George L. Cook III's Blog, page 49
December 11, 2012
AMC Walking Dead featurette on second half of Season 3
Check out this 5 minute featureete released by AMC about the second half of season three. The cast explore how the events of the first half of the season have affected their characters and what fans can expect from the second half. Returns Sunday Feb 10 9/8c..
December 9, 2012
Walking Dead wins video game of the year!
[ SOURCE ] "The Walking Dead: The Game" took a bite out of the Spike Video Game Awards.
Telltale Games' interactive episodic series based on the zombie comic book franchise was selected as game of the year at Friday's extravaganza, which honors outstanding achievements in the video game industry over the past year.
"Look, `Walking Dead' fans, this is obviously for you," beamed "Walking Dead" creator Robert Kirkman. "Thank you so much. You guys watch the TV show. You read the comics. You play the video games. You make all this possible."
"The Walking Dead" also won the best downloadable and adapted game prizes, as well as best performance by a human female for Melissa Hutchison as young survivor Clementine and studio of the year for Telltale Games.
Buy the downloadable version of the game below:
December 4, 2012
Cops: Man shoots girlfriend over 'Walking Dead' argument
Here is one from the WTF file. After an argument about what could cause a zombie apocalypse a man shot his girlfriend when she came to apologize the next day. I am not making this sh** up.
[ SOURCE ] A Williston Park man who shot his girlfriend in the back with a rifle after a heated argument over the television show "The Walking Dead" told police he was annoyed that she came to his apartment to smooth things over.
In a statement to police, Jared M. Gurman, 26, said he told his girlfriend, Jessica Gelderman, 27, also of Williston Park, to leave.
"Jess walked into the room and I fired the gun once and hit her," Gurman said. "She said, 'Oh my God. What did you do?'"
A single round from a .22-caliber semi-automatic rifle pierced Gelderman's lung and diaphragm and shattered her ribs, said Nassau Det. Lt. Raymond Cote, commander of the Third Squad.
Police said Gurman drove his girlfriend to Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, where he was arrested. As of late yesterday, police said Gelderman was in stable condition with the bullet still in her body.
At Gurman's arraignment yesterday in First District Court in Hempstead, his attorney, Edward L. Lieberman of Garden City, entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client, but outside court he acknowledged that Gurman unintentionally shot his girlfriend.
"The rifle went off accidentally," Lieberman said.
Gurman, of 516 Marcellus Rd., was arraigned on one count of second-degree attempted murder. Nassau District Court Judge Valerie Alexander ordered him jailed without bail.
Gurman and Gelderman, who had been dating for three and half years, went out Sunday night when they began arguing about the show, an AMC thriller featuring zombies in a post-apocalyptic world, Cote said.
"I just know that he felt very adamant that there could be some type of military mishap that would result in some sort of virus or something being released that could cause terrible things to happen," Cote said.
Gelderman, Cote said, thought her boyfriend's belief was absurd.
"She felt that it was ridiculous," Cote said.
The argument escalated, police said, and Gelderman decided not to spend the night at Gurman's apartment and instead went to her parents' home.
Later, the two continued arguing by exchanging text messages, Cote said.
Gelderman became concerned because Gurman had gotten so agitated, police said, and went to his apartment in an attempt to calm him down.
When Gelderman showed up, Gurman said he was sitting on the stairs holding his rifle.
"She tried to defuse the situation and calm him down and told him, 'Let's just go to bed,'" Cote said.
Gurman pointed the rifle and fired one round into the middle of Gelderman's back as she walked up the stairs, said police.
December 3, 2012
The Man In The Hat. A New Dead War Series Short Story
Hi all. I know you are waiting for The Dead War Book 3: War and I promise it's coming. Until then two short stories will be released. The first is The Man In The Hat a short story based on a piece of flash fiction titled BELOVED that I wrote last month. You may remember it:
BELOVED
Grover looked on as the naked female zombie gnawed on the leg bone of her latest victim. Blood covered her entire body. Well what was left of it any way. Her abdomen had been ripped out and her entrails lay on the floor before her. One of her eyes had been torn out and her lips had been chewed off.
Grover sat quietly in the corner as the zombie soon realized that there was no more to eat. She looked over at Grover. She shrieked and lunged at him.
The chain around her neck yanked her back to the floor. Grover had long ago chained her there. She reached out towards him moaning softly.
Grover smiled. “ Still hungry beloved?”
The zombie moaned loudly and began yanking on the chain.
Grover stood up and put on the poor boy style hat he had been holding in his hands.“ I’ll go get you something else to eat.”
The zombie calmed down and sat as if it were a dog.
Grover looked at her lovingly. “ Till death do us part.”
He turned from her as tears rolled down her face. He started toward the door to getmore “food” for his beloved. THE END
So now I would like to introduce a new Dead War Series Short Story based on BELOVED, The man in the hat. The living dead are not the only monsters out there. 99 cents.
November 28, 2012
First look at Tyreese in The Walking Dead
Check out this international trailer for the upcoming mid-season finale of The Walking Dead which features Chad Coleman as fan favorite Tyreese.
November 27, 2012
Beloved: A free zombie / horror story.
George Cook author of The Dead War Series available on Kindle, Nook and Kobo
November 26, 2012
Walking Dead Poll: Are you Team Prison or Team Woodbury?
Unless you have bee living in a cave you know that next week Rick and his group finally meet up with the Governor and Merle's group. So whose side are you on. Team Prison ( Rick, Michoone, Darryl, etc ) or Team Woodbury ( The Governor, Merle, and maybe Andrea? )? Take our poll below:
Are you Team Prison or Team Woodbury?
November 25, 2012
Warm Bodies may not be that bad.
When I first heard about the concept for the movie Warm Bodies I was immediately turned off. Zombie falls in love with a human. My first thought was "Oh great Twilight with fu**ing zombies.".
After viewing the trailer I have to admit to not giving the movie a fair shake. I still hate the love angle but the concept of zombies being able to become human again intrigued me. So I will now at least go watch the movie first and then blast it...LOL. Check the trailer out below and judge for yourself.
November 20, 2012
The Walking Dead has found it's Tyreese, actor Chad Coleman
There's a new hero coming to AMC's The Walking Dead.
The Wire alum Chad Coleman has been tapped to play fan-favorite character Tyreese in the zombie drama based on the comics created by Robert Kirkman, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
In the Image comics, Tyreese first appeared in the seventh issue, crossing paths with Rick and his group on the highway, with the former sheriff providing food for the former Atlanta Falcons linebacker and his family before joining the fold.
Read more here: 'Walking Dead': 'Wire' Alum to Play Fan Favorite Tyreese
