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To: IronJack

Nope, nope, nope...

SORT OF SPOILERS

Your criticism could be directed at just about any genre. In cop shows it is one crime after another. In hospital shows it is another medical emergency. Ho-hum.

Rick’s group has tried to settle down twice now. Once at the prison and now at Alexandria. The story has come from the forces that want to keep them from settling down. First the Governor, now Negan.

IF the comics are to be believed (and they aren’t always reflected in the show) Alexandria combines forces with Hilltop and the just introduced Kingdom to fight and eventually defeat Negan. In the comics this leads to a restoration of “normal” with the three (or two, since Alexandria goes boom) communities cooperating in matters of trade and defense.


59 posted on 04/12/2016 10:22:06 AM PDT by Crusher138 ("Then conquer we must, for our cause it is just")
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To: Crusher138
I agree that my observations (not necessarily criticisms) apply to just about any continuous dramatic series. There is no cure for that, except to keep expanding the universe and introducing variations on the central themes. TWD has tried to do that, and is becoming predictable as a result.

I understand that the fight has become man-vs-man instead of man-vs-zombie. That's about all that's left for the franchise to do. It's the endless agonizing over it that bores me. Rick and Co. are trying to settle down. Outside forces won't let them. So rather than just going to war with those forces and obliterating them, the Rickites have to blather endlessly about the morality of doing so, and boo-hoo about the horrors they've been forced to endure. And then wonder if they can let that feral nature go once order is restored.

Shut up already! If you've made the decision to survive, then just do it! Quit wondering what you will become or what will happen when the lights come back on. For all you know, they never will. Today is all you have; quit borrowing tomorrow's problems.

And get rid of people like Morgan and -- if she can't make up her mind -- Carol. If they're not willing to fight for you, they're of no use to you. Feed them to the zombies.

I don't read the comics, but I knew that the Negan affair would end with the Rickites allying with someone -- Hilltop, space aliens, Democrats ... somebody who would magically appear and defeat Negan.

60 posted on 04/12/2016 11:11:47 AM PDT by IronJack
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