Herding masses of zombies was something that's part of the comics but I don't think they handled it well here. Black and white thing just feels like a cinematography limitation and a little too cheap. Pointless drama has been kept at a relative minimum though but Rick still feels a little too intense as a character.
It was nothing to do with trying to look arty. It was just to avoid confusion as to what was past and present.
Seems illogical to try and let that many of them just wander off, it's not as if they are all going to keep heading west.
As for someones suggestion of burning them does that actually kill them?
Why not just open a tiny crack and create a big rotating blade and draw them all in to the blade. It is a tough one to deal with but not sure they did the best choice.
It was nothing to do with trying to look arty. It was just to avoid confusion as to what was past and present.
It would have been much better to simply add a subtitle that said "Three days earlier" and have it in colour. It would have been much more tolerable to watch and in no way at all confusing.
Watching half of the episode in black and white honestly hurt my enjoyment of it. It's just so much harder to get into when it's like that.
Seems illogical to try and let that many of them just wander off, it's not as if they are all going to keep heading west.
As for someones suggestion of burning them does that actually kill them?
Although obviously it's just a story, so we have to let them do weird stuff we wouldn't.
They could have easily kept them in there by building a wall up using the same materials they used to divide them at the crossing. Apparently though that wouldn't work because eventually they would get out anyway? Why not just open a tiny crack and create a big rotating blade and draw them all in to the blade. It is a tough one to deal with but not sure they did the best choice.