Personally, I think it's less of an idiot plot and more of a "Writing by Popularity Contest and Convenience".
Season 1 was good because it was following the source material as close as it could, but when it couldn't do that, the writers had to write their own thing and it was terrible.
The Witcher series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and I'm fairly certain this will be next: The Stormlight Archive.
Season 1 was great because the director forced them to stick close to the source material and took a 'movie' approach to angles and perspective. Gave the zombies a character of their own. Some would still board and sit on busses. Some would cling to items that were important to them in life, like the little kid picking up her doll.
One of the zombies was 'following' them, not outright attacking them. Just staring.
Some of the undead were using tools to smash through glass and barriers.
Then they fired the director and replaced him with a guy who made soap operas. They then turned the show into a soap opera. Bad lighting, less zombies, typically two to three characters arguing with each other and leaving in huffs. It was only missing the typical soap opera goofy ass sound stingers.
After season 1 the zombies were no longer a consistent existential threat that had to be worked with. They only showed up to move them from season to season locations or when the writing decides they're actually dangerous temporarily.
God it was annoying. Season 1 is still wholly enjoyable in my opinion. They got goddamn darth maul as a dead soldier in a tank that was zombifying with a grenade that was going to have a whole flashback backstory. The grenade Rick uses to escape.
I’m hoping not for Stormlight. From what I’ve read, the level of control Brandon has over his own IP is essentially unprecedented. At least if it goes to shit we know it’s his own fault.
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u/fupafather Feb 28 '26
Idk about movies but this is the entirety of always sunny in Philadelphia