I usually get the BluRay's for the previous season during the new season's mid season hiatus, mainly cause it drops a little in price and for the possibility of a good deal on Cyber Monday, but this time around I've been very excited about the BR's since season 5 ended, so I got them a mere couple of weeks after their release, this was my favorite non-Darabont season.
Looking forward to the long deleted scenes on some episodes I've heard about.
I'm three episodes into it, here's a few thoughts I wanna share and possibly more to come as I go deeper into the season:
- I'm more sympathetic to Tyreese's story when I watch these episodes in bulk, the week to week then long hiatus shit really detaches me, I think. I used to dislike his lame weakness and now I just see him as more realistic than more characters, he rejected violence and couldn't take part in it even when he wanted/needed. So as a result of that it was just a matter of time before he died, this would have easily been me in that world.
- The actor that plays Martin from Terminus was simply awesome, the show truly missed out by killing that one while good actors are currently scarce on the show, aside from Lincoln and Gurira; the cast is mediocre at best, acting wise, but that's not to say that some of those bad actors are not still likable, I like Reedus and Cudlitz.
- The story of Terminus folks was a cool foreshadowing for the radical villainous change that almost happened to Rick's group in Alexandria later this season, another thing I didn't pick up viewing the season as it aired because of the freakin 9 year hiatus they do in the middle. I can't help but think how great it would have been if it got released Netflix style, an entire season at once.