AMC is making waves, headlines and some horrible decisions after announcing two of its most prominent series are looking to continue franchises in feature-length films.

For viewers that are asked, “Wait, you still watch ‘The Walking Dead?’”- hang in there and wait a little for people to continue asking for much, much longer. Andrew Lincoln, known notably as Sheriff Rick Grimes, announced last week that after his last episode of the series, he will continue on in an expansion of movies based on the character and his next journey outside of his original squad, or rather, what is left of it.

Fans who have stayed with the series since day one can even say the plot of each episode is becoming more predictable: someone sets out to make a supply run, walkers come, someone makes a horrible decision, and someone dies. At this point, it is more fun to guess who dies in each episode rather than actually sit back and watch it for the storyline. AMC has been hyping up Lincoln’s last few appearances, making viewers think this would be the last time he would ever be seen, yet many people questioned if this would be another bait-and-switch tactic similar to the whole “Glenn-under-the-dumpster” fiasco from season six. The show is known for doing this, leaving viewers wondering who will die by teasing ridiculous scenes, showing the episode and never returning to the plot line until weeks later, by which time, the initial stress of wondering tapers off.

To continue the franchise and put Lincoln in a movie will prove the TV series is failing at keeping an intriguing storyline and staying true to the comic series. After killing off Glenn (Steven Yeun) and Carl (Chandler Riggs), the show took a horrible turn, and fans knew Rick was next, which led to his “demise,” or at least in “Walking Dead” terms. AMC will say goodbye to the TV series ratings  because viewers are not going to watch a group led by nothing unless they, again, horribly bring someone from a prior season back from the dead. For Lincoln to continue on in a stand-alone movie will ultimately cut anyone from wanting to start this series from season one, and the theaters will only draw fans that understand the intricate, much-too-long and  drawn-out plot. But AMC is not finished there.

The incredibly well-polished series “Breaking Bad” is also looking to get its own first feature film at the hands of creator Vince Gilligan. New Mexico seems to be the place to continue to cook up meth and now a movie, titled “Greenbrier,” a sequel possibly following the life of Aaron Paul’s character, Jesse Pinkman. Viewers can only ask, AMC, did someone hurt you? Do you want to talk about something?

“Breaking Bad” took fans on a riveting, five-season rollercoaster, with a profound attention to detail that drew fans to catch up or begin the series years after its start in 2008. The ending is still talked about, discussed and, honestly, still being processed in the minds of many die-hard fans. “Better Call Saul” was an OK and comfortable approach to a prequel, as fans received the first season positively, yet the way Gilligan carried the series out was more than enough. No one had to die off, there were no hard questions, and no one wanted an explanation or follow-up, not in 2013 and certainly not now. The character development was wicked in a good way throughout the series, and to add anything to Pinkman now would diminish everything he had become leading up to the finale. A feature-length film could also soil the “Breaking Bad” name if done wrong, and fans are sure aware of it.

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