I have seen the first two episodes of this, and am quite impressed. One the one hand, itâs really narrow. Itâs just about a couple of families as things unfold. On the other, there is some very impressive civilisation disintegration happening on a wider scale. At the end of episode two, I think weâre going to have the beginnings of a group of survivors.
I can possibly see everyone holding out in the school for a bit.
Watched the first 5 now. Itâs an interesting storyline but the budget seems even less than the Walking Dead - very little of the large scale action youâd expect in a city of millions. Theyâll be making millions thatâs for sure.
They were very honest from the beginning of the showâs production by saying that it wasnât going to be a âguts n gloryâ type gorefest, but more of a slow burn. Iâm really enjoying it, but then again I am a big fan of the normal show so iâm probably biased.
If peeps are wanting action and drama, tune in to Ep 1 of the new series of TWD next Sunday/Monday - big shitâs going down!
^^^^ Agreed. I was reading some reviews online the other day and several people were making loads of comparisions with The Walking Dead and trying to even compare charaters, âis so and so the new Glenâ, etc. Itâs like they just want a clone of The walking dead, but just with different people. Iâm also liking the fact itâs slowly building up and looking at things differently
So thereâs now going to be a spin-off of the spin-off!
Titled âFear the Walking Dead: Flight 462,â the 16-part web series follows a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during an early outbreak. Throughout the short episodes, viewers will see the plane and the lives of its passengers put in jeopardy, once they discover an infected traveler.
âFlight 462â will debut on Oct. 4 on AMC.com and will then air during two commercial breaks during âThe Walking Deadâsâ Season 6 premiere on Oct. 11. Following the web seriesâ premiere, the rest of the episodes, which are each less than one minute long, will bow every Sunday, both online and on TV during the flagship show.
I was really looking forward to Fear the Walking Dead. Thereâs a whole load of drama in the slow discovery of the outbreak and the effect on towns and cities that was lost due to the (clever) opening of TWD. Also, TWD has really sunk into a mediocre soap opera with zombies in the background, which is what eventually happens to all long running series, not always with the zombies, but with whatever that series special thing is. In the end, there is never anywhere to go but versions of the same old plotlines surrounding character interaction. So we get the same old romantic conflicts, parent-child conflicts, crisis of self-belief problems etc that are all a bit samey.
FTWD gave them a legitimate chance to rewind the clock and go back to the fun, exciting starting bit and what did they do? They put the outbreak mostly into the background and focused instead on the family soap opera bit! Itâs well made, but ultimately a wasted chance to give us something interesting and different in the world of TWD. I hope it improves, but the breakdown of civilisation is almost complete already, so what else is there left but the plot of TWD (and every other long running series) to be rehashed.
Now theyâll need to go to NY and restart all over again and try to make a sparse, tense and genuinely disturbing series about the outbreak.
Yep, good points there, agree âFearâ missed a trick, like you say itâs already got to the point of breakdown. I thought they would have focused more on the development of the people first getting the virus, where to start with people might have survived longer knowing they had it but hadnât turned yet, or the turn was slower. I thought the end of episode 6 was a bit dissapointing as well.
I can see why people didnât like FTWD so much, it was a bit of a missed opportunity in many ways. Would have been better if theyâd made it an 8-10 episode season and fleshed out the bits between the city falling and the militarised zone being established. Ultimately though, I enjoyed it - I am a bit biased because I love TWD so much I guess I was just pleased to get another dose of the same stuff iâm used to. Looking forward to Season 2, hopefully they can do more with a longer run. I get the feeling that they wanted to put more into S1 but didnât get the chance as they only had 6 episodes and it had to wrap up nicely at the end in case it wasnât renewed.
As for TWD, loved Mondayâs episode. Thought having the flashback scenes interspersed with Rickâs plot to lure the zombies away from Alexandria was a nice device to keep things ticking while not leaving any gaps in story from the end of last season. Interested to see what they do with the rest of this season - I know some casting choices for later on in the run and iâm excited to see them follow along with the comics again. Think we had diverted away a bit, so good to see it all get back on track in a way.
Well, another cracking episode this week, continuing the theme of inter-weaving stories from the the previous episodes. At the risk of a SPOILER, another original cast member perished. Gutted. Only a handful remain.
So many conspiracy theories circulating about said deathâŚ
It wasnât a satisfying conclusion for said person (and out of character to get into such a situation), but itâll be a massive cop-out from the writers if the character in question isnât actually brown bread.
It seems that said cast member was pictured on set filming with a character yet to be introduced, so it appears they may be very much alive! Would be a complete cop-out tbh, killing that character off wouldâve been a ballsy move that wouldâve shaken up the show a bit.