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<blockquote data-quote="Bullgrit" data-source="post: 6108177" data-attributes="member: 31216"><p>I want to like this show. I really, really do. I love the Zombie Apocalypse genre. I've only managed to catch 2 or 3 full episodes, (and maybe 20 minutes of bits and pieces), of this show, but every time, it has severely disappointed me.</p><p></p><p>I was happily surprised to find my personal schedule and this show's schedule synced up for an episode this week, and this one was it. But, this one was the final nail in the coffin for me -- I've lost even the hope that I'd like this show. So damn many hack tropes. So many stupid decisions and actions by the good guys, so many leaps of luck for the bad guys.</p><p></p><p>The guy confiscated Andrea's pistol? Why? And why the hell did she give it up? [I'd have said, "If you try to take my gun, I'll shoot you with it." But maybe I'm too cynical to be a ZA survivor.]</p><p></p><p>Why couldn't Andrea get out of the town without passing through a guarded check point? Couldn't she sneak out through one of the dozens of building windows? During the scene where she's talking with the two guards, there were obvious windows in the background.</p><p></p><p>Then when she has to get off the road to avoid the approaching truck -- of course she doesn't hear or see the three zombies approaching her until one grabs her and two others are within 20 feet. How can a survivor be that deaf and blind to creatures that *can't* be stealthy, especially in a woods?</p><p></p><p>Then when she's walking in the field of deep grass and hears the truck. The Governor manages to spot her before she ducks -- he has an amazing spotting skill for a freakin' one-eyed man. (Especially considering she was on his blind side!) And then when he pulls off the road and starts driving through the field where she is lying down, he manages to make a beeline directly for her spot? That big grassy field, and he pinpoints her? But at least she gets away...</p><p></p><p>When she reaches the building, she hears his truck again. So he guessed where she was going? And when she realizes he's coming, instead of running in any direction, to hide in any of the dozen easy places I saw on screen for her to hide, she runs into the damn building. A place any ZA survivor would know is probably teeming with zombies.</p><p></p><p>And of course she goes around stepping backwards through the dark. Come on! So many places to hide, so many implements to take up as a weapon, and yet she continues walking through the dark bumping into zombies. Sigh.</p><p></p><p>At least the way she gets away by siccing some zombies on him was clever. We even hear him run out of bullets in his pistol.</p><p></p><p>Then she finally reaches the outskirts of the prison, surprise! It turns out that not only did the Governor actually survive the zombies in the building, but he teleports right up behind her. Again he accurately predicts exactly where she'll be, he gets there quickly, invisibly, and silently. And though this woman has managed to fight and kill dozens of zombies through this series, she can't handle one living man. A man with one hand grasping her left arm, and the other covering her mouth, leaving her right arm -- the hand that holds the knife that she has used to stab half a dozen zombies in the head just in this episode. While she struggled with him, I was staring at the TV waiting for that unrestrained arm to swing up and stab the hell out of him. It was obvious to me that she would finish this guy off like that. I mean how could she not?</p><p></p><p>And at the end we see that not only did she not kill him, but how the hell did he manage to get her in that torture chair? Did she just frickin' give up? Why? This woman has fought off swarms of unnaturally strong zombies in hand-to-hand struggles, but one living man, (with all the weak spots of a living person), overpowers her? WTF?</p><p></p><p>I was literally stunned at this. I was left shaking my head at the sheer stupidity and laziness of the writers. It's like they just write one draft and go with it. No effort to put thought into the logic or anything. </p><p></p><p>As much as I love the ZA genre, I hate this show's attempt at it.</p><p></p><p>Bullgrit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bullgrit, post: 6108177, member: 31216"] I want to like this show. I really, really do. I love the Zombie Apocalypse genre. I've only managed to catch 2 or 3 full episodes, (and maybe 20 minutes of bits and pieces), of this show, but every time, it has severely disappointed me. I was happily surprised to find my personal schedule and this show's schedule synced up for an episode this week, and this one was it. But, this one was the final nail in the coffin for me -- I've lost even the hope that I'd like this show. So damn many hack tropes. So many stupid decisions and actions by the good guys, so many leaps of luck for the bad guys. The guy confiscated Andrea's pistol? Why? And why the hell did she give it up? [I'd have said, "If you try to take my gun, I'll shoot you with it." But maybe I'm too cynical to be a ZA survivor.] Why couldn't Andrea get out of the town without passing through a guarded check point? Couldn't she sneak out through one of the dozens of building windows? During the scene where she's talking with the two guards, there were obvious windows in the background. Then when she has to get off the road to avoid the approaching truck -- of course she doesn't hear or see the three zombies approaching her until one grabs her and two others are within 20 feet. How can a survivor be that deaf and blind to creatures that *can't* be stealthy, especially in a woods? Then when she's walking in the field of deep grass and hears the truck. The Governor manages to spot her before she ducks -- he has an amazing spotting skill for a freakin' one-eyed man. (Especially considering she was on his blind side!) And then when he pulls off the road and starts driving through the field where she is lying down, he manages to make a beeline directly for her spot? That big grassy field, and he pinpoints her? But at least she gets away... When she reaches the building, she hears his truck again. So he guessed where she was going? And when she realizes he's coming, instead of running in any direction, to hide in any of the dozen easy places I saw on screen for her to hide, she runs into the damn building. A place any ZA survivor would know is probably teeming with zombies. And of course she goes around stepping backwards through the dark. Come on! So many places to hide, so many implements to take up as a weapon, and yet she continues walking through the dark bumping into zombies. Sigh. At least the way she gets away by siccing some zombies on him was clever. We even hear him run out of bullets in his pistol. Then she finally reaches the outskirts of the prison, surprise! It turns out that not only did the Governor actually survive the zombies in the building, but he teleports right up behind her. Again he accurately predicts exactly where she'll be, he gets there quickly, invisibly, and silently. And though this woman has managed to fight and kill dozens of zombies through this series, she can't handle one living man. A man with one hand grasping her left arm, and the other covering her mouth, leaving her right arm -- the hand that holds the knife that she has used to stab half a dozen zombies in the head just in this episode. While she struggled with him, I was staring at the TV waiting for that unrestrained arm to swing up and stab the hell out of him. It was obvious to me that she would finish this guy off like that. I mean how could she not? And at the end we see that not only did she not kill him, but how the hell did he manage to get her in that torture chair? Did she just frickin' give up? Why? This woman has fought off swarms of unnaturally strong zombies in hand-to-hand struggles, but one living man, (with all the weak spots of a living person), overpowers her? WTF? I was literally stunned at this. I was left shaking my head at the sheer stupidity and laziness of the writers. It's like they just write one draft and go with it. No effort to put thought into the logic or anything. As much as I love the ZA genre, I hate this show's attempt at it. Bullgrit [/QUOTE]
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