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Old 10-21-2010, 12:20 PM   #1
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A new series on AMC that revolves around people surviving a zombie appocalypse debuts at 10pm est on October 31st. I am really looking forward to this show, gotta love zombies!

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It's already out on the internetz if you want an advance screening
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Fantastic comic too!!
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2nd best comic published right now. Can't wait for this.
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oooh - i'm interested to hear your #1
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Fables! Nothing even comes close to it.
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zombies aren't usually my thing, neither are comics for that matter, but considering it's amc I will at least give it a shot
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I'm so jazzed for this series.

I always thought a zombie apocalypse scenario would be perfect for a TV series - my thinking was something along the lines of World War Z but serialized. Movies about such things are too rushed, don't get into character development, etc. The most interesting thing about zombies is not the zombies themselves, but how people react to the end of society and the constant threat of a nameless, inhuman threat.

I haven't read all of The Walking Dead, but boy was I happy that this was the property they decided to translate to the small screen. I have definitely enjoyed the comics I have read, and I was overjoyed that AMC is doing this, as I would only really trust them or HBO to do it justice. I breathed a big sigh of relief when I found out it wasn't going to be ruined by CBS, ABC, NBC or FOX.

Halloween can't come soon enough!
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will this be broadcast in Canada in HD? or will i have to resort to torrents?
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will this be broadcast in Canada in HD? or will i have to resort to torrents?
Well shaw has AMC in it's HD lineup but this is the crappy station that stretches all their movies making them look like crap.
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will this be broadcast in Canada in HD? or will i have to resort to torrents?
I set my PVR already, and it is being broadcast on AMC HD on October 31.

I assume (and hope) that this means it will be in HD.
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I have seen a lot of ads for this show while watching fear fest on amc. Gotta love all the old halloween movies from the 80s. It looks like it will be a pretty solid show. Just wondering how long they can make it last. A couple of seasons?
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A little off topic, but does anyone have much info on AMC in general. The channel seemed to go from merely playing old crappy moves to having 65 emmy nominations (19 wins) since 2007, almost at the flick of a switch.

It just astounds me how the channel was able to turn around it, and be so successful so quickly.

How were they able to do it? Did they just luck out with Mad Men and Breaking Bad? Seems like more than just luck.
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I'm pretty pumped for this
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I'm not a big zombie guy either and at first glance, the first promo felt a lot like 28 Days Later to me. But given that it's AMC, I will definitely be watching this.

AMC is 3 for 3 for awesome TV shows. Mad Men and Breaking Bad are obviously top notch, but even Rubicon which started slow turned out to be a must watch for me. I think if AMC was broadcasting a show on shoe laces, I would have to give it a shot. AMC is awesome and is in HD on Shaw for the person asking above.

Looking forward to Halloween for sure.
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I'm really looking forward to this. Everything I've watched says they're being pretty faithful to the comics but will be expanding on the stories and going places the comics didn't. If you're too lazy to click the link here's a decent trailer to give you an idea of what it's about.

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Seriously can't wait for this. Apparently the first "season" is 6 episodes. There were rumours thrown around by director Frank Darabont that a second season had been picked up, but AMC has not confirmed this yet.

To be honest I couldn't care less about the comics - but the show looks like it's going to rock.
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Interesting, I never thought of using a horse in my zombiepocalypse plan.
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A little off topic, but does anyone have much info on AMC in general. The channel seemed to go from merely playing old crappy moves to having 65 emmy nominations (19 wins) since 2007, almost at the flick of a switch.

It just astounds me how the channel was able to turn around it, and be so successful so quickly.

How were they able to do it? Did they just luck out with Mad Men and Breaking Bad? Seems like more than just luck.
AMC has been around for like 20 years. Only within the last few in Canada and yeah, it used to be a classic movie channel only, but they switched formats a couple times, sunk money into making these new shows and yeah, they hit it big with Mad Men, then Breaking Bad. Not sure how their ad revenue is doing, but they've got a lot of good publicity for their amazing original series. The Emmy Awards AMC just got speak for themselves.
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