mcnabb

This is the biggest problem with the show right now. Looking back at Season 7, you had a standalone episode for both Eugene and Tara. You had an episode dedicated to both Rosita and Sasha. That's almost a 1/4 of the season dedicated to characters that nobody cares about. Although they can keep Rosita for eye candy.

jwb0323

I was wondering the same thing. It sure looked like it. But I guess she was shooting at someone else close to her, presumably, we just couldn't see that person.

funkyryno

Ugh, that gunfight was laughably bad.

DJariya

So you're planning to tune into the series finale in 2030?

mcnabb

13 more years of......

-Rick yelling Corrrralllll?

-Rosita on the rag

-Eugene Crying?

-Tara contributing nothing?

-Maggie being the head landscaper at Hilltop?

-Father Gabriel having a moral crisis every episode?

-Morgan debating whether he should be a pacifist?


I'm in!!

Pizza

Another season of Negan? This finale should have been mid season at the latest. For me, the show lost it with Glen falling off the garbage dumpster and survived. That would have such a shocking demise. But he lives to die a gimmicky death instead. This past season felt like a major stall. The finale was fine but a little late.

CPA-ESQ.

I have been thinking this over and each group in an effort to create their own social norms, behavior, and acceptance will develop a unique style of dress, communication, behavior, etc.

Think about when someone joins a street gang - they have their own slang, dress, hair cuts, tattoos. Even if a white kid from suburbia wants to get "in" with a gang or street crew their speech patterns will change - more specifically pick up on "coding" for that group.

I remember in the 90's there were kids that had never stepped foot in New York City - but when they were together they would try to speak like they were born and raised in NYC. They would go home to their parents, code switch, and become the sweet little honor students they knew and loved. We have numerous examples of people speaking in a certain persona to fit in with a group (valleygirls, jive, wiggers, vocal fry)

Google that "Cash me outside" girl. She developed that way of speaking on her own so she would sound more "street"

Overall, I can see these "gangs" of people coming up with their own norms, ways of talking, slang, dress, etc. In such a short period of time. It helps them identify with one another and quickly distinguish outsiders.

SkullOrchard

This show has gotten so absurdly bad, with characters behaving in a manner that no real people would, that I keep expecting SAMCRO to ride into the fray.

andicus

I had a good old laugh at this post. Probably more entertainment than this show has provided for the last half of the season.

Coral

The more I look at the one with Maggie running around the car, the more I laugh.

She's like 1 foot in front and beside the gang - she doesn't notice it's them, and they don't even see her. She runs around the car and points the gun towards them, but 3 out of the 4 didn't even acknowledge her existence, and the person who did notice her wasn't even interested enough to do anything.

Xiroteus

Wondering if the seasons need to be shorter again or if they just need to stop flopping around with getting too the point.

Jason

A whole season for this "war"? Between Alexandria, Hilltop, the Sanctuary, the Kingdom and the junkyard fuckwits (love that term), there can't be more than a couple hundred people, total. Just how many battles are going to take place?

Barth

Norman Reedus seemed to realize how cheesy that scene was by his reaction. Also, the person that plays Tara is such a terrible actress.

msdmoney

This is what got me with the episode, more than just these were all the scenes of people turning 180 and mowing down a whole group of oncoming attackers. All of the action scenes seemed like shots for the main cast to pose rather than anything coherent.

And there were two instances where the tides turned by a distraction (Sasha and the tiger) and somehow Rick's group overcame, in unison, with guns pointed at them point blank.

VinVega

It's not just about the battles. Think of the downtime for filler episodes!

Already posted, but I figured I'd add one from another site:

Sunday cable ratings: ‘The Walking Dead’ finale lowest since Season 2

I think the show has jumped the tiger in this case, but I'm in it until the end.

uteotw

My thoughts exactly. I really wish they weren't dragging this out, and I won't give this show another thought between now and October or whenever.

And yeah, the gun battles were 100% LOL.

Dan

This season felt like they blew their budget on the totally-awesome-not-at-all-over-the-top-even-for-a-zombie-show prosthetic work for Glenn and Abe, which is why it was such a slow-moving season with so few episodes with the main characters. In other words, this was a "cheap" season so they could do the next one with more cash. I'm sure they didn't expect such a big ratings drop, though.

Nicotero should not be allowed to direct anymore. His episodes, especially in the last two seasons, have felt clumsy and at the level of an amateur film student at best.

If season 8 is "all out war" with this same level of fight/gunplay choreography, well... at least it'll be entertaining.

Also, it's like they called "CUT!" but decided to keep the footage after the cut.
The first GIF, with Tara in the front and people fighting behind her, is amazing. Those are opposing sides!

funkyryno

The gif with Rosita getting shot (with no obvious entry wounds) is funny, too. After she supposedly gets hit in the chest she's able to scurry away quite quickly with only the help of Fat Tara.

And what happened to her after she got shot? Were there any more scenes with her? Guess we'll have to wait till next season so we can get a whole episode focused on her recovering from her chest wound.

Coral

At the end of the episode you see Rosita and Michone in bed (not together) healing. Tara is at Rosita's bedside and Rick at Michone's with a bandage on his hand. Apparently as soon as the Tiger saved Rick, his wound magically healed and everyone forgot he was shot.

DVD Josh

'Tis but a flesh wound.

PhantomStranger

I hung on for about two seasons too long before I mentally checked out on TWD this season. I have no interest in even watching this season finale after reading the reactions.

JTH182

Neat.

Mordred

Finally watched the season finale. I watched the entire second half of the season over the last 10 days or so, trying to finish it all before the finale before it aired so nothing would get spoiled for me from friends/Facebook. Obviously I missed the deadline, but interestingly I didn't hear a peep out of my friends or see a single spoiler. Turns out there was nothing to spoil.

I don't mind the slower episodes, and watching one a night they don't have the time to really linger and get on my nerves as much as it seems they did with you all. There was a lot of ridiculousness this season and a ton of stupidity. None of it makes much sense and yet again Negan survives a situation where there's no reason he should. Of course, so does Rick and everyone of importance as well.

High points of the 7.5 season: "2 cars, 1 wire", Carol stuff, Killer Morgan returning
Low points: "RHETORICAL!", Oceanside, Garbage Pail Kids from the year 2600, zero plot advancement, I kinda hate everyone outside of 5 main characters.

Didn't this show hire good character actors at one point? I take that back, it's the writing and direction making good actors look terrible. Xander Berkeley and Jeffrey Dean Morgan deserve better than the crap they have here.

Rival11

Season 7 was cringe worthy. Never saw this show turning into a full blown soap opera. Of course I keep watching but I'm already at the point where I let a few weeks go by then catch up on the episodes.

I don't care about any of the side characters now - If Rick, Carl, Daryl, or Maggie bites it....I would definitely be shocked but all the others (including Michonne) who cares.

Hope they rebound but I think it's time to wrap this gig up.

Rival11

at the gun fights - I noticed the top one but didn't even catch the others