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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #160 on: November 23, 2010, 07:51:50 am »
isn't it pretty hard to saw through bone?  Given that it was too dull to cut through the cuffs, I imagine it would take awhile to get through his whole wrist.

Always makes me laugh how people pick the bones out of stuff like this, there are zombies walking around all over the place, a sherrif who was seemingly the only one in a whole hospital that wasn't eaten despite being in a coma and a room where the door was unlocked, his partner, son and wife are 3 of a few of people who survive out of a whole city, a tank in the middle of the city that had apparently been over-run BY ZOMBIES, a fella who had managed to take his Winebago, tools and his boat to the mountain.

I could go on. Just watch it for what it is, some boss tele!

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #161 on: November 23, 2010, 01:30:44 pm »
isn't it pretty hard to saw through bone?  Given that it was too dull to cut through the cuffs, I imagine it would take awhile to get through his whole wrist.

You could probably break it if you could get the leverage from somewhere, something like that anyway.

I thought that episode was amazing. It spent all that time on character exploration and development, builds up to the great Faulkner quote about forgetting time (you almost forget the survivors are in any peril), then that last few minutes has everyone losing their shit!!!!

Also, it's a nice change actually caring about people being eaten, something lacking in most zombie films.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #162 on: November 23, 2010, 07:28:42 pm »
ZOMBIE ATTACK! At fucking last, after waiting so long for someone to actually get eaten by one it was great that they didn't hold back, that was proper brutal. Nicely thinned out a load of the tedious red shirts as well. Norman Reedus is quickly becoming my favourite part of the show

The show is still really uneven though, it veers from terribly written melodrama to brilliantly staged action or tension in a single scene, it's really struggling to find it's feet at the moment. The dialogue is terrible in some places, the scene with the sisters on the boat in particular was head-slappingly terrible and had all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. But, then the part were they track Merl through the buildings was really well done, it's much more effective not to actually show him cauterizing his stump and just show the aftermath.

Still not sure about the latino gangbangers-cum-janitors... I think they just about pulled it off, and I went with it, but they were pretty close to completely jumping off the rails there. I suppose the reversal of my initial cringing at the "Que pase homes? Chill yo! Hey esé, yo yo yo, back up esé, step off homes" stereotypes was a nice trick. They were imitating gangster movies because they didn't have a clue how to act tough.

It's also really good at generating dread and apprehension, all through the fireside scene at the end you just knew they were going to get swarmed and they built it up perfectly. Does anyone else think Merl brought all the zombies to the camp in the back of the truck? :D


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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #163 on: November 23, 2010, 07:41:09 pm »

The show is still really uneven though, it veers from terribly written melodrama to brilliantly staged action or tension in a single scene, it's really struggling to find it's feet at the moment. The dialogue is terrible in some places, the scene with the sisters on the boat in particular was head-slappingly terrible and had all the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

Most definitely. I was actually on the verge of being angry it was that bad.

I agree about the balance... So far it's a *little bit* too much on the melodrama side as opposed to the zombie horror survival angle which I prefer - but then again, this is going to run for a fair old while, so it can't just be a TV show version of Dawn of the Dead, can it?

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #164 on: November 23, 2010, 08:12:54 pm »
Most definitely. I was actually on the verge of being angry it was that bad.

I agree about the balance... So far it's a *little bit* too much on the melodrama side as opposed to the zombie horror survival angle which I prefer - but then again, this is going to run for a fair old while, so it can't just be a TV show version of Dawn of the Dead, can it?

The show is definitely going for the 'people surviving an apocalypse with zombies in the background' approach rather than 'all zombies all the time' and I like it that way, it's the only way they can sustain a long running show. It's all about the quality rather than quantity when it comes to the 'geeks'.

It's just the writing has been pretty poor throughout, when they sit down and have conversations a lot of it is turgid and flat - the stuff on the boat, a lot of last weeks episode etc, but they've still managed to progress the characters pretty well, mostly through actions, like Daryl, Glen and Dale. I'm sure it will settle down soon enough.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #165 on: November 23, 2010, 08:29:20 pm »
The show is definitely going for the 'people surviving an apocalypse with zombies in the background' approach rather than 'all zombies all the time' and I like it that way, it's the only way they can sustain a long running show. It's all about the quality rather than quantity when it comes to the 'geeks'.

It's just the writing has been pretty poor throughout, when they sit down and have conversations a lot of it is turgid and flat - the stuff on the boat, a lot of last weeks episode etc, but they've still managed to progress the characters pretty well, mostly through actions, like Daryl, Glen and Dale. I'm sure it will settle down soon enough.

Spot on, I'm struggling with the quality of the writing. Plus, I found Merl in his brief appearance, a complete caricature "baddie".

There's plenty to like about the series, in particular Andrew Lincoln's performance, but I don't feel it's quite found the right tone yet.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #166 on: November 23, 2010, 09:25:39 pm »
Norman Reedus is quickly becoming my favourite part of the show

Same here. Do you know if his character survives for long? Is he still alive in the comic book?

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #167 on: November 23, 2010, 11:50:22 pm »
Watched the first episode of this tonight, very good
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #168 on: November 24, 2010, 12:22:13 am »
Same here. Do you know if his character survives for long? Is he still alive in the comic book?

His character is an invention for the TV show so I've no idea. The whole show is really taking off from the comics now, the attack on the camp was similar but a large majority of what's happened so far is new to me; a much larger group and characters not showing up, the old peoples home, Daryl and Merle, they go back to the city to loot a gun shop not pick his bag up etc.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #169 on: November 24, 2010, 12:46:42 am »
His character is an invention for the TV show so I've no idea. The whole show is really taking off from the comics now, the attack on the camp was similar but a large majority of what's happened so far is new to me; a much larger group and characters not showing up, the old peoples home, Daryl and Merle, they go back to the city to loot a gun shop not pick his bag up etc.

Ah right, thanks. My concern was due to the fact Norman Reedus was a guest star in the credits. He's my favourite character so far.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #170 on: November 24, 2010, 01:24:02 am »
Enjoyed the last one, still a few nrrrrgh moments but overall enjoyable. Still not won over by the tone of it, and the World is just far too bright imo. Need to get some sort of filter on those lenses...or something.

Agree with the shout outs for the Daryl character. Acting rings around the others. And I'm definitely grabbing myself a crossbow when the Zombie apocalypse happens.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #171 on: November 24, 2010, 01:47:24 am »
Enjoyed the last one, still a few nrrrrgh moments but overall enjoyable. Still not won over by the tone of it, and the World is just far too bright imo. Need to get some sort of filter on those lenses...or something.



Well, most of the show does take place in bright sunshine. But there is something off with the resolution/stock, they've used 16mm film in order to get a rough and grainy look but I think it looks cheap, like SyFy made for TV movie cheapness. The majority of expensive TV shows and films use 35mm or digital which looks more... professional. 16mm also doesn't translate well to HD.

I found it really noticeable in the second episode but the last two haven't been so bad.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #172 on: November 24, 2010, 02:07:42 am »



Also, this zombie was cool



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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #173 on: November 24, 2010, 03:43:50 pm »
The latest episode was great - especially the last 5-10 min. the best part was:

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He got his hat back! yes! also the idea that someone knicked their van in a zombie apocalypse made me laugh
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #174 on: November 25, 2010, 09:06:32 pm »
I'm still really enjoying it. I'm assuming Merle drove a truck load of zombies into the camp. The brilliant bastard! It's nice to finally see some "regs" get it.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #175 on: November 25, 2010, 09:16:17 pm »
I'm still really enjoying it. I'm assuming Merle drove a truck load of zombies into the camp. The brilliant bastard! It's nice to finally see some "regs" get it.

I joked about that above but it's far too stupid to be true... I hope. Maybe he did remove the camp perimeter alarms? Also, how could he drive a manual transmission with a hand missing?
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #176 on: November 25, 2010, 09:35:42 pm »
Love this fucking show! ;D
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #177 on: November 26, 2010, 06:33:23 am »
I joked about that above but it's far too stupid to be true... I hope. Maybe he did remove the camp perimeter alarms? Also, how could he drive a manual transmission with a hand missing?

If you have the determination to cut your own hand off,I'msure you'd be fine letting go of the wheel for a few seconds to change gear.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #178 on: November 26, 2010, 09:06:49 am »
If you have the determination to cut your own hand off,I'msure you'd be fine letting go of the wheel for a few seconds to change gear.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #179 on: November 26, 2010, 12:17:11 pm »
If you have the determination to cut your own hand off,I'msure you'd be fine letting go of the wheel for a few seconds to change gear.

Yea and he's still got two perfectly good knees to steer with. Easy  ;)

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #180 on: November 26, 2010, 03:05:45 pm »
isn't it pretty hard to saw through bone?  Given that it was too dull to cut through the cuffs, I imagine it would take awhile to get through his whole wrist.

You must remember this guy, Joe. It was even made into a film recently.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #181 on: November 27, 2010, 08:07:26 pm »
Just thinking, with the TV versions liberal changes to the source, I wonder if they will turn Merle into...

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The Governor? Maybe we'll see him in the next series in charge of an evil group? It would be a nice mirror to Rick and his group, and would give him more of a reason to do the insane things he does. The comic book Governor was almost too OTT evil for the tone of the comic, like a supervillain.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #182 on: November 27, 2010, 10:42:14 pm »
I can't help but think people are over analysing this.

I know alot of it is unrealistic and some of the writing can be a bit cringeoworthy, but it's thoroughly entertaining and I'm completely buying into it.

That last 10 minutes or so I was on the edge of my seat, knew something was gonna kick off.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #183 on: November 28, 2010, 05:54:07 am »
Just thinking, with the TV versions liberal changes to the source, I wonder if they will turn Merle into...

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The Governor? Maybe we'll see him in the next series in charge of an evil group? It would be a nice mirror to Rick and his group, and would give him more of a reason to do the insane things he does. The comic book Governor was almost too OTT evil for the tone of the comic, like a supervillain.

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I can't see that happening, though...

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I do reckon he'll turn up as a surprise as one of his group and he'll end up exacting his revenge on Rick, as he'll be the one who might cut his hand off.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #184 on: November 29, 2010, 03:53:47 pm »
Wow, what an ending to the episode.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #185 on: November 29, 2010, 04:52:19 pm »
That last episode (Wildfire) for me was the best episode so far. Everything about it was fantastic, and some of the acting and writing went up a notch or two from Lincoln and especially Laurie Holden, who's been fantastic in the last two episodes. There was some real brutal parts in this one, and some "jumpy" moments too. The whol episode had a real desperate feel to it throughout. The ending (which takes a massive departure from the comics) left me feeling so disappointed that this show was only given 6 episodes to run for it's first season.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #186 on: November 29, 2010, 06:07:19 pm »
Yeah, really excellent episode.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #187 on: November 29, 2010, 06:49:28 pm »
I'm still really enjoying it. I'm assuming Merle drove a truck load of zombies into the camp. The brilliant bastard! It's nice to finally see some "regs" get it.
Seen it earlier on, and I'm thinking the same.
He's mightily pissed off, and he wouldn't give a shit about wiping the rest of group out.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #188 on: November 29, 2010, 06:55:48 pm »
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With Norman Reedus 'guest starring' & the way his character is a sort of antihero, I think he might meet his end in a situation where he sacrifices himself to save everyone.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #189 on: November 30, 2010, 04:28:56 pm »
Disappointed to find out theres only 6 episodes...
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #190 on: November 30, 2010, 04:32:30 pm »
Disappointed to find out theres only 6 episodes...

13 more have been ordered. But I bet it won't start until about October next year.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #191 on: November 30, 2010, 04:52:12 pm »
Let's be honest, 6 episodes in one season is appalling really, and smacks of them not fully trusting this project. There must have been some problems along the way, either with the studio or the cast themselves, for there to be just 6 episodes. It's a bit daft really.

Love the show, and my only complaint is the amount of times they stand around arguing or discussing everything they're going to do. Honestly, every single thing. I'm waiting for an episode where one of them needs the toilet, and the rest of the group argue with each other about the pros and cons of going to the toilet. I get that obviously you'd need to decide on things as a group but we don't necessarily need to take up so much time in each episode watching them argue about it, go with a decision, and then argue afterwards whether that was the right decision. Each episode other than the first one has been like that so far.
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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #192 on: November 30, 2010, 04:57:27 pm »
6 episodes? Bastards.

I watched the first three last night - back to back.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #193 on: November 30, 2010, 04:57:42 pm »
It's already been renewed, what makes you think there are all these alternative things going on?

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #194 on: November 30, 2010, 05:06:03 pm »
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'Walking Dead' writer Robert Kirkman talks about last night's episode and teases next week's season finale

by Clark Collis


Corpse disposal was much on the minds of the Walking Dead characters in last night’s episode, “Wildfire,” following the campfire massacre of the preceding week. The show’s simple, but contentious, conundrum? What to do with the bodies of loved ones that could turn into zombies who love the taste of bodies?

The answers were varied. While Andrea took a heartbroken age to shoot Amy, Norman Reedus’ Daryl wasted no time pickaxeing in the head any corpse that moved, or at least looked like it might do so. Meanwhile, poor Jim was left to zombie-ficate by the side of the road as the rest of the diminished band of survivors headed off to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (which, as I’ve noted elsewhere, really seems to have been sleeping on the job with regard to both control and prevention. I will be extremely disappointed if Noah Emmerich’s CDC scientist gets a bonus this Christmas).

Who can we blame for all this cruel and bloody mayhem? Well, we can start with Robert Kirkman, who is a writer and executive producer on the show and also pens the still ongoing Walking Dead comic book (the thirteenth collected volume, Too Far Gone, has just hit stores). After the jump, the scribe answers our questions about last night’s episode, teases next week’s season finale, and ruminates on the possibility that coming back to life as a member of the drooling undead may actually be “awesome.”


ROBERT KIRKMAN:
I’ve got to say — not to kiss your magazine’s a– or anything — but when they called me and said Frank [Darabont, Walking Dead exec producer] wanted to do the show, I was like, “Yeah, I’ll believe it when I see it.” And then when AMC was like, “We’re picking up the show,” I was like, “Yeah, alright, whatever.” When they actually started shooting the pilot I was like, “Well, this is kind of real, this is neat.” But when they called me and said, “Your show’s on the cover of Entertainment Weekly,” I think that was the first time I was like, “Oh my god, I can’t believe this is happening to me!“

Of course, you’ll really know you’ve made it in showbiz when we start complaining about the poor quality of the second season.
No, we’re going to be awesome! [Laughs]

Moving on to episode five, does it make me a bad person that I could watch Norman Reedus swing a pickaxe into dead people’s skulls all day long?

I just think it makes you a human being. [Laughs] Honestly, his character is one of my favorites on the show and it p—es me off that I can’t go back in time and put him in the comic.

I found the whole sequence in which Andrea waited for Amy to return as a zombie both incredibly emotional and utterly nerve-shredding. To be honest, I was just sitting there going, “Shoot her!  Shoot her!!!”
It was honestly one of my favorite scenes of the show so far. Glen Mazzara, who wrote that episode, did an amazing job hyping the tension up. Laurie Holden did a great job and then Emma doing her zombie transformation — it was really cool.

Another memorable moment was when Carol made sure that hubbie Ed wasn’t going to be coming back from the dead to abuse her some more.
That scene where she goes a little crazy on his corpse was another great thing that Frank suggested. In the comic book series, it was mentioned that Carol’s husband Ed died by getting killed by zombies and that he was abusive to her and she felt guilty because she was actually happy when he died. But it was never shown. That was another thing Frank was able to pull from the comic book series and expand.

There was lots of talk in the episode concerning what to do with the bodies of the dead. That seems to be at the very heart of what you’ve always said you intended The Walking Dead to be about, which is how you hold on to your humanity in such a terrible situation.
Yeah. I agree.

Having said which, I’m definitely with Daryl about needing to deal with the threat of people coming back as zombies as quickly as possible. If it was you and me in an undead apocalypse and you even got a sniffle of a cold, I would shoot you immediately, just in case.

Well, I think that means you’re a bad person. No, I really like these scenes. You know, Glenn coming out and yelling like he did — I like that we’re starting to see these characters transform and to a certain extent growing into the characters they [become] in the comic book series. I can’t wait to see more of it.

Although I assume Glenn is still carrying around Merle’s severed hand in his backpack.

That thing will pop up when you least expect it. He’ll go, “Pork and beans? Oh, I have a can of pork of beans right here in my bag. Let me get that out of there… Arrrgh! There’s a severed hand still in there!!!”

Speaking of Michael Rooker’s still missing Merle, some of our commenters have made the suggestion that he will become The Governor, who is the most memorable villain to be featured in the comic book. Without giving too much away, it would be a somewhat appropriate development, given Merle’s dismemberment.
It did seem to be an implication from the way the story was told. But I will say that maybe that’s a little misdirection. Who knows what to expect in the coming years of this television show?

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You’ll just have to stay tuned. Note my cagey responses.

The whole CDC plot line hints at the possibility that we will find out why the dead have risen, which is something you’ve never explained in your comic book. Why did you decide to avoid that topic?

It occurred to me that, if this were to happen to real people, then real people wouldn’t be concerned with why it’s happening and how to fix it. They would just be concerned with finding food and surviving from day to day. But Frank Darabont said, “We’re in Atlanta and the CDC is based in Atlanta. Why wouldn’t they at least pop by?” And I said, “Huh?” Because I don’t know where the hell the CDC is stationed. I don’t watch the news a lot. I mean, sometimes. But they’re not talking about the CDC mostly. It’s always about, you know, who Britney Spears wrecked her car into. But when Frank brought it up, I said it was a really good idea. I like that we are diverging from the comic book here and there. For anyone that that terrifies, all I would say is, “We’re always going back onto the path.” Frank has always maintained that the comic book is a path but we’re not stuck on it. If a story idea comes up, we’ll leave the path for an episode or two, but we’ll always come back to it. I’m sure there are going to be some people out there that are like, “The CDC? What the heck? This isn’t in my comic book. This is no good!” And all I would say to those people is, “Calm down.”

George Romero’s undead films rarely concern themselves with the reason why the dead have come to life, except for some speculation about the apocalypse being connected to a returning satellite in Night of the Living Dead. Personally, as a die hard zombie fan, I am totally open to the idea that one day the dead will just get up and try to eat me for no reason whatsoever. I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already. But do you worry that — partly because of Lost — there may be a lot of newcomers to the genre who assume the show is really all about “Why did this happen?” and “How can we fix it?”

I think you’re right. I think there are some viewers out there who think this is something that will be dealt with and that it is a mystery that will probably run though the show. And all I can say is, as we move on, we will either answer those questions to satisfy those viewers, or we will make it clear to those viewers that those are not questions that we are ever going to answer, and that’s not really what this show is about.

I have mixed feelings about so much that happens on The Walking Dead, which is actually one of the great things about the show. But I have particularly mixed feelings about the characters leaving Jim to turn into a zombie. I would be like, “Yeah, sure, we’ll do that, Jim.” Then I’d blow his brains out from behind.

Honestly, I would have security escort you out of the building if I worked for EW. You are terrifying me. You have pointed out how you want to shoot people about four times in the last two minutes. I don’t get how you live in normal society. Anyway, that’s something from the comic. The thing that I was thinking about when I was writing that is, “There’s death, which is this unknown. But you’ve seen zombies walking around, and that is some form of living.” I had never seen someone in a zombie movie just say, “No, no, no, I’ll take the zombie thing.” To me, it’s like, “How do you know that you’re not in rainbow land and everybody looks like cupcakes when you’re a zombie?” Like, it might be awesome to be a zombie. Who knows?

Maybe they only do that whole shambling-bitey-”Uuurgh!” thing when living people are around. Maybe when living people aren’t around, they go bowling or stock car racing or whatever.


[Laughs] It’s true, man. If a zombie… I’m trying to figure out some way to adapt the “If a tree falls in the woods does it make a sound?” to zombies, but I’m not going to be able to pull that off. So let’s just let the readers adjust that analogy accordingly.

Okay, just tell us one thing about next week’s finale.

Let me think, let me think. I believe some wine is drunk.

Well, if you’ve been watching the show, you’ll know there’s a lot going on between Rick and Shane and Lori. I think if you’re interested to see how that love triangle is going to progress, you might want to make sure you tune in for the last episode of this season. So that’s good. And then I think someone takes a shower.


Is it a lady person?

[Laughs] Yes.

By the way, I like the optimism you showed in saying “If you’ve been watching the show…,” as if there are honestly going to people reading the end of a Q&A with the writer of the Walking Dead who aren’t watching show.
You never know. There could be people who don’t even own televisions that are like, “I get all my enjoyment from reading interviews online. This show seems do be going well and it does sound interesting. But I’ve got a strict rule on not watching television so I’m never going to tune into this!”


http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/11/29/walking-dead-kirkman-finale-wildfire/

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #195 on: November 30, 2010, 05:06:55 pm »
Let's be honest, 6 episodes in one season is appalling really, and smacks of them not fully trusting this project. There must have been some problems along the way, either with the studio or the cast themselves, for there to be just 6 episodes. It's a bit daft really.

I don't think there's any conspiracy. AMC are a small channel, with nowhere near the resources of an HBO, their only other programs of note are Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

The Walking Dead's an expensive series to make, I think they just made 6 episodes because they needed to limit their financial risk, I also suspect they cancelled Rubicon to free up funding for the next season of WD.

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« Reply #196 on: November 30, 2010, 05:29:01 pm »
13 more episodes is great and all, and to be honest it was expected to happen. However, when the series was first announced that it was going to be just 6 episodes, it was a little disappointing to hear that then, but then you just rationalise that with "it's better than nothing;" like it it's going to be a 6 hour zombie movie played back-to-back. But the problem is, when it turns out to be as captivating and as good as it has been, it's clear that just 6 episodes was a criminal decision on behalf of whoever it was to give the go ahead for the series. It's only really now starting to find it's momentum, and I'm all for quality over quantity, but for fuck sake! It's like you sitting there enjoying a really nice meal or something, then some c*nt comes along and takes it away from you when you're starving. I hope it's not like Breaking Bad where they will make us wait for a year to see the next one. That would be a big mistake seeing that the ratings for this show have been excellent.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #197 on: November 30, 2010, 05:32:33 pm »
Maybe they would have been better off announcing it as a miniseries.

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Re: The Walking Dead
« Reply #199 on: November 30, 2010, 06:06:49 pm »
I don't think there's any conspiracy. AMC are a small channel, with nowhere near the resources of an HBO, their only other programs of note are Mad Men and Breaking Bad.

The Walking Dead's an expensive series to make, I think they just made 6 episodes because they needed to limit their financial risk, I also suspect they cancelled Rubicon to free up funding for the next season of WD.

Conspiracy?! Nobody's saying it's a conspiracy, that doesn't make sense.

Quite simply, somewhere along the line someone didn't fully commit to this show in the beginning. Nobody makes a drama series with a 6 episode first season unless there's some doubt whether it's going to be good or not. Either that, or some of the key members of the cast weren't completely sure and didn't sign up for more than 6 episodes initially. Let's face it, it's a zombie holocaust drama series, you can't exactly guarantee it's going to take off and not turn out to be utter turds.

Not blaming anyone, I'm just fucked off that it's going to be ending as quickly as it's begun. We're only just getting to know the cast and getting in to the show and it might now not be back until the end of next year. That's a pisser.
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