ChaosZeroX
Banned
I love the series. Its been crazy to see how the world has become. I wish they would of shown more of everything going to shit though.
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Fear the Walking Dead - Season One - Sundays on AMC
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Escape Goat
Member
We came close a majority of the characters setting a goal and working to accomplish it this episode. Progress.
Master Thespian
Member
Yeah, it dawned on me during Travis' sniper scene.
BLOODED_hands
Member
killer rin
Member
Pretty much my views right now. If you want to tell a story about society collapsing because of Zombies, you need to show it from the top down otherwise is "Societal Apocalypse #583 this time featuring Zombies"
We know that everything goes to hell, we know society and civilization collapses. What we don't know is what its like to be at the very top watching this unfold. You need to show the politicians sitting in their bunker desperately trying to keep control and order. You need to show high military slowly losing chain of command as more and more independent cells form, show some choice CEOs getting munched on for fun and lastly you need the family on the ground showing the lives of the layperson as everything goes to shit.
Think about it, after this season is done; its going to go right back to the Walking Dead formula of an untrained, unknowing group hiding in the woods trying to survive while slowly getting picked off by invisible zombies, it'll essentially be Ricks group-lite. Imagine if they shifted it up and instead of this group we are following now, we followed the military from the beginning.
Instead of following a drug addict, we are following a soldier containing the riots. Instead of wimpy people wondering whats going on, we get trained soldiers trying to regain the hospital/city. Imagine if the rolls were reversed and we followed the soldiers guarding outside the fence watching as their fellow soldiers were taken by the zombies and morale falling leading up to the 'friendly fire incident'. Then we could move into the second season with a small ex-military group trying to locate their families. They could continue it up to the Military Camp mentioned in season 3(4?) being overrun with the military groups split (one of those groups being slaughtered by the Governor to further tie in the stories)
Sure that doesn't sound "The Walking Dead" but isn't that the point of making spin offs of a series? You don't spin off for more of the same, you spin off to tell a different story in the same universe..
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Escape Goat
Member
This felt like a good two parter pilot that execs wanted turned into a 6 episode season because TWD is ratings gold. Nothing seems particularly tight or well crafted despite it only being 6 episodes. It just lazily unfolds bit by bit.
FantasticMrFoxdie
Mumber
Good episode.
this show is getting more interesting than TWD since there are actually goals. lol
edit: 16 part web series. lolol wtf are these gonna be like 2 minute episodes
and yeah I second hot daughter gifs
this show is getting more interesting than TWD since there are actually goals. lol
edit: 16 part web series. lolol wtf are these gonna be like 2 minute episodes
and yeah I second hot daughter gifs
Baron Aloha
A Shining Example
16 parts, less than 1 minute long, spread out over 16 weeks sounds like a terrible idea...but maybe its just me.
so far, i keep liking this show.
a shame they are still unable to portray how exactly the army lost control over the infected.
Even this episode, they just couldn't show the army guys being overwhelmed by walkers.
Then again, by
they might have just
I doubt that'll have happened all over the country, though.
a shame they are still unable to portray how exactly the army lost control over the infected.
Even this episode, they just couldn't show the army guys being overwhelmed by walkers.
Then again, by
locking the doors to the stadium
created a walker horde of critical mass by themselves.
I doubt that'll have happened all over the country, though.
Camp1nCarl
Member
Surprised at a lot of the praise so far on GAF, I've found this show really disappointing so far. The writing seems absolutely atrocious and the characters haven't really grabbed me like other shows (granted there haven't been a lot of episodes yet). Not to mention the whole military characters and CoC are unbelievably stupid and nonsensical. I'll stick with it and hope it picks up, but we'll see.
They made it kind of clear by the fact the #'s never stop, there are always more walkers it never ends. The soldiers aren't sleeping, exhaustion is kicking in, there's no backup/relief soldiers to give them rest. On top of that they are worried about their own family and feel like they need to take care of their own, hence some going AWOL. Mistakes will be made and in the end they will be overran.
16 less then one minute clips that you have to wait a week for? Can they milk the shit out of this show anymore. This is just reaching stupid level now. lol
Travis for sure.
Exploratory
Banned
That's not really what a spin off is in my experience. You do a different story yes but the core elements that make the property unique and interesting in the first place are held on to. The big thing about TWD is that we don't know and never will know, how this happened. Fear isn't about explaining the collapse its about focusing on the collapse itself and how it went down from the perspective of normal people.
The day TWD shows the president is the day Kirkman will be done.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
They're meant to be aired as commercials during episodes of the show(s) so they can't be much longer than 1 minute.
If you don't want to watch the web/commercial series weekly, you can just wait until the end of the season to watch them all at once.
Not a chance. He is the Rick of the show.
- everyone looks to him for leadership
- girlfriend and ex-wife being around sort of parallels the Lori/Shane dynamic
Also, the whole not wanting to kill zombies thing is clearly the start of a character arc that isn't likely to be resolved in one episode.
Escape Goat
Member
I dont think anyone is going to die. It doesnt seem like this was structured to make any death the least bit meaningful. If anyone gets to go its going to be Ophelia. Shes background noise.
Not a bad episode btw. Some cool things.
- Again, Salazar is by far the best character on the show. Yes he might be the typical mysterious man with a dark past kind of thing, but he's very convincing.
- Alicia and Chris remain the most pointles characters. I understand that teens are bored by the world ending, but it seems so forced. Very meh and somewhat predictable.
- Travis won't reach his inner Ricktator untill season 2. Good. You can't rush character development like that.
- Griselda biting the big one as expected. I did however like the addition of the military using cattleguns to make sure the dead won't rise again. It's simple, not very messy and conserves bullets. No country for old men for sure.
- I don't know who the guy is with Nick, but something tells me he got rich by selling drugs. Good eye, expensive taste in clothing plus others and he likes to talk a lot. Seems like the best dope salesman in the area. Swiping that key will help too.
- RIP Douchey captain; everybody likes this.
- Again, Salazar is by far the best character on the show. Yes he might be the typical mysterious man with a dark past kind of thing, but he's very convincing.
- Alicia and Chris remain the most pointles characters. I understand that teens are bored by the world ending, but it seems so forced. Very meh and somewhat predictable.
- Travis won't reach his inner Ricktator untill season 2. Good. You can't rush character development like that.
- Griselda biting the big one as expected. I did however like the addition of the military using cattleguns to make sure the dead won't rise again. It's simple, not very messy and conserves bullets. No country for old men for sure.
- I don't know who the guy is with Nick, but something tells me he got rich by selling drugs. Good eye, expensive taste in clothing plus others and he likes to talk a lot. Seems like the best dope salesman in the area. Swiping that key will help too.
- RIP Douchey captain; everybody likes this.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
So is corporal boyfriend dead?
Can't imagine. Anybody think that maybe someone is alive in there?
Last episode is the most boring thing I've ever watched in my entire life. Love the original series and how you actually see some zombies with that amazing make-up which can be the redeeming factor of even the worst writing, also some actually charismatic dudes like Rick, Daryl, Michone, Herschel, Glenn. Will watch the rest of this season (two more?) and then drop it. Don't want to be that guy who hates something but still keeps posting in the respective threads for years. Original TWD has enough of those.
Yeah with these qualities he couldn't have possibly sold cars, houses or whatever.... Has to be the cliche black drug dealer lol.
Well at least he survived the episode which is already more than one can hope for on this show.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
He mentioned Vegas, and talked about "making his move." Also after he riled up the dad, he had a brief breakdown before moving on. Personally I see him as a high rolling gambler.
"Making his move" is just an expression and not exclusive to drug dealers or gamblers.. Sure he could be one of both but it's funny always getting the same - a black guy in a suit = drug dealer - reactions lol.
PS. I thought this episode was solid... Hope they can finish off the season strong.
Interceptor
Banned
Jesus this show is so bad.
Pre episode 3: Humanity is fully intact and now aware of zombies. Police and military shoot heads, armed forces are sweeping the neighbourhood. Slow ass zombies can be controlled by housewifes with sticks. The outbreak should be over in a week.
After episode 3: Virus and plotholes are now airborne. Somehow the army lost against the zombies and the majority of the population is now dead.. somehow. Doesnt really bother anyone though, since th virus now has infected the brain of everyone on earth. Sideeffects: You are now unable to act like a normal human being and will be forced to live as a badly written stereotype.
Pre episode 3: Humanity is fully intact and now aware of zombies. Police and military shoot heads, armed forces are sweeping the neighbourhood. Slow ass zombies can be controlled by housewifes with sticks. The outbreak should be over in a week.
After episode 3: Virus and plotholes are now airborne. Somehow the army lost against the zombies and the majority of the population is now dead.. somehow. Doesnt really bother anyone though, since th virus now has infected the brain of everyone on earth. Sideeffects: You are now unable to act like a normal human being and will be forced to live as a badly written stereotype.
Infinitemadness
Member
I just caught up with this show and its surreal to watch for me. That is literally the neighborhood I grew up in and my high school. My mom's house (where I grew up) is a few blocks from where the main family is. Johnnies Market has awesome sandwiches! Its crazy to see that they kept multiple settings in close proximity to each other making this that much cooler to me.
Starfield
Member
Who says the majority of the population is dead? Last I saw LA got evacuated/many flee from the city. Few stayed to either riot or for whatever other reason (family, etc..)
Okay so here's how the season needs to end:
Main cast is reunited, heads out of the city as dawn begins to break. They see airplanes and helicopters going overhead and Madison tells Alicia not to look back at the city. The camera is on Alicia's eyes as she looks at the road ahead. Cue:
Oh My Love by Riz Ortolani (feat. Katyna Ranieri)
Lyrics: Oh my love
Cut to zombie Matt in his house, morning sun breaks over the horizon and through the window catching his attention-
Look and see the sun rising from the river
Nature's miracle once more will light the world
Then we see the military/national guard in planes and helicopters approaching the city-
But this light is not for those men
Still lost in an old black shadow
Won't you help me to believe
That they will see a day
Back in Matt's house we see explosions outside his window, nearing until the glass shatters and the explosions consume him-
A brighter day
When all the shadows will fade away
The camera focuses closely on Alicia's cheek as a tear streaks down it, glistening in the sunlight-
That day I'll cry that I believe
That I believe
The song hits a crescendo as we get a wide shot of the city, sun fully over the horizon, and bombs exploding-
Oh my love
High above us
The sun now embraces nature
And from nature we should learn
That all can start again
As the stars must fade away
To give a bright new day...
Fade to black...
Main cast is reunited, heads out of the city as dawn begins to break. They see airplanes and helicopters going overhead and Madison tells Alicia not to look back at the city. The camera is on Alicia's eyes as she looks at the road ahead. Cue:
Oh My Love by Riz Ortolani (feat. Katyna Ranieri)
Lyrics: Oh my love
Cut to zombie Matt in his house, morning sun breaks over the horizon and through the window catching his attention-
Look and see the sun rising from the river
Nature's miracle once more will light the world
Then we see the military/national guard in planes and helicopters approaching the city-
But this light is not for those men
Still lost in an old black shadow
Won't you help me to believe
That they will see a day
Back in Matt's house we see explosions outside his window, nearing until the glass shatters and the explosions consume him-
A brighter day
When all the shadows will fade away
The camera focuses closely on Alicia's cheek as a tear streaks down it, glistening in the sunlight-
That day I'll cry that I believe
That I believe
The song hits a crescendo as we get a wide shot of the city, sun fully over the horizon, and bombs exploding-
Oh my love
High above us
The sun now embraces nature
And from nature we should learn
That all can start again
As the stars must fade away
To give a bright new day...
Fade to black...
Escape Goat
Member
They need to raccoon city LA.
This post is bad. I understand you don't enjoy the show. I got that much. I read this post 3 times and its not coherent enough to really understand fully.
crazyrabbits
Banned
I like how people who rail against the show always imply that the military are cold, heartless automatons. You can bet dimes to dollars that any soldier with a family is going to bug out and go find them as soon as he or she gets a chance.
On both this and the main series, it's clear that there was a military operation in place, but things went south quick and they started to become paranoid against everyone (Shane seeing the soldiers execute patients in "TS-19", for instance), to say nothing of what any soldier with a family would do. I don't know why it's such a surprise to people that the military would fall.
It's also been made clear that both the government and military know much more than they've been letting on. Hell, there was a document released during the pilot episode that showed how the hospitals knew about reanimation.
WickedLaharl
Member
Well, considering its the Walking Dead it wouldn't surprise me at all actually.
i find it funny that people still complain about the unlikeable characters so much.
As if that had been a strength of the Walking Dead universe so far.
Also - yeah, i got pretty pissed off that, after pretty much every black character we've seen so far ended up a zombie, the next one we get is the cold, heartless, embracing-the-new-world-order oppoertunistic dickhead.
Well, at least he saved Nick, who's still wearing old dude's clothes.....
As if that had been a strength of the Walking Dead universe so far.
Also - yeah, i got pretty pissed off that, after pretty much every black character we've seen so far ended up a zombie, the next one we get is the cold, heartless, embracing-the-new-world-order oppoertunistic dickhead.
Well, at least he saved Nick, who's still wearing old dude's clothes.....
It would make for an interesting side story regardless. I like the idea of them doing those like they are with the plane short. Isolated stories of pure horror.
Why wouldn't they go before they bomb LA off the map? Not a lot of options there.
Pilgrimzero
Member
A lot of what the military/gov does in this show makes no sense.
But you have to let it go for the sake of the tv universe they are creating.
But you have to let it go for the sake of the tv universe they are creating.
Yes.
People used to love daryl
And carol
And glenn
Even rick
Now i dont know anymore because people are getting kinda sick of The Walking Dead on the internet and bullets are flying everywhere. Even those old fan favorites arent getting spared
(And i think Fear is in fact hurting the whole walking dead brand with its terrible characters... it feels like its reminding people that The Walking Dead never got to be very good...)
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