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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
      • 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 the genre. Even the gore was quite minimal but the short shots of it were very effective. There's something unnerving about all this happening in daylight, and even bright sunlight at times, way moreso than something like L4D2. I thought it was well done and I can't wait to see more.

        Nov 03, 2010 12:49am PDT
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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