ray_afraid said:
CP3S said:
ray_afraid said:
^I'm with ya! The show is lame (well, I did dig the first season), but I love the comics!
I enjoyed season one as well. You'd think Kirkman's involvement on season two would have improved it, but it was awful. I wonder if Frank Darabont would have been involved in seasons two and three if they would have turned out better?
I really think Darabont was a key to the first seasons success... But I'm a bit biased as I'm a fan.
Darabont has done some pretty great stuff, and was a perfect fit for bringing The Walking Dead to life. It is a shame they sacked him.
But hey, AMC learned their lesson: Why keep a guy with great creative vision around who is going to make a fuss about silly things like budget cuts, and creating a quality production when all you have to do is produce a mediocre show and flash Norman Reedus on the screen a couple of times per episode to keep the ratings high.
I think Kirkman made something really great with The Walking Dead, but for the last couple of years it has really done a lot of meandering, which is entirely unwelcome when you have to wait a month between stories that only take you ten minutes to read. The events at Hershals farm only filled a small handful of issues. I am pretty sure it filled less than five issues, but I don't remember for sure. Yet a lot of stuff happened during that time. The prison was a longer story, but it kept moving and interesting things kept happening. For the last while in the book, nothing significant or that exciting has taken place. I feel like the Negan storyline isn't going anywhere (I'm still five issues behind, so maybe it has, but I am not holding my breath). Which is pretty much the state of the tv show. Nothing ever happens. It is so slow moving, meandering, and boring. There are so many interesting ideas to explore, so many characters to learn more about, so many events that could happen. Instead we drag the Governor on for another season.
Hopefully people will get tired of gawking at Reedus, rating will drop, the show will get cancelled, and Kirkman will refocus his attention on the book and it will start heading back to its former glory.