The Walking Dead (AMC)

[Pariah]

I heard an interview with Kirkman. He's moved to LA to be more involved with the writing. That's good news. Kirkman is a master storyteller.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

The Walking Dead executive producer Glen Mazzara is taking the reins of AMC's The Walking Dead following the exit of creator/executive producer/showrunner Frank Darabont.

http://www.deadline.com/2011/07/glen-mazzara-to-succeed-frank-darabont-as-walking-dead-showrunner/

 

[blindseyed]

Saw the trailer for season two and I gotta say "I'm not impressed". Looks like the group of survivors disolves into smaller groups...

Also a small annoyance in the trailer... Deputy Walsh is running for about 4 or 5 seconds and then falls. As the camera pan's away the zombie's are at his heels and they were WALKING the entire time!!! How does someone run and not get any distance between himself and 'The Walking Dead'?!?!?! dumb...

Hey I've run from Zombies...(well, it was my fat ex-wife) and it's scary! Don't judge Prtland, until you've been chased by an angry, fat, bi-polar woman...err..I mean zombie!

 

[SuperSpck]

Check out Hardwick's NERDIST with Kirkman.
VERY funny and informative.

 

[Pariah]

Check out Hardwick's NERDIST with Kirkman.
VERY funny and informative.

That's the one I listened to that said he moved to LA to be in the writing room.

I love the topics on The Nerdist, but I think Hartwick bugs me.

 

[Mulli]

That's the one I listened to that said he moved to LA to be in the writing room.

I love the topics on The Nerdist, but I think Hartwick bugs me.

Hardwick tries too hard to be funny.

 

[Pariah]

Hardwick tries too hard to be funny.

I don't really understand how he's a professional comedian. Seems like a nice guy, pretty polished in his broadcasting talents...maybe he should take the Seacrest tract instead of the Galifinakis tract.

 

[Pariah]

I do like Jonah Ray, though (when his mic works).

 

[Mulli]

I don't really understand how he's a professional comedian. Seems like a nice guy, pretty polished in his broadcasting talents...maybe he should take the Seacrest tract instead of the Galifinakis tract.

Yep. He is even annoying just singing the theme song for Doug Benson.

 

[27Veer]

I can't believe they were at Ft. Benning and didn't scoop up M-4's, M-240's etc. It is the Infantry school with at least 2 Brigades training there all of the time.

 

[NJCardFan]

Season premier this Sunday. I hope this goes for more than 6 episodes.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Season premier this Sunday. I hope this goes for more than 6 episodes.

That depends. If the episodes are on a par with the pilot last season, I hope they made a full slate of episodes. If it's anything like the other episodes I'd just as soon they all end up on a zombie plate in the season opener.

Steve

 

[Griffin]

Season premier this Sunday. I hope this goes for more than 6 episodes.

The second season will have 13 episodes. But I hope the writers will get a little more creative than in the first season or I won't make it that far.

 

[Pariah]

You guys are tough critics. I thought last season was great.

 

[Stout]

Last season started great, stayed good for a while, and sucked majorly at the end. Supposedly, it was because they had to rush it for the 6 episodes. I thought they should have simply curtailed the plot if they only had 6 episodes, but whatever. I hope it is like the early part of the first season, and not the latter part.

 

[AzStevenCal]

You guys are tough critics. I thought last season was great.

I don't usually consider myself a tough critic. I guess it's possible I'm being too harsh on this show but there is such a huge drop-off between the pilot and the last couple of episodes that it's hard to not be disappointed. Maybe all they did was set the bar too high but for me, it devolved into a soap opera highlighted by one dumb move after another.

Steve

 

[azsportsfan01]

I'm with you guys about last season starting great and ending poorly. I had worries about this season especially with the news that they fired Frank Darabont during the filming of the season. I've read that the first 2 episodes are really good so that gives me some hope.

 

[NJCardFan]

I thought season 1 was good for building up the characters as well as the feeling of hopelessness of the situation. The woman at the end who decided to stay behind and die with the scientist was not so unrealistic and would probably be the way I'd go.

 

[NJCardFan]

Wow. Watching this now(DVR'd it) and the first 15 minutes have been intense.

 

[Louis]

The herding of the walkers was a very edge of the seat portio of this episode. Very well done.

 

[Pariah]

Yeah, that scene hiding in the cars from the walkers was very nerve-racking! Well done, IMO.

 

[NJCardFan]

Yeah, that scene hiding in the cars from the walkers was very nerve-racking! Well done, IMO.

Unfortunately the show came to a screeching halt after that. I was a tad disappointed in this episode. 90 minutes and 70 minutes of it was nothing.

 

[Mathew81]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=83278

Last night’s season two premiere of AMC’s original series, “The Walking Dead” delivered the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history. The season two premiere delivered 4.8 million Adults 18-49 and 4.2 million Adults 25-54 shattering a basic cable record set nearly 10 years ago for a single drama telecast. The program delivered a 4.8 HH rating netting 7.3 million total viewers. These results represent a 36% and 38% increase respectively over season one’s series average on AMC. Season one’s series average delivered the most A18-49 viewers for a drama in basic cable history.

 

[Shane]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=83278

Sweet looking good for season 3 with #s like that.

 

[Stout]

Yeah, the premiere wasn't bad. Wasn't great, but wasn't bad. Far better than the crap at the end of the first season for sure.