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AMC's The Walking Dead [Spoilers!]

4,701 1,580 November 1, 2010 at 09:00 AM in Chat (4)
Did you watch?

For a show on a non premium cable channel, I thought it was very good. I never read the comic, so I don't know how it compares, but I'll be watching every Sunday. pisses me off that I don't get AMC in HD though.

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General Ghoul
11-05-2010 at 08:20 PM.
11-05-2010 at 08:20 PM.
As a zombie aficionado, I am really enjoying the show, it sticks to the graphic novel series, but fills in some of the blanks well.
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11-05-2010 at 11:09 PM.
11-05-2010 at 11:09 PM.
Really liked some of the scenarios, like the father/son having to deal with zombie mom coming back to visit. And when he was riding through the city and turned the corner to find zombie central. Holy s t!!
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homycraz2
11-05-2010 at 11:11 PM.
11-05-2010 at 11:11 PM.
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I just started watching it... about 2/3rds through at the moment. It's got me on the edge of my seat so far... I'm just so used to zombies being fast and in your face.. and I don't know how to take these.

I wasn't too happy w/the way it started though... The fact that he was downrange of other cops shooting, didn't clear the car... the whole situation.

That and I'm over analyzing the crap out of the scenarios they drew up... but it's still pretty good.
Why would zombies be fast?

The 28 days later zombies are not actually zombies. At least not in the classical sense of the Zombie.
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Phrozt
11-06-2010 at 06:36 AM.
11-06-2010 at 06:36 AM.
Quote from whoisdjraz :
Really liked some of the scenarios, like the father/son having to deal with zombie mom coming back to visit. And when he was riding through the city and turned the corner to find zombie central. Holy s t!!
Actually that's one thing I did not like... It was very inconsistent as to the population of zombies. I'll take both of your examples as my own (spoiler):

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11-06-2010 at 06:52 AM.
11-06-2010 at 06:52 AM.
Quote from Phrozt :
Actually that's one thing I did not like... It was very inconsistent as to the population of zombies. I'll take both of your examples as my own (spoiler):
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afx
11-06-2010 at 09:43 AM.
11-06-2010 at 09:43 AM.
Really damn good show, good storyline, well shot. No cheap HEY LOOK AT ME scares either.
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11-06-2010 at 09:48 AM.
11-06-2010 at 09:48 AM.
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My Spoiler explanation.
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afx
11-06-2010 at 09:54 AM.
11-06-2010 at 09:54 AM.
Quote from Phrozt :
I just started watching it... about 2/3rds through at the moment. It's got me on the edge of my seat so far... I'm just so used to zombies being fast and in your face.. and I don't know how to take these.

I wasn't too happy w/the way it started though... The fact that he was downrange of other cops shooting, didn't clear the car... the whole situation.

That and I'm over analyzing the crap out of the scenarios they drew up... but it's still pretty good.
Its actually funny you mention the speed of zombies, zombies are usually (in the case of any Ramero movie and this show) a metaphor for over consumption, in old movies zombies were slow and mindlessly looking for food but todays zombies are fast paced and almost human like because todays world is so much faster than before.
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11-06-2010 at 02:15 PM.
11-06-2010 at 02:15 PM.
Quote from afx :
Its actually funny you mention the speed of zombies, zombies are usually (in the case of any Ramero movie and this show) a metaphor for over consumption, in old movies zombies were slow and mindlessly looking for food but todays zombies are fast paced and almost human like because todays world is so much faster than before.
It doesn't make sense!

If zombies were actually walking dead they would have characteristics of dead people.

Including rigor mortis and slow walking.
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11-06-2010 at 03:24 PM.
11-06-2010 at 03:24 PM.
Semi-Spoiler.

The gun pointing added a bit of suspense for that short second.
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11-06-2010 at 04:03 PM.
11-06-2010 at 04:03 PM.
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It doesn't make sense!

If zombies were actually walking dead they would have characteristics of dead people.

Including rigor mortis and slow walking.
You cant apply logic to something completely illogical.
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11-06-2010 at 05:42 PM.
11-06-2010 at 05:42 PM.
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Wish they didn't reveal in the first episode that his family was still alive. Also was hoping to get more backstory on the outbreak right away. Overall a very good premiere though.
They are following the comic pretty closely and they don't talk much about it till pretty far along (issues later 40's or so) if I remember correctly. It's left as a mystery. Yeah, would have been nice to keep that his family was alive at least until the next episode. From what I heared AMC has already order up Season 2, I think there are only 10-12 planned for season 1.
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11-06-2010 at 07:50 PM.
11-06-2010 at 07:50 PM.
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Actually that's one thing I did not like... It was very inconsistent as to the population of zombies. I'll take both of your examples as my own (spoiler):
What are you going on about?

Its perfect.
I thought that was perfect.
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11-06-2010 at 09:30 PM.
11-06-2010 at 09:30 PM.
Quote from maxxdragon :
They are following the comic pretty closely and they don't talk much about it till pretty far along (issues later 40's or so) if I remember correctly. It's left as a mystery. Yeah, would have been nice to keep that his family was alive at least until the next episode. From what I heared AMC has already order up Season 2, I think there are only 10-12 planned for season 1.
only six episodes in season 1.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1520211/episodes
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Phrozt
11-07-2010 at 10:35 AM.
11-07-2010 at 10:35 AM.
afx... your explanation about following the sound made a lot of sense.

I still don't like the whole first scenario I mentioned tho.

And my big problem w/the last bit I mentioned is that it happened way too fast.. he acted as if he was acting like he didn't know about it but knew the entire time. There was no surprise or anything... it was like, "well I know I need to go here, but first I have to make it look like I don't know about it."
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