(10-25-2017 12:15 PM)benny_t Wrote:  

(10-25-2017 07:46 AM)MUther Wrote:  

(10-25-2017 12:16 AM)Shrack Wrote:  The shows issues are that the writers/showrunners routinely put the characters into very poor positions that seem out of character. It takes the viewer out of the realism of the show and causes them to lose interest. Sometimes it seems like they do or add stupid additions just because they want to have their mark on the story when they could've gone a more appropriate route by following the comic more closely.

They also tend to use these out-of-character moments to drive their plot line they have on rails...instead of using actual in-character motivations to advance the story. "Okay, we have to hit all of these plot points so we will have this character do this thing even though he has no reason to do it." Grass being a realistic height or explaining how old gasoline works isn't actually relevant to the logic of the show. A main character dying to some seemingly stupid out of character event is relevant

Saying that a show based on zombies or fantasy can't have logical rules it follows is just a poor argument and an excuse for what is bad writing for this show. Is TWD terrible television? No, but it has gone down hill for quite a few seasons when it could realistically be much better

Game of Thrones has suffered a similar fate though not nearly to the degree that TWD has. And at least they can use the excuse that they have no more book material to pick from so they get some slack

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Exactly. I don't nitpick the show. If it's not central to the plot or direction of the show then I don't care. When it is and it's that glaring I start to lose interest.

And for the gas and bullets guys, a large portion of the show has been dedicated to the struggle with ranging out for supplies and getting around certain things, taking over armories,etc etc. Takes about 2 minutes to get water out of gasoline with a glass bulb and a valve in the bottom. It's not like they mix. The water is always heavier. They probably don't show that because, who gives a ****? Private airplanes keep fuel in the wings for a long time between uses. Pilots stick a clear cylinder into a valve under the wing at a low point and drain a bit till they don't see separation. Other vehicles have one built in like tractors and you release the water at a low point. And vehicles will run like that anyway it's just not good for them and damages over time. But guess what? Everyone's dead. There's another car around every corner.

And bullets? Name a show or movie that accurately tracks ammunition. It's so cliche I don't even notice anymore. But they do at least attempt to not waste bullets when a blade will work or when the noise will attract other walkers, so it satisfies it was touched upon but we aren't meant to dwell on it.

John Wick but that's just 1 out of hundreds of movies that don't.

Used to be a staple of TV and movies that at some point in a gunfight one of them would say something like "That's five shots, you only have one left". Dirty Harry?