The Walking Dead

[tschock]

Originally Posted by irv

Going to watch it tonight. My wife tapes it so we can skip through the commercials.
Not watching it on Sunday night is tough but with work and my son's school the next morning, watching it the next night much earlier is the better choice for us.

We usually DVR it and start watching about 20 minutes in. That way we can skip commercials and still finish about the same time.

[EvilKing00]

Yea its was insane!

[irv]

Originally Posted by 1952boyntoncollector

i like taping it too, however i hate it when i borrow someone elses tape because i have to be kind and rewind..

PVR, not tape. Just old lingo on my part

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

Yea its was insane!

It was a bit over the top for me, wasn't expecting that at all!!!!

I have seen plenty movies/shows but don't recall seeing anything that graphic before.
If that continues throughout the season, I think I'll be watching something else from now on.
Maybe it's the love, so to speak, I had for the characters, I don't know, but that was disturbing,,,,, for me anyways.

[dgo71]

I keep hearing people say it was too graphic and I can only guess that is because of who the violence happened to. After all, this is a show that's shown cannibalism, ritualistic dismemberment, characters covering themselves in entrails, beheading, throats slit (heck, Rick even ripped one guys throat out with his teeth), a child murdering her own little sister, characters bled out to be used as food, a character having his own leg eaten in front of him, etc., etc., etc. All this aside from the obvious fact that dead people are walking around eating the living, which in itself should be gruesome enough for most. Gore and violence is nothing new to this show, so the only thing that makes the "too graphic" reaction make sense was the emotional impact it had because of who the character was we were watching. I thought it was a fantastic episode and set the tone for what the show will be going forward. It's going to be very different from seasons past.

[irv]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I keep hearing people say it was too graphic and I can only guess that is because of who the violence happened to. After all, this is a show that's shown cannibalism, ritualistic dismemberment, characters covering themselves in entrails, beheading, throats slit (heck, Rick even ripped one guys throat out with his teeth), a child murdering her own little sister, characters bled out to be used as food, a character having his own leg eaten in front of him, etc., etc., etc. All this aside from the obvious fact that dead people are walking around eating the living, which in itself should be gruesome enough for most. Gore and violence is nothing new to this show, so the only thing that makes the "too graphic" reaction make sense was the emotional impact it had because of who the character was we were watching. I thought it was a fantastic episode and set the tone for what the show will be going forward. It's going to be very different from seasons past.

I understand what you are saying but what you mentioned wasn't displayed, so to speak, in the same graphic manner as what was shown Sunday night.
It was taken to a whole new graphic level imo, especially the Glen scene.

Watching Glen get his head bashed in with a baseball bat then showing him with his eye popped out and trying to speak was a little over the top and unnecessary, imo.

[dgo71]

I don't know, they did show Bob getting his leg eaten, the trough scene was pretty graphic, the wolves hacking people up in the streets, Noah getting his face ripped off in pretty graphic detail... I guess because I've read the comic I can appreciate how close they stuck to the source material. It's a violent, post-apocalyptic world, I don't see why they should have to water it down for the squeamish. I can totally see how it's not for everyone but I figured those viewers would've bowed out before now.

[EvilKing00]

Funny thing to me is, its not about zombies or graphic voilence. Imo its about how a group of mostly strangers become family and how they survive in an insane post apocalyptic world.

[irv]

Originally Posted by dgo71

I don't know, they did show Bob getting his leg eaten, the trough scene was pretty graphic, the wolves hacking people up in the streets, Noah getting his face ripped off in pretty graphic detail... I guess because I've read the comic I can appreciate how close they stuck to the source material. It's a violent, post-apocalyptic world, I don't see why they should have to water it down for the squeamish. I can totally see how it's not for everyone but I figured those viewers would've bowed out before now.

I agree, I just don't ever recall seeing anyone getting their skull smashed in with a baseball bat before and the aftermath with Glen trying to speak with his eye protruding/bulging from his skull.

There has been a lot of graphic scenes throughout, but like I mentioned previously, none were quite like Sunday night's episode, imo.