Do not, i repeat, do not let these One Star reviews spoil the fun of this show! It is extraordinary, and by next season it will be such a beautiful creation!
Robert Kirkman sure did shake the industry with his excellent graphic novels and executing it perfectly to a TV show, make that two TV shows! I love how there's nothing tacky or phony about it, it feels so dark and serious which i love! 2 guns up for Robert Kirkman and pulling off the "infected/dead/zombie" genre, i hope it lasts as long as it can!
There was a lot of buzz surrounding the companion series and prequel to AMC's wildly popular The Walking Dead. Was it worth the hype though? Absolutely! Fear the Walking Dead's premiere snagged an staggering 13.96 million viewers, the highest ranked debut of a cable series ever. By the show's 3rd episode, that number had dropped to 11.6. Still an impressive feat for a show's debut season. All the buzz hits a boiling point in the first season finale.
People complained that the show's debut season, comprised of 6 episodes, moved at too slow of a pace, but people seem to be forgetting that Fear the Walking Dead is set during the early stages of Kirkman's zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead didn't pick up the pace until the show's third season. Showrunners Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson had to take a new approach to a storyline that we've all become accustomed to having seen 5 season's of The Walking Dead. We, as viewers, are witnessing the beginning of the apocalypse through the eyes of a dysfunctional blended family, even more dysfunctional than The Walking Dead's Grimes family. For viewers of the show that haven't read Kirkman's comic books on which the show is based on, it wasn't until the end of the series' second season that we found out anyone who dies comes back as a mindless, flesh eating cannibal. This revelation was brought to light during Fear the Walking Dead's pilot episode. This is a focal plot point of the series. Our cast of survivors on Fear are still learning the ropes, and, on more every occasion, try to reason with their friends who've died and came back as walkers.
While The Walking Dead focuses on what Rick Grimes would do to protect his family, Fear the Walking Dead shares a similar focal point but shifts the focus to a point in time where society is beginning its downward spiral. By the time Grimes' finds his family in The Walking Dead's 3rd episode, the apocalypse has been going on for a few months. Fear the Walking Dead, being set during the initial outbreak, gives us a chance to witness these characters come to terms with life as the lights are going out.
The Pilot episode i thought was right on the money! Not moving too fast nor too slow!
I enjoyed every second! Keep it coming Robert Kirkman!
Robert Kirkman sure did shake the industry with his excellent graphic novels and executing it perfectly to a TV show, make that two TV shows! I love how there's nothing tacky or phony about it, it feels so dark and serious which i love! 2 guns up for Robert Kirkman and pulling off the "infected/dead/zombie" genre, i hope it lasts as long as it can!
There was a lot of buzz surrounding the companion series and prequel to AMC's wildly popular The Walking Dead. Was it worth the hype though? Absolutely! Fear the Walking Dead's premiere snagged an staggering 13.96 million viewers, the highest ranked debut of a cable series ever. By the show's 3rd episode, that number had dropped to 11.6. Still an impressive feat for a show's debut season. All the buzz hits a boiling point in the first season finale.
People complained that the show's debut season, comprised of 6 episodes, moved at too slow of a pace, but people seem to be forgetting that Fear the Walking Dead is set during the early stages of Kirkman's zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead didn't pick up the pace until the show's third season. Showrunners Robert Kirkman and Dave Erickson had to take a new approach to a storyline that we've all become accustomed to having seen 5 season's of The Walking Dead. We, as viewers, are witnessing the beginning of the apocalypse through the eyes of a dysfunctional blended family, even more dysfunctional than The Walking Dead's Grimes family. For viewers of the show that haven't read Kirkman's comic books on which the show is based on, it wasn't until the end of the series' second season that we found out anyone who dies comes back as a mindless, flesh eating cannibal. This revelation was brought to light during Fear the Walking Dead's pilot episode. This is a focal plot point of the series. Our cast of survivors on Fear are still learning the ropes, and, on more every occasion, try to reason with their friends who've died and came back as walkers.
While The Walking Dead focuses on what Rick Grimes would do to protect his family, Fear the Walking Dead shares a similar focal point but shifts the focus to a point in time where society is beginning its downward spiral. By the time Grimes' finds his family in The Walking Dead's 3rd episode, the apocalypse has been going on for a few months. Fear the Walking Dead, being set during the initial outbreak, gives us a chance to witness these characters come to terms with life as the lights are going out.
The Pilot episode i thought was right on the money! Not moving too fast nor too slow!
I enjoyed every second! Keep it coming Robert Kirkman!