Fear the Festering Turd (aka Fear The Walking Dead)
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Bluce Ree
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Only saw half of tonight's episode, but that was plenty. The good thing about it was that it reminded me that I was watching a live-action cartoon, albeit a pretty lousy one, but a cartoon nonetheless. Other than that it was...
Saw the first 10 mins then dropped off. Turned back a few minutes before the ep ended and saw the group was back together and shish kebab dude turned and bit the kidnappers. The end.
YJ02
Well Known GateFan
Only saw half of tonight's episode, but that was plenty. The good thing about it was that it reminded me that I was watching a live-action cartoon, albeit a pretty lousy one, but a cartoon nonetheless. Other than that it was...
i am very thankful to the guy who invented the DVR...
with all the Alicia (the actresses actual name--wonder if she can remember any other name besides? well she did respond to "Heda" and "Commander" in THE 100) ACTION, I am wondering in TPTB's are trying to capitalize on her "Age group" recognition from THE 100 by giving her so much screen time in FTWD?
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And Nick--Nick,IMO, is being portrayed as kind of a RICK type guy, but with a nagging Mom on his ass
and a total waste of the Alex character-in the minisodes (flight 462) she was a diff character almost. in it she seemed to know something about the disease, like inside info almost. Now, she is just some girl (where/how did she get the perm anyhow?) on a vengeance trip.
her being that upset over losing that kid from the plane is way overdone. the only thing she "owed him" was that she took his Mom's spot on the plane. in the show they are making it out like they were related or lovers or something.
a waste of a potentially interesting character (based on her seeming knowledge) IMO
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with the escape from the drydock and several ppl left behind still alive--they have a small fleet of boats remember?--I fear (well don't really care actually)it could devolve (as if that is possible) into some stupid mad max chase on the ocean type of thing
OMG, why does anyone trust Alicia alone? If she is left to her own, she will find some way to go "online" (radio, phone, computer, smoke signals) and then connect with somebody. She is TOTALLY a liability. The show has devolved into a kidnap/hostage thing, with no zombies and a bunch of new boring characters. And Madison, she is annoying the HELL out of me with her Mommy orders and false bravado. One solid backhand would put her in order. Nick keeps acting like a teenager, and the new character who was on the raft from the airplane is just annoying and vengeful.
UGH.
I am so sick of this dumb show. It does not even feel related to The Walking Dead. The writers think we will keep going on dumb dialogue and emotional one-on-one chit chats in closed spaces with shaky cam? Unh Uh.
UGH.
I am so sick of this dumb show. It does not even feel related to The Walking Dead. The writers think we will keep going on dumb dialogue and emotional one-on-one chit chats in closed spaces with shaky cam? Unh Uh.
Only saw half of tonight's episode, but that was plenty. The good thing about it was that it reminded me that I was watching a live-action cartoon, albeit a pretty lousy one, but a cartoon nonetheless. Other than that it was...
Why do all the younger guys have the same dumb long emo haircut? They all look like the guy in your gif, including Nick except Nick's hair always looks greasy and dirty.
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Alicia is the Chloe of Fear The Walking Dead. Sometimes I wonder if there is a computer which casts these shows so that all of the canned protagonist characters are EXACTLY the same in appearance and personality. It's like they select the same types over and over, but they have to find younger versions because the others age and no longer fit the formula.
QUICK...which is which?
QUICK...which is which?
YJ02
Well Known GateFan
its too bad her talent is being wasted in ftwd
she obviously jumped from THE 100 for the money
in 100 she is an entirely diff character--if you've seen it you know what i mean--in ftwd she is just a silly,mousy girl
Yes, she is much different. I think that is because of the rest of the cast in 100 though. That and the story. Just my opinion.
It's very VERY hard to do, I know.
What I do is have a semi-meditation where I tell myself that the next 50 minutes is dedicated to it. Then, I watch it all the way through and come here and vent my frustration. I did that for the entire run of SGU.
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shavedape
Well Known GateFan
It's funny that you should ask this question because tonight I realized the only way to get through an entire episode of this show is to be distracted doing something else while it's on. I spent the hour doing the dry, boring clerical duty of filling out insurance claim forms for the car accident I was in last year. I only had to raise my head from the table I was working at a few times to follow what was going on.
So I guess that's the trick to enjoying this show; doing something else while it's playing in the background.
Bluce Ree
Tech Admin / Council Member
Channel surfing or being on the phone works for me.
I would imagine masturbating to porn on a laptop while this show is playing in the background would be another successful way of getting through it.
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
The episode was a jumble of stupidity. It was chock full of characters that are extremely uninteresting and/or moronic. Like the lady who poisoned all the people in the church. Her motivations made no sense. Same with the rationale to keep the zombies in a jail cell in the back pantry because death shouldn't be feared. Um...yeah...sure, let's pointlessly increase the death toll in the surrounding area and also keep our zombie family members inside the compound because that's a win/win scenario for everyone.
The episode was a jumble of stupidity. It was chock full of characters that are extremely uninteresting and/or moronic. Like the lady who poisoned all the people in the church. Her motivations made no sense. Same with the rationale to keep the zombies in a jail cell in the back pantry because death shouldn't be feared. Um...yeah...sure, let's pointlessly increase the death toll in the surrounding area and also keep our zombie family members inside the compound because that's a win/win scenario for everyone.
This episode was a departure from their usual formula. They instead had a FTWD version of the Herschel ranch, only darker and against the backdrop of a convent. Strangely, I found it more watchable than some of the other episodes. I am only now realizing the heavily Latino aspect of this show from the casting, locales and themes of the core story from the beginning. I have no problem with it at all, just noticing.
I am glad Strand did not take the poison, and it's time to munch out Chris and get him off the show:
I could understand the internal justification Luisa(?) had made to keep her zombie family in that compound, even though it is very weird and depraved. I think the Old Man is my favorite character in the show, if I had to pick one. Chris has gotten all unstable and psychotic, and it's time to take him off the show. Now. He was always annoying and poker faced, but he was not a major threat then. Now, he could just snap and kill everyone. Munch time.
It looks like we are going to get another episode in this place. Perhaps two? Better than the boat, that's for sure.
shavedape
Well Known GateFan
I find the 'OMG-Chris-is-crazy!' story line really dumb. It's so heavy handed. It's also boring. So far the only character I "like" (for want of a better term) is the one Reuben Blades plays (and he's even a bonehead at time). Everyone else is horrible and needs to be eaten by zombies.
Ah, her name is Celia (the crazy poison lady at the convent). Yes, Reuben Blades is Daniel. He is my favorite character by far. He is who I meant by the Old Man. He is ballsy, direct and badass. But he has this psychological weakness now? Nick manages to squeak by just being irritating, but not so much so that you want him off the show. Madison is over the top Biatch, and she thinks her Mommy rules and jutted out chin intimidates others it seems. How DARE she be so ungracious as to have an attitude towards Celia just after she used up the hot water showering and getting ready to sleep in a warm bed. I guess she figures she should at least expect something like she had on the Abigail!
. She should have gotten "communion" that first night. Alicia's annoying crap has given way to Chris' new psychotic shit. He has been unstable for some time now. Even Nick is more predictable. Munch time for Chris. If they munch out Travis, Maddy will become irrelevant IMO. But they could munch Chris easily. I can't stand Alicia, but she needs to stay in the show to balance Nick.
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