Zombie on Human Love Nixed for Walking Dead Season 2

[Tom Goldman]

Zombie on Human Love Nixed for Walking Dead Season 2

Sorry zombie lovers, Walking Dead isn't going to become the zombie version of Twilight.

There's still a lengthy wait until Walking Dead [http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Season-One-Blu-ray/dp/B0049P1ZZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1299467632&sr=8-1] season 2 hits AMC in the fall, but series creator Robert Kirkman has at least started talking about it. In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Kirkman confirmed a few of the show's upcoming story events, and sadly(?) nixed any possibility of zombie on human action.

"I can absolutely rule that out," Kirkman said when asked if zombies and humans would ever get it on. "That's just awful."

So vampire on human [http://www.amazon.com/Twilight-Blu-ray-Kristen-Stewart/dp/B001SGEUHY/ref=sr_1_8?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1299467728&sr=1-8] is fine, but zombie on human is "awful?" That sounds zombieist to me. On second thought, he's totally right. Bad idea.

Kirkman also said that there won't be a big time difference between season 1 and season 2. The cast will still be reacting to the event that occurred at the end of the first season. Similar to how the Walking Dead [http://www.amazon.com/Walking-Dead-Compendium-One/dp/1607060760] comic book operates, Kirkman revealed that more characters will both die and be introduced to the show's group of survivors. However, main character Rick is sticking around at least for the entirety of season 2.

For fans that hope to ever find out where Walking Dead's zombies come from, another comment from Kirkman might break your hearts. "I don't know if we'll ever tell people how the zombies came about," he said. "I don't think it's important to the story which is about characters. When you delve into where they come from it delves into science fiction." Understandable, I suppose.

Walking Dead season 2 is expected to start airing in October.

Source: Hollywood Reporter [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/walking-dead-7-things-watch-164807]


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[chickenlord]

DUMB! I say it is important to find out how the zombie came to be, yeah its about characters but i still think they should fit it in somewhere. After the last of the zombies die out, or after they finally reach a safe refuge i think we should find out.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Sorry zombie lovers, Walking Dead isn't going to become the zombie version of Twilight.

Sorry?

No...

THANK ZOMBIE JESUS!

 

[Callate]

So vampire on human is fine, but zombie on human is "awful?" That sounds zombieist to me. On second thought, he's totally right. Bad idea.

I think I'm going to take a cue from Sunny on this one:

"You like the taste of brains. We don't like zombies!"

 

[godfist88]

necrophilia huh? that just wrong. it would be kinda funny though, check this

Lucy: I love use Steve..

Steve: BRRRRAAAAAIIIINNNSSSS.....

 

[kibayasu]

Was that in the comic?

 

[cairocat]

I was really disappointed in The Walking Dead (braces inbox for quote-flaming). It was predictable and flat. It also felt way too 'light', if you know what I mean. All the times with people sitting around the lake camping and punching sexists in the face, you would have thought it was Little House on the Prairie, not the zombie apocalypse. The pilot was an intense, creepy, atmospheric piece with haunting visuals and a story that slashed most television concepts. The rest of the season did not live up to it.

Also, why the fuck is this a news article? I mean, this was basically an unprovoked panel-troll question which was answered in the only way it possibly could be. The rest of the paragraphs are just making Twilight comparisons and honestly it just seems like another Walking Dead tag in that file for you guys.

Oh, unless there was zombiphilia in the comic. In which case this still seems trivial, yet it could possibly matter to someone out there.

 

[sooperman]

It had to be asked, and that's just about the best answer you could hope for; a resounding "No." October is too far away

Was that in the comic?

I can't say, but I think I'd be able to if there was. It sounds to me like he is ruling out the possibility across all media.

That still doesn't stop that show from just being plain awful.

It makes the Eragon movie adaptation look as faithful as Lassy was.

Unfaithful, but I thought it stood up on its own merit. Hopefully it'll follow the books a little more closely for season two, but not a big loss if it doesn't.

 

[Tom Goldman]

Also, why the fuck is this a news article?

That which is news, simply is.

 

[WolfThomas]

That still doesn't stop that show from just being plain awful.

It makes the Eragon movie adaptation look as faithful as Lassy was.

I believe it's infidelity is on purpose, Kirkman doesn't want people who've read the comics to know what's going to happen.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

Good series but way too long for me to wait for the next season.

 

[FalloutJack]

Can't imagine who would really want zombie-human romance in The Walking Dead, a serious storyline. The vampire-human interaction thing there is more Buffy The Vampire Slayer than anything else, so no complaints from me here. Zombies do not want to get it on with humans. They want to EAT humans. As for origins, I'm perfectly satisfied in leaving it up to our imaginations here.

 

[cairocat]

Also, why the fuck is this a news article?

That which is news, simply is.

...he has spoken. *Puts another notch on the quoted-by-goldman spot on my wall* (it's pretty high, actually)

 

[Nemu]

Also, why the fuck is this a news article? I mean, this was basically an unprovoked panel-troll question which was answered in the only way it possibly could be. The rest of the paragraphs are just making Twilight comparisons and honestly it just seems like another Walking Dead tag in that file for you guys.

My basic thought as well.

I liked the first season of the show, however. I mean, it strayed from the comic a bit, but that is to be expected in an 8-episode season (the fact that it got picked up for a second season early on notwithstanding). They needed to get in a "human" element into the show by tossing in fluffy bonding between characters, but it also had to be toned down for a the basic cable audience. True Blood has it "easy" in that it can be as graphic as it wants to be because it's on a premium network. The Walking Dead is on a channel that doesn't NORMALLY cater to zombie (or comic book) fans, so it's not like it could just be outright gory and cold like the book.
All-in-all, it's not a BAD start to the show and, frankly, I'm a fan of the comic (and zombies in general), so I was already going to watch it. lol


On the other hand, if they don't get a little darker and add in the Prison or...alter Rick, like in the book, I'll be pissed.

So vampire on human is fine, but zombie on human is "awful?" That sounds zombieist to me. On second thought, he's totally right. Bad idea.

Plus, you know, vampires in popular mythology were ALWAYS regarded as romantic and "sexy", and it's certainly not the first time H&V stories have been produced. H&Z? Not so much...

 

[Gralian]

I don't think it's important to the story which is about characters.

Aaaand that right there is exactly why i was just so disheartened with Walking Dead. Right off the bat i knew it'd be another "drama with a twist". It's basically a carbon copy of Survivors, and i think even that was a carbon copy of some other "humanity's gone down the crapper, now it's just this small gaggle of misfits and watch how they cope" scenario. Bleh. Disappointing. I'd like to see a TV show that's willing to take on the amount of action and violence you see in the movies, especially something horror related and inherently violent like zombies. Maybe one day i'll get to see a show where the action and intrigue (in this case, finding out where and how the zombies came about in the first place) takes centre stage and human drama takes a back seat. Drama and characterisation are good and all, but it just seems lame to make something out to be more than just that and merit it on a philosophy of "oh look, one token zombie showed up for five seconds and was shot. See! It's not a soap! It has zombies in it! And SOMETIMES there's two zombies just to -really- spice things up!"

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

Please tell me we can at least play Timesplitters with them.

 

[Manicotti]

Good? It doesn't appear anywhere in the novels, though. I don't see how this could even have been brought up. The closest is the periodic attachment of someone to their zombified child, keeping it chained up in the side room and ripping out its teeth or something. Romance between varying degrees of pulse-having should be strictly quarantined to the lost cause of Twilight anyway, it won't do any favors to anyone by forcing itself to make that concession to a bunch of 13-year-old girls and their frustrated old soccer moms.

 

[Roboto]

Sorry, wrong thread you can delete this

But at the risk of being banned for being off topic, I kind of think cross-living relations should be kept to at most a minimum.