AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers

Dream · October 30 2010, 09:16 PM

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.

http://www.amctv.com/originals/The-Walking-Dead/

The Walking Dead premieres on AMC on October 31, 2010.

Based on the comic book series, this show is about zombies. The first season will be 6 episodes long, but AMC might pick up another longer season two if it does well it the ratings. Looks very interesting.

Zachary Smith · October 30 2010, 09:37 PM

Waiting anxiously!!!!

the G-man · October 30 2010, 11:17 PM

Looks really, really, good. And the talent behind the camera is top notch. Along with Darabont there are writers from Sons of Anarchy, the Shield and even comic book creator Robert Kirkman.

PsychoPere · October 30 2010, 11:38 PM

Dream wrote:

Based on the comic book series, this show is about zombies.

I'd rather hope the show emulates the comic series far more, because the comics weren't about zombies but rather the horrors and depths of depravity to which the survivors will descend to keep living.

Spaceman Spiff · October 31 2010, 12:12 AM

Early reviews are very positive. I'm looking forward to it.

watermelony2k · October 31 2010, 12:29 AM

PsychoPere wrote:

Dream wrote:

Based on the comic book series, this show is about zombies.

I'd rather hope the show emulates the comic series far more, because the comics weren't about zombies but rather the horrors and depths of depravity to which the survivors will descend to keep living.

Judging from the first episode, I think the showrunners understood this very well.

IndyJones · October 31 2010, 02:30 AM

The review that I heard was that the first episode will be great, and the second just average. And apparently the southern accents are terrible.

Mutenroshi · October 31 2010, 02:45 AM

I read the first three issues and I think it's pretty faithful.

Harry Palmer · October 31 2010, 04:39 AM

IndyJones wrote:

The review that I heard was that the first episode will be great, and the second just average. And apparently the southern accents are terrible.

They usually are.

nx1701g · October 31 2010, 05:50 PM

I will be watching.

Canadave · October 31 2010, 06:44 PM

I haven't read the novels, but I thought the first episode was pretty awesome. Very atmospheric and well-shot. I'll definitely be watching the rest.

RJDiogenes · October 31 2010, 10:14 PM

The previews looked pretty good. I'm looking forward to this with fingers crossed.

Temis the Vorta · October 31 2010, 10:49 PM

PsychoPere wrote:

Dream wrote:

Based on the comic book series, this show is about zombies.

I'd rather hope the show emulates the comic series far more, because the comics weren't about zombies but rather the horrors and depths of depravity to which the survivors will descend to keep living.

BSG with zombies!

Well that's fine by me. I can't see doing an ongoing series that focuses on zombies since they lack much in the way of depth or personality. Hmm. Maybe BSG would have been better if the Cylons were zombies?

T'Baio · October 31 2010, 11:08 PM

Out of sheer ignorance, I didn't we think we got AMC in Canada. Just randomly while flipping through the channels not ten minutes ago, I discovered that not only is it available in Canada, I have it as part of my cable package! Goes to show how much I pay attention to TV!

So I've been trying to avoid The Walking Dead all this time simply because I was so disappointed that I wouldn't be able to see it. But now...I can't wait till 10pm! This actually made what I thought was gonna' be a crappy Halloween (no plans for a multitude of reasons) into a good one!

Yay!

Worf2DS9 · November 1 2010, 01:58 AM

^ Unfortunately we don't have AMC HD as yet, at least not on Rogers (my parents have it on their Bell satellite system). Still, I'll be tuning in on regular AMC to check it out. Previews look great.

October 30 2010, 09:37 PM	#2
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October 30 2010, 11:17 PM	#3
the G-man Commodore Location: to your immediate right	Re: AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers Looks really, really, good. And the talent behind the camera is top notch. Along with Darabont there are writers from Sons of Anarchy, the Shield and even comic book creator Robert Kirkman.

October 31 2010, 12:12 AM	#5
Spaceman Spiff Intrepid Explorer	Re: AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers Early reviews are very positive. I'm looking forward to it. __________________ "Love means never having to say you're ugly." - Dr. Phibes

October 31 2010, 02:30 AM	#7
IndyJones Vice Admiral Location: Chicago	Re: AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers The review that I heard was that the first episode will be great, and the second just average. And apparently the southern accents are terrible. __________________ Travel's fatal to prejudice, bigotry, narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things can't be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's life.

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October 31 2010, 10:14 PM	#12
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T'Baio Admiral Location: Ontario, Canada	Re: AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers Out of sheer ignorance, I didn't we think we got AMC in Canada. Just randomly while flipping through the channels not ten minutes ago, I discovered that not only is it available in Canada, I have it as part of my cable package! Goes to show how much I pay attention to TV! So I've been trying to avoid The Walking Dead all this time simply because I was so disappointed that I wouldn't be able to see it. But now...I can't wait till 10pm! This actually made what I thought was gonna' be a crappy Halloween (no plans for a multitude of reasons) into a good one! Yay! __________________ Posthuman: A Science Fiction Web Series at www.sfntv.com and www.whatisameme.com, on the TrekBBS, and on the social network.

November 1 2010, 01:58 AM	#15
Worf2DS9 Writer Location: Canada, eh	Re: AMC's The Walking Dead Season 1 Discussion & Spoilers ^ Unfortunately we don't have AMC HD as yet, at least not on Rogers (my parents have it on their Bell satellite system). Still, I'll be tuning in on regular AMC to check it out. Previews look great. __________________ Shorts in: SNW5 \| SNW7 \| SNW9 + Star Trek: Corps of Engineers - "The Light" + Full Throttle Space Tales #3: Space Grunts - "Rush"