Weiner is very convinced that he won't be following in the footsteps of AMC's other shows The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad, which are both getting spinoffs on the cable network.
"There's no chance," he told THR with a smile. "No judgment against anybody else -- but this is it. This is the story. When it's done, it's done."
Source: THR
"There's no chance," he told THR with a smile. "No judgment against anybody else -- but this is it. This is the story. When it's done, it's done."
Source: THR
I know it's childish, and I really should try to control myself, but seriously, the name Weiner cracks me up :P
ReplyDeleteLMAO I like your honesty
ReplyDeleteToo much obsession with creating spinoffs these days. Isn't there like four or five TV shows still airing right now that have talked about spinoffs?
ReplyDeleteI respect Weiner for ending it where he feels it needs to end and calling it a day. If there's more story to tell, a spinoff or continuation works but if it's just to keep cashing in on the brand... ick. I'm not looking forward to The Walking Dead spinoff either as, no really, where do you go with that? Zombies... in another town? Gasp, oooh... :) Not every Cheers can birth a Frasier.
ReplyDeleteThere's to many spinoffs happening these days!
ReplyDeleteI love Weiner's answer, "When it's done, it's done."
ReplyDeleteAt that rate, soon AMC will want to make a Low Winter Sun spin-off — and obviously split the final batch of Mad Men into two more parts, airing in 2015 and 2016.
I'm grateful for Breaking Bad (and Mad Men, surely, when I'll have caught up), but it looks like AMC doesn't deserve those great shows.
- I don't see the point of a Walking Dead (unofficial) spinoff, other than greed, branding and easy money. Given the state of the world in TWD universe, and given that there's no point in it being a prequel, then it's nothing they couldn't have done as a subplot (and TWD surely needs plot given the second half of season 3).
- I'm actually not sure about the potential of a Better Call Saul series - unless they clearly state that it will have a limited run, like 2-3 seasons / 20-35 episodes no matter what, and leave it at that. I love all things Breaking Bad, love Bob Odenkirk/Saul Goodman, but Gilligan and Gould better already have a clear idea of what they're going to talk about instead of thinking "how can we mlik the BrBa brand for a few more years?".
I trust they wouldn't have gone to AMC if they had not thought this through, though. Then it's a matter of AMC leaving them the fuck alone and do the show they want to do for the (limited) number of years they want (it'd piss me off if the end somehow doesn't connect with his introduction in Walter White's life).
I think this is for the best in case! :)
ReplyDeleteGood. Beginning, Middle End. Pfft.
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