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WinsomeDefiance -> RE: The Ultimate Season Six thread for The Walking Dead (4/6/2016 8:03:38 AM)
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I think the roadblocks make sense. The Saviors have numbers, resources and are organized. Laying siege to an enemy is a time honored tradition in war, or so I've heard. I'm sure the a$$hole leader of Hilltop was happy to spill the beans about Maggie being pregnant and needing medical care so they would know that the group would need to return to the Hilltop for more supplies and medical checkups for Maggie. Remember, they only received enough food for a month from The Hilltop so they were destined to make a trip north within a few weeks. That gave Neegan time to plan a siege at the routes leading north, the directions they would need to go. Rick's group killing off his people simply added extra incentive to get it done. Neegan's group made it their business to scout out Rick's group and kept them under observation. With radios and numbers, organizing things was just a matter of logistics and good strategies. Neegan managed to amass a large following in the span of a couple years. Considering that most people were just trying to survive in those times, implies Neegan has a rather brilliant and opportunistic mind. Certainly vindictive and organized enough to take his time to plan things out and make a 'show' of it.
The show has a history of leaving people wondering what happened. I'm not sure why people are so surprised on this one. Sure, I was all WTF, those jacka$$e$! GAHH, I hate them; at the the end of the show! But, I hate that I loved it too. [:D]
I do agree, they should have NEVER let their only doctor go out and scavenge. That was not smart. That, and I really liked her and poor Tara. It has to suck to be a lesbian in an apocalypse. I mean, you are already a minority and the dating pool has really dried up at this point.
Now, Carol. I've heard a lot of complaining about Carol becoming weak. People always seem to think they want one dimensional characters. Personally, I like to see weaknesses in my favorite hero. Even Superman has his weakness.
Carol has depth, and she's not a machine. She's a loving woman, who has risen above her weaknesses to survive. Processing it is not weak, it shows humanity and heart. She can only be a better and stronger person when/if she survives it. Or, she can be a suicidal mess, and do what she did in the comics and just commit suicide by walker. Either way, she's not a one dimensional machine.
Back to the cliffhanger. Killing Glenn makes sense in that his death was a huge deal in the comics and it makes sense that Kirkman would want to keep that aspect of his storytelling true to the comics. On the other hand, he has a fresh slate, and a chance to redo something in a fresh way and any storyteller will say they eat that shit up. So, a new twist to the story would be fun for him - I imagine. The anticipation and character development is what makes the show so entertaining. Sure the instant gratification of seeing the person he kills in the finale would have been entertaining (good grief its awful to say that) but my response to the ending had Kay laughing her butt off at me - and that's a memory we will always share, so it is all good in my way of thinking.
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