jacketspuds Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Maybe a surprise character can somehow become a key character going forward. I think / hope there's enough left with the remaining characters to keep the show going, and maybe a change will do it some good. As long as they don't change Daryl's character, he needs someone alongside him to bounce off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Just rename it the Daryl & Carol show. Once every fifth episode Carol does something badass, and once every other fifth episode Daryl has a little cry about something. Viewing figures would soon increase. Joking aside, the natural conclusion for any Zombie show is 'the zombies win'. They explored the very non-canon comic storyline of their being real significant progress towards a cure at the end of season one, so yeah, why not cure it and end it there. Whatever happens, they need to give Rick a great send off. He has been one of the better lead characters on TV that I've seen, well, ever really. So either he goes out in a blaze of glory and his people 'win' thanks to his sacrifice, or he dies as 'old man rick' in a world where society is very nearly back to normal. I'd be satisfied with either. If his death was used as a vehicle to propel someone else in to the leadership role (likely) I don't think I'd enjoy it much at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 Excuse the pun, but those fears I had about Gimple taking over as show runner for FTWD were well and truly realised with this week's mid season finale. Utter shit shower, where on earth does it go from here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 24 minutes ago, hogso said: Excuse the pun, but those fears I had about Gimple taking over as show runner for FTWD were well and truly realised with this week's mid season finale. Utter shit shower, where on earth does it go from here? I have not enjoyed this season of FWD its been utter shit. If Lincoln's leaving they may as well just end the show for s9. It's crap anyways these days. But they will obviously try merge both shows as that's only way show will survive without those three main charchters. That's my prediction for end of season 9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Started to re-read the first Walking Dead compendium (have the 3 so far released) to have something to do while on the toilet. Figured I might as well start re-watching the TV show as well to compare. First season is only 6 episodes and is really quite good. Second season I hated when it came out, but if you fast forward the slower farm bits it's really not bad. Although they really stretched it out considering it's only like 45 pages in the comic and completely different. Just started on s3 and the prison in both the comic and TV-show. Will reserve the right to fast forward the boring bits. And browse through the dialog in the comic. Early seasons in the show is much more "epic" and the zombies are much more a danger than in the latter seasons. And on the whole the comic is much darker and more grim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 The trailer for the new season looks absolutely dreadful. Looks like they are going for a war between Maggie and Rick. Makes absolutely no sense at all to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Onto s5 in the TV show now and the rate in which I am fast forwarding through episodes is going up at an alarming rate. (same with the comic tbh) Show really lost something about the feel when Darabont quit. Not sure it's about him and the budget cut for s2 didn't help. S3 is still OK in parts but it's mostly downhill from there on out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 So season 9 is off to a OK-ish start. at this point the show is what it is. Time has passed, people have moved on, or have they? More fizzle less pop as usual. Spoiler Appears Jadis wont be Alpha after all contrary to what I initially thought. Oh, and as for my re-watch of previous seasons it ended halfway into s5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 i dont think its by accident how much they have leaked and keep repeating this seasons big headline, last big attempt to get the audience back, i stopped after season 4 and i want to know how it happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I just cant do it anymore. I was a big fan of the TV show, as I love the comics. I am turning off the TV show as it has drifted too far off the source material, and it is turning into shit. I really expected much more from the war with the Saviours, instead it was just done quite weakly. With the oversaturation of zombie themed TV and movies, the show needs to offer more than dead bitey people, and they could have had that if they stuck to the source material. In the comics, the story revolved around Rick and Carl, and you could sense it was going to be more about Carl. Losing Rick and Carl, they should have ended it, instead of just powering through. The show is just another Z Nation now. Just like Brad Pitt's World War Z, the show is only that in name now, and has no connection with the source material. This show is done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 Not sure how much of that I agree with. I have heard the complaint that it's veered too far off the source material and is now rubbish as a result - however, I do struggle with the assessment of the comics being amazing. I don't think it is, not anymore - there's the odd issue which is good, but it's filled with boring shite frequently, and has been like that since...jeez, before the introduction of Negan? Which is the exact same criticism you could aim at the show. As such I'd argue it's tried to follow the source material too closely to a degree. At least now. Should it have been a verbatim reproduction of the comics, warts and all? I don't think that's really feasible, there is some really sick shit in there (death of the girls at the prison springs to mind!), so it's probably been as good as it could have been. The casting has been almost too good to be true in some cases - they've nailed all of the major characters. I would agree though that the show has run it's course. Whether that should be with an ending where everyone dies cos there are too many zombies, or where civilisation starts to thrive because the zombie threat has been negated to a manageable level, I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 56 minutes ago, hogso said: Not sure how much of that I agree with. I have heard the complaint that it's veered too far off the source material and is now rubbish as a result - however, I do struggle with the assessment of the comics being amazing. I don't think it is, not anymore - there's the odd issue which is good, but it's filled with boring shite frequently, and has been like that since...jeez, before the introduction of Negan? Which is the exact same criticism you could aim at the show. As such I'd argue it's tried to follow the source material too closely to a degree. At least now. Should it have been a verbatim reproduction of the comics, warts and all? I don't think that's really feasible, there is some really sick shit in there (death of the girls at the prison springs to mind!), so it's probably been as good as it could have been. The casting has been almost too good to be true in some cases - they've nailed all of the major characters. I would agree though that the show has run it's course. Whether that should be with an ending where everyone dies cos there are too many zombies, or where civilisation starts to thrive because the zombie threat has been negated to a manageable level, I'm not sure. I didnt even realise it was back. I'm.not that inspired to be honest. Personally I think and if the rumours are true, they will kill Rick off this series to try take the show to another level. Personally I think this should be the last and they should end it how you said. Kill all the charchters as too many zombies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 I actually really enjoyed the new episode last night. Hopefully they can build on this as series 7 and 8 really slowed down. I don't think they'll kill of rick. I think he'll disappear with a certain someone to avoid mass community warfare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 10 hours ago, jacketspuds said: I actually really enjoyed the new episode last night. Hopefully they can build on this as series 7 and 8 really slowed down. I don't think they'll kill of rick. I think he'll disappear with a certain someone to avoid mass community warfare. I think they will kill Rick off soon. But all depends on when the whisperers come in as they won't kill him before that arc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 So on ep 4 Spoiler Do we have us another "dumpster Glenn" situation or is this it for our protagonist? If so I really hope they don't do another drawn out flashback episode next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Well, we know flashbacks are coming at some point, so that's possible - maybe even likely. For me though Spoiler Jadis has just left Gabriel which was apparently her 'ticket', and knows these helicopter guys. Perhaps she/they will swoop in and make the save/kidnap at the last moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Well that was both predictable and unpredictable. Bit lame IMO. Spoiler But you gotta hand it to them, not many shows reboots themselves in the middle of a season like that. Clean break from the comics as well. 9 year old Judith getting head shots with a hand canon or Rick landing on the side of the road after the explosion not the best writing even for TWd. Not gonna bother watching after this season (or maybe even the rest of this one) and certainly not any of the Rick spin off's. But they had flagged this was what they where looking to do so good luck to them. Edited November 5, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Still watching but it just doesn't go anywhere and it's all too slow.... Interesting news tonight about TWD and Rick - all I will say is "movies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogso Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I think that was as good as it could possibly have been - not saying much, but there it is. At least there's a bit of intrigue now, I've been saying for a long time that the tv show needs to be it's own thing and not abide to a vague representation of the comic story arcs. This represents that chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Hints that the whisperers are coming as the dead “were talking” and acting differently from the previews. i am actually enjoying this year, it’s different and I like the “internal” issues 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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