@ Everyone
Please excuse me for a second and ignore this wall post! m(_ _)m
And:
PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY THE WALKING DEAD SPOILERS!
@ Rina
Episode 1: Ron's dad
He was an asshole so sure we ABSOLUTELY can't bury his dead body within these walls... NO WAY in hell! We rather take him out somewhere far far away outside the wall where it's oh so dangerous – they say this all the time – risking other peoples lives to bury him.
If the world outside is so dangerous then why the hell do this? Really cheap way to create suspense.
Same episode:
They (the producers) are actually stupid enough to show us a black and white flashback were Rick, Abraham, Michonne, Glenn, Sasha and Morgan along with a lot of other people stand in front of a shop filled with a few zombies, mentioning that the noise those zombies create could distract the herd and saying that they will come back!!! later tonight!!!! to clear it!!!!
What the hell????
Oh, yeah, 'cause the world in the zombie apocalypse is oh, so predictable... GREAT idea!
They stand there in front of that fucking shop outnumbering the few zombies in that shop by far – heavily armed at that! - and they don't take out those few zombies right away – even though they know they have to sooner or later!?!
So back in the present time line we see Glenn and two others coming back to that shop later on – when shit hit the fan of course – having to silence these zombies in a hurry resulting in one of them almost getting bitten...
I know this is supposed to keep us on edge – but how moronic do they actually think we (the fans) are?
Seriously, that is just BAD writing, very very very extremely BAD writing. It shows us, they are not even trying anymore...
Episode 3
Rick, Glenn and Michonne are running from the herd with a group of newbies...
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…... Rick, Glenn and Michonne... the 3 people who walked with the zombies so many times before... are RUNNING... from zombies... with a few newbies... it can't get any worse than that!
I know that at first they are in a hurry to get back to Alexandria 'cause the horn is still sounding... but later on Michonne and Glenn are just trying to get those people back home safely...
Of course they did NOT think for a second to cover themselves in zombie blood and guts to become invisible for all the zombies around them... of course not! I mean how would they, right? Not like they've done that many many times before... Especially not since they were with some wounded people who weren't even able to run anymore... O_o
So of course the newbs all die... how surprising...
Lame writing once again.
Episode 8 when the herd breaks through the wall Deanna, an elderly woman who never killed a single zombie in her whole life, decides to run after Rick, the ultimate zombie killer (who happens to clear the whole city almost on his own later on), that Rick – who can handle himself out there, her words – trying to help him instead of hiding somewhere and gets deadly injured in the process...
They obviously needed to get rid of her fast and weren't really in the mood to think of a better way...
Her last moment was great, I admit that, but the things that led to that moment were just plain dumb.
Episode 9 when his brand new girlfriend and her son get eaten right in front of his eyes, ultimate zombie killer Rick just stands there and says „No!“ in disbelieve... Seriously, that's all he does. Michonne in the back with HER SWORD just standing there watching... But the moment Ricks son gets shot he manages to fight his way out and carries him to the infirmary...
Too ridiculous...
That whole scene gets even worse: The moment they left the house it was in the middle of the day, sunlight and all. The next time we see them still walking holding hands through the zombies roaming town, it's pitch black night! Just where the hell have they been? That town is really small. Just a few houses!!! Were they having a picnic in the meantime or what?
That's what I mean with not even trying anymore...That's also what makes me lose all respect for the show. If they keep going like that I will probably stop watching at some point...
I can excuse some mistakes every once in a while and also a little pushing in the “right” direction... but that was stretching it a little too far... And those were only a few examples.
Guess I'll stop here since my post is already waaaaaaaaaaaay too long...
I think you should be able to get my point by now.
However, Episode 2 was brilliant, I give them that! One of my favorite episodes ever!
The whole setup was close to perfection and I loved it.
But unfortunately that was the only episode where I can say that. A few others were good too, of course. Just too much stupid nonsense way too often...
Rant end ;)