The Walking Dead [TV Serie]

[arj0n]

What are your thoughts of the new horror-drama tv serie "The Walking Dead".
So far I've really enjoyed the first 2 parts, awesome. It also gave me the feeling watching a great Stephen King movie.

Plot: Cast on the popular comic book series by Robert Kirkman, the series follows Rick Grimes and a band of survivors trying to seek a safe haven during a zombie uprising.

Based on the comic book series of the same name written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics.

Frank Darabont is the director & screenwriter of this tv-serie and has also done The Woman in the Room (1983), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Green Mile (1999) & The Mist (2007), all great Stephen King movies.

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[tzachs]

So far so good, I've also enjoyed the first two episodes, and very interested to see where this is going.
And it's also pretty classic for a video game adaptation...

[Anian]

Only watched the first episode and it was okay, could be good. It's hard to not use any cliche when you make a work about zombies, though the begining is a lot like mix of Zombieland and 28 days...still if it's done the right way, it might end up fine.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Found it rather boring to be honest.  They abridged or cut several gory and intense scenes from the comic for no good reason, and the filler they put in place just slows the pace down to a crawl.  Still, the zombie effects were top notch, especially for a series.  I'll probably wait until the full season is done and then give it a watch and see if it improves.

[Khris]

I really like it so far but yeah, it could be better. It's hard to re-invent the genre/trump Dawn of the Dead though, so I'm going to give it some time.

[Snarky]

I think it's pretty good. Better than the comic (which aims for gritty but usually ends up with silly), for sure. The pilot was much better than the second episode and its ludicrous racist redneck fuckwit, but even though it seems obvious that he's not dead and will cause stupidly annoying complications later, I'm still cautiously optimistic.

Seems like it must be insanely expensive to produce, so I hope they get to continue making it at this scale and we don't end up with the whole show as a post-apocalyptic soap opera taking place in that camping spot with maybe a zombie or two showing up every couple of episodes.

[Chicky]

The comic is bloody great, not too sure about the series. It's surprisingly accurate but we shall see.

[Ponch]

I don't know anything about the comic but so far I like the show. It's a little slow paced, but I think that kind of fits the survival horror angle. Hopefully the show will only get better.

[Buckethead]

I love the effects in this. Several videos already appeared on youtube on how long the make up took.

[Stupot]

Just watched the first two episodes.
I'm really enjoying it.  I've always wanted a zombie series, so this is like an early Xmas present.  And I gather they've already bought a second season.

[arj0n]

And I gather they've already bought a second season.

Yup 

[bicilotti]

If you watched the show but never read the comic, I urge you to do so!

[arj0n]

Just watched ep3, great story so far.
The end came a bit as a surprise to me,

Spoiler

hand cut-of and [probably] not being on that roof anymore.

[close]

Can't wait for ep4 

[Dualnames]

Found it rather boring to be honest.  They abridged or cut several gory and intense scenes from the comic for no good reason, and the filler they put in place just slows the pace down to a crawl.  Still, the zombie effects were top notch, especially for a series.  I'll probably wait until the full season is done and then give it a watch and see if it improves.

I feel like watching a really boring zombie movie. I find nothing to grab upon. However the end of episode 1, left me wanting to see who was that. Hopefully this won't be boring as fuck.

[Chicky]

It's strongly based on character development Dual, there are some pretty shocking bits.

[Stupot]

Must admit, the 3rd episode was kind of boring for the most part, too much standing around discussing their next move and not enough zombies.  However, the ending was brilliant:

Spoiler

Merle Dixon is clearly going to become some kind of Zombie warlord leading an army of the undead

[close]

This is kind of a cross between Dawn of the Dead and The Stand... I like it.

[Pinback]

I'm really digging this show, I mean, to me it's a lot closer to Romero's earlier work (Which I love) than anything else zombie related I've seen recently.

[capdown]

I saw only the first episode but it was simply awesome!
Have to watch the other ones too 

I've always wanted to see a good zombie series - my prayers have been heard 

[Snarky]

Maybe this would be a good place to mention TERRIERS, the excellent new show on FX (Wednesdays).

The name may not be all that compelling, but the premise (a pair of mismatched partners work as low-rent P.I.s in California while dealing with their complicated private lives) should be crowd-pleasing enough, while the quality of the stories, the writing and particularly the acting really make it a treat for connoisseurs of TV dramas.

The best comparison I can come up with is Veronica Mars, but Terriers feels less stylized and cutesy, more charmingly scruffy and "real" in its drama. It also makes a good match with FX's Justified, though honestly, it kind of blows that show out of the water.

[Vince Twelve]

I agree so much with Snarky here.  I "ell oh vee ee" LOVED Veronica Mars and I'm really digging Terriers, partially for the Mars-ish vibe that I got from it from the very first episode.

OT: I quite enjoy Walking Dead so far, but it hasn't been quite what I want to see from a zombie TV show yet.  The pacing's been a bit off.  But it's just starting and it's still miles above most TV.