hdnmickey

The problem with saying that the character focus episodes are a problem is that they have been there prey much from the beginning. Seems like it would be more honest for those folks to state they simply don't like the newer characters which is why those episodes no longer work for them as a fan of the show.

Now personally, I certainly don't like a few of the characters as much as I've liked those that come before. But I still enjoy the focus on character development far more than just more routine shooting and stabbing of zombie hoards by those that are being put in fake jeopardy because you know they are part of the group that will not being going anywhere without the big hype each gets as they are sent on their way.

windom

Renewed for season 10: https://deadline.com/2019/02/walking...an-1202549531/

Bill Needle

It may be theater of the absurd at times, but it is essentially undergoing a reboot and I'm willing to watch to see where they go with it.

Koby

Apparently S09E09 was put up on the AMC website early yesterday (or people located it on the server and leaked it) because there were talks about it being leaked early yesterday on other communities I talk on.

DJariya

AMC Premiere released it early for their subscribers. Of course some jackass was probably going to download it and pirate it. Doesn't surprise me at all.

Abob Teff

Koby

Sunday.

Abob Teff

windom

Spoilerish news regarding a certain cast member that probably will be widely known anyway:

Josh-da-man

Tom Banjo

Bill Needle

MLBFan24

Finally dumped this show. Had 7 episodes rotting on my DVR (only watched the season 9 premiere back in November and never looked back). Just deleted the episodes yesterday.

Farewell TWD. It's not you, it's me (I'm lying).

windom

I doubt 10 will be the last. As long as they can make money cycling in cheaper B to C list actors as the higher paid vets leave, they'll keep it going for as many years as possible.

Bill Needle

I'm hoping that by not being committed to a handful plot armored characters they will be freed up to tell a more compelling story.

Tom Banjo

~~ PAL ~~

Unless you think that they are talking out of their asses, didn't the network and the people involved making this all but promised there will be 20+ seasons for the Walking Dead, or however many years the cast is still (actually) alive to act in the show?

DthRdrX

That was before they essentially refused to give Riggs a raise and killed his character off to send a message to the cast that that they were all expendable. Most of the main cast was not very happy with how CR was treated by the network/producers. I've been saying since S3 that AMC being cheap would eventually bite them in the ass.

The only main S1/S2 characters left will be Daryl and Carol, leaving no real threats at all because they can't kill them off without nuking the show further. Serratos and Masterson just had a kids and I can't image them sticking around the entire time they grow up. Who's left to care about, Eugene?

I don't see anyway FTWD doesn't get rolled into this one now.

Abob Teff

Koby

That was one of the biggest issues with the show other than the rehashing of the same old plot formula: build up place, take out big bad guy, place falls apart, group gets separated, group comes together at new place, repeat.
The whole having a large cast of people who people pretty much knew were safe due to plot armor and the lack of worthwhile character replacements.

When so many people die off, at some point you need new characters in the spotlight... and unfortunately they've failed to bring in anyone new with the caliber of the original cast and failed to make the audience care about any of their fates.

So when the few remaining original members leave, the audience is left with no one to root for.

Back in the day Glenn and Daryl were my favorites. Then Glenn formed a family, then was fake killed and then killed for real and somewhere along the way Daryl became a shell of his former self and seems to rarely play much part in the show.
Then I finally started liking the Jesus character only for them to kill him too.

Currently, honestly I'm probably in the minority but Negan is probably the only character I care about at this point in the show.

Speaking of a World War Z series, that'd be awesome. The whole "fast" zombie thing really amps up the danger, unlike in TWD where they easily avoid them.
Though I'm also down for that new Resident Evil series in the works for sure. =)

MLBFan24

DthRdrX

No news if it is the actor's choice or story line yet.

movieguru

Most likely his departure will coincide with the incident that will occur during the fair.

Josh-da-man