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Snoozefest

posted 8 years ago by aya-ar
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Firstly, nothing new ever happens in this show and now they're simply becoming another TWD. (group of people >> shelter >> shelter eventually gets attacked by other groups or a herd >> group of people finding another shelter for the coming season>>repeat)It drifted away from its original idea at this point of showing us the world at the beginning of the zombie apocalypses but so far I'm just seeing a bunch of Mexicans (no offense, I'm just wondering cuz the show is American and cuz the apocalypses isnt happening only in Mexico) and the same group of people only. No idea why is it hyped af in ratings.

Aya A.R

[–] Bullish_Captain 8 years ago

An actual female troll? Or is that not really your pic?

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[–] aya-ar 8 years ago

So if I say how I feel about something or what I think about something I have to be considered a "troll" ?

Aya A.R

[–] Satchmos_Chillun 8 years ago

No offense, aya-ar, but I feel that they could only portray what happened at the beginning of the ZA for SO LONG. Eventually, they'd have to move on to life in general in the good ol' ZA. No, they didn't do a really picturesque job of showing how the world ended. But they did show us some things...

[–] dvd123 8 years ago

No, they didn't do a really picturesque job of showing how the world ended. But they did show us some things...

As much as the budget would allow- which, for this show, isn't much.

Except for the beginning, where the purse strings were loose and Darabont was still around, TWD has pretty much been a zombie soap, not a zombie action thriller- with more and more inexpensive melodrama and less and less expense action/special effects. The only difference here is that they started soapy/talky/low budget from the get go and only got worse.

OP, I like zombies, and I'm sort of curious as to where these characters will end up, but, the predictable plot and melodrama is killing me. I'm pretty close to removing this from my DVR.

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[–] aya-ar 8 years ago

Jesus, No.

Aya A.R

[–] Bullish_Captain 8 years ago

Prude?

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[–] aya-ar 8 years ago

So its turning into another TWD I assume, like each season has a theme/shelter that gets ran over by herds or enemies and by the season finale a major (or not necessarily major) character dies and next season they start over etc..(till they catch up with TWD maybe lol)

Aya A.R

[–] aavfreak 8 years ago

they could only portray what happened at the beginning of the ZA for SO LONG. Eventually, they'd have to move on to life in general in the good ol' ZA

I disagree wholeheartedly 100%.

There are an infinite number of scenarios and an infinite number of stories to tell during the initial outbreak.

Enough has been proposed on just this message board to fill up several seasons worth of content.

[–] dvd123 8 years ago

There are an infinite number of scenarios and an infinite number of stories to tell during the initial outbreak.

Ah, but is there an infinite budget? Initial outbreak stories, by their larger, more encompassing nature, are always going to take more money to produce- money that AMC could probably scrounge together, but why spend money when they have a TWD fanbase that's willing to sit through BS 'life in general' story arcs repeated ad infinitum?

If you have a massive audience tuning into incredibly cheap TV, you don't increase the budget. That's TV 101.

The worst thing that can happen to a TV show or, for that matter, to anyone/anything, is to be wildly successful. With success comes apathy. That's human nature. And Fear of the Walking Dead is a perfect example of this. They don't have to make better television because the fans don't demand it.

[–] aavfreak 8 years ago

That is a different line of discussion altogether.

I don't believe there is a limit to how much they can focus on the outbreak in terms of storytelling.

There is a limit to the budget they are willing to spend on telling that story and your reasons for it are general consensus.

If you have a massive audience tuning into incredibly cheap TV, you don't increase the budget. That's TV 101.

They don't have to make better television because the fans don't demand it.

Right on both counts.

[–] ahsnedden 8 years ago

I'm not going to call you a troll

However, I am confused as to why you watch the show?

And

I'm just wondering cuz the show is American

So there's nothing outside the US?? The world ends at your borders? The whole reason the show has gone to Mexico is to make it different from TWD

I love the show.

If it's such a snoozefest for you, PLEASE explain why you watch.....

[–] aya-ar 8 years ago

1st not everyone who disagrees with something is a troll anyways so thanks for not calling me one.
2ndly, the American part is simple, I didn't tune in for a Mexican soap operah I tuned in for an American TV show as it is suppose to be. The ZA is supposedly happening everywhere that's correct so why only focus on this part of the world? They had a mission which was to find the boyfriend and they did and he died and the village got ran over by zombies and wasn't safe anymore so move on! Would love to see whats happening in other cities now and states and how the ZA is being handled at its beginning by authorities, or how each individuals are trying to survive it or how the CDC is handling it etc (the stuff we didn't see on TWD and not the usual shelter/armed gangs scene) cuz wasn't that the whole point of making a prequel anyways? If not, then why?
Oh and dw, I watch 1 episode with the help of fast-forwarding in 15 mins tops anyways so its okay to be bored for that.

Aya A.R

[–] Bullish_Captain 8 years ago

Would love to see whats happening in other cities now and states and how the ZA is being handled at its beginning by authorities

The cities are all the same, dead.

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[–] aya-ar 8 years ago

Well, duh
But I thought when they introduced this show before it aired its 1st episode, they said its to focus on what happened at the very beginning but instead we are just watching another TWD with an even more boring story-lines and characters.

Aya A.R

[–] jdanek007 8 years ago

village got ran over by zombies and wasn't safe anymore so move on! Would love to see whats happening in other cities now and states and how the ZA is being handled at its beginning by authorities, or how each individuals are trying to survive it or how the CDC is handling it etc (the stuff we didn't see on TWD and not the usual shelter/armed gangs scene)

Yeah, I really would, too. Like what's happening up in Wisconsin? Is it cold up there yet and the zombies are slowing down so civilization is not still totally collapsed but maybe is coming back?

And at the same time, what's going on down in Florida in the Keys? Are folks doing a reverse Mariel BoatLift and fleeing for Cuba, hoping that Castro Country is immune to both democracy /and/ zombies?

Or even Portland, maybe w/ some Grimm-like crossover? Wouldn't it be cool to see a Nick-like character (Nick the Grimm, I mean) kicking zombie butt?

Anything but this stupid mexican zombie telenovela...