“Before the show [The Walking Dead] was picked up by AMC for domestic and Fox for international, its creator Frank Darabont presented the first version of the script to NBC, with whom he had an overall deal. According to Hurd, their response was, “Do there have to be zombies [in it].” NBC then asked Darabont if the show could be a procedural in which the two main protagonists would “solve a zombie crime of the week,” she said.”
>solve a zombie crime of the week I can't belive we didn't get this.
Asher Cox
they only care about making money with a guaranteed formula, they don't give a shit about decent storytelling
Xavier Jenkins
>she said.” there you go op
Jacob Miller
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Sebastian Fisher
But isn't good storytelling a money maker?
Nolan Taylor
>But isn't good storytelling a money maker?
Sure, and they used to understand this but nowadays tv network exes with their bloated egos can't pretend they're "artistes" unless they're changing and fucking up the original story....
Landon Price
>solve a zombie crime of the week
What the fuck does that even mean?
Brandon Peterson
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Juan Morris
It's not like AMC did any better. They fired Darabont as soon as they could to save money and started lowering the quality of the show and dragging out storylines because the knew the show would make money regardless.
It's all about maximizing profit. No executives care about making a good story.
Nathaniel Perry
>“Do there have to be demons [in it].” >the show could be a procedural in which the two main protagonists would “solve a demon crime of the week,” pic not related
Cameron Harris
>walking dead >decent storytelling
pick one
Christian Rivera
>I have finally become The Space Man From Pluto
fucking executives are idiots
Jack Collins
i'm sure this was all part of the jewish planet-mixing plan. no one is that stupid.
David Perry
I thought they fired Darabont because he wanted the Walkers to become sentient and start building communities. See the mall scene in season 1 where the walkers are using rocks to break the windows.
He also wanted them to stay in Atlanta instead of going to the farm.
Evan Ortiz
But he's pluto/hades.
Mason Ross
I will never forgive Fox for doing this. Fucking cunts.
Not according to AMC's official reason to defend themselves from Darabont's breach of contract lawsuit. They might not have liked some of his ideas (like episodes focusing on other people surviving the outbreak), but most speculation about the real reason has been about Darabont asking for too much money.
Jayden Reyes
Most people in administrative positions in Hollywood got there through nepotism and grew up in a bubble. They're basically an alien species. It's why Kevin Feige is looked at as some kind of wizard by them.
Liam Garcia
yeah. AMC is notoriously cheap and they wanted him to cut the budget for season 2 by nearly a million dollars per episode even though it was a runaway hit. he balked, and they found someone that would accept their demands. not surprising that nothing happened in season 2 basically and they spent 90% of it on hershel's farm.
Brandon Morales
No it isn't. People will endlessly whine and shit on anything different regardless of originality or quality. The average tv watcher has no fucking concept of what is "good" storytelling. Only what is familiar.
Anthony Nguyen
see Clearly NBC lady knew what she was talking about because iZombie is better than Walking Dead.
Carson Hill
season 1 GOAT, them the shit canned the director reduced budget by 1/3rd and almost ruined the entire show just to make a buck. It's really a interesting story look it up.
He was at philly wizard world and the stories he told about Back to the Future were hilarious. Every studio turned down the movie saying it was too G rated and told him to take it to Disney. He takes it to Disney and they yell at him "We can't make this. It's about incest!".
Liam King
>planet-mixing plan Not "space-mixing"
Michael Jackson
> Completely change the tone and pacing of the show to absolute shit tier > Its still a astounding success getting shit loads of seasons I still can't fucking believe it
Connor King
mad men averaged like two million viewers per episode.
walking dead averages like 15 million viewers per episode.
you tell me.
Thomas Anderson
damn, i should have thought longer before i posted that. you got me.
Lincoln Gray
I haven't watched the show since season 2 because it was so fucking bad. Did it get better? I really enjoyed season 1.
Ryan Barnes
because they are rich jews that only give jobs to other rich jews.
Leo Davis
i stopped watching midway through season 5. it got a little better after season 2 but it just got incredibly repetitive and stale for me after a while.
Henry Hall
>The average tv watcher has no fucking concept of what is "good" storytelling.
Yes, goy... I mean, dude! It's the VIEWERS who are to blame for all the shitty tv shows....
Austin Gutierrez
Hey man, nice strawman. That's TOTALLY what that sentence means!
Carson Green
Ehh, TWD isn't a network show. Networks can't show violence. Networks don't like serialised plots.
Sebastian Murphy
That's not to say network execs aren't dumb. They're no better than you or me - except from narrow privileged backgrounds and live in an echo chamber, which makes them worse.
Cooper Bell
viewers watch shit shows, executives pander to them by making more shit shows, it's a positive feedback loop
Josiah Myers
yes, because executives don't make decisions based on what is popular and shows aren't renewed or cancelled based on ratings.
discovery channel and history channel just show shitty reality shows 24/7 now because they realized nobody wanted to watch educational programming.
no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the american people.
Jonathan Howard
But execs also make decisions based on what's already successful and what won't get them fired.
Which is how we got a fucking Lethal Weapon series on the air. The people at Fox who greenlit it can do "Well, the movie succeded" when it bombs - just like they did with Minority Report last year.
It's really fucking dumb.
Ian Foster
How'd they end up going with the title "Back to the Future"?
Caleb Scott
>Do there have to be zombies Well that's a pretty fucking good question considering how zombies are overplayed in addition to being really stupid shit in the first plac.e
James Russell
TV executives are smarter than all of us
They shitpost and get paid millions You & I shitpost for free
Adam Davis
Two wise-cracking detectives with ham-fisted sexual chemistry work the beat to solve various crimes committed by the zombie citizens of Los Angeles. Crimes range from murder and armed robbery to insider trading and insurance fraud.
Elijah Lopez
pornstars are all smarter than us
they get fucked in the ass by 3 dongs at once at get paid for it
