Fear the Walking Dead - Official discussion thread

[Kaido]

I'm on the island prepper dude's team. He & Strand are the only ones worth their salt.

 

[Imp]

Today's assignment: please use "Jonestown" as a verb in a sentence.

 

[Kaido]

Zombie kid!

 

[AdamK47]

West Coast The Walking Dead nails all of the annoyances of people from the west coast set in a zombie apocalypse. I'll stick with the East Coast The Walking Dead.

 

[Leyawiin]

Why did they fictionalize Catalina Island (Catrina)? Anyway, it was a good enough episode. I'm so sick of that mess in Virginia its kind of a nice break to have another time line somewhere else.

 

[ControlD]

I thought this episode was pretty decent actually. Maybe things are getting better.

 

[WT]

Why did they fictionalize Catalina Island (Catrina)? Anyway, it was a good enough episode. I'm so sick of that mess in Virginia its kind of a nice break to have another time line somewhere else.

Thought the same thing myself. Having been to that island, I immediately picked up on the location, but was left without a clue why they altered the name on the ads board.

 

[Kaido]

Thought the same thing myself. Having been to that island, I immediately picked up on the location, but was left without a clue why they altered the name on the ads board.

Yeah, and I thought it was interesting that they picked Catrina/Katrina. Maybe there's a licensing issue or something for the name.

 

[SamQuint]

Yeah, and I thought it was interesting that they picked Catrina/Katrina. Maybe there's a licensing issue or something for the name.

I am thinking that they wanted people to assume the island was smaller than Catalina. Catalina has a population of 4-5000 residents with another couple of thousand tourists on a good day. So that would mean there would possibly be 8000 zombies to deal with. More than that family could handle. Also the ferry they showed that sunk was nothing like the modern ones they use at Catalina Flyer. It was probably easier to stage that fake sinking with a junk boat than using something more modern.

I think the entire Island is run by the Catalina Island Conservancy Company. I bet they own all the rights and probably would charge them for the use of their name.

 

[Leyawiin]

There are so many options with that yacht. I know it won't fit the story line the way they want but they could head up to the much less populated north coast of CA or the OR coast. Maybe even the islands of BC (being a lot of its filmed in Vancouver anyway).

 

[Charmonium]

Maybe this was already discussed. Didn't want to read thread til I'd watch the episode.

Didn't they show walkers coming up out of the water onto the beach? Islands don't look any safer than inland. Although if you want to get technical, a nice coral reef should act like a fence.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I am thinking that they wanted people to assume the island was smaller than Catalina. Catalina has a population of 4-5000 residents with another couple of thousand tourists on a good day. So that would mean there would possibly be 8000 zombies to deal with. More than that family could handle. Also the ferry they showed that sunk was nothing like the modern ones they use at Catalina Flyer. It was probably easier to stage that fake sinking with a junk boat than using something more modern.

I think the entire Island is run by the Catalina Island Conservancy Company. I bet they own all the rights and probably would charge them for the use of their name.

It looked like Catalina island except for the waves crashing up on the shore. Avalon is completely sheltered, there is never any surf or breaking waves there.

 

[clamum]

 

[Charmonium]

Are they recycling props with TWD? I'm pretty sure I've seen that truck before. :whiste:

 

[Kaido]

Oh, I get it. They're on the Lost island

 

[ControlD]

Oh, I get it. They're on the Lost island

lol. I said pretty much the same thing to my wife 10 minutes ago.

 

[Imp]

I've seen a bunch of Airforce commercials, at least one Navy commercial, but no Army or Marines...

 

[duragezic]

Chris Manawa is pretty cool.

 

[Imp]

New Asian character is a New Zealander... British people on Walking Dead: East Coast, Australian-ish people on Walking Dead: West Coast.

 

[Imp]

Hey, wait... Why are Strand and that guy so friendly?

 

[joutlaw]

This plot line is terrible. Last night I just sat in disgust as it went down.

Spoiler

They alluded to this outcome in earlier episodes. Why does she have the radio in the first place? There is no reason other than to setup the ship hijack. I get it's a TV show, but really disappointing in the way it went down.

 

[pontifex]

This plot line is terrible. Last night I just sat in disgust as it went down.

Spoiler

They alluded to this outcome in earlier episodes. Why does she have the radio in the first place? There is no reason other than to setup the ship hijack. I get it's a TV show, but really disappointing in the way it went down.

if i recall, someone told her to use the radio to do something, didn't they? maybe it was her mom who told her that? I don't remember the reason though.

 

[Childs]

This plot line is terrible. Last night I just sat in disgust as it went down.

Spoiler

They alluded to this outcome in earlier episodes. Why does she have the radio in the first place? There is no reason other than to setup the ship hijack. I get it's a TV show, but really disappointing in the way it went down.

When she took the radio and had late night talks with the guy you knew this was going to happen. I thought this was actually the best episode of the season.

Spoiler

The junkie applied what he learned earlier ( blood camo and using the tent to kill walkers ), and the consequences of the daughter talking on the radio came to pass. The only things I'd nit pick would be how the kids were able able to sneak up on them like they did, and Straind's friend going full speed in a dinghy being able one shot head shot people.

I just wish the mother would shut up already. I shouldnt be rooting for the bandits, but I was hoping the pregnant one would blast her. In general I find this family hard to root for. I wonder if they'd have the balls to kill off this family and reboot the show with a new one. A better show would follow Straind, the junkie, Asian chick and the burned guy.

 

[Bart*Simpson]

The guy making the head shots from the RHIB is not so amazing. The seas were not that rough and he's clearly practiced at that kind of thing...probably a former SEAL given that he lives near Coronado somewhere.

 

[Childs]

The guy making the head shots from the RHIB is not so amazing. The seas were not that rough and he's clearly practiced at that kind of thing...probably a former SEAL given that he lives near Coronado somewhere.

I dunno, that looked pretty amazing to me. On the second head shot not only was his boat moving, but so was the target, and he still got him with one shot! Guys like that would rule the zombie apocalypse. Anyways, its a minor nit pick. If it would have taken 2 or 3 shots to kill each person I wouldnt have given it another thought.