Looks pretty good to me. I know they plan for a short first season (6 episodes) to be out around Halloween.
http://www.beyondhollywood.com/amcs-the-walking-dead-trailer-finally-shambles-online/
The graphic novels are fantastic. AMC has done a great job with some of their new series so I'm really looking forward to this.
Frank Darabont is at the helm, yeah? I'm excited for this, thought the preview looked amazing. I love love love the Walking Dead, so I may have to get cable for this....I'll be settling in for a 6 month contract just in time. :)
This is pretty exciting! Sadly, I don't have AMC, so I may have to down-er, uh, borrow a tape from a friend. :)
Course, if they show a rerun later that night, I might be able to watch it at work if the night's pretty slow...
Interesting note: In the trailer, there's a scene where the main character, Rick, climbs into a tank. An endless horde of zombies surround him as the camera pans upward. I can't help but think that's a Dead Rising Tribute, as that's really similar to one of the scenes in that game.
Anyway, it should be pretty kickass!
I saw the first episode today. It was pretty solid, though it did not seem exceptionally great to me. I'll keep watching.
Quote from: Jim H on November 01, 2010, 03:25:46 AM
I saw the first episode today. It was pretty solid, though it did not seem exceptionally great to me. I'll keep watching.
I'll drink to that one :cheers:
It was alright, and the violence was no holds barred, and the FX were done by Greg Nicotero's crew. And since Nicotero studied under Tom Savini, there's no question that the FX were gonna' be good! I can't wait for Sunday nights now.. :bouncegiggle:
Thought it worked well in setting up the rest of the series. Pretty decent for being a comic to tv zombie adaption, as it could've failed horribly.
I don't watch much tv but it looks to be a show I'll watch on a regular basis.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 01, 2010, 09:20:56 PM
Thought it worked well in setting up the rest of the series. Pretty decent for being a comic to tv zombie adaption, as it could've failed horribly.
I don't watch much tv but it looks to be a show I'll watch on a regular basis.
The great mystery is how the main character survived in the hospital all that time w\o getting killed and eaten. But I like the way the guy woke up and stumbled out into a totally apocalyptic world. I'm definitely stayin' tuned for the rest of the series.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 02, 2010, 10:15:53 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 01, 2010, 09:20:56 PM
Thought it worked well in setting up the rest of the series. Pretty decent for being a comic to tv zombie adaption, as it could've failed horribly.
I don't watch much tv but it looks to be a show I'll watch on a regular basis.
The great mystery is how the main character survived in the hospital all that time w\o getting killed and eaten. But I like the way the guy woke up and stumbled out into a totally apocalyptic world. I'm definitely stayin' tuned for the rest of the series.
I like the aspect that he survived for one reason or another. Kinda didn't even think about that til you mentioning it now. :buggedout:
What was with that one zombie near the tank? They showed him a few times and he was just eerily looking at him and the tank. And, who was on the radio?
It sucks cause I work Sunday nights, and I don't DVR. So to try and catch it might now be a problem.
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 02, 2010, 10:19:52 PM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 02, 2010, 10:15:53 PM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 01, 2010, 09:20:56 PM
Thought it worked well in setting up the rest of the series. Pretty decent for being a comic to tv zombie adaption, as it could've failed horribly.
I don't watch much tv but it looks to be a show I'll watch on a regular basis.
The great mystery is how the main character survived in the hospital all that time w\o getting killed and eaten. But I like the way the guy woke up and stumbled out into a totally apocalyptic world. I'm definitely stayin' tuned for the rest of the series.
I like the aspect that he survived for one reason or another. Kinda didn't even think about that til you mentioning it now. :buggedout:
What was with that one zombie near the tank? They showed him a few times and he was just eerily looking at him and the tank. And, who was on the radio?
It sucks cause I work Sunday nights, and I don't DVR. So to try and catch it might now be a problem.
Well, you might be able to watch the epsiodes on AMC's website, or ask some a' your mates if they taped it on VHS or something. That could always be a good start :smile:
Can't watch it online. My computer sucks and it takes me a half hour to download a three minute video. Doing an hour long episode is spending my entire day off to watch one episode. :teddyr:
They might put it On Demand or something. If it is I can catch it.
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Quote from: Allhallowsday on November 11, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Episode 2 was pretty good (though the grossest by far) and our hero finds out, (as George Romero envisioned) that the living can be just as much of a problem (or worse) than the dead. This is giving nothing away, but just a sideline issue to the real problem the hero is being set up for in episode 3. Episode 3 ain't gonna be pretty :buggedout:
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 11, 2010, 09:56:46 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on November 11, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Episode 2 was pretty good (though the grossest by far) and our hero finds out, (as George Romero envisioned) that the living can be just as much of a problem (or worse) than the dead. This is giving nothing away, but just a sideline issue to the real problem the hero is being set up for in episode 3. Episode 3 ain't gonna be pretty :buggedout:
Nothing like hacking up a zombie and wiping it's blood and guts on your body to 'smell like death'. :buggedout:
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 12, 2010, 10:00:58 AM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 11, 2010, 09:56:46 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on November 11, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Episode 2 was pretty good (though the grossest by far) and our hero finds out, (as George Romero envisioned) that the living can be just as much of a problem (or worse) than the dead. This is giving nothing away, but just a sideline issue to the real problem the hero is being set up for in episode 3. Episode 3 ain't gonna be pretty :buggedout:
Nothing like hacking up a zombie and wiping it's blood and guts on your body to 'smell like death'. :buggedout:
Oh man, you ain't kiddin'! That scene had me in dry heaves, and my wife actually got up and said, "Ill be upstairs watching normal TV." :bouncegiggle:
This actually gets me about her, because she watches CSI (and the gore they have on that show) but something like TWD grosses her out. There again autopsies are a bit more conventional (and orderly) than what happens on The Walking Dead, lol
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 12, 2010, 10:59:16 AM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 12, 2010, 10:00:58 AM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 11, 2010, 09:56:46 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on November 11, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Episode 2 was pretty good (though the grossest by far) and our hero finds out, (as George Romero envisioned) that the living can be just as much of a problem (or worse) than the dead. This is giving nothing away, but just a sideline issue to the real problem the hero is being set up for in episode 3. Episode 3 ain't gonna be pretty :buggedout:
Nothing like hacking up a zombie and wiping it's blood and guts on your body to 'smell like death'. :buggedout:
Oh man, you ain't kiddin'! That scene had me in dry heaves, and my wife actually got up and said, "Ill be upstairs watching normal TV." :bouncegiggle:
This actually gets me about her, because she watches CSI (and the gore they have on that show) but something like TWD grosses her out. There again autopsies are a bit more conventional (and orderly) than what happens on The Walking Dead, lol
I never seen CSI. Then again, I don't watch much tv outside of a few shows. They have gross stuff on it?
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 12, 2010, 09:42:40 PM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 12, 2010, 10:59:16 AM
Quote from: HappyGilmore on November 12, 2010, 10:00:58 AM
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 11, 2010, 09:56:46 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on November 11, 2010, 08:20:19 PM
Stumbled across episode 1 - Halloween night 10pm - right? I neglected to watch the 2nd episode this past Sunday, but I thought the premiere was very good! I just can never remember to watch TV shows!! :teddyr:
Episode 2 was pretty good (though the grossest by far) and our hero finds out, (as George Romero envisioned) that the living can be just as much of a problem (or worse) than the dead. This is giving nothing away, but just a sideline issue to the real problem the hero is being set up for in episode 3. Episode 3 ain't gonna be pretty :buggedout:
Nothing like hacking up a zombie and wiping it's blood and guts on your body to 'smell like death'. :buggedout:
Oh man, you ain't kiddin'! That scene had me in dry heaves, and my wife actually got up and said, "Ill be upstairs watching normal TV." :bouncegiggle:
This actually gets me about her, because she watches CSI (and the gore they have on that show) but something like TWD grosses her out. There again autopsies are a bit more conventional (and orderly) than what happens on The Walking Dead, lol
I never seen CSI. Then again, I don't watch much tv outside of a few shows. They have gross stuff on it?
Yeah CSI shows autopsies and some fairly gross crime scenes from time to time. Let's just say that some episodes are a crash coursein internal human anatomy.. :buggedout:
Minor spoiler ahead.
I'm getting ready to watch episode 3, and to me the best comment on this series quality so far is that after ~2 hours of show (2.5 hours, minus commercials.) there has yet to be a single on screen death by zombie, and I'm still enjoying it. And honestly all I usually watch zombie movies for is to watch them munch on people. I'm also shocked, repeatedly, at the degree of violence they are getting away with, providing its directed towards the zombies.
I suspect the death toll by zombie will change tonight.
Third episode was good. Series really feels like it is building towards something, but there are only three episodes left... I suspect this season will end very openly. Second season is already confirmed for thirteen episodes though.
Love the series so far. One thing though, it's a pity in the pilot ep we didn't see the horse rear up and kick a zombie right in the face! That would have been cool.
(Course, I guess filming that might have been a bit problematic.)
I have to admit, I was surprised when at the end of the episode, they showed the zombie munching on the horse guts! I mean, they'd already established the horse had been taken down and killed without them showing much gore, so the "Oh, yeah, we forgot to show you this!" scene at the end took me by surprise.
Quote from: BTM on November 16, 2010, 12:03:18 PM
Love the series so far. One thing though, it's a pity in the pilot ep we didn't see the horse rear up and kick a zombie right in the face! That would have been cool.
(Course, I guess filming that might have been a bit problematic.)
I have to admit, I was surprised when at the end of the episode, they showed the zombie munching on the horse guts! I mean, they'd already established the horse had been taken down and killed without them showing much gore, so the "Oh, yeah, we forgot to show you this!" scene at the end took me by surprise.
It is rather gory for a tv show. I like that though. :buggedout:
Quote from: Jim H on November 15, 2010, 04:49:32 AM
Third episode was good. Series really feels like it is building towards something, but there are only three episodes left... I suspect this season will end very openly. Second season is already confirmed for thirteen episodes though.
Yeah, the tension is slowly building among the survivors. I think the one cop is gonna go off big time (like he did in episode 3, but only worse.) I don't think everyone is going to survive, and that there will be some permanent changes in whoever does. This should be interesting to say the least.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 16, 2010, 10:38:38 PM
Quote from: Jim H on November 15, 2010, 04:49:32 AM
Third episode was good. Series really feels like it is building towards something, but there are only three episodes left... I suspect this season will end very openly. Second season is already confirmed for thirteen episodes though.
Yeah, the tension is slowly building among the survivors. I think the one cop is gonna go off big time (like he did in episode 3, but only worse.) I don't think everyone is going to survive, and that there will be some permanent changes in whoever does. This should be interesting to say the least.
I'm nearly current on the comic (I'm one or two issues behind), and I am curious if they're going to try sticking to the comic in parallel or just not at all? It's already diverged A LOT from the comics, so I'm pretty curious. I will say if the show is like the comics, don't get too attached to any characters... No one is safe at any time in the comics (I think there's like three or four characters left of the 15-20 introduced in the first twentyish issues). And the horrors and experiences the characters go through change others so much they're not really the same characters any longer.
There's one character I'm pretty sure will die this season, as the character did in the comics around that time, but time will tell on that one.
Quote from: Umaril The Unfeathered on November 16, 2010, 10:38:38 PM
Quote from: Jim H on November 15, 2010, 04:49:32 AM
Third episode was good. Series really feels like it is building towards something, but there are only three episodes left... I suspect this season will end very openly. Second season is already confirmed for thirteen episodes though.
Yeah, the tension is slowly building among the survivors. I think the one cop is gonna go off big time (like he did in episode 3, but only worse.) I don't think everyone is going to survive, and that there will be some permanent changes in whoever does. This should be interesting to say the least.
What I'm wondering is if he ever gets his walkie talkie and re-connects with the father and son he left behind.