Does he get to have a tiger?hepcat wrote:I would kill to see them replace the Rick Grimes character with Charlie Sheen playing Charlie Sheen.
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Gilbert should take over Daryl's role.
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Meanwhile, co-star Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, is in the midst of negotiating a rich new deal that will pay him more than $20 million as he will become the new No. 1 on the call sheet.
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Sources note that contracts for Lincoln and Reedus were up after season eight. Unlike in the past, AMC was slow to announce a season-nine renewal as the series was negotiating a larger pact with now-former showrunner Scott M. Gimple. Reedus and Lincoln closed new deals at the time to return for season nine, with the former now looking to cash in given the latter's pending departure. Sources say Reedus has already begun work on season nine in Atlanta as he negotiates his new pact, which, while it isn't a done deal, is said to be worth north of $20 million.
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He'll need to say more than 25 words an episode. It's not going to work.
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Don't forget the requisite occasional shower.
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I'd still watch the show even without Rick. I don't think any one character is so integral to the story that them leaving messes everything up. It hasn't only been RIck's story so far. Maybe, they'll replace RIck and Maggie with good Neegan. Then, they can rebrand the show as Neegan and Daryl go to White Castle. They can get high and then fight zombie-Neil Patrick Harris trying to get some sliders.
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It's nice not being tied down by the comics.
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I think that was always a necessity. Hand drawn characters usually don't get pregnant mid season, or decide to leave the comic to star in an off Broadway production of Waco: The Musical.
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I think they should kill off every one with the exception of Daryl & Eugene and reboot the series as a new Odd Couple
Or they could reboot Small Wonder by keeping Carol and bringing back Zombie Sophia.
Or they could reboot Small Wonder by keeping Carol and bringing back Zombie Sophia.
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Actually this is not a bad idea. If they write off Rick, they can totally break away from the comic book and/or loosely follow it. This would give them a larger amount of artistic freedom to take the series in different directions.Isgrimnur wrote: ↑Wed May 30, 2018 5:00 pm HR
Meanwhile, co-star Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, is in the midst of negotiating a rich new deal that will pay him more than $20 million as he will become the new No. 1 on the call sheet.
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Sources note that contracts for Lincoln and Reedus were up after season eight. Unlike in the past, AMC was slow to announce a season-nine renewal as the series was negotiating a larger pact with now-former showrunner Scott M. Gimple. Reedus and Lincoln closed new deals at the time to return for season nine, with the former now looking to cash in given the latter's pending departure. Sources say Reedus has already begun work on season nine in Atlanta as he negotiates his new pact, which, while it isn't a done deal, is said to be worth north of $20 million.
Not a fan of losing Rick, but it is a creative reboot. And that's a pretty bold idea overall. While still keeping a huge fan favorite.
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I wish Netflix owned this thing and would do about 10 walking dead shows for international markets.
Walking Dead Brazil
Walking Dead Australia
Walking Dead Japan
Etc...
Just a bunch of localized versions where they could really explore different ideas.
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Don’t even joke about that. Small Wonder was one of the worst mistakes ever made by the human race.
Wakanda Dead. I’m just sayin’tjg_marantz wrote: ↑Thu May 31, 2018 6:02 pm I wish Netflix owned this thing and would do about 10 walking dead shows for international markets.
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I have a fridge magnet with that exact saying on it, and I will often yell that line at odd moments. One of the funniest things I ever saw.
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Well, I think that killing off Carl proves they are not tied down to the comics.
Plus I read somewhere that Danai Gurira may be leaving at the end of this season as well due to her star rising with Black Panther..
So potentially we can see the following people leave the show this year.
Rick, Maggie, Michonne, and Daryl (His contract is up as well and no official reports of him signing back up)
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I meant as a viewer. There's a lot of gnashing of teeth by some who have read the comics. I'm glad I'm not in that group.Punisher wrote:Well, I think that killing off Carl proves they are not tied down to the comics.
Plus I read somewhere that Danai Gurira may be leaving at the end of this season as well due to her star rising with Black Panther..
So potentially we can see the following people leave the show this year.
Rick, Maggie, Michonne, and Daryl (His contract is up as well and no official reports of him signing back up)
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This is the news on if Rick stays or goes. You've been warned.
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Have you heard of this new show by Frank Darabont? Worst premiere ratings ever:
I watched. It was...meh.In the key advertiser-coveted demographic of adults under 50, Nielsen says the series notched a 2.5 rating, half of last year’s 5.0 rating and the lowest-rated premiere ever for Walking Dead (the series debuted in 2010 with a 2.7 rating). It’s a jaw-dropping decline, and one which undoubtedly has AMC execs reaching for the Maalox this morning. And yet, it’s also not entirely unexpected in an era of massive linear audience declines for both broadcast and cable networks.
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I quit watching after Bob at the church whatever season ender that was. Not enough dead in The Walking Dead. I dont want a people vs people show.
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That’s literally the entire point of the comic it’s based on.
Anyway....I enjoyed it up until Maggie was recast as Negan.
Anyway....I enjoyed it up until Maggie was recast as Negan.
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I enjoy every episode right up until someone does something completely stupid because it fits what the writers want to happen on the show. Yes, Maggie as the new Neegan is pretty annoying and out of character for her. I won't say that she was wrong in doing it, though. Totally deserved.
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Well, even the show has been about people dealing with other people from day one. The zombies have always been a backdrop.
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90% of the genre is this way, no? Complaining about human drama in a 9 year old discussion thread about The Walking Dead is...strange.
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I had no idea it was back yet.
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Cripes, 9 years already? I sometimes forget how long this show has been on the air.
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Phenomenal last Rick episode. And somehow they managed to NOT kill the series for me, and insane as it sounds got me interested again.
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I agree. I actually am looking forward to the next few episodes.
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After all that, the gave him the Glenn and treated him to a flying dumpster? I mean really.
I'll voice my dislike for what they did and how they're moving forward from here. I'll finish this season, but I'm not sure I have it in me to care about this show anymore. The writing is not what I've come to expect for a show on this channel.
EDIT: And of course there's going to be a Walking Dead movie:
I'll voice my dislike for what they did and how they're moving forward from here. I'll finish this season, but I'm not sure I have it in me to care about this show anymore. The writing is not what I've come to expect for a show on this channel.
EDIT: And of course there's going to be a Walking Dead movie:
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I liked it. I didn’t want him to die. He’s probably the only character other than Carl that I really really didn’t want to die. There is no Walking Dead universe without either Carl or Rick, So thank goodness he is out there somewhere.
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I'm excited for the whisperer story arc to start.
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Well...that was...ummm...so....er....
I can’t decide if it was good or bad, to be honest. It was certainly something I didn’t expect. If you’d told me earlier that this was a theory for how Rick would end up, I would’ve said they aren’t that cheesy. But they did it. They really did it.
Also, from the previews, when the hell did they decide zombies are now predators and if you muddy yourself into a schwartzenegger lather, they can’t see you?
I can’t decide if it was good or bad, to be honest. It was certainly something I didn’t expect. If you’d told me earlier that this was a theory for how Rick would end up, I would’ve said they aren’t that cheesy. But they did it. They really did it.
Also, from the previews, when the hell did they decide zombies are now predators and if you muddy yourself into a schwartzenegger lather, they can’t see you?
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I think it ties into the Whispers stuff mentioned above (I'm not current with the comics) but during the mud scene I am nearly certain I heard "where did they go..." in a zombie voice.
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Ah, did not catch that.
In other news, it appears the plan is not to make one Rick Grimes movie, but rather a whole series of TV movies.
In other news, it appears the plan is not to make one Rick Grimes movie, but rather a whole series of TV movies.
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That went exactly as suspected. Rick is a B and doesn't die. I believe it was also Loren Cohen's last episode as well.
It was exactly as I have come to expect. People do stupid things that are completely out of character for someone in a zombie apocalypse, let alone someone as badass as Rick Grimes' group, because it fits some contrived story that isn't plausible and there's a perfectly good, simple, plausible story that my five year old could come up with which they could use that doesn't involve someone acting in the dumbest way possible to get from point A to point B. That is what I have come to expect and this episode absolutely delivered on that. I still enjoyed it. I just hate when they do it (which is all the time lately).
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If that was Maggie's last episode, they did a shitty job wrapping that part up.
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I haven't read the last two years of the comics yet (waiting on the compendium), but I understand that the Rick storyline is somewhat canon.
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