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ita,
in the novels you could clearly see the build up. He had
lost his shit WAY before Lori died. It was pretty fucking clear.
But then too, the graphic novel has a constant drumbeat of death.
They gradually lost a lot of their party all along. Every issue someone was dying due to someone's stupidity.
In fact,
T-Dogg was the one who took on the leadership role in the group because Rick had lost his shit. This is the biggest substantive change they have made to the plot that also affects some stuff going on at the Governor's.
I don't know how this will get reconciled.
In the comics, T Dogg
was still a gentleman of high melanin?
Don't they know there's a long and august heritage in the genr...okay, there's an old precedent. Whatevs. Still, would have been nice to see for a change.
If they film it so that Rick
suddenly goes boinkers, having him bitchslap the undead on the way down isn't going to make a psychotic break look any more plausible, and it's a smidge less fun.
ita,
I cannot remember the character's name in the novels any longer, and there were more people of color as part of Rick's crew in the novels than there have been on tv - and, might I add, given more to do - but he was a serious, able-bodied
Black man who was generally level-headed and took over the leadership position and did a decent job.
Not exactly T Dogg, in other words.
In the comics, T-Dog is
named Tyreese, and he's one of my favorite characters, and he has a really interesting relationship with Rick, and he doesn't really have much in common with T-Dog except for being black and favoring melee weapons over guns.
that's one of the reasons I have been upset with the tv's portrayal of T-Dogg.
Yeah, it was a wasted opportunity, in retrospect.
Well casting was bad. They had a weak actor in the role that set up the impossibility the character could achieve greater. Can you imagine if they had cast Andre Braugher? Michael Kenneth Williams? Harold Perrineau in the role? Can you imagine?
Harold Perrineau already has experience yelling the name of a lost child!
Arrow: The Royal Flush Gang?
What, they're on the show? I love those guys.
