Fear the Festering Turd (aka Fear The Walking Dead)

[Overmind One]

Episode 2

Blaspemy...it isnt bad. It is, but compared to The Walking Dead, this is much better (to me). It's definitely the city setting and seeing actual civilization and not farms and countryside. There are cops, the tension of the spread of the virus, and the incidents. Im liking it.

 

[Overmind One]

I'm really trying to be objective and keep in mind the blank slate that the characters are operating with when it comes to the story. But still, they all do the most inane things in the face of a dangerous situation. The lack of communication between the characters is ridiculous. I mean, the neighborhood is falling apart, there's a blood-spattered bouncy house on the lawn across the street and instead of talking to the only other neighbor showing his face the weak "father" of the group runs back inside the house. Wouldn't it make sense to talk to your neighbors when you see them taking the trash out to the curb? "Hey Frank, did you experience anything weird last night?" "Why yes Timmy Twatwaffle, I did. Let's compare notes so we're both better informed as to what the hell is happening."

WHY arent the parents telling the daughter about what is going on? All she wants to do is text people, watch shit on her phone and be with her boyfriend. Why didn't Nick tell her? Why isnt the NEWS talking about it, yet the broadcast we did see showed them shooting the guy on the freeway 8 times and then the killshot to the head? Um, this city is progressive, but just no.

*And if the "father" aka "Timmy Twatwaffle" is so worried that his neighbor will see that he's throwing out a bloody rug why isn't he worried that the garbage men are going to notice that he's disposing of a bloody rug? In fact, why even throw the rug into the trash bin when you could just bury it with the body in the backyard?

The pacing is a tad on the slow side...

 

[Overmind One]

I am glad they are portraying the interactions between LA's minorities accurately. Blacks and Hispanics REALLY DO live side by side in relative peace in most all of the city. They also showed that the daughter's black boyfriend lived in Baldwin Hills in a very nice home, and they show how the majority of Latinos live in LA.

I don't hate this show...yet. I know...blasphemy.

 

[Overmind One]

Im taking a short break after finishing episode 2.

The Premise

The premise is good. Right now, these folks and pretty much the entire public is being kept in the dark about this virus/infection/zombie thing. Perhaps even the higher ups do not know. The cops are even scared, after seeing that they cannot easily bring these zeds down. Right now, there are not enough zeds to make it an apocalypse, but you can feel it coming. I like this backstory, and also the fact that it has been mentioned that 5 other states were experiencing similar incidents.

The Setting

THIS is why I can watch this show. I am a city boy. I live in Redondo Beach now, but I have grown up with a city view since I was a kid and seeing buildings, streets and a large city allows me to connect with this much easier than I could The Walking Dead. There are not going to be any dumb farms, and there is going to be the opportunity to see how this plays out in a real large city. I needed to see freeways, neighborhoods, skyscrapers in the distance, and lots of people. The panic factor of people turning in a city seems more horrifying than herds of zeds chasing people across corn fields. It's SCARIER to me.

The Characters

I do not like these characters as an ensemble. I do not care about Alicia (the daughter) or Nick (the junkie). I cannot even remember the names of the mother and the father. I do not like the disconnected communication between the characters. I also can see how easy it will be in this show to kill off EVERY current character t replace them with new ones later. In this, they could easily do it because nobody has "picked" a Rick Grimes and stuck a badge on him. These folks are just plain everyday Angelenos (people from LA). I could see new characters coming into it and these dying off or being killed. EASILY.

The Pacing

Meh, a tad slow, but not excruciatingly slow like on The Walking Dead. There is stupidity. The mother gets too close to the grunting, blood dripping zeds and she has almost got bitten TWICE. I mean, did she really go up to the Principal and try to tell him he would be alright, even though it is obvious he has turned into a zombie? Calvin almost got her in the tunnel. I hope she gets eaten first. She is the Lori of this show.

These are INITIAL IMPRESSIONS after watching the first two episodes fully through. These impressions are subject to change, and although I like it so far, it could change as quickly as a person turning to a zed. .

Back for Episode 3!

 

[Gatefan1976]

I am glad they are portraying the interactions between LA's minorities accurately. Blacks and Hispanics REALLY DO live side by side in relative peace in most all of the city. They also showed that the daughter's black boyfriend lived in Baldwin Hills in a very nice home, and they show how the majority of Latinos live in LA.

I don't hate this show...yet. I know...blasphemy.

 

[Overmind One]

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It isnt that bad! Have you watched any of it?

 

[Gatefan1976]

It isnt that bad! Have you watched any of it?

No, Zombies do nothing for me, never have.
There are enough brainless "walkers" in this world without watching any more on TV.....

 

[Overmind One]

No, Zombies do nothing for me, never have.
There are enough brainless "walkers" in this world without watching any more on TV.....

This one is closer to The Night of the Living Dead than The Walking Dead ever could be. As bad as the others here see it, this is a better show than The Walking Dead. It may last longer...maybe not. It feels more substantial than TWD. But the characters suck.

BTW: I like your new avatar.

 

[Gatefan1976]

The only movie with Zombies worth watching:

 

[Gatefan1976]

BTW: I like your new avatar.

Crowley!!

 

[Overmind One]

The only movie with Zombies worth watching:

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Woah...COOL! Love the popup shotgun! What movie is that from?

 

[Gatefan1976]

Actually, I cheated, that is from Ash Vs The Evil dead, a new series on starz:
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/10/ash-vs-evil-dead-trailer

The movies were The Evil Dead 1,2 and 3

 

[Overmind One]

Getting ready for episode 3. I just do not see where this show can drop to the depths to allow for a character and a scene like this:

Really? I dont believe him! He really is a scientist. I was convinced the moment I saw him! This show is not quite as silly...at least not yet. There will be no Darryls or his brother. There will be no Herschels and the closest major military bases are more than 50 miles north and about 120 miles south. This story HAS TO play out much differently than TWD.

Okay...Episode 3!

 

[Overmind One]

Episode 3...

What? The dumb behaviors of these people in this episode is just bizarre. Travis damn near hugs his neighbor who is eating his dog in Travis' living room, and he approaches him to comfort him? REALLY? I had to pause it at that moment.

But still, they manage to make me squirm and shout out loud "GET OUT OF THERE! OH NO!". I feel genuinely entertained in a B-movie sort of way. Back to it...

 

[Overmind One]

Episode 3 was the worst of all. I do not understand Travis. At every opportunity, he keeps saying "It will get better now". IT WON'T. It's spreading and nobody knows what it is yet. He stood there talking to his wife who was going to put her zombied neighbor Clara (?) out of her misery with a hammer, telling her how she could still be alive in there somehow. HUH? Didnt we see his other neighbor munch his dog and have to be shot TWICE in the face with a shotgun?



This show is not as gory as TWD, and there is not much of a fun factor at all. Very serious and dark...VERY Romero. Much more so than the caricatures of The Walking Dead. And this might work because none of these characters are the center of the show. Rick Grimes was NEVER going to die. In this, everyone can die. Nick is probably going to last because they are developing his character. But why? I want him to get munched. Alicia the daughter is arrogant and bitchy. Munch her too. Travis is too hopeful. Maybe he can just ask the zombies not to bite?

Still, I like this show for what it is. I find it entertaining because it makes me squirm like most horror movies do, and it reminds me a lot of how The Night of the Living Dead felt. You may all beat me up now...

 

[Gatefan1976]

 

[Bluce Ree]

This show is not as gory as TWD, and there is not much of a fun factor at all. Very serious and dark...VERY Romero.

You're being fooled by the Romero-esque music score. There is nothing Romero about this show. In fact, the entire show right now is about a dysfunctional family dealing with drug addiction and a divorce. The zombies just happen to be there.

TWD is much better than this tripe since, at least, the last season when shit started to move forward and we spent less time on drama.

Much more so than the caricatures of The Walking Dead. And this might work because none of these characters are the center of the show. Rick Grimes was NEVER going to die. In this, everyone can die. Nick is probably going to last because they are developing his character. But why? I want him to get munched. Alicia the daughter is arrogant and bitchy. Munch her too. Travis is too hopeful. Maybe he can just ask the zombies not to bite?

Still, I like this show for what it is. I find it entertaining because it makes me squirm like most horror movies do, and it reminds me a lot of how The Night of the Living Dead felt. You may all beat me up now...

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[Overmind One]

You're being fooled by the Romero-esque music score. There is nothing Romero about this show. In fact, the entire show right now is about a dysfunctional family dealing with drug addiction and a divorce. The zombies just happen to be there.

TWD is much better than this tripe since, at least, the last season when shit started to move forward and we spent less time on drama.

I still like it better. I dont love either of these shows! But if I had to pick from the two, so far my pick is FTWD. You might be right about it not being so Romero, I will be watching NoTLD this week to compare.

 

[Joelist]

To add to Bluce's statement, TWD did improve some in the second half of last season simply because the pace sped up some. That's not to say it actually made it to "good" (lest we forget the walls of Alexandria braced from the outside?). But just speeding the show up helped us forget the bad characters a little, and they do have a couple of characters on the show one can actually sort of root for (Glenn, Carol, Daryl).

On this show the pace is excruciating and I wind up rooting for the walkers because the characters are so unappealing. They evoke no sympathy, no identifying with, no rooting for. They are the dramatic equivalent of Tofu.

 

[Overmind One]

To add to Bluce's statement, TWD did improve some in the second half of last season simply because the pace sped up some. That's not to say it actually made it to "good" (lest we forget the walls of Alexandria braced from the outside?). But just speeding the show up helped us forget the bad characters a little, and they do have a couple of characters on the show one can actually sort of root for (Glenn, Carol, Daryl).

On this show the pace is excruciating and I wind up rooting for the walkers because the characters are so unappealing. They evoke no sympathy, no identifying with, no rooting for. They are the dramatic equivalent of Tofu.

The Walking Dead turned me off because of Rick Grimes and the whole rural Southern setting and feel of it. I never felt any real "terror". The drama was way over the top with Lori and Shane and the dumb kid. Then the next season they doubled down, and though they killed off Lori, they also killed of the one character I thought was cool which was Shane. I came to like Daryl and also the blonde girl (what was her name?), and also Glenn. I stopped watching midway through season two. I do not like the characters in FTWD any more or less than the ones in TWD, but I definitely like the setting and the premise better. We saw the events which started the apocalypse, and we are living it with the (boring but watchable) characters.

In TWD, Rick Grimes was the center of the cast, as he is in the comic. In FTWD, there is no "picked" protagonist. That is a big difference. In this show, the entire cast of characters we have been introduced to can be killed off and replaced...if they wanted to. I am going to be the sole holdout who likes the show so far!