(Long) Weekend of the Dead

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 | Games, Reviews, Series

This weekend was affected by an all time Zombie high. First, Rockstar released their brand new Red Dead Redemption add-on “Undead Nightmare” and FOX aired a new Zombie series called “The Walking Dead“. This alone made my weekend, but both the game and the series really kicked off big time. It is too early for a full featured review, but so far I enjoyed myself a lot riding one of the horses of the apocalypse making sure I don’t waste ammo by just giving headshots and after that relax by eating a greasy pizza and watching “The Walking Dead” pilot with Zombies that scared even a veteran like me.

“Undead Nightmare” is great value for money as you can get it for 10 bucks. It’s a very well done Zombie apocalypse set in the Wild West, which is pretty much awesome by itself, buit is supported by Rockstar quality storytelling and gameplay! It just feels great to jog into the sunset after clearing another town of the flesh eating infestation!

Talking about “The Walking Dead” I gave the pilot a shot because I saw some pretty breathtaking Zombie make up that looked very promising.

The last time I tried to watch a Zombie series it failed after a few episodes (Dead Set). The pilot of “The Walking Dead” did not disappoint at all, it was very well done, thrilling and quite repelling in a positive way – f*ck, these Zombies are really scary folks! Let’s hope the rest of the series can keep up with the high standard the pilot sets. Tonight I’m going to continue with the first real episode and some gyros – yummy!

“Undead Nightmare” and “The Walking Dead” – both highly recommendable for the Zombie affectionate :mrgreen:

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4 Comments to (Long) Weekend of the Dead

Hector
4. November 2010

Der große Vorteil an der Serie ist, dass die Story durch die Comics schon vorgegeben ist und die Drehbuchschreiber nicht wie bei vielen anderen Serien (Heroes, Lost etc.) plötzlich nach 2 oder 3 Staffeln keine Ahnung mehr haben wo sie eigentlich hin wollen. Der Pilot war schon extrem genial und die unvermeidliche kleines-Zombie-Mädchen-bekommt-Headshot-Szene direkt an den Anfang zu setzen is auf jeden Fall mal ne Ansage :-)

Nick
4. November 2010

Auf jeden Fall! Ich bin zwar in der Regel nicht für Gewaltdarstellung an Kindern in Filmen, aber ich finde, dass die Macher es geschafft haben immer nur minimal über die Grenze zu treten und somit für einen Horrorstreifen genau richtig zu liegen – es soll ja verstören sein! Genial war auch der Deputy Headshot – eigentlich völlig übertrieben und Gewalt der Gewalt wegen aber irgendwie auch völlig richtig am Platz – es ist schließlich eine Zombie Comic Umsetzung – da sollte man auch nichts anderes erwarten. Ich bin sehr gespannt wie das weiter geht … :twisted:

Nick
4. November 2010

Crazy, I just realized I even own the original Comic – thanks to my wife who gave it me as a present some time ago … :cool: Thanks again!

Hector
4. November 2010

Well then in english :-)
Totally agreed! There is definetly some really rough stuff considering that this is a TV series (!!!).
But due to the fact, that there is some really good acting too, the violence is totally justified.
The scene in which Rick is crawling under the tank and then holding his gun to his head is so great. Watched it several times.
It looks so real when his facial expression is changing from total resignation to unexpected hope.

Finally some fresh air in the Zombieflick sector.

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