The Walking Dead Forum

WE HAVE NOTESSSSS REGARDING THE DIRECTION OF THE STOOOORRRYYYY....

People really like talking about AMC's The Walking Dead. There are whole Internet forums dedicated to the subject. Some have even put together entire weekly podcasts just to discuss the latest twists and turns of the show. And now there's even a live television show, wholly sanctioned and presented by AMC.

This season, following every new episode of The Walking Dead, you will be able to stick around afterward, if so inclined, and watch a half hour live talk show titled Talking Dead. Hosted by Chris Hardwick, the Nerdist podcast host and former more funny, less attractive counterpart to both Jenny McCarthy and Carmen Electra on MTV's Singled Out, the show will discuss in grave detail--grave...get it?--everything that's just transpired on that evening's episode, and how it all plays into the larger, overarching storyline of the series.

Guests on the show will include actors on the series, show producers (presumably ones not named Frank Darabont, for obvious reasons) and various fans of the show, who will clearly be screened ahead of time so as to avoid weekly bitch sessions at the men who have steered this show oh so very wrongly from the brilliant pilot. Not that I feel that way, but come on, how many times have we read those exact comments in a forum?

Talking Dead debuts on October 16, immediately following the encore run-through of the last season of Walking Dead. Then the live broadcasts begin following the encore presentation of the season premiere at 11PM on November 4th. I am presuming these are east coast times, though any HD cable subscriber should rest-assured knowing that AMC's HD channel airs in real time cross-coasts, meaning you won't miss out on the live feeds--you'll just have to tune in three hours earlier, according to your watch.

Is this a great idea? The dumbest thing ever? Something in between? Who knows? If nothing else, it shows AMC is willing to acknowledge the eminently coversationalist nature of the show, and throw a bone to those who like to do the conversing. Plus, hey, Chris Hardwick is pretty great.

Hm. Sounds interesting, but then again, it's just another "After Show" series in the end. Still looking forward to Season 2 though! <3

just have one episode of this at the end of the season and that is fine. I assume this is gonna be on after every episode tho...which I doubt I'll watch it.

I would cite this as another example of AMC going totally bonkers, but then again I do already spend an inordinate amount of time discussing TV that has just aired on the internet...

Oh wait, they're calling it "Talking Dead"? Yeah, fuck AMC.

As someone who has always like Chris Hardwick and is regular listener to the Nerdist podcast I'll be certain to check this out. Is it necessary? No. But then again so much of the so called content on television is unnecessary too.

If it turns out that the new season is worse than the already pretty bad last episodes of the last, then this will get axed long before it will damage anything.

But zombies can't talk.

This sounds a bit like Dr. Who Confidential which airs almost immediately after the show proper is done.

Ehhhhh...not a good idea. I mean it depends on how long it is and if they talk about the comic too. But The Walking Dead as a show itself doesn't warrant that much talking and speculation. I haven't learned enough about the characters to make me care about them and their relationships or speculate about their futures.

Call it bitching, but I think the show did deteriorate significantly from the pilot. Whether it was budget constraints, episode constraints, bad writing, trying to tie into the comic story, or whatever, I didn't enjoy the rest of it. So I'm not exactly getting excited for season 2 and speculating who dies or how love triangles will play out.

I actually can't stand Chris Hardwick...so, nah. I'll pass.

So that's where the rest of AMC's budget has gone! At least it's going to a worthy cause and not, say, the second season of their second best show or anything stupid like that!

On the one hand, that seems kinda neat, but on the other, for some reason this makes me even less interested in watching the show than I was before. It seems kinda "uppity" to me that they want to end every episode with people talking about it. I suppose that's not really the right word, but whatever.

I'm probably not going to watch this, but this seems pretty cool for fans of both the comics and show.