EDIT: Renewed for a second season. "The Walking Dead"

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RedRooster

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This series is gonna be good, they have a good amount of zombie/desolation content to offset the hoochy love stories.
 

xanis

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I liked it a lot. The characters (so far) seem pretty believable and all of the makings are there for a good plot and good character stories/relationships.
 

DigitalCancer

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All I can say is...wow...this was a pretty amazing show (for what it's centered around) and seems to have a huge budget w/ all of the zombies and the great makeup eh?

My wife and I watched it just before bed, and we were both 'skiddish', lol...then the bathroom 'popped' I guess from settling and made us both jump and then we had to leave a light on, lmao!
 

rudder

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Nope, don't get AMC here unfortunately. I've heard good things about the show, so I'll be interested in checking it out eventually.

KT

I get AMC... but what the hell no HD.

Still an awesome new zombie show. First episode was awesome. I may just wait an DL the rest and at least watch on something resembling HD.
 
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I wasn't totally thrilled with the first episode but the potential is definitely there and I'm reasonably sure I'll watch the whole season.
 

classy

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I liked it a lot. Kinda resident evil like beginning, but the first episode was truly well written. I felt sorry for the brother and his son right out of the gate, he just couldn't pull that trigger. And I hope the cop smokes his partner for banging his old lady. The ending was funny as hell. Hey you, dumbass in the tank, lol :).
 

nageov3t

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I'm interested to see how it plays out versus the comics.

the comics have a very, very high main character body count.
 

Kev

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I watched it and thought it was great. I had dreams about zombies all night (I guess you could call them nightmares, but I love zombies so it was fun).

One thing I didn't get... how long was that dude in the hospital? How did the world go to such complete shit while he was in a coma with no food/water? A human can survive up to 7 days with no water, I find it hard to believe that all that devastation occurred in under 7 days.
 

Codewiz

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I'm interested to see how it plays out versus the comics.

the comics have a very, very high main character body count.

And a bunch of over the top moments. I am not sure making Rick into the raving lunatic he can be in the comic will translate well.
 

lozina

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Sep 10, 2001
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NOOOooooOOOooo I missed it!!!!

God damn my stupid HTPC and TV for failing me!!!

What a disappointment... I had this set to be recorded before my HTPC went kapoot and I forgot all about it when I had to rebuild it the day before halloween...

Will it be re-airing anytime soon???
 

jacc1234

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I thought it was amazing! Looking forward to next week. They did a great job with the story and graphics. Hopefully people keep watching so we can get a few seasons.
 

AMDZen

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Downloaded pre-air episodes about 2 weeks ago. Was quite impressed with the show.
 

Rhezuss

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I'm so angry...here in Quebec I can't get AMC with my cable company...I started reading the graphics novel 2 months ago and i'm at Volume 4 now...

I so want to watch this series!!!!!!!!!

I'll probably have to do something evil to get it...
 

D1gger

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I thought it was OK. I will watch again, but only after PVRing as the number of commercial breaks drove me crazy.
 
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NOOOooooOOOooo I missed it!!!!

God damn my stupid HTPC and TV for failing me!!!

What a disappointment... I had this set to be recorded before my HTPC went kapoot and I forgot all about it when I had to rebuild it the day before halloween...

Will it be re-airing anytime soon???

I'm sure it will be available for free On Demand if you have access to that. I watched a couple of Mad Men episodes that way earlier this season due to technical difficulties with my DVR.
 

lozina

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I'm sure it will be available for free On Demand if you have access to that. I watched a couple of Mad Men episodes that way earlier this season due to technical difficulties with my DVR.

Yeah they are re-airing it!

Full schedule:

The Walking Dead - Days Gone By
Oct 31 10PM,
Oct 31 11:30PM,
Nov 1 1AM,
Nov 5 10PM,
Nov 6 2AM,
Nov 7 2AM

Next episode "Guts" premiers Nov 7 so I have plenty of opportunity to watch before it comes out!!!
 

gimmewhitecastles

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Yeah they are re-airing it!

Full schedule:

The Walking Dead - Days Gone By
Oct 31 10PM,
Oct 31 11:30PM,
Nov 1 1AM,
Nov 5 10PM,
Nov 6 2AM,
Nov 7 2AM

Next episode "Guts" premiers Nov 7 so I have plenty of opportunity to watch before it comes out!!!

Whew. I totally forgot about this. I better make sure I don't forget to watch this on thursday!
 

Imp

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Absolutely loved the show. Definately has the AMC/'old-ish style' feel to it.

Only complaint is that the gunshots are a bit out of sync, as is the violence camera-angle choreographing.
 

Kev

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It was about 1/3 commercials, which is a tiny bit higher than normal.

Literally every single program on network or cable television has 1/3 commercials every hour. Literally every single one. Without exception.