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#TheWalkingDead Season 6 premieres Sunday, October 11 at 9|8c for 90-minutes.
I figured it was primarily a way to differentiate the current situation and flashbacks while also being a fun nod to the comic book. At first, I was thought they were underestimating the audience but there was enough flashbacks that it could have been confusing at some points.Adam Lenhardt said:I thought the black and white flashbacks were pretentious as hell while watching, but the explanation on "Talking Dead" made sense. Initially they were going to desaturate the flashbacks and pump the saturation for the "present" scenes, but the oversaturated footage looked too cheerful for the show. So the black and white was a easy way to clearly differentiate the two timelines.
todd s said:I was thinking it might have been better to find a way to kill all of the zombies while they were corralled up. Then I saw their plan was to herd them someplace...again I thought to destroy them easier. Then I find it was to just lead them away...still thought it might be better to kill them while corralled.
joshEH said:Then again, I think the whole point was to avoid notice, either by other walkers or other surviving humans. Barbecuing 1,000+ walkers is going to raise a lot of smoke and stink and potential noise. Team Grimes wanted to get them out of the area and headed away where they'd likely eventually thin out.
I heard that they tried sat/desat, but it ended up making the present day scenes look too bright and cheeryGreg Kettell said:I think it would have been just fine to show the episode in chronological order and skip the flashbacks. I think I would have preferred desaturated over the black and white, too - but in any case I thought it was an great premiere.
I'd be interested in seeing it in chronological order and I'm guessing they may have even toyed with the idea all the way into editing but it probably took too long for the episode to really grab your attention. The totally lackluster cliffhanger to the previous season (which was an otherwise solid episode and season) meant that they would have been stuck starting the season at a pretty boring place if they hadn't jumped around.Greg Kettell said:I think it would have been just fine to show the episode in chronological order and skip the flashbacks.