Walking Dead Thread ***SPOILERS***

[GMDino]

(04-18-2018, 10:45 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I'm ok with changes. Hell, I'm a huge fan of GoT and that goes way off course from the source. They should just make sense. The reasoning for killing Carl was stupid. The show has been poorly written and poorly paced for seasons. 

The Walking Dead's problem, and I've said this a million times, is they force a small amount of source material into 16 episodes where as GoT condenses a ton of source material into 10 episodes. Even though they change some key elements of the comics, the general framework remains, and forcing yourself into that framework doesn't work for 16 episode seasons. If you're going to add material, create unique story arcs, don't put filler in the middle of comic storylines.

I do feel the same way about the "extended episodes".  They are unnecessary and "poorly paced" as you say.  

On the other hand sixty minutes of pure action would be too much, IMHO.  I do like the slower moments...just not so many of them.

The biggest problem I see is the same one all shows face eventually:  lack of new ideas.

TWD is calm --> new threat --> fight --> calm --> repeat. 

In the comic Kirkman can adapt and play more with the theme.  How many issues was all all out war?  A lot more than the few episodes (which was basically a couple days in TWD time) we saw.  Kirkman can stretch as much as he wants...television cost a lot more to produce so they cut to fit.