The Walking Dead TV show only thread- Part II ***See spoiler rules in first post***

[MoneyGuy]

It’ll be interesting how they wrap this series up. I wonder if a cure or vaccine will be developed, or not.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

It’ll be interesting how they wrap this series up. I wonder if a cure or vaccine will be developed, or not.

I'll be pissed if Zombies get a vaccine before we do!

[Fuzz]

Since their is a sequel series, I suspect they just nuke all the characters in lame deaths, then have Daryl and Carrol F off outa there. They'll leave a few deaths as ambiguous so they can cameo later.

[Otto-matic]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

It’ll be interesting how they wrap this series up. I wonder if a cure or vaccine will be developed, or not.

Probably Darryl and Carol leaves base camp and goes on to go find Rick + Michonne (also tie into the movies). I'm assuming they'll probably keep Judith and RJ alive so they'll probably tag along.

[blankall]

If they come up with a vaccine/cure, that'll end their ability to have post-series spinoffs and movies.

[undercoverbrother]

Carol, seriously, ####ing Carol.

That is who you want to build a spin off around.

I would vote Eugene before Carol, yuck I am so done with that character

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Carol, seriously, ####ing Carol.

That is who you want to build a spin off around.

I would vote Eugene before Carol, yuck I am so done with that character

I dunno. Easily one of the most badass, yet vulnerable characters I can remember (in this genre of pulp ficitonesque drama). There's a lot to explore if they can manage it well.

"Look at the flowers"

That's one of the most haunting moments in television history as far as I'm concerned.

I actually worry more about a Darryl spinoff because without a sounding board, he's a pretty monotone character. Fun and cool, yes, but not that interesting to build a narrative around.

[Fuzz]

Darryl and Carol are both played out. There is nowhere else interesting for their characters to go, which is why they haven't gone anywhere interesting with them in several seasons.

[Erick Estrada]

Good luck on the spinoff series but I think TWD universe has kind of run its course. I don't see an appetite for a spinoff show involving by far the most annoying character (Carol) in the show. Props to you warriors that are going to see TWD to the end.

[csnarpy]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

I dunno. Easily one of the most badass, yet vulnerable characters I can remember (in this genre of pulp ficitonesque drama). There's a lot to explore if they can manage it well.

"Look at the flowers"

That's one of the most haunting moments in television history as far as I'm concerned.

I actually worry more about a Darryl spinoff because without a sounding board, he's a pretty monotone character. Fun and cool, yes, but not that interesting to build a narrative around.

The main spin off is with both Carol and Darryl together. The other spinoff is apparently WD Stories.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

I dunno. Easily one of the most badass, yet vulnerable characters I can remember (in this genre of pulp ficitonesque drama). There's a lot to explore if they can manage it well.

"Look at the flowers"

That's one of the most haunting moments in television history as far as I'm concerned.

I actually worry more about a Darryl spinoff because without a sounding board, he's a pretty monotone character. Fun and cool, yes, but not that interesting to build a narrative around.

Yuck to each his own.

I can't stand her, and "look at the flowers" yeah didn't do anything for me.

TWD has become my Lost, I need to see it out to the end knowing that the ending won't be worth the effort.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

I dunno. Easily one of the most badass, yet vulnerable characters I can remember (in this genre of pulp ficitonesque drama). There's a lot to explore if they can manage it well.

"Look at the flowers"

That's one of the most haunting moments in television history as far as I'm concerned.

I actually worry more about a Darryl spinoff because without a sounding board, he's a pretty monotone character. Fun and cool, yes, but not that interesting to build a narrative around.

We might be watching different shows.

Carol as sketched out is an interesting character out but neither the writing nor the acting can flesh her out beyond a soap opera level caricature IMO. I don’t disagree on Darryl, as a foil to Rick he was quite interesting and now he is one note playing over and over.

[Inferno]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Carol, seriously, ####ing Carol.

That is who you want to build a spin off around.

I would vote Eugene before Carol, yuck I am so done with that character

Daryl and Eugene really have no connection to each other though other than being in the same group. There's been more than one point in the series where people have thought Daryl and Carol were going to get together.

[Cali Panthers Fan]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

We might be watching different shows.

Carol as sketched out is an interesting character out but neither the writing nor the acting can flesh her out beyond a soap opera level caricature IMO. I don’t disagree on Darryl, as a foil to Rick he was quite interesting and now he is one note playing over and over.

I think I agree with you about Carol. She used to be much more interesting but ever since she started the relationship with Ezekiel she just seemed so bland. I'm hoping that a better writing team can revive her character, because she used to be very interesting. Daryl as well, but then when they focus so much on him he doesn't have much to say or add to things.

It could simply be a product of them fully completing their character arcs and there's little more that can change with them that would seem realistic. At some point all stories come to an end. I think we see that in the Walking Dead universe but they drag out the story past its natural ending point and it becomes painful to watch. Tighter writing and a commitment to ending storylines within a particular time frame would go a long way to improving a show that has developed a pretty cool universe to play around in.

I'm very lukewarm on any continuing episodes or these spinoff ideas, so don't get the wrong idea. However, it's still more fun that most shows, so I can tolerate a little bit of crap in with the good stuff that still happens now and then.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Inferno

Daryl and Eugene really have no connection to each other though other than being in the same group. There's been more than one point in the series where people have thought Daryl and Carol were going to get together.

I think a zombie apocalypse odd couple vibe could be fun.

[Fuzz]

It felt a bit like the FTWD writers took over at the start of the episode. So much smuck. It's crazy that they can't even go half an episode without a big group of mysterious enemies. But I guess they need a cliffhanger.


Was anyone else really hoping for Carol to just keep on walkin'?

[Royle9]

Home stretch now, I'm interested to know who's accompanying Maggie now, mystery person in a hood...

[Jiri Hrdina]

Did anyone watch the new spin off that followed?

[Fuzz]

I've got it PVR'd, it depends how much I hate myself this week.

[Ben_in_Canada]

Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina

Did anyone watch the new spin off that followed?

Yes. May watch the next episode but wasn't overly sold.
Expands on the mysterious characters from FTWD so I guess those shows are going to cross over at some point.