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RE: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
July 21, 2015 at 11:50 am
(July 20, 2015 at 10:41 pm)Tiberius Wrote: The name of the show doesn't actually refer to the zombies, but rather the show's protagonists. You don't actually learn that until the end of Season 5 though.
Also, you should watch The Walking Dead. I just binge watched 5 seasons.
Ah, my bad. I was actually referring to the title "Fear The Walking Dead." I didn't really make that clear.
I just think that simply adding "Fear" to the title for a spinoff is lazy, and I think people should be wary of the quality of the show. If I were a fan of the first, I would be really worried that this show was going to be a cheap attempt to cash-in on its predecessor's name.
As for the show, I can't really get into long series like that. I like my stories in short, neat packages, but I am somewhat interested in checking out the graphic novel the show is based upon.
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RE: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
July 21, 2015 at 11:56 am
Not sure if it's going a series or miniseries. I suppose the ratings may have more to do with that than anything else. I've read a few the TWD graphic novel compendium, which puts me just after the events in Alexandria. Kirkman says that this season of WD will coincide with the comic more than any of the previous seasons.
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RE: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
July 21, 2015 at 12:00 pm
(July 21, 2015 at 11:56 am)Thena323 Wrote: Not sure if it's going a series or miniseries. I suppose the ratings may have more to do with that than anything else. I've read a few the TWD graphic novel compendium, which puts me just after the events in Alexandria. Kirkman says that this season of WD will coincide with the comic more than any of the previous seasons.
I've noticed in the few that I've read how much more fleshed out the show's stories are than the comics - or at least they've chosen to flesh different parts of the story out than the comics have. Andrea is a very, very different character in the comics than in the show (I hated her on the show), and I'm only just in the part dealing with the Govenor.
That reminds me, though, that I need to check the next three or four volumes out of the library... I should do that today.
As for the series/miniseries debate, even with high ratings I can't see this being more than a miniseries. I mean, there is only so long you can stretch out a several-weeks-long story (unless you go the route of 24 and show every single hour of the progressing zombie apocalypse...) before it becomes just another post-apocalypse survival story like the current series.
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RE: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
July 21, 2015 at 1:17 pm
You're probably right. It should be wrapping around the time the regular show starts. At least you don't have to wait until October to see some undead action. If you happen to follow The Strain on FX, you should be covered.
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RE: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD
July 21, 2015 at 2:29 pm
(July 20, 2015 at 10:41 pm)Tiberius Wrote: (July 20, 2015 at 10:31 pm)Faith No More Wrote: I never watched The Walking Dead, but couldn't they come up with a better name?
The name of the show doesn't actually refer to the zombies, but rather the show's protagonists. You don't actually learn that until the end of Season 5 though.
So the series took five whole seasons to say what Romero's original Dawn Of The Dead said in one film?
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