Forbes: TWD is Spreading Itself Too Thin
Nov 20, 2016 23:25:54 GMT -5
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Post by Sexual Chocolate on Nov 20, 2016 23:25:54 GMT -5
The Walking Dead' Is Spreading Itself Too Thin, And It Only Gets Worse From Here
The Walking Dead is moving into a new era, and one that I’m not sure if the show-watching fanbase is going to like. For ages now, The Walking Dead has been about the core group wandering from place to place in search of safety and shelter. Despite the group splitting in a few instances, the core remained as recently as their arrival at Alexandria, where Rick’s group was content to make the suburb their home. But the twin arrivals of Jesus and Negan has changed all that. Jesus made them understand that there were many other communities like theirs out there, and Negan will soon make them realize they have to recruit from these other settlements to team up against Negan, or else they’ll forever remain under his thumb.
I mean, in theory, this sounds okay, right? It’s like Game of Thrones! But the problem being is that The Walking Dead has never had this format, and I don’t think it knows how to do it terribly well, as we’re starting to see in season seven, where each episode so far has been in a different location: The woods, The Kingdom, the Saviors compound, Alexandria and now the Hilltop.
The difference is that Game of Thrones has this down a science. From the very beginning, it’s had the ability to effectively run with four or five different plotlines across that many locations in a single episode. Sure, one or two may be left out and not appear for a spell, but they always circle back, and Game of Thrones has been able to tell a masterful tale across an entire fictional planet because of how well it can balance this kind of storytelling.
The Walking Dead has not shown the ability to do this. When it does split its cast, it spends entire episodes in singular locations, rather than being able to cut between all the simultaneous plotlines. It’s a disorienting shift because the entire premise of the show from the very start has been about the core group sticking together for the most part, but as we head into this new age, I’m worried about what this means for the show, to try and transform itself this dramatically.
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I agree the group has always been better, and more interesting together, but tptb have proven time and time again that they are sadly oblivious to this. Maybe the decrease in ratings will wake them up.
The Walking Dead is moving into a new era, and one that I’m not sure if the show-watching fanbase is going to like. For ages now, The Walking Dead has been about the core group wandering from place to place in search of safety and shelter. Despite the group splitting in a few instances, the core remained as recently as their arrival at Alexandria, where Rick’s group was content to make the suburb their home. But the twin arrivals of Jesus and Negan has changed all that. Jesus made them understand that there were many other communities like theirs out there, and Negan will soon make them realize they have to recruit from these other settlements to team up against Negan, or else they’ll forever remain under his thumb.
I mean, in theory, this sounds okay, right? It’s like Game of Thrones! But the problem being is that The Walking Dead has never had this format, and I don’t think it knows how to do it terribly well, as we’re starting to see in season seven, where each episode so far has been in a different location: The woods, The Kingdom, the Saviors compound, Alexandria and now the Hilltop.
The difference is that Game of Thrones has this down a science. From the very beginning, it’s had the ability to effectively run with four or five different plotlines across that many locations in a single episode. Sure, one or two may be left out and not appear for a spell, but they always circle back, and Game of Thrones has been able to tell a masterful tale across an entire fictional planet because of how well it can balance this kind of storytelling.
The Walking Dead has not shown the ability to do this. When it does split its cast, it spends entire episodes in singular locations, rather than being able to cut between all the simultaneous plotlines. It’s a disorienting shift because the entire premise of the show from the very start has been about the core group sticking together for the most part, but as we head into this new age, I’m worried about what this means for the show, to try and transform itself this dramatically.
Link
I agree the group has always been better, and more interesting together, but tptb have proven time and time again that they are sadly oblivious to this. Maybe the decrease in ratings will wake them up.