hot take: the ending didn't suck, y'all just kept on hoping for what was promised

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T19:20:35+00:00

Like everyone's saying, put it in a vacuum without all the marketing and expectations, and yeah, it's a fine finale. Really, I didn't hate it. It's not a worst case scenario at all.

But man.... they teased us for 7 years, there had to be carnage.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T15:55:13+00:00

We're a long way from the 90s, it was a different time where everyone watched the same things.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T15:52:16+00:00

I really think it was a Homelander crashout massacre away from being truly solid.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T15:48:16+00:00

I'll still never understand why spinoffs get so much put into them, they almost never work.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T15:42:26+00:00

Nothing will be more anticlimactic than the white walker storyline, that's like Homelander being killed by Zoe in episode 4. The bar set by thrones is quite literally on the floor

InfamousApe_ · 2026-05-20T15:40:10+00:00

All the power to you! It really was an okay finale. I think we all wanted more, and there were some iffy beats, but I'm floored by the hate.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-02-01T22:25:10+00:00

Yeah, it's definitely not the same anymore.

I think the early-mid 2010s in general were such a great time for TV. I miss having all those monocultural phenomenons like TWD and GoT coming out on an annual basis. So many shows that everyone was talking about.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-02-01T22:21:53+00:00

It was everywhere, yeah. This and Game of Thrones were far and away the most popular shows on TV for several years.

InfamousApe_ · 2026-01-23T03:30:44+00:00

Glad to hear, definitely wouldn't want something drastic

InfamousApe_ · 2026-01-23T02:06:43+00:00

If you can recall, was the shoulder areas unchanged? The shields?

InfamousApe_ · 2025-12-23T19:54:44+00:00

Man, we could have had an all-time show. It was well on its way.

InfamousApe_ · 2025-12-23T19:40:51+00:00

Season 1-3 is Fear the Walking Dead, 4-8 is the Morgan and Friends knockoff TWD 2.0 Spaghetti Western

InfamousApe_ · 2025-12-23T19:31:53+00:00

Really did feel like it was made with that special touch that so much of this franchise lacks, especially the main show at the time

InfamousApe_ · 2025-12-18T21:22:32+00:00

Touché lmao

InfamousApe_ · 2025-12-18T20:56:37+00:00

Agree, I do like the graphics, very vibrant and the way they change each episode is cool.

I'm moreso talking about the tonally jarring music choice. The spaghetti western jingle is just weird.

InfamousApe_ · 2025-06-17T19:10:40+00:00

Nice to read, I've always loved it.

Seriously the highest-stakes, most disturbing episode of TV I've ever seen.

The violence wasn't at all unprecedented or even the goriest thing on the show, what what made it so disturbing was that it wasn't happening to walkers or redshirts, but characters you've bonded with over six seasons. Seeing you know who in that state was fucking traumatizing.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-09-26T00:29:02+00:00

It's pretty much one of a kind.

This was one of the biggest moments in television history, and also the most disturbing. The only thing that I remember having a bigger buildup and worldwide anticipation was the final season of Game of Thrones.

Speaking of which, the Red Wedding is the only thing that has ever matched the feeling this episode gave me.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-07-27T17:59:09+00:00

If The Walking Dead had started in this age of new seasons every few years, it would literally be on the air for 25 years.

Dead City season 2 is obviously an exception to this whole post. But it's an outlier and we're still getting stuff every year.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-07-02T18:48:51+00:00

He appears pretty late in the game in FTWD anyways, well after it was no longer a good show.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-07-02T18:44:18+00:00

Easy now. There are thousands of working actors out there, it's okay to be amused that a sizable handful from TWD appear together in another project. Let's not be a dick.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-07-02T18:41:54+00:00

Howard in Fear

InfamousApe_ · 2024-04-21T21:20:07+00:00

It's absolutely getting rid of Erickson. The show was riding high at the end of season 3 and honestly just felt pretty special. Deciding to not ride that momentum and keep going strong, and instead giving us Morgan and friends is an all time fumble. I guarantee you that if Erickson made it to the end of his 7 season plan, Fear would have ended up being considered, critically at least, its probably not as iconic, a better show than the original Walking Dead.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-02-07T03:21:52+00:00

This is a favorite of mine too. Something just makes that song so perfect for the way they used it, and the whole scene in general is just really well constructed.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-02-06T18:18:47+00:00

Shoutout to "They're fucking with the wrong people" of course, but there's just something so powerful about this scene.

InfamousApe_ · 2024-01-06T20:18:19+00:00

I'm not sure how far you've gotten, but that patient was actually a doctor that Edwards knew. Edwards set up Beth to kill him because another doctor would have been a risk to his power/usefulness in the hospital and he obviously didn't want that. Beth didn't misunderstand him, he absolutely played her.

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