E4′s ‘Dead Set’ Finally Makes Its Way To American TV
By Mark O. Estes at TV Overmind
Think The Walking Dead will be TV’s first foray into zombiedom? Think again.
What happens when you take UK’s über popular version of Big Brother and add zombies? The answer is Dead Set, E4′s insanely epic zombie show that aired during the week of Halloween in 2008. (Trailer includes graphic images)
The show was so outstanding, it dominated my thinking process for that entire week ad nauseam. Seriously. I didn’t think TV could get away with such gore, but this is UK television where there are no boundaries. But that’s beside the point. The point of the matter is that my fellow Americans will be able to view this extraordinary show courtesy of IFC this Halloween before the debut of that “other zombie show.”
What happens when you take UK’s über popular version of Big Brother and add zombies? The answer is Dead Set, E4′s insanely epic zombie show that aired during the week of Halloween in 2008. The show was so outstanding, it dominated my thinking process for that entire week ad nauseam. Seriously. I didn’t think TV could get away with such gore, but this is UK television where there are no boundaries. But that’s beside the point. The point of the matter is that my fellow Americans will be able to view this extraordinary show courtesy of IFC this Halloween before the debut of that “other zombie show.”
Read More here
Propped Up: The Story Behind the Props on Today’s Hottest Sci-Fi Shows
by Justin O’Kelly TV.com
As any sci-fi or fantasy fan over a certain age will tell you, owning a piece of the show or film you love can be a surprisingly disheartening experience. I wish I had a time machine so I could exchange the bendable plastic light saber I bought as a teenager—it was so poorly made that I ended up chewing it to see what it tasted like. I figured that would be more fun than fighting with it.
These days, such a crappy remake would never fly. In these technology-graced times, diehard TV and film collectors expect the replicas they spend their hard-earned money on to be worth every penny.So a Los Angeles-based firm employing some of the greatest prop makers and artists in the United States and Europe is stepping in to help: Quantum Mechanix (QMx) is led by Andy Gore, a collector himself.
Read More here
Casualty and Doctor Who enter World Records book
via What’s On TV
Casualty and Doctor Who have entered the new Guinness World Records 2011 book as the longest-running primetime medical drama and sci-fi TV series.
[Doctor Who] is the world’s longest running sci-fi programme after chalking up 769 episodes, including 212 storylines and a full-length TV movie, since it first aired in 1963.
Current Doctor Who star Matt Smith also enters the record books this year for becoming the youngest Doctor in the shows history.
Read More here
A complete guide to 68 midseason genre shows, movies and miniseries
By Kathie Huddleston at Blastr
[A] complete look at all the shows that have been canceled or that ended, all the new and returning series that are headed your way in the TV midseason and beyond, and an overview of dozens of movies and miniseries in the works.
The Cape, NBC – Premieres Midseason 2011: This superhero origin story follows “Vince Faraday, an honest cop on a corrupt police force, who finds himself framed for a series of murders and presumed dead. He is forced into hiding, leaving behind his wife, Dana and son, Trip. Fueled by a desire to reunite with his family and to battle the criminal forces that have overtaken Palm City, Faraday becomes ‘The Cape,’ his son’s favorite comic book superhero — and takes the law into his own hands.”
Thirteen episodes of this new series have been ordered, which star David Lyons as Vince, Jennifer Ferrin as his wife Dana, and Ryan Wynott as his son Trip, along with Firefly’s Summer Glau, Keith David, Dorian Missick and TRON: Legacy’s James Frain.
Read More here
What do you think of Dead Set? Will you watch it? Do you own (or want) and movie or TV props? Have you ever gotten a disappointing one? What upcoming TV shows are you looking forward to?
