The "Walking Dead" Thread

[horrorhunter]

Anyone else find "Fear" a bit lacking?

I just got TV back with a cheap 2 year lock that's practically as cheap as just phone and internet. Just started watching Fear so I'll give it some time before I make a judgement, but it is interesting enough for me to stick with it for awhile. It isn't The Walking Dead, but then nothing else on TV is.

I caught up on season 6 of The Walking Dead on AMC's website. Some people give the show a hard time, but I think it's the best current show on TV. I'm looking forward to October to see how they deal with this little slice of hell they're trapped in.

The Walking Dead Powers That Be are pretty ballsy about killing off characters, but if they bump off Daryl or Rick it will surprise the caca outta me. Those characters are bank, dude. 

[Mike Scott]

Anyone else find "Fear" a bit lacking?

Yeah, but I wonder what I thought of TWD after only 8 episodes.

[Gory Glenn]

Anyone else find "Fear" a bit lacking?

I do but I'll keep watching. Maybe it's just a slow burn before it gets really interesting. I seem to recall TWD being more engaging than this early on.

[horrorhunter]

I seem to recall TWD being more engaging than this early on.

TWD was entertaining out of the gate for me. I think the quality of TWD left us with unreasonably high expectations for Fear. After some of the Fear characters have time to become better liked then we can get a more accurate gauge on how much we like the show. Let's face it, Zombie Apocalypse is a fun adventure setting, but it's the characters that make (or break) the show.

[bromstaker]

TWD was entertaining out of the gate for me. I think the quality of TWD left us with unreasonably high expectations for Fear. After some of the Fear characters have time to become better liked then we can get a more accurate gauge on how much we like the show. Let's face it, Zombie Apocalypse is a fun adventure setting, but it's the characters that make (or break) the show.

If the FTWD folks don't start getting more likeable real soon I'm gonna start hoping they meet up with Negan and Lucille!

[horrorhunter]

Fear is getting interesting and I find myself looking forward to the next ep. Had a "YEAH!" moment when Luis exploded Red's melon with his sniper rifle at the end of tonight's show. When you look through your scope and see another sniper about to pop your head it's way different than setting in ambush for an easy shot on an unsuspecting target. Luis is a badass.

Also looking forward to Preacher premiering on the 22nd.

[jimm]

Mighty fine shootin'

[geezer butler]

I really dig "Fear," but am I the only one who has a love/hate relationship with the "Madison" character? In some ways I think she's sexy and maybe a bad ass, but other times she's totally annoying and I hope she's get eaten.

[Mike Scott]

I really dig "Fear," but am I the only one who has a love/hate relationship with the "Madison" character?

The over-protective mother bit is wearing thin. They gotta grow up, sometime, ma!

[horrorhunter]

I really dig "Fear," but am I the only one who has a love/hate relationship with the "Madison" character? In some ways I think she's sexy and maybe a bad ass, but other times she's totally annoying and I hope she's get eaten.

I think she's a major badass, but she has a super mom psyche crock. Gotta pay for those capabilities with disadvantages, I guess (anyone who's played Champions, the superhero role-playing game, will get the reference). I'm interested to learn more about her background. I wonder if she was involved with espionage, military, or police shenanigans at some point in her past. She was cold and calculating when she worked the pregnant villain, and she doesn't hesitate when it comes to bloodletting.

[horrorhunter]

AMC are rerunning The Walking Dead episodes, one season per each Sunday. Today (7/3) was Season 1 with Season 2 next Sunday and so on. I dropped TV for a couple of years there so this is a good chance for me to binge watch all the eps and get up to speed on TWD. It's fun to see the early eps because the characters that survived had changed so much later on. I'm really looking forward to watching the Sunday marathons.

I'm holding off buying TWD on DVD until the series runs it's course (which could be awhile). I'm just going to buy the whole thing all at once on DVD or BD in the deluxe package that will inevitably be offered when the series wraps. It'll have commentaries and beaucoup other bells and whistles, and it's redundant and far more expensive to buy the seasons one at a time. Every fan will want the big package anyway so I'll just wait. That makes these rerun marathons that much more cool to those of us who don't currently own the series on DVD.

[horrorhunter]

Just a reminder, this Sunday (7/10) season 2 of The Walking Dead is being rerun on AMC.

[Mord]

Anybody watching FTWD still? The last couple of episodes have been exceptional. The one with the hotel zombie bar fight was unbelievable (especially with an ultra-drunk Madison...love that woman!).

[Mike Scott]

The one with the hotel zombie bar fight was unbelievable

Yeah, how'd they get out of that, anyway? They were completely surrounded and the next you see them, they are locked in another room! Did I miss something?

[Mord]

Yeah, how'd they get out of that, anyway? They were completely surrounded and the next you see them, they are locked in another room! Did I miss something?

Maybe they hid under a trash bin.