I don’t know when I stopped watching exactly. It was after Carl and Glenn died. I watched a few of the whisperer episodes and this last season I tried to see what was going on. Sorry but this show just died a slow, painful death. Even if it was entertaining to some, the storylines really had minimal depth and just didn’t keep me engaged.
shareFor me, Season 5 was the turning point. After that when it started becoming more & more antagonist villian/group of the season Larher-Rinse-Repeat tedium & useless side characters soap opera nonsense, it really lost its edge.
The two biggest mistakes to me were, 1)- killing off Carl, and 2)- transfering comic Andrea's storyline to Michone & making her & Rick a couple which felt way too forced.
I still don’t buy Rick and Michonne in this upcoming spin-off. It def seems forced.
shareThe quality of the TV show starting dipping for me around the halfway mark of the Negan saga. I thought the lead up to Negan was great, including his introduction episode. It is a long arc (both in the comic and the tv show), but I feel like the tv version's quality dropped around half way through it. Then it picked up again with the Whisperers story, then fell off big for season 11.
I agree, I hate that they killed Carl off. One of the worst decisions they made. I felt the same as you with Michonne; while I really like her character in the comics and TV show, I just never really bought the romance idea between Rick and her, like I did with Andrea in the comics.
never really bought the romance idea between Rick and her, like I did with Andrea in the comics.
The Carl actor aged out of the role. Younger Judith became Carl which I thought was clever.
shareBut the whole arguement about Chandler Riggs being too old for the role fell apart the following season, when they did the enormous time jump (plus starting the season with an 18 month time jump)
shareHis under age contract became null and void when he turned 18 and Chandler Riggs tried to negotiate a huge pay raise from the new one. That's why they wrote him off.
shareThe time jump allowed Judith to become Carl's age. In the graphics novel, there was supposed to be a father/son relationship between a young Carl and Negan which was transferred to Judith. Unfortunately, Rick left so the tension between both men over Rick's kid was no longer in play.
Btw, I liked Carl and hated to see his character killed off. Even the actress playing Judith appeared to be aging out of the character, but it no longer matters since the show's over.
I agree about season 5. Really, after Terminus the show went downhill. I thought the hospital storyline in the second half of season 5 was bad and unnecessary. Then when they got to Alexandria and met all the other communities, it just seemed to lose it. The show worked better in the early seasons with a smaller group.
shareI am in agreement, the Hospital sequences are tough to go through especially in rewatches. Also, it seems so silly we watch one of the Season 2 characters go through that portion only for them to be offed. Lame.
Seasons 1-4 still my fav.
You should try reading the comic books of The Walking Dead, you might like it better. The story is entertaining and it goes at a pretty brisk pace.
shareWho needs that sentiment bull shit anyway.
shareI hung on for longer than I should have. I got off when Negan killed that bald woman. I just thought that I'd seen enough of this group against that group. It all got so boring.
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