It's that time of year again –
San Diego Comic-Con – and,
naturally, that means the trailer for the new season of
The Walking Dead!
Now, as I've written about before, Season 7 undoubtedly had
some problems – however, the show makers have proved in the past that they do
listen to fans' concerns and make changes. I've read a few interviews with
Scott Gimple (the show runner) where he has stated that not only will the
pace of the 8th Season be ramped up, but the structure of the
storytelling will be changed. In other words, aside from the possibility of a
flashback episode detailing Negan's back story, the 'isolated episodes showing
just one character/story' are out. These stand alone episodes can work in
moderation: The Governor's flashback episodes in Season 4, for example, or the
episode in which we saw how Morgan came to regain his sanity and find a path to
peace, or indeed, 7x02 in which we follow Carol and Morgan as we were introduced to The Kingdom (with a satisfying conclusion at the end, justifying Ezekiel's more outré characteristics).
Season 7's biggest problem was definitely the structure,
which made the overall story feel fractured with main characters disappearing
for a handful of episodes at a time while the writers played for time
in-between the premières and finales, sapping considerable momentum. The low
point for all this? Episode 7x06: the Oceanside episode – Tara couldn't carry
the weight of introducing the third new community of people inside five
episodes after The Kingdom and The Sanctuary. Indeed, the introduction of those
scumbag trash pile people (lead by the irritating Jadis) proved problematic for the back-half of the seventh
season, too.
Anyway – enough of that, because Season 8 is shaping up to
be an exciting thrill ride that will reward viewers' patience. All Out War has
been declared and the battles are upon us!
Click “READ MORE” below to see what's what in the
Season 8 trailer...
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