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Title: Dead Set
Post by: FatuousTwat on September 26, 2008, 04:37:16 AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Set_(TV_series)

Might be good, might be fucking terrible. Any thoughts?


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Oban on September 26, 2008, 04:39:40 AM
Zombies, excellent!


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Signe on September 26, 2008, 06:25:07 AM
Never heard of it.  And after clicking your link, I've still never heard of it!


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: HaemishM on September 26, 2008, 08:34:36 AM
You're just trying to deny it to hide your zombie nature.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: tazelbain on September 26, 2008, 09:12:51 AM
This is so retarded.  Nothing says "I have no creativity" like taking two fads and combining them.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Oban on September 26, 2008, 02:41:52 PM
...says the Socialist Venture Brother.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: MerseyMal on October 29, 2008, 10:00:05 AM
Watched the first episode so far and it was good. Should be out on DVD soon too.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: schild on October 29, 2008, 10:07:45 AM
Saw it on zee newsgroups. It's a british mini-series. 99 out of 100 of them are total shit. Odds are this will continue their stellar history. But who cares, right, a few hundred MB and a couple hours never hurt anybody.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: FoXX on October 30, 2008, 05:53:32 AM
Watched the first episode, usual zombie nosh prog with a "big Brother" twist.

Nice to see Davina Mccall get eaten.

                           Sorry to not see her go down on more victims...............


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Azazel on September 05, 2011, 03:24:10 AM
Necropost! (appropriate, really).

I recently read that Charlie Brooker (Screenwipe, Newswipe, etc) wrote this, and so tracked it down and watched it. It's low-budget in many ways but doesn't seem low budget until you break down the components and go "oh yeah" as the locations etc fit in perfectly with the story.

I enjoyed it, and I'm no fan of Big Brother. Well worth obtaining and the evening it takes to watch.



Title: Dead Set
Post by: MahrinSkel on November 01, 2011, 03:32:46 AM
British TV zombie miniseries from a few years ago.  Zombie apocalypse, as seen by a handful of people (won't call them survivors) on the set of Big Brother UK.  Hostess of Big Brother actually plays herself in it.  Kind of an odd format, it's 5 episodes, the first being 1 hour (45 minutes, really) and includes some crowd footage shot on the set of the real Big Brother on eviction night, the rest was produced at a duplicate set.  The other 4 are 22 minutes long, so the result is about 2 1/4 hours long total, more like a long movie.

Really good as a zombie flick, but there was only the one season (and won't ever be another).  Only available in Region 2 coding, so if you don't have an unlocked DVD player it's "Yargh, matey" or nothing for non-Brits.


--Dave


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Ironwood on November 01, 2011, 04:34:20 AM
Was sure we'd done a thread on this.  Important factiod :  Written by Charlie Brooker.

Yeah, him.



Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Johny Cee on November 01, 2011, 04:38:11 AM
Really good as a zombie flick, but there was only the one season (and won't ever be another).  Only available in Region 2 coding, so if you don't have an unlocked DVD player it's "Yargh, matey" or nothing for non-Brits.

Actually, this is showing up on my cable company's OnDemand right now.  Presented for free by either IFC or Sundance.


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Azazel on November 05, 2011, 07:59:49 PM
http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=14723.0

Merge?


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: MahrinSkel on November 05, 2011, 11:10:05 PM
We need a more reliable search.  When I looked, I didn't see anything that looked relevant because it was sorted by date, and both words were common.

--Dave


Title: Re: Dead Set
Post by: Samwise on November 06, 2011, 10:35:55 AM
We need a more reliable search.

Oh no you di'n't.