The Walking Dead

Irl he seems like someone who'd smash a skin heads face in.

Overall boring premiere, except for that ending. That was pretty epic.

What happened in the ending?

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]What happened in the ending? [/B]

Enjoyed this episode.

Spoiler:
Alexandria will be completely f*cked when that massive horde of Walkers hits them... But that's where the rebuilding process comes into play, and Alexandria ultimately becomes even better than before(the comic fans will know what I'm talking about.) Anyway, I wasn't too surprised by the ending... It was going a bit too smoothly by TWD standards--something had to f*ck it up.

Not too sure what to think of Morgan, atm. His 'all life is precious' mantra seems like it goes hand-in-hand with naivete at times.

Originally posted by Arachnid1
Horn sounding from Alexandria sending the biggest zombie herd this show has ever seen toward their home and loved ones

So nothing new then.....

Originally posted by Flyattractor
[b]So nothing new then..... [/B]

Its still kind of fun though. Better than another season of them trying to coexist with the peaceful town like last season. That was the definition of borning.

That is only my 2nd big problem with this show I can still watch it but it doesn't rate any second viewings.

Originally posted by Galan007
Alexandria ultimately becomes even better than before

I'm guessing Eugene will now be head scientist in charge now that the other dude is dead. I like the redemption arcs they got Nicholas and Gabriel on. Nicholas actually seems pretty likable.

From what it seems,

Spoiler:
the first six episodes will consist of the Wolves/Horde attack on Alexandria, given the Wolves are probably the ones with the horn, interspersed with black and white flashbacks. Jessie and her family are slated to die, and Carl will get his eye shot out. I'm guessing Morgan will die too, which honestly, wouldn't bother me. His pacifist shtick is annoying and reminds me of Dale and Tyresse, both of whom died from being too wimpy. I hope when the Wolves attack, he has a realization of how foolish he was not to have killed them when he had the chance.

Originally posted by Arachnid1
Horn sounding from Alexandria sending the biggest zombie herd this show has ever seen toward their home and loved ones

Shown in Season 4 episode Isolation.

Originally posted by marwash22
how though? all of the people who knew about structural design are dead now.

Spoiler:
Eugene will become an invaluable member of the group. He is able to read about damn near anything, and then build it perfectly from scratch. He, along with Rick's leadership(and bolstered security of course), are how Alexandria becomes a thriving community in the not-too-far future.

Tonight's hour long trailer of Assassin's Creed was amazing.

In before people complain about Carol being too OP again and that she should stay in the kitchen.

Originally posted by Ridley_Prime
In before people complain about Carol being too OP again and that she should stay in the kitchen.

Dem feminists and feminists sympathizers. She should be a more emotionally supportive character, not some Jane Rambo killing machine!

So yeah, I'm over the "I don't want to kill anyone" version of Morgan. The Wolves just hacked the shit out of the defenseless citizens of Alexandria, but he LETS them run-off WITH a gun? Stupid. They're just lucky Rick wasn't there.

Also, I doubt that's the last we've seen of "JSS". Curious what kind of role she plays later..?

Hm...

Well, I remember seeing some behind the scenes interview of Morgan's actor talking about how his character is gonna be the next Hershel as the 'voice of reason' and all that, so the direction he's heading now isn't really surprising. Kinda feel the same way about it as you, though he's still cool with the staff at least.

There's a difference between being the voice of reason, and being so unwilling to kill you endanger people you're supposed to protect as well as yourself. Not killing those Wolves who jumped him at his campfire in the first place is how they found Alexandria. Because he dropped his bag with the pictures in it.

Then he allowed several to get away. He could have murdered every single wolf in that 1 v 5 fight he was in. But he let them get away after pointing out the Wolves weakness to them, then let the one wolf get away with a gun. And what made it worse?! You realize Morgan had a loaded gun on his hip the entire time. He couldn't catch up so he just let them go. He didn't even try to shoot the one with the gun in the back. At least he could have stopped him.

Even the Alpha Wolf he fought in the house could have killed him because he was screwing around and refusing to seriously injure him. I mean...why would you apologize to a guy who is leading a band of people who are indiscriminately wholesale slaughtering everyone you care about in this world?

Thing is, Morgan is nothing like Herschel. Even Herschel understood the necessity of violence in the new world. Morgan reminds me of Dale, who like Morgan was trying to spout some kind of BS ethical code that meant not killing an obvious threat in the form of Randall.

Five seasons in, the point has been made pretty damn clear that resorting to violence is the ONLY way to survive in this world. After everything we've seen with the Guv, Joe, Terminus, and the hospital, how do the writers at all expect us to root for Morgan's pacifism when they've already shown its not a viable tactic?

I think this may also lead to a problem

Spoiler:
regarding Negan, if they stick by the comic storyline. No way in hell will it seem smart for Rick to take him prisoner after what he does. No audience member would root for such a decision

TBH, Merle should have been kept alive. He made TV show different and more interesting then comics. He could keep Rick in check and also be a big asset to the group at times. He would have made morality politics very interesting. But AMC storytellers aren't so bright.