A writer for The Walking Dead gets pink-slipped
News broke yesterday that Frank Darabont has fired the entire writing staff for The Walking Dead (“Congrats on a record-breaking first season and second-season pickup, and Happy Fucking Holidays!”) and is considering not hiring a new one, instead relying on himself and freelancers.
The question this leaves us with is, “Was this a good idea?” Based on your thoughts about the first 5 eps of Season 1, are you worried about what’s to come for the runaway zombie hit?
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Myself, I’m not terribly bothered by the decision (other than it means more creative types are out-of-work, which always sucks). I haven’t exactly been blown away by the writing this season anyway – everything pretty much stalled for me midway through Episode 2 and hasn’t really picked back up. New blood, new ideas?
Thoughts?
I think this could potentially be a very good thing. I haven’t been too terribly impressed with the writing or the pacing of the series, and the thing that keeps me coming back are the group dynamics. If they could punch that up with better writing, it could be an A+ show.
Wow! I think that’s a little drastic, I mean the show is doing very well and as far as I know it has got good reviews. On the other hand I think you’re right, the writing isn’t bad but is not the cat’s pajamas. I guess we’ll find out next season if this is a good move.
I 100% agree with you, Buzz: it’s gotten quick snoozey. This is a good call from Darabont because I’m sure he is realizing things have gotten a *tad* out of control and he is reeling things back in.
Also, I’m concerned about these things I am hearing that the CDC was not in the comic and is an attempt to “solve” the zombies rather than “focus on survival.” EEEEEEEEEEEEE.
I was enthusiastic about this series, but when I started to watch it I was bored to death. I’m not sure, that changing the entire crew will help.
I haven’t read the comic yet, but hope it is better than this TV series…
The Colony had better writing and people who are far more interesting than this show;
Whoa. Sure, I didn’t watch this past week’s episode, and barely watched the one before that, because something felt off to me in the writing, but firing the whole staff? Makes me wonder about their judgement when it comes to choosing writers in the first place.
The first episode was great (though I have to admit, I felt like saying, “yes, I know it’s tragic that these people became zombies, I agree, will you shoot the legless zombie now?”) but I hate to see creative people out of work, too. On the other hand, maybe some up-and-coming writer will have a shot at getting their own chance now that they’ve opened up to hiring freelancers. Maybe the writers they’d hired just weren’t right for this show. Now they can, I hope, find a show better suited to them.