NYcarbineer
Diamond Member
So what's the over/under on how many more times Negan will almost kill Rick?
The soap opera format brought to primetime was an unfortunate development. It's kind of a geezerish thing to say but I think the bygone days of tv were better when each show in a series was its own standalone story. One hour with a beginning middle and end.
Multi-episode storylines allow for much greater depth. They also allow for much greater disappointment.
Well in my opinion the 4 or 6 or even 10 part mini-series is how you accomplish that. Tell me up front that this story has an ending, and how far away it is.
TWD has turned into 'Lost' and I'm sure I'm not the first person to say that.
I'm not sure how TWD has turned into Lost. Lost became a disjointed mess, TWD still has a fairly clear story. The problems TWD has are not because of a loss of cohesion, but more because of a general laziness and predictability in writing.
Well the two are doing the same thing via two different paths. Both are dragging out the story, whatever it is or was, to milk the commercial value...
Lost did it by going all over the place with, as you say, a disjointed mess.
TWD is doing it by recycling the same plot line, in different garb, over and over and over again.