The Walking Dead aired 'Monsters' last night and it was the third episode of season eight. 'Monsters' was the first episode this season to disappoint me and cause a loss of interest.
First off, the cold opening was extremely weak. It was choppy, disorganized, and edited awfully. I'm not sure what the producers were trying to do, but it didn't work. The opening consisted of several fades to black and confusing voiceovers for no apparent reason. I really thought something was wrong with my TV or my network. Audiences were also given more motivational speeches as if we don't know what the characters are fighting for. We already know the impact of the war and what is at stake, so do the characters in the show, so there is no need for constant reminders. This cold opening should have been left out or …show more content…
This was a character that fans have been asking for and his possible return has been highly anticipated by fans of the earlier seasons. Morales starts talking to Rick and gave him a speech on what has happened to them and what is going to happen. I couldn't tell what was worse, Juan Pareja's delivery of lines or the awful writing. The conversation got better and felt more natural as they progressed and it was nice to watch them interact and explain what has happened to them in the past 7 seasons.
Then, after maybe five minutes of screen time, Morales is killed by Daryl. This felt like a wasted opportunity and keeping Morales alive would have made the prisoner conflict much more interesting because the audience might care about one of the Saviors. Any interest I had left in the episode was immediately lost and I felt the urge to tune out.
The rest of the episode wasn't anything special either. Scenes between Eric and Aaron were supposed to be heavy and emotional but it barely had an impact. It is hard to feel connected with characters when they are barely in the
First off, the cold opening was extremely weak. It was choppy, disorganized, and edited awfully. I'm not sure what the producers were trying to do, but it didn't work. The opening consisted of several fades to black and confusing voiceovers for no apparent reason. I really thought something was wrong with my TV or my network. Audiences were also given more motivational speeches as if we don't know what the characters are fighting for. We already know the impact of the war and what is at stake, so do the characters in the show, so there is no need for constant reminders. This cold opening should have been left out or …show more content…
This was a character that fans have been asking for and his possible return has been highly anticipated by fans of the earlier seasons. Morales starts talking to Rick and gave him a speech on what has happened to them and what is going to happen. I couldn't tell what was worse, Juan Pareja's delivery of lines or the awful writing. The conversation got better and felt more natural as they progressed and it was nice to watch them interact and explain what has happened to them in the past 7 seasons.
Then, after maybe five minutes of screen time, Morales is killed by Daryl. This felt like a wasted opportunity and keeping Morales alive would have made the prisoner conflict much more interesting because the audience might care about one of the Saviors. Any interest I had left in the episode was immediately lost and I felt the urge to tune out.
The rest of the episode wasn't anything special either. Scenes between Eric and Aaron were supposed to be heavy and emotional but it barely had an impact. It is hard to feel connected with characters when they are barely in the