Walking Dead...I think...

[cheebacheeba]

...that we're not going to get the "reveal" in this first episode.
I'll be glad if I'm wrong, just this show rather has a pattern of stringing things along with filler episodes.

[The Villain]

I can see them doing that but with the backlash they got from not revealing in the finale, they would be stupid to not open immediately with who he killed.

[MichaelMyers]

Should be a memorable episode.

[TheBossInTheWall]

My guess is its the person he kills in the comic book(won't say if you don't want to know that, ie-spoiler) or Aaron because they completely stopped having his husband/boyfriend on the show.

[cheebacheeba]

Yeah I mean it's one of those points that I don't *think* they should change...but in my personal opinion...I feel like for the TV series reality, killing their equivalent fan favourite (as the character in the comic was very much) Daryl is a strong contender.

I'll be very interested to see if they stay true or deviate on this one.

[Baron Von Marlon]

They'll probably start with a flashback episode on Negan or something it'll end with the kill we were supposed see in the finale of the previous season.

[ImmortalSlasher]

I'm not watching. Someone here post who dies. As that's really all the show is now. The shock or supposed shock of who they decide to kill. I would rather watch Night of the Living Dead for the hundredth or so time.

[hammerfan]

1. Judging from all the interviews I've seen, I think the reveal is going to be the opening scene

2. I think it's Maggie that meets Lucille.

[The Villain]

My vote is Abraham

[scouse mac]

My vote is Abraham

I reckon its Abe too

[MichaelMyers]

Calling it: Rick and Darryl.

[MichaelMyers]

So much for finding out in the opening scene....as if dragging it out over six months wasn't enough.... ::roll eyes:: ::roll eyes::

[MichaelMyers]

Abe dead.

Glenn dead (via Darryl).

Kind of a sadistic episode.

[hammerfan]

Abe dead.

Glenn dead (via Darryl).

Kind of a sadistic episode.

So, obviously you don't care about giving it away for people that haven't been able to watch it yet? That's cold.

[MichaelMyers]

HF what were your views on the premiere?

[TheBossInTheWall]

So, obviously you don't care about giving it away for people that haven't been able to watch it yet? That's cold.

Just put him on ignore like I already have.

[Angra]

Just put him on ignore like I already have.

Why?

[cheebacheeba]

Why?
I think it was something about the rash on his penis.

[TheBossInTheWall]

I think it was something about the rash on his penis.

What? I don't get it.

[cheebacheeba]

Neither do I.

[ImmortalSlasher]

I just wanted to know who died and I was going to check one of the forums to find out. But the show was almost over and I wanted to see who they had on the Talking Dead show. I'm always curious what Kevin Smith has to say as he cracks me up. It was 5 more minutes so I thought why not look at Walking Dead and see where the show is. I was surprised to see them still at that site in the forest. I thought did anything actually happen other than the death of someone in the group?

So after seeing who was on Talking Dead, I reluctantly decided to kind of watch Walking Dead. Basically off and on. I would have been disgusted if I watched that full episode with the continuing tease of who died. And it is truly torture porn. A fully deserved label more than with any movie. As it does go further with the graphic torture and senseless beating of hero characters than pretty much anything I can think of at this moment.

I remember after September 11th, people said some stuff in movies and tv shows was now off limits. Roger Ebert reviewed that really stupid Stealth movie and thought one scene was in poor taste if I remember correctly. I can't recall the movie or tv show which the mass audience finally said it's ok to see relevant or historical mass destruction again. I have read in places that when society is at war, entertainment can get more violent. I didn't have that much of a problem with that Spartacus show. Maybe because it was very stylized and at times over the top. Same goes for something like Ash vs Evil Dead and Grindhouse. I know Ebert wasn't too fond of Aliens originally as well and said something like he didn't know who would enjoy watching it. But the point is, there is a reason and ultimate point behind the flow of the story. What happens in Walking Dead seems to be both realistic and brutal just to be brutal. Stuff happens to main characters that would usually only happen to side characters, characters the audience didn't really like, or bad characters. And even then it would be quick or not given the kind and amount of shots like in Walking Dead. I know the character of Negan is proving a point. And I know in the Old West, people were somewhat brutal with hangings to show what happens to criminals. It's probably the lack of decent humanity on display that's disturbing here. And how that is all the show has to offer. It is how dark a bad guy can they continue to make and in what horrible or tragic way can they kill a main character. I stopped watching weekly around the season, and I guess I can spoil this since it was so long ago, when the pretty blonde girl was accidentally shot in the face in one of the dumbest standoffs I've ever seen. And those sort of scenes have only continued and been upped in the level of violence as we saw with this episode.

I know that in Night of the Living Dead, the people and conflict turn out to be just as dangerous if not more so than the zombies. But that's more of a conflict between who wants to be the leader and what they should do to survive the night. In Walking Dead, it's almost everyone you meet outside of your group is bad. I'm glad I don't watch the show regularly anymore because I'm positive it damages society in a way that your average horror tv show or movie doesn't even come close to. As it basically says the people in the next community, town, or city will want to take what you have and kill you when there is no law enforcement. And I can't believe a show like that is still popular.

[The Villain]

I thought i would be bored by the last episode and that it would just be another filler episode which is usually what happens when its about Morgan. But obviously the Kingdom is going to be important to the story and King Ezekiel is great.