Scramm was folded into other characters, with Stebbins getting his bad cold and Olson getting his wife, which the core group promises to care for if any of them win.
Scramm getting pneumonia was drawn out for quite a while in the book, but Stebbins having the cold was barely a single sentence in the movie dialog.
There were other instances where character traits in the book were melded into different characters in the movie, but that was to be expected. There’s only so much you can do in a 90 minute movie.
Why do the walkers sign up for it? Some weird national pride. With the screwed up direction the country has taken in the story, entering the lottery for the possibility of representing your state in the walk is an honor of sorts.
!Is McVries dead? Yes, but not by the hands of the soldiers.
With him killing The Major, he might be viewed as a trigger that starts an uprising in the country, and if he is killed, he dies as a martyr to the cause.
I do think that he would soon likely commit suicide due to PTSD and extreme survivor’s guilt!<.
Yep I wasn’t totally sold on that premise, maybe it was too subtle for me. It was 98% chance suicide so I needed it sold well. And yes he was merged I wanted to see him in his own right though I liked him as a character.
My reaction immediately was that he was dead, it was the sudden silence and nobody around. Plus the guards would have been scared he’d shoot THEM so self preservation would have kicked in.
If he survived I’m 100% sure Ray’s mom would take care of him. He’s her only connection to her son and she’d want to honour Ray’s feelings about him. I really believe that would keep him alive, he’d have a family and he’d want to stay alive to keep mom going.
Scramm was folded into other characters, with Stebbins getting his bad cold and Olson getting his wife, which the core group promises to care for if any of them win.
Scramm getting pneumonia was drawn out for quite a while in the book, but Stebbins having the cold was barely a single sentence in the movie dialog.
There were other instances where character traits in the book were melded into different characters in the movie, but that was to be expected. There’s only so much you can do in a 90 minute movie.
Why do the walkers sign up for it? Some weird national pride. With the screwed up direction the country has taken in the story, entering the lottery for the possibility of representing your state in the walk is an honor of sorts.
Yep I wasn’t totally sold on that premise, maybe it was too subtle for me. It was 98% chance suicide so I needed it sold well. And yes he was merged I wanted to see him in his own right though I liked him as a character.
My reaction immediately was that he was dead, it was the sudden silence and nobody around. Plus the guards would have been scared he’d shoot THEM so self preservation would have kicked in.
If he survived I’m 100% sure Ray’s mom would take care of him. He’s her only connection to her son and she’d want to honour Ray’s feelings about him. I really believe that would keep him alive, he’d have a family and he’d want to stay alive to keep mom going.