It's pretty spot on with how the comic book showed it (Glen's death at least) so why not just follow the comic book -script. TV audiences more squeamish then comic book fans?
The realism was just sickening to me. I don't enjoy watching real videos of people getting killed and I really didn't enjoy this episode. For me, it was just like an episode of Game of Thrones where this huge brute of a guy crushes this other guy's head with his bear hands. It was a scene that I cannot "un-see". Brutal.
Torture porn. I thought it was disgusting especially for prime time.
I wonder if Negan was paying overtime to his voiceless henchmen who had to listen to him prattle on all night with the odd head bashing thrown in. Seriously, how does someone like this become a leader? He knows who the 2 strongest males are, so let's keep them alive... yup.
You guys should check out The Walking Dead Thread in The Water Cooler.
I and others expressed similar criticism/concerns about the escalation of explicit, graphic, realistic gore and violence in this episode. You should read some of the responses.
It's a horror Show. Again, maybe The twilight saga is more some people speed here.