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Post by Ripley on Oct 30, 2016 22:07:04 GMT -5
"...But what if Glenn had not died? What if — unlike issue number 100 of the comic book — he had actually survived on the TV adaptation? What would the fan reaction have been then? We asked Yeun exactly that. “Maybe some relief,” he says. “I’m sure it would have been a mixed bag. I think that’s been the hardest thing about it all was living in the time that we live where you can hear everybody’s thoughts constantly, and trying to remain neutral or as if you don’t know and keep a secret for a full year. In that regard, it was definitely not a fun time. But it was an interesting thing to study. You can see people’s reactions in real time. You see the gamut of everything. You see the people that wanted him to go, you see the people who didn’t want him to go, you see the people that rationalized why, you saw the people that, at every turn, tried to save him in their minds. It’s cool. It’s the power of the show.” We also asked Yeun to weigh in on the violent nature of the premiere. Did he think it was too much, as some have argued? “Everyone’s entitled to their opinions,” says Yeun. “And I’m sure that part of it is that our show has somehow snuck into the homes of families, when, for all intents and purposes, our show should not be watched by kids. You look at Game of Thrones as a parallel and they jam thumbs into a dude’s eyes and showed you as he ripped his eyes out. That was pretty gory. For me, I’m not a huge fan of gore myself. But in this case, it was the destruction of something good. I wonder if the impact of the gore was not so much what you saw but what you felt, and so people aren’t able to process what happened. I assure you, we’re not in this to just be like, hey, how many eyeballs can we show exploding out of somebody’s head?”... link
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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Nov 1, 2016 21:39:15 GMT -5
I don't think this was true for SY but some of tptb most likely think this way *coughnicoterocough*
I don't know which was worse for Steven: Reading the stuff from those who wanted Glenn to die, or knowing how Glenn's death was going to break the hearts of many?
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Post by Ripley on Nov 1, 2016 22:05:58 GMT -5
I don't think this was true for SY but some of tptb most likely think this way *coughnicoterocough* I don't know which was worse for Steven: Reading the stuff from those who wanted Glenn to die, or knowing how Glenn's death was going to break the hearts of many? To me the worst was his having to "sell" first Dumpstergate and then Glenn's death to fans and viewers. His comments about his wife Jo helping him see that Glenn died in a very Glenn way indicate (IMO) a period of shock/unhappiness before acceptance.
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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Nov 1, 2016 22:10:32 GMT -5
I know he told Kirkman years ago that he wanted to die by Lucille, but I wonder how he wouldn't have written Glenn's ending if given the chance.
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