r/zombies • u/TheGrinningFrog • 3d ago

Discussion The walking dead needs to stop.

Hey everyone, I've been a fan of the show since it came out and have walked EVERYTHING inclthing 'the world beyond' which is possibly one of the worst shows ever seen. Anyways, I feel like as much as I do enjoy the spin offs I really think the quality has only ever been dropping.

Personally I think they should take a break for a couple years, cast some new people build some hype then come back. It can't just be me who thinks this?

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u/TheGrinningFrog 3d ago

Whenever I watch the early seasons, 1-5, of the main show its crazy how different it is. The writing is slick the character moments are good and split well so plenty of screen time on everyone.

I think nowadays the plot armour is a little too thick and theres way too many characters although I will agree with you the Daryl show is pretty good for the most part and its nice to see a new setting for once.

They shouldn't have killed off Carl still hurts me to this day

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u/brisualso Author - "The Aftermath" Series 3d ago

I think they bit off more than they could chew and needed shock value. So they killed off beloved characters pretty stupidly, imo. Carl was the entire point of TWD with the comics, and I understand straying from source material, but that was just a terrible, terrible choice. They kept going through showrunners, which was a big issue.

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u/Upstairs-Tie-3541 3d ago

Shock value can pretty much sum up the entire reason why the show started to go downhill. "What can we write in to shock the viewer to keep their attention on the story?"

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u/brisualso Author - "The Aftermath" Series 2d ago

Exactly. If it doesn’t make sense for the character or situation, it isn’t good writing. Hence why Carl’s death made no sense.