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OldnewbieSTAFFMOD בתאריך אוקטובר 23, 2017 בשעה 11:01אחרי חצות יום פורסם ע״י
The current state of the show is probably best exemplified by the stand off with Negan. The moment he stepped out of the bunker with his "lieutenants" was the moment Rick should have shot him dead. Then when Rick fires at him with an automatic machine gun... he misses! A dead eye shot with walkers and all else and he freakin misses! Be the same as if Daryl after hitting that motor bike tire from 100 yards misses a target from 10 feet.
This is a microcosm of the show because it is 100% ridicules. Against all logic Negan is to be kept alive and, if going by the comic, someday become the prisoner of Rick and Co. Well miraculous escapes and illogical actions work well in the comic realm (yes even in the now more sophisticated ones) but they do not work on TV or in films that are3 supposed to have some root in reality. Even with a priest armed to the teeth stuck in a trailer with Negan, who has only his baseball bat, we're supposed to believe he has the upper hand! Gabriel cold riddle him with bullets at any moment!!
The Governor was never so lucky. His downhill spiral was downhill with no snappy dialog, jokes, or any such nonsense to save him. And the final battle between him and his new army of followers was exactly as it should have been... bloody, shocking, and there-but-for-the-Grace-of-God our heroes survived. This confrontation and this villain are foolishness.
What as once a highlight of my TV enjoyment is now a habit. Nothing more.
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ב-אוקטובר 26, 2017 ב-9:46אחרי חצות יום
Another long running issue has been the budget. You would think with a hit show on their hands AMC would put more in, but instead they keep cutting the budget. Stories go that Darabout left after one season because of the cuts. He wanted to expand and do more when the suits wanted to give him less. So he walked.
This has become extremely evident in last years joke of a finale and this years premier. All Out War they advertise? No not really. Negan's entire army of goofballs stay INSIDE the warehouse and shoot through the windows?? No large group flanks Rick and Co?? Great budget saver, s**ty battle scene. And last season I think the budget for the finale went to animating the tiger cause there sure were not enough fighters on either side to make a real battle.
The writers are working in a situation where they cannot write what can't be afforded.
But millions still watch. So why should they spend when they can rake in more and more from advertising without?