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The Walking Dead; An 'AMC' horror series
Topic Started: Oct 31 2010, 09:22 AM (4,571 Views)
Kenny
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Waking up in an empty hospital after weeks in a coma, County Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) finds himself utterly alone. The world as he knows it is gone, ravaged by a zombie epidemic. The Walking Dead tells the story of the weeks and months that follow after the apocalypse. Based on Robert Kirkman’s hugely successful and popular comic book series, AMC’s new original series, The Walking Dead, premieres with a 90-minute episode on Halloween night: Oct. 31 at 10/9c.

The Walking Dead is an epic, edge-of-your-seat drama where personal struggles are magnified against a backdrop of moment-to-moment survival. A survivalist story at its core, the series explores how the living are changed by the overwhelming realization that those who survive can be far more dangerous that the mindless walkers roaming the earth. They themselves have become the walking dead.

"The most compelling part of the series is how emotionally involved you become in these characters' lives," executive producer Gale Anne Hurd (Terminator, Aliens) tells TVGuide.com. "Even though I've read all the scripts and was there when it was shot, I still find myself becoming surprisingly emotional in almost every episode over something the characters are having to endure. To me, that is unexpected and remarkable."

That idea was paramount for Hurd's collaborator, writer-producer-director Frank Darabont, who tried for years to get an adaptation Robert Kirman's beloved series of comic books off the ground. It was Darabont's gift for emotional, character-driven storytelling that appealed to Kirkman.

"I had one guy pitch me super-zombies," Kirkman, who is an executive producer on the show and wrote one of the six Season 1 episodes, says with a laugh. "He thought it would be really cool if they could throw cars and stuff, and I was like, 'What are you talking about?' When Frank came along, it was a very quick, very simple conversation. I wanted something that has the emotion of The Shawshank Redemption and was a serious character study but also had zombies."

That's all front and center in Darabont's 90-minute pilot. After being shot and slipping into a coma, Deputy Sherriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) wakes up in a deserted hospital in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. He soon finds another survivor (Lennie James) and his son, who fill in the gaps and send Rick toward Atlanta, where he hopes to find his own wife, Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies), and son, Carl (Chandler Riggs) at a survivor's camp led by Rick's partner and best friend, Shane (John Bernthal).

But along the way, Rick meets a zombie who has lost the lower half of her body. Rick is rightly terrified at first, but before the episode is over, he looks at the zombie with compassion. "Leave it to Frank to find a way to find a redemptive, compassionate human spirit in the midst of a story about an undead apocalypse," Callies says.

But if you're looking for action and gore, there's plenty of that to go around. And like many of George A. Romero's classic zombie films, the horror works as an analogy to today's social climate. "Right now the world is a frightening place," Hurd says. "People are concerned about the global financial collapse. Every year, there's a hurricane like Katrina or an earthquake in Haiti or even the H1N1 flu epidemic. I think we really feel like we're a civilization on the brink. Through this series we can explore the notion of, if everything comes crumbling down, how are we going to survive? What are the new rules going to be?"

In The Walking Dead, the fight for survival poses perhaps an even bigger question: Is a civilization devoid of basic humanity worth saving? Might we become just as soulless as the zombies?

"There are moments when we are behaving much more like animals than people," Callies says. "The changes that have been wrought in these people's bones and marrow and blood are so huge, they don't recognize it. I don't think they recognize themselves."

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Kenny
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Is anyone planning to watch this show? It's getting really good reviews.
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Drew
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I'll be downloading & watching it in HD since I only get the SD AMC.
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Matt
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I'll be watching. The guy who created the comic book this series is based on is from Kentucky and lives here in Lexington.
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Michael Baldwin
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The first episode appeared on the Internet seven days ago. (preair)
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Drew
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Pre-airs are ... ick. lol.
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Manny
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I think this is suppose to premiere in Croatia on Tuesday night, so I think I'll wait and watch it on TV.
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Mateo
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Soo excited for this. I've got in the DVR and I'll be watching when I get back tonight.
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I don't even know if I can stop doing backflips long enough to sit down and watch this show, that's how excited I am right now.

Anyone else find it funny that Sarah Wayne Callies and Wentworth Miller both went on to do hardcore zombie-related projects after Prison Break? It's like... fate.
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MichaelGL
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I loved it.............another supernatural/horror series to my television watch list.

The directing is to die for, seriously it is.
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Mateo
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^^ITA. I really, really enjoyed the premiere. Can't wait for next week.
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Kenny
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I thought the premiere was great.

Very impressive for a horror series.
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Wonderful first episode and I loved where they left off at the end. My only gripe? Please no more violence against any animals. I can't handle it.... I just can't handle it.
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Matt
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The local papers are covering this series quite a bit because the creator of the original Image comic book (which has been going since 2003 & published #78 this month) if from Kentucky and lives here in Lexington. I just found out that the main character (the deputy), according to the original comic, is supposed to be fro Cynthiana, KY, and the entire small town section of the 1st episode (police chase, shooting, hospital, the house) before he heads to Atlanta is supposed to actually be Cynthiana (even though I don't believe the location is named in the episode). That's kinda cool since it's about 30 minutes (possibly less) away from me.
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MichaelGL
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From the imdb boards, a silly question, but one that made me think; how come no one in zombie movies can smell them? It's not like rotting flesh doesn't have a scent you know.

Thanks Matt for that interesting piece of info, I wondered how the main character was able to get to Atlanta in a seemingly quick fashion, since I live about couple hours away from Atlanta.
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'The Walking Dead' eats all your favorite shows for breakfast, highest rated premiere in AMC history


Last night’s premiere of AMC’s original series, “The Walking Dead” resulted in a 2.7 HH rating netting over 5.3 total million viewers making it the largest audience for any original series on the network. The Adults 18-49 demo garnered 3.6 million viewers making it the highest delivery for any cable series premiere for 2010.

Key Ratings Highlights for The Walking Dead:

10pm airing – 2.7 HH rating with 5.3 million total viewers;
10 pm, 11:30 pm and 1am airings – Cumed to a 6.0 HH rating with 8.1 million viewers;
Adults 25-54 – 3.1 million viewers;
Adults 18-49 – 3.6 million viewers;
Adults 18-34 – 2.1 million viewers.

“It’s a good day to be dead. We are so proud of this series, its depth of storytelling and the remarkable talent attached,” said Charlie Collier, AMC’s president. “As the network dedicated to bringing viewers the best stories on television, we are so pleased to have the opportunity with ‘The Walking Dead’ to raise the bar within this popular genre and continue our commitment to being the home of premium television on basic cable.”

“’The Walking Dead’ is that rare piece of programming that works on so many levels. It is legitimately great storytelling that is not only highly entertaining, but incredibly thought provoking as well. People who are familiar with the comic books know what’s coming, but suffice it to say, this is only the beginning of a long, intense, and powerful ride. Long live ‘The Walking Dead’,” said Joel Stillerman, AMC’s SVP of original programming, production and digital content.

AMC’s first wholly-owned original production, “The Walking Dead” premiered globally on October 31 through an unprecedented partnership with AMC and Fox International Channels. Similar to a theatrical film release, all Fox International Channels are launching the premiere episode this week, resulting in the series’ debuting in 120 countries and in 33 languages
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Kenny
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24+ hours later and "The Walking Dead" is still trending on Twitter.
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Drew
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So I guess I'm alone in finding the series kinda .... "blah"?
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lene
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I haven't watched yet, but i'm gonna since Sarah Wayne Callies is on the show! :D
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Edge1978
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LOVE this show, it is my new guilty pleasure. I can't believe next week is the Season Finale already. :(
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