Hey, why no "Walking Dead" thread yet???

[mamacags]

I think Merrel gathered up some zombies and released them on the camp and THAT is why no alarms went off.  I can see the vatos doing that because Hispanic grandmas are almost as revered as Italian grandmas.  I wish there was some sort of time line though.  It drives me nuts that I have no idea how long he was in a coma after the apocalypse started (had to have been less than 5 days though with no water) and how long it took to get to Atlanta.  I hate his wife, she was a stupid whore slut on an episode of House that I just watched too.  Do you really start banging some guy after your hubby has been "dead" for all of a week or two?  I can't believe they only made 8 episodes for season 1.  WTF were they thinking!?!?

[true_blood]

Good show last night. You can see that he show is picking up steam as it goes. Gotta love the gore!

[CactusCarlos]

I've watched a few episodes but I'm missing something - can someone tell me what happened that all those zombies are walking around? 

[Karin]

We don't know yet, Cactus. 

Yeah, I dislike that wife, too.  Very trashy to bang another guy when your own husband is barely room temp.  And I hate her 80's style feathered bangs.   Anyway, that little blonde sister is now quite infected, and so they now have to separate her head.  No getting around it, no matter how much big sister wails.   

During episode two, when they start chopping up the dead guy to use his guts for cammo, my husband was eating dinner.   

[Godot showed up]

We don't know yet, Cactus. 

Yeah, I dislike that wife, too.  Very trashy to bang another guy when your own husband is barely room temp.  And I hate her 80's style feathered bangs.   Anyway, that little blonde sister is now quite infected, and so they now have to separate her head.  No getting around it, no matter how much big sister wails.   

During episode two, when they start chopping up the dead guy to use his guts for cammo, my husband was eating dinner.   

Well, she's dead, but I expect the characters to collectively pick up the idiot ball and forget about her. These zombies don't come back so fast, so they might not think of it.


Actually, is it clear that those KILLED by zombies come back if not more or less devoured? The mother in ep. 1 was alive and then infected but not killed, then ran the fever which causes death and zombiehood.

So far the writers have stolen the old out-of-it-in-the-hospital gag while-the-zombie-apocalypse happened (28 Days Later, yeah, I know not zombies, but same setup as this plot device), the back-the-rolling-gate-truck-up-to-the-warehouse wheeze (Dawn of the Dead remake), and the cover-ourselves-in-zombie-gore-so-we-pass trick (the really awful House of the Dead II). And we're also getting way too much "informed attribute" stuff about the main character Grimes being a badass; show us, don't tell us. And they didn't telegraph that Merle was going to cut his hand off much, right, with that toolbox knocked over and conveniently placed? BUT, hey, it's zombies and at least we had a good old-fashioned zombie attack last episode at the end--things were getting way too comfortable in that camping ground.

I haven't read the comics so don't know what to expect, but considering the condition of some of the zombies we've seen (for example, bisected and still dragging itself by the arms in Ep 1), this has to be considered true zombiehood, not infected humans even if it does start with a virus. And heck, there's precedent for that--the brain-eating  trioxin zombies of Return of the Living Dead movies aren't supernatural types but might as well be, and same for Resident Evil zombs.

Zombies!!

[Godot showed up]

Bitchslaps for everyone going off topic.

Oh- and for your information...I would be pro-active and shoot you in the head before any chance of contagen...


It's the only way to be sure.

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s1MspmfEwg[/youtube]

BS for rippin' off the sig.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

he Walking Dead has gotten terrific ratings for AMC and a quick renewal, as it heads into its season finale this weekend. But now comes word of a curious overhaul behind the scenes.

Deadline is reporting that executive producer Frank Darabont has let go of the show's entire writing staff, including his number 2, Charles H. Eglee (Dexter, The Shield). As Deadline notes, many shows have some writer changes in-between seasons, but it's unusual for such a major overhaul.

In addition, Deadline says they hear Darabont wants to go forward into Season 2 without a set writing staff, instead assigning all scripts he doesn't write himself to freelancers. Deadline points out that Darabont fully wrote two episodes of the first season (and co-wrote or re-wrote the others) and that two of the others were written by non-staff writers, including Walking Dead comic book creator Robert Kirkman. They also note that Darabont would be using the same model employed by Torchwood, which has several writers working on episodes for the upcoming re-launch on Starz (including Buffy's Jane Espenson), but no full time writing staff.

One hurdle for Darabont to do this however may come in the form of the Writer's Guild. Torchwood -- which just added another Buffy alum, Kelly Manners, as a producer -- is coproduced by the BBC, who got the okay from the Writer's Guild to continue with their UK template.

http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1137550p1.html

[Duke Nukum]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1137550p1.html

The most important thing about that story for me was finding out Torchwood was going to be on Starz.

I hope it emulates Children of Earth and not the first two mediocre-to-horrible seasons.

[thundley4]

The most important thing about that story for me was finding out Torchwood was going to be on Starz.

I hope it emulates Children of Earth and not the first two mediocre-to-horrible seasons.

I'm waiting for Torchwood, and Doctor Who.  I wish the British followed the American TV way of doing series.  Then again, they would cancel more shows quicker if they did.

[mamacags]

They got picked up today for a 13 episode season 2!   I hope Lennie James shows back up.  I love that guy in every show he does!

[true_blood]

They got picked up today for a 13 episode season 2!   I hope Lennie James shows back up.  I love that guy in every show he does!

AWESOME! Great show.

[Godot showed up]

Are we all on the same page? I finally saw ep. 6.

Ep 5 established that if you're bitten by a zombie and so savaged that you die, you do come back as a zomb. Ok.

Ep 6 gave us a little neuroscience. Fine, but I am expecting some kind of explanation of how things that are, say, cut in half, are still able to move. I mean, don't the bodies count at some point if we're talking about an infection? And are they digesting what they eat, or will they starve? Romero was smart to make his zombs supernatural--God did it--because then anything goes. I never asked these questions about the trioxin zombs of the Return of the Living Dead movies, or Resident Evil virus zombs. But I expect more from a multi-hour investment of time like this.

I am glad that Ep 6 left us not knowing if it even IS a disease, despite the fact that we have an appparent disease-like epidemiology to point to--a fever. But Jenner said he hadn't a clue. But wait--if that's so, then what were the blood tests about? What was he testing for if they're clueless? And what did he whisper to Grimes? Maybe someone in the group is going to zomb-out on us? Or maybe he saw Shane's little attempted rape on a camera?

[mamacags]

There are a lot of things you have to just let go in this series.  There are too many things that won't make sense and will drive you nuts if you let them.