Zombies Coming To Your TV

[Furtherman]

The next trend in TV: Zombies. MTV will be airing a show loosely based on Dawn Of The Dead. AMC is working with Frank Darabont to bring The Walking Dead to primetime. CBS tried a couple years ago with a pilot but it didn't get picked up. If either one is a hit, look for a broadcast network to try again.

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[Misteriosa]

i hate zombies with every fiber of my being. :furious:

[Dougie Brootal]

please god let this happen... we need something cool on television again.

[A.J.]

I thought Graham Nash was putting the band back together.

[Furtherman]

i hate zombies with every fiber of my being. :furious:

Do you mean fictional zombie movies or actual, real zombies.

Because I hate the real ones.

[burrben]

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[brettmojo]

Zombieland would work awesomely as a TV show.

[JimBeam]

I hate that MTV is involved.

Frank Darabont is pretty good but getting together w/ a commercial POS like MTV would ruin it.

I'd like it more if they avoided linking it to Romero's stuff because that should be saved for movies.

TV could never do that justice.

[Servo]

I hate that MTV is involved.

Frank Darabont is pretty good but getting together w/ a commercial POS like MTV would ruin it.

I'd like it more if they avoided linking it to Romero's stuff because that should be saved for movies.

TV could never do that justice.

Don't worry, Darabont's "Walking Dead" will be on AMC.

[JimBeam]

That's somewhat good news.

But now I fear Romero's work in the hands of MTV.

I'm sure it'll about Beyonce and Shakira and all that awfulness.

They are actually scarier than zombies ever were.

[Furtherman]

The next trend in TV: Zombies. MTV will be airing a show loosely based on Dawn Of The Dead. AMC is working with Frank Darabont to bring The Walking Dead to primetime. CBS tried a couple years ago with a pilot but it didn't get picked up. If either one is a hit, look for a broadcast network to try again.


I hate that MTV is involved.

Frank Darabont is pretty good but getting together w/ a commercial POS like MTV would ruin it.

That's somewhat good news.

But now I fear Romero's work in the hands of MTV.

Please re-read my very short post to see that you have nothing to fear.

[JimBeam]

Does loosely mean " walking dead that eat peolple " in a generic zombie kinda way or does it mean " based in the world that Romero created " meaning it's expanding on some of his characters or settings ?

That's what I'm wondering.

If they just make some jackass zombie flick like " Gangs Of the Dead " or some other completely ridiculous movie than I won't worry.

Although I am a sucker for zombie flicks in general.

I recently rewatched " Children Of The Living Dead " that was loosely based on Romero's stuff and it was one of the worst POS ever.

Loosely was basing it in Pennsylvania and using " Of The Dead ".

It even had Tom Savini.

[Furtherman]

Zombies coming to your computer.


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The first episode of web series Universal Dead, featuring DB Sweeney, Doug Jones, and Gary Graham, has been posted, and it's pretty damn cool. Watching will make you hunger for more.

Here's the thumbnail sketch:

Planet Earth is ravaged by a strange disease that turns people into mindless murderers. As civilization struggles to survive, a small team of US Navy SEALs must protect a doctor from the Center for Disease Control on a mission to evaluate the claims of an erratic scientist who may have discovered the secret to mankind's salvation.

Follow the story as it unfolds on the Universal Dead website (http://www.universaldead.com/). The next episode will go up around June 4.

[Chigworthy]

Does this mean that we are going to have a wave of douchey hipsters championing a "zombie lifestyle" like they did with pirates in the early 2000's?

[JohnGacysCrawlSpace]

MTV already has a show where soulless zombies wander around mumbling incoherently terrorizing anyone with brains.

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[Barnaby Jones]

Does loosely mean " walking dead that eat peolple " in a generic zombie kinda way or does it mean " based in the world that Romero created " meaning it's expanding on some of his characters or settings ?

It means "based on the acclaimed ongoing comic book series by Robert Kirkman."

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[weekapaugjz]

Can't wait for the walking dead on AMC.

[weekapaugjz]

It means "based on the acclaimed ongoing comic book series by Robert Kirkman."

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Your reading comprehension is top notch.

[Barnaby Jones]

Recognize the skills, son.

[KC2OSO]

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Great little tune. :laugh:

[fezident]

Zombieland was originally conceived and pitched as a weekly tv series. The "zombie kill of the week" that we saw in the movie was a hold-over from the tv show concept.

[Furtherman]

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First full cast picture from AMC's The Walking Dead

[RoseBlood]

CDC releases this just as Judgement day nears.. coincidence?
_cdc_recommends_preparing_for_all_disasters__even_ zombies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110518/us_ac/8495307_cdc_recommends_preparing_for_all_disasters __even_zombies)

[furie]

CDC releases this just as Judgement day nears.. coincidence?
_cdc_recommends_preparing_for_all_disasters__even_ zombies (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110518/us_ac/8495307_cdc_recommends_preparing_for_all_disasters __even_zombies)

social security cards? birth certificates?
this is bullshit!

Ammo, Water, MRE's. period.