Walking Dead Thread ***SPOILERS***

[BmorePat87]

(04-04-2016, 10:52 AM)Benton Wrote: It's a show about zombies. At the end of the day, I don't think they care about cinema or storytelling.

Ending it this isn't good storytelling, but it's hellacious marketing. For a couple weeks, people are going to talk about it. For a few months, your Facebook feed is going to be filled with frame after frame breakdowns and filtered audio where you can hear a cast member at the food truck saying "Damn, ********** really won't be back?" And then in the summer, when new contracts for shows and movie production starts. All leading up to mid fall, when they'll start running promos of every character looking forlorn.

And while that keep the water churned, it keeps people buying their merch and visiting their web sites for info.

With regards to the bolded, what made this more than a zombie show was the story telling and character development early on. They cared about cinematography and storytelling. They have abandoned a lot of that. They randomly change up characters and, as an article I read put it, make you feel like you missed a few episodes when really you didn't. "Wait, why are they now together" or "why is she acting so out of character all the sudden?".

As for the rest, I agree. They now care more about marketing than story telling. One article basically said "I can't hate it because the revenue TWD generates for AMC allows them to make a lot of their better shows that don't garner the same audiences".