well i mean at this point i don't see any real signs of trying to attempt anything really different, but at the same time i'm not really complaining.
― omar little, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:07 (thirteen years ago) link
have come to the depressing conclusion that most horror fans don't want anything really different
― naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
this kinda reminds me of shakey mo on the literary fiction thread - something can be interesting and different without having some crazy, genre-exploding formal element. not that 'the walking dead' is an example of this.
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link
something can be interesting and different without having some crazy, genre-exploding formal element.
I'm not all "every zombie movie must be CRAZY and FREE", just think the walking dead fails on both of yr points
― the american car is a bus and a car for all americans (Edward III), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link
xpost Because the hospital zombies were all locked in the DO NOT DEAD INSIDE room.
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl)
That is a very interesting name for a room
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE)
You don't have a DO NOT DEAD INSIDE room? Where on earth do you entertain visiting friends? Honestly!
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
man, you miss one fucking word...
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link
DO NOT FUCKING DEAD INSIDE
every implication I can think of for inflection of this sentence is terrifying
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.jimbeeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/fido-dvd-art.jpg
Is this a deconstruction?
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:04 (thirteen years ago) link
haha sorry I wasn't mocking the missing a word, I just wanted to make that joke...
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
DO NOT FUCKING DEAD INSIDE BERSERKER!
http://content7.flixster.com/question/53/96/65/5396657_std.jpg
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:07 (thirteen years ago) link
i thought you were making fun of the fact that if you read the words in rows instead of columns, it said something like DON'T DEAD ENTER INSIDE
xp
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
if this show was more awesome it would have paused while the hero tried to parse that phrase until finally getting it
― omar little, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:12 (thirteen years ago) link
"don't be dead, enter inside?"
― omar little, Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't die if I go in here
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/walking9.jpg
― the american car is a bus and a car for all americans (Edward III), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I did read it across at first and was all, huh? DON'T DEAD OPEN INSIDE
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
CAFETERIA for extra lulz
― Tub Girl Time Machine (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
I thought the zombies had written the sign as a lure, like those coyote-written signs to lure the road runnerFREE FUD HEER
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― the american car is a bus and a car for all americans (Edward III), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
ya hah
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Tuesday, 2 November 2010 20:41 (thirteen years ago) link
haven't watched this series but I think the comic is just a rehashed zombie story. it brings nothing new to the table.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 03:39 (thirteen years ago) link
after reading enough about this series, the "new thing" seems to be a zombie story that continues. Kirkman said his reason for starting this was his disappointment in not being able to see what happens next. i'm totally fine with this approach, actually this is kind of what i want. a very classic zombie story that just keeps unrolling beyond what we typically see.
the pilot wasn't at all boring to me. this is actually very much what i wanted. a zombie story with a lot of quiet and discovery.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:27 (thirteen years ago) link
a very classic zombie story that just keeps unrolling beyond what we typically see.
otm!
I'm glad these are some OG Ramero-style zombies who just sort of amble haphazardly w/o being able to run. Zombies already have strength in numbers - giving them hyperkinetic musculature on top of that was just sorta unfair imo.
― so imagen what we can do with the rest of our brain...right buddy's?? (Pillbox), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
*Romero
― so imagen what we can do with the rest of our brain...right buddy's?? (Pillbox), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Rambero
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― F-Unit (Ste), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:31 (thirteen years ago) link
I loved this show. I am not much of a zombie fan but this was pretty ace.
― Nathalie (stevienixed), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 09:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I really dug it too but I was amazed by a. how quickly our hero adapted to waking up in a brave new zombie world, and also b. his complete lack of curiosity as to how the fuck this happened. I'm having Lost deja vu where you're wondering why nobody asks each other basic questions about the situation. I would be badgering anyone within reach to tell me how long I was out, how extensive it is (Alabama? North America? northern hemisphere?) But they've got to pad this out, so I accept that.
Intrigued by the piles and piles of pristine military hardware lying about - somebody somewhere (hoping for a zombie Dennis Hopper with an eyepatch) is amassing a serious army if all this is just around for the taking. I'm sure they'll get to that at some point (zombie virus moved quickly through close-knit groups or some such).
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry if this has already been addressed - somebody was telling me this is a six-episode season. That right?
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
that is correct.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Thinking about this a day later, it does seem good-but-not-great. But my objections to the acting were silly, I think. If you're going to make an upmarket show in a b-grade genre, unknown actors that are a bit clunky are part of the spirit of the endeavor. I'm impressed by how much genuine love went into this show.
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:23 (thirteen years ago) link
how can you tell how much genuine love went into this show
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:32 (thirteen years ago) link
cannn you feeeeeel .... the gooooore .... toniiiiiiiiiiiiite
Thanks for six-ep clarification. I was wondering if popping zombies in the head and people crying as they cap a spouse would get pretty old by episode 11.
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Saw Monsters the other night and now I'm mixing up which post-apocalyptic bleak deserted landscape belongs to which show.
― Brakhage, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the hero did seem to get over the whole "the world is destroyed, the dead are eating the living" shit pretty quickly.
― omar little, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:18 (thirteen years ago) link
If you have to ask...
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
exploding zombie heads and long closeups of crawling zombies and buzzing flies over blackened corpse feet = LURVE imo
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
wow kinda suprised to see so many people down on this show - i watch lots of crazo horror stuff and yeah most of it might be a little more edgy and OTT and better in many ways than this, but im still down with the "HOLY SHIT A GORY ZOMBIE MINISERIES ON THE TV AWESOME" reaction tbh.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:44 (thirteen years ago) link
esp considering that like 99% of TV horror attempts have been unmitigatedly fucking awful
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
^
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
no idea what the comix are like, but i am hoping this goes in the direction of... deadwood!
hours and hours of survival horror is not interesting, and lost-style soapy shit among the survivors isn't either. but people figuring out how to live with each other and build ad-hoc institutions of stability in extreme circumstances is super interesting imo
any chance of that?
― Mannsplain Steamroller (goole), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
thats my hope, but i havent read the comics either.
part of my optimism tho is that a miniseries or series or whatever handled right could totally fulfill that long arc post societal breakdown/rebuilding in a way that zombie movies never ever can - all respect to the dawn/day of the dead stuff or 28 days/weeks, but commenting on it isnt the same as showing it happen.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I read a little bit of a current issue of the comic and it involved a lot of people on a farm standing around and yelling at each other
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:54 (thirteen years ago) link
about leaving the toilet seat up or down, I'm sure.
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
also peeps saying the gore/FX aren't up to par may i please direct you to another comparable low tier cable network called SYFY which should maybe change yer feelings about that.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 17:56 (thirteen years ago) link
i think the gore is good
i dont think the fact that it is a zombie show alone is reason enough to give it a pass... i mean, i like zombie movies but it's not like they're exactly underrepresented in pop culture
― candid gamera (s1ocki), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
dreading the inevitable mummy movie renaissance
― lol tea partiers and their fat fingers (HI DERE), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Brendan Frazier did well enough with that already, imo.
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Sorry, Fraser.
― kenan, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:06 (thirteen years ago) link
no one ever has to apologize to brendan fraser
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Dug the pilot. The creators obviously saw 28 Days Later and played Left 4 Dead, but I was surprised how well the pacing and effects came out. I don't know why but I had an optimism about this too, it seems like a good medium for the ongoing story.
I read some of the comic too, but gave up after a few volumes, it just got too relentlessly depressing - seemed like they were just going to go from one shitty situation to another every volume. Also as said, the art wasn't very good. I never even got to the samurai character.
hours and hours of survival horror is not interesting, and lost-style soapy shit among the survivors isn't either. but people figuring out how to live with each other and build ad-hoc institutions of stability in extreme circumstances is super interesting imoany chance of that?
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 November 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link