The Walking Dead (RTE pace)

Penfailed

Starts on Monday night

James_LWAU

when will the 2nd series start on fx?

Leeg17

Best guesses are Oct 31st (US Pace).

Babooshka

Penfailed wrote: »

Starts on Monday night

Have you seen this already I haven't, am just wondering if it's any good? Your smiley would indicate so methinks...just checking though!!

irish_stevo815

Babooshka wrote: »

Have you seen this already I haven't, am just wondering if it's any good? Your smiley would indicate so methinks...just checking though!!

Great show, well worth watching. It's only like 6 episodes in season 1 but it is different and totally brilliant

irishmanmick

I watched it on FX and it certainly worth a watch. Starts off great but then dips a little toward the end of series 1, but still tense. Looking forward to the next series though, because there is plenty room for this show to move into.

Agricola

Great show. I got the entire series and I watched 5 of the 6 episodes back to back. Couldnt tear meself away!

Babooshka

Thanks....looking forward to it. But hung over and will probably get freaked out watching it on my own :eek: But what they hey, I'll get a takeaway and hide under a duvet!!

JohnMarston

Seen the first series, liked it a lot. Now i have the comics chilling at home waiting to be read. I wonder will I read the comics before i watch the second series?

AnonoBoy

It goes a bit downhill towards the end of the series but is still worth watching.

I'm looking forward to the 2nd series.

Penfailed

Babooshka wrote: »

Have you seen this already I haven't, am just wondering if it's any good? Your smiley would indicate so methinks...just checking though!!

Nope! Haven't seen any of it. Haven't read any of the 'US pace' thread either as I don't want to read any spoilers Looking forward to it. From what I've read about it in the RTE Guide, it seems to be something like 28 Days Later...

killerhitman

AnonoBoy wrote: »

It goes a bit downhill towards the end of the series but is still worth watching.

I'm looking forward to the 2nd series.

the start was great and i think the reason the ending wasen't that great is because they didn't think it you get the reaction it did and was only going to be a few episodes long and partly the reason it was only 6 episodes long. I dont thats just what i thought and from what i have heard

Savage Tyrant

Nice one... Worth another watch. I thought it was very good. Can't wait for series 2 ... Though I believe series 2 is being made by a different production company or something. No telling how that'll affect the quality.

NSNO

That was a fricking awesome way to start a series.

Love this already.

alchemist33

Cracking stuff. I expect nightmares.

Yakuza

It seems to have a few bits cut out (for time reasons rather than anything else). I re-watched the finale a few days ago, can't wait for season 2. To those of you watching for the first time, stick with it; it starts off well, then dips a bit, but episode 6 is a decent finale.

DonalN

Enjoyed that....now to try and find the other episodes. Can't wait for next week!!!

Penfailed

Really enjoyed that! :cool:

killerhitman

yea i spotted that to it said act break 1,2,3,4

B_Fanatic

Agreed, that was pretty good.

shockwave

Very good, might have to buy the box set and watch it all in one go:)

Somnus

Yakuza wrote: »

It seems to have a few bits cut out.

Ah no

Anything good/important? Obviously it musn't be too important if it was cut out. But I'm only watching this now and I hate to think I'm missing out on parts!!

Penfailed

killerhitman wrote: »

yea i spotted that to it said act break 1,2,3,4

I reckon that's when they show the ads on American telly.

Yakuza

Dr.Poca wrote: »

Ah no

Anything good/important? Obviously it musn't be too important if it was cut out. But I'm only watching this now and I hate to think I'm missing out on parts!!

Small bits of dialogue, incidental to the plot. One bit I'm sure about is in the house, Rick says to Morgan "you shot that man today", then Duane (the kid) says "weren't no man" and his father says "'the hell was that out your mouth just now" and the kid corrects himself "that wasn't a man" (with a proper upper class accent to boot ). Tonight, it cut from "you shot that man" straight to "it was a walker". Edit: more cuts; the prayer before they ate, also Morgan telling Duane to cry into the pillow. A bit of dialogue in the Sherrif's station (about teaching the boy to shoot). I guess they had to trim the ep to fit in a 50 minute window (the pilot was over an hour long). I stopped watching it when they left from the station as I can watch the full ep any time I like so I don't know what else they cut.

Degag

Must say that was pretty good. Wonder who that was on the radio at the end. I'm guessing the helicopter that was circling?

Ken.

JohnMarston wrote: »

Seen the first series, liked it a lot. Now i have the comics chilling at home waiting to be read. I wonder will I read the comics before i watch the second series?

Where did you get them?(if you don't mind me asking)

Plug

Enjoyed it last night. Can't wait for next Monday!

JohnMarston

lucyfur09 wrote: »

Where did you get them?(if you don't mind me asking)

I got them on ebay, more specifically i have them on a dvd disc. I also have them backed up in pdf form :cool:

killerhitman

lucyfur09 wrote: »

Where did you get them?(if you don't mind me asking)

if you want the paperback version of them forbidden planet in town have them.I bought a few of them myself after watching the series

sensibleken

The comics are amazing and i reckon much better than the series, the only problem is waiting for new ones

tbahh

Hostile atmosphere, horrible mutated freaks (even though the wife of the guy who was hiding in the house looked quite human in contrast to the others), and a creepy soundtrack, what's not to love?

I knew I recognised the main character from somewhere. Shocked to discover it was Love Actually.

Looking forward to next Monday.

Penfailed

tbahh wrote: »

I knew I recognised the main character from somewhere. Shocked to discover it was Love Actually.

I recognised him from Teachers

ChunkyLover_53

lucyfur09 wrote: »

Where did you get them?(if you don't mind me asking)

I got The Walking Dead 1-9 in the library, Blanchardstown Library to be precise but keep it in mindand check your local one could save you a few quid.

Daroxtar

Penfailed wrote: »

I recognised him from Teachers

Human traffic/ This Life....showing my age now.
I thought it was a great series opener. If the rest of the series is anywhere near as good then I shall gladly be giving up a few hours of my life to watch the dead

Elmo

http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1099620

Or you can go down to tesco and buy the series for 26euro.

Good opening episode. Looking forward to next week.

JP Liz V1

tbahh wrote: »

Hostile atmosphere, horrible mutated freaks (even though the wife of the guy who was hiding in the house looked quite human in contrast to the others), and a creepy soundtrack, what's not to love?

I knew I recognised the main character from somewhere. Shocked to discover it was Love Actually.

Looking forward to next Monday.

Egg from This Life

lindtee

For those of you who were looking for the comics, you can get The walking Dead Compendium for £25.49 from Amazon at the moment. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Walking-Dead-Compendium-1/dp/1607060760/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1307034397&sr=1-1 Contains numbers 1-48 of the comic books:)

TonyGro

watch it online and got dvds
cant wait for 2nd season
its deadly

bb1234567

You should all give it a go! Its a very good show, I know zombies may not appeal to all but it a truly brilliant show. Watch the trailer- even if you dont think it looks good just try and watch the first episode im sure youll love it! Me being a horror movie addict have gotten the whole family to love the show even my mum
The first episode aired on rte 2 last monday- episode 2 is on this monday. The first season first aired in the usa last october and was quite popular and got very good reviews! There are 6 episodes in the first season and a second season of 13 episodes will air next october. Please give it a go- im sure youll enjoy.. enjoy

Tipsy McSwagger

Is this about the downfall of The Green Party?

brian_t

The episodes are repeated on Saturday nights about 11.00pm.

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

don ramo

brian_t wrote: »

The episodes are repeated on Saturday nights about 11.00pm.

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

a good concept is a good concept, rip-offs only bother me when they dont work, i thought it worked well here, and id say 28 days later wasnt the first to think if waking up to a zombie apocalypse, or maybe it was the first time it was done wth zombies, at least the zombies arent running:D

Earthhorse

brian_t wrote: »

The episodes are repeated on Saturday nights about 11.00pm.

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

You do know that that was ripped off from Day of the Triffids, right? Right.

PaulieBoy

brian_t wrote: »

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

I agree, that was pretty lame. Actually the entire first episode is not all that great, but if you persist it does get a lot better. Never fantastic, but good!
The effects are top notch for a zombie show and that's where most of the money was spent. The acting is average but overall it's a decent watch.

Minstrel27

I tried to watch it but found it to be ridiculously stupid.

MitchKoobski

brian_t wrote: »

The episodes are repeated on Saturday nights about 11.00pm.

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

The Book series on which it is based came WELL before 28 Days Later.

Duckworth_Luas

brian_t wrote: »

The episodes are repeated on Saturday nights about 11.00pm.

I was turned offf by the fact that the start is a rip off of 28 days later (waking up in the hospital).

The Walking Dead is based on a comic book series of the same name. The comic books were published before 28 Days Later was released. You would be more correct saying that 28 Days Later ripped of The Walking Dead. In any case, as Earthhorse points out, the similarity is coincidental and both really independently ripped off Day of the Triffids.

ziggy

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don ramo

ziggy wrote: »

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a lot of people seemed to be of this opinion here on boards while is was airing, all the while it became a bigger and bigger critical success stateside and the ratings kept getting higher and higher each week,

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

MitchKoobski wrote: »

The Book series on which it is based came WELL before 28 Days Later.

28 days later came out in 2002 didnt it? and the first walking dead comic was released in 2003 ? so 28 days later did come out first, but walking dead #1 would have been started a long time before 2003 when it was published, so it's still just a coincidence.

Duckworth_Luas

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

28 days later came out in 2002 didnt it? and the first walking dead comic was released in 2003 ? so 28 days later did come out first, but walking dead #1 would have been started a long time before 2003 when it was published, so it's still just a coincidence.

I have to fix my initial post to make it clearer.

The Walking Dead is based on a comic book series of the same name. The first edition of the comic books was ready to be published in the USA before 28 Days Later was released in the USA. You would be more correct saying that 28 Days Later ripped of The Walking Dead. In any case, as Earthhorse points out, the similarity is coincidental and both really independently ripped off Day of the Triffids.