AEinhorn wrote:
If the latest episode of THE WALKING DEAD made you upset? That tells me that they did something right.
I have been looking at this several different ways and your conclusion is basically the same one I came to myself. Like you said in a 2 hour movie it doesn't matter who dies or how violent the death is but in a TV show that you invest time and energy into you become unnerved when someone that you have been rooting for the last 7 seasons is killed in such a brutal and unforgiving manner.
I watched the first 2 seasons of "Scream" on MTV and honestly I was surprised at what a fun show it was but again every time we meet a new character they are nothing more than a future victim and you can't maintain a show with that premise. Below is a great quote from Noah, one of the main stars of SCREAM:
"Noah Foster: Well, think about it: You know, girl and her friends arrive at the dance, the camp, deserted town, whatever. Killer takes them out one-by-one. Ninety minutes later, the sun comes up as survivor girl is sitting in the back of the ambulance watching her friends' bodies being wheeled past. Slasher movies burn bright and fast. TV needs to stretch things out. You know, by the time the first body is found, it's only a matter of time before the bloodbath commences."
So at-least SCREAM is acknowledging any TV show based on a Slasher film is going to be a limited run.
I still like The Walking Dead but now more than ever I see the characters as nothing more than future victims.