The Walking Dead Season 6 on Fox

[Animalmother]

The latest episode did a bit to redeem itself. Things might pick up from here, hopefully

How far are they supposed to be from the prison from season 3? There's a fucking big tank just sitting outside the gate, its a bit banged up but I'm sure it still works...

[eVoL]

A llllllllong way.

[Snowy]

Telling that it has taken me this long to remember to post on the first episode of the new season.

Snowy's Review:

Piece of shit. Move along.

[Asherons]

I read the first 5-8 comic books of this before they had made it a TV show but I've lost a lot of interest in the show over the years. Unfortunately my wife still loves it and so I end up having to watch these with her if I like it or not, she also watches the fear the walking dead but we're like half a season of it we haven't watched. Thought I escaped it but then the wife read they are merging characters from the two shows so now we will be finishing fear the walking dead AND the walking dead. Too much for me for a show that's gone downhill so hard

[STuG]

It's quite surprising how far TWD has fallen in quality. It has essentially this season morphed into the 'A-Team' with zombies.

No sense of peril for any of the main characters who are all wrapped up in plot armour that will ensure they are invincible. A main antagonist who just (and that's being kind) about works on the printed page but patently doesn't work on screen and is a glorified pantomime villain chewing the scenery with abandon whilst spewing out constant cringe worthy dialogue.

I also find it staggering that last night's episode (2) was a 40 minute firefight that managed to be....dull.

Season 3 of 'Fear the...' is leagues ahead of this, better direction, better cinematography and more interesting characters. A number of moments in this season that made me not quite believe the writers had just done what they did on screen (in a good way) as compared to the opposite effect I have on the 'main' show which has made me roll my eyes and shout at the screen at the decisions made.

[Rusty]

I'm not even sure why I'm still watching this show. It's more habit now than 'must watch' TV.

[Jez]

Gave up on TWD at end of season 5 myself. There were other things to watch with the limited time available and I just never got back into it since. I'll catch up on it when they do eventually wrap it up.

[Animalmother]

Been watching it since day one but haven't even bothered to look at this season yet, it's just going to be a roll of dull episodes with one good one at the end maybe. Fuck that lark. I'll get around to it eventually.

[Achtung Englander]

I'm not even sure why I'm still watching this show. It's more habit now than 'must watch' TV.

This exactly. Having invested so many hours, its a case of just keep on going. I totally agree with the sentiments here, this series has really gone down hill what with Neagan being a rehash of The Governor.

Season 1 is still fantastic and I re-watched that 2 weeks ago. Short 6 episode season that has a point, when survival should be enough. This has now become all out war when no one dies....

Episode 2 Morgan could have been killed. The Mrs said "huh - is he dead ?" which was followed by my bored voice "no"

This series should end with this season or Season 9 (apparently there will be a cross over with Fear when originally they said there would be no cross over. Fucking everything now is a cross over now.)

When AMC fucked over Frank Darabont it just went downhill. Darabont brought so much to the mythos of the Walkers that the current producers either forgot or did not get. The Walkers are more threatening when they are less zombie like and have some smidgen of intelligence. Now they pose zero threat that even kids (kids !!!) are taking them out. If an 8 year old can take out Walkers, why should we be scarred of them ?. Watch season 1 and then watch an episode of season 8 and the series is barely recognisable.

I heard mixed things about Fear. Is it worth watching then ?

[Mantis]

Stopped watching a few episodes after Negan stomped Glen's head in with the bat. It's been going down hill since pretty much the first time they were captured at Terminus, now I just don't have the patience for it whatsoever, just far too stupid and boring. Season 1 and Season 3 are probably the pinnacle of what a zombie TV show could ever have hoped to reach, it's just a shame they couldn't keep it up.

Was just reading an article about this, funnily enough. The AMC CEO wants to potentially extend it into a decades long show, akin to a regular classic TV soap.

AMC wants to keep The Walking Dead on air for much longer than you’d expect. The network’s CEO, Josh Sapan, has even started to throw the F-word around. “The use of the word ‘franchise’, we don’t take lightly. It’s not a sloppy or casual word,” Sapan recently said. “We’ve studied the best. Some have been around 30, 40, 50 years. We have a chance for a lot of life in the franchise.”

Yeah, good luck with that. If it's already dross I can only imagine how bad it'll be after another ten seasons.

Good, quality stories have a beginning, middle and an end; you shouldn't just drag them on forever just because there's a bit more money to be had out of it.

[Achtung Englander]

idiot !

No show lasts for decades unless it is a soap but by then....who cares its background noise

[Mantis]

There's an interesting metaphor or sense of irony to explore there at least, what with the kind of people who are addicted to living vicariously through daily doses of soap-esque drama on shite, long-running TV shows basically already being zombies themselves.

"No John, you are the walking dead"

[Achtung Englander]

Spoiler: show

Lets bring back Morales

he does a superb monologue speech. I am thinking "this is great - he could be triggering emotions that Rick had not felt in 2 years. I am looking forward to seeing how this develops"

Then Daryl turns up and shoots him in the head with an arrow

and I am like...................................what ???

The producers of this show are making some pretty stupid decisions now. Even the poor actor who turned up on the Talking Dead cannot fathom why he was brought back for 5 mins. They could have done so much with his character. This is fucking dumb now.

If this does not radically improve soon I am done with this show. I am giving it 2 to 3 more episodes

[Snowy]

Spoiler: show

Lets bring back Morales

he does a superb monologue speech. I am thinking "this is great - he could be triggering emotions that Rick had not felt in 2 years. I am looking forward to seeing how this develops"

Then Daryl turns up and shoots him in the head with an arrow

and I am like...................................what ???

The producers of this show are making some pretty stupid decisions now. Even the poor actor who turned up on the Talking Dead cannot fathom why he was brought back for 5 mins. They could have done so much with his character. This is fucking dumb now.

If this does not radically improve soon I am done with this show. I am giving it 2 to 3 more episodes

I am in the same boat.

Apparently this season is a response to fans complaints about last season basically being 20 minutes action and 15.5 hours of padding. So now we have gone from tedious dialogue and Negan's bullies bullying badly to billions of rounds of ammo being blazed away, by people waggling their guns around like they were podium champagne bottles. Last season they touched on an ammo shortage, and no sooner did they have a solution than Eugene went over to Negan, removing it. Seems that was conveniently forgotten.

Oh, and the end of the episode. Oh noes, teh .50 cal guns! Never mind that at the ranges used in TWD assault weapons are a far better proposition and much more accurate, no, because the caliber is larger suddenly they are a doomsday weapon that are capable of actually hitting people. Not important people mind, just bit-parts from the endless pool of 'that guy'.

I am watching it, hoping against hope that they actually find a vein of purpose, but it is just a load of wank now.

Oh, and Ezekiel is the most annoying Edwin in the history of TV.

[eVoL]

Spoiler: show

Couldnt afford Tiger CGI bills anymore.

This has been the most boring series of TWD to date. Stop shooting and go back to Hershel's farm!