AMC zombie series from Frank 'Majestic' Darabont - The Walking Dead

But I will certainly watch the first couple of eps at least.

I read thar his rationale is not so much to add to the mythology (originally it was going to be set in the public domain world of Romero's first Dead film) as to fill in the viewer's desire to know what happens NEXT, and then NEXT, and then NEXT--how peoploe keep on living in the world post-zombie apocalypse, as opposed to the few days/weeks that a film can show.

zombie apocalypse is a great canvas for right wing/nra/libertarian types to express their i-told-you-so-liberal-faggits wish fullment on and i thought the books veered close to this territory too often for my reading comfort.

I really meant to ask, "does it end?" as in "is this series going to be 5 or so seasons of awesome shit all heading towards a conclusion or is it just going to dither on and on?"

This is my fear about the show as well...I know the comic goes on forever, shows like this don't seem to work when they are completely open ended and aren't headed towards any type of conclusion.

Well, what makes the comic (and in turn the show) so risky is that there is no conclusion to head toward. Most of the planet is dead or undead. What resolution could possibly occur? The only thing I can think of is some sort of "the children offer hope for the future" ending, because what else can they do?

Why do people hate the comic but expect this to be good? Should I not even ask?

because i'm pretty sure kirkman has no idea how human relationships work, and everything reads like teenage melodrama. any writer would be an improvement.

also torture porn

yyyyyeah, that sequence is not cool.

that must have been after i stopped reading (which was, i don't know, somewhere in the 20s?)

You talking about Michonne and The Governor?

i presume. that's like season two or three material though, really.

I haven't read the comic (but there are pretty convincing criticisms itt) but we bought the iTunes season pass for the show ($10 - cheap!) and I'm excited. The trailer looks pretty creepy.

i liked the first few books i guess

but the trailer for this looked pretty shitty dudes

No, it looked creepy. Didn't you read what I just posted?

oh shit - sorry

np

yeah the trailer was promising

what an embarrassment for slocki

it will be an embarrassment for YOU when the show comes out and is lame

then everyone will be like oh sorry slocki and i will be like whatever and just walk right by you w/o even making eye contact

hahaha

that will be because you are a zombie.

ya, because i made myself a real zombie because the tv version was so lame

Gnawing out your own brains in protest at terrible television is the new "I'm mad as hell and..."

fill in the viewer's desire to know what happens NEXT, and then NEXT, and then NEXT--how peoploe keep on living in the world post-zombie apocalypse, as opposed to the few days/weeks that a film can show.

If it does this at all well, then I will love it. I am fascinated by just how people are supposed to get by and live their lives under extreme circumstances, and the accommodations they have to make in order to have any order at all. What kind of barter springs up? What turns out to be useful? That kind of thing.

http://io9.com/5667199/spoiler+free-review-of-the-first-two-episodes-of-the-walking-dead

early fanboy reviews are worthless.

LOL

the LOLing dead

I would prob watch that, too.

Leaked

Zombies have an unfortunate tendency to do that.

watching THE COLONY, discovery channel's "survivor: apocalypse" reality show, and i keep expecting zombies to stagger around the corner

whoa ep one of this was absolutely fantastic...blown away.

Don't raise my expectations please. OK? Thanks!

First ep was pretty solid IMO, they get the "origin" shit over and done without too much trouble while throwing in a few nice details. Closing song is pretty WTF though.

yeah, just watched this. surprisingly fucking good tbqh.

Yeah sorry to raise expectations! Basically I felt it was v good dramatically, v tense, managed to make the events feel sad/disturbing, and looked great. The zombies behave and look far far better than say 28 Days Later.

Ladies just can't learn to turn off a damn light or not to take sentimental mementos instead of survival supplies, amirite?

What I expected, especially after watching the 4 minute episode 1 preview
but I liked it all the same.

Here's hoping this series is a long good zombie movie

This was v v satisfying
also, my girlfriend tends to leave the lights on
and she spent large chunks of this telling me when she could look

Very well done. Nothing surprising or new, but the sniping the wife/killing the crawling torso scene was great.

Also, I'm totally going to judge rural deputy sheriffs for having backward views on women. Turning it off in disgust.

And yeah, women be grabbin' the photo albums. It's The Simpsons Movie all over again.

xp, lol, people getting scared to horror

It was okay, not particularly mind blowing. Hopefully there will be enough deviation from the comics that I won't have a sense of having seen this all before.

Loved it. Though honestly, Sheriff Egg have you watched no zombie movies? Sheesh. DONT GO INTO THE CITY. (Sherriff was Egg in 'This Life' in the longago...hence Sheriff Egg)

Had long nerd discussion with Mr Veg over car vs horse in zombieworld...I was pro horse, well until I remembered the whole lunch on legs thing, doh.

Greg Nicotero special effects ftw.

That little girl headshot in the opening scene was Assault on Precinct 13-level cold-bloodedness.
I approve.

I assume that the horse was previously able to run away from danger?

Anyway, this show rules.

haven't read the comics. the story was pretty meat and potatoes, but i thought this was executed wonderfully. very atmospheric. definitely was way more into this than anything zombie-related i've seen in years. altogether a very solid pilot.

few issues: 1. yeah, that song at the end. 2. guy at the farmhouse who for some reason decided to write GOD FORGIVE US on the wall with blood of the wife he just shot?

Driving home from my friend's house through empty streets was fun.

How long was Rick in a coma? Wouldn't it take a while for zombies to overtake the world, since they are not a particularly fast moving bunch? Maybe this is answered in the comic, but I was just curious.

maybe europe is fine

liked it, but still worried it's going to fellow the comic's descent into melodrama

I think they're managing to get by

Rick Grimes has been a main character on The Walking Dead since the very beginning and while that makes Andrew Lincoln one of the top-billed cast members on the show, as of the show's sixth season Lincoln has only made around $92,000 per episode. With each episode taking around eight days to film, Lincoln's total season income would come to just under $1.5 million. However, recent reports have indicated that Lincoln may have received a raise for seasons seven and eight, bringing him to around $618,000 per episode and up to par with other cable series stars.

"only"

***Spoilers for those watching Fear the Walking Dead (anybody?)***

you would think everyone in it would be so tired of doing it.

I was about to watch the last episode from last season and then pick up with the new season. From reading reviews though, this seems like a bad idea and I should just really let it go.

I stopped watching years ago but from what hear it really does seem like this show is just a bunch of delaying until they can dramatically kill off a character from season one or two.

So I still watch this out of stubborn habit and it was kind of crazy how while watching last night my stereo came on by itself and started playing my favorite Jesus and Mary Chain song at full blast.

The Hardest Walk? I am going to pick it up once I have exhausted every other show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFfLm6Ax3ss

I don't think I've watched much of this since around season 2, but apparently it's begun its final season? Weirdly curious about how a presumably endless narrative ends. I wonder if they'll just pull a "The Birds" and have all the zombies just die (again) and end on a "what now?" note.

So this shows been running for what 15 years at least?

Never watched it but I'm going to guess that it finishes similar to the big 'lol' moment at the end of The Mist, and the main character looks at the camera breaking the fourth wall with an 'oops, waddya gonna do' shrug.

Final LONG TWD collection #32 synopsis here. Jumped off with Negan, so only see TWD commercials, but since they've done the Whisperers and I saw Princess has shown up, assume it'll follow the trades in broad strokes.

i think nothing after season 4 made it to English non-pay tv, and i remember enjoying the episodes i did see so i bought a box of the first 7 seasons (works out at 50p a disk).

it goes pretty hard. the killing of otis, Sophia in the barn, and they've just shot dale... (nearly at end of season 2)

the actual dvd quality is quite low though - either they are trying to cram too much onto a disk (5 episodes in some cases) or the cameras / film they choose introduced a grain that's hard to compress. might upgrade to br for the remaining 4 series, if I'm still enjoying it in 82 episodes time...

would you choose a hyundai at the end of the world? it is listed as a 4wd suv i guess, but just looks like a family car.

gerber tools also in a lot of the end credits, for all your zombie-killing machete needs

onto season 5 and it's getting a bit bitty with everyone getting split up like they are.

and, calamity, one of the disks looks like it's had something acidic sprayed over it and refuses to play, so i've ordered another off ebay (£3, lol) and will spend the weekend watching something else.

this just got nasty at the end of season 6 and season 7 seems to be continuing that. i hope it's over soon.