'The Walking Dead' returns to our screens this October after the first season ending in less than exciting fashion earlier this year. Adapted from the popular comic book, the show follows a group of survivors in a zombie apocalypse, who not only have to fight off hordes of the undead to stay alive, but also try to keep hold of their sanity.
The first season was very much a mixed back starting off with perhaps the best pilot episode since 'Lost' and then getting progressively worse. The show was never bad and was always entertaining, but it ended in such a lack luster way that there needed to be a big change for the second season. One of the main faults was the writers decision to create their own characters and storylines rather than sticking to the comic books, which already has a great story and characters. This was of course to keep the comic book readers from knowing what was going to happen in the show - but it didn't pay off.
Judging by the trailer (at the top of the page) that appears to have changed. There are certainly element from the source material in the trailer (the farmhouse refuge, divides in the group) and the creators have spoke about fan favourite characters and plot points appearing in the show at some point.
The trailer is seemingly all taken from one episode and it looks fantastic. The zombies or "walkers" again look frighteningly life like and the mood is suitably gloomy. The sequence on the highway looks especially brilliant with the survivors taking cover underneath cars to hide from the flesh munching roamers. And hopefully this season sticks with the group and their desperate attempt for survival rather than veer off into some mumbled nonsensical science like it did in the previous season's finale.
'Walking Dead' will air on AMC in America at Halloween and likely return to FX for November in the UK.
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