TWD producer/director/special effects guru Greg Nicotero had a roundtable interview with Metro.co.uk, and the site mentioned Season 7's falling ratings, and fan complaints of a slow pace, among other things.
Will those concerns affect what they do in Season 8? Nicotero's answer was very candid:
"Nope. Never. You can't. And Scott Gimple would jump for joy knowing you asked that question because there are some people who actually think we read the reviews and tailor the show to what the fans say. We are going to write the show we want to write, and if people react to it or they don't like it – it's not going to change. It'll never change what any of these actors do if somebody goes, 'Oh Daryl should do this.' It doesn't mean that he would do it. We're absolutely dedicated to telling the story we want to tell."
The Powers That Be do have a vision for how this will play out, based on Robert Kirkman's comic books, and if they follow that story fairly closely, Season 8 should naturally have more of the action and urgency that (many) fans tend to prefer.
"The Walking Dead" Season 7 is still airing Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC.
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