[Closed] Fear the Walking Dead

I gave up after the 1st series as i thought it was meant to be more about the start of the outbreak rather than a similar style to TWD .

We still watch TWD mainly out of habit now as i dont think its been good for a while now .

I've watched a few episodes of black summer on netflix and that is worth a watch .

I thought Black Summer was great. Fear got better in the second and third series, but this one is a bit subpar so far.

I have read that it improves massively after the first couple of seasons (in contrast to TWD which got worse, although I consider what I've seen of the most reason season a return to form somewhat)

Cannot be arsed at the moment though! Too much other good stuff to watch.

Anybody watch it and prefer it to TWD? I’ve just started watching series 4 on Prime and realised that they’re all a bit daft. Apart from Morgan obviously.

Mild spoilers follow

I’d be brilliant in a zombie apocalypse. If a bunch of mad travellers camped outside my compound and threatened me, I’d be sneaking out at night and burning them all alive in their Winnebago’s / just murdering them and stealing their stuff. Not just sitting around whining about it and having the occasional chat with them.

Most people have an inbuilt aversion to killing - they had start to training it out of soldiers with updated drills after WW2 when they realised that around 10 percent of front line soldiers did most of the killing. It's part of the reason artillery is so efficient, it allows soldiers to kill without it being as direct.

Having said that, I'm not sure an aversion to killing would last that long during the zombie apocalypse.

They’ve been killing for three series at this point. Only become averse due to the plot calling for it. Lazy writing in an attempt to create tension. I must admit the introduction of the whisperers has reinvigorated TWD to a degree.

. I must admit the introduction of the whisperers has reinvigorated TWD to a degree.

In the real world though, why on earth would a load of people shamble around like that for 5 years instead of thinking "all those other people live in towns, wtf have we been doing!?" They'd all just sack that off and join the other team straight away!

Missed opportunity imo too, it would be way more interesting if the zombies we actually becoming intelligent, instead it's just another group to have a scrap with.

I watch both FTWD and TWD, I don't know if I'd say I prefer one over the other but certainly I felt FTWD improved over the seasons - the characters are mostly selfish and unsympathetic in the first couple of seasons, until they start working together, also I think they entered some interesting situations in later seasons that are not been explored in TWD.

I gave up after the 1st series as i thought it was meant to be more about the start of the outbreak rather than a similar style to TWD .

This for us too. Currently watching season 8 of TWD and frankly, we're struggling...just so same-same that it's boring 😴

In the real world though, why on earth would a load of people shamble around like that for 5 years instead of thinking “all those other people live in towns, wtf have we been doing!?”

That’s the weird thing with it. Based on a graphic novel, but tried to make it seem gritty and real whilst having a man with a pet tiger and the Ed Gein fan club shoehorned in there. Just watched a couple more episodes of Fear and it’s improving slightly.

TWD is dragging in Season 9 - a few 'back story' clips, but argh, it's slow.

FTWD is much better.