The Walking Dead Season 8

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jesusbuiltmycar

4,644 posts

260 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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digimeistter said:
I watch this show with mild bemusement now, the gun battles as said, are laughable, certainly doesn't instill any sense of tension.
Don't be so harsh, the shot the fcensoredk out of the saviour's empty building

Too Late

5,117 posts

241 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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jesusbuiltmycar said:
Don't be so harsh, the shot the fcensoredk out of the saviour's empty building
Or the fact shots hitting cars do not even leave a mark let alone a hole.
the fact people are spraying bullets while people are running and no one seemed to get hit.


I feel the only reason i am watching this now is routine... might be time to stop recording it i think..

Jefferson Steelflex

1,484 posts

105 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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I thought:

a) Episode 1 - they were shooting the windows Die Hard-style to shatter glass everywhere to see if they could take some people out
b) Episode 2 - Rick and Daryl were looking for a gun - i.e. a bad ass weapon of some kind - unless I heard them incorrectly? I'm sure Rick said something about a weapon that would "clear the courtyard"...

eps

6,399 posts

275 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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I must be in a bit of a minority, I quite like the start to the new season... A little bit of background character plot and interest and then a lot of action, although some of the action does feel a little clumsy - almost A-Team like.. Zillions of bullets with no one getting shot.


I especially liked the part where the opposition team leader was questioning why they weren't advancing and then realised that her dead compatriots were re-animating and finishing them off from 'inside'. smile

The close ups at the start and the end was well thought out and constructed and I liked Morgan going crazy as well. These were obviously showing their respective journeys and how they arrived at the point in time that they did. Next week should be good - nice bit of tension building...

Silverbullet767

10,897 posts

212 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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eps - you're the writer aren't you? I thought it was guff. hehe

FourWheelDrift

89,523 posts

290 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Jefferson Steelflex said:
b) Episode 2 - Rick and Daryl were looking for a gun - i.e. a bad ass weapon of some kind - unless I heard them incorrectly? I'm sure Rick said something about a weapon that would "clear the courtyard"...
.50 calibre machine guns I believe.

I read that on a review, not sure if they said mumbled it in the episode so have spoilered it.

Martin_Hx

3,979 posts

204 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Well look at it this way.... it can only get better right? biggrin

AshVX220

5,933 posts

196 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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This is a pretty accurate review I think.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/10/29/t...

And thinking about it further, it's almost like they completely forgot to do any editing and just chucked the whole thing together in the order it was filmed, they literally forgot to put the scenes together in the correct order.

IanJ9375

1,521 posts

222 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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No flashback to Rick with a Gandalf like beard - what's going on lol

Meridius

1,608 posts

158 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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The guy with the Tiger and weird regal medieval accent is almost becoming Monty Python-esque, since the introduction of that character I thought, well this is just daft.

Ill keep watching while we are in the breaks of other shows but I will welcome the return of FTWD and at least Peaky Blinders starts again soon tongue out

moanthebairns

18,162 posts

204 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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Thank God it's not just me who is lost. I just thought I never paid much attention to it whilst on my phone.

Bullett

10,962 posts

190 months

Wednesday 1st November 2017
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FourWheelDrift said:
I read that on a review, not sure if they said mumbled it in the episode so have spoilered it.
They did say that. Although it's not really clear why only R&D are out looking and why they would keep such heavy equipment in a building away from HQ.


SlimJim16v

6,064 posts

149 months

Thursday 2nd November 2017
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Silly as it is, I'm still enjoying it. Despite yelling at Rick not to get distracted at the end.

type-r

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15,107 posts

219 months

Thursday 2nd November 2017
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I liked it too. People complain that the series becomes slow and monotonous and filler episodes blah blah blah... so far, it has been non-stop action.

Yes the series is formulaic, rinse & repeat blah blah. We've known that that since Series 2. The fact that people still complain is becoming more annoying that the actual show itself.

chris watton

22,478 posts

266 months

Thursday 2nd November 2017
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type-r said:
I liked it too. People complain that the series becomes slow and monotonous and filler episodes blah blah blah... so far, it has been non-stop action.

Yes the series is formulaic, rinse & repeat blah blah. We've known that that since Series 2. The fact that people still complain is becoming more annoying that the actual show itself.
It could be argued that the latest Transformers is full of non-stop action, it doesn't mean it's good!

P-Jay

10,761 posts

197 months

Thursday 2nd November 2017
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chris watton said:
type-r said:
I liked it too. People complain that the series becomes slow and monotonous and filler episodes blah blah blah... so far, it has been non-stop action.

Yes the series is formulaic, rinse & repeat blah blah. We've known that that since Series 2. The fact that people still complain is becoming more annoying that the actual show itself.
It could be argued that the latest Transformers is full of non-stop action, it doesn't mean it's good!
Yep.

The problem wasn't the premise - this all out war has been on the cards for years, it's the 'just' the writing and visuals.

I think the bottom line is that AMC isn't HBO, They flog their stuff to death, from the way they halved the budget and doubled the length of it after series 1 the writing was on the wall. It was the most expensive series to advertise on in 2013 and 2014, even higher than Game of Thrones, but they kept chipping away at the budget and now it's on the down slope they're cutting even more.

I know it's an art form of sorts so lots of money doesn't always mean great TV, but you can really see the cost cutting this week - from the obvious stuff like the cheap effects on the endless shoot-outs, sometimes bullets make holes in cars, most of the time they don't and the 90s spec CGI, but more so in the rushed and confusing story and the endless reuse of the same old sets.

If you're a massive fan and really invested in it, it's worth considering that it's probably not going to end with a satisfactory ending, it's probably going to be flogged to death for a couple more years and then be cancelled between series.

theboss

7,094 posts

225 months

Friday 3rd November 2017
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Jefferson Steelflex said:
I thought:

a) Episode 1 - they were shooting the windows Die Hard-style to shatter glass everywhere to see if they could take some people out
b) Episode 2 - Rick and Daryl were looking for a gun - i.e. a bad ass weapon of some kind - unless I heard them incorrectly? I'm sure Rick said something about a weapon that would "clear the courtyard"...
I thought in episode 1 they might have also just been trying to make as much noise as possible to draw the walkers in.

andyr30

613 posts

192 months

Friday 3rd November 2017
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Pretty much agree with everything thats been said. I also didn't really understand much of what was going on.

I'm sure in some bits in the gun fights when the camera is over someones shoulder...you can see someone clearly in the line of sight but the shooter is trying to shoot someone hiding behind a car? It is possible to engage more than one target!

Also the guy at the end with Rick said he'd radio'd the Saviours and they were on the way?

Why did Rick do the classic Rick look? Surely they must have expected for word to get around that the different groups were under attack


P-Jay

10,761 posts

197 months

Monday 6th November 2017
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Gun fight still going ha ha.

They must have gone through more rounds than the Vietnam war by now.

FourWheelDrift

89,523 posts

290 months

Monday 6th November 2017
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Morales, shortest comeback ever? hehe