When "The Walking Dead" first aired in 2010, many viewers were left in awe with just how much AMC nailed the zombie drama: The zombies were scary, and the characters were perfect to their comic counterparts.

However, fast forward six years to the show's sixth season and you will find it riddled with cliches and stale character development. Here are just a few reasons why I think "The Walking Dead" has gone down hill in the past few years.

1. Character development has gotten a bit stale.

After killing off many of the show's very well developed characters --Herschel, and Tyrese to name a few -- the show has so far failed to develop the new Alexandrians into characters we all love and care for. Hopefully, next season we see some progress with some of the newer characters, so if they are killed off we will actually care about their exit from the show instead of feeling nothing when a major character like Diana is killed off.

2. There are too many zombie death scares.

How many times are we going to have to deal with Glenn, Daryl, or any main character almost being killed by a zombie, only to have them saved at the very last moment? Eventually, it gets to the point where those scares stop being scary because we have to deal with a main character being jumped by a zombie every time one walks on screen.

3. Some plots are too drawn out.

Remember the journey to Terminus during the second half of the fourth season, or the entire first half of the sixth season? Both plots were extremely drawn out and led to the plot not even advancing during some episodes. The first half of season six was extremely drawn out, in the fact that all eight episodes took place over the course of a few days. I know I don't want to wait weeks just to find out if Rick and the gang make it back to Alexandria. Let's speed some things up.

4. The show pales in comparison the comics.

The show just recently introduced the character Negan, who some fans of the show recognize from the comics. Now this could be cool and it could potentially bring a fresh feeling to the show, except for the fact that there is no possible way AMC could make Negan anywhere near his comic counterpart. Why, you may ask? Well, because AMC simply wouldn't allow many of the things that make Negan Negan, such as his excessive use of the F-word, and his tendency to bash peoples' heads in with his baseball bat named Lucille. Negan's toned-down attitude could be the very reason many comic fans stop watching the show altogether.

5. It's just too repetitive.

How many times are Rick and the gang going to find a new safe haven, build it up, run into a bad guy, and then be faced with the threat of their new home being destroyed? We saw it with The Governor, we saw it with Terminus, and most recently with The Wolves. Now, I don't know how many times the show can repeat the same plot over and over, but for me its getting old.

"The Walking Dead" would be an amazing show again if they could adapt scenes from the comics better, I mean, some of the best scenes in the show's history came directly from the comics. For now, we can only hope that the AMC drama can live up to many viewers' expectations.