So, I rather HATE The Walking Dead. Honestly when I saw the first episode, I thought it was a joke. I thought it was a comedy; a zombie movie spoof. But...it wasn't. And the show...rather sucked. So I ended up reading the comic for it and I fell totally in love. It got me watching the show again but I hated it more and more. The video game really added to my experience...with the comic.
In general I just find the show to be poorly written mind numbing crap that recycles cliches from other tv shows and sitcoms to convince people with boring lives that they want to waste their time on it. And that's kinda how I feel about Fear the Walking Dead.
Now I went into this expecting to like it. Other people who were tired of the show were giving this one a thumbs up, and hell, I was interested in seeing the first days of the outbreak. Most things skip the outbreak events and get into the survival stuff, which gets repetitive. And the show kinda starts out how you'd think. There are like hints of the zombie stuff happening here and there and there's paranoid people who see the signs everywhere and get the hell out of dodge. But the show spends too much time on shit that doesn't matter. I don't care about your divorce dramas, I don't care that you're a teacher, I don't care that your neighbor used to babysit your stupid children. It's just warm fuzzy family time combined with your generic post-apocalypse gated community drama. People are carried away by the strict military. People venture out of bounds to be heroes and save people. People capture an innocent person who is a member of the oppressive party and torture him in a basement. RARELY DO WE SEE ZOMBIES. RARELY DO WE SEE THE EVOLUTION OF AN OUTBREAK.
I guess I am spoiled by World War Z (the novel) because it goes through the stages of it spreading and the slow break down of society. The show in 2 episodes goes from zero to Jericho. And I just can't make myself give two fucks about anything in it. I predict that in an upcoming episode, someone in the community dies and comes back as a zombie. Eventually zombies over run the camp (because there are none in TWD) and the people will gather into small groups like in TWD and then we'll have TWD but with new people that the writers can do whatever the hell that want with.
My only praise is that it has such a diverse cast. It has a lot of great POC present in prominent roles in the show and also showcases many interracial relationships. It's nice to see representation of other races, and finally as take charge heroes and less canon fodder. I'm a big fan of saturating the media with ethnicities until white-washing is no longer even naturally thought of as the go-to. I want my friends to have the same experiences I have with the media as I see all these people like me in positive heroic roles.
Also something else that annoys me though. How do two public school teachers afford an upscale LA home? Just sayin...
I completely disagree. The Walking Dead was a great show in the first season. The first episode in particular is amazing. The second and third seasons do focus on too much drama and random crap, but the end of the 4th season and the 5th season have gotten back into being really good. Of course this is only my opinion, but I would encourage you to give the later seasons another try.
ReplyDeleteFear the Walking Dead starts of slower and I think it's doing an ok job of showing the start of the outbreak. We have to care about the characters before they go around doing things because why would we watch if we didn't? I like that it's exploring different territory and focusing on the military aspect. It's slow, but I'm enjoying it so far.