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***OFFICIAL 'Fear The Walking Dead' Thread*** (3 Viewers)

pantherclub said:
The side gimmick to me is always the buzz kill in this type of stuff.  There is no need to have some side plot involving Strand with what does he have up his sleeve.  Its too soap operaish.  The story should be good enough just to watch them wade through the start of the apocalypse without some stupid secret underlying story.  Feels too cartoonish.
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This is the biggest problem with soooo many current tv dramas.   There is a conflict.  It's a pretty important conflict.   Life or death or life changing.   The resolution to this conflict is crucial, difficult, and interesting.   What do the writers do?  Tack on 3 or 4 other conflicts or subplots.  And the worst part is they're usually poorly thought out and lame.

It's moronic and maddening.  

See: The Americans, Homeland, SoA, TWD, and about 5 others I quit watching.

 
I can't imagine the ranger pepper wouldn't have cleared out the tourists that are roaming his island by now. To me, that is job 1 if I am on an island, make sure I am safe.

 
The Big Guy said:
I can't imagine the ranger pepper wouldn't have cleared out the tourists that are roaming his island by now. To me, that is job 1 if I am on an island, make sure I am safe.
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The dad made a comment about there being to many to handle over there. I think that was their attempt to address that. Not sure why the kid with the rifle couldn't just snipe them from somewhere away from the house (I get not wanting to attract them towards the house with the sound). Climb a hill. Kid snipes. Dad stands watch. Lack of ammo maybe? Then again, doomsday prepper, have to figure he'd be well stocked in that regard. In the end, guess they just didn't want to spend to much time on that storyline.

 
DallasDMac said:
The dad made a comment about there being to many to handle over there. I think that was their attempt to address that. Not sure why the kid with the rifle couldn't just snipe them from somewhere away from the house (I get not wanting to attract them towards the house with the sound). Climb a hill. Kid snipes. Dad stands watch. Lack of ammo maybe? Then again, doomsday prepper, have to figure he'd be well stocked in that regard. In the end, guess they just didn't want to spend to much time on that storyline.
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I hope they revisit the island again at some point.  Both the dad and the teen son had major potential.

 
Jobber said:
He was on a sattellite phone, so it makes sense he can still use it. But what kind of deal or trade would a guy still want to make during the zombie apocolypse. Weapons?
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Safe haven.  Maybe he knows people who know things?  Nah, it's probably something stupid that wouldn't make any sense like coke.  

 
I stopped watching TWD a few seasons ago, so maybe this sort of story line is played out by now - but they completely screwed up what could have been a very interesting season two by blowing off Catalina after one episode - the first 100 days after the outbreak on that island almost writes itself.  It could have quickly moved into the birth of a west coast island city state, with political intrigue, rival clans and islands, etc., with occasional trips to the mainland and zombies.  I would have watched the #### out of that.

 
elbowrm said:
I stopped watching TWD a few seasons ago, so maybe this sort of story line is played out by now - but they completely screwed up what could have been a very interesting season two by blowing off Catalina after one episode - the first 100 days after the outbreak on that island almost writes itself.  It could have quickly moved into the birth of a west coast island city state, with political intrigue, rival clans and islands, etc., with occasional trips to the mainland and zombies.  I would have watched the #### out of that.
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would a back story on Negan's rise interest you?

 
elbowrm said:
I stopped watching TWD a few seasons ago, so maybe this sort of story line is played out by now - but they completely screwed up what could have been a very interesting season two by blowing off Catalina after one episode - the first 100 days after the outbreak on that island almost writes itself.  It could have quickly moved into the birth of a west coast island city state, with political intrigue, rival clans and islands, etc., with occasional trips to the mainland and zombies.  I would have watched the #### out of that.
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Maybe you could approach the writers with your ideas and take over the scripts going forward?

 
You can tell this show is so bad than no one is watching. I have GOT to watch later because I won't let my HS freshman watch that show.

This show is so bad. I know they aren't good at killing zombies yet, but they know about them and act so stupid. Nick falling off that cliff was beyond bad. It might be surprising if both of us continue to watch this show.

 
As the other viewer, I watch since there is nothing else on that I would watch over it.  Chris/new Carl wandering off all the time, Junkie Depp can survive anything and is their ultimate scavenger.  

Strand is definitely hiding more than we know at this point.

 
This episode was it for me.  Deleted it from the DVR.  Putting my eggs into 'Silicon Valley' as my post-Thrones watch on Sunday night.

How is it possible that they made the zombie apocalypse boring?

 
How many cans of gas do you need to get to the shore and back, like 200 yards away?

Make sure to takes bags with you so you have something to put all that stuff in that you find in the other bags. 

And most important let's remember to stay together! 

 
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It's amusing what some people say about these kinds of shows. In there reality there wasn't anything like zombies in written form, tv lore, whatever, yet many are lambasting them for doing one thing or another. How would you react not knowing wtf is going on? People are all of a sudden waking up from being dead and you've never heard of such things so it's pretty freaking terrifying, I'd wager. The guy last night cutting those two loose, yeah, I could see doing that. Staying away from others, simple. Buckling down getting food and guns? Not on my mind. 

 
Nick falling off the cliff was beyond dumb, especially since he was sober.  

Guess the mom killed the dad?  She goes immediately down stairs out the door and onto the pier. Okay.

Liked how Strand walked up and cut the line of the airplane girl in tow without a word to red mom.  She got stranded.

 
Mario Kart said:
It's amusing what some people say about these kinds of shows. In there reality there wasn't anything like zombies in written form, tv lore, whatever, yet many are lambasting them for doing one thing or another. How would you react not knowing wtf is going on? People are all of a sudden waking up from being dead and you've never heard of such things so it's pretty freaking terrifying, I'd wager. The guy last night cutting those two loose, yeah, I could see doing that. Staying away from others, simple. Buckling down getting food and guns? Not on my mind. 
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We found one!

 
Jayrok said:
Nick falling off the cliff was beyond dumb, especially since he was sober.  

Guess the mom killed the dad?  She goes immediately down stairs out the door and onto the pier. Okay.

Liked how Strand walked up and cut the line of the airplane girl in tow without a word to red mom.  She got stranded.
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Strand's character is like the only one that is believable.

 
stbugs said:
You can tell this show is so bad than no one is watching. I have GOT to watch later because I won't let my HS freshman watch that show.

This show is so bad. I know they aren't good at killing zombies yet, but they know about them and act so stupid. Nick falling off that cliff was beyond bad. It might be surprising if both of us continue to watch this show.
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Last Sunday, the second episode of Fear The Walking Dead pulled in 5.58 million viewers. That was good enough to make The Walking Dead spin-off the number one cable show on the night, but it was the least-watched episode in the series.

Since a large number viewers no longer watch new episodes of their favorite shows when they first air, many networks now look to the Live +3 rating, which includes three days’ worth of DVR playbacks, to gauge how well or how poorly their programs are doing.

So how did Fear The Walking Dead do in the Live +3? For the week of April 11-17, Fear The Walking Dead had the biggest gains of any cable show in the Live +3 ratings. "The show grew by 1.2 points in adults 18-49 (2.5 to 3.7)," tvbythenumbers reports. "and by 2.2 million viewers (5.58 million to 7.78 million)."
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I have more interest in this one that the original.

 
stbugs said:
This show is so bad. I know they aren't good at killing zombies yet, but they know about them and act so stupid. Nick falling off that cliff was beyond bad. It might be surprising if both of us continue to watch this show.
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Yeah, that was effing stupid.  I mean, if you want a plot device to get dude down into that crevice to battle Mr. Crabbypants, why not have a walker bump him from behind or have them struggle at the top and fall in together?  That would have actually at least been semi-believable. 

 
cstu said:
I have more interest in this one that the original.
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I don't get that at all. This has been done so poorly it hurts. They had to spend all day at the beach. That girl somehow went ashore where the plane crashed when she seems like the only one who understands the situation. Why did she go and get chased around? We know her friend was still in the raft since he couldn't walk around. Druggie Depp not only is on the one piece of he ledge they CGI'd as loose dirt but he literally had to stand half over the edge to fall and of course he falls right on top of the zombie. Also, that fight scene was awful. Druggie was fun but they are backed into a corner when they had a ton of time to get out of he way. Druggie nails one zombie and miraculously a nice getaway lane appears.

Strand's character is getting so ridiculously bad it's unfortunate. He and druggie were kind of a fun team. Strand is still acting like he has a place to go and a deal left to do.

This show could have been so good. Spend a little more on the destruction of society. That coliseum turning would have been awesome, so too some more military killing survivors and capturing Strand. Lots of fun at see with pirate types but we have to get the girl from the plane in a forced way and then bam no need for her anymore. 

 
For the umpteenth million time...

The only way the writers seem to know how to create drama or conflict is to have the characters do something foolish.   That entire shore party could have made it from ship to the shore and back without incident if they had done what they said they were going to do: 

In and out as quickly as possible and stick together.   But nooooooooo.  They can't even do that.

 
stbugs said:
I don't get that at all. This has been done so poorly it hurts. They had to spend all day at the beach. That girl somehow went ashore where the plane crashed when she seems like the only one who understands the situation. Why did she go and get chased around? We know her friend was still in the raft since he couldn't walk around. Druggie Depp not only is on the one piece of he ledge they CGI'd as loose dirt but he literally had to stand half over the edge to fall and of course he falls right on top of the zombie. Also, that fight scene was awful. Druggie was fun but they are backed into a corner when they had a ton of time to get out of he way. Druggie nails one zombie and miraculously a nice getaway lane appears.

Strand's character is getting so ridiculously bad it's unfortunate. He and druggie were kind of a fun team. Strand is still acting like he has a place to go and a deal left to do.

This show could have been so good. Spend a little more on the destruction of society. That coliseum turning would have been awesome, so too some more military killing survivors and capturing Strand. Lots of fun at see with pirate types but we have to get the girl from the plane in a forced way and then bam no need for her anymore. 
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Totally agree.  I mean, absolutely no storylines surrounding the CDC?  At least TWD had a couple episodes devoted to that, and FTWD was supposed to be ALL ABOUT what happened in the beginning. 

Limited looks at how the military responded.  What about even earlier on with cops trying to figure out what the eff was going on? 

What a wasted opportunity.  :(

 
nirad3 said:
Totally agree.  I mean, absolutely no storylines surrounding the CDC?  At least TWD had a couple episodes devoted to that, and FTWD was supposed to be ALL ABOUT what happened in the beginning. 

Limited looks at how the military responded.  What about even earlier on with cops trying to figure out what the eff was going on? 

What a wasted opportunity.  :(
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Yep, such a wasted opportunity. Maybe that is why I am so disappointed in this show and their stupid actions than TWD. I've seen Rick make bad decisions forever, since before the break out. He got himself shot by not securing a situation where they knew there were armed criminals and his wife was already thinking about leaving him. This show had a blank slate, do whatever they want and this is what we get? I liked last week's island episode, it had some realistic situations and how a family would handle it, but our family is just plain stupid and terribly written. This was supposed to be our action sequence and we get a zombie with crabs and our zany Depp falling for no reason. It would have been better if he at least fell while taking a selfie after doing some drugs he found. Heck, it would have made the put blood on your face scene better by doing a Dicaprio The Beach type scene.* Did Depp watch TWD and learn about that? As dumb as Rick acts, at least they spent a few minutes discussing why throwing zombie blood on themselves could work.

* There you go, in one sentence and just a few seconds, I just wrote a better scene.

 
The moral of the Walking Dead franchise is "You don't need an interesting story, well written characters, or natural dialogue. Just an interesting premise. ...Oh, and an hour of Chris Hardwick to tell you that what you just watched was awesome."

 
Gotta admit that episode was pretty bad ###. The score was awesome. Nothing really groundbreaking though. This is basically TWD from another family's perspective.

 
*Sigh* So disappointing. They are obviously going to stick with the "Let's make them do something incredibly stupid" plot device. Yea, Depp falling was bad. But what about moron sad sack kid going in the airplane fuselage? For the love of god, just kill him off already. He tries so hard to die each and every week, let him succeed. Please.

 
Poor Dougray Scott, has to back out of the role of a lifetime (Wolverine in XMen) because Mission Impossible 2 shooting ran over. Now Hugh Jackman is a ultra rich superstar and Scott is guest starring on a crappy TV spinoff.

 
mquinnjr said:
I assumed he was fishing for pills in tent city. Other than that guess, I have no idea whatsoever either.
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I figured Strand gave him an address for the place in Mexico. Nick then took the raft to the shore to explore. I assume Strand knew the boat was close which made it easy for him to abandon ship as well. If they were not yet near Mexico, then I have no f'in clue about why any of that happened. 

If I am correct about the above stuff and the people remaining on the boat do not have the Mexico address, then I guess they may never see Nick again. 

 
Also, I missed the last segment last night. I then recorded a later viewing. I will watch it this evening. It sounds like there was no explanation, though. Who knows? The show is very sloppy. 

It seems way, way, way too early in the zombie apocalypse to have those punk pirates already. That seems like a season 3 or 4 thing when everyone knows the world has gone to hell and leeching off other living people and pistol whipping them is the way to go.

 
the gay mafia really does exist.

and now we have TWD level cartoon bad guys with code-words and goofy methods and everything. truly terrible stuff. 

I watched the movie Chappy start to finish recently- ventured deep into laughable, bad camp territory which made it almost kind of fun. FTWD went that direction really quickly this year. not so sure it's kind of fun. will give it another week. 

 
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