AMC. Ugh.
Now why do I hate AMC? Hm. Well, where do I start?
Something I am not only passionate and care very much about is Artistic freedom and I am afraid to say that AMC does not feel the same way. Frank Darabont, the original director and screenwriter for The Walking Dead (whom has an excellent track-record when it comes to excellent film making), was, at one point, the part of the show I was most excited about. Throughout the first season of the show, he brilliantly wrote, directed and perfected each scene and each line with finesse. Everyone was happy, the writer was reported saying that though he was changing the story, he kept consistent with the rules and style that was set out, the actors were all happy, most of which were friends with Darabont, appearing in his other films like The Mist, the Shawshank Redemption and more, and Darabont was happy, nurturing his brilliant brain-child into his own personal magnum opus. But there was a storm-a-brewin up in the minds of the network heads in AMC.
When Season 2 came along, AMC sent notes to Darabont and his team with disgustingly greedy messages such as: "How about you just hear the zombies, rather than see them, to save on make-up costs" and "We are changing the season length from 6 episodes to 13" (meaning less time to work on making each episode have that well-thought out, movie-like style that the 1st season had). On top of that, they made the decision to have the show be shot outside half the time and inside half the time, which led to a lot of dicking around indoors and having the plot become stunted with filler episodes for several episodes at a time. But Frank Darabont stayed true and though heartbroken, he complied and tried to fit in with the guidelines set. He knew that he couldn't leave because of all the work put in, but on top of that, as I said earlier, Darabont had dragged all his friends to make a show that was gonna pull the whole group into a dark pit of contracts and obligations. But then, the unthinkable happened.
Before Darabont was even allowed to begin filming, the Network Heads decided that, the guy who made them millions of dollars through, unseen, incredibly hard work, was not the guy for the job and ended up firing him (which violated contracts, which I'll get into later) and then replacing him with Glen Mazzara, whose only claim to fame was a really shitty T.V show that got canceled after like, 2 episodes.
The beginning of season 2 was the beginning of The Walking Dead's streak of stupid, rushed and inconsistent episodes with little to no artistic value, besides Andrew Lincoln's consistent and excellent performances. Nearly every single episode feels excruciatingly long and boring. It is not a good thing if a show feels like it's wasting your time.
What's funny about the Walking Dead and AMC is how unaware people are about what is actually going on. There are records everywhere about how unhappy some of the cast and crew are yet still so many people
Now why do I hate AMC? Hm. Well, where do I start?
Something I am not only passionate and care very much about is Artistic freedom and I am afraid to say that AMC does not feel the same way. Frank Darabont, the original director and screenwriter for The Walking Dead (whom has an excellent track-record when it comes to excellent film making), was, at one point, the part of the show I was most excited about. Throughout the first season of the show, he brilliantly wrote, directed and perfected each scene and each line with finesse. Everyone was happy, the writer was reported saying that though he was changing the story, he kept consistent with the rules and style that was set out, the actors were all happy, most of which were friends with Darabont, appearing in his other films like The Mist, the Shawshank Redemption and more, and Darabont was happy, nurturing his brilliant brain-child into his own personal magnum opus. But there was a storm-a-brewin up in the minds of the network heads in AMC.
When Season 2 came along, AMC sent notes to Darabont and his team with disgustingly greedy messages such as: "How about you just hear the zombies, rather than see them, to save on make-up costs" and "We are changing the season length from 6 episodes to 13" (meaning less time to work on making each episode have that well-thought out, movie-like style that the 1st season had). On top of that, they made the decision to have the show be shot outside half the time and inside half the time, which led to a lot of dicking around indoors and having the plot become stunted with filler episodes for several episodes at a time. But Frank Darabont stayed true and though heartbroken, he complied and tried to fit in with the guidelines set. He knew that he couldn't leave because of all the work put in, but on top of that, as I said earlier, Darabont had dragged all his friends to make a show that was gonna pull the whole group into a dark pit of contracts and obligations. But then, the unthinkable happened.
Before Darabont was even allowed to begin filming, the Network Heads decided that, the guy who made them millions of dollars through, unseen, incredibly hard work, was not the guy for the job and ended up firing him (which violated contracts, which I'll get into later) and then replacing him with Glen Mazzara, whose only claim to fame was a really shitty T.V show that got canceled after like, 2 episodes.
The beginning of season 2 was the beginning of The Walking Dead's streak of stupid, rushed and inconsistent episodes with little to no artistic value, besides Andrew Lincoln's consistent and excellent performances. Nearly every single episode feels excruciatingly long and boring. It is not a good thing if a show feels like it's wasting your time.
What's funny about the Walking Dead and AMC is how unaware people are about what is actually going on. There are records everywhere about how unhappy some of the cast and crew are yet still so many people