This development is really concerning especially for Carol and Melissa fans. He was specifically chosen by one man (we all know who) and now he's getting more power even after proving his incompetence season after season.
He's basically Gimple 2.0. only that he got paid by an actor for 4 years but now, also by the network? Falling upstairs again and again.
He was a marionette these past years, writing down wishes of two old white males with specific fetishes that somehow ended up on TV, sometimes more subtle, other times not so subtle.
Melissa at the AMC event alone was a choice. She said her part. No one knows if it's her personal choice this time or not. But somehow it doesn't matter. She was vocal enough about what she wants AND WHAT SHE DOESN'T WANT.
They're following a pattern. I can imagine what happens late summer, before they start to promote the last season. I already know what will be said in those promotional interviews, who will be present and who will speak the most. What will be said won't be a surprise either.
My despise for these men will just grow. They're doing everything in their power to destroy something that made huge money and numbers of fans and viewerships.
Let them tank another show. Let them get ridiculed with their old fashioned views. Let them talk bs I front of a camera. At least Melissa won't have to sit next to them shaking her head because someone told a lie right there, next to her.
I am so livid right now because I feel the same way you do. AMC deciding to give this man more power after he ruined the legacy ( for me anyway) of one of the best couples AMC has ever produced, pretty much tells us all we need to know. And this... This quote by Melissa is a warning to fans about what is to come.
“You wonder what they think about your character and where they’re gonna take your character … it’s their show. So there’s conversations, and it’s interesting.” Melissa McBride (People Magazine)
She's warning us that the ending is going to suck for Caryl fans.
Melissa is a professional so I know she will, but I am really hoping she doesn't show up to any of the comic cons and interviews they will have to promote the 4th season. This time last year they had already promoted the show endlessly at this time in May. So far this years, there has been nothing.
Norman Reedus not showing up to this AMD promotional tour is very weird to me. If he wanted to be there, he would have been there. It is very telling that he wasn't. AND...
This is the link to Getty images about the upfront There are 6 pages of pictures. You have to get to page 5 before Melissa shows up at all. And this year there isn't one picture of her with anyone else. There are like 4 pictures of her alone, but there is multiple pictures of the actors who play Negan and Maggie with his wife, and Melissa is in none of them. Last year it looked like Norman dragged her into one picture with the guy who plays Negan and his wife but this year they couldn't even be bothered to include her.
Thanks for sending me your opinion. I couldn't agree with you more. I really don't have the desire to watch any more of this unfold. I need to be done.