Last week, The Walking Dead opened their season by outdoing themselves, in terms of both zombie-lurching set pieces and horrendous splatterage. So, as one might expect, this week sees consolidation, as they introduce new non-decomposing characters and turn the screws on our existing ones. So do … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: What Lies Ahead – Dork Review
Smash-hit zombie series The Walking Dead disappeared after only six episodes last year, which must have been torture for the Americans and, you know, business as usual for the UK, but now it’s back for a superlong 13 episode run, albeit split into two chunks in Doctor Who style. So, the first new … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: TS-19 – Dork Review
The Walking Dead is over! Well, the first season, and the second is on the way. And with the possible exception of the fourth, I’ve really enjoyed them all. As new series launches go, this must qualify as a successful one, in terms of both fan opinion and cold numbers. Ratings in the states have … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Wildfire – Dork Review
As you’d expect from a series as slow as The Walking Dead, this week is mostly devoted to the aftermath of last week’s sudden zombie attack. The survivors pick up the pieces, and many cast members are dead. Of course, I wasn’t as in love with last week’s episode as I had been with previous ones, … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Vatos – Dork Review
It seems like The Walking Dead has barely started, and yet we are two thirds into the first season. That already-ordered second season of thirteen is some comfort, but still. God knows how we cope in Britain, where everything only gets six episodes. Anyway, the incremental, atmospheric … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Tell It To The Frogs – Dork Review
As we travelled wearily through this week’s The Walking Dead, it was easy to get nervous and paranoid. After all, at any moment a zombie or big emotional moment could leap out on us. The tension was thicker than those ignorant Southern stereotypes pounding around Rick’s camp. As the buzz … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Guts – Dork Review
The second episode of The Walking Dead sees the show lumber onwards, barely missing a step. We rejoin our hero exactly where we left him, and soon a bunch of new survivors join in. Which is good, as although I like Andrew Lincoln, a whole series of him staring dejectedly would’ve got old. So, … [Read more...]
The Walking Dead: Days Gone Bye – Dork Review
Possibly the most eagerly awaited TV series debut of the year, certainly in dork circles, it’s The Walking Dead. Based on the popular Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, it’s a classic zombie apocalypse chronicle. And with showrunning by Frank Darabont (him of … [Read more...]
Why you shouldn’t watch The Walking Dead
Next week the television adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s epic zombie comic series, The Walking Dead, hits our screens courtesy of FX (via AMC). You probably knew that already. You’ve probably seen the huge billboard posters with Andrew ‘Egg’ Lincoln’s stubbly, resolute face staring out of them. … [Read more...]
Geeks! What are you watching at the moment?
Doctor Who is over and there's now a massive hole in my usually jam-packed Sky+ series link line up. I'm still catching up on 30 Rock, but once that special joy is over, there will be nowhere for me to get my geek on. So what are you watching? Misfits is on the way, Sherlock should be good … [Read more...]
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