yeah the trailer was promising
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:31 (thirteen years ago) link
what an embarrassment for slocki
― the parking garage has more facebook followers than my band (Jordan), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
it will be an embarrassment for YOU when the show comes out and is lame
― guanciale diary (s1ocki), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
then everyone will be like oh sorry slocki and i will be like whatever and just walk right by you w/o even making eye contact
hahaha
― F-Unit (Ste), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
that will be because you are a zombie.
― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ya, because i made myself a real zombie because the tv version was so lame
― guanciale diary (s1ocki), Thursday, 14 October 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Gnawing out your own brains in protest at terrible television is the new "I'm mad as hell and..."
fill in the viewer's desire to know what happens NEXT, and then NEXT, and then NEXT--how peoploe keep on living in the world post-zombie apocalypse, as opposed to the few days/weeks that a film can show.
If it does this at all well, then I will love it. I am fascinated by just how people are supposed to get by and live their lives under extreme circumstances, and the accommodations they have to make in order to have any order at all. What kind of barter springs up? What turns out to be useful? That kind of thing.
― trishyb, Thursday, 14 October 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
http://io9.com/5667199/spoiler+free-review-of-the-first-two-episodes-of-the-walking-dead
― Regular Stormy (Jenny), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
early fanboy reviews are worthless.
― george pimpton (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 13:31 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL
― Regular Stormy (Jenny), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
the LOLing dead
― george pimpton (s1ocki), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I would prob watch that, too.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Leaked
― Black Arkestra, Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Zombies have an unfortunate tendency to do that.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:23 (thirteen years ago) link
watching THE COLONY, discovery channel's "survivor: apocalypse" reality show, and i keep expecting zombies to stagger around the corner
― some droopy HOOS in makeup (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
whoa ep one of this was absolutely fantastic...blown away.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 29 October 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Don't raise my expectations please. OK? Thanks!
― musicfanatic, Friday, 29 October 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
First ep was pretty solid IMO, they get the "origin" shit over and done without too much trouble while throwing in a few nice details. Closing song is pretty WTF though.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 October 2010 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, just watched this. surprisingly fucking good tbqh.
― circa1916, Saturday, 30 October 2010 00:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah sorry to raise expectations! Basically I felt it was v good dramatically, v tense, managed to make the events feel sad/disturbing, and looked great. The zombies behave and look far far better than say 28 Days Later.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Saturday, 30 October 2010 08:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Ladies just can't learn to turn off a damn light or not to take sentimental mementos instead of survival supplies, amirite?
― Melissa W, Monday, 1 November 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
What I expected, especially after watching the 4 minute episode 1 previewbut I liked it all the same.
Here's hoping this series is a long good zombie movie
― popular music is destroying our youth (CaptainLorax), Monday, 1 November 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
This was v v satisfyingalso, my girlfriend tends to leave the lights onand she spent large chunks of this telling me when she could look
― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Very well done. Nothing surprising or new, but the sniping the wife/killing the crawling torso scene was great.
Also, I'm totally going to judge rural deputy sheriffs for having backward views on women. Turning it off in disgust.
And yeah, women be grabbin' the photo albums. It's The Simpsons Movie all over again.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 1 November 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
xp, lol, people getting scared to horror
― popular music is destroying our youth (CaptainLorax), Monday, 1 November 2010 05:08 (thirteen years ago) link
It was okay, not particularly mind blowing. Hopefully there will be enough deviation from the comics that I won't have a sense of having seen this all before.
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Monday, 1 November 2010 05:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved it. Though honestly, Sheriff Egg have you watched no zombie movies? Sheesh. DONT GO INTO THE CITY. (Sherriff was Egg in 'This Life' in the longago...hence Sheriff Egg)
Had long nerd discussion with Mr Veg over car vs horse in zombieworld...I was pro horse, well until I remembered the whole lunch on legs thing, doh.
Greg Nicotero special effects ftw.
That little girl headshot in the opening scene was Assault on Precinct 13-level cold-bloodedness. I approve.
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Monday, 1 November 2010 06:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I assume that the horse was previously able to run away from danger?
Anyway, this show rules.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, 1 November 2010 06:47 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't read the comics. the story was pretty meat and potatoes, but i thought this was executed wonderfully. very atmospheric. definitely was way more into this than anything zombie-related i've seen in years. altogether a very solid pilot.
few issues: 1. yeah, that song at the end. 2. guy at the farmhouse who for some reason decided to write GOD FORGIVE US on the wall with blood of the wife he just shot?
― circa1916, Monday, 1 November 2010 06:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Driving home from my friend's house through empty streets was fun.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Monday, 1 November 2010 06:48 (thirteen years ago) link
How long was Rick in a coma? Wouldn't it take a while for zombies to overtake the world, since they are not a particularly fast moving bunch? Maybe this is answered in the comic, but I was just curious.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Monday, 1 November 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
maybe europe is fine
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 1 November 2010 12:20 (thirteen years ago) link
liked it, but still worried it's going to fellow the comic's descent into melodrama
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:05 (thirteen years ago) link
oh most definitelywriting is not mad men/breaking bad level at allbut melodrama is the fuel this thing runs on
― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
One would hope, having the spine of a larger story from the comic book, they can work out how to improve on its faults. Of course, I don't know about Darabont's chops in this regard. I worry that HOLLYWOOD names dazzle execs into not questioning the showrunning skills.
Anyways, if it stays a quality piece of genre and nothing more, it would be a shame but I'd be alright with that.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:09 (thirteen years ago) link
the comic's rhythm was long periods of being off-balance, then an island of calm for about half as long, then everybody loses everything and a few people die and we're off balance and on the move again, then an island of calmrepeat ad nauseum.if the show can do this without turning into zombie groundhog day and always keep the stakes high (and if that kid can act; that kid has GOT to be able to act) this should be able to hold my attention for as long as it takes for michonne to show up and for this to become the action movie I assume it's ultimately aiming for
― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Simply must download this tonight. I'm totally geeked for this.
― kenan, Monday, 1 November 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
this was great. things I liked the best: letting the main character be totally vulnerable/scared shitless. sympathy for zombies. lols at zombies. the loyal horse companion. only thing I didn't: the wife side story.
― String Yr BLOBs (bnw), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:31 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree it's not really on the level of mad men or breaking bad, but hard to imagine how this plot would hit those levels anyway. i just think it's dramatically really exciting, and so i can imagine v easily looking forward to it each week.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:34 (thirteen years ago) link
happy to hear this from the A/V club review:"It's been made clear that it will feature new characters that don't appear in the book, eliminate ones that do, and follow the plots and stories of the comic only insofar as it suits the arc of the series."
― a pun based on a popular ilx meme (forksclovetofu), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, cutting to the wife and that scrappy band of survivors was a bit jarring considering the mood that was set before. It had to happen, I guess, but that "twist" was pretty cliché. xxpost
Zombie and apocalypse drama is a pretty rich vein for really great drama. I'd like to see it do something more than just AAGH ZOMBIES and hopefully avoid the "WE are the real enemy" as much as possible.
From the preview I saw ages ago, I remember thinking that little girl ran, so I was happy to see she just moved a little briskly. Slow zombies>>>>>>>>>>>Fast zombies.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 1 November 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
How long was Rick in a coma? Wouldn't it take a while for zombies to overtake the world,
When they're taking showers at the police station, Morgan says, "The gas lines have been off for a couple of months."
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
He would have been in a coma for a while before that happened though, since everything was fine when he got shot.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
That crawling half-zombie was O_O
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Monday, 1 November 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Haven't seen this yet but have read the comix, and hoping they cut out the psycho armchair ninja lady with a sword. Clearly they like her, because she's lasted this long in the books, but she always struck me as more than a little ridiculous (see also: blind guy vs. zombies in "World War Z").
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 November 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I was feeling for that poor zombie, it was way more sad than scary.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Monday, 1 November 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Scary first time around, sad when he shot it..special effects makeup etc on it were A+++
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Monday, 1 November 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
the zombies look and act in a way that's a lot more interesting than lots of other zombie tv/films
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 1 November 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, there's a remnant of their living selves still in their faces/behavior somehow, I really like it
Also like the violence of the zombie killings...pretty impressive for basic cable. The one scene where the sheriff blew away the deputy guy up against the chainlink gate..wow
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Monday, 1 November 2010 16:19 (thirteen years ago) link