I know that most of you all are still recovering from the grueling season 3 finale of The Walking Dead right? The shows creator and executive producer Robert Kirkman sat down and talked with IGN about season 3 and what “radical changes” might be in store for the upcoming season 4.
It’s a pretty long interview so we won’t bore you with the whole thing, if you want to read the interview in its entirety, hit the link here. We’ve included the most interesting parts and you can read what Kirkman has to say below.
On whether or not to kill off a main character:
It’s really hard for the audience to judge whether or not a character death was worth it, just because I think the main deciding factor of whether or not to kill a character is what comes out of that death. What story elements, what changes to our overall storytelling, what differences in characters, and things like that come out of having that character not be around and having those characters lose that other character.
In the case of Milton, Andrea, Merle, Lori, and everybody that we lost this season, it’s all about moving these characters forward and where we go from here. Often times, the audience doesn’t really know where we’re going from here, so it’s kind of hard to see that death was necessary or at least valuable. But we know what we’re doing!
On the Governor’s role in season 4:
Yeah, he’s still very much in the mix. That’s certainly not the last that we’ll see of him. When we see him again and where we see him again, that’s the big question. It’s not going to be like it was in Season 3; it’s not going to be Rick and the Governor on a collision course with a conflict between them. He’ll be used in very different ways next season.
On Carl and Rick’s role change and what’s ahead for Rick next season:
Rick has had a success. The people at the prison have survived this conflict with the Governor, he brought people from Woodbury into the prison, and he’s kind of had this big win. He’s had this moment where he’s brought people together and he’s doing good things. But he’s had this tremendous loss in that Carl has lost this piece of his humanity. This has been Rick’s main mission throughout the show, to protect his family. We’ve seen two very big failures on that front this season.
Moving into next season, we’re going to see a very different Rick, but one of his main goals is to manage this situation with Carl and see if he can bring him back from this darkness that’s crept into him. Whether or not he’s able to do that, we’ll have to see. But this is a big change in the character of Carl, but it’s something that’s going to be weighing heavily on Rick next season.
On Tyreese and Sasha joining the group:
Yeah, I think that really is something that comic book fans can use to kind of draw out some information on where we might be going with Season 4. Now that these two characters are together and are on the same side, we will see a little bit more of that comic book relationship that fans are familiar with creeping into the show.
On what challenges the group may be facing in the prison:
A bigger group brings with it bigger problems. They are certainly going to need a lot more resources, and they already have a lot of rebuilding to do, just from the things that happened in this battle between Woodbury and the prison. I don’t think there’s going to be a shortage of conflict and danger coming into the fourth season, despite the fact that they are still in the prison.
On what teases can be divulged for what’s ahead in season 4:
I’ll say that there are a lot of familiar elements that are remaining. Michonne is still around, Rick and his group are still in the prison, the Governor’s still out there… so there are a lot of things that are carrying over from Season 3 to Season 4, but I can’t stress how different things are going to be.
There are going to be some radical changes to those elements that are going to bring in a lot of new storytelling. While [Season 4] does seem somewhat familiar, it’s going to be vastly different from Season 3.
That’s it folks, the show’s creator has spoken, I’m sure they have some great story arc’s and plotlines ahead for us so keep it bookmarked right here to Horror Society for any and all news on The Walking Dead!
Source: IGN
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