tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post6580631756351605936..comments2024-02-10T10:52:58.614-05:00Comments on THE DIG: Forget THE WALKING DEADcinemarchaeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-39445320448150212452015-03-15T13:55:36.688-04:002015-03-15T13:55:36.688-04:00great article JR - especially the appendix of the ...great article JR - especially the appendix of the Ricks... <br /><br />spectreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-1537345220646534742015-03-15T13:15:34.433-04:002015-03-15T13:15:34.433-04:00Well the "retcon" didn't really help...Well the "retcon" didn't really help then because Flashback-Rick wasn't just able to not be squared away with where we left Rick in season 3, but also to not square away with where we pick up in season 4.<br /><br />Furthermore I believe another big problem the series have is their need to transform characters in the face of a "major event". Pathetic-Rick 2,0 transformed into Ricktator 3,0 at the whim of him killing Shane. While events such as this should change people, doing it in such a rushed, non-sensical and in-your-face way is lazy and unconvincing. <br /><br />Take Rick in the comic for example when he loses the prison, Lori, Judy and his friends. He is crushed by it and we get to see how it changes him, but an obvious transformation into a completely different being never occur, ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-59544539785729691392015-03-15T12:44:03.259-04:002015-03-15T12:44:03.259-04:00"Seems like the least thing one should long f..."Seems like the least thing one should long for in a series is a consistently written lead character."<br /><br />Yes, one shouldn't have to watch any show and long for something so basic to competent narrative construction.<br /><br />Yeah, Flashback Rick is what we who are into comics call a retcon; introduced to serve a narrative purpose in the present, he can't be made to fit with the existing continuity in any way.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-7766373840314464962015-03-15T12:32:17.160-04:002015-03-15T12:32:17.160-04:00Fine article. Rick's "character" to ...Fine article. Rick's "character" to me is the biggest failure of the show. Seems like the least thing one should long for in a series is a consistently written lead character.(the comic version springs to mind)<br /><br />I got to wonder though.. The Rick that appears in the flashback of the episode "A" from season 4. Shouldn't this be considered some kind of 4,5 version?<br /><br />I went back and checked and in your review for that episode you noted that what we we're presented with in the flashback couldn't be squared away good with what we were presented with in the beginning of season 4, most notably because the Flashback-Rick seems to be completely all right meaning no signs of Crazy-Rick and no signs of Farmer-Rick. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com