"In the Flesh" BBC Zombie Drama Starts 17th March on BBC Three
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starts 17th March at 22:00 on BBC Three
Set after a zombie uprising, treated zombies are rehabilitated back into society.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00szzcm
Trailer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015w4t3
looks interesting
Set after a zombie uprising, treated zombies are rehabilitated back into society.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00szzcm
Trailer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p015w4t3
looks interesting
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I'm going to keep my eye on this one. Look interesting enough.
Seems to have a reasonable budget and level of production values..
I loved being human!! allthough I have to admit the American version is better (better budget...production values...long term cast..and can learn from the mistakes of the original)
Shame on BBC3 for axing the fades..BAFTA winner
I enjoyed it, looking forward to what's next.
While nice, neither of the first two are anywhere near enough important to me to make a show itself, over all better, as a Doctor Who fan, to me they're just wrapping, my favourite series of the original is the first, which has vastly inferior production values even to the second.
Re: the third, the only long term cast member on the US version better than the original to me is Annie / Sally, I like the character of UK Annie more, but while Lenora did improve and pull it off when most necessary, Meaghan is, I have to admit, in my opinion, the more consistent actress, at least from what I've seen.
Impressed so far.
For anyone wanting similar drama I can recommend the French drama series from a few months back "Les Revenants".
I'm surprised it's not been mentioned here as it is superb and already green lit for a second season. One for BBC Four to pick up on Saturday nights.
Not too surprised at the "twist" at the end with the HDF member's son being found in Afghanistan in zombie form though.
I think it is to be taken as a 3 part drama rather than an on-going series (Though I wouldn't be surprised if it is left open-ended just in case they get a regular series out of it)
I would say, the zombies are more of an allegory and the story is of the fear of those that are different & the re-intergration of an outcast group/individual into society, be they mentally ill, immigrants, sex offenders or indeed zombies. Or 'people suffering from partial death syndrome' as would be more PC:D
Basically, if you like a good 3 part drama, don't let the zombie aspect put you off:)
You only have to go back to the 1980s to see how the many people viewed those living with AIDS as being a danger to everyone else, thanks to widespread ignorance of the condition and sensationalist tabloid media reporting... if someone in the workplace has AIDS (or you suspect they might have and are keeping it secret), is it safe to touch anything they may have touched, whether it be a toilet seat, the photocopier, or a piece of paper they handled, let alone them actually coming near you!
Of course HIV/AIDS was nowhere near as contagious as many thought it might be, but if it were very contagious and many people had contracted it and died through casual contact in the 1980s and 90s, and that the available treatment for people living with it had now reached the stage it is now such that it is a condition that can be lived with indefinitely so long as the medication continues to be taken, would people living with HIV/AIDS today be viewed similarly to people living with PDS in the series? I'm sure most non-infected people would want to know if a person living with the condition lived anywhere nearby, and there would be some who would take the law into their own hands to eliminate the possibility of infection to them or their family.
Will definitely be watching again next week.
It was basically Corrie with zombies. Except that would probably be more interesting.
:rolleyes: Such an overused response. Of course it's THEIR opinion, who else's would it be?
I think that's a very good parallel:) - though if pushed I think I would say mental health/care in the community was the best fit as in rare cases there can be an actual threat and after treatment, someone who caused harm while off meds would go back to the same community.
As an aside, would there be any merit in trying to get the threads merged? I'm finding it a bit hard to remember who said what in which thread:D
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1807899
Will definitely tune in next Sunday.
As for the people who claims Being Human US is better, I beg (beseech, implore!) to differ.
THE US VERSION SUCKS BIG TIME, tbh.
Does 1 American film, 1 American tv show and 1 British show count as a "fad"???
Lazy people in the media always do that, take a handful of moderately popular examples and extrapolate that to a big fad.
Vampires have been popular for ages ;Buffy, Blade, Interview with the vampire, dusk till dawn, lost boys all the way back to hammer horror. Zombies have equally been a regular in many films over the decades.
I watched it warily as zombie stuff is not my thing at all. Frankly they terrify me.
But they don't even mention the "z" word. It's Partially Deceased Syndrome - wonderful government speak.
Channel 4 have picked it up apparently.
Yes they did - sure one the main character referred to himself as one, at one point.
Thought this was ok, if a bit slow to start - but clearly heading for carnage again by the last episode.
Decent twist near the end though, which I wont spoil.
'Current'?? This 'fad' has been going since 2004 with the Dawn of the Dead remake.
http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2013/03/channel-4-acquires-uk-rights-to-french-zombie-drama-series-les-revenants/