Walking dead season 8

[BanzaiCat]

This websight is funnie alot.

[ghostryder]

Episode 3:

Pretty much starts off where Episode 2 ended. This episode plays out in a straight timeline. There's no time jumps or dream sequences, thus overall it's the best episode thus far of the season. Rick and daryl hold off in the building---there's some tic for tat between Rick and the guy we see holding a gun to him but Daryl just  shows up and offs him. "You know who that was" Rick asks, and Daryl just shrugs, "Hey...so"? He repeats his bad ass'ness later in the episode when some guy behind a tree starts taking potshots at them. Rick offers a deal...."come out...tell us what we need to know, you live. you can even take a car."  So the guy comes out...tells them what they need to know...and daryl kills him. Rick shoots an annoyed look and again Daryl just shrugs. It is by far the most enjoyable part of the episode.

Meanwhile The king and his crew get talked up and assault their target. No one among them dies...just as the king talked it up...well until the end of the episode where it ends on them getting ambushed. But up to then carol is still all smiles.

Jesus and crew mainly escort their prisoners back to hilltop-with Jesus and Morgan debating the whole move. Eventually Morgan snaps...not unlike he has in previous seasons. Poor Morgan. he just can't seem to be balanced. he's just one extreme to another. either a full blown Pacifist or a stone cold killer. Even after Jesus attempts to beat some sense into him...he says..."I'm not right....I'm not right"    and then, "but that doesn't make me wrong." as he wanders off.

Aaron takes his partner to retreat to a tree. His partner urges him to return to the fight and they exchange "love you"s---some pretty good acting on Aaron's part--the only one of them that really has had any airtime. Later he returns and see's his partner has turned and is wandering toward the rest of the walkers. He ends up taking a baby from Rick to return to hilltop--

At Hilltop Maggie is comfronted first by our traitor Mayor. She asks where's Gabriel and why does he have Gabrie'ls car...but in the end they let the slim in. And later the rest of the slim that's with jesus.

So this episode plot wise still at a standstill but a smidge of character development. It's told and directred far better than the first two episodes but in the big picture it's starting to add up to looking like half a season will be spent on gun battles with a mid season hook--which makes it still pretty much of a dude thus far---but I though the episode was at least watchable with a couple chuckle moments with Rick and Daryl.

[GDS_Starfury]

so youre happy that one of the gay guys got dead.

[Gusington]

I slept through half this most recent episode but definitely Daryl FTW. Still disappointed this season.

[trailrunner]

Episode 3 was slightly better than episode 2.  I knew the king's words were going to haunt him, but they didn't need the plot of Rick and Daryl looking for the heavy machine guns to make it work.  Most of the plot in this episode was about trust -- do we trust them or not?  Morgan is in anguish over the issue, Daryl doesn't trust anyone, and the other major players in the group seem to have gone to the soft side and want to forgive and forget.  The gay guys just didn't draw much empathy from me -- not because they are gay, but because it just seemed like a perfect sequence of tear-jerker events.  I had little emotional connection to them (and again, not because they are gay -- I don't care about that).  The gunfights are ludicrous, with everyone now having full-auto rifles.  I didn't understand the shootout in the car yard -- all of sudden, one side turns 180 and starts fighting the other way.  Rick and Daryl's gunfight in the hall seemed silly too.

It looks like they are on the verge of conquering the Saviors.  Neegan hasn't been seen for the last two episodes, so once the Saviors are beaten, maybe we'll see a hostage situation where Neegan tries to trade Gabriel's life for his own.  Tense moments -- Rick has to make a tough decision -- what will he do?

That will take us through the first half of the season.  The second half will center on Maggie's leadership of Hilltop.  And again the trust issue -- can they trust the prisoners?  Will Morgan have a mental breakdown?  Maybe Carol will help center him.

I still think this season is lame.

[ghostryder]

so youre happy that one of the gay guys got dead.

I think the scene was predictable from episode 2. the actor who plays Aaron did a good job. A lot of times when actors play gay men they aren't convincing...you can tell they're straight guys playing a gay guy. Fear of the walking dead suffered that...but here Aaron pulled it off. The reason however the scene didn't work was because Eric, the one who died--wasn't even in the script that much. Aaron had a lot more air time but even he would be a 3rd string red shirt. We all expect red shirts to be expendable all the way from star trek days--- so we have nothing invested in them. And that has nothing to do with the fact they're gay- just their place on the show.

I also don't think the Morgan angle is working either. I like the character but we already went down that mental roller coaster with him already. To rerun that again just seems a desperate act to get character back in the series when in reality it's been the writers all along that have killed that. The whole trust angel really only worked with Daryl and Rick with a simple look and shrug.

[bayonetbrant]

I think if I griped about a show as much as you seem to gripe about TWD, I would've already pulled the plug and quit watching

[ghostryder]

hard to do when you pre purchase the season. Besides that if you 'own' a series you want to own the complete set---even if the last 2 or 3 seasons were bad. If you own "Lost" I'm sure the ending dissapointed as did "The Sapronos". This isn't just common. It's the norm with TV. Shows like "Breaking Bad" are not just rare...they are unheard of. To me 'The walking dead" really ended with the final with the governor. With rick and the Governor destroying themselves. But the money angle keeps it going.

[bayonetbrant]

"The Sapronos".

The Maple Syrup Mafia

[ghostryder]

ROFL!

It's a shame james gandolfini died. We could have seen a movie at some point.

[bbmike]

Still hoping for the Morgan "Aikido: The Walking Dead" spinoff.  :dreamer: 

[ghostryder]

Episode 4:

I guess the budget for CGI Tigers was cut. other than that the rest of the episode was about the guns Rick and daryl have been searching for. The badass of the episode was carol. The king was just "Some guy" for which the episode was named---and the bulk of it was indeed centered on him.

The absurd as usual was the gun play. never ending ammo and suddenly no one has any. Full auto---and most rifles with no sights at all on them to the Aluminum siding that is supposed to stop 7.62 rounds. Watching Rick and daryl dodge the heavy weapon on a bike and a jeep was beyond dumb. But I guess if your a Hollywood writer you've never owned, fired or even taken 5 minutes to browse the web to learn anything about them. It kinda reminds me of the bad 70s action flicks -- overall the writers have taken the show into an area they were ill prepared to venture. I mean this is georgia.....where do all these full autos come from?

[Gusington]

As far as this season, I enjoyed last night's episode the best and did not fall asleep.

[bayonetbrant]

I guess the budget for CGI Tigers was cut.

Or, they continued the storyline from the comics, where Shiva dies

I mean this is georgia.....where do all these full autos come from?

First off, while they film in Georgia the current storyline is taking place in Alexandria, Virginia

Second, if they were still in Georgia and they were looking for heavy machine guns, they could check Fort Stewart, Fort Benning, or Fort Gordon just for starters

[trailrunner]

I agree with Gus: this was the best episode of the season.  The bar is set low, but at least it held my interest the entire time.

Yes, the gun play is ridiculous.  The full-auto guns that ghostryder refers to are the small arms, not the medium or heavy MGs, which are somewhat plausible if they were taken from an armory, which are in every state.  Everyone's AR and AK is now full auto, which is not realistic, nor is the endless ammo without reloading.  While they're blasting Carol behind the blue truck, they just shoot and shoot, and don't bother flanking (it was 5 vs 1).  She also returns fire in full auto.  Spray and pray.