The Walking Dead

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As seen in the series, http://www.gerbergear.com/Apocalypse...-Kit_30-000601 ...

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[Dave]

A selection of sharp knives is all you need to survive a zombie apocalypse? Are you serious?

If (and that is a large if) I were at all worried that this scenario was at all probable then I think there would be other considerations.

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Dave, the people who would buy that kit and be prepared for the apocalypse would be prepared for any case, being that earthquake, tsunami,hyperinflation, worldwar 3 or even an asteroid strike.

The prepers - as they like to call themselves - has been preparing for the cases like these for many years and to me, it's nice to see that a Finnish company can deliver products that will please the geography of the TWD audience.

Many of them are geeks - in their own particular field - that absolutely love the zombie theme, and to them, a chance for buying such a high quality product - even if it is cheesy - is an opportunity for the lifetime.

I personally absolutely love the cheesiness, but to be absolutely practical, I would change few of the tools in the kit to compensate one man struggle through the herds of walkers.

The biggest problem that I'd see in the zombie apocalypse is the willing same-minded people that has aim to survive over a decade of undead rule. And getting over the first few years is going to be very, very hard, if you cannot find an engineering solution to the problem in the hand.

As a personal note, Gio absolutely loves the zombie ideas, and she often calls me as General Lumme when she talks about these fictitious matters in her picture blog at the facebook.

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Season 3 of The Walking Dead will now have 16 episodes instead of the usual 13, AMC revealed at the TCAs this weekend. Citing its success domestically and internationally, this is the first time AMC have ordered extra episodes for one of its shows, and bodes well for the scope of the drama in its third year. We’re expecting the series to return around October time – with this many episodes, we’re also anticipating that they’ll once again be broken up into two chunks, just as season 2 was. The Walking Dead Season 2 returns in February with the episode Nebraska. http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/the-w...episodes-long/

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The producers and cast of "The Walking Dead" met the Television Critics Association for the first time in the show's history this weekend. AMC presented a panel for the 250+ press organization, and some select intimate roundtable interviews for genre. Robert Kirkman, Glen Mazzara, Gale Anne Hurd, Greg Nicotero, Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride spoke with us about the second half of the second season.

But first we addressed what some consider to be a decline in the show's quality since original show runner Frank Darabont was unceremoniously let go. In his absence, the story has lingered on a search for missing girl Sophia, with search headquarters at Hershel Greene's farm...

"I think if they didn't have that moment of calm where we got to know our characters a little bit better and we kind of got a sense that things were looking pretty good for them, this farm was a great place for them to be," Kirkman said. "You have to build up what they have before you can take it away. That's really what makes the story more interesting."

Certainly the payoff of the walkers in the barn, and the final reveal of Sophia's fate ended the half season with a bang. "We will resolve these storylines," Hurd promised. "Certainly people earned that resolution, earned that reveal. The farm has allowed us to develop the characters because it's not a constant threat. They're not always on the run. The dynamics among the members of the group are beginning to fester and beginning to build to a climax."

Mazzara actually threw it back at me, and I welcome that. Let's really get into this because we're all passionate about the show. "I think that there might be some folks who would love for the show to be more of a video game and just have it - -"

I actually interrupted him there to defend the audience. We're not that simple. We're not looking for an action gorefest. If we have issues with the search for Sophia, they were dramatic concerns. Mazzara considered that point.

"If there were episodes that felt as if they were stalling or if it felt that they weren't under threat, that perhaps the farm felt too safe and the threats were outside off the farm, a lot of that changes in the back part of the season," Mazarra said. "I think that things pick up. I think it just becomes more, I don't know what the word is, accelerated. The stakes are higher, more action packed, more interesting."

That's promising, but we also hope the producer know we'll watch character drama as long as they're not just talking in circles. Kirkman suggested that they are listening. "All we would ask is that we recognize this criticism and it is valid but we are working on a 13 piece puzzle that as a whole should be seen in a different light," Kirkman said, "We're hoping that when it's all put together, people will see that it all came together in a good way."

Now moving on to exciting new developments, Hurd teased some of the new conflicts that will face the survivors in the post Hershel world. "I'm excited that we're going to begin to expand beyond Hershel's farm," Hurd said. "We're going to encounter new survivors and what does that mean to the group? In addition to the conflict over the leadership of Team Rick vs. Team Shame and the triangle between Lori, Rick and Shane. We're going to encounter people who are survivors that are they a new threat? Can they offer some sort of salvation?"

You will meet two of these new characters at the end of the first new episode, Kirkman promised. "I don't want to reveal too much but I would say that it would be fairly unusual for those two people to be out there alone," Kirkman said. "Anyone who's familiar with the comic book series knows that while the zombies are threatening and terrifying and do represent a tremendous amount of danger for our characters, nothing compares to the danger that humans hold for each other. That's a big theme that we deal with in the comic book series and that's something that we're moving towards in the show as well. The capacity for humans to hurt each other is just infinite. As we explore this world in a broader sense and kind of open things up outside the farm in these episodes coming up, we're going to see that there are some tremendous threats out there and they're human in nature, not zombie."



Mazzara added, "Now that we have our characters established and we have our world established, now we want to break it down. Now we want to mess it up, make it complicated, give our characters as many obstacles and they become obstacles to each other. They have to deal with the outside world, the farm is no longer safe, there's nowhere to go and we just keep piling on problem after problem like that."

Nicotero had a metaphor to explain the shakeups that are coming after the Hershel barn massacre. "We're picking up the pieces and you may not necessarily put the same piece back where it was pre-Sophia reveal," Nicotero said." It sets into motion the entire second season."

Specifically, characters like Daryl (Reedus) will open up, said Hurd. "You've got Darryl's character, someone who is the most well equipped to survive," she said. "How is he going to respond now that he's put so much effort into trying to find Sophia? He almost got killed. Everyone's going to be affects by how we left things in 207."

Reedus himself revealed that Daryl will get closer to Carol (McBride). "It's like damaged people gravitate towards damaged people," Reedus said. "She and I, our characters are a lot alike in that we were abused and put down for so long. Now that those elements, whether we wanted them to or not, have left us, there's something kindred that we see in each other. We look after each other."

It'll be nice to see poor Carol have SOMEONE treat her nicely. McBride said it won't be that easy. "There is a little division that comes between the two of them too because of what's happened," McBride said. "Carol, her reaction to it is to remember Sophia the way she was and move forward. In her heart, she's come to terms with the fact that she's not going to see Sophia again. Whether they found her or she was never found, we don't know but it's different for him. So he kind of pulls away a little bit I think to do what he needs to do and I just don't want him to go far. I'm concerned with him and I'm looking out for him now, which you know Carol. She can't drive by a stray she doesn't pick up. Yeah, we look after each other a little bit. Everyone's having love affairs, impregnating each other. What else are we going to do?"

Fan favorite Morgan Jones (Lennie James) is still out there surviving in the world. Kirkman said our main characters aren't ready to encounter Jones again. "Only when it makes sense for the story," Kirkman said. "That character is out there. That's a plot point that we don't want to leave dangling too long but it's got to make sense for the story for that to come back. That's something we're going to be working towards."

Also out of respect to James, they're only going to bring him back if he has something juicy to do. "Right, if we do bring him back, it would be in a significant way," Mazzara said. "We're interested when we introduce characters that they really affect our existing characters, that they come in in a big significant way. We don't want to just bring people in and just give ‘em one or two lines. We do have a great ensemble and we want to make sure that everybody has a significant storyline and that includes any new characters we would want to introduce."

AMC has already announced a third season of "The Walking Dead", which will have 16 episodes. Hurd is excited for more work, and it won't even cut into her holiday time. "Yeah, we get to start earlier and we still end right before Thanksgiving," Hurd said.

So far the seasons have grown from 6 to 13 to 16. That's probably the cap though. There won't be a 22 hour season four. "Not in cable," Hurd said. "I think that the cable world, 16 is actually quite a lot."

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/27940

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Some T-dog info.

How will your character fit into things after the whole barn massacre?

IronE Singleton: T-Dog is going to fit in the way that the rest of them fit in. Wherever they go, T-Dog is going. Whatever they do, T-Dog is doing to survive. Whatever it takes to survive. T-Dog is just basically on this journey of survival, doing whatever needs to be done to help out with that that survival, serving as an integral part. Wherever he can help out, that’s what he’s willing to do
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He’s somewhat of an unknown quantity in the sense that we don’t know his back story. Will that change in the coming episodes?

IronE Singleton: If he stays alive, then you can count on that.

You’re not guaranteeing that?

IronE Singleton: No. I can’t guarantee anything, unfortunately, but if he stays alive then you can count on some back story on T-Dog. But you have to tune in to find out.

http://www.tvequals.com/2012/02/12/i...ton-interview/

[Huttman]

Love this show, and I've never been a zombie fan of anything except the occasional video game shootout. I have a question though, is it intentional for them NOT to use the zombie word to describe the dead? For me it adds a sense of them wanting to take this show more seriously than other zombie flicks in the past. The shows writers are quite savvy with using things from the actual world like Glenn mentioning the Portal video game and such so it must be a conscious decision to omit the term, I was just curious if anyone had further insight into why.
This show is so well written. The only flaw I have found in the entire series is how the walkers snuck up on them in the camp while Rick and Shane went to rescue Daryl's brother in season one. The reason I say it was a flaw is because they show them setting up trip alarms all around the camp. From the amount of walkers that stumbled into the camp one of them should have tripped one. Just a small silly point in an otherwise brilliant show about....zombies.

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Originally Posted by Huttman

Love this show, and I've never been a zombie fan of anything except the occasional video game shootout. I have a question though, is it intentional for them NOT to use the zombie word to describe the dead?

Yes, I believe it's very intentional, and that the fans asked this very same question at the back of the comics. And to be honest, I do believe that there are many, many names that the zombies have, and they all root from the observations. Some call them zetas, others biters and so on, if you get my drift.

.This show is so well written. The only flaw I have found in the entire series is how the walkers snuck up on them in the camp while Rick and Shane went to rescue Daryl's brother in season one.

The reason I say it was a flaw is because they show them setting up trip alarms all around the camp. From the amount of walkers that stumbled into the camp one of them should have tripped one. Just a small silly point in an otherwise brilliant show about....zombies.

You got good eyes. I didn't notice the trip alarms at all, and I honestly thought that they forgot all those details.


PS. If you would like to comment the episodes then please do. I'd like to read other people thoughts instead of just writing in my own.

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Veteran actor and Georgia native Scott Wilson plays Hershel on AMC'sThe Walking Dead. He compares his grandparents' farmhouse to Hershel's and
shares some anecdotes from his illustrious career.

Q: I read that you grew up around Atlanta. What was it like returning to the area for the show?

A: When I lived there it was about 500,000 thousand people in that area. Now it's a lot larger, I hardly know my way around! It was interesting, kind of looking back at the pieces of the past I could find. I went to the old homestead that I lived in when I was a kid and saw some old friends.

Q: Was the old homestead anything like Hershel's farm?

A: [Laughs] Not at all. This was in Atlanta. My grandparents did have a farm and when I was a kid. I used to go down there, but it was not as spectacular as Hershel's.

Q: Did you ever find yourself wishing Hershel's farm was yours?

A: Oh, it's such a great place. Hershel's farm is a bit like Shangri-La for everyone: the perfect getaway from all the dangers.

Q: What would you do if you were a guest on Hershel's farm and found out the guy was keeping a bunch of walkers in the barn?

http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-d...-interview.php

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Q: I love that Rick still wears a watch, post-apocalypse. Are you like that? Would you make that choice?


A: That is my choice as an actor. It's Rick's father's watch that he's given to him. I don't actually wear a watch myself, but I do think that any real memento from the past is vital to people who are so destitute. The watch I wear on set is broken -- it stays at one minute to 12. Someone changed it and made it work -- I was like, "No, it should not work! Leave it at one minute to 12." It's very doomsday. http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-d...rview.php#more

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The Walking Dead Season 3, former Doctor Who star David Morrissey joins the cast as the big bad, The Governer http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/the-w...-the-governor/

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The shocking finale of The Walking Dead Season 2 hit ratings of 10.5 million when it aired on cable channel AMC, nearly double the 5.4 million who tuned in when the series aired on Halloween 2010, and a significant increase on the Season 2 mid-season premier which drew in a not-unimpressive 8.1 million viewers.


Already the most watched cable drama series ever, Season 2 has set a new record, and along with Game Of Thrones is one of the few genre shows whose ratings have defied the trend and actually risen across the broadcast of the series.

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As Hershel’s farm was overwhelmed by a herd of undead, Andrea found herself deserted from the group and left running through the woods trying to survive. With ammo supplies running, low she faced certain death until a fan favourite from the comics made an appearance to save her. And that fan favourite is none other than Michonne.


Sure, she was cloaked in her brief appearance, and a formal introduction wasn’t made, but anyone who’s a fan of the comic book series will know that there’s no mistaking her. We got to see how handy she is with her katana, as well as enjoying the presence of her two walker pets.


With her face being obscured, the actress playing her wasn’t clear at the time of broadcast. However, it was later revealed that Danai Gurira (Treme, Ghost Town, The Vsitor) has been cast in the role and will be playing the character in season three when it airs later in the year.


The show faced some criticism, wrongly if you ask me, that the first half of season two deviated from the source material too much and failed to deliver the goods on the zombie front, instead opting for silly things like character development and dialogue. Even the harshest critics of the show would struggle to find fault with the latter half however, as it paid off on elements put in place earlier in the season. Each episode outdid the one that came before it, until it culminated in a rather spectacular finale.

We already know that season three will feature the Governor, with the announcement that David Morrissey has been cast in the role. And with Michonne and the prison revealed in the final episode of season two, it looks as though we’ll have a hell of a series on our hands.


AMC - http://www.denofgeek.com/television/1289246/the_walking_dead_season_3_casting_news.html

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"Michonne is one of the lead characters in the graphic novel. We are excited to finally introduce her. She is a loner. She is a very kickass character. She is very dynamic. We really see her as an important addition to the cast. She is a significant character, and she will be carrying a lot of the story. We are excited about her, and we are excited about Danai Gurira, who is going to play this role. We are lucky to have her, and we look forward to seeing what she does with it.The reason the character was cloaked at the end of the episode was because we'd not cast the actress. That was a cheat there. It's interesting. We have been thinking about this character during the casting process. We wondered, "How theatrical is Michonne?" That is quite a theatrical entrance, and it wasn't something we realized at the time. Then yesterday, we were in the writers' room, talking about her backstory, and a lot of the writers had very heightened pitches, so to say. My sensibility is to keep the show grounded. To keep it gritty. That is where I am comfortable as a writer and a storyteller.

So, I do think that is an interesting character. She comes from the comic books. She feels like she stepped off of those pages and into our show. That is exciting. It is a challenge for us. But...Knowing me as a writer? I am going to keep it real. I am going to keep it grounded. Because if it doesn't feel real, the audience won't be able to put themselves in the immediate circumstances of the story. I think people keep watching because they can say, "Oh, I'd be dead now." Or, "I would kill that guy!" Or, "I would shoot him in the leg and get away." That's what's fun about the show. We are very conscious of not keeping the show too serialized. Not having an over developed mythology, so that it is accessible to people in the way a good horror movie is. I find the best horror movies to be simple. That is something that is very important. I think, overall, my intention is to keep the show grounded, real, and Michonne is going to be a great challenge."
Season 2 ends with an establishing shot of Georgia's West Central Prison. It will serve as the backdrop for most of Season 3, and maybe even Season 4, which Glen Mazzara touched on a bit.


"Right now, I do see the prison storyline lasting through both Season 3 and 4. I do think that is a major storyline. I know we were on the farm, perhaps, longer than people wanted. There were reasons for that. What we want is for that prison to not feel claustrophobic. I think the farm played a little claustrophobic for some people. Now that the entire landscape has fallen victim to the zombie apocalypse, zombies are literally at the gates of this prison. That prison is a very small safe corner. There is a lot of danger around. It won't feel like we are bottled up, the way we were on the farm. I do think that prison is a significant storyline, but we are also interested in opening up this world. The Governor has the world of Woodbury. There are other factors out there, other groups. I do think that Rick's group is stumbling into a much larger world."

http://www.tvweb.com/news/the-walkin...and-the-prison

[Rodders]

I picked up the first series of this last night. I haven't seen any of it yet so i'm very much looking forward to it.