Salazar predictably letting the stadium zombies out--poses more of threat to him (and the rest of his West Coast Avengers) than the military.
Yep, this was absolutely another one of those moments where the only way for them to drive the plot was by really stupid character decision #32478. I mean, it was a pretty good show once the action started moving things, but it's tiresome to see so many incredibly dumb decisions to make that happen.
That's the result of weak writers who need easy (read: stupid) characters to justify the neglected horror element until the last minute. Salazar's plan made no sense whatsoever, but Travis and the others going along with it makes them 1000 times the idiot Salazar is.
Yeah, there's really no way all those guys with all those guns would be overwhelmed that easily. The worst was those guys just wandering in with the riot shields and then getting their asses handed to them.
In reality, there would've been a pile of bodies up front that most of the zombies would've tripped over, making them easy targets. That mound of dead bodies by the fence would probably actually support it rather than knock it down.
Agreed. Think about how Carl and Rick held off an army of zombies at the prison gates in season 4; the zombies are only dangerous as long as they have the room to go in every direction, thus taking secure positions from the humans during a fight. The FTWD soldiers had the advantage, but were just as unbelievably poor shots and quickly overwhelmed as a shamefully similar (*cough*ripped*cough*) scene in the climax of Romero's
Land of the Dead, where the zombies also break though fenced-in strongholds, only to face soldiers who have no idea how to shoot anyone in the head.
I was kinda hoping that he really would die behind those locked doors, but I knew that wasn't likely at this point. I don't know why Strand trusts him in any capacity or what his deal is.
Strand seems like a set up; the clean, safe seaside property (no one questiong how it remained undiscovered by escaping L.A. residents), a large boat that offers sanctuary....this cannot be just some guy being nice.
All I could imagine after that ending is him being super emo about it. I mean, yeah, his mom died and that's horrible, but blaming his dad for it in a very whiny way seems inevitable unfortunately.
Whining, and other dysfunctional behavior to create drama between the blended family.
I thought it was kind of refreshing to see someone decide to actually go to the coast because it seems the strategic choice, so I like that. Season 2 will likely focus on conflict with other groups on the coast though. And I'm sure they'll find an unending supply of gas that doesn't expire.
Well, to offer a partial defense, this is early in the ZA, so gas is still available....but it would not be long before violent scavengers / self-appointed stewards of whatever is left would make supply runs pointless in the more populate locations.
No, it's definitely stupid, and that's cemented by when he says that it would be a lot harder to get out than to get in. His own life, his daughter, and his presumed alive wife, are all in danger from that stupid action. If he really cared about them, he wouldn't do that.
And it's not just him, the rest of the group is going along with his plan. No one thinks to say, "Hey, isn't this maybe a little dangerous?" They're all a bit too complacent with his methods this far into the apocalypse.
For a series that tries to play it "real," common sense still takes a back seat. If the producers were not so determined to spend 5 of 6 episodes avoiding horror (and its cause), instead being just another typically dysfunctional TV family drama, then the utterly ridiculous, self serving zombie liberation move would not need to be shoehorned into episode 6.
..and the few defenders of this series cannot argue that the release of an army of zombies helped explain why the military eventually abandoned the safe zone, since episode 5 already established that bailing was part of the military plan.
I love the concept of the show, but I just absolutely hate the characters.
Same here.
My prediction for season two: Hershel's boat.
Interesting prediction, as it would be up this series' alley to trap the Whiner League in closed quarters (again) for more season-long auditions for the rubber room. Or maybe another main character will suffer a bite, and have to be left at the dock, as the boat crew tearfully sails away...like
Dawn of the Dead '04....
Another thing, unlike the farm, the boat's leaders might have semi or full on oppressive rules or obligations in order to stay..or go the old time pirate way. That's why Strand's easy acceptance of an entire group (and the resources they will need) seems suspect.
I'll wait.
