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That's true; Trump is a major problem, no matter what one calls him. Trump is mostly talk though. The damage he causes isn't, primarily, in how he actually governs. It's in what he represents and further encourages--all of those tendencies you just outlined.
Confirmation bias is very powerful. The right-wing Rage Machine doesn't just tell rightists what they want to hear without regard for reality, it also shapes what they want to hear. It ultimately creates a large class of zombies who have been indoctrinated with the notion that momentary political utility--what they want to hear--is the sole measure of reality itself. If the press reports something critical of Trump, that's just liberal bullshit. If it doesn't come out of Fox News (or fill in your favorite far-right source), it isn't true. That, continuing unchecked, is the end of everything.
He sent home an army of fanatics who all say "I'm Negan," and there's absolutely no reason to assume they wouldn't return to the Sanctuary, regroup, get behind whoever was next in line and start all over again, maybe launching a raid to free Negan.
Whatever it is, there are exceedingly few TWD viewers who are indulging these days; the season finale, which is usually one of the highest-rated eps of a season, finished with the lowest ratings since since season 1:
[url]http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/walking-dead-season-8-finale-ratings-1202754602/[/url]
She doesn't even need to do it--just have it done. "So-and-so, you and What's-her-name go over to that tree, kill that motherfucker and bring me his eyes."
The problem with in the staging of the scene when it was shot--lousy direction--and it may go back even further to unclear writing. The editors wouldn't have been able to fix it.
The geography of those scenes was also incredibly badly done. The Savior firing-line seems to come up behind Rick and co. Negan and his lieutenants, meanwhile, are over a hill in front of them. Neither Rick's group nor Negan's contingent can see one another, yet when the firing-line in the rear opens up and their guns explode, Negan's people also fire and have their guns explode, though they can't have any targets in sight, and Rick orders a forward charge, though he can't know there's anyone there.
I really object to the fact that Rick lets the Saviors return home, lets Negan live and no one among all these people who have suffered under them so horribly and for so long so much as raises an objection. Instead of taking charge of the situation, Maggie just has her stupid breakdown.
I've praised them every time they've earned it.
lol. Yeah, you won't find much you can pour into a Molotov that will incinerate a quarter of an acre and send flames 40 feet into the air.
Their appearance was hilarious. They've just arrived and have no idea what's even going on--they just show up and start chucking these super-Molotov cocktails at people.
Yeah, whenever you turn on an ep and it turns out to be really bad, you can pretty much guarantee I won't like it.
Rasmussen isn't a real pollster, and that's only one of its many methodological flaws. Initially established by a conservative activist, its issue polling has always been a joke, full of ludicrously one-sided questions, often on false premises being advanced by right-wing media--nothing but propaganda. On political races though, Rasmussen racked up a very impressive record in several consecutive elections in its early years. In 2010, though, the wheels came off even that, and they've pretty much stayed off.
[quote]This is so far beyond shameful, I don't even know what to call it.[/quote]
That's easy, call it what it is: THE WALKING DEAD.
[quote]It's absolutely ridiculous, that one of the most watched shows on television right now has one of the worst budgets. I've seen CW programmes pull off more with whatever budget they have.[/quote]
By now, TWD's budget is quite substantial. Even years ago when they were cut for a time, they still had the equivalent budget of a prime-time network drama--a hefty budget for a cable show. The show has always looked so cheap for the same reason the writing has always been so bad: the kind of people making it.
With the exception of LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, which was supposed to be pretty expensive when it began, the DC shows on the CW are probably made for $2.5 million-$3 million/episode. They're loaded with complex visual effects and look [i]way[/i] more expensive than TWD, though TWD probably has twice their budget now (or more).
[quote](I think I even heard police sirens during his car chase with Negan)[/quote]
Pretty sure you were just imagining [i]that[/i] but that would have been REALLY cool! A better use of the imagination than the writers on this show ever manage.
Short of the entire cast dying in the same way, that would have been just about the only way to make TNG entertaining.
[quote]"I thought wtf happened to the literal 'sea' of zombies that were preventing the Saviors' escape?"[/quote]
Way back in the 2nd season, the writers threw in that traffic snarl wherein there were all these dead and mummified--but not zombified--people in and around cars. The thinking that went into this was, "hey, these images will look cool and creepy." No thinking went into how this scene was supposed to have happened, given that it violated every rule the writers had established about the nature of zombie-ism. The after-the-fact efforts at explanation were embarrassing. That's what happened with that sea of zombies. Our heroes round up an impressive horde of the critters because it looks kewl and when Eugene tries to fly that glider over a shot of endless zombies, it looks kewl. But the Undead Local apparently voted to go on strike on the day the Saviors decided to escape and only a few scabs were left.
It's just like how there are snipers around the building sometimes but not at others. When Gabriel and, more importantly, Negan walk right through the yard covered in zombie goo, the snipers not only fail to shoot the villain, their existence isn't even acknowledged. Why don't the snipers blast the Saviors at the windows in the most recent ep? Because then, the Saviors couldn't escape!
If things like this were done as comedy, they could be made to work. TWD has been riffing on Z NATION ever since that show appeared. It isn't afraid to embrace goofiness at times but it's still mostly stuck in that somber soap melodrama mode.
I kept imagining Picard shouting "Shut up, Wesley!"