The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
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The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
Rick's group will find out yet again that the world isn't what they thought it was. It's much bigger than anything they've seen so far. While they have a singular purpose - to defeat Negan - it won't come easy. More importantly, victory will require more than Alexandria. They need the numbers of the Kingdom and the Hilltop, but, similar to how Rick felt, Ezekiel (Khary Payton) and Gregory (Xander Berkeley) do not want bloodshed. To convince them otherwise will take more than speeches. The lengths Rick and the group will have to go to in order to find weapons, food and new fighters is nothing short of remarkable.
We'll meet new survivors in incredible places. We'll see Rick and the group tested in ways we've never seen before. We'll see treachery from people we trust. Rick is confident as he will see his group and many others band together with the common goal of taking down Negan. But no amount of planning will prepare the group for all-out war with Negan and his army.
We'll meet new survivors in incredible places. We'll see Rick and the group tested in ways we've never seen before. We'll see treachery from people we trust. Rick is confident as he will see his group and many others band together with the common goal of taking down Negan. But no amount of planning will prepare the group for all-out war with Negan and his army.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
I don't read the comics, so I don't know how it plays out on a page, but The Kingdom and King Ezekiel are a terrible addition to this show. It comes off more like something you'd see on Z-Nation.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
It really does feel like a chore at this point to keep going with the show...how many more seasons are confirmed? Two?
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
Wow this episode was pretty boring. Total filler. Only enjoyable part was Daryl reuniting with Carol. Rick & company get ambushed by a group of total strangers that come out of nowhere & convince them to join them in fighting another group that are total strangers to them.
I am predicting Tara goes back on her promise & brings the gang to the Oceanside ladies & convinces them to join in the fight against the Saviors.
I am predicting Tara goes back on her promise & brings the gang to the Oceanside ladies & convinces them to join in the fight against the Saviors.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
Dull episode. For the first few minutes I thought the whole episode was going to be only about King Zeke and that crap. Glad that they had multiple groups going.
And I agree about King Zeke. His persona is just ridiculous. Even this new group looks like yet another gimmick. It's starting to come across as the WWE.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
I need to find something to take away from this week's episode ... I'm going with this ... I had no idea Father Gabriel was a Star Wars fan.
Of course Tara is going to take them to Oceanside. Of course Carol is going to come back to save their asses against the Saviors. Of course Dwight is going to rebel.
Of course Tara is going to take them to Oceanside. Of course Carol is going to come back to save their asses against the Saviors. Of course Dwight is going to rebel.
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That is essentially what I am taking away from the show is that the message is we're a bunch of savages if we don't have laws.
I think the one thing the shows misses is to give some backstory on the enemies/friends that our group meets the same way they did with the Governor. They wasted a whole fucking episode with Tara, when they could have told a backstory on Negan and why he is a serial killer now.
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I think the one thing the shows misses is to give some backstory on the enemies/friends that our group meets the same way they did with the Governor. They wasted a whole fucking episode with Tara, when they could have told a backstory on Negan and why he is a serial killer now.
Judging by next weeks previews
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Power went out in my area of Sacramento, CA an hour or so before friday rush hour. Near instant Calcutta 3rd world level of driving in a heart beat. That all it takes for mini-anarchy to break out.
as for this ep... They are all starting to feel like filler eps now. I think it's just an issue of this show running a rather long time. Most shows start to slam into a wall this many seasons into their run, even if they do have built in -bad guy/event of the week- sort of story lines.
Something Walking Dead doesn't even have being it's just the same people in the same world week after week.
Sooooo where do you randomly find a bunch of guns to give to a group to help fight another group, who already took all your guns? I kind of hope they stumble over like a stash of 22cal rifles a boy scout leader used to teach a shooting course.
being it's always a mil-stash of AR this and AR that. When I think the reality of a scavenger arsenal is a whole lot of crappy bedroom drawer 38s and random shotguns/hunting rifles. If for no other reason then average guns in average calibers would be the ones you could find the most ammo for in the wild.
Most homes who own a gun or two don't have a tactical mil spec sniper and a silenced mp5.
as for this ep... They are all starting to feel like filler eps now. I think it's just an issue of this show running a rather long time. Most shows start to slam into a wall this many seasons into their run, even if they do have built in -bad guy/event of the week- sort of story lines.
Something Walking Dead doesn't even have being it's just the same people in the same world week after week.
Sooooo where do you randomly find a bunch of guns to give to a group to help fight another group, who already took all your guns? I kind of hope they stumble over like a stash of 22cal rifles a boy scout leader used to teach a shooting course.
being it's always a mil-stash of AR this and AR that. When I think the reality of a scavenger arsenal is a whole lot of crappy bedroom drawer 38s and random shotguns/hunting rifles. If for no other reason then average guns in average calibers would be the ones you could find the most ammo for in the wild.
Most homes who own a gun or two don't have a tactical mil spec sniper and a silenced mp5.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
as for this ep... They are all starting to feel like filler eps now. I think it's just an issue of this show running a rather long time. Most shows start to slam into a wall this many seasons into their run, even if they do have built in -bad guy/event of the week- sort of story lines.
The reason this show is getting stale is how many times do we have to hear a speech from Rick Grimes to every new group they encounter? That is all the show is anyone is them jumping from group to group and Rick gives them the 'you gotta fight or you're going to die!!!' speech.
But they need to change up something as it's just the Rick Show anymore and the group just stands by and nods. In the earliers seasons, you had Shane, Dale, Herschel to kind of give it back to Rick to create some internal drama. Now you just get pissy Rosita making comments under her breath.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
this show, very quickly, went from normal relatable every day people fighting for their lives in extraordinary circumstances to a Waterworld/Mad Maxian tale of a bunch of shitty post-apocalyptic douchebags. ugh.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
This Pollyanna character seemed to talk in some apocalyptic future broken English. It would take several generations for the language to break down like that.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
At this point they should just bring out Tina Turner and go full 'Beyond Thunderdome' for an episode.
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Sooooo where do you randomly find a bunch of guns to give to a group to help fight another group, who already took all your guns? I kind of hope they stumble over like a stash of 22cal rifles a boy scout leader used to teach a shooting course.
being it's always a mil-stash of AR this and AR that. When I think the reality of a scavenger arsenal is a whole lot of crappy bedroom drawer 38s and random shotguns/hunting rifles. If for no other reason then average guns in average calibers would be the ones you could find the most ammo for in the wild.
Most homes who own a gun or two don't have a tactical mil spec sniper and a silenced mp5.
being it's always a mil-stash of AR this and AR that. When I think the reality of a scavenger arsenal is a whole lot of crappy bedroom drawer 38s and random shotguns/hunting rifles. If for no other reason then average guns in average calibers would be the ones you could find the most ammo for in the wild.
Most homes who own a gun or two don't have a tactical mil spec sniper and a silenced mp5.
Second, guns make bad anti-zombie weapons. The noise will attract more walkers. Walkers can only be stopped by a headshot, any other shot will not incapacitate or slow them down. They're moving targets. They don't scare.
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I was laughing over exactly this. Somehow this new group of baristas and school teachers and accountants became third generation Thunderdome overlords in like three years.
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That woman looks like a Vulcan.
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I think two was the first split season, and it started following the pattern in that season, but as time has gone on, it's really become formulaic. The action really follows a sawtooth pattern where you have a slow escalation to conflict, a rapid conflict, a fast resolution, then another slow escalation. They do nothing to shake up the formula.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
My wife and I looked at each other and both uttered "Galaxy Quest" to that woman-leader. She reminded us of Laliari, the Thermian crew member.
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Re: The Walking Dead (S7E10) -- "New Best Friends" -- 2/19/17
Forgot to add that Rosita's hotness has officially become outweighed by her insufferable bitchiness.