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• I watched it last night too. I'm really liking it. Can't wait to see where it goes (I haven't read the co... : Finchypoo
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  I thought it was interesting that they made every character in the show likable. It makes sense since the... : Geoffrois
  • Zombies are unlikeable enough, but I bet the real villains have yet to be introduced. : aggybong
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    hahah just wait. : GloriousCow
    • I guess it is inevitable that there will be human villains to stir up drama, but a lot of horror movies d... : Geoffrois
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    I didn't really like the guy who stole the other guys wife and I kinda hated the main character after the : NastyJack
    • The guy didn't steal his wife though. He thought he was dead and was helping. The comics give some more : aethyr
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      But he HAD to go to Atlanta. His only hope of finding his wife and son was that the CDC had broadcast m... : CRasterImage
      • and, of course, I forgot my spoiler tags again... Fuck. : CRasterImage
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      I second this whole thing. : XSilencedXDream
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        I disagree with the whole thing. He was out of gas. The horse was there at the right time. He apparent : jahulio2
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          Because it's a huge city and any degree of common sense would tell you it's going to be filled to the bri... : NastyJack
          • Also, horses don't do well when the smell of carrion is around and people who know horses know this. : creeping-judas
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            He was probably expecting the military to be in control of the city. Didn't whatshisname mention militar... : jahulio2
            • Yeah, the most recent information he had was that it was military controlled. Also, he's definitely not s... : BBIJ
    • Wait, what are you talking about with that first spoiler? Nothing was stolen : aggybong
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  I can't stop thinking about it. I've not been this excited for the next episode of a tv series since Band... : marmite
  • I too are super excited! : minigomp
• My girlfriend loved it surprisingly. She's not a fan of horror/zombies but was incredibly impressed. : zuff
• stgdz, I just finished the first episode and I must concur. It was a very good pilot. : The Grolar Bear
• Luckily it did extremely well so we will probably be seeing many seasons to come. http://splashpage.mt... : shortbuscaptain
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  here's an awesome panel from the comic (no real spoilers if you've seen the end of ep 1) http://www.the... : GloriousCow
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    I don't remember those dudes. : Geoffrois
    • It's the cop, and the kid is the voice you hear on the radio in the tank. They handled it in the show a l : GloriousCow
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  It was really cliche I thought. We have seen all of it before. : brickmatt
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    Just change your name already. GrumpyOldBrickmatt. : hirez
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      Dude do we need to break it down? Spoilers! Coma dude kicking things off an btw missing the whole apoca... : brickmatt
      • I love it that you're feeling this way. You should keep on watching :) : eonix
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        You could say the same for pretty much any new movie or TV series. What's your point? If you can only b... : ninj0rc
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          Dude, Lord of the Rings? So cliche. Dwarves and mages and elves and swordsmen fighting orcs and shit? SO ... : sammyl
          • please, a hero fighting a villain! So cliché. : Prozium
        • Except nothing was remarkable. : brickmatt
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        That's all like the first issue of the comic, though. I think you should watch at least one more. : Goncyn
        • All shows better than average get three episodes. : brickmatt
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        I love you!! : Dave-A
        • Really? : brickmatt
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        Please list the awesome shows you watch that don't have any clichés and do everything better than any ... : Prozium
        • Breaking bad? Rubicon? That's just amc! : brickmatt
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        This post before? Seen it. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24405797#itemanchor_24405797 : AlexXdude
        • And it was done better, by actual staff instead of some crabby mod. Brickmatt should just stop posting. : ArcKnight
        • He makes good points. Btw why did it take so long for the hero to put on shoes? : brickmatt
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        it's the first episode of a six-part series. of course it's going to be cliche. it's laying the foundat... : EvilDolemite
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          It doesn't have to be! : brickmatt
          • Just wait an episode or two. It'll get pretty damned original soon. : Super Sparker
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        This post... Done Before! And Better! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24405907 : dante2010
        • Bah wrong URL... Looks like AlexXdude got to it first anyways. ;) : dante2010
        • This post was done before... and better! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24417494#itemanchor_24417... : SockMonkeh
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        First episode!

        Nov 02, 2010 8:20pm PDT
        First episode! : glio1337
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        look at how much they accomplished in the first episode! I'm not sure I agree with all your "better"s, bu... : hirez
        • Ok so we are on the same page sorta. Same chapter! : brickmatt
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        the walking dead was originally written as a comic-book homage to the zombie genre - the derivative eleme... : GloriousCow
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          Okay, but what makes it worth reading/watching then? : Vincent Grayson
          • Thank you. : brickmatt
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            The series relies on good characterization and complete and total merciless brutality. The characters ge : GloriousCow
            • I'd like to read the comics at some point, and the show seems not bad at all. But I totally get where Bri... : Vincent Grayson
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          Zombies are so fresh and new, it's great to see them on TV and in movies nowadays, I'm excited to see mor... : abrasion
          • Sarcasm overload. Nothing wrong with zombies. : node
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        I like how so far it's been more psychological than straight horror and cheap scare type stuff common in ... : pyide
        • also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_cSnpoKMMk : pyide
        • I agree that the lack of jump scares has been great. : brickmatt
      • Half of a good story is in the telling. They did a great job in that pilot. : node
  • Again, Issue #1 came out in 2003. So the early plot was likely concrete before 28 Days Later came out. : AxeMan808
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  Repost from MD: Having seen it twice now, I have noticed that they don't pull any "monster closet" gimmi : CRasterImage
  • I actually really liked this aspect too. Cheap scares suck, real scares are when you have zombies closin : aethyr
• I liked it but the feel of some of the scenes felt like they were recycled for elsewhere. : XSilencedXDream
• The wife is watching it now, i told her she has to watch the whole thing and not get turned off by the in : stgdz
• Just watched it, was very excited for a long time about this series. Overall I'd say I found it to be bla : caveatemptor
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  Is there some place to watch this legally on the Internet or something or is this an Americana exclusive ... : dewdman
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    Well hello fellow Montrealer, I've had the same question for a couple of days, and unless you have Bell E... : caveatemptor
    • D:< : dewdman
  • The only place I've found is on my xbox, for $3 or something. : SeaLlama
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  It seems unlikely to me that the military would have a hard time dealing with these slow moving zombies. : gibolas1234
  • You might enjoy "Day by Day Armageddon", which goes a little further into some of the challenges that the... : deveus1
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  Dudes who read the comic i don't remember the helicopter distraction (near the end of the episode) being : burning eye
  • Nah, the helicopter crashing pulled a search party out of the prison which then led to hijinks galore. Th... : AxeMan808