That¡¯s a pretty good warmer.
It is my pleasure to introduce our moderator for tonight, Chris Hardwick.
who is the host of Amc Talking Dead.
Talking Dead is the live after-show we heard spends time with fans,
actors, producers and TV enthusiasts recapping the most recent episode.
Chris Hardwick
Thanks,man.
I don¡¯t need this one,I got my own Mic too,right?
Man,man,man,man,here I am,alright.
Hey,guys.Thanks so much for coming out.
This is huge,this is like the biggest event that's been held here in a really long long time.
So thank you guys for making that happen.
There actually had to accommodate people and another section to live stream this.
So I thank so much for coming out tonight.
Are you guys excited? Do you..are you freaking out?
OMG.Oh....
I mean you see, you know one of the most...I was fan of the comic book before they
said they wanna do this after-show when I was a fan of the first season of The Walking Dead
And it really is...I mean I can say this...even though it seems like bias.
But it really is one of the most amazing show in Television and I feel like
the reason I¡¯m able to have Talking Dead is because
the show is so good and is so dense with drama and so much messed-up stuff.
Then you¡¯re shaking afterwards like we¡¯re therapy afterwards kind of help you guys
cause you just can¡¯t go to bed right after that like you need a drink or sth.
So we're that for you, we're the drink for your brain.
And it has been a great honor to get to know these folks in sort of...
kind of being in an outrage circle and go down visit the set and
everyone is cool
and is what you want them to be
super nice and
we all just sort of feaking..
I haven¡¯t seen the second half of the season yet
So everyone has seen up to this point,right?
Pretty much?
if you¡¯ve not seen up to this point, you should leave because we gonna talk about stuff, you guys.
There¡¯s gonna be some spoilers up to this point,
So I¡¯m super excited right getting into this and we¡¯re gonna be live streaming this as well.
I have some questions from the social media, audience and we¡¯re gonna get into it
So I¡¯m gonna introduce everyone in order. So I wanna start our first guest.
ladies and gentlemen,as Glenn, Steve Yeun
Nice to see you.
As Maggie, Lauren Cohan
Hellow,nice to see you.
who is there next to you,your boyfriend.
ladies and gentlemen,as Daryl ,Norman Reedus
Hellow
As Michonnes, Danai Gurira
Nice to see you.
Alright,well guys as Grimes,Andrew Lincoln
And of course the new character of this season.
that everyone is super excited about seeing coming up the show as new Governor
David Morrissey
Hey,nice to see you.
Next coming up is Andrea, Laurie Holden
Co-EP and Special Efx ninjia ,Greg Nicotero
Executive Producer,Gale Anne Hurd
And of course the guy who brings the thought of The Walking Dead
please welcome Mr.Robert Kirkman
Just sort of awkwardly between rick and governor.
Just keep you guys suffer.
This is so exciting, I have only watched up to the half season finale.
I don't know what¡¯s coming up yet.
there¡¯s a lot of speculation.
The show is coming back on Sunday.
A lot of things have not been resolved that I really need resolve in my life.
Robert Kirkman,how...are you
where is your brain right now?
Are you prepared for what you about to drop on people on Sunday?
It¡¯s really odd.
I was telling people on the press line that
I¡¯m really excited for the new episode to air because there is always stuff
in the episodes that I can¡¯t talk about.
So everytime the epsiodes air, there are more things that people are aware of.
It¡¯s really difficult for me to do stuff like this because we¡¯re already like
working on Season 4, like we¡¯re on a timing work since I got a lot of that stuff on my hand.
So I hope not letting anything slip from me here.
but I know there is a lot of really awesome stuff coming up and
a little bit of resolution for the things that are hanging out there.
I found you'd be pretty ballproof when it comes to spoil.
You don¡¯t let anything go,sometimes if we¡¯re just hanging out.
I just casually go ¡°so how does it end?¡±
I can never trick you into telling me anything.
You should ask better question.
"how does it end" is a pretty easy one to nudge.
But,no..but I'm hoping like,it¡¯s still one thing it's like.
I crap you little to tell me everything you know.
you have these two universes in your head.
you have comic book universe and you have televison universe.
how do you keep track of what¡¯s what and
how do you know like "Oh,this hasn¡¯t aired yet I can¡¯t talk about this yet!"
Yeah,I don¡¯t really know.
The comic book stuff is so much difference, you know.
it¡¯s so much more advance that characters are in much different place so
when I think about what¡¯s in the comic book and what¡¯s in the show.
It doesn¡¯t really translate.
So it's not really, you know the show I view is like an alternative past.
so that stuff is easy to keep separate but
as for keeping track of, you know.
when a man wanna do any reasonal stuff.
It's a little tricky I do a lot of research.
Gale,you've been on the show since the beginning
so how have you watched the show involved like
what you've seen
Now you had the chance to step back and like look the last 3 seasons
What does it you¡¯ve seen happen?
Well, I love the fact that every episode
that I watched coming from the feature background
is like a mini movie.
what impresses me is not only the scope
that are directors including fantastic great Nicotero
who directed the 3 this season
But the reason people watched the show in addition to the fantastic writing
is because the cast
Because they make Dead real,
this is a world where you invest in your characters
and we¡¯re just blessed to work with such a fantastic group of people.
And that¡¯s what really gets me
is seeing the evolution of each member of our cast characters.
Yes, it¡¯s funny cuz people ask me in a nervous like
What do you think it is about The Walking Dead
that makes so many people watch it?
Cuz it¡¯s good.
Like what an ridiculous question
It¡¯s the perfect syntheses
The story is great
The actor is great
The Special EFX are amazing
And the show just looks gorgeous.
Greg, how do you sort of up the game each season
When you kind of take the step back and go like
"here the practical EFx in the CG stuff of last season"
what can we do this season to up the game ?
Well, you know
Coming from a fan prospective
Because I love,you know
I love zombie stuff
My first gate was George A. Romero,I mean
It¡¯s a...I put stuff out there that I wanna see
The advantage of being a producer on the show is
It kind of gives me a free reign
It comes up some real cool stuff
You know, last season
the writers all came to the KNB
Have a little feel trip
When they left the shop
I got a call from one of them
They said,"Oh,we had this great idea
like a big giant blooded walker that comes out of the well."
So sort of
That came from an idea they had just walking through KNB
seen the thousand body parts and several heads things we have.
Lingering around , some real, some fake
It is a pretty scarring place
It¡¯s pretty amazing
And if given a day you can go there
just see a guy beating crap out of a zombie
handed with the pipe
and then everyone is laughing as blood flies everywhere
And then you go into the shop
You know, I mean, the thing that I felt fasinating about
The fans and the show
I know everybody on this panel would say the same thing
You get stopped in the street and people say,"I love the show"
They say ,"I told my friend to start with the season 1 ,episode 1
And they¡¯re addicated
Like they can¡¯t stop."
You start with that episode and you go
And all of a sudden the first 6 episodes is over
And ¡°wait! Is there only 6?I wanna see more!¡±
Then they plough through it
So if you see people with circles under their eyes,
holding The Walking Dead DVDs
they watched the entire two and half seasons at one sitting
It¡¯s pretty astounding
That the show and this cast are great crew
Really is able to
do sth that people just pay attention to
I¡¯m actually surprised that some stuff you cast away or get away with
Oh,it¡¯s like..OMG!
Rick just cut that guy¡¯s face in half.
This is television,but it looks
I think it¡¯s a testament how good the EFX are
that on television where people are watching up close
You guys would do close-up shots of EFX as supposed to like
¡°well, it looks like just keep that off in distance¡±
You guys, it¡¯s just up close and it looks fantastic
You have to give a lot of credit to visual effects Cause we work intense with them
There¡¯re a lot of really great people that contribute to that
But you know the thing is it¡¯s fun to kill monsters
I mean ,who doesn¡¯t wanna chop off zombie¡¯s dead bodies
I think, people in the zombie apocalypse would prefer not to got to do that.
You got me on that one.
Laurie, we talked for a quick second backstage
and you said sth I thought was very interesting, here we go.
¡°Are you mad at Andrea this season?¡±
¡°No, I¡¯m not mad but I keep seeing her get into this relationships.¡±
and I¡¯m like,¡±Come on! That guy?¡±
Yep
Sorry?
No, not you
That¡¯s a private conversation
What are you doing!
Let us have a little word
It¡¯s like,do you think
Do you think Andrea kind of sees that dark side
or does she just see like ¡°this is stronger opinion, this is survival¡±?
I don¡¯t think she sees the dark side at all
I mean you have to understand that
Andrea doesn¡¯t know it isn¡¯t preview to what audience knows
All she knows is that
At the begining of the season
She was out the wild for 7 months
Living in the woods
They come across this beautiful town
She is able to breathe and hope and dream.
She thought that those days are over.
It¡¯s not like she chose the governor over Michonne
She chose a life, a community.
Is he charismatic and wonderful?
Yes.
Don¡¯t try to tell my good side now,misiter.
I can¡¯t take my eyes off you.
So far he hasn¡¯t shown himself to be a brute.
I mean,there¡¯re a lot of thing he had done she seemes that she can kind of understand
the fact that he has a zombie daughter in his closet,well
But the same talking,
I sat next to my dead sister for two days waiting for her to turn
So you know the rules have changed
But, yes, I think Andrea is an alpha female
And I think that she is drawn to strong men
whether they happen to be crazy or not
that¡¯s the unfortunate part .
She is not a weak character drawn to strong men.
She is a very strong character drawn to strong men.
And you see even the tension like why don¡¯t you put me up with the gun like
She is kind of bad-ass charater
She is, she is
Do you think..I¡¯m wondering in a situation like this is
That an idea the town,you said well it¡¯s community and she doesn¡¯t have much longer time.
Is comfort ,one of the most dangerous things you can have?
Yeah,I mean there is an expression "if it¡¯s too good to be true, it is."
That¡¯s Woodbury.
I think after she lost her sister and her family
It was just..It was too good to be true.
She saw pregnant woman walking around with no fear
She saw people walking dogs
These beatiful eldly people planting their gardens
She was like,¡±Are you kidding me?¡±
It's the end of the world and look what this man has created.
Sign me up, I wanna be part of this.
She did also see people beat the crap out of each other
with zombies chained by the throat.
Well, my best friend...
My best friend has two zombie pets.
There are no rules here.
You do?? You do have those...
You get to me