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The Walking Dead (RTE pace)

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  • #32
    Penfailed
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,806 ✭✭✭Penfailed


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

    I recognised him from Teachers :)

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  • #33
    ChunkyLover_53
    Closed Accounts Posts: 901 ✭✭✭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. :)


  • #34
    Daroxtar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,451 ✭✭✭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 :)


  • #35
    Elmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #36
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 92,225 ✭✭✭✭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

    No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change this World



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  • #37
    lindtee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,396 ✭✭✭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:)


  • #38
    TonyGro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭TonyGro


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


  • #39
    bb1234567
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,513 ✭✭✭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 :D
    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 :)


  • #40
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,072 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Is this about the downfall of The Green Party?


  • #41
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭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).


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  • #42
    don ramo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭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


  • #43
    Earthhorse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,720 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #44
    PaulieBoy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭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.


  • #45
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


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


  • #46
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭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.


  • #47
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,735 ✭✭✭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.


  • #48
    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


    This post has been deleted.


  • #49
    don ramo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭don ramo


    ziggy wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    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,


  • #50
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23,555 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #51
    Duckworth_Luas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,735 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #52
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    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.
    You could even argue about when the idea was written down blah de blah. I'd put it all down to coincidence.


  • #53
    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    1st episode: excellent.

    2nd through 6th episodes: a fairly rapid decline in quality, still just about watchable I suppose.

    Once they reached
    the CDC in Atlanta it got totally daft
    - will certainly give season 2 a shot but overall this was a disappointment.


  • #54
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,051 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Overall the biggest disappointment of any series this year - I hope there's a suitable category for this in the TV Awards!


  • #55
    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


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  • #56
    Jerrica
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Jerrica


    I've only seen the first episode but I quite enjoyed it. It's nice to see Andrew Lincoln in a "grown up" role.

    Obviously you can't really compare them but does the show stay at all true to the comic or are they completely different?


  • #57
    Dirk Gently
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭Dirk Gently


    I was looking forward to this but after seeing the first episode I thought every scene was a cliché. Seemed to be going through the motions, ticking the zombie boxes off as it progressed. I take on board what people are saying about 28 days later being made after the comic but really, I just wanted to stick on the 28 days dvd 10 minutes into the first episode of this.

    Still, I'll give the series a go, it's not unwatchable, just nothing new so far. If nothing else it's an intro to hardy bucks and sons of Anarchy afterwards. :pac:


  • #58
    ziedth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,081 ✭✭✭ziedth


    Episodes 1-3 I enjoyed even loved but it took a heroes level of dive in quality after that. I'll give season two a go.


  • #59
    brian_t
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,956 ✭✭✭brian_t


    ziggy wrote: »
    This post has been deleted.

    http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/11/29/the-walking-dead-ratings-score-season-highs-in-fifth-episode/73586/

    28-Nov The Walking Dead 5.6
    21-Nov The Walking Dead 4.8
    14-Nov The Walking Dead 5.074
    07-Nov The Walking Dead 4.707
    31-Oct The Walking Dead 5.345


  • #60
    ziggy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ziggy


    This post has been deleted.


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  • #61
    Bucklesman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 635 ✭✭✭Bucklesman


    Duckworth_Luas wrote: »
    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.

    I seem to recall Kirkman joking about having the hospital idea telepathically stolen by 28 Days Later on the letters page in the comic book.


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