The Walking Dead (now it starts)

Friendly Goatus · Post by **Friendly Goatus** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:49 pm

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

SO GOOD

blastocystosis · Post by **blastocystosis** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:56 pm

So fucking goddamn good. I knew it would be great but they exceeded my expectations. The stuff they added was fantastic and really added to the story.

Turd Murder · Post by **Turd Murder** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:49 pm

I loved the comic and they certainly do justice to its spirit and vibe so far. Even with the amount of gore (and amazing zombie makeup) the human element is still at the forefront (and hopefully will remain so for the length of the series), and I got a serious gore boner.

Plus, I have to mention this:

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

When he's in Atlanta and he's chasing the helicopter and he turns the corner and sees the sea of zombies, my stomach seriously turned. I can't remember the last time any sort of horror movie or any medium really did that to me. Fuck yes!

Honky Kong 64 · Post by **Honky Kong 64** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:09 pm

Awesome thread but I'm gonna do like Pisscubes and wait it out. I'm looking forward to seeing this on Halloween. I am a patient boy.

From Blintzes to Crepes · Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:16 pm

I've never read the comic but I like zombie stuffs so I'll watch.

MANTIS · Post by **MANTIS** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:20 pm

I like zombie stuff and Frank Darabont stuff, so... DO WANT.

guardianoftheblind · Post by **guardianoftheblind** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:37 pm

shit was CASH

The Real MPD · Post by **The Real MPD** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:08 am

cash?

Wehttam · Post by **Wehttam** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:44 am

Can't get AMC, so will be downloading. thanks

danox3 · Post by **danox3** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:19 am

Wehttam wrote:Can't get AMC, so will be downloading. thanks

Same here, no cable, should be done by the time I get home.

SICK

Bored777 · Post by **Bored777** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 6:29 am

Behold the response time of the hive mind:

http://torrentfreak.com/the-walking-dea ... nt-101021/

This is pretty funny, btw:

http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-parties- ... it-101020/

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:46 am

Bored777 wrote:Behold the response time of the hive mind:

http://torrentfreak.com/the-walking-dea ... nt-101021/

This is pretty funny, btw:

http://torrentfreak.com/pirate-parties- ... it-101020/

comments: "derpadurrr 28 days later fail"

Sundays are gonna be a little bit cooler now.

Turd Murder · Post by **Turd Murder** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:38 pm

Funnily enough, I thought Day of the Triffids during the scene you described, but saw it more as a highbrow homage.

Bored777 · Post by **Bored777** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 12:43 pm

Doesn't the "woke up in a hospital bed and everything had changed" thing also happen in The Stand? I'm sure it happens in a dozen other books/movies. It kind of sucks but that's just the first 2 minutes of the zombie apocalypse in TWD, after that it's meaningless...

Besides, all apocalyptic scenarios by their very definition are going to be linked if one wants to keep the drama somehow pertinent by showing what humans have to do...

And it IS a genre story. The only way it wouldn't be is if there were zombies in the first 5 minutes and then it turned into the motherfucking Love Boat.

One can only agree that the entire zombie thing is getting run into the ground at this point...maybe this series will just be definitive and knock it down.

For me the exciting part of it now is not seeing the comic book somehow translated RE: geek validation or something, it's just having another good show to watch. And then I know what's going to happen in this story and I'm looking forward to it...

Edit: and I thought it was fucking pathetic that in the first 10 minutes of this Darabont totally blew away everything Romero has done for the last 20 years. Romero...face down in his soup, asleep at the wheel. SO JADED.

Warpsmasher · Post by **Warpsmasher** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:18 pm

Friendly Goatus wrote:

The Men Who Stare At Goatus

spacehamster · Post by **spacehamster** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 2:46 pm

Fuck fffffffffffuck fuckfuck, this is some really good shit.

Blair · Post by **Blair** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 3:45 pm

SPOILERSPOILER_SHOW

Poor horsie...

Ray · Post by **Ray** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:10 pm

Blair wrote:
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Poor horsie...

yeah, that episode was soul-crushing enough, and then they had to go and do that.

Bored777 · Post by **Bored777** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:53 pm

Part of that second-to-last shot was an homage to Day of the Dead, and then the final shot, pulling upwards, was really nicely done.

Mendicant · Post by **Mendicant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:34 pm

I just re-read the first 2 issues which pretty much encompass the first episode and it was pretty close - if anything the tv show fleshes it out nicer - although it's a shame he doesn't use a hatchett like the comic

bring on Michonne!!

The Real MPD · Post by **The Real MPD** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:28 am

on my second viewing. most of me thinks this is far too cash to make it past the initial run of six episodes.

AMC's already greenlit a second season, right? I hope that means something.

Bored777 · Post by **Bored777** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:57 am

The Real MPD wrote:on my second viewing. most of me thinks this is far too cash to make it past the initial run of six episodes.

AMC's already greenlit a second season, right? I hope that means something.

That's a good question, one that I haven't heard before...

Yeah, qood query: at what point (RE: the comic books) will AMC pull the plug? At what point does it become "too real?"

One of my favorite points in the comics is when they've established a secure base/society and then must reestablish agriculture. In one minute the producers of this show could educate their audience in a greater capacity than two generations of High School teachers...this shit is VITAL to know, IMO.

Uh...because we're going to face it in less than 10 years....

The Real MPD · Post by **The Real MPD** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:15 am

season two, they'd cover Herschel's farm and finding the prison, cap it with the serial killer bit.

doomeddisciple · Post by **doomeddisciple** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:45 pm

I liked that too.

I also liked that while for the most part you could hold the comic book up as a story board, they kinda built up to the first herd nicely and it had more impact as a result.

All told, me likely - a lot. More more more!

ThE GodDamN BattletweeteR · Mon Oct 25, 2010 10:39 pm

I am impressed.

although i did catch one weapon inaccuracy.

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