SPOILERS & RUMORS for The Walking Dead TV Series *Enter at your own risk*

[Snake Plissken]

I stumbled upon that earlier on Facebook. I buy it as being a safe bet.

 

[averagejo]

predictions on next episode:

Wow. Ill have to go lurk over at Spoil the Dead and see what's up.

 

[averagejo]

I read a spoiler that someone gets their limb taken off and possibly eaten by the cannibals over at StD. People are speculating it could be Bob. Anybody get eaten by the hunter cannibals in the comic?

There's also chatter about Father Gabriel. I bet he is the one in the Cadillac.

 

[beeshaw]

It was Dale that was eaten by the Hunters in the comic, after he was bitten.

 

[thenammagazine]

Honestly, if that's gonna happen, that's the best way for Daryl to exit the show. Dale's story in the comics ended with him as a pure badass.

 

[averagejo]

You think they'd eat Daryl? I would

Seriously...Maybe Daryl sees them (the hunters) getting ready to eat somebody and ends up getting killed by trying to kill the hunters and save whoever it is that is on their menu? Beth?

 

[Deckard]

S.5, episode 1 or 2, whatever, introduce Negan, kill Daryl with no warning. Just bash his head in with Lucille completely out of left field. It is the only way you are going to establish him(Negan) as the worst thing they've been up against and make the Governor look like he ran Sesame Street.

 

[thenammagazine]

S.5, episode 1 or 2, whatever, introduce Negan, kill Daryl with no warning. Just bash his head in with Lucille completely out of left field. It is the only way you are going to establish him(Negan) as the worst thing they've been up against and make the Governor look like he ran Sesame Street.

Too soon for Negan, and faaaaaaaaar too close to the Governor.

 

[Deckard]

Nah, too close to the Governor sure, but you can set their characters apart easily by casting him properly. Too soon though? I disagree. Without that extra threat of a group like that out there the shows not as tense as it already has been. It's lost an important element. Glenn vs 4 zombies in the open isn't scary but if theres the threat of a guy with a vendetta and sniper rifle who could be anywhere... It's just something the Hunters or whatever aren't properly accomplishing at the moment because they have no real vendetta with our main characters yet.

 

[averagejo]

Hunters> Negan> then who? Anymore bad guys?

Who runs Terminus??

 

[pixletwin]

Too soon for Negan.

Why?

Because he is all the way up in Washington DC. Are they going to fast forward through everything in the 4 episodes between now and 5.2? I don't think so.

 

[thenammagazine]

Too soon for Negan.

Why?

Because he is all the way up in Washington DC. Are they going to fast forward through everything in the 4 episodes between now and 5.2? I don't think so.

The story needs to progress naturally, instead of shoehorning badguy after badguy down our throats, turning the show into a bad live-action DBZ.

 

[DiFabio]

Gotta admit, seeing Daryl get his head smashed in by a barbed wire bat would be glorious.

 

[Deckard]

My concern is they are going to keep the Hunters around alot longer than they did in the comics and we're all going to end up saying the same thing in a year or two that people are saying now, "Negans too similar to the Hunters." How many ways can you present villain groups differantly while fleshing them out? The Hunters in this have motives that seem alot closer to that of Negan's group already.

The story needs to progress naturally, instead of shoehorning badguy after badguy down our throats, turning the show into a bad live-action DBZ.

Joe isn't a bad guy? The hunters have been around since what, 2-3 episodes after the Governor bought it? They're bikers in this version who go around taking other people's ****. It's already pretty similar. I'd rather Negan still be somewhat unique but by the time we get to him I highly doubt it.

 

[thenammagazine]

Joe isn't a bad guy? The hunters have been around since what, 2-3 episodes after the Governor bought it? They're bikers in this version who go around taking other people's ****. It's already pretty similar. I'd rather Negan still be somewhat unique but by the time we get to him I highly doubt it.

The cannibals as a whole present an entirely different threat than the Governor and Negan did.

 

[Deckard]

And if they ever start eating people, that'll be fantastic. Right now, they're the Governor, Negan, those guys in the bar. They're just other generic bad guys and even if they do start eating people in a future episode it isn't going to make these previous appearances any cooler or more deeply layered. For all we know the real cannibals may be waiting at Terminus.

 

[thenammagazine]

And if they ever start eating people, that'll be fantastic. Right now, they're the Governor, Negan, those guys in the bar. They're just other generic bad guys and even if they do start eating people in a future episode it isn't going to make these previous appearances any cooler or more deeply layered. For all we know the real cannibals may be waiting at Terminus.

So why not wait to figure out what this new group is, and what Terminus is before shaking the Negan pompoms?

 

[Mister Ski]

Personally I hope we don't see Negan for a long time. He is too similar to the Governor. I would prefer the show go in a completely different direction than the comic. They created the flu virus as a unique threat for the tv series. Why not create a unique villain too? That would be completely unpredictable IMO. It wouldn't matter whose head Negan bashed in if/when he is introduced, it would be expected if you have read the comic.

 

[Deckard]

It wouldn't matter whose head Negan bashed in if/when he is introduced, it would be expected if you have read the comic.

I disagree. See the thing is, we're running out of original characters that we can really care about. I pretty much couldn't care less about Glenn anymore and I know for a fact I'm not alone there. Maggies never become all that interesting in terms of her motives or struggles, same goes with Beth. They don't really get enough time. Even Rick not manning up already is getting tired. Michonne's one of the few character's who's writing is improving imo and actually making her more likable. Maybe Carl a bit too but I'm not concerned about him being killed off remotely. ATM the biggest impact they can make is killing off Daryl. He's well liked but not integral. Someone of his fan fav caliber being offed would instantly make most viewers hate Negan more than they ever did the Governor. If you kill off Daryl you risk losing his girlfriend wannabe fanbase. What better way to keep them on board then the desire to see the man who killed Daryl get his.

If Joe were to kill and eat Daryl by comparison, and then be shot dead in the same episode, then you risk losing those Daryl fans outright because his story is resolved completely.

 

[Mister Ski]

I disagree. See the thing is, we're running out of original characters that we can really care about. I pretty much couldn't care less about Glenn anymore and I know for a fact I'm not alone there. Maggies never become all that interesting in terms of her motives or struggles, same goes with Beth. They don't really get enough time. Even Rick not manning up already is getting tired. Michonne's one of the few character's who's writing is improving imo and actually making her more likable. Maybe Carl a bit too but I'm not concerned about him being killed off remotely. ATM the biggest impact they can make is killing off Daryl. He's well liked but not integral. Someone of his fan fav caliber being offed would instantly make most viewers hate Negan more than they ever did the Governor. If you kill off Daryl you risk losing his girlfriend wannabe fanbase. What better way to keep them on board then the desire to see the man who killed Daryl get his.

Of course it would be expected. Anyone who has read the comic would be expecting Negan to bash someone's head in with a barbed wire wrapped baseball bat. And if they weren't before, they will be now after reading your post.