And this season definitely drew fresh ire over its on-screen violence thanks to the Season 7 premiere, in which Glenn’s eye bulged out of his demolished skull while Abraham’s headless body kept twitching involuntarily nearby.
There was talk that the overabundant criticisms would cause the show’s more brutal sequences to get watered down, but it’s hard to tell if that happened when people are getting shanked through the throat.
I guess you can never truly get used to hearing people complain on a regular basis about something you do, since there are only so many ways thick skin can deflect such negativity.
That said, the problem Norman Reedus is railing on — the great debate over whether the show is too violent or not — is one that viewers and critics have been wrestling with since the show’s debut back in 2010, so that should be old hat by now for the veteran actor.