Fear the Walking Dead: informational thread

Soo call me daft but I honestly had no idea why there was bombing and fire, never mind the walkers were around them on the beach in the evening.. o_O sigh..when it started I was confused of course I figured it out eventually..
 
Yea, maybe The Talking Dead show shed some light on all that, but I didn't stay up to watch. At some time I'll watch the episode again, and maybe the corresponding TD show as well.

I must say, they are extremely fortunate to have been invited to come along , aboard a multi-million dollar yacht. I can't picture why Strand(the rich guy) would recruit such a group, you'd think that a sucessful millionare-businessman would have "people"....you know, skilled, loyal staff or associates, that would be much more useful to face the apocalypse with.
 

Yea, by TWD standards this FTWD series has been a bit "low key", to a large degree. I dunno, maybe it just takes a-while to get an apocalypse going at a decent pace.

Seriously, I did drift off a little here and there(pain meds) and missed some key occurrences. For example- I missed out on what exactly killed the little girl? Some kind of pill?
 
After what they've done with twd I've just lost interest in seeing where this, not so great, one, to begin with, may heading, so, I've not been watching. From what you all have written so far sounds like I'm not missing anything.
 
AprilT said:
After what they've done with twd I've just lost interest in seeing where this, not so great, one, to begin with, may heading, so, I've not been watching. From what you all have written so far sounds like I'm not missing anything.
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Yea, it seems like the only person excited by FTWD is the host of Talking Dead- Chris Hardwick. In addition to the slow moving plot, I think that alot of people are just not finding the main characters as being particularly interesting.

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Kim Dickens as Madison Clark- an average woman, trying(but not always succeeding in) to raise her kids right, and just "have a life".


Cliff Curtis as Travis Manawa- a 'steady-eddie' type guy, strong but frankly a little boring. Maybe lets kids "walk' on him a little too much....


Frank Dillane as Nick Clark- I can't imagine anyone admiring him, at least not right now. Maybe if the series survives a couple seasons, Nick might evolve into "somebody'.

Alycia Debnam-Carey as Alicia Clark- so far, a good kid and student, perhaps too naive and idealistic. That should change soon, with the unfolding apocalypse.

Others

Rubén Blades as Daniel Salazar- he is a survivor,and(for good or bad) will be a force to reckon with.

Colman Domingo as Victor Strand- this character currently holds "all the cards", it will be interesting to see if he becomes the Rick Grimes(leader) of this series, or if The Group rebels, mutinies and casts him out.
 
I too many fans wanted more of TWD. They have not even had a dozen epi's air yet, so it needs a chance. I'll admit Hardwick is hype but without Talking Bad or Talking Dead those shows would've never taken off the way they did. Part of the problem I think were at the point of the genre/show that people want answers of somekind. The only new facts out of FTWD is that they tried burning infected cities and civil defense measures & personnel started breaking down fairly quick.
 
O.K., zombie apocalypse problems at sea and slogging through the woods of Georgia are pretty similar. In both cases the audience jumps when an un-dead lunges in for a bite. ;)

Travis' mechanical skills get him the privilege of fixing the boat, including scuba diving to pull un-dead from the sea-water intake(for engine cooling). Good thing he's an experienced scuba diver, you don't just pick up those skills on-the-fly.

The supply run to the shore to check out all the luggage laying around takes some interesting twists. The luggage came from the crash of the passenger jet- flight 462. Christopher(Travis' son) goes exploring inside the plane wreck, had to mercy-kill a badly injured(living)passenger.

The walkers show up on the beach, everyone gets zombie-killing experience under their belt. Nick discovers the value of walker blood as camouflage.

Returning to the yacht, they bring a couple flight 462 survivors in a life raft. Strand cuts loose their tow line, which doesn't earn him any nice guy points.
 
I think cutting the line to the life raft of the plane crash survivors was the most brutal & disturbing act I saw on the show. I hope she comes to haunt Strand as pirate or something. Paybacks are a female dog.
 
Never trust anyone in the apocalypse!
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A good thing to remember, whether trudging through the woods in Georgia, or cruising off the coast of So.Calf. Multiple story lines going on, I had to watch the repeat showing later in the evening.
 
Last epi makes Strand look like a genius with strangers on the boat. Although I would take on those in apparent distress after a search for weapons. Who takes to sea to look for medical assistance even in the apocalypse? They had an entire abandoned tent city with belongings, they couldn't find a first aid kit there? To top off I would have laid the patient down on the deck right away just to assess what was going before taking them below deck-that seems a little too stupid for me.

Should add the sniper shots from a moving small boat with vibration, waves, chop etc was kind of a stretch. I forget was the boat moving?
 
Well, the "crew" managed to get Alicia and Travis back from Conner's pirate gang; nice trade- one "turned" body for two live bodies. Nick is continuing to show signs of moving away from his addiction, and showing strength of character.
Two things I'd like to see:
1. Madison just not being so annoyingly protective of her adult children, the crew needs more warriors and less helpless.
2. Travis he needs to quit being such a "doormat" in dealing with some people. The way he relates to his resentful son Chris, I mean Chris needs a reality check, it's time to get-over the disappointments of youth, and parental imperfections . Then there's the 'off-the-mark" exchange with Alex; instead of setting the record straight, he just takes the blast of her angry tirade. Strand should have been the object of her outburst.

I was getting the walking dead feeling in this episode, I think that the "crew"(as i call the main characters) are finding out what's what, and how to deal with it.
 
All I can say is REVENGE from a women in the apocalypse who had tied back straight hair having access to resources to get a new curly hair dew. The important thing she got some revenge, not enough but some. Travis's mistake was even participating in the debate as to allow or not allow them on board. My guess Strand was on the list but since he wasn't there Travis was the consolation prize. I hope she gets to confront Strand and live.

Will survivors of the hostage exchange group up and get their own revenge?
 
So, they made it to Mexico, but Strand's companion will not survive through the episode. Travis' son Chris is just acting a little too weird, something's gonna happen, and I think Alicia might just be the one to 'do something'.
Daniel(Ofelia Salazar's father) is growing morose, perhaps the ghosts from his actions in El Salvador may be returning...

Celia, a seemingly warm and pleasant lady has a really dark side, it seems.
 
Two more weeks until FTWD resumes. good thing, the only "WD" fix for me are Sunday re-runs on AMC. Just watched the episode where Beth died, had I not previously watched, it would have hit hard.
 
Seems like "forever", but Fear the Walking Dead season 3 premieres on June 4, AMC .

I know that some Walking Dead fans have been "lukewarm" towards FTWD, but I am excited about the fresh perspective that Fear brings to the zombie apocalyptic story.

 

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