AMC's Walking Dead Spin-Off Premise Revealed?

[davejames]

Still not crazy about the LA setting for this. Surely they could have found a less tired and cliched place to set the spinoff in.

It'll also be interesting to see if they can come up with stories and character arcs that don't just feel like a reworking of what's already been done on the main show. And if viewers don't mind starting back at the beginning and watching another group of characters experience the same kind of hardship and tragedy and wind up at the same low place that Rick's group is at now.

Maybe the thing to do is put these new characters on a completely different kind of trajectory, and have them teaming up with scientists to find a cure or the military to put a stop to it or something.

 

[Mojochi]

Maybe the thing to do is put these new characters on a completely different kind of trajectory, and have them teaming up with scientists to find a cure or the military to put a stop to it or something.

It would certainly be worthwhile to attempt something completely different like at. Otherwise we're just in the same old thing. Another group of nomads collecting stragglers, that we follow around through tragedy and attempts to find safe harbor, who encounter other groups of people that are varying degrees of confrontational. It would not only be overkill, it could diminish interest in the prime series.

Frankly, they need to come out of left field with this thing, because we already know too much. It does no good to go back to the beginning of the outbreak, if we already know a lot about what happened, unless we find out something new. Half the story of TWD is what happened & is happening, not just who it's happened/ing to.

Maybe if we're going back to the start of the outbreak, do something completely unexpected with it. Maybe have them find out somehow that the entire nation is lost upfront, so they load up a sailboat & set sail to another country.

It would eventually allow for an international cast. Maybe getting away from America they might determine from other countries how it began, or get in with people who have a chance at developing a cure (For the living)

Point being... This ain't CSI, where we just open another branch, in some other city. It has to be a new story of some kind, as well as new survivors

 

[sojourner]

The next spinoff: The Walking Dead: Cyber

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Better Call Walkers

Dead Trek: Zombieprise

World War Y

(inspired by Darth Tom) The Real House-Walkers of Beverly Hills)

Law & Order: Special Zombie Unit

CS AAAAAAAAAAAIIIIII!

 

[DarthTom]

LA as a background does provide for some potential comic moments dealing with the ZA.,..Think the real house wives of Beverly hills meet the walkers. Also, being an extremely urban enviornment- even more so than Atlanta - will involve unique challenges.

 

[Mark_Nguyen]

I see an opportunity to mine some locations for different kinds of stories, inasmuch as Romero's zombie films examine societal inequality, materialism and so forth, without aping those works. One of the best things about TWD is that they are able to expand a typical zombie story, which at best ends with a "what happens next?" ending, and to show exactly that.

I wanna see a superficial OC housewife, a failed actor, a Mexican immigrant dog trainer, and the guy who ran the Griffiths Observatory tours band together after living in a strip mall for two months. I wanna see the Fightertown USN pilot survive without his plane, and the stars of Doomsday Preppers get their oh-so-deserved ironic end. And if they can do it while showcasing places that AREN'T the usual Hollywood sign, Vasquez Rocks, or generic concrete spillways, all the better - especially since various low-budget zombie films shot in LA have already done that for the genre.

Mark

 

[hux]

If it's just the walking dead set somewhere else then that is a very bad idea that will do nothing except harm the main show. The only way that would be interesting for me is if it was international (so you see what's happening with survivors in the UK, Japan, India, Australia etc etc)

Alternatively, a show set amongst the big wigs (president, scientists, military) might have something new to offer as might a show set before the outbreak

Could they not think of another female name other than Andrea?

Just throwing this out there. Maybe we'll see old Andrea turn up in this incarnation. We never saw her get bit, we never saw her die. Andrea May have wanted a new start on her own and all we heard was a shot (Michonne was with her but may have agreed to let her go her own way)

Of course, this could all just be gibberish (but if it happens, I want a ticker tape parade)

 

[DarthTom]

Alternatively, a show set amongst the big wigs (president, scientists, military) might have something new to offer as might a show set before the outbreak

Yea-some greater context on how the government is dealing with this would have been cool.

Just throwing this out there. Maybe we'll see old Andrea turn up in this incarnation. We never saw her get bit, we never saw her die. Andrea May have wanted a new start on her own and all we heard was a shot (Michonne was with her but may have agreed to let her go her own way)

You have to wonder if someone's name and/or their spouse is associated with the show, since they're bringing back this name.

 

[JD]

I think maybe instead of heading out on the road like they have in the original TWD, maybe this time they could leave them in the city. At least then we'd have an urban setting, rather than the more rural setting of the original.

 

[The Wormhole]

If it's just the walking dead set somewhere else then that is a very bad idea that will do nothing except harm the main show.

How so? Crime shows do this sort of thing all the time, EG all the CSIs are the same show with one set in Vegas, one in Miami and one set in New York, and now one devoted to internet crime. The NCIS spin-offs are the same as the original, just set in LA or New Orleans. None of these have "harmed" the original show in any way.

 

[TheSubCommander]

Alternatively, a show set amongst the big wigs (president, scientists, military) might have something new to offer as might a show set before the outbreak

Yea-some greater context on how the government is dealing with this would have been cool.

Really, there has be ZERO plot development since Jenner offed himself at the CDC, as far as the cause of the outbreak in the first place. TWD pretty much has become boring and pointless to me. There is no resolution of how the ZA started, and apparently it won't be ended. It would have been nice to see a show more centered on how the ZA started, and the early days on how they tried to contain it, and what caused it to fail. Simply giving us more of the same, just in a different location, especially when TWD is becoming redundant torture porn and running out of original characters to kill off for shock value, is something I am not looking forward to.

 

[hux]

How so? Crime shows do this sort of thing all the time, EG all the CSIs are the same show with one set in Vegas, one in Miami and one set in New York, and now one devoted to internet crime. The NCIS spin-offs are the same as the original, just set in LA or New Orleans. None of these have "harmed" the original show in any way.

Because you're dealing with a different animal. Stab zombie in head and slowly lose humanity then find safety then bad man comes and spoils it can only engage and entertain an audience for so long. If it's the same thing but set somewhere else, its essentially the makers saying......here, morons, have some more of the same

I'll tolerate a certain amount of repetition but a second show for a premise, that in truth, is about nothing actually happening, is a bit of an insult

I think they're pushing their luck

 

[JD]

Alternatively, a show set amongst the big wigs (president, scientists, military) might have something new to offer as might a show set before the outbreak

Yea-some greater context on how the government is dealing with this would have been cool.

Really, there has be ZERO plot development since Jenner offed himself at the CDC, as far as the cause of the outbreak in the first place. TWD pretty much has become boring and pointless to me. There is no resolution of how the ZA started, and apparently it won't be ended. It would have been nice to see a show more centered on how the ZA started, and the early days on how they tried to contain it, and what caused it to fail. Simply giving us more of the same, just in a different location, especially when TWD is becoming redundant torture porn and running out of original characters to kill off for shock value, is something I am not looking forward to.

But the cause of the outbreak and curing really have nothing to do with the story of the show show and never have. The whole point of the show is how the characters survive in the ZA world, not the ZA itself.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

How so? Crime shows do this sort of thing all the time, EG all the CSIs are the same show with one set in Vegas, one in Miami and one set in New York, and now one devoted to internet crime. The NCIS spin-offs are the same as the original, just set in LA or New Orleans. None of these have "harmed" the original show in any way.

Because you're dealing with a different animal. Stab zombie in head and slowly lose humanity then find safety then bad man comes and spoils it can only engage and entertain an audience for so long. If it's the same thing but set somewhere else, its essentially the makers saying......here, morons, have some more of the same

I'll tolerate a certain amount of repetition but a second show for a premise, that in truth, is about nothing actually happening, is a bit of an insult

I've said it before, but I fear the new show is AMC's chance to throw more soap opera / soapbox so called "edgy drama" on the series that they cannot get away with the popular, established cast of TWD. I cannot imagine they will not toss in a few disaster movie set pieces (ex. big city earthquakes, tidal waves with piles of CG walkers tossed around) to exicte the more horror-movie - oriented fans, but I do not see the series doing anything that the parent series has not--or will as long as it lasts.

Thanks to the writers being scared shitless about even exploring the reasons why the ZA happened (the CDC episode ultimately said "uhh...we know nothing"), do not expect any sort of government scripts & characters exploring the cause of the ZA. Instead, you might see military and/or militia types. In zombie movies, they usually end up being greedy / horny / violent predators, and that's worn out.

I think they're pushing their luck

Could be.

 

[Mojochi]

But the cause of the outbreak and curing really have nothing to do with the story of the show show and never have. The whole point of the show is how the characters survive in the ZA world, not the ZA itself.

And you're right. The ZA plot is just a vehicle for telling character stories about people pushed to their limits, existing after the fall of civilization, etc... However, unless these new characters are DRASTICALLY different than our current characters, there's little point in it, and the prime series has long been a show that features as varied a batch of characters as possible. Who could they possibly give us that would be different enough to be worth their own show?

My notion is that there has to be some other plot element that drives them, beyond being nomads in search of a home, against the dangers of others living in an anarchy. This spin-off can't survive as a branch unit like they're a CSI show. It's not the same thing at all

The problem is that if it's too grand a plot element, there's a risk it will dwarf the prime series, which will leave them looking like a stagnating bunch of dregs

but if it's a production that echoes the prime series, then it's going to be overkill. Literally

I suspect it'll will be the latter though, given how the wedisode series are produced. I just wish we could dump some imagination into some interesting plot scenario that would launch us on an unexpected trip

 

[Locutus of Bored]

Couple new photos released from either The Walking Dead: Cobalt or Fear the Walking Dead depending on what title they decide to go with:

http://www.fashionnstyle.com/articl...f-curtis-kim-dickens-frank-dillane-photos.htm

 

[Obiwanshinobi]

Apparently it won't be a prequel for that long.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/03...d-companion-show-wont-stay-a-prequel-for-long

 

[Enterprise is Great]

First trailer, series premiere August 23rd:


[yt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WDxew5SguVw[/yt]

 

[Starbreaker]

That looks WAY better than the description of the show.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Looks a bit like World War Z.