Cookyman Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Looks good. I like how it clearly has a decent budget. It's not like a BBC show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 that's a bit harsh, BBC dramas tend to have decent budgets now if you'ld said ITV I'd have agreed with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Bear McCreary is also scoring this, which is another reason to watch the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Looks good. I like how it clearly has a decent budget. It's not like a BBC show. While generally true, watch Wallandar like I keep telling fucking everyone to do but nobody listens. why don't they listen? Why, dammit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 that's a bit harsh, BBC dramas tend to have decent budgets now if you'ld said ITV I'd have agreed with you Yeah the effects on Doctor Who are amazing....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 The Walking Dead Wins Season Two The story of Frank Darabont’s attempt to bring Robert Kirkman’s beloved zombie comic The Walking Dead to TV screens has, in the last year or so, been filled largely with good news. It got picked up by US network AMC (and FX over here), went quickly from pilot to first series commission (AMC’s usual six episode kick-off), and has been building some healthy buzz, particularly after the trailer was shown at Comic-Con and arrived online. Now there’s another milestone passed as the show has won a second season before a frame of the first has even aired. Fangoria reports that the show has been officially renewed, with filming set to start in February next year. And in keeping with AMC’s usual schedule, the next season will be 13 episodes. While the first season took place in the blazing Atlanta heat, it’s possible that the next set of stories could take a cue from Volume 2 of the comics and be set during a different season. "It would be great not just to get out of the heat, but to present a different idea to the audience visually and tonally by having it be winter,” Darabont tells Comic Book Movie. There’s some really cool stuff that Kirkman did, where they find the one zombie that’s frozen to the ground. I’d never seen that before and that’s really cool.” And given that he and Kirkman have been playing with the narrative and shifting stories and characters around a little (though the overall plot will be largely faithful to the comic), he might just get the chance to introduce his favourite character from the books: Michonne. “When she shows up – and boy, is she a character I can’t wait to get to – when she comes striding out of the wasteland like a Clint Eastwood f***ing spaghetti Western character cross-melded with some samurai movie, like the Baby Cart character with the f***ing sword, and there’s just a little drift of snow in the air. I would love to put that on film." So if you were excited to see the show already, now you don’t have to worry about it being cancelled immediately should you end up loving it, and then having to go through years of therapy to get over it like we did to get over My So-Called Life and Firefly. Er. Ahem. The first episode, written and directed by Darabont, will air on October 31 in the US and arrives over here shortly afterwards. There will be plenty more on the show in a future issue of Empire. http://www.empireonline.com/news/feed.asp?NID=28804 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Wow, picked up for season 2 before its even aired. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Impressive. The buzz is huge for this though so I guess they're feeling pretty sure of themselves. This gets better and better- first a 90 min pilot and now a guaranteed 13 episode second season. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Looks good. I like how it clearly has a decent budget. It's not like a BBC show. The BBC is one of the best channels available. They're programmes are always top notch. We wouldn't have programmes like 'Planet Earth' without the BBC because other networks wouldn't be willing to take the risk on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 the bbc comparison is unfair- AMC is a subs based network in the US that works on a completely different model. AFAIK, They only actually produce three series' of their own right now so obviously the quality is going to be really high for each. The BBC is publicly funded, consists of dozens of channels, stations, websites and networks. Their focus is on journalism and entertainment so obviously their drama is going to be nothing like the US genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mundi Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Trailer looks good, cannot wait for this to start showing. For some reason I was really stuck with HBO being the ones making this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 the bbc comparison is unfair- AMC is a subs based network in the US that works on a completely different model. AFAIK, They only actually produce three series' of their own right now so obviously the quality is going to be really high for each. The BBC is publicly funded, consists of dozens of channels, stations, websites and networks. Their focus is on journalism and entertainment so obviously their drama is going to be nothing like the US genre. Well I really just meant "shit british things". Should've said itv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happenstance Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 Update: AMC has contacted IGN, explaining they wanted, "to dispel the rumor that The Walking Dead has been renewed for Season 2, as that is not the case yet." Alas… All right, zombie fans, keep crossing your fingers! http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/111/1117231p1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Dare Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 gnnuuaargh! hm ok. fingers crossed and dropping off then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 this has andrew lincoln in it right? consider me in he is my favourite actor of all time, largely because of Teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 FX UK = 5TH NOVEMBER AMC US = 31ST OCTOBER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Yay, a night when everyone is out burning shit. Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 more behind the scenes stuff clicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diageo Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 I love the idea of a series exploring the world of zombies. This way it can really be "fleshed" out in a way films can't because of the storytelling constraints of a 2 hour film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookyman Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Can't fucking wait! Picture overload! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayseven Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Soooo... Who wants to lend me the comics? I've read the first... 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paj! Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 The internet is a really good lending service. *WINK* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReZourceman Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Soooo... Who wants to lend me the comics? I've read the first... 7? Buy them right now. Or follow Paj's advice. You're only 70 issues behind tbf. Seriously though. You havn't experienced life until you've read TWD issues 40-50 ish. The most shocking story element(s) I've ever read in any story ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxigen_Waste Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 The most shocking story element(s) I've ever read in any story ever. Don't be silly. ('twas great, though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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