Fear The Walking Dead-episode 1

[trappedslider]

Anyone else catch it? It shows promise,very interesting to show the break down during the two months of Rick's coma. I'm looking forward to the next episode.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Too many commercial breaks hurt this presentation. Did not get behind the characters, think I am ready to a few of them die.

 

[Lhorgrim]

It hasn't hooked me so far. I'll watch the next episode and see if it draws me in, but right now I don't care enough about any of the characters. I will say there is great potential for character growth as the show goes on. It could be interesting to see how a high school guidance counselor, who is also the long suffering mother of a drug addicted son, handles the zombie apocalypse. But that character isn't making me root for her yet.

 

[Umbran]

I found it *boring*. "Fear the Snoring Dead" kind of boring.

They spent a whole lot of time developing the characters around a core conflict that will shortly cease to be an issue. This core conflict developed painfully slowly, and in a way that left me not really caring much about any of the characters in question. All of this could have been handled as post-facto exposition.

I tuned in to see the beginning of a zombie plague, and they gave me the family melodrama around a young man's drug problem. While that may be a good story to tell, this was not the place for it.

 

[Janx]

we had SlingTV problems trying to watch this, which might have colored my impression. I miss my DVR...

I can't stand the drug addict kid. He's going to do something stupid that gets somebody killed.

I would have bet the mom got bit, if not, it sure was close.

Not sure how the gov kept the problem quiet it 5 other states, but it sounds like this was brewing.

 

[Umbran]

Not sure how the gov kept the problem quiet it 5 other states

I think "only moderately well".

[sblock]Clearly, the kid who spent a lot of time on the internet knew about it before local cases hit the news.

I am not sure the depiction here is consistent with the original series - it takes Rick's group some time to realize that everyone is infected, and will rise when they die. They start thinking you only rise when you are bitten, or after getting visibly sick. It is only later that it comes clear that everyone is infected - the implication having been that this developed over time, and was not obvious. But *someone* in Rick's group should have seen someone die from trauma and rise again in the panics.[/sblock]

Are we agreed there will be spoilers in this discussion? If so, I can put such in the thread title.

 

[Raunalyn]

I found it *boring*. "Fear the Snoring Dead" kind of boring.

They spent a whole lot of time developing the characters around a core conflict that will shortly cease to be an issue. This core conflict developed painfully slowly, and in a way that left me not really caring much about any of the characters in question. All of this could have been handled as post-facto exposition.

I tuned in to see the beginning of a zombie plague, and they gave me the family melodrama around a young man's drug problem. While that may be a good story to tell, this was not the place for it.

This was my problem as well. Extended episode that could have easily been condensed. I realize that they are introducing you to the characters and all, building a rapport with the group...but I was having a hard time liking them. Hopefully, the next episode is more interesting...

 

[trappedslider]

Are we agreed there will be spoilers in this discussion? If so, I can put such in the thread title.

Fine with me

 

[Lhorgrim]

I think spoilers will be OK in this thread, as not much was revealed in the episode.

 

[Morrus]

I'm struggling to motivate myself to want to watch this. I'm kinda bored of TWD anyway, and two shows of it is only going to make that worse. I guess seeing the leadup to TWD might be mildly interesting as a one-off episode or two, but an entire series?