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Fear the Walking Dead - Season One - Sundays on AMC
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RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
It hasn't been explained nor will it ever be.
esmith08734
Member
Pretty cool. Have to let the show develop first, though. If it is a slow burner, I think it could be done quite well. Some stupid scenes, for sure, but it has potential.
SlickShoesRUCrazy
Member
mother nature defense against humans.
dead humans kill living humans. dead humans rot. rotten human fertilize the earth. profit.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Not sure how I feel about it. Decent will watch next one.
Tobias. LOL at that staredown.
Tobias. LOL at that staredown.
Tranqueris
Banned
True, although what I meant is that I want them to find some kind of way of explaining how Calvin got infected in the first place. I don't mean a full on explanation for the virus, I just want them to commit to an explanation of how it spreads
without zombie bites
everyone was already infected because of the whole "touching zombies on a daily basis/constantly getting drenched in their blood juices" thing. But if that's not the case and the whole country is already infected somehow, then I dunno, that just seems really ridiculous to me.
Hmm shit, I just reread that spoiler and it makes sense, and now that I think about it explaining how the virus spreads would probably get into "revealing the mystery behind it" territory.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The latter is one is the case.
Crimson Clown
Member
That was really good. Love that Paul Haslinger score.
Pinchable Buttocks
Banned
Wtf? umm, How old are you guys? Do you read facebook and tweets like at all? Like a comment section or anything related to teens? lol
RPGCrazied
Member
Is that who it was? Never heard of him.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
He also does (some of) the music for Halt and Catch Fire.
Just finished the pilot. It was ok.
It definitely shows promise and has a lot a room to grow, but seriously the female characters are pretty awful. The daughter is super one-dimensional and doesn't get any screen time and the mother's performance was pretty weak. Not only that but from the moment the step-dad told her about the bloody church and that her son may not have been totally crazy, her response was totally ridiculous and was the exact moment where I was like "Well there goes a solid pilot."
Also, there were a few too many loose threads, like where that zombie girl in the intro went and why nobody saw her since we never see her again and why the cops didn't investigate the church AT ALL. Even after step-daddy saw disgusting puddles of blood with tiny guts and could have reported that disgusting ass nonsense. Like that wasn't even a clean puddle of blood.
Shit was chunky as fuck.
It definitely shows promise and has a lot a room to grow, but seriously the female characters are pretty awful. The daughter is super one-dimensional and doesn't get any screen time and the mother's performance was pretty weak. Not only that but from the moment the step-dad told her about the bloody church and that her son may not have been totally crazy, her response was totally ridiculous and was the exact moment where I was like "Well there goes a solid pilot."
Also, there were a few too many loose threads, like where that zombie girl in the intro went and why nobody saw her since we never see her again and why the cops didn't investigate the church AT ALL. Even after step-daddy saw disgusting puddles of blood with tiny guts and could have reported that disgusting ass nonsense. Like that wasn't even a clean puddle of blood.
Shit was chunky as fuck.
Yup, it's The Walking Dead alright.
But you're right. I do think it does have promise of being great or even better than the mainline show. We will see...
I'm really wondering if Nick, Travis, and Madison will take Calvin's gun. They probably don't realize how helpful it could be pretty soon, but it would be a shame to let it go to waste. These people really don't have much to defend themselves with, especially compared to how the group in the main show started out.
If we're to assume that some of the authority centers are aware of the dead people problem, then it would have been really easy to have the parents call the cops about the church and just have it go nowhere. The cops would have been too busy to check into it, but we wouldn't have had this weird logic gap. Honestly, it didn't bother me but it has been coming up a lot.
The pilot was a little rough but I liked it. I hate the junkie son plot though, and would have preferred not to have to deal with the family drama for the sake of drama additions. It's like the writers thought of the most drama filled cliches they could and made a zombie show around it.
I feel like the acting will get less stiff as the episodes continue. It's hard to compare all of these characters to TWD pilot that only really had 3 actors for the most part, and a lot of it was just Rick looking on in disbelief. Every one of these actors in FTWD is fantastic in other things so I can only assume it will gel soon.
I also like the fact that it brought back the creepy feelings that The Walking Dead has been lacking. There is something scary about one zombie in this show and I love that. I still think the creepiest scene in the Walking Dead is in season 2, when Rick and Shane are driving back to the farm (with Randall) and the camera pans to the lone walker walking through the field in a suit jacket. I think that's what they were trying with the Asian guy in the park but it sort of missed the mark.
The pilot was a little rough but I liked it. I hate the junkie son plot though, and would have preferred not to have to deal with the family drama for the sake of drama additions. It's like the writers thought of the most drama filled cliches they could and made a zombie show around it.
I feel like the acting will get less stiff as the episodes continue. It's hard to compare all of these characters to TWD pilot that only really had 3 actors for the most part, and a lot of it was just Rick looking on in disbelief. Every one of these actors in FTWD is fantastic in other things so I can only assume it will gel soon.
I also like the fact that it brought back the creepy feelings that The Walking Dead has been lacking. There is something scary about one zombie in this show and I love that. I still think the creepiest scene in the Walking Dead is in season 2, when Rick and Shane are driving back to the farm (with Randall) and the camera pans to the lone walker walking through the field in a suit jacket. I think that's what they were trying with the Asian guy in the park but it sort of missed the mark.
LQX
Member
Meh....I think it will get better. I just cant get over how fucking worry free and clueless they all seem. Their facial expression doesn't seem to match the severity of whats going on. This one in particular...
She might as well be Zombie. She is so devoid of emotion. She saw a man get run over, get up, get run over again and she had the same fucking look on her face from time they came on the scene until the incident with the son.
She might as well be Zombie. She is so devoid of emotion. She saw a man get run over, get up, get run over again and she had the same fucking look on her face from time they came on the scene until the incident with the son.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Well, I think I get what they were going for. They wanted this naive teenager who was making plans to change her life in the midst of the downbeat/depressing atmosphere, but the girl can't really act at all and her scenes were near-laughable. I can't tell whether her complimenting her boyfriend's shitty drawing is meant to be ironic (given the stereotype of being vain in L.A.) or genuinely serious.
Her and the girls making fun of that Youtube video (with its odd pacing - the teacher just waits until they've finished the video and talked a bit about it) was terrible.
The best parts of the episode were the shots of the increasingly-empty streets, coupled with Dickens' character looking at the paranoid kid sitting on the bus with those blissfully-unaware teens.
But he apparently shows up next week and becomes part of the group, so that's a plus.
Shadow Broker
Banned
Thanks Weapxn for the link.
I'm loving the slow pace and them taking the time to show how society fell.
Lol @ the squeaky clean black kid being a murdering drug dealer. It felt stereotypical, he's black so you know he's doing something shady. Right....
I like Nick the addict. It would have been halarious if they dedicated this episode to only him seeing all this crazy shit gong on and everyone saying he's insane until they start getting their faces eaten off. I hope that his character is one of a fuck up but not one that gets people eaten one that accidently saves people asses.
That kid with the knife and pimples better fucking make it! He knew the deal and saw what was going to go down before most other people had an inkling of a clue.
Daughter has potantial but right now she's bleh.
The mother was eh.
I forgot the father's real name but I did like some of his other work on shit I can't remember. I hope he becomes more like Joel (TLOU) instead of Rick.
Hope the boyfriend made it and he's not secretly a drug dealer or pimp.
I'm loving the slow pace and them taking the time to show how society fell.
Lol @ the squeaky clean black kid being a murdering drug dealer. It felt stereotypical, he's black so you know he's doing something shady. Right....
I like Nick the addict. It would have been halarious if they dedicated this episode to only him seeing all this crazy shit gong on and everyone saying he's insane until they start getting their faces eaten off. I hope that his character is one of a fuck up but not one that gets people eaten one that accidently saves people asses.
That kid with the knife and pimples better fucking make it! He knew the deal and saw what was going to go down before most other people had an inkling of a clue.
Daughter has potantial but right now she's bleh.
The mother was eh.
I forgot the father's real name but I did like some of his other work on shit I can't remember. I hope he becomes more like Joel (TLOU) instead of Rick.
Hope the boyfriend made it and he's not secretly a drug dealer or pimp.
Kingpin Rogers
Member
I get the feeling people here are always trying to over-analyse these shows, when I'm watching I turn my brain off for the most part and just enjoy it. I don't think about how this or that is an unrealistic reaction, or how the acting isn't great I just sit back and enjoy the show.
Now that's not to say some people don't have viable complaints like finding the characters annoying or the pacing too slow because of course those are legitimate complaints do but for me I enjoyed the characters and pace of the story and didn't think too much about anything else. I really enjoyed this episode and look forward to the rest of the season.
Now that's not to say some people don't have viable complaints like finding the characters annoying or the pacing too slow because of course those are legitimate complaints do but for me I enjoyed the characters and pace of the story and didn't think too much about anything else. I really enjoyed this episode and look forward to the rest of the season.
Shadow Broker
Banned
I watched the preview clip on Huluplus of this and at the end it said 2016.
well that sucks.
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
It's like you watched a different show entirely.
Meh....I think it will get better. I just cant get over how fucking worry free and clueless they all seem. Their facial expression doesn't seem to match the severity of whats going on. This one in particular...
She might as well be Zombie. She is so devoid of emotion. She saw a man get run over, get up, get run over again and she had the same fucking look on her face from time they came on the scene until the incident with the son.
Yeah, Johnny Depp guy was the only one that reacted believably in that scene.
dinazimmerman
Incurious Bastard
Yeah I agree with the comments on some of the acting, but I still thought the pilot was compelling. I'm in.
The fact that one person was freaking out was enough. Not everyone reacts the same way to a shocking event, especially when it's something your mind might not be able to process. Not everyone will break down into fits of screaming.
This is pretty much where I'm at after one episode. It hasn't quite pulled me into the world like the original show did but there is promise. Hoping the eventual societal collapse will deliver. That's always been one of my favorite sequences in zombie flicks.
Meh....I think it will get better. I just cant get over how fucking worry free and clueless they all seem. Their facial expression doesn't seem to match the severity of whats going on. This one in particular...
She might as well be Zombie. She is so devoid of emotion. She saw a man get run over, get up, get run over again and she had the same fucking look on her face from time they came on the scene until the incident with the son.
Yeah, this. Don't think I've seen her in anything else, but not a fan of her acting after the premiere.
ChanDangle
Member
Just finished watching and it's refreshing compared to the original series. I couldn't unsee Nick as a prequel to pineapple express though, don't know if it's been brought up before. lol
I still can't get over how stupid the title is.
They went for the lowest common denominator with that title. It's like they absolutely wanted to make sure that everyone, everyone would know that it's a spin-off of TWD.
Didn't want to risk any small % of people not tuning in. Somewhat cynical choice of title.
They went for the lowest common denominator with that title. It's like they absolutely wanted to make sure that everyone, everyone would know that it's a spin-off of TWD.
Didn't want to risk any small % of people not tuning in. Somewhat cynical choice of title.
They didn't need to be freaking out. That they were in a state of disbelief was fine, but I didn't buy it.
And it was the most-watched series premiere ever, so it was probably the right choice.
Doesn't make it any less of a shit title.
dinazimmerman
Incurious Bastard
I think she was in House of Cards.
More_Badass
Member
Well they're not going to pick a title that would intentionally stunt the show's viewership. At least they didn't call it Walking Dead: _______.
dinazimmerman
Incurious Bastard
I should watch those
Breaking Goodman
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Deleted member 325805
Unconfirmed Member
What an odd thing to complain about. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using The Walking Dead in the title, in fact not doing so would be stupid.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Yes! Agreed 100%. Easily the creepiest scene of the entire series.
crazyrabbits
Banned
Well, the episode summaries for the rest of the season spoil a lot of things.
Episode 2 has Travis going to find/rescue his ex-wife and son, while the preview clip showed Madison and Tobias collecting supplies from the school and discovering the undead Marty. It apparently ends with a riot in Los Angeles. Episode 3 has the family/families holing up with the Salazer family. Episode 4 apparently has the neighbourhood coming under martial law as the National Guard moves in. Episode 5 apparently has them fleeing from the neighbourhood before the N.G. presumably napalms everyone in an attempt to contain it.
I have no problem at all with the title. It could have been a lot worse. Walking Dead: Subtitle would have been worse I think as well.
The Artisan
Member
so, rick is in a coma right now, right? he definitely didn't just get into a coma, but perhaps he's been in the hospital for a while now?
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