Night of the Living Dead.
Night of the Living Dead 2.
...More Nights of the Living Dead...?
Okay, so I don't know my zombie movies from a hole in the ground. Shoot me. Doesn't mean I can't be stoked about the genre's newest venture to my TV set.
Long after the traditional tentpole for the new fall season has ended, AMC (bringers of the sometimes unbearably slow and painful but still pretty top notch Mad Men and the utterly perfect Breaking Bad) is debuting its newest drama, a sure to be epic, edge of your seat bloodfest: The Walking Dead.
Yup, it's a series about zombies.
Or rather, the series is actually about a handful of post apocalyptic survivors (your average sweet innocent folk) trying to stay alive through the zombie outbreak (led by the County Sheriff no less!). Only it's not just the zombies they have to worry about: it's each other.
The Walking Dead comes from Robert Kirkman's hugely popular comic book series that I've never read or heard of (not a zombie fan, remember) and is brought to the tube by Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile).
I'm ridiculously excited for this show. Partly because it's airing on Halloween and I'm a sucker for playful smart marketing, especially around trick or treat season (it's still the only time of year I'll actually eat a Reese Peanut butter cup) and partly because I'm so elated for something new and fresh, especially if it's coming from AMC. But mostly because of this:
I'm ridiculously excited for this show. Partly because it's airing on Halloween and I'm a sucker for playful smart marketing, especially around trick or treat season (it's still the only time of year I'll actually eat a Reese Peanut butter cup) and partly because I'm so elated for something new and fresh, especially if it's coming from AMC. But mostly because of this:
Birds. Creepy.
So what do you think? You gonna watch? Yeah? Be sure to chime in after The Walking Dead and let me know if it was worth it.
Soooo pumped for this!
ReplyDeletewait, will the gorgeous winchester brothers show up to hunt the zombies? probably not.
ReplyDelete(ps don't knock the peanut butter cups! it is the only thing i miss in oz!)
I read the first few years of the graphic novels, and while its brilliantly written, be prepared for regular doses of soul-crushing depression. I had to stop reading it because It was just such a downer.
ReplyDeleteWith halloween behind us as the pumpkin flesh rots and the sugar rush ebbs, I ask: How goes the new show "the walking dead"? was the premiere all it was cracked up to be?
ReplyDeletethought it was zombietastic. some really great quiet moments/shots: the hoard of bodies blanketed outside the hospital, the desolate horse ride into the city on the freeway, the great "do i kill my zombie wife?" tearjerker...although i'm not a big fan of john bernthal aka officer shane aka wife stealer aka will always be duncan from the horrible sitcom "the class". (never forget!) otherwise, looking forward to watching more. and i love how sheriff grimes wardrobes up right away. can't fight zombies in a pair of khakis you know.
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