One other chapter of The Strolling Lifeless universe will likely be wrapping up this yr, with Concern the Strolling Lifeless taking part in out its swan tune throughout the eighth and remaining season. However there’ll nonetheless be expansions a-plenty, together with Norman Reedus’ globe-trotting trek to France for the upcoming eponymous spinoff Daryl Dixon. The new collection kicked off its manufacturing again in October 2022, with out a entire lot of information revealed. Now, although, we’ve our first handful of pictures from the brand new present, and ooh-la-la, it appears to be like like Daryl will likely be rocking a brand new type of transportation that bears little in widespread together with his conventional motorbike.
Let’s undergo the brand new pics beneath whereas awaiting The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon’s arrival inside the 2023 TV schedule, beginning together with his new wheels (and hooves).
Daryl Acquired Himself A Horse And Buggy, Y’all
For almost all of his time inside the core Strolling Lifeless narrative, Daryl had a penchant for bikes as a strategy to get round, even when it made completely no sense to have a loud-as-shit automobile bopping round on the freeway or down woodsy paths. (It was additionally questionable why there was at all times gas for his motorbike, however so be it.) Clearly, he couldn’t have ridden any such terrestrial autos throughout a complete ocean — save for one more ice age occurring, which might be a really wild reveal for this franchise — so it solely is smart that he has a brand new set-up whereas in a totally new setting.
Maybe understandably, Daryl traded in a single straddle-mounted trip for one more, and appears to be rocking a horse and quasi-carriage state of affairs now. That’s a beefy trying horse, which might be required given all of the provides that Reedus’ character seems to be hauling round within the again half. Are there another characters he’s hiding again there, or is it similar to meals and bedding and weapons and stuff? Additionally, whereas presumably quieter in motion, a large horse and attachment could be lots tougher to cover behind leaves in a pinch. So I’m intrigued to see how the touring aspect of Daryl’s journey performs out.
Curiously, Norman Reedus shared beforehand that one of many fundamental causes Daryl rides a motorbike on The Strolling Lifeless is as a result of the actor had zero curiosity in driving a horse, and wished one thing else. So does this imply he’s been skilled correctly within the meantime, or was this only a depressing expertise for him?
French Zombie Trend Holds Up
We don’t know what the inhabitants state of affairs is like in France this a few years after the walker-pocalypse, so it’s onerous to know whether or not the walkers which might be milling about could also be from the earliest levels of an infection, or if these remaining are principally the corpses of latter-day survivors. Judging by the seemingly nonetheless intact clothes on the zombies seen above, I’m guessing it’s extra of the latter.
Did anybody else on the market have a imprecise anticipation to see new walkers from different components of the world, considering that there is likely to be some noteworthy variances in look? I did, towards my higher logic, however there’s nothing too vital about these rotting bastards specifically. I really feel like this picture was extra to indicate off the structure as being totally different from “bushes and locations made out of wooden” that made up plenty of TWD’s location aesthetics.
Enjoyable truth: Robert Kirkman’s Strolling Lifeless comedian collection does have a canonical standalone spinoff subtitled Alien, respectively written and illustrated by the nice Brian Okay. Vaughn and Marcos Martin, which takes place in Barcelona. I do not essentially suppose that venture will tie into Daryl’s, contemplating Rick Grimes’ brother is a personality therein, however that will be a wild strategy to make this spinoff stand out.
Daryl Will get Caught!
Our third shot is the one one hinting at different residing and sentient beings within the space past Daryl, although it appears to be like like issues don’t instantly get off on the proper foot. I can see why that’d be the case, contemplating Daryl is unmistakably American, and doesn’t precisely come off as an empathetic gentleman in any capability. So right here, it will seem that he’s being compelled to kneel earlier than the chief of no matter group he stumbles throughout first.
Somebody’s holding a spear of some form again there, which appears to be like to be adorned with extra supplies than simply wooden and cloth. And there’s additionally a giant tree within the background with one thing wrapped round it a bunch of occasions. Was it for holding Daryl captive, or for different causes?
Additionally, whereas it seems as if Daryl’s arms are tied behind his again on this shot, what’s up with the factor round his neck? It appears to be like much less prefer it’s a part of the binding course of, and extra prefer it’s masking one thing up, and should have even been a part of what he was carrying within the horse shot above. However is it masking up a minimize that’s now therapeutic? Or did he probably harm his neck in different methods? Or, a lot much less possible, did he get a tattoo of somebody’s identify that he’s now actually, actually regretting?
Whereas awaiting information for when The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon will debut on AMC, you possibly can rewatch your entire flagship collection with a Netflix subscription, whereas HBO’s The Final of Us is at the moment delivering a totally different sort of post-apocalyptic adaptation.
