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Title: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: FBKampfer on August 23, 2015, 09:32:36 PM
Anyone else watch it? I thought it was pretty good. Certainly had potential, but could easily see them turning it into The Walking Dead-lite.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: kappa on August 23, 2015, 09:49:05 PM
mehh.. the kid got on my nerves..
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: HPriller on August 23, 2015, 09:55:39 PM
I found it to be way too slow and somewhat disappointing.  It also doesn't seem very consistent with how the original started out.  In the original, the people had to catch the disease and have it run it's course (for a day or two) to become zombies.  In this one you have people more or less being human in one scene and zombie in the next.  But yeah I'm nitpicking a show about zombies shame on me.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: FBKampfer on August 24, 2015, 11:54:12 AM
I found it to be way too slow and somewhat disappointing.  It also doesn't seem very consistent with how the original started out.  In the original, the people had to catch the disease and have it run it's course (for a day or two) to become zombies.  In this one you have people more or less being human in one scene and zombie in the next.  But yeah I'm nitpicking a show about zombies shame on me.

I feel like it will pick up the pace here in the next few episodes. I got the feeling that this was very much an "introduce characters, establish their relationship" episode, not necessarily what the show will be like.

As for the zombies, remember that they've said on TWD that after someone dies, it takes only like half an hour for them to turn. But I would agree that they didn't do a great job at clarifying passage of time.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: SlipKnt on August 24, 2015, 01:25:19 PM
According to the pre show stuff I have seen, the first few shows is building the story.

Don't be surprised that in a couple years, they can merge the show and find each other (at least any survivors...)

I think they can expand on it in major ways moving forward.

I saw it last night and it was a tad slow but was good.  And I am sure it will get better as things start to pick up.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: ink on August 24, 2015, 01:42:37 PM
it was a good start...not great but decent
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: 68ZooM on August 24, 2015, 06:51:44 PM
mehh.. the kid got on my nerves..

I thought the same thing, not a very good actor and I found him annoying.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Rich46yo on August 24, 2015, 09:26:57 PM
Im pretty dead on TWD so Im not up for 2.0 right now no matter how good it is. Its time to tie up the regular show.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Maverick on August 25, 2015, 10:24:29 AM
I think the new show has potential but I didn't expect the first episode to really be all that exciting either. I figure the start of the zombie epidemic would be bit slow and the masses of folks living in the big city would be pretty darn hard to convince at first. Once the zombies start grouping up things ought to get more intense. I thought the bit with the "youtube" and phone video sharing was pretty good. I could see that happening very easily today.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Gman on August 26, 2015, 06:52:13 AM
I thought it was alright.  I'm glad they opened with a walker in the first sequence, I was wondering if this series would be a long drawn out affair of sub plot and story/world building prior to seeing anything so far as the plague beginning, but they didn't disappoint in this regard.

One scene I really liked was one the school buses were pulling away, and that "I told you so" look the kid flashed his teacher, and her reaction. 

Considering the WD is the largest show in TV in terms of $ and ratings, I think it's nearly impossible for off shoot series like this to fail, and if nothing else, will give fans something to watch in the off season of the main show if they stagger it a little more next year.

I'm looking forward to seeing how they frame a city the size of LA coming apart.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Someguy63 on August 26, 2015, 07:01:17 AM
I heard that this was the "West Coast" version of The Walking Dead, so I assume that this storyline takes place in the same universe as the other series? Just curious.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: FBKampfer on August 26, 2015, 11:20:27 AM
I heard that this was the "West Coast" version of The Walking Dead, so I assume that this storyline takes place in the same universe as the other series? Just curious.

Takes place in LA. It's set in the same universe, and everything seen can be considered canon. Same producers, later on when you get to the big zombie scenes, likely some of the same crew as well.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: guncrasher on August 26, 2015, 11:26:48 AM
I gotta say, it sucked.  took me 3 days to watch it as I kept falling asleep.  gonna be the same as the walking dead where it just drags on and on for several episodes just to show some A-Team shoot out where nobody gets hurt.  like in the walking dead and the confrontation with the governor, all that fire power with automatic weapons (semi?), hundreds of rounds fired and 1 guy gets hurt when he trips as he's running away.


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Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Zoney on August 26, 2015, 11:36:10 AM
Anyone watching Z-Nation ?
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Someguy63 on August 26, 2015, 11:55:43 AM
Anyone watching Z-Nation ?

I watched 3 episodes. It can be described in one word: lame.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Nathan60 on September 03, 2015, 01:08:41 AM
just watch the first episode and I gotta say I'm over zombies..maybe I'll go back and finish the last cpl seasons of Falling Skies or something otherwise it's GoT, Archer and nerd shows(myythbusters, how it made, how the universe works) for me..also football yes college football is back in about 18 hours.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Tec on September 03, 2015, 02:04:14 AM
The Falling Skies series finale was pretty much the most disappointing finale I can remember.  Meh, don't bother.
Title: Re: Fear the Walking Dead
Post by: Someguy63 on September 06, 2015, 05:44:14 PM
The Falling Skies series finale was pretty much the most disappointing finale I can remember.  Meh, don't bother.

I like the whole Alien Invasion theme but the show focuses on too much people drama to the point where I have forgotten that aliens were even on the dang planet. Then when it came to the VERY last season they continue to do that and then rush the last two episodes to the end.

Plus the whole thing where every Espheni on the planet just disappear was a disappointing exodus for the defeated invaders.