Anyone else think it's bullshyt with the whole "even the cast doesn't know who he killed" thing? Don't understand why they would get all of them cast members including extras back into that exact same position at the very beginning of the filming of s7 just to shoot an extra 5 minutes of episode footage (negan and his men leave after beating Glenn to death) when they could've just shot it all there at that time
Yes it's bullshyt.
It proves that they are buying time to decide who would rate the best as a death, and who would bring them more views, or lose them views.
They really crossed over into a soap opera at this point. I won't be surprised if I start seeing TWD conversations on magazine covers at grocery checkouts. "WAS IT GLENN?" "WALKING DEAD SECRETS REVEALED"
If you're going to dangle the "WE'RE KILLING SOMEONE" carrot, and leak all of these stories about everyone crying when they read the script, then there has to be a payout. I'm still confused as to what the cast and crew were crying about anyway. The only emotional reaction that could have come from that finale was either confusion (because it was a fukking confusing way to end a season) or intrigue (because you love the show that much at this point). So none of the cast knew who they were going to kill, yet everyone cried? What the fukk?
This show is all hype, no delivery. They lost their balls and bent over for the ads, and they're treating their audience like children who will tune in for anything because it's the best show ever.
Back to the topic - they never revealed who they killed because that's massively convenient for them. Now they can go any route they want to:
- They reveal that Negan killed a major character, then they yell "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED" and act like that was the plan all along.
- They reveal that Negan killed a minor character, and we're all lucky that he spared a major character.
- Negan beats a major character within an inch of his life, but the character is spared when some deal is struck.
- Negan kills one character, then another, then another, then the Talking Dead acts like the audience is a bunch of brats for wanting that all along.
They can seriously write anything that they want now. They didn't commit to anything. Like someone else in this thread pointed out, it's like a Choose Your Adventure book. They were joking, but they are 100% on point.
AMC/TWD will continue monitoring this backlash/feedback. They'll see what actors are staying, who wants more money, who's moving on. They'll see what the audience really wanted. Then they'll write a story that will appease the masses to keep them tuning in to watch 20-30 minutes of commercials interlaced with whatever this story is.