James

I remember watching the series premiere back in 2010(at the height of the zombie phenomenon) and was amazed at how revolutionary the show would be. But it’s also the perfect example of what happens when studios see dollar signs and drag a dead show behind a cart instead of ending it on a high note. It could be because the graphic novels still have no set end or showrunners like Gimple just trying to squeeze as much profitability out of a show as possible, but it always sucks to see a show you used to like suffer in quality. It’s almost worse than watching a decent show cancelled too early.

I love how the scenes with Bruce Banner even address this. He’s been gone since Age of Ultron and all of a sudden comes back to Dr Strange and Black Panther and has to be caught up on all this stuff that he’s missed.

It’s interesting to see how different reality TV is in other countries as well. You can watch a cooking competition show in the UK and it’s always much more subdued. It’ll focus on the cooking and the outcome of the competition, but the whole thing feels much more relaxed. Then you watch one produced in the US and the editing/ sound effects make it so much more dramatic. They’ll have the host say something, take a long dramatic pause and then use some musical sting and cut to a super close up of a bunch of the contestants. They really want to put you on the edge of your seat.