So just got around to watching the pilot episode of Fear the Walking Dead........and I have mixed reviews in 2 extremes.
It's got a VERY different vibe than TWD. The acting is SO bad. The teen angst is pretty god awful also. There are times when the show was brilliant, and there were times when I was scratching my head wondering who's idea it was to put that in the show, then that person should be fired.
The pacing was excellent. The cinematography was top notch, and it's very refreshing to be out of the boring *** woods of Atlanta for a change. The show had me on the edge of my seat pretty much the whole time but I'm worried about what they will do from here. I really wish this show would focus more on the unanswered questions from TWD and less about the human struggle aspect of it all. I mean by now WE GET IT. Man will survive against all odds, just tell me where the god damn virus or whatever comes from already. If this turns out to be TWD with 10X the teen angst/ CAAARRRRLLLLL crying all day, I'll pass on this show with the quickness.
Sidenote: watching that kid walk around all strung out on drugs was super funny to me for some reason. I mean I know they are trying to make him look and seem Zombie-ish, but it had a comical Shaun of the Dead vibe to it. All incoherent rambling asside, I thought the episode was very interesting, it's a cool refreshing angle that they're showing us, some acting was really bad, solid pilot overall. 8.1/10