Comments on: The Small Screen: Frank Darabont Quits As Showrunner On ‘The Walking Dead’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/ Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Ray H https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92009 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92009 Interesting news. I felt Darabont\’s pilot was pretty strong, but the other five episodes were awful. The characters were all unmemorable stereotypes and cliches. I honestly can\’t remember anyone\’s name aside from the main character. I was hopeful after Darabont fired his entire writing staff. But I don\’t know where his decision to leave puts the show. It\’s certainly a promising series and I do hope it finds its footing and gets better.

Meli and dan, even though JJ Abrams played the part of Lost\’s frontman the first season, he essentially left the series after the pilot. Lindelof ran the show alone from that point and brought Cuse onboard about a third of the way through the first season after he found the job too overwhelming.

]]> By: dan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92010 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92010 yeah– but that\’s also why season 1 of lost was the best…. not a good sign.

]]> By: brett https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92011 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92011 I hope he gets 451 going, I have been waiting for that film for YEARS

]]> By: Alex https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92012 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92012 Maybe it might not be cringeworthy now?

]]> By: gonad https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92013 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92013 Nice viewfinder.

]]> By: Meli https://staging2.theplaylist.net/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-20110727/#comment-92014 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:48 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/the-small-screen-frank-darabont-quits-as-showrunner-on-the-walking-dead-117248/#comment-92014 This shouldn\’t be considered such a shocking thing: showrunners typically get a series launched then turn it over to others to handle. J.J. Abrams was the showrunner for the series \’Lost\’ and then left after the first season and turned it over to Damon Lindeloff and Carlton Cuse, who handled the show for the remaining 5 seasons. The transition was so seamless I\’m not sure how many people realized until well into the series that Abrams was no longer there.

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