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    Not only have Rick decide, but have Rick do it.
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    It could be Rick who got killed. It would make the most sense for Negan to off Rick to show he is their new boss. Plus, it was Rick's fault, he was their leader and Negan asked for him right at the start.

    The producers are saying the character that got killed is a "beloved" character that will be quite shocking. I doubt that will be Eugene, nobody really care for him that much. They are also saying that this will begin a new chapter in The Walking Dead. So, who knows... offing Rick will change things up quite a bit.

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    Rick wasn't beloved either, but I hope it was him.
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    Some thoughts after the end of Season 6 (i've not read any of the comics so i don't know how closely the series follows the books) -

    I've gotten very tired of the gaping plot holes and whole absence of logic but dammit they sucked me in for Season 7.

    If the whole season 6 was a build up to introduce Negan then i'm really disappointed. First off, didn't look much like anyone was really reduced down to "pants peeing".

    Negan himself wasn't really that menacing, in fact he kind of resembled a bearded Adam Carolla.

    The whole Negan character introduction and dialog was going on way too long and running off the rails like a bad Saturday Night Live sketch.

    So is the idea that after Negan kills one of their people because "that's just the way it is" and the rest are going to fall in line and become productive Saviors?

    I'm betting on Daryl being the dead guy since he's got a spin-off gig (yeah, it's probably another well thought out diversion meant to screw with us)

    Didn't the Alexandria gang have a rocket launcher in their arsenal?

    Of all of the evil psychopaths i'm finding the Terminus crew to be the creepiest followed by the "claimed" crew Daryl was running with.

    Morgan can kill when necessary, cool.

    Why the hell did they go and completely wreck the Carol character?

    And now the friendly, well groomed horsemen in body armor will help turn things around. I guess horses make a little more sense while surviving this world instead of goddamn loud ass motorcycles or gas guzzling motor homes (finally, a group that appears reasonably intelligent)

    Oh, the humanity!! I really wish there would be a new creative/production team to push things in a different direction.
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    Really? I was not disappointed with the introduction of Neegan at all. Thought he was pretty badass. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is awesome and think he's a great choice. I also thought the whole final scene was very intense and uncomfortable. It was well done...worked for me anyway. The episode up to that point was real weak though in my opinion.

    Overall not my favorite season, but I was still entertained even with the flaws you guys all love to piss and moan over

    I'm looking forward to seeing what Fear The Walking Dead brings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Man In The Mountain View Post
    It could be Rick who got killed. It would make the most sense for Negan to off Rick to show he is their new boss. Plus, it was Rick's fault, he was their leader and Negan asked for him right at the start.

    The producers are saying the character that got killed is a "beloved" character that will be quite shocking. I doubt that will be Eugene, nobody really care for him that much. They are also saying that this will begin a new chapter in The Walking Dead. So, who knows... offing Rick will change things up quite a bit.
    Not saying it *can't* be Rick, but it would permanently divert the comic from the TV show if it was him and I don't think that they're going to do that. In addition to his being the de-facto central character, I highly doubt that it was Rick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scorp View Post
    He should have made Rick decide, could have been one of the best finales but instead they left us hanging and the moments gone.
    Pfft. He would've said Eugene knowing that MulletMan already volunteered to bite it for the team.
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    I will say, Negan is hard to hate. I liked him. Might be a breath of fresh air actually. And after all was said and done, I kinda got a level of humanity from him. Rick's crew have actually been the douches here and Negan only wants ONE in retribution? Nice guy afaic. He's funny too. I'm still in, but if Glenn's still breathing come S7 premiere, I'll be disappointed. Furthermore, if they don't recap with a 3rd person vantage of that brutal scene along with Negan's comments and Glenn's last muttering, I might be even more disappointed. It truly shocked me in the comic and that's what needs to be done.

    Looking back at the last moments, Negan stopped in front of Aaron. Red shirt. Pfft.
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    It would be interesting a very ballsy if the TV show diverged completely from the comic series at this point with Negan actually a 'good guy' and next season is Rick's last as he drifts so far to the Dark Side that he's offed by one of his own...and the season after that showing a more fuller integration of what's left of our regulars into the Saviors and have them actually live up to their name.

    But nahhhhh...that would require too much creativity from the scriptwriters!

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    I know offing Rick would be completely different from the comic, but what if the actor wants to leave after 6 seasons? Look at all the stupid things Rick did all season long, without really thinking about who he and his crew were killing. It was all a build up to this season's finally. Rick is to blame.

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    It wouldn't be the first time a TV series successfully flipped a character. By the season finale, I despised Walter White. Or should I say Heisenberg?
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    Walter White's arc was to go from lovable doofus to soulless monster so you had to hate him in the end... If that is Rick's arc in this show then they might not have killed in the season finale. They may make Negan manage to sway key people like Darryl and build to a rebellion against Rick by the Alexandria people by the end of the next season.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Paulie View Post
    It wouldn't be the first time a TV series successfully flipped a character. By the season finale, I despised Walter White. Or should I say Heisenberg?
    Disagreed. I thought Walter White was a very likable and sympathetic character up until the very end. Well, until they screwed with all of their character development in the final few episodes (that show really jumped the shark with the awful Ozymandias episode in order to force the show in a direction that made no sense) .

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    Well, it's obvious you can't tell who gets it based on the "eeny meeny miny moe" thing because, after a certain point, Negan didn't go in the order Rick & Co. were arranged. And it was also edited so that you couldn't figure it out. One thing seemed clear to me, tho, and that's that Negan either walked from the left to the center or from the center to the right when he picked his victim. So, based on that and the fact that he gave orders to feed Carl's other eye to Rick if anyone else "pulls a Glenn", my money's on either Aaron or Eugene (I wonder if there are any bookies in Vegas taking bets on it). Of course, it was Abraham who, earlier in the scene, raised up as if to offer himself as the sacrifice. So, it could be him and knowing the writers/producers, the lack of continuity would be typical for this show.

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    Yes.. And it immediately crossed my mind at the time. I'm sure it's not a coincidence...
    And that's why it annoyed me. Because now, every time I see a photo of BB King and his guitar, I'm going to think of Negan, too. Bad, bad decision by Kirkman, et al.
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    http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Th...ne#cite_ref-58

    This site provides a time-line of events. I had no idea it took only two weeks to go from Georgia to Richmond, VA - I had always assumed that several months or close to a year passed. I always wondered why there seemed to be no new scars on anyone, or any significant relationship changes, or greater bonding among the group.

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    Speaking of the Walking Dead...did Sunday night's episode feature any free-roaming walkers?* What's up with that? --Peter

    *Besides the one or two Carol and what's-his-name encounter?

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    I didn't even watch the last episode. I think I am getting weary of it all. Too dark, depressing and I get enough of that in real life (but no zombies dammit!). I find myself trying to watch some shows that are a little happier and cheerful. I am looking forward to the season premier of "Tanked" more than FTWD. Just tired of the sadness, killing and brutality. I don't want to watch Glenn die via barbed wired Louisville Slugger and if they kill-off Maggie, I'm heading to Atlanta and delivering some atomic wedgies to some certain people.

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    After Abe got the bat, I told myself I was done....glad I hung in there.
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    I'm probably off the show until the Negan subplot is done The show already suffered through a season with a tiresome cartoon villain (The Governor) and every scene with Negan in it is unwatchable.

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    Negan is unbearable to watch . Bad acting 101.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nosebone View Post
    Bad acting 101.
    Look at what he's being given to say, though. Considering the cringe-worthy lines, I - sadly - think he's probably doing exactly what is being asked of him.

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    I watched only because my wife insisted. I won't watch any further. Kirkman is capable of only a couple themes and that's it. There's always going to be a Big Bad who's awesome and terrible and one dimensional. There's always going to be gratuitous shock/torture porn. And the plots will always depend on someone doing something stupid to advance it. Oh, and ridiculous amount of time spent on cock-teasing the audience. Like I said before, it is Gilligan's Island with the undead. No one will ever get off the island until the ratings fall and it's too late.

    Oh, and "Not cool" is a terrible tag line but Kirkman kept spouting it in the Talking Dead like it was his greatest achievement. You know nothing, Robert Kirkman (see that, that was a line worth repeating).
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    Zoinks!!, it's Scooby Doo on Gilligan's zombie Island!
    no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone

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    Oh, and sorry if I'm thread-shitting. I don't like to do that but man, this show brings out the cynic/critic in me.
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    Anyone get a jones-on for ravioli while watching it?

    I anticipated Abraham would get it. Abe was the one who puffed up his chest and gave Negan the thousand-yard stare. The showrunners figured if not Abe, they'd have to whack Glenn, because he's one of the originals. So they both got it, i.e. the real "shock" they were going for. Glenn was "the example" by which Negan demonstrated his mercilessness. Nobody gives a toss about Goofus or that other guy who looks like he just filmed a Trivago commercial.

    Between killing two persons, exiling the other "tough guy" (Daryl), and breaking the leader of the group (Negan even saw Carl was willing to suffer amputation, while his dad cracked), Negan actually did all the things a real bad guy should do.

    I know some of you frown upon it, but it was about time the show reached a Fulci level of gore. The whole Alexandria arc was beyond stale, but I'm actually more interested again with this Negan arc.

    I DO AGREE with points said about the cock-teasing and stupid moves by random characters that are always a bona fide logic fail. I'm not watching TWD for high art, though.

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