thing if they absolutely needed them, and everything was futile without them, but the fact that they were able to beat back Negan not only without them, but also having to fight against them TOO, shows how unnecessary they were. So you trusted a group you knew nothing about, based on nothing, and with no necessity...neat.
Stop forcing Maggie on me. It was like suddenly one episode last year they just said, "hey, Maggie is an awesome leader and everyone looks to her," and I was just supposed to accept it. It came from nowhere, they just said it and I'm supposed to say ok. They just forced it so badly, and they knew it wasn't natural, so they had to tell you how difficult a decision she was making all the time, and how everyone was looking to her. Why were they looking to her all the sudden? Who knows, because the show said so.
Negan carries on. Awesome, the Kingdom and Hilltop show up, but nobody gets in the way of the exit. Yawn. And Negan would IMMEDIATELY grab an army and return. They still have them outnumbered by a mile. He wouldnt give them time to recover and prepare. Makes no sense.
The show now is this:
Season premiere - exciting start, whoa I wonder what will happen?
Episodes 2-15 - nothing much happens.
Season finale - some resolution to issue present in season premiere.
Sorry for ranting so long, but the show has gone off the rails for me. Nobody acts rationally anymore, the character changes are completely forced, new characters and civilizations aren't real people at all anymore, and the show slogs along for 14 of 16 episodes per season now.
I predict a huge viewership dropoff next season.
