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you'll forget all about it once everyone starts dying off.
oh. spoilers. and by this he meant EVERYONE
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It looks as if AMC has a ratings hit on its hands with the TV adaptation of Robert Kirkman's comic The Walking Dead.
The cable net announced on Monday that it's green lit a 13-episode second season of the new series, which debuted on October 31.
The show has gone on to break ratings records and not just on the network. According to their announcement, the show has reached more Adults 18-49 than any other show in the history of cable television.
The series is also being carried to the world stage by Fox International Channels’ (FIC) -- who also is picking up the second season following the show's ratings success in 120 countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Those numbers make it the highest-rated original series premiere ever to air on FIC simultaneously worldwide.
"I wish all programming decisions were no-brainers like this one," said Sharon Tal Yguado, SVP Scripted Programming for Fox International Channels. "The Walking Dead is a TV masterpiece on so many levels. We want at least 10 seasons, if not more. Kudos to AMC!"
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big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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another terrific episode. I'm getting more comfortable with the liberties taken by the tv adaptation as time goes on. the acting is really solid; they were able to sell some very powerful moments throughout this episode.
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I'm actually pleased they are taking plot liberties because :(a) it's a different medium; and (b) if the show was beat for beat the same as the comic book there'd be very little suspense.
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I hope they change the part where Rick lost his arm and his kid became a murderer so that this post will not be a spoiler.
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 seriously though that did happen.
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We Could Be Waiting A Long Time For Season 2 Of The Walking Dead: the cable channel likely will wait until October to launch Season 2 so it can again take advantage of its month-long Fearfest horror marathon and higher audience levels in the fall.
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The previews are ruining more than the comics. The only thing I didn't know about this episode was the hand at the end.
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they are 'teasing' too much stuff but I think it's because they're anticipating a really high percentage of viewers have read the comics already.
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Or maybe they changed something big that would differentiate the TV series from the comics later on, like, I don't know, the zombie outbreak was supernatural instead of being borne from dog rabies. SPOILER ALERT 
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Also, Soylent green is people.
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Will this season end with Rick's son killing Shane?
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Or the discovery of the prison?
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Or will they really jump ahead and show the community outside of DC?
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It's probably going to get canceled by the end of the season.
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Will this season end with Rick's son killing Shane? that's my guess
big_pimp_tim-made it cool to roll in the first damn place! Mon Jun 11 2007 09:27 PM- harley finally rolled with me "I'm working with him...he's young but, there is much potential. He can apprentice with me and then he's yours for final training. He will remember the face of his father... Some day, Knutreturns just may be the greatest of us all...."-THE bastard
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I see someone decided to catch up with the rest of us. 
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These boards were down and Warcraft was down for a day. I had to do something with my time.
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wow was down a whole day? they retooling the servers for cataclysm or something?
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It seems like the show is going in totally different places from the comic.
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yeah this is gonna get really interesting. there's still a lot of stuff that simply can't be left out, though, so somehow they'll have to work their way back onto the beaten path, more or less. I think the genius (or retardation, it depends) of an adaptation is how seamlessly the original and the reinterpretation can be interwoven, and thus far I haven't been given a reason to complain at all.
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Merle Dixon is probably going to be a gun in the drawer.
I'm also thinking that Morgan could work as the voice of Rick's conscience instead of Lori, with the walkie-talkie conversations replacing the disconnected telephone that Rick carries around.
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It seems like the show is going in totally different places from the comic. 
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http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1137550p1.htmlDaramont fired the entire writing staff. That's a twist I didn't see coming.
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It's probably going to get canceled by the end of the season.
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http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1137550p1.html
Daramont fired the entire writing staff. That's a twist I didn't see coming. Who the fuck put that Daramont dude in charge? He doesn't even work on the show.
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Just watched episode 5.
Yeah, its not gonna follow the comics.
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It was still faithful to the source material in all the important parts, such as the part where Lori takes it in the ass from Shane.
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I really hope Shane gets shot in the neck soon.
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