Walking Dead

Jordo!

Okay... interestingly Kirkman got the writing credit -- I have mixed feelings on whether it was "better", but I am pleased they are simply doing the "Fear the Hunter" story arc.

The whole Terminus segueway could have been and should have been skipped, but here we are.

Does anyone know if Kirkman is going to be doing more of the writing (and if so why? Angry fans of comic? Shred of integrity?) or is it simply that this bit so close to the comic, he just took the full credit on the script?

A clue on his website was a claim that this season will follow the comic more closely than before (not a bad plan...), but I don't know what that really means...

Anyway, that Gareth dude (or whatever wuss boy's name is) is much more believable as the head "hunter" from the story (a small band of nuts) than the leader of a large group who runs a whole compound of violent cultists, so this should be okay... although this particular story arc isn't really THAT great (or especially important), its waaaaaaay better than the whole seasons devoted to dying of bird flu and wandering in the woods...

You already know how this story will end up if you were paying attention... I'll give you a hint: The "meal" has the last laugh

Without giving away any spoilers, they are also doing a pretty good job of making the Abraham and co. side story seem believable -- better than in the comic IMO -- although I still think someone more Hulk Hogan-y would have made a better Abraham.

Oh well... hope they hurry up and bring on Negan and the Saviors!

Dale (older guy, boonie hat). Allegedly because Kirkman felt bad having so many terrible things happen to Herschel, they kind of swapped part of Dale and Herschel's story arcs/roles in the tv story. So... if everything had gone in keeping with the book, Herschel would have been outlived by Dale (I think...), Tyrese would have been killed by the Governor, not Herschel, and Dale would have been chomped on by the Hunters... but I think they changed the order of events too. I'm pretty sure the Hunter story was before the Woodbury arc, but I can't recall...

The short version is: Dumb Zombie Comic Different and Vastly Better than Dumb Zombie TV Show (with the possible exception of the first episode, first season, which was really good).


Whoops -- I think I may have misinterpreted your post (didn't read it carefully... sorry). So you are reading the comic? I think I thought you hadn't yet. Have you gone back to read the earlier stories or did you pick it up in the middle?

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