RE: I hate cliches to death!
May 12, 2015 at 11:43 am
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2015 at 11:47 am by Alex K.)
I stopped watching the Walking Dead when the script let random characters start acting uncharacteristically stupid or exhibit pointless aggression just to create drama/conflict. This uneven-ness was so blatant in WD after a while.
For example, they never take more than one tiny piece of supply from that abandoned pharmacy, and it's just obvious that the writers do that to force the characters to come back often to create dangerous situations. WD is just not well-written.
Here's a preliminary fix: let the time travel occur because of an accident of nature which is not easily replicable. This doesn't solve time travel paradoxes, but it saves the mechanics of your fictional universe. It is possible to resolve those things to a certain degree if you show an interest in doing so. I just think people in charge can't be arsed to think about these things because they don't care.
For example, they never take more than one tiny piece of supply from that abandoned pharmacy, and it's just obvious that the writers do that to force the characters to come back often to create dangerous situations. WD is just not well-written.
(May 12, 2015 at 11:40 am)pocaracas Wrote: Time travel is always poorly done... but we just keep on wishing it was possible, don't we?
Here's a preliminary fix: let the time travel occur because of an accident of nature which is not easily replicable. This doesn't solve time travel paradoxes, but it saves the mechanics of your fictional universe. It is possible to resolve those things to a certain degree if you show an interest in doing so. I just think people in charge can't be arsed to think about these things because they don't care.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
