Dead Set On E4

peetee · 30 Oct 2008 at 01:56

eyyaz said:
i agree....its getting boring since the shows like 20 minutes. the only part i enjoyed was when the guy took like 50 dumps in the bin

nowhere near enough time for storyline progression is there, it should have stayed as hour longs.
Yesterday we had them set off to supermarket, and other couple reach the house, today we had them sit in the house and them return from supermarket..

AntiHeroUK · 30 Oct 2008 at 01:59

Haven't seen any of them yet. Must download them and see if it's any good..

Fisk · 30 Oct 2008 at 02:00

It's okay, enjoyable but not brilliant and I agree that it is let down by the short episodes. I think I would have preferred it if they split it into three longer episodes (so, on Monday, Wednesday, Friday). Or even a two-parter on Thursday and Friday.

Knubje · 30 Oct 2008 at 09:46

The producers taking a dump in the bin was funny

I agree with everyone so far, its a bit annoying its in 30min slots so you get little progression.

Still worth a watch though!

eyyaz · 30 Oct 2008 at 12:01

i might miss it for a few days then watch 3-4 episodes a row on e4.com

peetee · 30 Oct 2008 at 12:14

AntiHeroUK said:
Haven't seen any of them yet. Must download them and see if it's any good..

i hope you do this via the e4 website and not torrents.. even if it is a little disappointing(well the 2 30min episodes have been imo) it deserves to receive the ratings as some encouragement to produce some different stuff to air...

EasyG · 30 Oct 2008 at 13:03

peetee said:
nowhere near enough time for storyline progression is there, it should have stayed as hour longs.
Yesterday we had them set off to supermarket, and other couple reach the house, today we had them sit in the house and them return from supermarket..

spot on m8 and i said the exact same thing to the mrs about 10 mins ago.

1st episode great but the rest are boring now, as stated above. its actually uncanny how accurate your view is to mine cause i said to the mrs.

"so what 1 episode they go to the supermarket, the next episode they eat the **** they just got from the supermarket? whoopee ******* do!!!"

after all the hype and advertising unless the end episode is ground breakingly good, am putting dead set down as a dissappointment.

Scythe · 30 Oct 2008 at 14:32

Raikiri said:
I like Zombies, I hate big brother. Zombies killing Big Brother contestants (fictional or not) = awesome.

That's what I thought

Pigeon_Killer · 30 Oct 2008 at 22:29

The producer wins, everything else sadly fails. Another pointless episode that did nothing to progress the story.

krooton · 30 Oct 2008 at 23:26

Pigeon_Killer said:
The producer wins, everything else sadly fails. Another pointless episode that did nothing to progress the story.

SPOILER:

So 2 parties merging, and bf having to kill random chick don't count as the story progressing?

Some of you are moany lots

eyyaz · 30 Oct 2008 at 23:35

i liked this episode, although the ending took the ****

at one point i was starting to think that every survivor was gona run to the bb house

d3moliti0n · 31 Oct 2008 at 00:17

I have a feeling they were watching Night of the Living Dead (1968 original of course) when they decided upon the ending of that particular episode.

rynd0r · 31 Oct 2008 at 00:51

Tonights was very funny, especially when the producer was disembowling that guy saying "What is that?"

A zombie tv series needs to be made, there is so much potential as these short eps have shown. Maybe the yanks will be watching and produce something spectacular. But then again, I love things set in England (Children of Men, 28 days, Shaun of the Dead)

I thought that women who went on the boat then axed the zombie seemed suspicious and had a story behind her, but then she got killed off! :confused:

starfighter · 31 Oct 2008 at 02:18

Woody__ said:
I love Charlie Brooker.

Indeed, Screenwipe is ace.

Tom0 · 31 Oct 2008 at 09:41

Really enjoying this, can't wait till the final one tonight.

Fubsy · 31 Oct 2008 at 09:45

Shooting zombies with a rifle from a roof, where have a seen that before? mmmm

eyyaz · 31 Oct 2008 at 11:05

also i didn't know police officers carried G36c's, i thought their commonly used weapons were mp5's

Tom0 · 31 Oct 2008 at 11:14

The minor details and plot holes are so important to me, I can't just watch something without pointing them out

WAAAAA *flails arms*

:rolleyes:

Durzel · 31 Oct 2008 at 11:31

EasyG said:
after all the hype and advertising unless the end episode is ground breakingly good, am putting dead set down as a dissappointment.

I'm enjoying it but I feel along the same lines as you - it's over before it's gone anywhere.

I was hoping the final episode would be another 1 hour+ episode but the TV guide seems to indicate its another 30 min EP. I can't see how it can't just fizzle out unless it literally starts with a bang in the opening minute.

Fubsy said:
Shooting zombies with a rifle from a roof, where have a seen that before? mmmm

This irked me a bit, the guy picks up a gun and is apparently a crack shot with it straight away? I realise it has a sight but even so.

eyyaz said:
also i didn't know police officers carried G36c's, i thought their commonly used weapons were mp5's

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1043436_police_employ_super_gun

Sussex Police working around Gatwick have had G36Cs for a while too.

Fubsy · 31 Oct 2008 at 11:38

Durzel said:
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1043436_police_employ_super_gun

"to my mind theres no better weapon than the Wookie Bowcaster. it gets me through the trickier levels on Jedi Knight 3: Jedi Academy every time. "

From that link, rofl.