This is why Carl should’ve never died. Let’s say Rick’s departure still happened in season 9 and was “killed off” they could’ve easily still continued the show with Carl as the main character and maybe give him Rick’s role in the comics with stopping the commonwealth war which would see Carl finally step up to the the leader just like his dad
The ones who live was their last chance to end Rick’s story well. Instead, we got a rushed conclusion that I could not take seriously at all. Just hoping for something with Daryl
All a lost cause.......way to far from the concept and source material... I'm disappointed over all post-season 5.....I'm watching DD season 2 at 5 am, expecting not much....meh...R.I.P TWD
Rick is my favourite character from any show or movie and even I can see how his character was wasted. All thr characters were wasted potential. Glenn Mazara, Scott Gimple and Angela Kang are the true villains of TWD
Rick as a character lost his direction and purpose after Carl died. His motivation to continue in this messed up world was only to protect his firstborn who was still trying to grow up and be a man.That’s probably partly the reason why he left. Whether his departure would have still happened or not Carl would have filled in those boots and it wouldn’t have felt like too big of a let down since it was his destiny to take the reigns anyways. Sure it would have happened earlier than we would have liked but it would allow other side characters to share the spotlight more and we can see Carl transition into a grown up leader in his own right and navigate the world through the lessons of his deceased father and mother. I wouldn’t have minded that and even though Rick got taken out early his purpose still lived on and seeing a boy whom we first saw as a child become like his father was would have been great to see.
Fun story that nobody asked for. The night this show first aired, I had no idea what it was. If i wasnt a kid who loved call of duty zombies and other games in the genre I wouldve never stopped scrolling to watch this random zombie show. DirectTv used to have very vague descriptions like "man wakes up from coma in search of his wife and son in a zombie apocalypse." I thought it was a short low budget movie at first. Seeing Rick get stuck in the tank in atlanta with Glenn reaching out through the radio at the end was mind blowing because the credits rolled and a trailer for next week started playing. An entire series set in this world was mind blowing to me as a kid. What I am getting at through all of this is that this show in the first through forth season can all stand alone as contained stories. Where twd went bad was when amc was forcing its viewers to tune in to watch the premiers and finales instead of just producing steady episodes that left us satisfied wanting more.
Jesus these videos keep pouring out for clicks and attention, Rick was NOT a wasted potential, he fought the governor, negan and blew up the CRM. If there’s any character that got what he deserved it’s Rick Grimes. The real wasted potential is Carl Grimes, but that’s a story for another time.
There's nothing you can do about it, the actor wanted to leave, sure you can say that if you keep Carl alive, maybe he'd have stayed more? But he'd have left anyways, maybe a season later or something.
Agreed. I remember watching a bts thing on the season 4 dvd I think, and Andrew was talking about wanting to know how long ricks story could go on for because he didn’t want to be Rick grimes forever. Andrew wanted to leave the show well before the episode with Carl dying was even written. They planned on 8x16 being his death episode, but managed to convince him to stay one more season. He was leaving the show either way.
To me TOWL should have been the last season of TWD main series to bring it all together with RICK. I don't know how they would have done it, but that would have been better, and then have all the spinoffs they want. Imagine the last scene is Rick and the helicopter... and then season 12 of TWD just starts off with Rick at the CRM and then the two timelines collide they come back they prepare for war in the CRM VS Commonwealth then they end that with variant runners coming ... new threat. But what we have is very strange guys.
The Alexandria opening with them getting put through the bleeding troughs was honestly one of the biggest moments of TV for me. I was only like 15 at the time I think and remember it sticking with me for a while.
I’m honestly pretty happy with how show Rick was written. I like him better than comic Rick tbh. I absolutely hated comic Rick’s ending and how he did next to nothing after the whisperer war. With the way things happened in the show, luckily, we got to avoid that whole mess and Rick lived in the show. I honestly think Andrew would’ve left the main show one way or another though. Back on the season 4 special features dvd (I think that was the one), Andrew was talking about wanting to know an ending for Rick or having an endgame for Rick because he didn’t want to do that forever. Rick was going to be killed off in season 8 well before Carl dying happened, but they managed to convince Andrew to stay for one more season. So I think it would’ve happened either way, but the way that it went down was for the best because Rick in the show got something his comic counterpart didn’t get, a happy ending with his family.
My favorite aspect of Rick’s character is the fact that every single action he does links back to his central motivation, one that has never changed: protecting his family. The only things that changed is that after Lori’s (and Judith in the comics) death protecting his family meant just protecting Carl (and Judith in the show), and over time what it took to protect his family changed drastically. And I love the fact that Carl ends the comics with the same central motivation guiding his actions-protecting his daughter. If there’s one thing I will never forgive AMC for, it’s robbing us of that final image of Carl reading to Andrea. I can forgive everything else changing, but not that.
All I ask for is a reboot, animated and based on the comics story. So any changes that would happen to the comics story would be not changed, but EXTENDED or more in depth.
I never finished the comics but Loved the show and Ricks character. I think Carl and Rick's end is good lesson on realism, the world is unpredictable and senseless. The story is only in our heads. The men and boys die first is any conflict
Really after TOWL I truly think the spinoffs within the main show are kinda pointless besides season 1-3 of Fear, but Fear season 4-8 World Beyond and Tales feel worthless. You just need TWD Season 1-11 and TOWL you get a full story, and take everyone else’s ending in TWD series finale as final and Daryl comes back from riding off. Because I never saw DD or DC. So, they’re ending works with TOWL without the other spinoffs
After a disappointing and bad two seasons, I really liked Rick Grimes death, he got to use his gun one last time, he was surrounded by his friends, and he found his family, I loved it. to find out that his death meant nothing and that it was a fake out , made the great death bad, and after doing nothing with the character, they should of just had that death be the actual death, and have it lead to the communities uniting, like with the commonwealth ark in the comic
Jerry!! Absolutely LOVE the video!! I have another video idea if you think you could make a video about it. Its not something i see really any videos on but something I've been interested in for a bit now that the show is over. The debate between which showrunner did justice for the show, between Frank Darabont, Glen Mazzara, Scott Gimple, and Angela Kang. A lot of people automatically say Frank Darabont and although his casting was perfect, the creation of Daryl Dixon who would become an iconic original character, and season 1 was perfect in my eyes, this show having I'd say arguably THEE best pilot episode, his ideas for season 2 were debated a lot amongst fans, almost controversial (although not as controversial as his attitude on set lol)
Frank Darabont? Idk his plans for season 2 were interesting but he wasn't really that interested in following thru with the comic storyline. I miss Glen Mazzara more tbh. He wasn't about much filler, he wanted to keep the story moving
@@plaguedoctor4519 Season 2 and 3 had a ton of filler, and he wanted to kill 2-3 characters every episode and it got shot down by the network. He was a terrible show runner.
@@HenzoW-cf3mh That’s not hard since Scott was the absolute worst of the show runners. Mazzara was still bad. His writing credits before walking dead are schlocky shock tv. AMC replaced the guy who made Shawshank with a dude who wrote crash.
I really really wish people could just enjoy this show. It’s Rick Grimes, dude. There is nothing wrong with his character. He is an absolutely amazing and enjoyable protagonist. Just…enjoy the fucking show, stop complaining about the spin-offs and absurdity and have fun with it.
Fair enough, in fairness though it seems you didn’t watch the video to understand the full context and commented before hearing me out. Rick’s story is the best story I’ve ever followed which is still heavily alluded to.
@@jerrystakes I’m less talking about this specific point and more in general. It seems, especially on RU-vid, people are more negative then positive concerning the show.
NO! he is one of the worst main characters in the history of tv series. ENOUGH with this praising of him, even because he is the character with vast majority of deus ex machina circumstances.
Unpopular opinion, but they should have recast Rick. I'm sorry, but the show just didn’t work without him. As a day-one comic fan, it was really disappointing to see them try to continue without his character.
I'm glad the TV series was different. It would have been to predictable. The e way they wrote the Andrea character in the TV series no one liked her. It wasn't a good match. Michonne was the strong warrior he needed to that was his confidant saved him multiple times, affirmed him and thanked him when everyone else was blaming him
@@damonlongstreet8630The show diverted too much in earlier seasons, so when they reached Alexandria and pretty much started adapting the comics more closely, it didn’t match up since that cast in the tv show had too many people standing around and doing nothing. Daryl’s existence alone made adapting the comics closely a bad idea since a show OC being so prominent made the characters whose storyline he took, just sit around and do nothing. Jesus’ actor asked to be killed off since his character was doing almost nothing every episode. It makes sense since show original characters are stealing all the plot lines.
They should have kept it more comic accurate but still adapt it a little bit. Daryl was great for the show, and his brother too. That’s a good addition that wasn’t in the comics. Don’t ruin characters we already grew to love from the comics. Andrea should have followed her comic path and been with Rick and Michonne continue to be a lone wolf until Ezekiel eventually breaks her down and they be together. Some deaths that happened earlier than we expected were good like Dale and Sophia but some weren’t.
@@clarity2974 the comic story was a good story tho. I can understand changing something that was bad or something underdeveloped but why change such an important character in the comics?
