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Originally Posted by Igster
Well, each to their own, but if they wanted to take it slow and wanted to show us (as per what we were told before the show even started by the creators) how society fell and what happened, then why leave out such an important part? They jumped ahead and it feels disjointed and the pace of the show is not as good as it could be.
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I just don't understand how showing fences going up and the military culling would have benefited the story any more than the most recent episode did. We figured out, alongside Madison, that the military is on a general killing spree and, alongside Travis, they are lying and really don't give a #### about the people they are protecting. It feeds into the idea that these people are kept in the dark...being manipulated and controlled to maintain order. The truth will come out (if it already hasn't surfaced in some of the characters).
I don't think showing the day-to-day stuff in the safe zone would have accomplished anything more than the 43~ minutes of the recent episode did. I'm all caught up in the summary of the dialogue.
And besides, look at the response of the pacing during the prison stint in TWD. Maybe I'm just missing or misinterpreting what you and others feel was important enough to show?
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Nah. The acting has been poor overall. For me, nothing to do with liking the characters or not (although they haven't given us much reason to like them with poor development and boring storyline). The acting has just been poor. I have a feeling it has a lot to do with the material they have to work with. The writing has been sub-par at best.
This just feels like "Hey, we're The Walking Dead so we can throw this against the wall and they'll eat it up".
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I guess we can settle to agree to disagree on this point. I haven't cringed at the majority of the acting (although I'll admit there are spots that are clearly forced). I think the performances have been on par with TWD and haven't detracted from my enjoyment of the show.