WHY the Zombieland TV Series FAILED (WORST Way To Do a Zombie Series Spinoff)

[@WowSuchGaming]

Wanna watch it yourself? Check out the full episode here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmqvaXdso5lod9U

[@CbaDropDead]

Thank youuu!

[@leliannathefaun1656]

Have you considered doing a 7 days to die video?

[@newbornviking9721]

WOW Such Gaming Can you please do a video on why you wouldn't survive DC's Blackest night

[@EricCartman666OG]

35:51 ish it's literally in the title of the second movie double tap

[@lemuntpicard7482]

When are you gonna tackle Z Nation?!

[@DeathsAvarice]

The fact that half the comments (including me) didn't know it had a show speaks volumes

[@cable7152]

It didn't have a show, it had a failed pilot.

[@CbaDropDead]

Urmm? It had a show? What.. Edit: No wonder I knew nothing about this...it's awful.

[@DeathsAvarice]

Literally, I didn't know it had a show

[@MoochFromFiestyFour]

@@DeathsAvariceme either

[@reggiecarter6082]

Right 😭

[@mr.x4935]

…when?

[@jeffsmithjs68]

For real, I didn't even know

[@WiseFish]

This is the first time I’ve heard of the show! That says it all!

[@WowSuchGaming]

Yup, just one pilot before it was.... dead in the water

[@carlweaselbear534]

I bought the first episode on Amazon prime and while it took to getting used to the new actors it did make me interested in watching it

[@wadewilson5712]

the pilot is in full on youtube if you want to watch it

[@jdfaust]

They should have just had different characters in the same universe, opens possible cheaper cameos too

[@davidjenkins2364]

That was literally my first thought. Like an episode where the new group runs into the original group like they did in the second movie.

[@bladerunner3314]

Maybe set in a different time, like, sprinkle in Murray for a cameo before he meets the movie cast and like just drove off before the others arrived.

[@davidjenkins2364]

@@bladerunner3314 right that could’ve worked because in the first movie, Tallahassee was driving when he met Columbus so he could’ve met them before he met his group

[@LordWyatt]

Would’ve been more interesting and way better than the abomination known as Zombieland 2.

[@ricniks4619]

That’s what I think every reboot/spin off should do have a NEW cast of characters set somewhere else in the same universe that way if it flops or it’s hated it won’t taint the IP as much. And if it somehow does well you can have main characters people like cameo or potentially crossover in future projects.

[@StormDatIsApproaching]

Blaming the fans for the failure of this lackluster mess explains a lot why Double Tap didn't live up to the original. Rhett Reese isn't a horrible writer but he clearly doesn't understand why the first movie worked so well.

[@daniellastimosa2405]

Making Tallahassee as a fat, weak-looking food serving dude is incredibly disrespectful. He's suppose to be the strongest, most baddass member of the group. He was literally killing zombies while hanging on a roller coaster 💀

[@connieellerbe-maycock7115]

Exactly. And how the Creators gonna blame us? I hate when people don't take responsibility for their own failures.

[@daniellastimosa2405]

@connieellerbe-maycock7115 Yes that also. Just because zombieland has a massive fanbase they thought this was gonna be an easy thing to do. The fact that majority of the people didn't even know they made a tv series says a lot about their skills as a creator.

[@Weltshmerz]

​@@connieellerbe-maycock7115blaming fans for a projects failure is the most ignorant irresponsible way a franchise can handle, or rather not handle, their own failures

[@PainTJM]

I actually didn't even know it had a show, and this was like my go to movie as a kid. But knowing Sony was behind it, yeah it makes sense it failed.

[@wadewilson5712]

the show is on youtube

[@999JWforever]

Sony is amazing

[@KeithHoltupthepeak]

I'm glad this show didn't get picked up. You summed it up perfectly. Cheap with a lack of zombies. Spirt Halloween version of 28 days later was spot on.

[@mrmusickhimself]

I remember seeing the teaser. My first thought was: "Yeah....they really should have had different characters in the same scenario instead of simply recasting for the same roles." And even if they did that? The cast had absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

[@wastelande81799]

I despise directors and game Devs who blame fans actually make good stuff and people will watch

[@gloomygloomstalker3878]

23:40 To be fair Tallahassee was wasting tons of ammunition in the movie too and Columbus just let him because it was one of those “enjoy the little things” moments

[@WowSuchGaming]

True. But I forgot to mention he didn't double tap

[@gloomygloomstalker3878]

@ now THAT one is an actual oversight

[@lazwardazure716]

I legit wouldn't mind it if it was in another part of America with a different cast it being the same people just wouldn't work

[@nikw6371]

yeah, just make a whacky zombie series, just a different cast with easy characters, wannabe bad ass survivalist redneck, eye candy woman whos a little dumb and whos father was a navy seal and tought here some things like hitting a head with a 9 mm pistol 300 meters away, she calls it a heapshot...... bad ass teen girl who is still a girl, incel dude who is actually pretty fine with all, a black army dude who seems to eb the only normal person. Then lett whacky stuff happen, like, zombie eat uran and eye candy girl shots them with uranium bullets which lead to small nuclear explosions, a comming of age story for the teen girl wehre they need to do many crazy stuff for special woman products

[@AnxiousTrap]

Yeah, it never would have worked. The guy blaming that fans for its failure is so delusional

[@GunFuiChi]

I feel like the OnStar woman is supposed to be this series' version of DJ Quall's character in Z Nation. This show feels like it's attempting to be Z Nation with a Zombieland skin.

[@angellozado3064]

So we all saw the title and thought “huh it had a show?”

[@dragonbornexpress5650]

That was pretty much my exact thought when I saw the notification hours earlier. "It had a show?"

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

15:32 I care a lot more about he does the cool guy walk when seeing the apocalypse outside, INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO HIS CHILD AND WIFE!!! You know, his vulnerable character moment in the movie!!

[@X525Crossfire]

And in the end, Syfy still effectively got this show - in Z Nation.

[@Alt0001]

I actually liked Z nation and still do rewatches sometimes although it's obviously not the best zombie show I think it's definitely better than what this thing was going to be.

[@arkzero3157]

Maybe wouldn't be enough, but changing the characters to be other people and not the same protagonists of the movie could give this series at least a "meh" full season.

[@clarkmichaels822]

It sounds like they conceived the show to be a sequel to the movie so the original characters were written in, and then the creators just stubbornly held onto that even as it became clear the cast wouldn't return. I feel like it could have been adjusted to be original characters with about half a page of exposition, but what do I know.

[@coopershira7504]

What’s weird is I got this recommended to me yesterday, I understood within 10 minutes why it wasn’t picked up. It blows

[@strikeforce1500]

I had notice a pattern. If the director of a failed movie/show blames the fans, 9/10, means the movie/show was either objectively trash or missed the points so hard it's obviously wearing a brand name alone.

[@reapertv5683]

How dumb are these guys. Why not make new characters in the Zombieland world. Atleast then you would have had a chance. Maybe a cameo from Woody somewhere.

[@dukenukem69]

Well the second movie sucked too. Lightening in a bottle and they also waited way too long to release the second. Decent zombie movies and shows are like printing money, no clue how they mess it up so bad

[@BrainstormJr]

The original should've just been standalone, not everything needs sequels.

[@whitenekos]

Tales of Zombieland. Bring in multiple directors to play an ep each not playing off eachother and let the fanbase decide which stories get furthered.

[@mysticaldingus79]

I never heard of the show. If you have to resort to blaming fans for a failed show, it’s not worth watching. Some movies do the same thing too. Ghostbusters 2016 being an example. Their movie or show isn’t doing well, they go to blaming fans, insulting them, calling them ists and isms. Very childish behavior over something people don’t like all that much. It’s just another of those shows to keep a movie series alive, when it should’ve just ended as a movie series.

[@El-saltamundos]

World war Z (the movie) It is the summary, of the summary of *“the great panic”*

[@jamesmcmoore5434]

Cant wait for the 3rd zombieland film in 4 years time

[@TheCrazyBrittish]

I'm glad that this series didn't continue and instead for a nice zombie comedy series we got Z Nation instead. It's budget is very low but for a show about a ragtag group of survivors travelling across a post-apocalypse america it's really fun.

[@BoardingPilot]

I feel like this being the first I’ve heard of this TV show is indicative of how it did

[@Carlin2810]

So Amazon wouldn't fund Zombieland but they will give a billion dollars & 5 seasons to butchering Tolkiens work....OK whatever.

[@clarkmichaels822]

To be fair, LotR is a 90-year-old beloved franchise with a trilogy of famously popular movies. Even with a billion dollar investment they're more likely to make their money back than with a TV show based on one reasonably successful movie ($100 million box office). Not that the LotR TV show is good, but in terms of risk/reward (the only metric these studios look at) it makes sense.

[@bobmclovinelectricboogaloo]

​@@clarkmichaels822 honestly that just makes it funny on how they drop the ball so hard on something as Lord of the rings.

[@tylerhartley5031]

Okay, but it's actually good so this opinion is invalid.

[@blackirish6868]

​@tylerhartley5031 Good? Lol its FAR from good

[@arrownoir]

They had a show?

[@dominiqueodom3099]

I remember being somewhat interested in the idea of a Zombieland Show,but the fact they decided to recast the same characters from the film was the death nail that killed it before it aired.

[@Kerriangel]

They talk about needing a home, remember in the movie when they deliberately chose Bill Murray’s house because he wanted to go to the ‘tippity top”

[@ruiz66z]

Literally never heard of this show but since they recasted and the pilot was released before the internet really took off , it makes sense that they pulled the plug

[@yikes6969]

Before the internet took off Lmao it was 2013

[@thatguywiththeface2444]

Blaming the fans? That's a bold move, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for him.

[@darenvalnys7718]

I think i need to say it one time, but maaaan, i love your videos !You pinpoint and explain clearly the majority of the things i'm raging against each time i watch a movie (habit that my wife find insufferable ^^)

[@saltyaf4203]

Thank you for covering this show i didn't even know it existed ❤

[@shadowcat5591]

I think the falling off buildings could’ve been funny if they just montage it, and have a bunch of quick cutaway scenes of people falling and dying, not all from zombies some tripping off buildings, some buildings collapsing some falling down stairs. Then like cementing it with Columbus almost falling Tallahassee grabs him and we get a voice over for a rule xx: beware of falls

[@marcmarchand8180]

I had no clue they had a show spin off, probably one of the worst spin offs I’ve ever seen. Thank god I never knew about it

[@waitwhatOo]

I forgot about this. I remember cringing really hard at one trailer and forgetting about it

[@biggestnerdalive8476]

I didn’t even know there was a series

[@Styptic_knuckle]

can't believe I just found out that a zombie land tv show was a actual thing thanks to a KZbin video

[@Maxwel_Rodrigues]

I watched this episode back in 2013 and before watching it I thought it would be a series with different characters from the movie, and I was very disappointed when I realized that they just recast the actors as if nothing had happened. I like Eli Craig as a director (Tucker and Dale is awesome), but this pilot episode looks like it was made in a weekend with a budget of 5 Cokes. To be honest, I think a Zombieland series in 2025 would be a great idea, but for it to work it would have to take place in the first months/years of the apocalypse.

[@handwritingofunhingedgerbil621]

They had a show?! WHERE WAS THE MARKETING?!

[@MsLucia4179]

Tokyo Zombie also has the denture gag, one the best imo because the main character spends a large portion thinking he's infected till something happens to make him realize what actually happened.

[@abimelechperez1756]

Honestly a show of bill murray during the apocalypse would be better

[@sleepybear8593]

I feel like I have the vaguest of memories of this being made into a tv show. But I thought it was a parody

[@Attikon_The_Milkman]

lmao why am I now just learning about the existence of a Zombieland TV show? I've never seen a single piece of media involving this show, or even heard a single person talking about it LOL that's when you know it was a flop wow

[@akumuryuu]

With them leaning into creative zombie kills, they probably needed to do stuff like Braindead instead.

[@crionskieszengarcia4932]

I think it would be fun if they explored the zombie kill of the week thing. Its like a weekly released episodes showing other people's life in the apocalypse

[@GlaciesA]

Show didn't even release, fans were mad, show runners were like yeah fans won't like this is a waste of money, shut it all down....things used to be so much better, you either improve ou shut it down if you don't care, nowadays we have, ppl make thing fans hate it instead of canceling or changing they double down and them they mega flop... It's like everyone nowadays is just fking stpid and don't listen to anyone and even after a fail they still think they were in the right 🙄

[@SonOfTheDevil666]

Haha I watched the reuploade 2 days after you, didn’t know you where going to make a video this fast

[@officerna4sty]

One correction, satellites in orbit typically do not need any maintenance for years. When components do eventually degrade or the fuel runs out they're typically decommissioned, so it's not that crazy to think that if the on star girl has access to the satellites she could continue to use them for quite awhile.

[@Fries101Reviews]

Wait...it had a Show how did I not know about this until now 🤣

[@StarshineGoomba]

I remember tracking this down and watching it out of curiosity when it was first released and all I got out of it was no chemistry between the main characters and everyone they meet is gonna die.

[@germainiumge19]

Good thing I didn't know about this til now, one good zombie series with some gags is Z nation man love the character named doc on that tv series

[@tylerdornbusch1682]

It’s always a good time watching you bro. Was wondering if you can give Stalled some zombie sins.

[@neogotham2k39]

I didn't know it had a show but I still prefer the movie

[@sleekittyy]

I remember finding the pilot and getting super excited, but then feeling a bit disappointed as well. It’s definitely a hard act to follow, especially since they decided to flat-out replace the actors and personalities while keeping enough similarities to be mildly recognizable. I understand it would have been difficult to bring the original actors back, especially for something with such a low budget, but at that point, they really should have created new characters. It would have been fun to explore the world with a different group of survivors-kind of like how Left 4 Dead 2 did it. The show had potential, but it fell flat because it tried too hard to capitalize on the original characters' concepts. If they had chosen to focus on a completely new group of people with distinct personalities, I think it could have been better received. Of course, some people would still be disappointed, but at least it would have stood on its own. Around 2019-2020, there seemed to be a big shift in how shows and series were viewed, with their popularity almost surpassing movies. I still remember being shocked to see big-name celebrities starring in TV shows instead of films. If they had decided to film a mini-series around the time Double Tap came out, it probably would have done better.

[@AnimalDelos]

Good to see someone mention/who knows Flight of the Living Dead. So many underrated and underappreciated zombie flicks out there. From Voodoo Zombie flicks like Night of the Living Dorks... to zombie comedies like Boy Eats Girl. I used to be really big into the genre but somewhere along the way life just got whatever.

[@armoredgeo6621]

I watched it on KZbin thinking it was fake. The more I watched I realized it wasn't fan made. It really was bad. It would of been tolerable if they just made new characters. Not people who look like they're trying to act like the original actors.

[@2kthash]

I didn’t even know there was a show.

[@josuemauricioumanarodas]

Since when there was a zombie land show. Did i live under a rock.

[@jeffreycarey1680]

There wasn't. Just a failed pilot.

[@TravisBrister]

You know for a guy who has a young son at home that he’s extremely protective over “Tallahassee” is sure taking his sweet time in his flashback

[@hpgwellscraft]

I remember first seeing the trailer and immediately thinking "Hard Pass". Didn't give it a second thought until this video. Somehow the people least creatively qualified to work in film and television seem to be the only people working in film and television.

[@originalvenom1972]

I, like plenty others, could’ve lived the rest of my life without knowing this clusterfuck existed.

[@Zer0_D3m0ns]

Why didn't youtube recommend me this 0.01 seconds when it came out bruh

[@Kumaa177]

holyshit i completely forgot this even existed

[@mistersanchez8023]

I mean marketing especially advertising of a series really makes a difference lol 🤣💀

[@danielruelas7505]

23:25 I didn’t know this was zombiesins but fair points I never watched it past the trailers

[@DoodleMan149]

Z Nation truly is a gem

[@dharney71]

LIKE FIREFLY we in Australia NEVER even knew it existed

[@muus_geeuwis9674]

I never even knew it had a show

[@dikchocolate]

Personally I believe using the cast of the crew that they ran into in the 2nd film that looked and acted like them spin off show would've been a better fit for a show

[@ChaseMC215]

Tallahassee as an office worker??? Nah, judging from the scene of him with the welding mask, I'd imagine him having a way different job that is more like him

[@thechlebek901]

Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End vid when?

[@artistjim114]

That is clearly downtown Atlanta not California! I was literally on that same bridge waving to The Walking Dead years earlier. Zombie bridge!

[@mikewatts9562]

Blaming fans for a failed idea, im sure that works out so well. Look at days gone 2.

[@KonaSuba]

There was a TV series?!?!

[@scpfoundation8376]

Damn, I heard of the show when it was suppose to exist but I didn’t even know there was an episode out. Just that it was suppose to exist. Tells you how awful this must have been.

[@Thomas-VA]

When i saw it, I was shocked not to have the movie cast (well not really movie stars not really tv stars at same time thing), the quality didn't seem there w the pilot, it felt small screen, and going backwards for the creators (movie to tv) at the time. Also shocked that I was so less impressed coming from the same creators. Don't get me wrong, a good series would have been welcomed. The Walking Dead started off welcomed, production values on high(er), this Zombieland for TV, maybe not so much.

[@John-core]

It had a tv show?? And yet absolutely no advertising was given and they wonder why it failed but had the nerve to blame the audience for it's failure. Besides it wasn't going to be good anyway it looks awful

[@Yuriwinwin]

hilarious that the actress for wichita also played in the parody for the hunger games, “the starving games.” 😭 this may as well be a parody role too

[@LordToxicPRIX]

Zombieland has been out for 15 years and I’m now just hearing it had a show 💀

[@Cosmicshambler]

"Picks barfights then loses them nightly " hey thats me

[@malachikeitt6399]

I was waiting on you too make a video I saw you in the comment section of the zombie land pilot episode 😂

[@sharktasticduck5562]

Either I didn't know it existed or completely forgot about this either way

[@smoke3dR]

I remember watching this Pilot back in the day. I kinda wished it kept going, just so it could get better over time.

[@oiyile1971]

As a kid, I had a crush on the actress playing Wichita

[@oiyile1971]

I knew about the show's existence because of my crush on her😅

[@zeedeejay242]

Amazon can't afford the talent??? This is the company wasting 100 million on "woke" Rings of Power tat NOBODY watched????

[@dukenukem69]

I literally just realized there was a tv show looking on google ten minutes before this popped up in my feed. Very weird.

[@ScottDimple]

I would’ve loved it if they used completely new characters with a different family/survivor group dynamic

[@crisn565]

Bro I’m not gonna lie. Your voice sounds like it’s going through reverse puberty 🤣

[@HeyMalan]

I wouldn’t mind them trying them to do the series but with new characters that exist in the world of zombieland but I’m glad they didn’t have this be a full show

[@winningabyss5240]

30:22 they could have set up camp on the bridge so when other survivors show up below them, they can say “hello down there!” Also didn’t know there was a show. Did not hear a single word about this… No commercials, no ad on KZbin, nothing. I wouldn’t have known about this if you didn’t make this video.

[@NameIsBen-Hello]

Joining the majority of the people in the comments by saying I had no clue the show was even a thing. I love Zombieland and watched it about a million times (Zombieland 2 only a couple times). So that... truly says things. Great video though, I enjoyed watching this one.

[@gnarly441]

I only knew this was a show because I accidentally saw it while scrolling on those free movie sites back in like 2010

[@RamenHutt]

Why did they stick with the original group when they couldn't get the actors? Just make a new group, and most of the dumbness is solved.

[@diamondback2085]

Ugh I tried sooooooo hard to forget this show. Literally is the TV show version of the game. You remember you lose.

[@BigDeal0716]

23:37 Also the rule “Double Tap” with a second clean shot to the head

[@That_Random_British_Dude]

I honestly never knew they made a TV Series of it. Must've been bad if this is the first most people have heard of it