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Has it aired in the UK yet? I'm not sure if this is the UK or US pace hence why I have tried to avoid spoilers.Numerology said:
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SockMonkey
I think it's fine as long as they're not "in issue 65 of the comic" level spoilers...!
I noticed that Johan Renck directed the last episode - also the director of music videos such as Kylie's Love At First Sight and Robbie's She's Madonna.
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I was in Forbidden Planet today (getting my geek on) and rummaging through their 4-comics-in-a-bag-for-a-quid area, found a reprint of Issue 1 which came out last year. Nice little item for the collection I thought! (The bag also contained issues 64, 65 and 67).
The original printing of issue one goes for about £300+ on eBay these days.
The original printing of issue one goes for about £300+ on eBay these days.
I like this show a lot. Last night's episode (4) broke my heart twice. The first was when we discovered what the gang were protecting. It was a combination of it being so heartwarming and a bit unexpected, yet with no real sentimentality in its execution. I nearly cried. I felt the kind of emotion that I suspect I am supposed to feel when I watch the annual War Hero montage on The X-Factor.
The second was obviously the end. Certain that at least one character we 'knew' would be killed and that the wife-beater wasn't upsetting enough, I was on TENTERHOOKS and left a bit shaken.
I'm very sad that there are only 2 episodes left.
Are the rumours of a 12-part series 2 true? Will they be able to keep the same production budget for 12 episodes or will we start getting filler (there was barely a 'walker' in episode 3, but with hindsight a lot needed to be discussed and we needed to get to know the characters as an unconventional family unit before the carnage of this week).
The second was obviously the end. Certain that at least one character we 'knew' would be killed and that the wife-beater wasn't upsetting enough, I was on TENTERHOOKS and left a bit shaken.
I'm very sad that there are only 2 episodes left.
Are the rumours of a 12-part series 2 true? Will they be able to keep the same production budget for 12 episodes or will we start getting filler (there was barely a 'walker' in episode 3, but with hindsight a lot needed to be discussed and we needed to get to know the characters as an unconventional family unit before the carnage of this week).
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Season 2 is going to be 13 episodes.
I watched the first 4 episodes this weekend - I like it but I find zombie stories really 'inflexible', lots of it was scenes I'd seen in films (28 Days Later came straight to mind at the start) but I'm more interested in the living characters' day to day survival than zombie action.
Weird opinion for a slasher movie fan.
Weird opinion for a slasher movie fan.
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Loved the ending of the 5th episode, still sad that Amy died but am rooting for her sister Andrea to survive even more now.
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Awesome finale, not bothered by who decided to 'stay' to burn to death... it was out of nowhere but am happy with the finale.
I've finally watched this and I'm a little bit disappointed.
I feel like they sometimes have so much potential for really good emotional scenes but they ruin it by cutting it short. (Ex. In the last episode when the clock counts down I was all into the two people who decided to stay and when they grabbed each other's hands and looked in each other's eyes it was SO STRONG but then they immediately cut away to something less interesting)
Overall I think it has to do with the editing that's really not that good, so I hope they fire the editor and get a new one for the new season and also some new writers because the whole 'crying in the shower'-montage in the last episode was ridiculous and too on-the-nose.
I like how the show really establishes a sense of dread and despair and I love how they make you involved with the characters but some bits are a bit meh sometimes and not that interesting.
And I'm kind of over the whole 'group cast'-shows with a male lead that's obsessed with saving everybody although it's not a possibility. (although they have to work with the source material so I'll forgive them.)
They also need to give the wife of the wife-beater a new child 'cuz that girl can't act AT ALL.
Overall I enjoyed myself, was in awe of the budget they have BUT I like the next season to be less of 'The sheriff has a plan, let's follow him'-stories and more focused on other far more interesting people. I care about the drama, not the action.
That's all.
I feel like they sometimes have so much potential for really good emotional scenes but they ruin it by cutting it short. (Ex. In the last episode when the clock counts down I was all into the two people who decided to stay and when they grabbed each other's hands and looked in each other's eyes it was SO STRONG but then they immediately cut away to something less interesting)
Overall I think it has to do with the editing that's really not that good, so I hope they fire the editor and get a new one for the new season and also some new writers because the whole 'crying in the shower'-montage in the last episode was ridiculous and too on-the-nose.
I like how the show really establishes a sense of dread and despair and I love how they make you involved with the characters but some bits are a bit meh sometimes and not that interesting.
And I'm kind of over the whole 'group cast'-shows with a male lead that's obsessed with saving everybody although it's not a possibility. (although they have to work with the source material so I'll forgive them.)
They also need to give the wife of the wife-beater a new child 'cuz that girl can't act AT ALL.
Overall I enjoyed myself, was in awe of the budget they have BUT I like the next season to be less of 'The sheriff has a plan, let's follow him'-stories and more focused on other far more interesting people. I care about the drama, not the action.
That's all.
I really enjoyed it too. It was a little on the short side, but thankfully the next season's going to be longer.
I thought the cinematics, storytelling and pacing was excellent. Although the zombie thing has been widely played out in various forms of media, it still seemed fresh. The survival aspect was more realistic as to how I'd expect people to cope in a post-apocalyptic world.
I thought the cinematics, storytelling and pacing was excellent. Although the zombie thing has been widely played out in various forms of media, it still seemed fresh. The survival aspect was more realistic as to how I'd expect people to cope in a post-apocalyptic world.
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Is this worth buying on DVD? £17 seems expensive for 6 episodes, but I quite want to see it!