Carl leaving The Walking Dead destroyed the entire meaning of the show, hear me out:
The main character in that show was Rick and the main motivation of the show wasn’t just “to survive” it was basically in a world that fucked up, Rick trying to keep his son alive and bringing him up in a decent way.
Rick’s quest to do that was the backbone of the entire story. Carl is its moral centre.
So the philosophical meta question is: does life still have meaning, is there a point to the human race continuing to struggle after the end of civilization, can we survive? And the plot embodies that with the question can Rick keep Carl safe? Can Carl grow up?
Carl dies. The answer is no. End of series as far as I’m concerned.
While I get your point and agree that it would have made it more interesting, Carl wasn’t likable, which is needed for a moral core character. And the second season was a huge let down, so it was slow road downhill before Carl left.
Oh, yeah I agree with both your points. Basically for anyone who liked the comics in some ways it just strayed further and further from the light.
Rick is supposed to be the one whose moral integrity is central whereas Carl more represents the one whose moral integrity he is trying to protect. But I think the show needed Rick’s morality to be way less ambiguous than it was in the original.
Carl leaving The Walking Dead destroyed the entire meaning of the show, hear me out:
The main character in that show was Rick and the main motivation of the show wasn’t just “to survive” it was basically in a world that fucked up, Rick trying to keep his son alive and bringing him up in a decent way.
Rick’s quest to do that was the backbone of the entire story. Carl is its moral centre.
So the philosophical meta question is: does life still have meaning, is there a point to the human race continuing to struggle after the end of civilization, can we survive? And the plot embodies that with the question can Rick keep Carl safe? Can Carl grow up?
Carl dies. The answer is no. End of series as far as I’m concerned.
I agree although I am not sure Chandler Riggs was up to it
While I get your point and agree that it would have made it more interesting, Carl wasn’t likable, which is needed for a moral core character. And the second season was a huge let down, so it was slow road downhill before Carl left.
Oh, yeah I agree with both your points. Basically for anyone who liked the comics in some ways it just strayed further and further from the light.
Rick is supposed to be the one whose moral integrity is central whereas Carl more represents the one whose moral integrity he is trying to protect. But I think the show needed Rick’s morality to be way less ambiguous than it was in the original.