Thread:Ruebenn/@comment-1734566-20151130233217/@comment-1734566-20151201020400

Alright...so...I guess I'll go first:

As you can imagine, I'm MEGA-PISSED about Glenn. Like, seriously - this goes BEYOND my well-established hatred of him, because I swear, I've seen this same sentiment expressed across the spectrum, by people who hate Glenn and even people who LOVE Glenn. For him to survive that was just pure idiocy that destroys a vast majority of this show's credibility. It just proves, once and for all, that fan-favorites are like gods and can survive ANYTHING that would instantly kill a second-rate character or redshirt, JUST because they're popular. Seriously: So Nicholas's body was on top of Glenn, fine and dandy. The aerial shot then SHOWED that Nicholas was spread across Glenn not vertically (i.e., his body lined up parallel to Glenn's) but HORIZONTALLY (i.e., perpendicular - like a T-shape), covering up most of Glenn's torso. So you mean to tell me that Glenn's lower stomach, and the entirety of his waist area and BOTH legs, PLUS his head, neck, shoulders, and upper chest...are ALL completely EXPOSED...and he doesn't get bit once? Are you kidding me? Sorry, no; that's BS. And it may be hard to believe, but I swear I'd be just as mad if they pulled this with someone like Carol, or Morgan, because it'd be just as stupid. But for Glenn it's worse; he's already dodged TWO very close bullets (the sickness in S4 and Nicholas SHOOTING him, and him being surrounded by walkers, in the S5 finale), and now this? Glenn seriously is immortal in this show, and it's downright infuriating on top of the fact that, of all the long-lasting characters, he is by far the BLANDEST and has had NO development since S2 (where, let's be honest, his entire "story" was him trying to get laid), and no role since S3 (where he and Maggie were just plot devices to move the Governor story forward, with their kidnapping, so that Rick's people had an excuse to attack Woodbury). I'm so tired of Glenn, and when he finally DOES die...I will be SO happy.

And beyond Glenn, the entire first half of S6 feels an awful lot like the first half of S6 in that the overarching story (the herd, namely) is SO random and poorly-written, that it's not only repetitive (echoing the "sickness" storyline in S4 Part 1), but it's also a cheap excuse for throwing out a ton of filler episodes. And let's be honest; at this point, the whole "Is Glenn Dead" bit was obviously just a plot device to keep the viewers watching for the next few filler episodes, even though those had NOTHING to do with Glenn and, ironically, were both REALLY good in their own right (Morgan's episode was amazing, and I REALLY liked the focus on Abraham in the Daryl/Abraham/Sasha episode). And as if the filler aspect and regurgitated MacGuffin wasn't enough...I feel that this season was WAY too heavy on people drama: Two teenagers getting into a love triangle and trying to KILL each other over a girl (Seriously? Like fathers like sons, I guess. :P); Throwing in the totally random-a$$ love story between the non-existent Tara and the clumsy doctor (unnecessarily changing her sexuality from the comics because...reasons? Even though her boyfriend FROM the comics is in the show now? And come to think of it; where the heck HAS Heath been in the last few episodes? O.o); More focus on Rick trying to get at the woman whose husband he just killed (blech); and now this weird little kid who's obviously gonna be the show's Danny Lloyd (that's original); More on Deanna, even though she's an extremely weak character (but at least her death fulfilled 2/3 of my death predictions this season! YAY! :D). Seriously. The ONE and only human stories I liked this season were: 1) Morgan, particularly his determination to "rehabilitate" the Wolf (who's freaking awesome, BTW). And 2) Abraham's quiet development in that aforementioned episode. That scene with him and the soldier walker spoke VOLUMES without a single word. But all of these, and more, do contribute to me perfectly understanding the critics' arguments when they say that this first half is FULL of filler and human drama, almost like the zombies are a total backdrop. Plus, the fact that NO ONE major died was just ridiculous, again, especially after Glenn SHOULD have been ripped apart.

So yeah, so far, I'm still convinced that Season 5 was WAAAAAY better than this.