US: Fear the Walking Dead

neil_g · 26 Aug 2015 at 08:05

I don't really know what people were expecting. It was never going to be guns and explosions from the off.

It was a subtle build up, but I think ep2 onwards should start ramping up.

neil_g · 26 Aug 2015 at 08:06

McBain said:
Love me some zombie action, this is on next Monday on Sky apparently? At least that's what the online planner says.

It's a BT exclusive "AMC" channel isn't it? Unless it's PPV/upgrade channel on Sky.

Freakbro · 26 Aug 2015 at 08:29

I thought it was great, of course it was going to be a 'slow' introduction, it's introducing the characters, setting the scene etc. not all mass zombie outbreak from the start.

Looking forward to the rest of the season!

NexusK · 26 Aug 2015 at 08:40

Bear in mind that it's only 6 episodes too so will likely pick up the pace before long.

MR_Punk · 26 Aug 2015 at 17:05

I must admit I found it slow and wasn't that fixated on it at the start but towards the end I did start to enjoy it.

andicole0 · 26 Aug 2015 at 17:28

neil_g said:
It's a BT exclusive "AMC" channel isn't it? Unless it's PPV/upgrade channel on Sky.

Available to BT TV customers on Sky 192.

Andi.

Phoenix211 · 26 Aug 2015 at 17:46

so this has the potential to be world war z the series? Just without the world war z ending (the book not the damn mess of a film!)

Kyo · 26 Aug 2015 at 20:12

neil_g said:
I don't really know what people were expecting. It was never going to be guns and explosions from the off.

It was a subtle build up, but I think ep2 onwards should start ramping up.

Totally agree. It was a little slow but they had to introduce the characters, set the scene, the tone and slowly ramp it up.

Still enjoyed it and not jumping into "oh it's boring camp" if you expect the horde wait for TWD new season.

Personally I enjoy the outbreak and the breakdown of society and civilisation.

dacads · 27 Aug 2015 at 00:06

Thought it was quite good, these zombies seem harder to kill though?

Kyo · 27 Aug 2015 at 06:38

dacads said:
Thought it was quite good, these zombies seem harder to kill though?

Yeah - fresh corpses where the bodies would be hardier, stronger and a little quicker than the decomposed, rotting walkers that Rick's crew encounters.

Rroff · 27 Aug 2015 at 06:45

I guess you can also look at it from the perspective that people aren't as "used" to dealing with them so not as efficient at putting them down.

V_R · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:16

I thought it was good, its got potential to be great.

MichaelAwkward · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:17

Yeah I loved it, even if the pace was a bit slow. It's nice to have new characters in the TWD-universe... especially likable ones.

Kimi · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:24

That was brilliant, slow to start with but you can see it all unfolding. The junkie kid played the role perfectly. Is he mad? tripping? it was great.

MookJong · 27 Aug 2015 at 12:37

I came on here expecting to see far more people who felt like I do. I thought the editing and direction did not feel like a high profile show. It felt a bit cheap and although I think the characters were ok it felt a bit cliché how they were introduced.

I think it will get better but it somehow felt a bit lightweight and low budget. Also I hope we actually get a nice opening credit sequence like the walking dead has.

dacads · 27 Aug 2015 at 12:58

Kimi said:
That was brilliant, slow to start with but you can see it all unfolding. The junkie kid played the role perfectly. Is he mad? tripping? it was great.

He certainly thought he was losing it

LoopyOrc · 27 Aug 2015 at 13:58

I see potential but the first episode was such a bore

rids57 · 27 Aug 2015 at 15:12

Why? Its supposed to be taking place before the pandemic takes hold, so life would be normal for the vast majority of people. Doing it this way we get to see how the family and the rest of the world is affected as the zombies start to get noticed right through to full blown zombie apocalypse.

The zombie craze has already peaked ages ago, so they need to find a different angle, a straight forward copy of TWD would be a waste of time. Because of the way we were just dumped into the zombie apocalypse with TWD, there is a lot of interest in how it unfolded, more of a back story and FTWD is an opportunity do tell that story.

MooMoo444 · 27 Aug 2015 at 15:20

Forgive me for not reading a single post in this topic, as I haven't watch the first ep yet, but I'm wondering how TWD watchers would rate it in comparison to that show? Better or worse? Sure, we only have a single episode, but its a 90 minute one.

Uncle Petey · 27 Aug 2015 at 15:26

Too soon to make that call IMO.