The Walking Dead returns...

February 12

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Yay!

Icantwaiticantwaiticantwait

I just messed my pants! YAY!

cant wait.
missed watching it.

Yeah it was crummy to have to wait for new episodes but it gave me a chance to catch up with the comics. I finished reading the first compendium like a month ago and I'm really looking forward to seeing how they'll manage to "translate" the upcoming story to the TV medium. Some of it is so nasty I just don't see how they'll manage it for a basic cable show. I suspect the "comic purists" out there are going to be more disappointed as the TV story continues to diverge from the comics. Either way it should be interesting.

Some interesting rumors regarding Darabont's new show and the cast going around.

I93 came out recently. Comic is taking some interesting turns post I90.

There's other teasers/trailers so forth floating around. AMC used to have a few, but I haven't seen them lately.

Bummed that A&E snuffed the live talk show after, it was kinda fun. They replaced it with a reality show set in Kevin Smith's comic book shop.

Also explains why this show will be going down the 'Heroes' route soon enough as well.

Others, who read the comic (I haven't), said that it departed from the comics long ago in terms of story.

Let's hope the 2nd half of the season isn't paced as glacially slow as the first half.

It's been too long!

Also if there is anyone that has yet to see the webisodes (fer shame!) you can watch them at the same imdb.com walking dead site....

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There is another interesting thing I picked up over the holidays. It's the Walking Dead Season 1 episode guide.

The television show stuff is utter fluff (pictures, mini-interviews, and the like), but half the book is dedicated to the creation of the comic.

Which is pretty interesting. There's Kirkman's original pitch included. One of the highlights (for me at least) was the section about trying to sell the comic to publishers. Since zombies hadn't come back (no pun intended), absolutely no one was interested in publishing it. Kirkman modified his original pitch to include the plot line that aliens from outer space were causing the dead to rise in an attempt to overthrow governments. He goes on to say that he never intended to actually follow through with this plot, but it worked because Image picked up the series.

He had to later admit that the alien plot line was a farce when the editors at Image asked, three issues in, why there was no references to the alien overlords.

Fast forward about a decade later, the books are regularly in three or four spots in the New York Times best sellers list (both hardcover and paperback). And he's one of the owners of Image comics to boot!

I can't wait I really hate this midseason hiatuses that these shows are doing. Now that the little girl is dead, makes me wonder if they are gonna kill off the mother now too, most likely.

I think they're slowly using Carol to build up Daryll's character traits more.

I see her hanging around through Season 2, till we've established him in a real leadership position among the survivors.

Yeah they might kill Carol off eventually, but they'll probably keep her around for at least a few more episodes. Now that Sophia's dead she'll be good fodder for becoming the "tragically unhinged mother" prime for going some kind of insane that they'll have to deal with. Good drama could be harvested from that.


*** COMIC BOOK SPOILER ALERT ***


Carol basically went crazy and killed herself in the comic book by letting herself get bit by a zombie even while Sophia was still alive. Since Daryl did not exist in the comic book we'll have to see how the relationship with him will change how they handle Carol in the TV show.

With TV Carol being exposed to far worse than Comic Carol (Relatively recent spousal abuse, watching spouse being devoured, Sophia incident vs. Implied abusive spouse's suicide, infidelity, and rejection by social support), I'd say that her demise will be most enjoyable.

I see it playing out similar to her comic end. She'll attempt to begin a personal (not necessarily sexual) relationship with Daryll. Due to his nature, he'll reject her and she'll spiral into madness that ends with her demise.

I'm also expecting T-Dog to be done by the end of the season.

OH HELLS YEAH!!!!

Walking Dead Marathon!!!!!!!!

One week left folks.

For fans of the comics, Kirkman has been posting teaser art for the next arc "Something to Fear" (starts with issue 97).

I'll avoid detailing the specific content of each of the art...but speculation is running rampant that a certain pair of brothers will be making their comic debut.