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The Walking Dead Thread!
serious crayons:
The violence against zombies becomes so cartoonish that it doesn't bother me, though the filmmakers do go out of their way to make it gross.
The violence against humans usually doesn't bother me either. But then, I have a fairly strong tolerance for violence unless it's super gory or is the whole point of a plot (like, I would never see a movie like "Saw" or even supposedly higher quality ones like "Se7en").
There have been a couple of pretty shocking human killings on TWD, though. And I think the worst thing I've ever seen was this past half-season and it didn't even involve killing (Chuck, you may know what I'm referring to). Actually, this whole past half-season has been pretty gory.
One thing I realized years ago, when watching the movie 28 Days Later, (also a zombie movie and is actually quite good -- I would recommend it!) is that the source of tension and fear in zombie movies isn't the zombies. Unless they swarm you en masse or you have your leg stuck in a trap and can't run away or whatever, zombies aren't much of a threat -- they're slow and stupid and in this case, easy to kill. The tension and fear comes from the relationships between the survivors. That was true of 28 Days, and it's also true of TWD.
CellarDweller:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on January 13, 2015, 10:27:00 am ---The violence against humans usually doesn't bother me either. But then, I have a fairly strong tolerance for violence unless it's super gory or is the whole point of a plot (like, I would never see a movie like "Saw" or even supposedly higher quality ones like "Se7en").
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Oh, I agree Katherine. When the violence is the only reason for the violence, it's a major turn off. That's why I refuse to watch the Hostel series.
I also agree that the main tension is the very strained relationships between the people. It almost seems to be a way to show "man's inhumanity to man".
CellarDweller:
new season starts in Feb.
serious crayons:
I can't wait! Or no, I guess I actually can, because I'm currently watching a few shows I like better (Justified, Girls, The Americans -- I highly recommend all of those). But after watching TWD for lo these many years, Rick's group has somehow come to seem like old familiar friends whom I look forward to welcoming back into my living room.
CellarDweller:
Spoilers below
If you haven't watched the new episode yet, read no further!
What a great episode!!! I had read online that the opener was going to hit people hard, and I had thought that perhaps before they got the chance to bury Beth, they'd be overtaken by a herd of walkers, and have to abandon Beth's body while they made their escape.
I never expected to see Tyrese be bitten, or to have him die. Damn.
And the way they had other dead characters come back......Beth, Mika, Lizzie, and the others, damn. Such a great episode.
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