AMC's Walking Dead

[Servo]

Frank Darabont is on board to write and direct... could be very cool. Love the comic.

From EW -
Cable channel AMC is seeing zombies with The Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont. Variety reports that AMC is about to seal a development deal with Darabont to write and direct a series adapting Image Comics’ graphic novel series The Walking Dead. Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead series is about a group of zombie survivors of an apocalypse who seek a safe place to live with the help of a police officer.

Joel Stillerman, AMC’s senior VP of programming, production and original, said: “This is not about zombies popping out of closets. This is a story about survival, and the dynamics of what happens when a group is forced to survive under these circumstances. The world is portrayed in a smart, sophisticated way.”

[realmenhatelife]

I would check this out based on AMC. I picked up the first few trades and just could never get into the book, though.

[instrument]

I'd love to know what comics you're "into" then.

No link to original article?

[realmenhatelife]

I'd love to know what comics you're "into" then.

No link to original article?

I like Invincible which is why i picked up Walking Dead to begin with. BPRD and Hellboy have both been really good lately, the book adaptations that marvel has been doing, Doktor Sleepless, Ignition City which has probably been my favorite lately, The Goon, the new GI Joe and Transformers series that IDW has been doing, KODT, Hellblazer

This isn't an isolated incident, there are a few series people seem to love that I just dont enjoy. I didn't like DMZ at all, I hate Sandman.

[angrymissy]

You think they are gonna stay true to the storyline on basic cable? It gets pretty fucking dark.

[MisterSmith]

You think they are gonna stay true to the storyline on basic cable? It gets pretty fucking dark.

It's going to be tough. I also think it would be pretty special effects heavy for what I have seen from AMC. The interpersonal drama would be fine, but there are some pretty big encounters with lots of zombies.

I'm not going to immediately write it off, but it does seem like a project more suited to HBO or Showtime (which has experience with special effects heavy weekly series), than it does AMC.

[Misteriosa]

oh man... zombies?

i dont think i will ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever see this :down:

i hate zombies :glurps:

[Servo]

I'd love to know what comics you're "into" then.

No link to original article?

Here you go, sir. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118007161.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)

[Servo]

You think they are gonna stay true to the storyline on basic cable? It gets pretty fucking dark.

I think AMC can pull it off... Breaking Bad gets pretty dark.

[ANC]

I have to keep re-reading the damn thread title. :laugh:

[WampusCrandle]

i have to re-read as well. I hope amc stays true to the comic.

[MisterSmith]

I think AMC can pull it off... Breaking Bad gets pretty dark.

I agree - I think they will do fine with the human drama and dark themes. It is the special effects and action I am concerned about.

Unless they are planning to spin the story more toward human drama than the zombie apocalypse aspect. However, I think the story lines from the comic are probably strong enough to pull that off; the issue would be how they are re-written for TV.

[TheMojoPin]

Awesome news. Love this series and so far AMC is batting 'em out of the park with their original dramas.

[Servo]

I agree - I think they will do fine with the human drama and dark themes. It is the special effects and action I am concerned about.


Actually, I think they could do some fairly solid zombie FX on a relatively low budget. Plus, with Darabont on board, I don't think they'll cheap out in that department.

[Scottyflamingo]

Excited about this. I don't think it'll be too hard to make. It is 90% character drama. The rest would be just make up for the zombies.

Ian McShane as The Governor.

[Servo]

First episode... really good!

[weekapaugjz]

First episode... really good!

can't wait to see this! have it dvr'd cause i had a hockey game tonight at 10. i really hope it's awesome!

[Furtherman]

I really enjoyed it. Great start and the end was hilariously cool. They're not afraid to get gruesome.

[Baby DEW Year]

I enjoyed it as well. I can't wait until next week!

[fezident]

I am really looking forward to this series.
I watched the "trailer" and, based on how THAT was edited, I think think the show has just the right tone.

I only watch about 6 hours of TV each month. (basically just SNL and South Park. Oh, and Family Guy)
Whatever. I need one serious series to connect with. I think this is the one.

[furie]

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[Furtherman]

Brought in big numbers, but it's only going to be around for 6 episodes.

Look for AMC to make this a full series.

Zombies brought life to movie network AMC's ratings Sunday night. The network received its best original-series premiere numbers ever, with Frank Darabont sci-fi/drama "The Walking Dead" averaging 5.3 million viewers during its 90-minute Halloween-night premiere. To put that number in perspective, season-four of the network's flagship show, "Mad Men," debuted to an average of 2.9 million viewers in August. The heavily promoted "Walking Dead" also delivered an audience of 3.6 million 18-49-year-olds, making it the best series-premiere in that target demo for all of cable in 2010.

[WampusCrandle]

Brought in big numbers, but it's only going to be around for 6 episodes.

Look for AMC to make this a full series.

i really hope that they do, too! I loved the first episode last night - it really was great. Does anyone know if every episode is going to be an hour and a half?

[brettmojo]

Awesome-o.

[fezident]

I love it so far but, I hope it becomes a bit more original.
There are many many DIRECT similarities to 28 Days Later that are simply distracting and impossible to ignore.
This story is from a graphic novel, and perhaps these many details did, in fact, come before 28.D.L. I wouldn't know. But for right now, I almost feel like I'm hearing a cover band, if ya know what I mean.

[brettmojo]

I love it so far but, I hope it becomes a bit more original.
There are many many DIRECT similarities to 28 Days Later that are simply distracting and impossible to ignore.
This story is from a graphic novel, and perhaps these many details did, in fact, come before 28.D.L. I wouldn't know. But for right now, I almost feel like I'm hearing a cover band, if ya know what I mean.
Never saw 28 Days Later. Now I'm glad.

[weekapaugjz]

I love it so far but, I hope it becomes a bit more original.
There are many many DIRECT similarities to 28 Days Later that are simply distracting and impossible to ignore.
This story is from a graphic novel, and perhaps these many details did, in fact, come before 28.D.L. I wouldn't know. But for right now, I almost feel like I'm hearing a cover band, if ya know what I mean.

i haven't seen the episode yet, got it dvr'd, moved to a new apt the last few days and haven't had time yet. but the comic book and 28 days later are very different in concept. 28 days later is a very aggressive "rage" virus that we were shown as the cause for the pandemic. walking dead, as stated by the writer of the book, said it will never be said what the cause of the outbreak was. also, zombies in walking dead book are depicted as the typical slow moving zombies we all know.

but like i said, i haven't seen the show yet and these things can change a lot from print material to screen. can you mention some specific things you feel are similar?

[fezident]

i haven't seen the episode yet, got it dvr'd, moved to a new apt the last few days and haven't had time yet. but the comic book and 28 days later are very different in concept. 28 days later is a very aggressive "rage" virus that we were shown as the cause for the pandemic. walking dead, as stated by the writer of the book, said it will never be said what the cause of the outbreak was. also, zombies in walking dead book are depicted as the typical slow moving zombies we all know.

but like i said, i haven't seen the show yet and these things can change a lot from print material to screen. can you mention some specific things you feel are similar?

The cause of the virus, and what it's medical title is, is unimportant to me. These are walking undead people that want to eat your flesh, and can't be killed unless you blow their head apart. Call it "rage infection" or call it "zombiefication". It's all the same premise.
I was referring to very specific shots and plot devices.(waking up after a coma in a hospital to discover a zombiefied city, crows feasting on flesh, fatalistic religious messages written -in blood- on walls, walking a great distance to go back to your family's house, etc) And of course, there's stuff that you'd expect.... shots of abandoned urban areas, dealing with water and power outages, etc.
Overall, I feel like I can call the plays beat by beat from the 28 Days Later handbook.

I expect that this will change as the series moves forward. It feels like it's headed in a more emotional direction.
I love the genre so, I'm in it til the end with this series. I'm simply stating that it felt like ground that's been covered (amazingly well!) by a movie that came out just a few short years ago.

[weekapaugjz]

The cause of the virus, and what it's medical title is, is unimportant to me. These are walking undead people that want to eat your flesh, and can't be killed unless you blow their head apart. Call it "rage infection" or call it "zombiefication". It's all the same premise.
I was referring to very specific shots and plot devices.(waking up after a coma in a hospital to discover a zombiefied city, crows feasting on flesh, fatalistic religious messages written -in blood- on walls, walking a great distance to go back to your family's house, etc) And of course, there's stuff that you'd expect.... shots of abandoned urban areas, dealing with water and power outages, etc.
Overall, I feel like I can call the plays beat by beat from the 28 Days Later handbook.

I expect that this will change as the series moves forward. It feels like it's headed in a more emotional direction.
I love the genre so, I'm in it til the end with this series. I'm simply stating that it felt like ground that's been covered (amazingly well!) by a movie that came out just a few short years ago.

thanks for the info. i just checked when the dates of release of both 28 days later and the first walking dead issue. movie release 6/03, book 8/03, so who knows what ideas actually came first. not sure what the tone of the walking dead show is, but the book really goes into the emotional/psychological effects of losing loved ones, isolation, losing connections with humanity, etc and not so much on the actual zombies.

looking forward to watching it soon.

[Barnaby Jones]

Outside of some similarities in terms of the setup of the main character waking up into a zombified world in the hospital it's completely different from 28 Days Later! That's about the only thing that really seems like the movie, the other things fezident listed are either zombie tropes not unique at all to 28 Days Later or are shown in a much different tone/style/etc.! It's much more of a slow burn than 28 Days Later! Great show!

[Pitdoc]

I love it so far but, I hope it becomes a bit more original.
There are many many DIRECT similarities to 28 Days Later that are simply distracting and impossible to ignore.
This story is from a graphic novel, and perhaps these many details did, in fact, come before 28.D.L. I wouldn't know. But for right now, I almost feel like I'm hearing a cover band, if ya know what I mean.

Gee, the beginning is just like 28 Days Later....

No, actually, the beginning is similar to The Day of the Triffids, which 28 Days Later ripped off. Still, its the best way to introduce a character ( and us, by proxy) to Armageddon AFTER its happened. The books deal with this even more, showing how the zombies just spice up how our lead deals with the world going to hell.

[newport king]

I love it so far but, I hope it becomes a bit more original.
There are many many DIRECT similarities to 28 Days Later that are simply distracting and impossible to ignore.
This story is from a graphic novel, and perhaps these many details did, in fact, come before 28.D.L. I wouldn't know. But for right now, I almost feel like I'm hearing a cover band, if ya know what I mean.

i dont know which came 1st but all i was thinking when watching the trailer/1st ep was it was way too similar to the beginning of 28 days later (which i feel 28 did a better job creating that spooky waking up to the zombie apocalypse feeling)

interesting back story with his partner and wife. that was unexpected. and i know they ate it but zombie horse would have been too awesome for words.

[instrument]

debating what movie a zombie movie ripped off is the pretty dumb....they're zombies... what will differentiate this is that it isn't an 90 minute movie.. you will get more character development from this than any zombie movie.

if this show lasts four seasons, it would be like watching the first four minutes of 28 days later and saying its ripping off another movie.

[newport king]

i think the only thing anyone is saying it feels like a ripoff is being in a coma in the hospital and waking up in that situation.

[aceofspades7]

i watched it twice - best new show in years

[Barnaby Jones]

i think the only thing anyone is saying it feels like a ripoff is being in a coma in the hospital and waking up in that situation.

...you're pretty limited as to your options if you want your character to wake up into a world full of zombies!!!!

[Dan G]

First episode is on IFC at 12:15 tonight. Perfect for those that may not get AMC in HD and may get IFC HD. Plus, IFC's version will already have the commercials edited out.

[fezident]

Waking up in the hospital.... and discovering an abandoned city...and the hordes of dead & undead people most certainly is the most direct similarity. Another striking similarity was the religious writing (in blood) on the wall of some kind of ominous phrase. And the close ups of crows feasting on flesh. And walking a fair distance on-foot back to his suburban home. That's a lot of shot-for-shot echoes in a one hour program, ya know?

The main character didn't HAVE to wake up from a post-injury coma. There are other devices. (returning from a cruise, or a solo sail around he world, or returning from some kin of expedition, or self imposed exile, or an astronaut, or homeless and living in an underground subway, or a "castaway" situation, or..... you get the idea.)

[realmenhatelife]

Anyone else think it was too slow? As said we're not breaking any new ground for the most part here, I dont think you need to do a slow reveal of the new world. I straight up fastforwarded the agonizingly long sequence where they cross cut between the sheriff killing the half zombie in the park and the guy looking for his zombwife. I appreciate they're trying to elevate a genre show, but I think a somewhat played and melodramatic sequence does not magically become unmelodramatic and fresh just because you put it in a new context.

My worry for this series is that Darrabont will continue to act like he's slumming it by doing a zombie series, when he really needs to respect the genre to get something new and good out of it.

[Barnaby Jones]

Waking up in the hospital.... and discovering an abandoned city...and the hordes of dead & undead people most certainly is the most direct similarity. Another striking similarity was the religious writing (in blood) on the wall of some kind of ominous phrase. And the close ups of crows feasting on flesh. And walking a fair distance on-foot back to his suburban home. That's a lot of shot-for-shot echoes in a one hour program, ya know?

They weren't "shot for shot," and again, most of those are pretty standard zombie ropes you see across the mediums when it comes to these kind of stories! The coma thing is about the only direct comparison there is! I don't remember the "religious blood writing," only the "don't open, dead inside" message spray painted on the padlocked door in the hospital! And come on, it's hardly like abandoned cities or suburbs and hordes of zombies and rotting bodies are unique or original to 28 Days Latter!

The main character didn't HAVE to wake up from a post-injury coma. There are other devices. (returning from a cruise, or a solo sail around he world, or returning from some kin of expedition, or self imposed exile, or an astronaut, or homeless and living in an underground subway, or a "castaway" situation, or..... you get the idea.)

It would be tough to have another idea where the character would be completely isolated, have his family and encounter all of this with no clue as to what happen! What, nobody at Mission Control would ever mention anything to the astronaut? He never contacted his family at all when out sailing around the world? When you add up the factors necessary to the protagonist none of those other scnaios work! He needs to be completely cut off, but still have a loved ones that motivate him onwards! That's a huge difference with 28 Days Later, where it was presented like we were following a loner the whole time! There are obviously huge differences between the two stories!!!!

[CountryBob]

If it was me I'd never get anything done - I would have to go into every house I saw to try to stock up on cool shit for the trip...

[Enabler]

The people who committed suicide at the place where he got the horse wrote "God Forgive Us" or some bullshit on the wall. Which was sorta confusing, cuz did one shoot the other and then use their blood to write to God or what?

I know nothing of the comic book, but episode 1 was painfully slow and I also fast forwarded through a couple scenes where nothing seemed to be happening. I love the genre and I'll continue to watch but so far theres been nothing new or unique added to the zombie mythos.

Oh, and taking that horse might have been the dumbest shit Ive ever seen in a zombie film. I know it cant run out of gas, but it was so predictable that it was gonna get devoured.

[realmenhatelife]

The people who committed suicide at the place where he got the horse wrote "God Forgive Us" or some bullshit on the wall. Which was sorta confusing, cuz did one shoot the other and then use their blood to write to God or what?

Yeah I found that to be particularly silly. Good Farmer dude all his life is suddenly confronted with a zombie apocalypse, decides to play with his wifes blood because they're all out of stationary.

[TripleSkeet]

So what youre saying is in a TV series about zombies overrunning the world, your problem is its not realistic enough?

[newport king]

zombiehorse would still be the shit.

[Gutter]

Yeah I found that to be particularly silly. Good Farmer dude all his life is suddenly confronted with a zombie apocalypse, decides to play with his wifes blood because they're all out of stationary.

i assumed that one or both had been bitten....one shot the other and was going crazy enough from their own bite that the delusion caused by the fever was the catalyst for the scene that was presented.

[fezident]

.

Oh, and taking that horse might have been the dumbest shit Ive ever seen in a zombie film. I know it cant run out of gas, but it was so predictable that it was gonna get devoured.

It actually took me by surprise!
I thought the horse was gonna be the dude's companion for the rest of the series. He was so heavily featured in the hype for the show... I thought for sure he was gonna be a full time "cast member".

[King Imp]

First episode is on IFC at 12:15 tonight. Perfect for those that may not get AMC in HD and may get IFC HD. Plus, IFC's version will already have the commercials edited out.

Dammit! I don't get either of those channels in HD. :down:

For having DirecTV and the biggest selection of HD channels, I can't believe they don't have either of these two.

[Dan G]

Dammit! I don't get either of those channels in HD. :down:

For having DirecTV and the biggest selection of HD channels, I can't believe they don't have either of these two.

That sucks, I get both.

[StanUpshaw]

I love the genre and I'll continue to watch but so far theres been nothing new or unique added to the zombie mythos.

This was my feeling as well.


And maybe it's just because the lead has a Gary Sinese look to him, but I thought the first episode was very reminiscent of The Stand miniseries.

[joeyballsack]

They have already deviated from the comic a bit by fleshing out Morgans character a little bit more than the book did.

I wonder if they will eventually return to the Morgan character like they do in the book. I thought the TV version added to the decision he has to make regarding his son later in the series.

[Barnaby Jones]

They have already deviated from the comic a bit by fleshing out Morgans character a little bit more than the book did.

I wonder if they will eventually return to the Morgan character like they do in the book. I thought the TV version added to the decision he has to make regarding his son later in the series.

I hope they bring him back! Lennie Harris is too good an actor not to, though that comic storyline is brutal!

[weekapaugjz]

this show is the fucking tits!

[brettmojo]

Is there any story more played out then the wife/girlfriend/chick who starts fucking the best friend/brother of her husband/boyfriend has to deal with the return of her husband/boyfriend after thinking he was dead/lost/missing etc. etc.

[fezident]

Shit.
That dude is the sherrif's brother? I missed that.

[TripleSkeet]

Shit.
That dude is the sherrif's brother? I missed that.

No it was his best friend. The dude from Boondock Saints is brothers with the guy they handcuffed to the roof.

[Enabler]

Wow this show is bad. Aside from the horrible acting and inability to convincingly pull off comedy or drama, the editing is atrocious. Last night they showed the black guy leaning against the wall on the roof after his vicious beating...the handcuffed guy was asking him for the hacksaw...then a few scenes later hes with the rest of the gang chopping up the dead zombie with nary a bruise on his face...then the next scene hes back on the roof in the exact same position as before with a busted up face, showing the handcuffed dude that he has the key. It was blatant. Horrible.

And seriously, once they had the plucky Asian kid speeding out of town in a fast sports car they officially borrowed from nearly every other zombie movie (i am legend).

And was that chick serious about not taking the mermaid necklace because "a cop was watching her?" She had no problem pulling a gun on him earlier. Fuck that shit. NONE of these characters are remotely believable. Except maybe the black dad in episode 1.

[KnoxHarrington]

Wow this show is bad. Aside from the horrible acting and inability to convincingly pull off comedy or drama, the editing is atrocious. Last night they showed the black guy leaning against the wall on the roof after his vicious beating...the handcuffed guy was asking him for the hacksaw...then a few scenes later hes with the rest of the gang chopping up the dead zombie with nary a bruise on his face...then the next scene hes back on the roof in the exact same position as before with a busted up face, showing the handcuffed dude that he has the key. It was blatant. Horrible.

And seriously, once they had the plucky Asian kid speeding out of town in a fast sports car they officially borrowed from nearly every other zombie movie (i am legend).

And was that chick serious about not taking the mermaid necklace because "a cop was watching her?" She had no problem pulling a gun on him earlier. Fuck that shit. NONE of these characters are remotely believable. Except maybe the black dad in episode 1.

I had the same rolling eyes reaction when their ultimate hiding place turned out to be a mall.

It seems like a lot of things I've already seen before cobbled together...except for that plotline about the black dad and kid last episode. That whole scene of him with his zombie wife in the gunsights, but he can't bring himself to pull the trigger, was just amazing -- raw and emotional and something I haven't seen in a zombie movie before (that I remember). We need more of that, not riffs on every other zombie movie we've seen.

[Enabler]

I had the same rolling eyes reaction when their ultimate hiding place turned out to be a mall.

It seems like a lot of things I've already seen before cobbled together...except for that plotline about the black dad and kid last episode. That whole scene of him with his zombie wife in the gunsights, but he can't bring himself to pull the trigger, was just amazing -- raw and emotional and something I haven't seen in a zombie movie before (that I remember). We need more of that, not riffs on every other zombie movie we've seen.


Exactly. That storyline actually pulled off some sense of "reality" of what that situation might be like. Although the concept of having to kill a loved one or friend who has turned into a zombie isnt new (28 days later they had to kill the little girls father, Dawn of the Dead they had to kill that girls father too). They did it well here.

[WampusCrandle]

I actually like the show, and not too many complaints from me will be heard.

Walking Dead has been renewed for a second season. (http://news-briefs.ew.com/2010/11/08/amc-renews-the-walking-dead/)

[fezident]

I really enjoy watching the show. I dig the pace, the way Darabont delivers suspense, and -basically- I love the overall tone.

I love the genre, and YES this show borrows heavily & shamelessly from it's predecessors, but the feel of the show has really drawn me in.
I will plan on watching every episode.

[angrymissy]

I actually had to turn away from the tv last night when they were chopping up the zombie and pulling out body parts to rub all over and attached to themselves. GROSSSS

[StanUpshaw]

Last night they showed the black guy leaning against the wall on the roof after his vicious beating...the handcuffed guy was asking him for the hacksaw...then a few scenes later hes with the rest of the gang chopping up the dead zombie with nary a bruise on his face...then the next scene hes back on the roof in the exact same position as before with a busted up face, showing the handcuffed dude that he has the key. It was blatant. Horrible.

Yeah. I had to rewind that part to see what the fuck was going on.

"Huh? There are two black guys? Are they brothers or something?"




And where have I seen squinty blond chick before? She is REALLY familiar, but I can't place it.


I actually had to turn away from the tv last night when they were chopping up the zombie and pulling out body parts to rub all over and attached to themselves. GROSSSS

I was watching that and felt a little bad that I was so desensitized that I didn't even put my pizza down.

[brettmojo]

Yeah. I had to rewind that part to see what the fuck was going on.

"Huh? There are two black guys? Are they brothers or something?"




And where have I seen squinty blond chick before? She is REALLY familiar, but I can't place it.




I was watching that and felt a little bad that I was so desensitized that I didn't even put my pizza down.
The blond chick was on later seasons of the X Files I believe... And in that Mist movie.

[fezident]

I actually had to turn away from the tv last night when they were chopping up the zombie and pulling out body parts to rub all over and attached to themselves. GROSSSS

The audio during that scene was extra wet and "chickly".

[joeyballsack]

One minor quibble.

The ratio of black to white zombies seemed to be off for the city of Atlanta.

I think now that the group of survivors is going to be reforming, we will see some more character development like we saw in the first episode.

[StanUpshaw]

The blond chick was on later seasons of the X Files I believe... And in that Mist movie.

I figured it out.

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[RingWraith]

So far, I'm really enjoying this series. :thumbup:

[angrymissy]

Oh, and FWIW, the guy was writing the comic way before 28 Days Later came out. I have to look for it but someone asked him about it.

[instrument]

comic was also before i am legend..dumbass

[Barnaby Jones]

Oh, and FWIW, the guy was writing the comic way before 28 Days Later came out. I have to look for it but someone asked him about it.

Well, Kirkman can claim that all he wants, but time is not on his side since 28 Days Later came about a year before the first issue of TWD and it's hospital reveal! Yes, it makes sense to assume he had written at least several issues before that first issue dropped, but who knows? It doesn't bug me because the plot device works so well for both!

[Dirtbag]

comic was also before i am legend..dumbass

Guess again. I Am Legend was written in 1954.

[Enabler]

comic was also before i am legend..dumbass

Guess again. I Am Legend was written in 1954.

dumbass

[Judge Smails]

Guess again. I Am Legend was written in 1954.

Not only that, but is really the basis for the whole Zombie genre and is where George Romero got his influence from.

[newport king]

One minor quibble.

The ratio of black to white zombies seemed to be off for the city of Atlanta.

I think now that the group of survivors is going to be reforming, we will see some more character development like we saw in the first episode.


[stevefrombayshore] they're even lazy when they're dead. ring the bell! [stevefrombayshore]

i havent figured out if i genuinely like this show, or like it because i WANT to like it. i noticed the shitty editing with the guy on the roof, and alot of the dialogue bugs me. but because of the genre i'm sticking with it and hoping for the best.

[CountryBob]

Damn - so many movie critics here. You're either in or out. Like it or not - Geez!

[weekapaugjz]

Well, Kirkman can claim that all he wants, but time is not on his side since 28 Days Later came about a year before the first issue of TWD and it's hospital reveal! Yes, it makes sense to assume he had written at least several issues before that first issue dropped, but who knows? It doesn't bug me because the plot device works so well for both!

it was two months. movie 6/03, comic book around 8/03 (it has oct. on the cover).

[Barnaby Jones]

it was two months. movie 6/03, comic book around 8/03 (it has oct. on the cover).

Movie came out in the UK in the fall of '03, which means it would have been pretty easy to track down in the internet!

[brettmojo]

Oh my god WHO THE FUCK CARES? Anything that's not another reality show or male degrading shitfest is an epic win.

[Furtherman]

Would have only seen it in Chi-Town, but would have been funny.

The Walking Dead started out as a comic book, so it makes sense that a comics shop would want to advertise during the AMC hit series. But when Chicago-area shop Comic Vault put together a commercial as gory (but funny, too!) as the show on which it would air, the network said ... we don't think so.

First, check out the ad Comic Vault was allowed to run during the Oct. 31 episode.
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But here's the one they WANTED to run!

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[Justice4all]

. I love the genre and I'll continue to watch but so far theres been nothing new or unique added to the zombie mythos.




Not true. I don't know about you but the zombie movies I have seen virtually never involved the zombies having a taste for anything but human flesh. I was totally taken aback by them ripping into the horse. And also they "smell" humans?
And the mother in the 1st episode came back to the house she died in and tried to open the door with the handle. What zombies have you seen do something like that.
Small differences but there all the same.

I had the same rolling eyes reaction when their ultimate hiding place turned out to be a mall.

I had that for a moment too, but it seemed they were only in the mall for supplies because they were part of the base camp where the Rick's old partner wife and son are at. So they go back there for things they need, didn't get 'stuck' like they did in other movies.

I wonder if the racist redneck fuck will get out and cause trouble. I would have used HIM as a distraction and fed him to the zombies.

And does anyone else see the wife of the cop being a problem and going off and doing things 'her way' because she has this chip on her shoulder?

[Justice4all]

Gotta love when a wife beater gets his ass handed to him.

[StanUpshaw]

So he finally gets the hacksaw he's been dreaming about for two episodes and instead of going through the 1/8" thick piece of chain, he saws off his own hand.

:clap::clap:

[Enabler]

Not true. I don't know about you but the zombie movies I have seen virtually never involved the zombies having a taste for anything but human flesh. I was totally taken aback by them ripping into the horse. And also they "smell" humans?
And the mother in the 1st episode came back to the house she died in and tried to open the door with the handle. What zombies have you seen do something like that.
Small differences but there all the same.



I think it was Land of the Dead where the zombies sorta kept doing what they did before they were zombies. That movie sucked balls but I remember the zombie gas station guy kept trying to pump gas or some shit. Thats slightly similar I guess.

I cant think of another zombie movie where the zombies ate animals. You got me there.

Ive prob been too critical of the show. I actually do like it. I had high expectations after hearing how great the ratings were and considering its on the same channel as Breaking Bad. Last nights episode was pretty good.

[smiler grogan]

So he finally gets the hacksaw he's been dreaming about for two episodes and instead of going through the 1/8" thick piece of chain, he saws off his own hand.

:clap::clap:

Yeah, when he was reaching for the saw I knew he was going to do that. In my mind I rationalized it that the cuffs were tempered steel and the bolt was to thick plus they showed him already hallucinating due to dehydration so whatever....plus it is a zombie show so I dont really care.

[Barnaby Jones]

Nice rebound from what I thought was an iffy second episode!!! I''m confused about Merle!!! Why would he hacksaw through his fucking wrist instead of the shitty little pipe he was attached to?!?!?! Hell, I was wondering why he stopped trying to yank himself free since the hole thing looked like it was about to give way!!! And if he did cut his hand off, why was there seemingly no blood around the hand?!?!

[Willmore]

Nice rebound from what I thought was an iffy second episode!!! I''m confused about Merle!!! Why would he hacksaw through his fucking wrist instead of the shitty little pipe he was attached to?!?!?! Hell, I was wondering why he stopped trying to yank himself free since the hole thing looked like it was about to give way!!! And if he did cut his hand off, why was there seemingly no blood around the hand?!?!

Yeah, the pipe looked like it was rusted through. Not only that, but when the black guy dropped the key, he had enough time to chain the door, but not enough to bend over and throw Merl the hacksaw, the bolt cutter, or any other tool in that toolbox?

[Justice4all]

I think it was Land of the Dead where the zombies sorta kept doing what they did before they were zombies. That movie sucked balls but I remember the zombie gas station guy kept trying to pump gas or some shit. Thats slightly similar I guess.

I cant think of another zombie movie where the zombies ate animals. You got me there.

Ive prob been too critical of the show. I actually do like it. I had high expectations after hearing how great the ratings were and considering its on the same channel as Breaking Bad. Last nights episode was pretty good.


yea it was Land of the Dead where the gas jockey was still trying to fill up the cars or whatever. I bought that POS movie because I hadn't seen it and I loved the remake of Dawn of the Dead.

And yes...I do like this show. I am shocked to see there's only going to be 6 episodes for the first season. That's like 1/4 of a full season. Is that normal for a show like this?
I am looking forward to next week. Kinda shocked to see a Boondock Saints alum in this. Playing a redneck dick of all people.

[Rawkus]

I think in day of the dead (1985)they did something like that too. They had a zombie domesticated and it also had the notion that if you cut off a body part before the infection gets too far you can stop the person from becoming a zombie

[Dan G]

Season Two May Not Hit Until October 2011

Most Walking Dead fans know there's only six episodes in this first season. I know, the season is half finished even though it feels like it's just getting started.
But here's what you didn't know, or perhaps only feared: Sources say AMC isn't likely to launch the 13-episode second season until next October.
The reason? Fearfest. AMC's annual horror movie marathon served as a perfect promotional platform to ramp up interest for The Walking Dead, which also took advantage of the higher audience levels during the fall (something not all cable shows can pull off given the barrage of broadcast shows airing at the same time -- which is why most cable dramas run during the summer).
Plus, AMC has already pushed Breaking Bad from March to the summer, and has Mad Men airing in the summer as usual, and at some point has to squeeze in the premiere of its new original series, The Killing. Combined with Walking Dead, that's four shows to air next year, the most the network has ever had, and cable networks tend to spread out their premieres so they can properly promote each one.
Now, the October plan is not final, and there probably won't be a firm premiere date for awhile -- heck, the second season hasn't even started production yet. But the current strategy is for another October roll out.
Some silver lining: Frank Darabont is expected to write and direct another episode next year.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/walking-dead-season-two-45474

[Justice4all]

Season Two May Not Hit Until October 2011



http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/live-feed/walking-dead-season-two-45474

Very cool to know.
Thanks!

[brettmojo]

It sucks the first season is only going to be six episodes.

[StanUpshaw]

It's kinda bizarre the way they've plotted the season so far. You would assume that the hero finding his family would be the season's climax (especially if it's only 6 episodes long). But now that's out of the way and he's already back-burnered his wife and son for two people he spent one day with. If this is how much he values them, that kinda kills them as emotional collateral later in the series. Maybe the show shifts POV???

[weekapaugjz]

Maybe the show shifts POV???

no. focus is always on rick and his family.

[StanUpshaw]

So the question now is Where did the zombies come from?

Did a nomadic zombie pack just happen to wander upon them like the lone one did last week?

Did the extra large fire lure them in?

Or my preferred theory: Did Merle lure a few dozen zombies into the delivery van and drive them to the quarry to exact his revenge?

[JustJon]

My money was on Merle "deactivating" the zombie alarms and luring them into the camp.

[Furtherman]

Or my preferred theory: Did Merle lure a few dozen zombies into the delivery van and drive them to the quarry to exact his revenge?

My money was on Merle "deactivating" the zombie alarms and luring them into the camp.

Good call on both counts, as I thought the same thing as there were so many of them.

[Barnaby Jones]

I kept thinking maybe Merle was somehow responsible for the zombies...but how would he know his brother wasn't also in the camp? But then you kind of have to figure it was him, otherwise how did that many zombies get to camp without tripping any of the alarms?!?

Crappy editing during the zombie attack, too. I've watched it twice and it definitely looks like Shane and the heavy Hispanic guy got bit, but then there's no sign of that after everything is over! Kinda cheesy that you had these nobodies in camp who were seemingly there just to get eaten besides Ed and one of the sisters, but oh well, at least they're gone and we're only left with the "real" characters!!!!

Cheesy music struck again, too!!!! Did we really need the cliche "tense score" when they were going to try and trade hostages? Almost as bad as the reunion music between Rick and his family last week!!!!

I really like the show, but some parts of it are just so clunky and cheesy!!! Hopefully just growing pains!

[Barnaby Jones]

They ran all the way back from Atlanta in time for the attack?!?! Yeah, OK!!! What, they couldn't find another vehicle as easily as they did 2 episodes ago?!?! Damn!!!

[Chimee]

I kept thinking maybe Merle was somehow responsible for the zombies...but how would he know his brother wasn't also in the camp? But then you kind of have to figure it was him, otherwise how did that many zombies get to camp without tripping any of the alarms?!?

Crappy editing during the zombie attack, too. I've watched it twice and it definitely looks like Shane and the heavy Hispanic guy got bit, but then there's no sign of that after everything is over! Kinda cheesy that you had these nobodies in camp who were seemingly there just to get eaten besides Ed and one of the sisters, but oh well, at least they're gone and we're only left with the "real" characters!!!!

Cheesy music struck again, too!!!! Did we really need the cliche "tense score" when they were going to try and trade hostages? Almost as bad as the reunion music between Rick and his family last week!!!!

I really like the show, but some parts of it are just so clunky and cheesy!!! Hopefully just growing pains!

I love how the background characters are dropping left and right, but the second the little blonde girl gets bit, everything stops and everybody gets real sad.

[fezident]

Great show.
Horrible score.

[Justice4all]

My money was on Merle "deactivating" the zombie alarms and luring them into the camp.

That or Jim. The guy who was digging the holes.

But Merle was my guess too.

[Justice4all]

They ran all the way back from Atlanta in time for the attack?!?! Yeah, OK!!! What, they couldn't find another vehicle as easily as they did 2 episodes ago?!?! Damn!!!

I don't know if they were THAT far from the outskirts of Atlanta. If you look in the background when it showed Jim digging the holes you can see the skyline of the city

[IamFogHat]

I love this fucking show, I can't believe it hasn't been done before, or at least done well before.

[brettmojo]

So the question now is Where did the zombies come from?

Did a nomadic zombie pack just happen to wander upon them like the lone one did last week?

Did the extra large fire lure them in?

Or my preferred theory: Did Merle lure a few dozen zombies into the delivery van and drive them to the quarry to exact his revenge?

My money was on Merle "deactivating" the zombie alarms and luring them into the camp.
I think he had something to do with it too... But the only problem with that he'd be putting his brother in danger by doing that... Unless he just doesn't give a shit about him.

[Barnaby Jones]

I don't know if they were THAT far from the outskirts of Atlanta. If you look in the background when it showed Jim digging the holes you can see the skyline of the city

Yeah, way the fuck off in the distance! A quarry isn't going to be that close to the city, and they had a chunky dude running with them, too!

[NewYorkDragons80]

I love how the background characters are dropping left and right, but the second the little blonde girl gets bit, everything stops and everybody gets real sad.

http://scienceblogs.com/isisthescientist/expendability_star_trek.jpg

[Pitdoc]

1.Think the wife was getting rid of some pent-up emotions when she pickaxed her abusive (dead) hubby?

2. Like that they're changing things up.I've only read the first volume so far , but they called back to it when Shane & Rick were in the woods .But
(SPOILER)
in EW, Darabont says that Shane is going to survive at least the first season ( and we won't see Merle next week either)
(END SPOILER)

3.Good callback to The Andromeda Strain with the "Wildfire" tag.

[Furtherman]

Another good ep, next week should be, has to be great. Got a hint at what happened.

Very odd though, was the music, an awesome movie score to the movie Sunshine, playing towards the end when they were headed towards the CDC. Took me by surprise.

[StanUpshaw]

That episode was pretty heavy on the Hallmark. It seems like they're trying to incorporate this realistic emotional element into the zombie framework, but I don't find it particularly effective. If we have to choose between zombie movie cliches and Lifetime original movie cliches, give me the former.

Other than that, the fact that they're moving on is greatly pleasing. So many zombie movies have such a narrow focus. One group of people in one location during a small window of time. There's an entire zombie-filled world out there to explore. Hopefully the TV format will allow that.


Silly nitpicks for ep 5:
-It was neat how Andrea got one of those cool new Glocks that automatically chamber a round when you pull it on someone.
-The groundskeepers managed to keep the CDC amazingly well-kempt throughout this whole zombie apocalypse thing. The lawn was pristine!

[fezident]

While I love the pace of this show, I sometimes have a problem with certain scenes that seems to linger.
Obviously, I'm referring the blonde woman (Andrea?) mourning, staring at, crying, caressing, and fussing over her sister's corpse. It went on for entirely too long. It went from being sweet to overly sentimental, to simply unrealistic. It took the course TWO episodes for her to even BUDGE from her sister's side. In that situation, Blondie would've HAD two come to grips waaay sooner than she did.

Also, the redneck brother, upon seeing Merle's amputated hand, he pouts and screams "No! NO!" for, like, 90 seconds.

This show is loaded with scenes that seem almost like they're not intended for final broadcast. Like they're in some kinda "Pre edited" phase of completion.

[angrymissy]

That episode was pretty heavy on the Hallmark. It seems like they're trying to incorporate this realistic emotional element into the zombie framework, but I don't find it particularly effective. If we have to choose between zombie movie cliches and Lifetime original movie cliches, give me the former.

Other than that, the fact that they're moving on is greatly pleasing. So many zombie movies have such a narrow focus. One group of people in one location during a small window of time. There's an entire zombie-filled world out there to explore. Hopefully the TV format will allow that.


Silly nitpicks for ep 5:
-It was neat how Andrea got one of those cool new Glocks that automatically chamber a round when you pull it on someone.
-The groundskeepers managed to keep the CDC amazingly well-kempt throughout this whole zombie apocalypse thing. The lawn was pristine!

I am not a fan of the Hallmarky shit they are trying to pull. It just wasn't in the comic and it's what made the comic so awesome. In the comic, they do explore the emotional shit that's going on with all the survivors, and they do it REALLY well and it's not sappy and gross. It seems they are trying to sap it up for TV and I'm not a fan of it.

That shit with the gang members/old people lovers/small dog owners was EMBARRASSING. It was sitcomy. The CDC shit coming up (not in the book), looks like they pulled it straight from some Resident Evil movie and does not fit in at all with the direction the books go.

I'm sticking with it, but I was not a fan of the last 2 eps. With all the Hallmark shit they're throwing in, I find it hard to believe that they will do the things in the book that amazed and shocked me like:

Killing Rick's wife, Rick losing his arm, Carl killing Rick and later on, the other creepy kid.

[realmenhatelife]

I'm sticking with it, but I was not a fan of the last 2 eps. With all the Hallmark shit they're throwing in, I find it hard to believe that they will do the things in the book that amazed and shocked me like:




There was a list on Topless Robot, top 10 things we cant believe we'll see on the Walking Dead tv show, and it was a whole rundown of all the counter intuitive plot points from the book. I dont post a link because it is as spoilery as spoilery can spoil, but it should be really easy to find for anyone who is interested. It actually made me want to stick with the show a little more.

[Barnaby Jones]

I am not a fan of the Hallmarky shit they are trying to pull. It just wasn't in the comic and it's what made the comic so awesome. In the comic, they do explore the emotional shit that's going on with all the survivors, and they do it REALLY well and it's not sappy and gross. It seems they are trying to sap it up for TV and I'm not a fan of it.

That shit with the gang members/old people lovers/small dog owners was EMBARRASSING. It was sitcomy. The CDC shit coming up (not in the book), looks like they pulled it straight from some Resident Evil movie and does not fit in at all with the direction the books go.

That's ironic, since the gangbanger episode was written by Kirkman himself!!!!

[TripleSkeet]

I am not a fan of the Hallmarky shit they are trying to pull. It just wasn't in the comic and it's what made the comic so awesome. In the comic, they do explore the emotional shit that's going on with all the survivors, and they do it REALLY well and it's not sappy and gross. It seems they are trying to sap it up for TV and I'm not a fan of it.

That shit with the gang members/old people lovers/small dog owners was EMBARRASSING. It was sitcomy. The CDC shit coming up (not in the book), looks like they pulled it straight from some Resident Evil movie and does not fit in at all with the direction the books go.

I'm sticking with it, but I was not a fan of the last 2 eps. With all the Hallmark shit they're throwing in, I find it hard to believe that they will do the things in the book that amazed and shocked me like:

Killing Rick's wife, Rick losing his arm, Carl killing Rick and later on, the other creepy kid.

Ive never read the books, but Im gonna have to download them now. As far as your spoiler went, even having never read it I could probably have guessed we would never see that happen. They dont do stuff like that on tv shows that just became huge hits.

[Barnaby Jones]

They don't "do" super bleak shit on TV shows that are hits? Somebody better get in a time machine and tell Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Shield, Oz, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, The Wire and all the rest the terrible news!!!!

[Willmore]

They don't "do" super bleak shit on TV shows that are hits? Somebody better get in a time machine and tell Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Shield, Oz, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, The Wire and all the rest the terrible news!!!!

No, he means they don't kill off the main character on tv shows. At least not until the final episode.

[TripleSkeet]

No, he means they don't kill off the main character on tv shows. At least not until the final episode.

Thank you.

At least not until the show has had a decent run. Corporate executives dont think like that. They wouldnt look at it like shocking the audience and having people talk about it like crazy (see Dexter finale last season) they would look at it more like "OMG what if people like him and now they stop watching??? oh noes!!!"

[angrymissy]

That's ironic, since the gangbanger episode was written by Kirkman himself!!!!

No fucking way. That is embarrassing.

[Barnaby Jones]

No, he means they don't kill off the main character on tv shows. At least not until the final episode.

Almost all of the shows I listed killed off main characters way before the final episode!!!! The only thing I could see this not doing out of what Missy listed is the hand being cut off for budget reasons!!!!

[Barnaby Jones]

No fucking way. That is embarrassing.

I did a double take when I re-watched the episode! Mr. Kirkman needs to stick to the funnybooks!!!

[TripleSkeet]

Almost all of the shows I listed killed off main characters way before the final episode!!!! The only thing I could see this not doing out of what Missy listed is the hand being cut off for budget reasons!!!!

There are main characters...and then there is THE MAIN CHARACTER. Not one of those shows you mentioned did that. (Although Ive never seen SOA or The Wire)

[Barnaby Jones]

There are main characters...and then there is THE MAIN CHARACTER. Not one of those shows you mentioned did that. (Although Ive never seen SOA or The Wire)

I think Missy was mistaken!

Carl kills Shane in the comic, not Rick! Rick isn't dead in the book!!!

You're going to struggle to find any movie/book/comic/and so on where THE main character is killed off before almost anyone else!!! Psycho is about the only thing I can think of that fucks with the audience like that!!!!!

[Willmore]

Almost all of the shows I listed killed off main characters way before the final episode!!!! The only thing I could see this not doing out of what Missy listed is the hand being cut off for budget reasons!!!!

Breaking Bad, The Sopranos, The Shield, Oz, Rescue Me, Sons of Anarchy, Dexter, The Wire

No major character dies. On Breaking Bad the main characters are Walter and Jesse, and they kill people, they don't get killed. They might get injured for dramatic effect, never killed.

The Sopranos, same thing. The only major character was Tony. The rest were cannon fodder and could go at any point for plot reasons.

The Shield. Don't watch it, but I'm assuming the bald guy doesn't die in season 2.

Rescue Me. It's the Tommy Gavin show. Yes, his kid dies, yes his brother dies, yes some firefighters die, etc. But none of them were vital to the show, in fact, they contributed more by dying, than by living. Especially the kid. Tommy will probably die in the series finale, and that will be fine too.

Dexter. The wife had it coming for the last 7 seasons (I know there haven't been that many, but she annoyed the hell out of me for what seems like forever.)

The Wire. I don't remember anyone important dying, except the gangsters, and that one cop. Certainly not McNulty, or the black detective, or the other black detective or the black supervisor guy or the female black detective.

[Willmore]

I think Missy was mistaken!

Carl kills Shane in the comic, not Rick! Rick isn't dead in the book!!!

You're going to struggle to find any movie/book/comic/and so on where THE main character is killed off before almost anyone else!!! Psycho is about the only thing I can think of that fucks with the audience like that!!!!!

Yeah, I googled that later. The creator actually said he will probably kill him off before the end of the series, though.

[Barnaby Jones]

You've got a weird sense of what a major character is if you think there were no major deaths on The Wire, The Shield, Oz or The Sopranos!!!

Besides, like I said, the comic never kills off THE main character! At least not yet! You're talking like Rick is killed and he's not!!! Missy typed the wrong name, you silly goose!

It's cool that you're wrong, though!!! We all make mistakes!!!

[StanUpshaw]

Anyone wanting to see a main character die should tune into HBO 2011.

[Willmore]

Anyone wanting to see a main character die should tune into HBO 2011.

Johnny Drama is kicking the bucket?

[TripleSkeet]

I think Missy was mistaken!

Carl kills Shane in the comic, not Rick! Rick isn't dead in the book!!!

You're going to struggle to find any movie/book/comic/and so on where THE main character is killed off before almost anyone else!!! Psycho is about the only thing I can think of that fucks with the audience like that!!!!!

Oh ok. I said I hadnt read the book yet. Thats what I was saying, there was NO WAY that was gonna happen in the tv show.

[angrymissy]

I think Missy was mistaken!

Carl kills Shane in the comic, not Rick! Rick isn't dead in the book!!!

You're going to struggle to find any movie/book/comic/and so on where THE main character is killed off before almost anyone else!!! Psycho is about the only thing I can think of that fucks with the audience like that!!!!!

Yes that was a typo, sorrryyy. What is posted in spoiler tags here is correct

[cougarjake13]

I kept thinking maybe Merle was somehow responsible for the zombies...but how would he know his brother wasn't also in the camp? But then you kind of have to figure it was him, otherwise how did that many zombies get to camp without tripping any of the alarms?!?

Crappy editing during the zombie attack, too. I've watched it twice and it definitely looks like Shane and the heavy Hispanic guy got bit, but then there's no sign of that after everything is over! Kinda cheesy that you had these nobodies in camp who were seemingly there just to get eaten besides Ed and one of the sisters, but oh well, at least they're gone and we're only left with the "real" characters!!!!

Cheesy music struck again, too!!!! Did we really need the cliche "tense score" when they were going to try and trade hostages? Almost as bad as the reunion music between Rick and his family last week!!!!

I really like the show, but some parts of it are just so clunky and cheesy!!! Hopefully just growing pains!


yeh as i was watching i was wondering who the fuck these other people were who as of yet we havent even seen in the background

[cougarjake13]

Yeah, way the fuck off in the distance! A quarry isn't going to be that close to the city, and they had a chunky dude running with them, too!

it was daytime when they left city and night time during the attack


could be enough time

[angrymissy]

Oh ok. I said I hadnt read the book yet. Thats what I was saying, there was NO WAY that was gonna happen in the tv show.

If you don't mind the spoilers, the thing that I really don't see happening is them killing off his wife, which is a shame, because reading that in the book was a "holy shit" moment. Plus, they kill off a bunch of other people during that scene too

[StanUpshaw]

it was daytime when they left city and night time during the attack


could be enough time

In case anyone cares, the quarry is a real place on the outskirts of Atlanta. Look on google maps and see how close it is.

[weekapaugjz]

If you don't mind the spoilers, the thing that I really don't see happening is them killing off his wife, which is a shame, because reading that in the book was a "holy shit" moment. Plus, they kill off a bunch of other people during that scene too

that was the most brutal thing i have ever read in a comic book. i was in shock.

[Barnaby Jones]

If you don't mind the spoilers, the thing that I really don't see happening is them killing off his wife, which is a shame, because reading that in the book was a "holy shit" moment. Plus, they kill off a bunch of other people during that scene too

I could see them easily doing the first, but I don't think that they'd kill the baby, too!

[Fallon]

'The Walking Dead' Lets Go Of Writers; Considers No Writing Staff For Season 2 (http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/the-walking-dead-lets-go-of-writers-considers-no-writing-staff-for-season-2/)

WTF

[CountryBob]

yeh as i was watching i was wondering who the fuck these other people were who as of yet we havent even seen in the background

Remember random people dying in Lost? If you dont give em lines - you dont have to pay them alot of cheddar.

[cougarjake13]

Remember random people dying in Lost? If you dont give em lines - you dont have to pay them alot of cheddar.

yeh but these people hadnt even shown up in any backgrounds shots til it came time to die


i was watching these random people get attacked and eaten wondering where the fuck they came from


in none of the campfire scenes did we see them or washing clothes or going hunting .. all we saw were those main people we were introduced to when we first saw the camp

[Barnaby Jones]

yeh but these people hadnt even shown up in any backgrounds shots til it came time to die


i was watching these random people get attacked and eaten wondering where the fuck they came from


in none of the campfire scenes did we see them or washing clothes or going hunting .. all we saw were those main people we were introduced to when we first saw the camp

You see them show up when the dude is digging the graves, but I don't remember them before that!

[Enabler]

Even the somewhat established characters havent gotten enough screen time or dialogue to actually give a fuck about yet. Which is what made the "blonde sister" and the "bitten dude's" deaths so laborious to sit through.

Im glad the writing staff got fired. I have a feeling theres some strong material in there somewhere, but its been coming out so sappy and melodramatic. Its obvious that the original work and the overall premise are carrying the show to massive success, so having freelance writers crafting each episode could be a good move.

[cougarjake13]

Even the somewhat established characters havent gotten enough screen time or dialogue to actually give a fuck about yet. Which is what made the "blonde sister" and the "bitten dude's" deaths so laborious to sit through.

Im glad the writing staff got fired. I have a feeling theres some strong material in there somewhere, but its been coming out so sappy and melodramatic. Its obvious that the original work and the overall premise are carrying the show to massive success, so having freelance writers crafting each episode could be a good move.

yeh the only emotional attachment i had was when the one dude who was beating his wife finally got his ass kicked and then later attacked by zombies



and i wanted the cop to find his wife and kid but i cant believe they made it happen so soon

i woulda laet it be a cliff hanger to next season like he rolls up on that camp and finds something that shows she was there but they had moved on


or dont have them re unite til the last episode of this season

[NewYorkDragons80]

Great show.
Horrible score.

Meh. The music in the original Dawn of the Dead blew too.

[NewYorkDragons80]

'The Walking Dead' Lets Go Of Writers; Considers No Writing Staff For Season 2 (http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/the-walking-dead-lets-go-of-writers-considers-no-writing-staff-for-season-2/)

WTF

Maybe not (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/12/03/robert-kirkman-the-walking-dead-writers/)

[StanUpshaw]

Meh. The music in the original Dawn of the Dead blew too.

If you're talking about Goblin, I'm going to hunt you down mother fucker.

[IamFogHat]

I have a question, I'm gonna pick up the comic books but I need to know how far into it I can read without spoiling the show. After tonight's finale I'll have watched the whole first season and that's as far as I want to read until the next season so how many volumes is that in the comic? Thanks.

[Barnaby Jones]

If you're avoiding likely spoilers you'll run into some huge ones in just the first trade paperback collection alone!!!!!

[Justice4all]

What do you think the Doc whispered into his ear? I say he was watching a video cam as his friend was trying to confess his love/force himself on his wife.

[smiler grogan]

What do you think the Doc whispered into his ear? I say he was watching a video cam as his friend was trying to confess his love/force himself on his wife.
thats my thought as well

[Pitdoc]

What do you think the Doc whispered into his ear? I say he was watching a video cam as his friend was trying to confess his love/force himself on his wife.

Either that, or that his wife's blood test shows she's pregnant.....then he'll start figuring out the dates, and......

[King Imp]

So, now that the 1st season is over, I have a question about the opening scene to the series.

When Rick pulled up to a wreck on the road in the cop car. He got out with a gas can and walked towards a camp. While he was looking for gas (I assume) an undead little girl showed up and started to come at him.

When was this scene supposed to have taken place? Was it after he left Lennie James and his kid or is this something that's supposed to take place in the future?

[Pitdoc]

So, now that the 1st season is over, I have a question about the opening scene to the series.

When Rick pulled up to a wreck on the road in the cop car. He got out with a gas can and walked towards a camp. While he was looking for gas (I assume) an undead little girl showed up and started to come at him.

When was this scene supposed to have taken place? Was it after he left Lennie James and his kid or is this something that's supposed to take place in the future?

After he left Lennie James. Then , after that scene , you should cut to when his car ran out of gas, & he found the horse.

[brettmojo]

I hope this means they start making their way away from Atlanta and explore the rest of the country looking for survivors or whatever.

[Justice4all]

I do like how they started the last show with the flashback scene in the Hospital. It kind of gave a clue as to how long the Sheriff was in there.

[Chimee]

I don't like that, in a show all about impressive zombie numbers and decapitations, Walking Dead had some of the worst explosions that I have ever seen.

[Willmore]

I don't like that, in a show all about impressive zombie numbers and decapitations, Walking Dead had some of the worst explosions that I have ever seen.

AMC budget.

[Gutter]

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AWESOME.

[cougarjake13]

indeed fucking awesome


wish i didnt have to wait a year

[joeyballsack]

I checked the actor who plays Shane into my hotel this morning.

Is it wrong that I wanted to shoot him through the neck to right the wrong that was done in the series?

[TripleSkeet]

I cant wait for this series to come back. Im gonna read the comics and catch up while I wait.

[furie]

http://cache.gyazo.com/bd87e60a635a81abc15cb85fa5bd13fe.png

[cougarjake13]

http://cache.gyazo.com/bd87e60a635a81abc15cb85fa5bd13fe.png




id still hit it

[CountryBob]

http://cache.gyazo.com/bd87e60a635a81abc15cb85fa5bd13fe.png

id still hit it

Looks like Tom Petty

[brettmojo]

Want it NOW. (http://gammasquad.uproxx.com/2011/05/the-walking-dead-board-game-wants-you-to-bite-your-friends#more-33443)

http://cdn.gs.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/TWDboard1.jpg http://cdn.gs.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/TWDboard2.jpg

The Walking Dead Board Game focuses on the narrative from the televised version of the story (a slightly different experience from Robert Kirkmanhttp://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png’s graphic novel), pitting up to 4 players against each other in a tabletop battle for survival. Players must work together to move their way through Atlanta, all the while avoiding zombie infested attacks that sway the gaming experience by turning players into Walkers, in the event that they are bitten. Even if you find your player injured and turning into an undead, the journey is not over as now you must work with fellow zombie players to take down the remaining “human” survivors. It’s a necessary lesson, if not a poignant one: during the apocalypse, trust will only slow you down. The board game is recommended for 13+ and takes an estimated 30-45 minutes to play.

[Furtherman]

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HNmwf_cI8q0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[Gutter]

pretty awesome clip.

[Justice4all]

<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/HNmwf_cI8q0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>


Very nice! I can't wait to see a full season of this show.

[cougarjake13]

fuck october??



fucking bad ass anyway

[IamFogHat]

I love this show and the book, having said that I have a simple logic question about zombie properties. Why is it that people don't turn when they kill a zombie and the zombie's blood goes all over them including open cuts, their mouth, eyes, etc.?

[NewYorkDragons80]

I love this show and the book, having said that I have a simple logic question about zombie properties. Why is it that people don't turn when they kill a zombie and the zombie's blood goes all over them including open cuts, their mouth, eyes, etc.?

I know that does turn people in the 28 Days series

[StanUpshaw]

I'm pretty sure there are real-world diseases that are only spread through saliva. I haven't looked into it, but I don't think rabies is transmitted in any other way.

[Pitdoc]

I'm pretty sure there are real-world diseases that are only spread through saliva. I haven't looked into it, but I don't think rabies is transmitted in any other way.

Nope, rabies is blood & body-fluid bourne. If saliva spreads it, it is usually spread by blood & sperm as well .

[StanUpshaw]

Says you

[StanUpshaw]

Seriously though...everywhere I look claims, "Rabies is not transmitted by simply petting a rabid animal or by contact with blood, urine, or feces of a rabid animal."



The CDC sez: (http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/transmission/exposure.html)
Exposure to the Virus

People usually get rabies from the bite of a rabid animal. It is also possible, but quite rare, that people may get rabies if infectious material from a rabid animal, such as saliva, gets directly into their eyes, nose, mouth, or a wound.

Scratches, abrasions, open wounds, or mucous membranes contaminated with saliva or other potentially infectious material (such as brain tissue) from a rabid animal constitute non-bite exposures. Occasionally reports of non-bite exposure are such that postexposure prophylaxis is given.

Inhalation of aerosolized rabies virus is also a potential non-bite route of exposure, but except for laboratory workers, most people won’t encounter an aerosol of rabies virus.

Other contact, such as petting a rabid animal or contact with the blood, urine or feces of a rabid animal, does not constitute an exposure.

The only well-documented cases of rabies caused by human-to-human transmission occurred among eight recipients of transplanted corneas, and recently among three recipients of solid organs. Guidelines for acceptance of suitable cornea and organ donations, as well as the rarity of human rabies in the United States, reduce this risk.

In addition to transmission from cornea and organ transplants, bite and non-bite exposures inflicted by infected humans could theoretically transmit rabies, but no such cases have been documented. Casual contact, such as touching a person with rabies or contact with non-infectious fluid or tissue (urine, blood, feces) does not constitute an exposure and does not require postexposure prophylaxis. In addition, contact with someone who is receiving rabies vaccination does not constitute rabies exposure and does not require postexposure prophylaxis.

[Furtherman]

The Walking Dead Season 2 Trailer. (http://www.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/videos/the-walking-dead-season-2-trailer-from-comic-con)



YES.

[CountryBob]

Damn - that looks good. Stupid October cant get here quick enough!

[Misteriosa]

i just wanted to come in here and restate my hatred for zombies.

thank you.

[Furtherman]

i just wanted to come in here and restate my hatred for zombies.

thank you.

Fictional zombies... or the real ones?

[Misteriosa]

both.

[cougarjake13]

Damn - that looks good. Stupid October cant get here quick enough!

im fucking pumped

[IamFogHat]

Four new teaser clips. Looks like we're actually getting to the prison this season.
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2011/08/four-new-walking-dead-clips#page/1

[Furtherman]

AMC has announced that the second season of The Walking Dead will kick off with a 90-minute premiere—a full 30 minutes longer than the average episode. But there's also a "however" attached to that news.

According to The Wrap, the hit zombie series' sophomore year will be split in half. The season premiere will air on Sunday, Oct. 16, at 9:00 p.m. ET, followed by six more weekly episodes. Then the show goes away until Feb. 12, when the next six episodes begin their run.

That means we're looking at a roughly two-and-a-half month gap between the season's two halves, and it also means that the show's writers better come up with one hell of a cliffhanger to keep us all anxiously waiting for the second set of shows to start.


:annoyed:

[Rhah]

Dammit, that pissed me off when they did that for a Lost season (maybe more than one can't remember but it happened midway through the series).

[CountryBob]

Who the fuck thinks that this is the best way to do series?

Flash Forward, Lost, The Event, etc...

I hate this!

[StanUpshaw]

On the other hand, 40 weeks is a long ass time to wait between seasons.

[TripleSkeet]

Ugh. I hate this bullshit. Smallville used to do this too. But at least their seasons were 22 episodes long. Theres no reason to stop a season after 6 episodes. Thats ridiculous.

[cougarjake13]

Ugh. I hate this bullshit. Smallville used to do this too. But at least their seasons were 22 episodes long. Theres no reason to stop a season after 6 episodes. Thats ridiculous.

fucking stupid

[brettmojo]

http://nooooooooooooooo.com/vader.jpg

[Judge Smails]

Remember the very first episode where Rick Grimes comes across the woman zombie who is just a torso clawing her way across the lawn and he shoots her in the head and you thought to yourself "Yeah! Fuck that zombie bitch!"?

Well, here's her backstory (in six webisodes). Don't you feel bad now?

http://<IFRAME height=315 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameBorder=0 width=560 allowfullscreen></IFRAME> (http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>)

[DJEvelEd]

I love this show and the book, having said that I have a simple logic question about zombie properties. Why is it that people don't turn when they kill a zombie and the zombie's blood goes all over them including open cuts, their mouth, eyes, etc.?



I think Dick Grimes was wearing a face shield when he was beating a zombie with a bat.
(When he was at that nice colored man' home) Why else would he wear one?

[cougarjake13]

Remember the very first episode where Rick Grimes comes across the woman zombie who is just a torso clawing her way across the lawn and he shoots her in the head and you thought to yourself "Yeah! Fuck that zombie bitch!"?

Well, here's her backstory (in six webisodes). Don't you feel bad now?

http://<IFRAME height=315 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameBorder=0 width=560 allowfullscreen></IFRAME> (http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>)



no fuck her

[TripleSkeet]

Remember the very first episode where Rick Grimes comes across the woman zombie who is just a torso clawing her way across the lawn and he shoots her in the head and you thought to yourself "Yeah! Fuck that zombie bitch!"?

Well, here's her backstory (in six webisodes). Don't you feel bad now?

http://<IFRAME height=315 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameBorder=0 width=560 allowfullscreen></IFRAME> (http://<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Qajfj5wzcCU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>)

Awesome shit. I dont really feel bad though. Anyone that reminds a guy hes a weekend dad in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and after he saves her life kind of deserves it.

[Judge Smails]

Awesome shit. I dont really feel bad though. Anyone that reminds a guy hes a weekend dad in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and after he saves her life kind of deserves it.

Touche. I stand corrected.

[DJEvelEd]

I wonder when we will find out what the CDC scientist whispered to Dick Grime.

Did Merle cause the zombie attack on the campsite?

I think he filled the box truck with walkers and dropped them off.

[cougarjake13]

I wonder when we will find out what the CDC scientist whispered to Dick Grime.

Did Merle cause the zombie attack on the campsite?

I think he filled the box truck with walkers and dropped them off.



either that or followed him maybe

long way to go i know but its a possibilty

[DJEvelEd]

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[Furtherman]

Season 2 on now. Really good so far.

[HBox]

I just can't stand the whole stupid kids doing stupid things leading to stupid adults doing stupid things plot line.

[Furtherman]

Yea, it's dragged on the whole episode.

[HBox]

At least they haven't gone into the stupid adults doing stupid things..... yet. And despite that it's still a great episode.

[bohicanator]

The show is supposedly being shot in the ATL, yet one can't help but note the paucity of black Zombies.

Comments?

-BohicaBryantGumble

[TripleSkeet]

The blondes a cunt. I keep rooting for her to get eaten.

[StanUpshaw]

What were all those walkers doing on the road? I guess they were zommuting to work.

[NickyL0885]

What were all those walkers doing on the road? I guess they were zommuting to work.

Booooooo! :thumbdown:

[joeyballsack]

I don't understand the concept of hiding under a car to escape the zombies.

I thought they found fresh meat with smell and sound.

[Gutter]

good start. I like how they teased that Dr. Grimes comment in the beginning and he's saying in the walkie talkie, "well, it doesn't matter what he said" ::shakesfist:: sneaky bastids. good episode, crazy ending, and the season preview looks like its going to be awwwweeeesooooome.

[Furtherman]

Was i so tired last night I forgot the end? What happened again? After the church...?

[Gutter]

Was i so tired last night I forgot the end? What happened again? After the church...?

Rick prays for a sign from God in the church. He leaves, and meets Rick#2 and his son outside the chapel and they go back into the woods after sending the rest of the group to go back to the highway. The three person search party sees a deer in the woods and Ricks son is really amazed by it. He's probably never even seen a squirrel in the wild. He approaches the deer, Rick looks on thinking "sweet, thanks for the sign from above" and out of no where, a shot rings out from woods, a bullet kills the deer, passes through it, and hits Ricks son right in the gut. he goes down, episode over.

[Furtherman]

Ooooh yea, that's right. Thanks.

[Gutter]

Ooooh yea, that's right. Thanks.

sure thing. definitely didn't see that happening. God fucking hates Rick.

[Enabler]

I really thought they were gonna pull a piece of that little girls Teddy Bear out of the zombies stomach. But no....just a woodchuck. It would be awesome if they killed off both kids in 1 episode but I know theres no chance.

Still a lot of bad acting and cheesy dialogue, except for the badass crossbow guy. He's a good actor. But Ive always just enjoyed the show for its tension and zombie skull smashing. Of which theres plenty.

Wheres Merle? Whats did scientist whisper to Rick? I need those answers this season.

[TripleSkeet]

I don't understand the concept of hiding under a car to escape the zombies.

I thought they found fresh meat with smell and sound.

The writer explained this after the show. He said its not that they smell fresh meat, more that when they walk past they realize a live human doesnt have that corpse smell. But they arent bloodhounds, so hiding under a car would work just fine.

[JimBeam]

Do I really have to use spoiler tags when discussing last week's episode ?

Shouldn't those who haven't seen it stay the hell out of the thread ?

Who do you think shot the kid ? One of the people who thought the deer was a zombie ( and therefore bringing true the forshadowing of not wanting everybodyto have a gun ) ?

I can't rememer the season finale other than that the black woman stayed behind and got herself killed.

What happened with the old mechanic and the blonde that she was so pissy at him ?

[StanUpshaw]

Do I really have to use spoiler tags when discussing last week's episode ?

No, fuck that shit.

[cougarjake13]

Do I really have to use spoiler tags when discussing last week's episode ?

Shouldn't those who haven't seen it stay the hell out of the thread ?

Who do you think shot the kid ? One of the people who thought the deer was a zombie ( and therefore bringing true the forshadowing of not wanting everybodyto have a gun ) ?

I can't rememer the season finale other than that the black woman stayed behind and got herself killed.

What happened with the old mechanic and the blonde that she was so pissy at him ?

fuck no i say anywhere from 4 to 5 days after original air date is sufficient enough time

[cougarjake13]

Do I really have to use spoiler tags when discussing last week's episode ?

Shouldn't those who haven't seen it stay the hell out of the thread ?

Who do you think shot the kid ? One of the people who thought the deer was a zombie ( and therefore bringing true the forshadowing of not wanting everybodyto have a gun ) ?

I can't rememer the season finale other than that the black woman stayed behind and got herself killed.

What happened with the old mechanic and the blonde that she was so pissy at him ?

didnt they all get out of the building and get into the vehicles and drive away ?

[JimBeam]

The one black lady from last season stayed behind with the scientist that was in the building I think.

[Chimee]

The black woman stayed behind and the old guy and blonde woman got out through the only exit just as it exploded so there's not chance anyone in there survived.

[TripleSkeet]

Do I really have to use spoiler tags when discussing last week's episode ?

Shouldn't those who haven't seen it stay the hell out of the thread ?

Who do you think shot the kid ? One of the people who thought the deer was a zombie ( and therefore bringing true the forshadowing of not wanting everybodyto have a gun ) ?

I can't rememer the season finale other than that the black woman stayed behind and got herself killed.

What happened with the old mechanic and the blonde that she was so pissy at him ?

The blonde wanted to stay behind too. The old man didnt want her to. So he said if she stayed, he was gonna stay too. Basically she got out of there so that the old man wouldnt die even though she wanted to kill herself.

[Misteriosa]

im sure some of you people will be interested in this:


If you're in the New York area and want to party with zombies and those who flee them, you're in luck. This Thursday night, October 27, io9 and AMC's Walking Dead are throwing an Undead Carnival. Booze and brains will be provided, along with other post-apocalyptic party favors.

Want to come? The first 50 readers to RSVP to undead@io9.com with the subject line 'io9 Reader' get to go to the party. You must be over 21 to attend. We'll email confirmations to the lucky winners. See you there!



click the link:
http://io9.com/5852594/win-an-invite-to-the-undead-carnival-in-nyc-this-thursday-sponsored-by-io9-and-the-walking-dead

[Gutter]

im sure some of you people will be interested in this:


That would be fun, but I don't get paid till Friday now. Really enjoying that they switched pay day at my office all of a sudden. :thumbdown:

[Chigworthy]

Did #202 end with the pin holding the gate closed almost coming out? My "trial version" ended there and I want to make sure I didn't miss anything.

[Gutter]

Did #202 end with the pin holding the gate closed almost coming out? My "trial version" ended there and I want to make sure I didn't miss anything.

sure did.

[brettmojo]

The second episode wasn't bad but holy shit does it seem the story barely progresses sometimes through an episode.

[Gutter]

The second episode wasn't bad but holy shit does it seem the story barely progresses sometimes through an episode.

yea seriously. I thought they fired last years writing staff, but I don't notice any difference at all. I do really enjoy this show, but the pacing has been too slow so far. why is that girl even missing? I hope that pans out to something because, as I've said I really don't care what happens to her.

[TripleSkeet]

yea seriously. I thought they fired last years writing staff, but I don't notice any difference at all. I do really enjoy this show, but the pacing has been too slow so far. why is that girl even missing? I hope that pans out to something because, as I've said I really don't care what happens to her.

I was thinking the same thing. At this rate the series can go 15 years without getting to the end. I just started reading the comics. Cant find anything after #86. Man, if they followed that story this would be the most shocking show on tv. This last episode sucked. An hour gone and they only got 1 bullet fragment out of 6 from the kid.

[ihaveabadmonkey]

I did not like the last episode either. The closing scene was good, the rest ehhh. It was just showing how the group is falling apart. Didn't Rick's wife used to be a nurse at a prison, she should know how to help the kid.

[StanUpshaw]

Walt's blue meth has made it all the way to Georgia.

[Enabler]

Last episode was a complete snoozefest. Nothing happened.

The only tension I felt was whether or not the black guy is turning zombie or just sick with fever. And that was minimal.

[smiler grogan]

Walt's blue meth has made it all the way to Georgia.

Holy Shit Walt's meth is the cause and or cure to the zombie problem.

[Devo37]

watched the first 3 episodes of season 1 on netflix.

not sure what the love for this show is all about. is there anything beyond running away from zombies and occasionally meeting other survivors?

what's the hook that makes people love this show?? :huh:

[StanUpshaw]

watched the first 3 episodes of season 1 on netflix.

not sure what the love for this show is all about. is there anything beyond running away from zombies and occasionally meeting other survivors?

what's the hook that makes people love this show?? :huh:



ZOMBIES ON TV.

[Devo37]

ZOMBIES ON TV.

yeah, i get that. it seemed entertaining enough for 3 episodes. but if that's the whole show, seems like it would get boring and repetitive pretty quickly.

[StanUpshaw]

Any drama in the history of civilization has been about relating emotionally to characters. This one is the same. It's okay if you don't like it.

[furie]

So does anyone think the girl is dead?

[Gutter]

So does anyone think the girl is dead?

I fucking hope she is. two episodes is too long to care about that character and I wanna see a creepy kid zombie.

[CountryBob]

I fucking hope she is. two episodes is too long to care about that character and I wanna see a creepy kid zombie.

Second

[cougarjake13]

I fucking hope she is. two episodes is too long to care about that character and I wanna see a creepy kid zombie.

I fucking hope she is. two episodes is too long to care about that character and I wanna see a creepy kid zombie.

Second

thirded

but id be just as fine if they nvr bring her up again and we nvr know what happened

[StanUpshaw]

Merle has been shadowing them this whole time, and snatched her for ransom and/or sodomy.

[cougarjake13]

Merle has been shadowing them this whole time, and snatched her for ransom and/or sodomy.

ooohhh thats a good angle but he must have been following far back i think they woulda noticed they were being trailed

[StanUpshaw]

ooohhh thats a good angle but he must have been following far back i think they woulda noticed they were being trailed

These are the guys who couldn't spot a zombie herd coming down a 4-lane highway until they were about 30 yards away.

[Enabler]

Merle has been shadowing them this whole time, and snatched her for ransom and/or sodomy.


probably just sodomy

[Chigworthy]

probably just sodomy

With the stump.

[CountryBob]

There's always time for sodomy

[Baby DEW Year]

There's always time for sodomy

That's the Tennessee state motto!

[furie]

Merle has been shadowing them this whole time, and snatched her for ransom and/or sodomy.

spoiler or opinion?

[Judge Smails]

spoiler or opinion?

fantasy wish fulfillment

[cougarjake13]

These are the guys who couldn't spot a zombie herd coming down a 4-lane highway until they were about 30 yards away.

that is true but they were surrounded by abandoned cars at the time

[Furtherman]

Holy shit that kid gave me a scare.

[Brad_Rush]

Wow, what a dick... looked like there would have been plenty of time for both to get away. I expected that was what happened though when they didn't show Otis die earlier.