During an Emmy roundtable with a group of his peers (including writer/producers from Sons of Anarchy and Boardwalk Empire) Frank Darabont was brutally honest as usual, discussing his fears of an impending budget cut for The Walking Dead. As he’s said before he’s had no problem with AMC trying to censor him or change things but that’s not the issue.
“Creatively I have no complaints thus far,” Darabont says. “But I believe if they do move ahead with what they’re talking about, it will affect the show creatively … in a negative way. Which just strikes me as odd. If you have an asset, why would you punish it?”
The man has a point. The Walking Dead is AMC’s biggest hit so far and if they want viewers to return in October they’re going to have to up their game, especially for those of us disappointed by the slow decline of quality in the first season. Robert Kirkman recently mentioned that they wanted to get Stephen King or Joe Hill on board to write an episode for Season 2, so perhaps this is what Darabont’s upset about. Cause really, how huge would that be, even just in terms of marketing potential?
As far as what makes it on screen, the physical effects in the first season were fantastic (KNB FX never fails in that regard) but if they do more digital they need to take a long hard look at that explosion at the end of season one. Ugh.
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This looks like the most uncomfortable group of people since ‘The Kids of Widney High’. I mean, just weird and painful looks on each others faces. Ugh.
I’d rather they cut the budget, piss off Frank and free him up to use his skills on a project that’s not an utter piece of shit.
No, I’m afraid you’re confused…
The Walking Dead is a decent pimetime zombie drama.
An utter piece of shit is what you leave behind after taking a dump.
I meant to say “primetime”…
I guess I’m a bit confused too.
Must be a side-effect of watching such a shitty show!
The writers usually aren’t the biggest part of a show’s budget, and that’s the main place this show needs to improve.
pah funding really hmmm i think darabont and crew could take a simple lesson from game of thrones. Dont fuck with a solid story and basic dialogue script. I see no need for Steven king to come in and bring alive the already well written and thought out graphic novel. just sayen…
How about going with less actors? In the first season, there were more guest stars, entire communities of other people, and glorified extras that served no purpose whatsoever until they just became zombie fodder anyway towards the end. One of the great things in the comic is that you have a relatively small core group of characters for a while, and while they do pick up a few new members here and their, they weren’t already bumping into “the people who aren’t what they appear to be” two weeks in. If the TV show follows the story of the book, it’s not going to have the same effect when they finally DO meet up with a really bad bunch. I think one of the most frustrating things about the first season being so short was just that there was a lot of shit that just didn’t matter. The story needs to be tighter.
Well, I didn’t like the show much anyway. If the budget was cut to zero and the funding went to something else, I’d not be put out. Mad Men seems to exist entirely indoors. How about some CGI NYC street scenes payed for with WALKING DEAD cash instead?
PS That explosion was OK for TV. By that point my opinion of the show was so low that bad FX were not going to influence me one way or the other
Go troll on IMDB, dicksucker.
Thats exactly what Mad Men needs. Some CGI scenes!! You are a fucking idiot.
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