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Re: The Walking Dead - New AMC Series
Do yourselves a favor and read the comic book series - it's way, way darker than what they're showing on the TV series, and while I respect the TV series for what it is, it is a separate beast from what the comic book series was - a story that starts at the point where most zombie movies end.
The TV series is deviating pretty far from what the comic book series was touching on (including themes revolving around cannibalism, children killing each other and PTSD), but I didn't expect much from the show to be honest.
AMC hedged their bets when they put the show on the air, seeing that zombies on TV haven't really proven themselves in the marketplace, and zombie movies being hits are proving to be a bit of hit and miss (2004's Dawn of the Dead by Zack Snyder did well at the box office, George Romero's Survival of the Dead not so much). Sure they're a station that takes risks with their own original shows, but a majority of their revenue is advertising from the movies they air - and there isn't that much revenue in that alone.
Do yourselves a favor and read the comic book series - it's way, way darker than what they're showing on the TV series, and while I respect the TV series for what it is, it is a separate beast from what the comic book series was - a story that starts at the point where most zombie movies end.
The TV series is deviating pretty far from what the comic book series was touching on (including themes revolving around cannibalism, children killing each other and PTSD), but I didn't expect much from the show to be honest.
AMC hedged their bets when they put the show on the air, seeing that zombies on TV haven't really proven themselves in the marketplace, and zombie movies being hits are proving to be a bit of hit and miss (2004's Dawn of the Dead by Zack Snyder did well at the box office, George Romero's Survival of the Dead not so much). Sure they're a station that takes risks with their own original shows, but a majority of their revenue is advertising from the movies they air - and there isn't that much revenue in that alone.
, disregard the other thread, with 1 post.
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