After some experimentation and exploration, it appears that The Walking Dead season 5 is back to the winning formula that made it the number one show on television. Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and co. banding together to kick ass - whether it be alive or zombiefied. In teasing what's still to come during season 5, Walking Dead comic creator and show executive producer Robert Kirkman teased to IGN---
"It’s what we’ve been doing with The Walking Dead comic from day one. You’ve made people love and know and identify with these characters -- and then you kill them. Those deaths don’t matter if you’re not invested in the characters. Season 5 is, more than any other season, following the comics very closely. There’s more comic book moments being adapted than there have been in any previous season, so there’s a lot of cool stuff for the comic fans coming up and a lot of stuff they will recognize, but of course we’ll be doing some stuff in different ways. . . There are a lot of cool key moments that come directly from the comics."
Interesting enough, the "tainted meat" moment from last week's episode of The Walking Dead DID occur in the comics but did not happen with Bob. It's this jumbling of the source material that at times drives longtime comic fans crazy but also delivers some of the show's best moments. This reinterpretation of the source material should loom large with the specific goal of Rick's group this season.
"The biggest thing for Season 5 is that the story completely changes. . . There’s a mission to this season -- this mission of getting to Washington and if there’s a cure there and if there’s infrastructure there and security there. What is it that is actually in Washington? I think that having our characters suddenly be driven with a goal that they can actually accomplish is changing how we tell stories in a big way. The episodes of this season are going to feel a bit different than how the show’s felt before."
It seems unthinkable, but could Kirkman completely flip the script regarding how Eugene's (Josh McDermitt) storyline plays out in the comic? Perhaps there will be some clues in tonight's episode as we catch up with Beth (Emily Kinney) and see where her mysterious captors have taken her.
The Walking Dead airs 9PM/8PM EST/PST on AMC. It will be immediately followed by The Talking Dead at 10:01 PM/9:01 PM EST/PST.
"It’s what we’ve been doing with The Walking Dead comic from day one. You’ve made people love and know and identify with these characters -- and then you kill them. Those deaths don’t matter if you’re not invested in the characters. Season 5 is, more than any other season, following the comics very closely. There’s more comic book moments being adapted than there have been in any previous season, so there’s a lot of cool stuff for the comic fans coming up and a lot of stuff they will recognize, but of course we’ll be doing some stuff in different ways. . . There are a lot of cool key moments that come directly from the comics."
Interesting enough, the "tainted meat" moment from last week's episode of The Walking Dead DID occur in the comics but did not happen with Bob. It's this jumbling of the source material that at times drives longtime comic fans crazy but also delivers some of the show's best moments. This reinterpretation of the source material should loom large with the specific goal of Rick's group this season.
"The biggest thing for Season 5 is that the story completely changes. . . There’s a mission to this season -- this mission of getting to Washington and if there’s a cure there and if there’s infrastructure there and security there. What is it that is actually in Washington? I think that having our characters suddenly be driven with a goal that they can actually accomplish is changing how we tell stories in a big way. The episodes of this season are going to feel a bit different than how the show’s felt before."
It seems unthinkable, but could Kirkman completely flip the script regarding how Eugene's (Josh McDermitt) storyline plays out in the comic? Perhaps there will be some clues in tonight's episode as we catch up with Beth (Emily Kinney) and see where her mysterious captors have taken her.
The Walking Dead airs 9PM/8PM EST/PST on AMC. It will be immediately followed by The Talking Dead at 10:01 PM/9:01 PM EST/PST.
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