Monday, October 17, 2011

AMERICA WANTS TELEVISION WITH BRAINS: After last night's huge ratings for The Walking Dead, particularly among young viewers, I expect shows will be looking for ways to add zombies. Some are easy--Desperate Housewives becomes far more desperate when Mary Alice Young rises from her grave, hungry for flesh; Gossip Girl gets Blair Waldorf to fend off a newly zombified Dan Humphrey after Dorota brings her an old Louboutin which she uses to smash in his head; and I can already picture "Dr. Cristina Yang, bad-ass zombie fighter." Please provide your suggestions for how we can add more flesh eating to television.

ETA: Apparently, the correct answer is Zombieland: The Series, which I can actually get behind--the movie felt like a (very big) TV pilot in a lot of ways, setting up 4 characters for a long haul.

16 comments:

  1. Marsha3:46 PM

    The Gossip Girl one isn't that far-fetched - have you seen the rebooted novel? http://www.amazon.com/Gossip-Psycho-Killer-Cecily-Ziegesar/dp/0316185094

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  2. This would be a great way to bring Paul McCrane back to ER.

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  3. Eric J.3:56 PM

    Not to mention Dr. Greene. Imagine him shambling towards Carter, while "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" plays.

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  4. Adam C.4:06 PM

    Wasn't that already an entire season of ER?

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  5. Anonymous4:12 PM

    Just found this at hitfix:

    <span>Jim </span> Daniel is this show any good? Is it more like mad men or the killing? <span> Posted 10 minutes ago </span> Reply to Comment <span> P </span> Yes, it's exactly like Mad Men and The Killing, if they were entirely populated by flesh craving undead. <span> Posted 4 minutes ago </span>

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  6. There aren't many ways for Walter White to fall even further.  Just saying.

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  7. Jenn.4:47 PM

    You know, have a zombie episode of Community could really help its ratings.... Oh, wait.... 

    Never mind.

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  8. I'm not anti-zombie (as a mode of entertainment; I am against actual zombies), but I really hated the Community zombie episode.

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  9. isaac_spaceman4:54 PM

    More zombies on TV would give zombie-fighter Michael Stipe something to do with all of his newly acquired free time.

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  10. Dave S5:17 PM

    Terra Nova-  Zombie dinosaurs.  Nuff said.

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  11. Emily6:15 PM

    It seems perfect for a reality t.v / American Gladiator type competition show. Zombie apocalypse teams compete against each other and, well, zombies. There is an all-star component built in because favorite contestants who lose will come back and play for the zombies.

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  12. isaac_spaceman6:17 PM

    Back from the days when my boys were obsessed with both dinosaurs and Plants vs. Zombies, I did a crayon zombie dinosaur and called it Z-Rex.  It's still up on the fridge. 

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  13. J. Bowman6:32 PM

    Burn Notice: Miami of Darkness

    "It's a trick. Get Sam Axe."

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  14. victoria8:07 PM

    Welcome back to The Sing-Off! Our next group is a collective of undead who put aside their lust for human flesh and came together for a chance at $200,000 and a Sony recording contract. Performing Michael Jackson's "Thriller," here's Braaaaaaaaaains!

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  15. Eric J.9:44 PM

    By the time Ted meets The Mother, they may both be dead.


    Just give me all the brains you have.
    Wait … wait.
    I worry what you just heard was: Give me a lot of brains.
    What I said was: Give me all the brains you have. Do you understand?

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  16. InertiaGirl2:19 PM

    The director's commentary indicates that Zombieland was originally conceived as a TV series that eventually got made as a movie.  I guess it is just going back to its roots.

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