AMC's "Fear The Walking Dead" (Season 8)

[Morsoth]

Loved the episode! Some scene were very intense! My favorites characters are definitely Nick (Frank Dillane) and Travis (Cliff Curtis)!

[snobird]

Good episode overall, a few parts were a little blah for me but looking forward to the next episode. This show overall is building up well.

[Nocturnaloner]

[Show spoiler]So, they're smart enough to know that they can't take on another boatload of people, but Nick will swim though what he knows is zombie-infested water because he heard a noise? That's lazy writing, inconsistent with what they've said over and over again his character is: a survivor.

Within hours of L.A.'s fall, there are heavily armed, psycho types using psychological manipulation over the radio to spend hours tracking down one other boat, so they can attack it? That's cringe-worthy.

Will I be watching it next week? Yes I will.

[Nuck Horris]

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Nocturnaloner

[Show spoiler]So, they're smart enough to know that they can't take on another boatload of people, but Nick will swim though what he knows is zombie-infested water because he heard a noise? That's lazy writing, inconsistent with what they've said over and over again his character is: a survivor.

Within hours of L.A.'s fall, there are heavily armed, psycho types using psychological manipulation over the radio to spend hours tracking down one other boat, so they can attack it? That's cringe-worthy.

Will I be watching it next week? Yes I will.

[Show spoiler]Strand just stated that Nick "fearlessness" was his biggest asset in this new world. Couple that with the fact he is a recovering heroin addict Ana's sure, you will get wildly unpredictable behavior. I thought it was a pretty nice touch!
As for the other item, just visit a few Prepper message boards! Lol! You'll see what's happened in the show wouldn't be too much of a stretch.

[neoz]

Originally Posted by rickah88

[Show spoiler]Chris jumped in because he's obviously still in shock having seen his mother shot in the head to prevent her becoming a zombie. Travis jumped in trying to save him, and is a recovering heroin addict...he could do anything and it would be believable, IMO.

Oddly enough he was "filming" people

[Show spoiler]getting shot and saw tons of others getting shot later on. He needs to man up and stop being a baby. Would he have rather her turned and been a husk of herself? At least she retained her humanity when she died. I hope he dies soon as well can't stand him either.

[ThatOneGuy]

Originally Posted by neoz

Oddly enough he was "filming" people

[Show spoiler]getting shot and saw tons of others getting shot later on. He needs to man up and stop being a baby. Would he have rather her turned and been a husk of herself? At least she retained her humanity when she died. I hope he dies soon as well can't stand him either.

[Show spoiler]Reminds me of the final choice in Telltale's first Walking Dead game. Umm yeah, I'm going to shot them. Better that they die then whatever shit happens to them when they turn.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by neoz

Oddly enough he was "filming" people

[Show spoiler]getting shot and saw tons of others getting shot later on. He needs to man up and stop being a baby. Would he have rather her turned and been a husk of herself? At least she retained her humanity when she died. I hope he dies soon as well can't stand him either.

[Show spoiler]I agree! But keep in mind this just he very beginning of no civilization. There are bound to be some growing pains...like clumsily using rocks to bash in the beach walkers heads. Just like in TWD, with time they will either grow strong or die off.

[neoz]

Originally Posted by rickah88

[Show spoiler]I agree! But keep in mind this just he very beginning of no civilization. There are bound to be some growing pains...like clumsily using rocks to bash in the beach walkers heads. Just like in TWD, with time they will either grow strong or die off.

haha that part is true. Although you know most people would know by now to bring down the undead it takes a shot to the head. I mean common?

Originally Posted by John Klein

[Show spoiler]Reminds me of the final choice in Telltale's first Walking Dead game. Umm yeah, I'm going to shot them. Better that they die then whatever shit happens to them when they turn.

I love that game. It was rough though...

[THB]

Pretty decent episode actually
Although I'm getting pissed sometimes about how stupid and gullible some of characters are like Alicia.

To quote Mulder "Trust no one".

[djgeneral]

I guess this was okay. I'm really not overly interested.

[Malik True]

I believe a timeline has been established with S2 Ep 1. of FWD and TWD. In S2 Ep 5. titled Chupacabra in TWD the intro showed the Napalm bombing of Atlanta. Even though it was a flashback scene one could reasonably assume the execution of Cobalt would have had to happen in ATL either before or after the LA bombing but within 1-7 days of each other of all major cities across the US.

In Days Gone Bye S1 ep 1 of the TWD Shane (my boy) and the crew are already set-up outside ATL at the their camp, which means the bombing already occurred. I think this places the cast of Fear on the beach roughly when Shane and the gang are outside ATL slightly before the episode Days gone Bye.

[Carlanga]

an Ok episode to me, not enough of an impact for a new season opener. The show for me takes too long to set up an Ok story. I find it kinda risky going against game of thrones schedule since S1 not at this time, we shall see what happens to viewers.

[ChadFL]

Originally Posted by djgeneral

I guess this was okay. I'm really not overly interested.

I'm really disappointed with the series so far. The people on the show seem to have no chemistry and most of them are thoroughly unlikable. The only character I really find interesting in the Central American guy. I hope they don't just hang around at sea all season.

[Stoney Jackson]

I liked Kim Dickens on Deadwood, but on this show she has one facial expression.

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[Scottie]

I purchased the Special Edition Blu-ray a week or so ago and I've been working through it over the past few nights and I love it.

When I was watching it on television I found myself rather disinterested (and only made it into three episodes), but I guess I'm now having a major change of heart.

[Hucksta G]

I enjoyed the episode, not really sure why people think there is a such a difference in quality between this and The Walking Dead.

[partridge]

It's the cast, sadly. They just haven't gelled together as a group, but also - for me- I just don't care about any of them. Aside from Strand and Ruben who seem to "get it", the others are just idiots completely out of their depth (no pun intended), they wouldn't last an episode if they turned up in TWD.

I'll keep watching hoping for an improvement but it really is the poor relative of TWD.

I still don't understand how there are already sooo many undead

[Show spoiler], but of course the series conveniently skipped over all that during the 9 week break between eps 3 & 4 of season 1

[rickah88]

Always cracks me up how many apocalypse experts there are in this forum.
If something on that scale were to happen, 99.99% of these message board apocalypse experts would be wiped out right away. Maybe those with a modicum of survival skills would get lucky, but odds are probably not. It would take a whole lot of what this group has, and that's luck! I'm sure many that post here could just easily press a button and go from normal citizen to ruthless killer in the blink of an eye. For me, it's the very fact that this group is making natural mistakes that makes it more realistic.
Of course, hopefully we never have to put that to the test.

As for how the cities get overrun so quickly, it's like any disease. It works at an exponential rate. Also everyone knows that containment measures never work, in the movies.

Just like the comics, Kirkman has decided not to reveal how this all started. Perhaps he never will, and I'm okay with that. I want to see how it all ends....good or bad. If I'm trapped during an earthquake, I couldn't give a rats ass how it started, just where I'm going from here.

[Scottie]

How could anyone dislike an episode with a Bowie song?