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Old 11-01-2010, 09:20 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Pearl Trade View Post
I taped this show on my handy DVR. I wasn't too sure what to expect from it, but with Noodle saying FREAKING AWESOME, I have to boost my expectations.

I know the hardcore zombie fans might get a little pissy with me asking about this, but was Max Brooks involved with the show in any way? I regret asking this question already...
No Max Brooks involvement at all. It's based off of the comic by Robert Kirkman, who has said that as long as he's writing TWD he wont read World War Z because he doesn't want it to influence him.

The first episode was AMAZING. I stopped reading the comic itself a while back (I'd post why but I don't want to put spoilers but one includes the fact that I couldn't stand Rick by the time I stopped) but that episode brought me right back to why I loved the first few trades.

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Originally Posted by dippin View Post
It is impressive in that it is a tv series. But the pilot itself wasn't that great. Too many aspects of it lifted straight out of other zombie movies (for example, the "Waking up in the hospital" thing, almost exactly like 28 days later).
Actually both Kirkman has said the hospital scenes were influenced by this

which also influenced the opening of 28 Days Later.
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