The Walking Dead (AMC) TV Show • Page 164

Yeah it was pretty crazy!

 

Just looked up what that twist was and holy SHIT!

 

Only way I can see the show/movies piggybacking off this is
if Rick eventually catches back up with Judith and Rick is shot and Judith has to kill/end him...which would kind of be fitting since Carl had to kill his mother.

 

Won't happen. Andrew Lincoln and many of the people at AMC said Rick will never return to the show and will only be in the 3 films.

Also, following what just happened in the comic, I'm done with it. I have no interest to continue reading.

 

So the Walking Dead’s new comic is actually the end of the series.

'The Walking Dead' Fanbase Shocked By An Almost Unbelievable Comic Leak

 

But didn’t they already announce covers and synopsis for issues 194 and 195?

 

Sounds like you should spoiler that

 

Fixed it

 

I believe so. I would imagine this is legit being that it’s the day before the comic hits shelves.

 

Good.

 

Kirkman didn’t want to spoil that the comic was ending so he faked new issues after 193.

 

Make it an even 200!

 

That's what I figured.

 

I thought when it first happened they mentioned that he could return to the show in the future? Guess I just imagined that.

That makes me wonder if the 3 movies will end up also being the end of the main show. And Fear as well——I feel like the two are eventually going to converge.

Which allows them to do a fresh start with the new show?

 

Could be. The only other character confirmed for the Rick films is Michonne so who knows.

 

The ending of the comic book pretty much means nothing for the show. The show is already so far off the rails of what the comics are anyway and if they still wanted to loosely stick to the comic book material, there's probably enough material they haven't covered to last another 3 to 4 seasons (to catch up to the end).

The TV show will go on so long as it continues to be a ratings monster - good or bad (unfortunately mostly bad, although I will admit the second half of last season was the most enjoyable it's been in 3 or 4 years).

The weird thing to me is - hasn't Kirkman said all along that he knew how The Walking Dead would end? This seems very sudden and maybe not as flushed out as he would have liked.

 

He says he planned to end the book after they arrived to Alexandria and Rick took control to build civilization from there (the Negan story and everything after weren't planned) but he admitted his planned ending was terrible (and it was really) and decided to continue and not long after he thought about the current ending.

 

I guess I always assumed (although blindly) he had more of a big picture kind of ending as to either the rise/rebuild or the absolute fall of society and not necessarily specific to the ending/fate of certain characters. Like, I just pictured the ending either being everyone is eventually wiped off the face of the earth or they eventually find a cure to the disease...or somewhere in the middle where they at least find a manageable way to continue on/rebuild society.

 

I think I suggested it one time in this thread already, but I thought it might have been something where eventually a child is conceived/born after the initial outbreak and then we eventually see them die without turning

They don't have to explain too much (or anything at all, really) and it's not some grand solution, but it would at least imply that EVENTUALLY life will recover in the future. Open ended but still a satisfying conclusion, like all of the characters' struggle and hard work would eventually pay off.

But after I got more familiar with this franchise, I realized it was probably just going to end with some of the characters dying and some of the characters surviving. And that's about it.

 

I always thought the ending would be that either all mankind dies or zombies suddenly collapse, they rose with no explanation and they die with no explanation and what's left of mankind will rebuild.

 

Ooooh I like your ending better...

 

Yeah, this is my fear.

 

I’ve said it a bunch but I always thought it would be kinda cool if it turned out the zombie outbreak only happened in the US and the rest of the world let us suffer

 

Just finished the final issue. I started with the series around 2006 or so and have re-read the entire series 5 or 6 times; I'm not sure which. It seems odd to me that the next re-read will be the whole story from beginning to end. That said, I loved this ending. I won't spoil anything, but seeing The End made me tear up.

Unfortunately, the show could never tell this same story and that is a terrible shame.

 

Absolutely gutted to see this end so abruptly. This has been something I've bought since the start and my parents never failed to buy me the volumes each time one was released for a birthday/christmas. It's gonna be weird not getting that now. I'm excited to see how Kirkman moves on from this. Seeing THE END was definitely a heart-wrenching moment.