>'Walking Dead' snuff episode should be a wake-up call
>Well, I know now why “The Walking Dead” was able to air a snuff episode last week. It is because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), for the most part, still operates like it’s 1934. That was the year the FCC was created, and for 82 years, it has stood guard over TV and radio broadcast networks.
>And since 1996, the FCC has required broadcasters to warn parents before they air objectionable material. So how could a show airing at 9 p.m. on a Sunday night — when any 9-year-old could be passing by the TV — be able to depict a lunatic beating two men’s heads in with a barbed wire-covered baseball bat. No impressionable 13-year-old should have the capability to see their bodies, a pool of brain matter where their heads should be, for the rest of the episode. Right?
>When I called the FCC after the gory episode and asked how the "Dead" creators could get away with that, spokesman Will Wiquist's response was: “It’s on cable, right?”
>So what he said at first: It’s on cable, right? So we can have decency only on the old broadcast networks, right?
We have freedom-of-speeched ourselves to death — and then ask ourselves what has happened.
>That episode of “The Walking Dead” was the series finale for me, and I've watched the show for its entire run. The series denouement for me was a dream sequence showing the beloved survivors — who battled zombies and bad guys for six seasons — sitting happily at a long outdoor table enjoying a meal and each other. Of the 20 million people who watched that episode. I hope millions more turn away now, too. I want the show to be penalized in some way. Poor ratings would be a good start. But the best outcome would be "The Walking Dead" forcing Congress to re-examine decency rules for what should and shouldn't be allowed — even for money — before our need to be unfettered forces us to lose our souls.
i've never seen a single episode of this show, but is a dude getting hit in the head with a baseball bat really the worst the show has been after what, 7 seasons in terms of gore? if so that's crazy for a show about a supposed zombie apocalypse.
Parker Stewart
It was edgy as fuck.
Chase Cooper
The zombies get worse almost every episode. The only reason people are so analpained about it is because a well liked character died.
Brandon Rogers
>zombie apocalypse >zombies are literally no threat anymore
Logan Powell
>people only now just realizing that cable is only self censoring and there's nobody saying you can't have nudity, extreme violence, and foul language besides the channels themselves AMC is one of the leaders of having shows go further than normal television too. I don't know why it took people so long to realize. Them and FX have been showing shit like this for like half a decade. You'd think hearing the word shit on TV would clue some people in.
I wonder if anyone has done anything like this with HBO/Showtime/etc.
Lincoln Johnson
anti-free speech meme
6/10 bait
Adrian Rodriguez
Is this dipshit aware that the FCC has no authority over cable TV?
Carson Cox
But how will people know what they should and shouldn't watch if the FCC isn't protecting them from filth like fictional death in a show about zombies? What about the people who watched this zombie apocalypse show for several seasons only to have to watch a person kill another person? Think about them. And the children.
Grayson Green
>Been watching the show the entire time >Is triggered by a character who she happened to like getting brutally murdered >Actively begins calling for government censorship.
This is why women can't be trusted with anything important.
Nathaniel Johnson
Ban the walking dead! They are albelist! Where ARE THE WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE!?
Xavier Price
There are children witnessing real war right now because of these liberal cunts, I think our kids can survive some fake gore.
Jonathan Cox
In the second season they used a real legless person to portray a legless zombie.
Julian James
That's exploitation
Aaron Clark
> Rick and Shane discussing about killing a teenager > Rick shooting the face off a child, a zombie, yeah, but a child nonetheless > Governor and his rape dungeon > Governor going ISIS on Hershels head > Michone going ISIS on his ass after that > Rick literally ripping the face off a nigga and stabbing another nigga while he begged for his life > Fucking CANNIBALS up in this shit > Said cannibals being tortured and raped for weeks > Rick making ground meat out of said cannibals
I just dont understand how that guy was able to get trough all that shit and just say at this point -woah mate, this shit is violent they should hatchet it-
Carson Carter
Cause only bad guys and irrelevant side characters are allowed to die.
Juan Carter
WE WUZ KANGZ episode is more reason to ban this shit than anything
Jack Gutierrez
human on human violence has always been treated more harshly. It's how the show got away with things before, with it human on zombie or vice versa. It wasnt a man acting upon another man. Its like how you can show almost all of a girls tits, except her nipples. In other words.....fucking ridiculous.
Elijah Torres
Isnt the whole point of negan that he is a shocking lunatic unlike anyone the audience or the other characters in the show have ever seen before?
Lucas Gray
>negan >lunatic
the govenor was a lunatic, negan is just ruthless
Andrew Butler
Its such a fucking terrible show, no wonder it would eventually resort to goreporn to keep its viewership.
Logan Reed
>eventually resort
This show has had gore porn since season fucking one
Jaxson Martinez
yeah epic
Easton Thompson
it wasn't really as anatomically explicit as the glenn thing.
Eli Myers
i liked it, it got me exited instantly, mostly the walking dead is just comfy.
Jayden Sullivan
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Michael Thomas
What about when the govna beheaded hershell What about when rick cut off hershels legs What about the several times zombies gutted people alive What about carl getting shot in the face What about various examples of child death What about cannibals eating that guys own meat right in front of him? What about cannibals slitting everyone's throat into the trough?
Jordan Bailey
7 seasons about zombies, i am really impressed!
Kayden Morris
>halfway through the greentext >WAAH BAN IT FOR THE CHILDREN Here's a marvel idea: let parents actually parent their own children and stop trying to be a 3rd party nanny.
>freedom of speeched ourselves to death What the fuck does this even mean?
Mason Lopez
>show literally has a warning about violence after every commercial break
how much more could a person possibly fucking need their hand held
Chase Hill
you are bitching like a little kyke because you cant handle what is on the walking dead??
pop in a tele tubbies VHS for your autistic 13 yr old fag child, because obviously he is not ready wait.. wait, WHO THE FUCK WATCHES TV ANY MORE WHEN THERE IS THE INTERNET YOU FUCKING DEGENERATE SKUM
Evan Fisher
>Cucks wanting to be cυcked.
How anyone can argue for censorship is beyond me. Change the channel and shut the fuck up.
Plus if one scene from a TV show can fuck up your child's mind then you're doing parenting wrong.
Robert Russell
To be honest they did overcook it a bit. Didn't need the close-up of the splattered brain matter everywhere at the end.
Having said that, this isn't some kind of landmark moment where people reexamine what should be shown on television. They've been portraying similar acts for years, the only reason anyone gives a shit at all is because it's a central character.
Oliver Collins
if this guy, was a true TWD fan, he would be bitching about how the comics are different than the TV show and dont tell me about fucking, budgets if youre gana do a cult fiction thing do it right. just another trendy fag that heard of the show on twitter or some shit
Adrian Moore
Well they can show that but not rape
I wish i could direct an episode because if this was real maggie would have got trained by a group of hillbillies already for 45 minutes straight
Bentley Taylor
>I'm too lazy to be a good parent and just not let my children watch things I deem too mature for them >therefore nobody should be able to watch it
I don't watch TWD but I'm pretty sure it's rated TV-MA. why do we even have ratings if assholes like this are going to ignore them? fuck, I really hate people like this.
Oliver Morales
>Detroit Free Press >Detroit >Free >"Press" Is this an Onion-like website?
Josiah Hall
>goddamn this timeline You can thank those CERN scientists doing inane shit like changing the titles of children's books instead of actually making worthwhile changes to the timeline.
Parker Nelson
>american complaining about violence and not tits and/or representation of womyn
lmao don't forget the part where the fat doctor gets crossbow'd
Carter Peterson
Go home Okarin you're over caffeinated
Nicholas Powell
Ethnics don't understand Western ideas like liberty.
Parker Hall
Now, this is Sup Forums and there are gonna be a lot of anons being edgy about it and memeing free speech, but in all fairness, it was not a good episode even worth defending. Cable should probably go back to self censoring dumb over-the-top shit like this just to keep the regulators out of it.
It'd be a shame to see the cable networks regulated by the FCC because of some stupid torture porn shit episode like this
Asher Kelly
What kind of cuck wrote this? Or was it a concerned 50 y/o mother?
Find out, pic related.
Jace Powell
>9yo in 2016 >Not completely desensitized to gore and porn by the age of 7 Choose one
Jose White
I mean, after years of dealing with Walkers, I'd assume that mentality would happen. Unless, you've been sheltered as Alexandria and Hilltop were.
Samuel Young
I bet the dumb cunt who wrote this supports Hillary too
Jack Long
A hatchet?
John Bailey
Aaaa HATCHET?
Matthew Cruz
horrible shit regularly happens since the very first season.
six seasons of wide variety of murder, but when some "favorite of everyone" character dies :
>muh children >muh decency rules
Easton Gonzalez
No, the point of Negan is, his vulgarity and stenorian nature is a facade to keep everyone in line.
He is, or at least, to the ability of Kirkman's writing and belief, wrote Negan as multifaceted, and he wanted to exemplify that beneath the exterior of how he emulate himself, he is intelligent and charismatic - i.e., he does not get aroused or feel gratification out of killing, his way of speaking is to try to empathize or relate to others (in Here's Negan he was as vulgar too and said it was his way to connect to the teenagers he taught), and that he was a presumed nice guy.
Asher Reed
Let me summarize most of the parents' complaints.
>I'm a shit parent and I'm going to blame what he sees for his shitty behavior and lack of good parenting
Angel Perry
I was more pissed with last nites boring ass episode.
Adam Lewis
AMC always does this. They drag out the episode as long as they possibly can.
The next episode will be an hour of Daryl and Dwight denying their homosexual love for each other in the Sanctuary.
Then I think in another couple of episodes, we get to see AMC trying to hide Tara's baby fat as she runs around in the woods.
Owen Butler
I really hope Jerry is given a brutal death. He's an annoying douchebag.
Mason Williams
I must be very desensitized because I didn't think the episode was even that violent, all the whining about it in the media and by the Europeans here on this board is weirding me out. The only real gory thing was Glenn's eye hanging out and it's not really that bad. You can see much worse things in videogames and movies all the time
Chase Cooper
Negan ordering Rick to cut his hand's son off was probably the most fucked up thing to happen on the episode.
I'd say he let him off pretty fucking easy, considering they killed a good 50 of their people.
Julian King
I stopped watching after Maggie's little sister died because of my new job. Not planning to pick it up again. Spoil me: What happened that got everyone so fucking mad?
Nolan Thomas
A show about death and apocalypse had a dark episode where they showed smashed in heads.
Hunter Ward
What I've learned from episode 2
>Riding a horse is easy, anyone can hop on and off they go >Aikido is an art that can be acquired in a couple of days with a lot of practice >People (including children) feel safe being lead by a man dressed like a pimp with a giant tiger that he walks around with a chain
Isaiah Ward
Should've cast Idris Elba
Aaron Morris
The season premiere featured a few main characters having their heads beat it with a bat, apparently it was too graphic. I mean, they didn't hold back with the gore, but it's more of the fact that it was happening to Glenn, probably the #1 favorite character aside from Daryl
Tyler Powell
I hate how both sides of the political isle are so fucking retarded and backwards these days that I can't even tell what kind of person wrote this.
Connor Rodriguez
>Europeans
It's American moms and a few normies that whine about this, pretty much no one else.
Nathaniel Nelson
I like how Negan talked to Rick as if he was speaking directly to the audience. >"Bet you though you were all going to grow old together, sitting around the table at Sunday dinner and the happily ever after. No. Doesn't work like that Rick." Art and fiction should reflect parts of humanity and life. That's the origins of stories as a concept. People die during disasters. Good people, people who don't deserve it. Entertainment is good for escapism but it can only go so far. Eventually we all have to come back to reality. The Walking Dead offered a well-overdue kick to the chest audiences deserved.
Carson Campbell
>STOP AIRING THIS UNAMERICAN FILTH ON TELEVISION >It ends up being moved online instead
Ethan Jones
>Europeans
What.
We love this shit, it's the usual group of American soccer moms whining because they're unable to raise their shitty kids and want the state to nanny everyone.
Ian Bailey
So is this better or worse than the Sansa Rape?
Jeremiah Ortiz
Wtf i hate gaytroh now?!
Wyatt Richardson
>I have a panic attack >Can't breath and shit >Better take a picture and post it on Tumblr.
Thomas Roberts
>normalization of rape geez
Josiah Fisher
They're not completely wrong.
It's funny how it's fine for a kid to shoot a gun or watch gore movies, but God help us if he sees a nipple on TV.
America is weird.
Colton Walker
well the weakest people would have been culled in the first 5 or so years, right?
Elijah Walker
>zombies are literally no threat anymore
That's the whole point of the fucking show, retard
Landon Carter
So back during season 1, the ts19 guy had explained to rick that everyone is infected. Fast forward to the terminus situation where people have been surviving by cannibalism.
So how does feeding pigs who feasted on dead tissue a good plan?
Easton Phillips
Yep. I bailed on Walking Dead in season 2 after I couldn't take one more boring farm house episode. I watched this because I heard they were finally going to kill Glen and try to catch up with the comics. I was not disappointed.
It's like they made this episode specifically as a big fuck you to the audience who didn't read the comic.
Now, maybe we can get to the main plot of the comic, which is about rebuilding civilization into a cozy hybrid of medieval and wild west.
Colton Scott
Idk man, it was edgy enough that everyone won't shut the fuck up about it. Which I am sure was what the goal of that gore fest was. Who cares about quality when you are trending on twitter.
Jayden Perry
Walking dead plot >Group comes across some place >it all goes to shit >they move around aimlessly >group comes across some place >it all goes to shit >they move around aimlessly >Group comes across some place >it all goes to shit >they move around aimlessly >group comes across some place >it all goes to shit >they move around aimlessly
Chase Reyes
Yes. It's about guy getting repeadly hit to the head, until his brain is exposed and one of eyes popped out. He rattles in agony, has difficulties to breath and becomes retarded. Then he gets hit into head even more, as half of his brains have splattered out and his body is still twitching.
Way more gory death than anything on Hannibal or GoT.
Nathan Price
I don't get what the fuzz is about. They show worse shit on Ash vs. Evil Dead each week
Jackson Ortiz
They are violating their safe space by showing meany stuff.
Cameron Hill
I want to see that
Justin Cox
You do know that Alexandria is end game right
They're not going anywhere
Michael Price
>>'Walking Dead' snuff episode
which one? They all feature a nice close up of someone getting killed.
Hunter Harris
>viewer discretion is advised
>REEEEEEEEEEEE WHY ARE THEY ALLOWED TO AIR THIS!!!? KIDS COULD BE WATCHING!!! THEY DESERVE POOR RATINGS FOR OFFENDING ME!!
Kayden Jones
I liked the thicc blonde Cutie and hidden big tit girl romance. It was cute and I feel cheated out of awkward lesbian sex.
Ryan Richardson
Yea.. But... They're DIFFERENT PLACES MAN.
Brayden Rogers
It was stupid and edgy and they went into full gore mode instead of building memorable tv-kino.
Nolan Phillips
>go back to censoring
NO, fuck off and die.
Matthew Butler
zombies are human you idiot
Logan Bailey
not anymore
Ian Bailey
Is't walking dead rated TVMA? So for adults? Why get upset about it then?
Blake Rodriguez
Yeah man, having a vile character rape a protagonist is a sure fire way to get people on board the rape train.
David Thompson
>things numale faggots say
Nathan Reed
I didn't think it was edgy enough,I wanted Negan to smash ALL their heads in with the bat.
Levi Gonzalez
Hi SJW!
Jason Lopez
They got let off super easy. At least one more person should have gotten to meet Lucille, either Aaron or one of the ladies. And then the rest of them should have all been mock executed, guns to the head, triggers pulled, CLICK, lol they were empty, and everyone shits/pisses their pants and its literally pee pee pants city.
They wiped out an entire outpost and killed god knows how many of his men, at least 50+ and they get let off so fucking light.