The Walking Dead ***please use SPOILER tags***

[skimom2]

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I'd heard a rumour that Andrew Lincoln was leaving this season, and IMO that should be the end of the show. TWD is, essentially, Rick's story: no Rick, no show. I mean, he was the first character we saw (apart from zombie little girl). We followed him to the abandoned house, to and through the encounter with Morgan, to Atlanta... If that doesn't say "Hey, folks! THIS GUY IS THE LEAD AND THIS IS HIS STORY!" then I don't know what does. To then get to S9 and go "Know what? This other guy, who we've spent the last couple of seasons marginalising...he's the main guy now"...just, no.
Imagine if SK - or any other writer - tried this gubbins in a novel, particularly at the equivalent stage.

Bottom line: once Andy Lincoln goes, I go, because that'll be the end of the story as far as I'm concerned. I'll still watch FTWD and I'd give another new show a fair chance, but TWD? No, done and dusted.

It's a narrative nightmare. Offends my writer self--lol. I'm inner-Annie Wilkes screaming, "It's a dirty cheat!"
Nope, nope. Done.

 

[Mr Nobody]

It's a narrative nightmare. Offends my writer self--lol. I'm inner-Annie Wilkes screaming, "It's a dirty cheat!"
Nope, nope. Done.

Same. I actually thought of saying it was a "cockadoodie cheat" (though that may be from the film rather than the book; I can't remember), but held back.

 

[arista]

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I think that Chandler Riggs being killed off the show might have prompted Andrew Lincoln to want to get off the show.

 

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[Dana Jean]

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I think that Chandler Riggs being killed off the show might have prompted Andrew Lincoln to want to get off the show.

The show died for me

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when Glenn died.

 

[arista]

Sigh! I guess Chris Hardwick is being replaced with Yvette Nicole brown. I have nothing againist her, but feel that he was tried in the public courts without hard evidence.

 

[cat in a bag]

Sigh! I guess Chris Hardwick is being replaced with Yvette Nicole brown. I have nothing againist her, but feel that he was tried in the public courts without hard evidence.

What happened with Chris Hardwick?? I have not heard anything.

 

[Dana Jean]

Sigh! I guess Chris Hardwick is being replaced with Yvette Nicole brown. I have nothing againist her, but feel that he was tried in the public courts without hard evidence.

I agree. While we need to take charges seriously, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? The mere mention of criminal activity and you change a person's life forever. That isn't something to trifle with.

 

[Scratch]

I wish they would just find a way to end it like Breaking Bad. This attrition thing is sad. Less and less to care about till one day you just quit watching? What the hell?

 

[arista]

I wish they would just find a way to end it like Breaking Bad. This attrition thing is sad. Less and less to care about till one day you just quit watching? What the hell?

I really feel like every tv show has its day...However, let's end it gracefully and not jump the shark.

 

[osnafrank]

AMC's The Walking Dead Season 9 Comic Con Panel | SDCC 2018

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THE WALKING DEAD SEASON 9 Trailer #1 Comic Con (2018) AMC Series HD

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[lovely1]

The trailer looks good.

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Sad that Andrew Lincoln is leaving. The show will be vastly different without him. If they can end it at season 9 that would be great, but it looks unlikely.

 

[arista]

The trailer did look interesting. However, not going to be the same without Andrew Lincoln. He is amazing.

 

[osnafrank]

Walking Dead' Casts Key Comic Book Character for Season 9

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'Walking Dead' Casts Key Comic Book Character for Season 9

 

[Ebdim9th]

Every show needs to know its limitations, which characters to kill off and when. For instance, because the Dark Tower series is told from the perspective of its central character, Roland, you Dont. Kill. Him off.

 

[Gerald]

I read they plan to go on for at least ten years more with The Walking Dead. Seems a bit optimistic, since the ratings of the show have gone down. But I wouldn't mind if they did, it's still one of the few shows where I watch each new episode rightaway. With many shows I record them and watch them when I have a season complete, so I can watch multiple episodes in a row. With Walking Dead I can't wait and watch them immediately. I think when you stick with characters so long, they become so familiar and you just want to know what's happening with them next. It's also one of the few shows that takes its time, it may seem a little too slow at times (like the zombies), but it is never TOO slow. And characters don't get killed off that regularly, so it still means something if one of the main characters dies.

 

[Gerald]

Every show needs to know its limitations, which characters to kill off and when. For instance, because the Dark Tower series is told from the perspective of its central character, Roland, you Dont. Kill. Him off.

I never feel Dark Tower is told from the perspective of just Roland. Like with many of his books, the perspective constantly shifts, you get to experience the story from the perspective of Jake, Susannah, Eddie, Cuthbert, Alain etc. He always divides his chapters in these numbered sections which are told from the various perspectives.

I feel certainly in a horrorstory, everyone should be able to die. They're all people in a similar situation, they're all vulnerable to the threat. The Walking Dead, being about zombies, goes back to Night of the Living Dead of course; at the end of that movie everybody dies, the farmhouse is overrun by zombies. We think at least one makes it out alive, but he's mistaken for a zombie by the mob shooting zombies and dies too. So it is in keeping with the genre to let the main character die.
Also it means a series would have to end because of an actor not wanting to play the role anymore (I assume that's the reason why Rick is written out).

 

[arista]

I just feel that it is not going to be Walking dead without Rick. It is Rick's story!! However, Walking dead is the cash cow for AMC and they are just going to milk it dry.