AMC Walking Dead [Spoilers]

This was what I was thinking while watching it. What even made less sense was that they STILL fought even after watching the Governor BEHEAD A DUDE WITH A SAMURAI SWORD. wtf?

While I agree with the wtf regarding the Governors group going along with his plan. There was also a fight or flight reaction that did occur once shots were fired.

So in some respects it did make sense, since they didn't really have enough time to say wtf, due to the prison group opening fire as soon as the Governor thwacked him.

Sure, but somebody could've easily just shot the Governor in the back and put their guns down.

I'm glad the governor's dead. This entire conflict was very sloppily concluded in this season. I mean really now, someone used an empty filing cabinet as a shield the other night, as well as a decomposing zombie, pretty ridiculous.

Also why didn't the governor just shoot the bus rick hid behind with the tank, and where the hell are they finding shells for this 40 year old tank?

rational thought is unfortunately one of the first things most people lose in fight or flight situations, so in that aspect, they probably would fight on with the governor, imo, anyway.



it's been fairly established since this show started that their weapons consultant either A.) knows little about weapons or B.) is getting super lazy in his old age / drug binge.

I don't know, these people aren't just regular people, they've seen and lived through some serious ***. I'd think somebody would've been able to pull it together and put up a white flag or laid down a gun and put their hands up in the air.

I guess I just had a problem with the episode on a whole. Even the Governor's ultimatum seemed moronic. "Leave the jail, because we want to live there or we'll ...................blow it up?"

Then he attracts zombies with the gunshots and pretends like the zombies will soon congregate there and break down the fences, but uhh, you're on the side with the zombies smart guy. If the zombies come it's actually much more detrimental to his people because then they'd be stuck between a zombie horde and Rick's people who are behind fences and most likely dug-in in the prison.

His master plan was the dumbest ***I ever seen so far in the show, also like Nausi said I didn't know tables and rotting zombies are bulletproof.

while I agree with you, it's hard to say what line of BS the governor was feeding his crew otw over there, rick eats babies, ect.

the mob mentality is hard to overcome.

They really do make some silly *** decisions on this show, but this one wasn't too far fetched. I would argue the harder thing to believe is that he talked that crew into going over to the prison in the first place.

I'd have told him to stfu, & dig another trench...

Well, it's a fictional TV show involving rotting carcasses that come back to life due to some virus and eat people. It likely becomes a lot less entertaining when you're questioning everything and applying real world logic. I just enjoy this show for what it is.

Wish I could like this twice.

I actually kind of like it when the show gets cheesy,

But there are many reasons I'm getting bored....

I thought there was something off about that carol gtfo scene, but I couldn't put my finger on it.

thanks!

(The same person that cuts Carol's hair)

Also, her grey hair throws me off so bad. I could never tell how old she was.

Seriously though, there's also the question of how long before these things finally run out of energy and "die" or decompose to a point of uselessness.

Zombies in swat/riot gear was one of my favorite elements.

i think she is in her 60s

The speed of the zombies was decided before season 1 aired, they didn't want them to be any faster than the zombie in the cemetery in George A. Romeros Night of the Living Dead, the orignal

I think you're in her 60s.

She's also trying to get Daryl in her 60s.

/nod

Except in the second episode when they started full out sprinting and climbing fences better than I could.

So you wouldn't be a little irritated if Jesus appeared in the next episode riding a blue unicorn shooting lazer beams out of it's *** that kills all the zombies?

I mean, hey, it's a fictional TV show about zombies, it's already unrealistic right?

Except that's wrong. It's a fictional TV show about zombies that appear in a real worldesque scenario. The only part that is taken as ridiculous is the zombies, the human characters in the show are SUPPOSED to be realistic human beings.

So, what's to become of the people in the make-shift sick bay in the prison? Are they toast?

Well you know if one were like a fanatical catholic, that whole Jesus scenario may not be so upsetting since you know they kind of actually do believe some ***like that would happen in real life.

And there you have it. You would've told him to stfu and dig another trench. But apparently nobody in his group of mutts had the backbone to be like wtf is going on?? Why are we listening to this new guy who all the sudden is trying to be the leader.

There is no "mob mentality" if nobody was really down with the plan except the Governor. It's like they just went with him because, "well we got nothin better to do".

We already saw the lines of BS he was feeding them. That Rick's group killed his daughter, they burned his camp blah blah blah. The best part was how the Governor kept reiterating that he doesn't want to kill anyone, and rather take the prison without taking a life, and then within the 1st 10 minutes of showing up at the prison he cuts an old man's head off in front of his family.

There was just so much wrong with what was going on, the only way I could believe what was happening was that if they had just replaced the Governor's group with zombies or some kind of herd animal like cows or something.

It could just be that the writers were painting the picture that the Governor is a psycho-pathological-liar. They tend to be rather charming and convincing. Good job on connecting the dots that the writers put out.

Yeah I don't get what people want from this show. If they loved it at the beginning but don't love it now what changed? Nothing. The show just shows us how much life sucks after this outbreak and the horrible stuff that everyone has to deal with just to survive. I think it's great and I think this has been its best season. Every episode can't just be people fighting zombies the entire show.

To those complaining, what would make the show better to you?

The Governor dying in Woodbury storyline would've made the show better for me. It's not like I totally hate the show, I'm not complaining either, it's just a show I watch while I'm cooking dinner.

I'm just expressing my thoughts on the last half of the mid season. The other stuff with the virus outbreak in the prison didn't bother me at all. But if you don't think the show changed, I don't know what to say.

The show changed a lot, it's more about human morality and human problems with other humans than it is about finding out wtf happened to make zombies.

You get alot more of the "Human Problem" AFTER the prison. the prison is all about the peace of mind of being protected by the prison but then the worry that the walkers are gunna get in: then add Woodbury.

Except he didn't seem that convincing or charming. I mean, even the chick he was banging was like "really? do we gotta?". It would've been cool if he had done something conniving like he did when he was in Woodbury. But the way he did it, it was too easy for people to question his intentions. Except nobody did.

He should've killed the little girl, and blamed Rick's group for it or something. Something that would ignite that fire under his group. Even when they were standing there at the prison, the people just looked very unsure of wtf they were doing, but I guess his pathological liar magic just forced them to keep doing things that seemed uncomfortable for them to do.

They need to make character actions and motivations believable. For a show that's inherently about people, it's the human aspect of the show that's consistently done poorly. They also need to move away from their largely reactionary method of storytelling (outside force occurs, characters react, repeat ad nauseum).

it's gotten weird for me.

A lot actually, and I'm very surprised to believe you think nothing has changed.

I won't go into too much detail that we all already know by now and I've mentioned this in previous replies, but to compare what it was in the beginning to now; in the beginning there was a lot of traveling, a lot of 'seeking answers', a lot of new environments and new people they all encountered. Yes, its risky but there was always value to it. (plus that's what makes a post-apocalyptic story good) For christ sakes, they even went to CDC to find out answers!!

Fast forward to today, they settled down in a Prison, fought with a camp (twice) and a lot of non-sense inner group squabbles. Its as if the show settled down. Thus why I'm happy they'll move out of the Prison and hopefully go back to what the show was about from the start.

Show wasnt the same after AMC forced Frank Darabont out. He should have fought them to stay, but he didn't have the same ground to stand on that Matt Weiner did when he fought them.