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It wouldn't surprise me if they did, and I wouldn't blame them.
I am too. I'm generally very laidback and accepting; I'm not one to give up on a show just because I disagree with a decision made by its writers. But my limit has been reached. The show has become very repetitive and gimmicky. It's pretty much just limping along now, directionless. And I can think of better ways to occupy my time than with a show I've lost interest in.
Me! 28-year-old here (born in 1989) who recently got into this show and is now hooked!
I agree. I think the problem is that it's run its course. It's become stale and repetitive, relying on character deaths to add shock value and keep the viewers interested. From an artistic perspective, I think it needs to end. Let Rick and Negan fight it out and call the show a wrap. Let these characters' story have been told. But, from a business perspective, as they say, money talks.
It wouldn't surprise me if that had something to do with it, and if that's the case I think it's the sign of really bad writing. I mean, the show itself has been going on for eight years. Of *course* Chandler would hit puberty. He's been on the show from age ten to age eighteen. I agree with bohemianroxie, the timeline is ridiculously stupid. Why they couldn't have simply had the course of the show be longer and aged Judith, I don't understand.
"I thought David Morissey as the Governor was way more nuanced. I loved him. You actually felt somewhat sorry for him because the ZA forever changed him into the villain he became. Negan was ALWAYS a sociopath."
I completely agree. While I like JDM as an actor, in my opinion, he's got nothing on David Morrissey whose portrayal of the Governor I found to be very compelling. I've not read the comics but from what I understand, Morrissey gave a lot of depth to a character that was originally a one-note villain, which I think is a testament to his acting ability. Negan, on the other hand, fits the bill for someone with Antisocial Personality Disorder. I think he was the way he is *before* the apocalypse, and that the apocalypse simply served as a catalyst for him to be hostile and to subjugate others. (At least that's my take on TV Negan; comic book Negan may be a different story, I don't know.) His warped sense of morality, his gleeful killing of people, his lack of remorse and blaming of his victims ("it's your fault I'm doing this to you! If you hadn't pissed me off, I wouldn't be bashing your head in!") are all indicative, to me, of someone who has innate deficits in empathy, apocalypse or no.