# Who's excited about The Walking Dead on AMC? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530 "2010-10-18T04:20:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/21 "2010-10-24T04:19:52Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > The pilot BTW was fucking awesome! :D:D:D:D:D:D:D I Just watched it. It’s either going to be a 90 minute pilot or they are going to have to lose about 15 minutes, since it runs 1:08 or so. I like it a lot. I like that it’s addressing the fact that such a situation would be incredibly sad, which you don’t see all the much of in most zombie movies. (I Am Legend being a giant exception… God, I still can’t believe how cruel they were with the fucking dog!) But I’m disappointed in some inconsistencies. We’ll see what the future brings.. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/22 "2010-10-24T04:22:37Z")
By the way, has anyone ever explained why and how zombies are supposed to eat anything at all, much less piles of raw meat? ---
**Author:** ![Tethered\_Kite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@Tethered\_Kite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tethered_Kite)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/23 "2010-10-24T04:51:53Z")
I am! I’m excited about “The Walking Dead” on AMC. Why, some of my best friends. . . * * * I don’t think they eat it, **Stoid.** They just smear it in the general direction of their mouths. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/24 "2010-10-24T05:04:45Z")
Yes, it will be a 90 minute pilot. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/25 "2010-10-24T18:06:29Z")
Good pilot, full of nice homages to earlier movies in the genre. Well done effects, nice and creepy and Darabont plays merry hell with what you assume are standard tropes. The emotion level is excellent, the characters don’t just turn into Rambo at the drop of a hat. I’m definitely looking forward to the rest of the series. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/26 "2010-10-24T21:53:37Z")
Do you agree that… It was pretty illogical for the zombies to suddenly get much faster when they were in a group? Because they did, and that kinda ticked me off. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/27 "2010-10-25T23:18:37Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > By the way, has anyone ever explained why and how zombies are supposed to eat anything at all, much less piles of raw meat? [Why yes!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPc7c4W6btY) Actually, know that I think of it (and I haven’t read the series in a few months), do the zombies in The Walking Dead eat people at all? I’m pretty sure they just bite them, infecting them 28 Days Later style. Are they really feeding? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/28 "2010-10-25T23:38:11Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > …Actually, know that I think of it (and I haven’t read the series in a few months), do the zombies in The Walking Dead eat people at all? I’m pretty sure they just bite them, infecting them 28 Days Later style. Are they really feeding? Oh yes, they’re flesheaters alright. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/29 "2010-10-26T02:16:07Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Oh yes, they’re flesheaters alright. 😉 Right, some of the more gruesome scenes are coming back to me… and yet, some people come back as zombies. Which brings me to something that has always troubled me when it comes to zombies. At what point does a zombie stop eating someone as they reanimate? Is it awkward, as the newly undead springs to ‘life’ while someone’s chomping on their entrails? ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/30 "2010-10-26T02:51:04Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > But I’m disappointed in some inconsistencies. We’ll see what the future brings.. Internal inconsistencies, or inconsistencies with the comics? Because I seem to remember the writers/director for the show saying they are using the comic as a guide, but aren’t going to be 100% faithful to it. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/31 "2010-10-26T03:25:48Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Internal inconsistencies, or inconsistencies with the comics? Because I seem to remember the writers/director for the show saying they are using the comic as a guide, but aren’t going to be 100% faithful to it. Internal. A thing is a particular thing or it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/32 "2010-10-26T13:24:44Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Internal. A thing is a particular thing or it isn’t. [Hollywood producer]“Who cares? It’s Science Fiction!”[/Hollywood producer] :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![margin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@margin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/margin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/33 "2010-10-27T23:22:19Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > As far as new zombie material goes, I’m intrigued by _Dead Set_, which is showing next week on IFC. It’s a British import, with the zombie apocalypse intruding on the live broadcast of a “Big Brother” like TV show, where the cast is basically locked in the building isolated from what’s going on outside. Until the zombies make their way in … At least the setting is something new and interesting in the zombie genre. That show is _excellent._ I can’t believe it took it this long to make it to a channel here. Loved it. I’m a zombie addict, so I’m very eager to see _The Walking Dead._ ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/34 "2010-10-27T23:34:42Z")
To answer the OP’s buried question about Rubicon: If you have patience (like the kind required to watch jello set up), it has a good payoff. Excellent cast, also. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/35 "2010-10-28T16:12:19Z")
I’m looking forward to it, but less so since reading this thread. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/36 "2010-10-29T04:29:41Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Do you agree that… > > It was pretty illogical for the zombies to suddenly get much faster when they were in a group? Because they did, and that kinda ticked me off. I was okay with it. It wasn’t like they were sprinting. When they’re in a pack and all whipped up, they move faster, but it was almost like they were stumbling as they did so. They were still pretty clumsy, just hungry. Terrific opener. Very much looking forward to seeing how this plays out. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/37 "2010-11-01T03:38:22Z")
Well I thought that was damn good. (And it was a little freaky to see post-apocalyptic Atlanta.) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/38 "2010-11-01T03:47:10Z")
I hope they give us some backstory about how the zombie plague got started and spread. Loved that they showed what happens when you fire a gun inside a tank. ---
**Author:** ![Tixenfleaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@Tixenfleaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tixenfleaz)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/39 "2010-11-01T03:50:07Z")
Much better than I anticipated. I was a bit suprised how graphic it was, considering it’s on cable. I’m not a big TV watcher, but I’ll be back next week. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530/40 "2010-11-01T04:14:02Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I hope they give us some backstory about how the zombie plague got started and spread. > > Loved that they showed what happens when you fire a gun inside a tank. YES! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-excited-about-the-walking-dead-on-amc/557530.md?page=3)