So....the big cliff hanger was that kid saying mom! And what happens with that? Nothing. And why would walkers turn away from fresh meat to walk into fire?!?
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AMC- The Walking Dead (TV Spoilers!)
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So, in many ways that episode was taken directly from issue #84 of the books ...
Of course they don't have to follow the book to the letter. Many characters that are dead on the show are alive in the book and vice versa.
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which puts the season average at ~ 13 books per season, roughly two 6 issue volumes. The events surrounding Pete Anderson's death were in issue 77, butting the first half of the season right on track. The first half of the season was largely the events of "No Way Out". (Fancy that, it was the name of yesterday's episode!).
The fact that we already know we will meet Negan (and presumably Lucille) by season's end suggests that that pace will accelerate to make it to Issue 100 by the end of the TV season 6.
This suggests that we will skip over much of the events of the next three volumes "We Find Ourselves", "A Larger World" and "Something to Fear". Yes, there are some slower bits of character development in those books, but those would be in line with many of the TV episodes. It suggests we won't spend quite as much time getting to know the residents of Alexandria and Hilltop Colony quite as well as we do in the book.
It also suggests that Season 7 will encompass the next 4 volumes of the book as they won't want to drag the war with the Saviors into season 8. i.e. "What Comes After", "March To War", "All Out War 1 & 2".
If they keep up this pace, we'll almost catch up to the book and meet Alpha in season 8. Those will be expensive episodes to produce, but if they can handle that the way they did in this episode. It'll be AWESOME TV.
The fact that we already know we will meet Negan (and presumably Lucille) by season's end suggests that that pace will accelerate to make it to Issue 100 by the end of the TV season 6.
This suggests that we will skip over much of the events of the next three volumes "We Find Ourselves", "A Larger World" and "Something to Fear". Yes, there are some slower bits of character development in those books, but those would be in line with many of the TV episodes. It suggests we won't spend quite as much time getting to know the residents of Alexandria and Hilltop Colony quite as well as we do in the book.
It also suggests that Season 7 will encompass the next 4 volumes of the book as they won't want to drag the war with the Saviors into season 8. i.e. "What Comes After", "March To War", "All Out War 1 & 2".
If they keep up this pace, we'll almost catch up to the book and meet Alpha in season 8. Those will be expensive episodes to produce, but if they can handle that the way they did in this episode. It'll be AWESOME TV.
Of course they don't have to follow the book to the letter. Many characters that are dead on the show are alive in the book and vice versa.
YMMV,
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I'd just chalk it up to simple foreshadowing that the whole family was about to be a midnight snack? AND that it was basically her fault her whole family was on the midnight snack menu...she should have sent Sam with Father Gabe.
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Yup. This wasn't a kid begging to get another chance to do something silly. His mom should have known better. Plus, its all Carol's fault anyway.
Was going to comment on this also. Man, there were quite a few shots from that book. I didn't realize how many or how much till I watched the comparison that comicbook.com put together. There were a couple of passages and shots that were directly from the comic book. Kudos to those in charge for handling it the way they did!
I have said it a couple of times, I really hope they do not change what happens in book 100 at all. I hope it is visceral and shocking as it was to me and pretty much anybody who read the book was.
I remember picking it up at Comic Con and that single book, was pretty much all that was talked about throughout the weekend. Even panels that had nothing to do with the show or books, were commenting on it.
Please oh please those in charge of the TWD, do not mess this one up!!!
Ha......... I don't either. I like him. But I hope he goes the way he does in the books.
I assume you read the graphic novels. Is the show close to catching up with where they are at in GNs, I'm wondering what would happen if they actually pass the novels timeline.
Not even close.
As I mentioned a few posts ago, we've been averaging 13 issues per season. That's about what the comics publish in a year.
Tonight's episode was issue ~92 (meet Jesus) and by the end of the season we expect to be around issue ~100 (meet Negan).
If they accelerate as they seem to be doing we'll make it to issue ~126 in the graphic novel at the end of
Season 7 (2016-2017). That issue was published in 2014.
The GN just published issue #151 and at the end of next season will be somewhere around #170.
So if they keep up a 2x the books pace, they might catch up in season 9.
EDIT: they achieved much the acceleration by skipping over an entire 6 issue arc, between Carl's eye and meeting Jesus.
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Richonne finally happened!!
Too funny. I'm not surprised that it happened, but there was a part of me that really thought they might maintain that boundary.
I enjoyed the character development aspects of this most recent episode. It's nice when they can pull back a bit from the intense survival level that has dominated things lately. I know it will ramp up again soon as that's the nature of the show's universe, but I do really enjoy seeing how the "normal" also grows and impacts characters.
This is where there are differences between the show and the book.
In the book Andrea is still alive and she is the one that Rick gets involved with. "Richonne" interferes with a major relationship that Michonne has later in the book, so it will be interesting how they work around that.
The whole 6 issue arc of the book that they skipped was called "We find ourselves" and bridged the gap from the horde getting in to Alexandria and meeting Jesus. It was all about character development. Hopefully they will get some of that in in the remaining episodes of the season.
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Interesting information. I'd like to read the books some day, but alas that is low on my priority list at this point due to other life demands. The TV producers can do anything they want. For all we know, what we saw was a one time thing although it would seem that many fans want to interpret it as the beginning of a full blown relationship.
Of course! They've often done things out of order or very differently than the book.
The whole Terminus story is absent from the book, but key aspects of it are there.
Some characters in each medium don't exist in the other and when/how they appear or die isn't always consistent.
Jesus' entrance is different in the book, but it looks like they are keeping his main character traits.
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I'm sure we will get a little character development before the season is over and hopefully a recap of what happened during the time jump between the mid season premier and last nights episode.
Season 6 Episode 7- I'm liking Dr. Eugene Porter, and I like Jesus better! All that food in the pond.
Best line in a while:
So when you were pouring Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?
As for my thoughts on the episode...
Love the advancement of the story line, things look to be coming together quickly.
Poor Abe, smitten for Sasha, he just wants to swirl like Rick, but Rosita still has his heart.
Far too much confidence from our group, clearly it will be their downfall and lead up to a dramatic death at the end of the season.
So when you were pouring Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?
As for my thoughts on the episode...
Love the advancement of the story line, things look to be coming together quickly.
Poor Abe, smitten for Sasha, he just wants to swirl like Rick, but Rosita still has his heart.
Far too much confidence from our group, clearly it will be their downfall and lead up to a dramatic death at the end of the season.
Best line in a while:
So when you were pouring Bisquick, were you trying to make pancakes?
How about Rick, once again face covered in blood after just stabbing a guy in the neck, looks around at every one and says simply, "What?"
Only on TWD.
How about Rick, once again face covered in blood after just stabbing a guy in the neck, looks around at every one and says simply, "What?"
Between the pancakes line and this, I was laughing pretty hard.
For those that read the books, there were some scenes that were literally right out of the books. The fight scene and the "what" were pretty spot on!
I am really liking the fact they are using the books a lot more. Which makes me happy thinking about the future and possible demise of a certain character!
Yeah, there have been so many great scenes right from the book!
We hopped from 92-96 last night, which definitely means that issue 100 is right around the bend. In the book we lose another regular right before 100, so expect to see at least two major characters go in the remaining 5 episodes. I do hope they mix it up.
But it's not looking good for Abraham and Glenn
I'm beginning to think that they're now aiming to end the season at the end of "Something to Fear" (102) instead of issue 100.
We have 5 episodes left in season 6.
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