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Shuffling, moaning, missing half of its face? It's [The Walking Dead]

SanguinarySanguinary Registered User regular
edited October 2010 in Debate and/or Discourse
Anyone, see the promos for the new TV series "The Walking Dead"? It looks like it should be pretty good--I love zombie-related media and figured a thread should be started on it.

It starts on Sunday, October 31 2010 on AMC in the US and is based on the "The Walking Dead" comic book series written by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Tony Moore and currently Charlie Adlard

Here's the link to the main site for the show

Synopsis ([strike]stolen[/strike] borrowed from wikipedia)
The Walking Dead tells the story of the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse and follows a small group of survivors traveling across the United States in search of a new home away from the hordes of zombies. The group is led by Rick Grimes, who was a police officer in the old world. As their situation grows more and more grim, the group's desperation to survive pushes them to do almost anything to stay alive.


Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=319knAYrTRE&feature=related


I hear tell there may even be a leaked first episode but I'm waiting in excitement. Also, anything else I need to add missed?

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  • GR_ZombieGR_Zombie Krillin It Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Pretty excited for this, got up to volume 4 in the comics. I should really get back to that sometime.

    GR_Zombie on
  • jkylefultonjkylefulton Squid...or Kid? NNID - majpellRegistered User regular
    http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/07/22/trailer-for-walking-dead-season-2/

    Season 2 trailer for The Walking Dead, looks absolutely amazing.

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  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    Looks great. Grimes is obviously carrying Carl to Hershel's farm.

  • emnmnmeemnmnme Registered User regular
    Why can't man and zombie just get along?

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    When does this premiere?

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • Captain TragedyCaptain Tragedy Registered User regular
    October 16.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    That is an awesome trailer.

  • IgortIgort Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    emnmnme wrote:
    Why can't man and zombie just get along?

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    Igort on
  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    Looks like we might have seen the death of a character in that trailer.
    Goodbye T-Dog, we knew you wouldn't live very long.

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  • Bionic MonkeyBionic Monkey Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Goddamn, I cannot wait for this show to come back.

    It's been a couple of months since I read the book, so I should probably catch up on that too.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    The first season was pretty good, with the exception of the last episode which was pretty meh all around. Giddy to get some more.

    I hope the series goes on for a long time. I want to see the characters starting to deteriorate in every conceivable way as time goes on and their hope begins to die.

    edit: The video you're trying to watch cannot be viewed from your current motherfucking cocksuckers. Stop with that shit.

    reVerse on
  • TaximesTaximes Registered User regular
    That was indeed a great trailer. I picked up the first few volumes of the graphic novel to read in the interim between seasons...it looks like they might be going back to some of those plotlines.

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Also, I really like jogging zombies. That seems like a good compromise between runners and comedic-not-scary-at-all slow zombies.

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    TehSpectre wrote:
    Looks like we might have seen the death of a character in that trailer.
    Goodbye T-Dog, we knew you wouldn't live very long.
    Black guy in horror? Lucky he made it past the first 10 minutes.

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    I want to care about this.

    Because the show was awesome.

    But a stupid short first season, plus the long break, has made me heavily apathetic towards wanting to get back into this.

  • Mojo_JojoMojo_Jojo We are only now beginning to understand the full power and ramifications of sexual intercourse Registered User regular
    Wasn't there some kind of major firing of the writers attached to this?

    Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
  • SteevSteev What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    Should be interesting to see what direction they take the show after it diverging from the comic a lot. I hope that Daryl stays alive for a while. I like that character, and he wasn't in the comics.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote:
    I want to care about this.

    Because the show was awesome.

    But a stupid short first season, plus the long break, has made me heavily apathetic towards wanting to get back into this.

    What's to get back in to? It's not like there's a thick and heavy plot to freshen up on.

  • ButtcleftButtcleft Registered User regular
    back into watching it?

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Just turn on your tv. It's zombies, man.

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    Wikipedia says no one got fired, but some writers left.

    I wonder what Merle is gonna do.
    Seems like "but we came back to get you" doesn't really make it all fair and square when you cut off your own hand to get out.

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Buttcleft wrote:
    back into watching it?

    Do the same thing you did last time and turn on the TV?

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    SteevL wrote:
    Should be interesting to see what direction they take the show after it diverging from the comic a lot. I hope that Daryl stays alive for a while. I like that character, and he wasn't in the comics.

    On that note I'm annoyed that
    Shane is still alive. I've never liked his story line and I dislike it being prolonged like this.

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    Quid wrote:
    SteevL wrote:
    Should be interesting to see what direction they take the show after it diverging from the comic a lot. I hope that Daryl stays alive for a while. I like that character, and he wasn't in the comics.

    On that note I'm annoyed that
    Shane is still alive. I've never liked his story line and I dislike it being prolonged like this.

    I like that he has extremely realistic motivations. I believe that the way he acts is how a real life person might handle such a situation. That's why the show has great writing. The people seem real.

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited July 2011
    I kind of like that character.
    I thought it was really awesome of him to try get Grimes out of the hospital despite him being in coma, and when realizing that he can't at the very least he tried to, uh, "barricade" the door with the trolley and then went to get his friends' family and get the hell out of dodge with them. Sure, he loses some points for banging the friend's wife, but overall he seems okay.

    reVerse on
  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    It also didn't really look good when he
    tried to rape Lori after Rick came back.

  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    Yeah, that sucked, but like Jebus said, that seems like something a real, drunk person might do in that situation. He doesn't have to be an all-around awesome paragon of virtue to be a good character.

    Your mileage may vary, of course.

  • TexiKenTexiKen Dammit! That fish really got me!Registered User regular
    A new thread rises from the dead, a new season dawns. Let's head to the farm, everybody!

  • Salvation122Salvation122 Registered User regular
    Hershel's farm is pretty clearly there, but I didn't see anything that looked like the subdivision.

    I'm kinda wondering how far they'll get this season. Book 2 is, like, four episodes, tops, unless they add a bunch of stuff to it (which it looks like they may be doing.)

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    reVerse wrote:
    I kind of like that character.
    I thought it was really awesome of him to try get Grimes out of the hospital despite him being in coma, and when realizing that he can't at the very least he tried to, uh, "barricade" the door with the trolley and then went to get his friends' family and get the hell out of dodge with them. Sure, he loses some points for banging the friend's wife, but overall he seems okay.
    Yeah, I mean, he thought that guy was dead. My BFF is dead and the world is ending, probably okay to bang his wife. I mean, clearly she was down.
    It also didn't really look good when he
    tried to rape Lori after Rick came back.
    Yeah, that shit was pretty whack. But still seems realistic and in some ways understandable, given the stress of the situation. ...Yeah, I said whack.

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • Delta AssaultDelta Assault Registered User regular
    I can see them dragging the farm out for the entire season and showing us the
    prison
    in the season finale.

    Depends on how many episodes they have this season. I know it's more then 6, but they probably won't be doing a regular 24, right?

  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    Yeah I found his situation to be pretty sympathetic until that. After that though I was basically just hoping he'd become a meal.

  • HappylilElfHappylilElf Registered User regular
    I can see them dragging the farm out for the entire season and showing us the
    prison
    in the season finale.

    Depends on how many episodes they have this season. I know it's more then 6, but they probably won't be doing a regular 24, right?

    If I had to guess they'll go with a shorter season length of 12ish episodes.

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    JebusUD wrote:
    Quid wrote:
    SteevL wrote:
    Should be interesting to see what direction they take the show after it diverging from the comic a lot. I hope that Daryl stays alive for a while. I like that character, and he wasn't in the comics.

    On that note I'm annoyed that
    Shane is still alive. I've never liked his story line and I dislike it being prolonged like this.

    I like that he has extremely realistic motivations. I believe that the way he acts is how a real life person might handle such a situation. That's why the show has great writing. The people seem real.

    Oh I agree entirely. I still hate that particular story arc.

  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    The trailer for season 2 really didn't excite me. It was more like a preview for next week's episode and didn't strongly hint at any interesting developments that may occur down the line.

    Did any of you more observant viewers catch anything in it that I may've missed?

  • VeeveeVeevee WisconsinRegistered User regular
    If you want to know whats down the line, just read the comic. If your talking about deviations from the comic, I'd rather they stayed as a surprise anyway.

  • TehSpectreTehSpectre Registered User regular
    There will be 13 episodes this season.

    Kirkman has said that he was disappointed at the lack of character deaths in season 1 so I assume we are in for a major culling.

    Also, these were just announced at Comic-Con:

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    Anchor Bay Entertainment is re-releasing The Walking Dead season one on DVD and Blu-Ray with a brand-new collector's edition. A Special Edition DVD, Special Edition Blu-ray and Limited Edition Blu-ray Collector’s Tin will arrive on October 4.

    All three versions include the following NEW extras:

    • Pilot Episode: The B&W Version
    • Audio Commentaries On All 6 episodes

    • We Are The Walking Dead
    • Bring Out The Dead: KNB And The Art of Making Zombies
    • Digital Decay: The VFX of The Walking Dead
    • No More Room in Hell: The Walking Dead Phenomenon
    • Adapting The Dead
    • Killer Conversations: Frank Darabont & Greg Nicotero

    Each version includes bonus features from the previous release of “The Walking Dead: Season 1” on DVD that contained the following:

    • The Making of The Walking Dead
    • Inside The Walking Dead: Episodes 1 – 6
    • A Sneak Peek with Robert Kirkman
    • Behind The Scenes Zombie Make-Up Tips
    • Convention Panel with the Producers
    • The Walking Dead Trailer

    Extra Footage includes:
    • Zombie School
    • Bicycle Girl
    • On Set with Robert Kirkman
    • Hanging with Steven Yeun
    • Inside Dale’s RV
    • On Set with Andrew Lincoln

    On one hand, fuck AnchorBay for not having these on the original release. On the other, I love you Anchor Bay for these awesome new special features that I will now be forced to buy.


    Oh and:
    ABRAMS announced today that the company has signed a deal with AMC, the cable television network, and Robert Kirkman’s Skybound, an imprint of Image Comics, to publish two books based on AMC’s original series The Walking Dead.

    The first book will be published to coincide with AMC’s launch of The Walking Dead season two premiering this fall, and is the only authorized behind-the-scenes guide to season one. The book is titled "The Walking Dead Chronicles" and will be edited by Eric Klopfer at ABRAMS.

    "The Walking Dead Chronicles" focuses on the making of the first season of AMC’s original television series and the bestselling comic book on which the series is based. There are over 200 photos including never-before-seen unit photography, storyboards, set designs, make-up and visual effects shots, and page-to-screen comparisons of the comic and TV show. The book features new interviews with series creator Robert Kirkman, executive producer Frank Darabont, the series make-up artist, Greg Nicotero, and the cast and crew. It also includes sidebars that serve as a detailed episode guide and provide inside facts and trivia about the hit series.

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  • Casually HardcoreCasually Hardcore Once an Asshole. Trying to be better. Registered User regular
    JebusUD wrote:
    TehSpectre wrote:
    Looks like we might have seen the death of a character in that trailer.
    Goodbye T-Dog, we knew you wouldn't live very long.
    Black guy in horror? Lucky he made it past the first 10 minutes.

    This is the 'Walking Dead'

    If you:

    1. Are a minority
    2.Have something that people wont like about you
    3. Have a tatoo
    4. Talk funny
    5. Not white and heroic


    Then you're dead.

  • JebusUDJebusUD Adventure! Candy IslandRegistered User regular
    JebusUD wrote:
    TehSpectre wrote:
    Looks like we might have seen the death of a character in that trailer.
    Goodbye T-Dog, we knew you wouldn't live very long.
    Black guy in horror? Lucky he made it past the first 10 minutes.

    This is the 'Walking Dead'

    If you:

    1. Are a minority
    2.Have something that people wont like about you
    3. Have a tatoo
    4. Talk funny
    5. Not white and heroic


    Then you're dead.
    Nah, I was just joking, that isn't really true.
    I mean, the hot sister got killed and she was white, attractive, and likeable. Whereas ugly ass, funny talking, total asshole, tattoed Merle won't die even when you chain his ass up and leave him surrounded by hungry zombies.

    Did everyone know the main character actor is British. Do producers hate Americans now or what? First House, now this. RABBLE RABBLE MURICA!

    and I wonder about my neighbors even though I don't have them
    but they're listening to every word I say
  • DraevenDraeven Registered User regular
    I can't wait, looks like its gonna be a great 2nd season.

    Morskitter wrote "Spikes, choppas, tentacles, magic? Can't hold a candle to Sergeant Pimp here."

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