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***OFFICIAL 'Fear The Walking Dead' Thread*** (1 Viewer)

tommyboy said:
IvanKaramazov said:
After re-watching this sober, I'm not sure what everybody is complaining about. I think this show is doing a nice job showing how a zombie breakout might escalate and how various people might respond. Some bug out faster than others, like the sick neighbor and the cop. Some try living their lives normally, like the birthday party family and the ex-wife (who is basically oblivious to what's happening). And some people completely misunderstand what they're seeing, like the protesters who think this is a police brutality issue.

I also think the way that people talk or don't talk about makes sense as well. As others have said, none of these characters has the language to be able to talk about zombies. It's logical that they can't really process or make sense out of what they're seeing at this point. The fact that The Slutty Counselor doesn't tell her daughter what she's seen is just a mom trying to shield her kid and not freak her out, a pretty natural tactic.

The writing would be much worse if the mom went straight to "Honey, it seems that the dead are reanimating to feast of the flesh of the living" at this point in the story.
imagine this was real for a second. Would the gov't not issue quarantines? I think they would. Would they not issue mandatory curfews? I think they would. Would they not instruct people to isolate virus carriers? I think they would. None of these things so far have occured. I did hear a radio reference to "stay indoors" but that's pretty benign. An Emergency broadcast by the Surgeon General or head of CDC might go a long ways to stemming panic and allowing healthy individuals the chance to move away from unhealthy ones. Or you could set up receiving camps where you take in thousands of people each day, screen them, seperate them and contain the infected. I mean if w'ere talking end of the world scenarios, then you would take end of the world steps to stop it.

none of this has happened that i'm seeing, yet the cops and the hospital workers all know whats happening and are getting ready to bolt. Maybe i'm too hopeful that we could do better than that as a country in a response to something like this.
At least they're consistent. The virus has been spreading west for days or weeks and nothing has been said or done on the West coast to prepare people. The government is keeping it on the down low like the mom is. No need to stir everyone into a frenzy. Things could get out of hand, FAST.
 
tommyboy said:
IvanKaramazov said:
After re-watching this sober, I'm not sure what everybody is complaining about. I think this show is doing a nice job showing how a zombie breakout might escalate and how various people might respond. Some bug out faster than others, like the sick neighbor and the cop. Some try living their lives normally, like the birthday party family and the ex-wife (who is basically oblivious to what's happening). And some people completely misunderstand what they're seeing, like the protesters who think this is a police brutality issue.

I also think the way that people talk or don't talk about makes sense as well. As others have said, none of these characters has the language to be able to talk about zombies. It's logical that they can't really process or make sense out of what they're seeing at this point. The fact that The Slutty Counselor doesn't tell her daughter what she's seen is just a mom trying to shield her kid and not freak her out, a pretty natural tactic.

The writing would be much worse if the mom went straight to "Honey, it seems that the dead are reanimating to feast of the flesh of the living" at this point in the story.
imagine this was real for a second. Would the gov't not issue quarantines? I think they would. Would they not issue mandatory curfews? I think they would. Would they not instruct people to isolate virus carriers? I think they would. None of these things so far have occured. I did hear a radio reference to "stay indoors" but that's pretty benign. An Emergency broadcast by the Surgeon General or head of CDC might go a long ways to stemming panic and allowing healthy individuals the chance to move away from unhealthy ones. Or you could set up receiving camps where you take in thousands of people each day, screen them, seperate them and contain the infected. I mean if w'ere talking end of the world scenarios, then you would take end of the world steps to stop it.

none of this has happened that i'm seeing, yet the cops and the hospital workers all know whats happening and are getting ready to bolt. Maybe i'm too hopeful that we could do better than that as a country in a response to something like this.
At least they're consistent. The virus has been spreading west for days or weeks and nothing has been said or done on the West coast to prepare people. The government is keeping it on the down low like the mom is. No need to stir everyone into a frenzy. Things could get out of hand, FAST.
Days or weeks? I don't think it has been anywhere near weeks. Pimple kid brought his knife to school the first day of the show. He is one of the first people to hear about the other stuff and he seems like the type of kid that is scouring everything online, i.e. he'll find out same day. I don't think this is anything more than day 3/4 IMHO. The virus spreads really fast, could be airline travel, road trips, bad drugs, etc.

I don't think the government is doing anything. We just saw the cop loading water in his car. He hasn't known for weeks, he just found out. It is getting out of hand right now and there is no cover up. The characters not telling their kids/everyone is a bit of a stretch, but again the point of this show is about watching it happen and the world unraveling. If the Internet/cable were all confirming a zombie apocalypse, making sure there was a quarantine and the steps to kill zombies then we wouldn't have TWD.

 
Homer J Simpson said:
BustedKnuckles said:
(HULK) said:
BustedKnuckles said:
Gore factor is a big fat zero...should have shown the principles head splatter ..TWD would have
He's not rotten yet. Its a lot harder to kill a non-rotten zombie. On the TWD hitting him with a mylar balloon would cause his head to explode.
i get that but they havent shown any gore whats so ever...and zombie movies / shows are all about gore....you know ...zombie kill of the night kind of stuff
Are you 12?
do you watch zombie movies or are you just being obtuse ?
Apparently I'm obtuse because I like stupid stuff like story and character development. :shrug:

 
Homer J Simpson said:
BustedKnuckles said:
(HULK) said:
BustedKnuckles said:
Gore factor is a big fat zero...should have shown the principles head splatter ..TWD would have
He's not rotten yet. Its a lot harder to kill a non-rotten zombie. On the TWD hitting him with a mylar balloon would cause his head to explode.
i get that but they havent shown any gore whats so ever...and zombie movies / shows are all about gore....you know ...zombie kill of the night kind of stuff
Are you 12?
do you watch zombie movies or are you just being obtuse ?
Apparently I'm obtuse because I like stupid stuff like story and character development. :shrug:
did i say that didnt matter? zombies eating people is gore ...people killing zombies is gore ...its a huge part of the whole genre ...its sprinkled in within the storyline...but a zombie show without gore is like a western without gun fights

 
Homer J Simpson said:
BustedKnuckles said:
(HULK) said:
BustedKnuckles said:
Gore factor is a big fat zero...should have shown the principles head splatter ..TWD would have
He's not rotten yet. Its a lot harder to kill a non-rotten zombie. On the TWD hitting him with a mylar balloon would cause his head to explode.
i get that but they havent shown any gore whats so ever...and zombie movies / shows are all about gore....you know ...zombie kill of the night kind of stuff
Are you 12?
do you watch zombie movies or are you just being obtuse ?
Apparently I'm obtuse because I like stupid stuff like story and character development. :shrug:
did i say that didnt matter? zombies eating people is gore ...people killing zombies is gore ...its a huge part of the whole genre ...its sprinkled in within the storyline...but a zombie show without gore is like a western without gun fights
More like a western without a gunfight in the first five minutes.

 
Homer J Simpson said:
BustedKnuckles said:
(HULK) said:
BustedKnuckles said:
Gore factor is a big fat zero...should have shown the principles head splatter ..TWD would have
He's not rotten yet. Its a lot harder to kill a non-rotten zombie. On the TWD hitting him with a mylar balloon would cause his head to explode.
i get that but they havent shown any gore whats so ever...and zombie movies / shows are all about gore....you know ...zombie kill of the night kind of stuff
Are you 12?
do you watch zombie movies or are you just being obtuse ?
Apparently I'm obtuse because I like stupid stuff like story and character development. :shrug:
did i say that didnt matter? zombies eating people is gore ...people killing zombies is gore ...its a huge part of the whole genre ...its sprinkled in within the storyline...but a zombie show without gore is like a western without gun fights
More like a western without a gunfight in the first five minutes.
TWD didnt have an issue with gore right off the bat...and it works into the story perfectly

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
Or is it because he's such a phenomenal biology teacher?
 
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Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
The character nor the actor is Mexican. Cliff Curtis is Maori. Pretty sure the character has a Maori last name.

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
The character nor the actor is Mexican. Cliff Curtis is Maori. Pretty sure the character has a Maori last name.
So, what, he's some sort of Zoroastrian?
 
So far, not as good as TWD and does not appear that it even could be. Not a surprise at all though. I will go out on a limb and say that no show about zombies from this point on will ever be as good as TWD. Well, unless maybe a few of the nazis from these threads pool their money together and make us all a REAL show about zombies with good writing.

Still good enough to watch and enjoy. I have a feeling it will only get better when the lame ### family drama crap is over.

 
Courtjester said:
Just realized Alicia and Lori were in the movie "Into the Storm" together.
I loved that movie BTW! Alicia had a little more meat on her bones in that movie (Geez, I am going to sound like Christo), but she looked very nice.
I barely remember the movie. Can only think of about three scenes from it so I might have just caught bits of it while I had the TV on and doing other stuff.

But one of them was her in some old warehouse or factory, and I kind of remember her having some beautiful ta-tas. Haven't noticed them in TWD though. Is my memory faulty on that?

Ah, googled for pictures from the movie. There they are. :pics: https://thenerdsuncanny.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/tumblr_n7ei51gpvr1roqz5ao3_1280.jpg

 
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Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
Or is it because he's such a phenomenal biology teacher?
He's an English teacher. Do you even watch the show!?
I was wondering why they were studying Jack London in biology. I just chalked it up to sloppy writing.
 
Homer J Simpson said:
BustedKnuckles said:
(HULK) said:
BustedKnuckles said:
Gore factor is a big fat zero...should have shown the principles head splatter ..TWD would have
He's not rotten yet. Its a lot harder to kill a non-rotten zombie. On the TWD hitting him with a mylar balloon would cause his head to explode.
i get that but they havent shown any gore whats so ever...and zombie movies / shows are all about gore....you know ...zombie kill of the night kind of stuff
Are you 12?
do you watch zombie movies or are you just being obtuse ?
Apparently I'm obtuse because I like stupid stuff like story and character development. :shrug:
did i say that didnt matter? zombies eating people is gore ...people killing zombies is gore ...its a huge part of the whole genre ...its sprinkled in within the storyline...but a zombie show without gore is like a western without gun fights
The show opened with a kinda hot girl zombie eating a heroin addict while a knife protruded from her left side (I assume it was a botch boob job as this is LA).

Then episode 1 ended with a drug dealing zombie getting run over twice.

Episode 2 didn't have as much.

So what? These zoms are fresh... they're not going to pop like water balloons... they need to decompose more. Science!

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
I thought that dude was Indian or Pakistani or something from that region?

 
So far, not as good as TWD and does not appear that it even could be. Not a surprise at all though. I will go out on a limb and say that no show about zombies from this point on will ever be as good as TWD. Well, unless maybe a few of the nazis from these threads pool their money together and make us all a REAL show about zombies with good writing.

Still good enough to watch and enjoy. I have a feeling it will only get better when the lame ### family drama crap is over.
Corrrrral!

 
Crack whore mom and Indian biologist dad and his Pakistani ex-wife are just not that interesting as characters. People keep saying that indignant bisexual daughter is hot. Meh, she is ok.. for an Irish soon to be junkie.

To extend into future seasons, they need to bring forth some new and interesting characters.

 
So far, not as good as TWD and does not appear that it even could be. Not a surprise at all though. I will go out on a limb and say that no show about zombies from this point on will ever be as good as TWD. Well, unless maybe a few of the nazis from these threads pool their money together and make us all a REAL show about zombies with good writing.

Still good enough to watch and enjoy. I have a feeling it will only get better when the lame ### family drama crap is over.
Opening scene two guys talking on a porch about how much they miss mowed lawns and lamenting all of the gas going bad.

Episode 3 has an abrupt halt where they focus on strut placement while building a wall for 17 minutes, debating the merits of inside or out.

Episode 7 has a detailed arc about how zombies digest people.

Finale has all the main characters decide that zombies are biologically impossible and then they die from botulism.

 
What kind of Mexican doesn't speak Spanish? :mellow: His ex could be Latino though. Sounded like a Latino accent out of her.

 
Crack whore mom and Indian biologist dad and his Pakistani ex-wife are just not that interesting as characters. People keep saying that indignant bisexual daughter is hot. Meh, she is ok.. for an Irish soon to be junkie.

To extend into future seasons, they need to bring forth some new and interesting characters.
She's not Irish, she's Australian. :mellow:

 
Crack whore mom and Indian biologist dad and his Pakistani ex-wife are just not that interesting as characters. People keep saying that indignant bisexual daughter is hot. Meh, she is ok.. for an Irish soon to be junkie.

To extend into future seasons, they need to bring forth some new and interesting characters.
She's not Irish, she's Australian. :mellow:
:mellow:

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.
The guy with 20 years in public education disagrees with you.

 
tommyboy said:
IvanKaramazov said:
After re-watching this sober, I'm not sure what everybody is complaining about. I think this show is doing a nice job showing how a zombie breakout might escalate and how various people might respond. Some bug out faster than others, like the sick neighbor and the cop. Some try living their lives normally, like the birthday party family and the ex-wife (who is basically oblivious to what's happening). And some people completely misunderstand what they're seeing, like the protesters who think this is a police brutality issue.

I also think the way that people talk or don't talk about makes sense as well. As others have said, none of these characters has the language to be able to talk about zombies. It's logical that they can't really process or make sense out of what they're seeing at this point. The fact that The Slutty Counselor doesn't tell her daughter what she's seen is just a mom trying to shield her kid and not freak her out, a pretty natural tactic.

The writing would be much worse if the mom went straight to "Honey, it seems that the dead are reanimating to feast of the flesh of the living" at this point in the story.
imagine this was real for a second. Would the gov't not issue quarantines? I think they would. Would they not issue mandatory curfews? I think they would. Would they not instruct people to isolate virus carriers? I think they would. None of these things so far have occured. I did hear a radio reference to "stay indoors" but that's pretty benign. An Emergency broadcast by the Surgeon General or head of CDC might go a long ways to stemming panic and allowing healthy individuals the chance to move away from unhealthy ones. Or you could set up receiving camps where you take in thousands of people each day, screen them, seperate them and contain the infected. I mean if w'ere talking end of the world scenarios, then you would take end of the world steps to stop it.

none of this has happened that i'm seeing, yet the cops and the hospital workers all know whats happening and are getting ready to bolt. Maybe i'm too hopeful that we could do better than that as a country in a response to something like this.
dude, we are literally on the day after the first public zombie sighting.

The gov't would have no idea how big of a deal one guy getting shot and not dying is - the authorities are just starting to realize that all of the above is needed. I expect all of that to happen in the next episode.

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.
The guy with 20 years in public education disagrees with you.
whatever. it's not like a biology teacher knows anything about drug policy.

ETA: terrible writing.

 
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I'm also assuming there's a school liaison officer who'd confiscate it as evidence (and take it to the police station's evidence locker) and a possible delinquency charge if a kid brought in a vial of oxy.

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.
The guy with 20 years in public education disagrees with you.
Like you pay attention to anything except crushing the souls and aspirations of each and every student that even thinks of having an opinion that differs from your own.

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.
The guy with 20 years in public education disagrees with you.
Like you pay attention to anything except crushing the souls and aspirations of each and every student that even thinks of having an opinion that differs from your own.
Oops. Meant to post that with my Xavier Steele alias..

Sorry about that

 
I'm also assuming there's a school liaison officer who'd confiscate it as evidence (and take it to the police station's evidence locker) and a possible delinquency charge if a kid brought in a vial of oxy.
I believe that room was labeled as a police locker or something to that effect.

 
I'm definitely enjoying this so far. I like how they are developing the characters. If you want nothing but end to end chomping go rent a "B" movie.

 
Zow said:
Jobber said:
Why would a school have antibiotics?

Isn't it illegal to put a bounce house in your front yard?

Pretty sure black people only let other black people cut their hair. Sloppy.

I sure hope that cop paid for that water.

Screw those cans of food. I'd go right for the chocolate milk and peanut butter squares.
Those were siezed drugs. Perhaps painkillers or some sort of heroin-weening drug. I'm just guessing the mom who is an ex-user knows what could help her son during the withdrawl period.
It's incredibly unlikely that a school would keep seized drugs. They're turning them over to the police or finding the owner of the prescription.
Yes. Immediately. They stop everything they're doing and get those drugs out of the school. No way they just put them in a locker for a little bit. They immediately stop EVERYTHING and get those drugs out of the school.
The guy with 20 years in public education disagrees with you.
Which part?

 
My son has a fire ant allergy and has asthma. The School nurse keeps an epipen and an inhaler locked up in the nurses office should he need it during the school day. Based on the way the drugs in the cabinet were all in different ziploc bags I assume each bag had prescription drugs for an individual student who had some sort of medical issue for which they might need them.

I have no idea if school age kids have any medical issues that require Oxy.

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
The character nor the actor is Mexican. Cliff Curtis is Maori. Pretty sure the character has a Maori last name.
Bull crap he drives a white late 80's pick up truck with a cracked windshield typically has 3 people in the cab in Los Angeles? Mexican.

 
Zow said:
shadyridr said:
Ok why is everyone calling her slutty and a whore?
She showed her boobs in that bad Kevin Bacon movie where he turns invisible.
Never seen that one.
They show a boob getting felt up by an invisible hand. That image is burned into my brain.Didn't realize it was her, I don't remember the face.
whoa
IIRC there was also some invisible mouth on nipple action. Or maybe that was my perverted 12 year old eyes playing tricks on me.

 
I'm also assuming there's a school liaison officer who'd confiscate it as evidence (and take it to the police station's evidence locker) and a possible delinquency charge if a kid brought in a vial of oxy.
I believe that room was labeled as a police locker or something to that effect.
I'm sure it's possible that if they have their own district P.D (actual sworn LEOs and not just security guards) that they could have some sort of secure room for contraband or whatever.

Of course I'm pretty sure that whatshername got the keys to said storage room from the principal's desk which means the "police room" isn't very secure.

Not to mention the huge liability of keeping a bunch of confiscated drugs on a HS campus.

Whatever.

 
I'm also assuming there's a school liaison officer who'd confiscate it as evidence (and take it to the police station's evidence locker) and a possible delinquency charge if a kid brought in a vial of oxy.
I believe that room was labeled as a police locker or something to that effect.
I'm sure it's possible that if they have their own district P.D (actual sworn LEOs and not just security guards) that they could have some sort of secure room for contraband or whatever.

Of course I'm pretty sure that whatshername got the keys to said storage room from the principal's desk which means the "police room" isn't very secure.

Not to mention the huge liability of keeping a bunch of confiscated drugs on a HS campus.

Whatever.
Hello exactly

 
Did the whore mom work for the cdc before she descended into a world of drugs and sex trafficking? She and her Anglicized Mexican boyfriend sure were quick to figure out that a virus is turning people into zombies.
The character nor the actor is Mexican. Cliff Curtis is Maori. Pretty sure the character has a Maori last name.
Bull crap he drives a white late 80's pick up truck with a cracked windshield typically has 3 people in the cab in Los Angeles? Mexican.
But no one in the bed, therefore, Maori.

 

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