tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post1747305234416363260..comments2024-02-10T10:52:58.614-05:00Comments on THE DIG: FEAR THE WALKING DEAD Not Fade Away? That'll Be The Daycinemarchaeologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-48249097857062764282015-09-29T10:18:36.294-04:002015-09-29T10:18:36.294-04:00Like everyone, I've long preferred film to dig...Like everyone, I've long preferred film to digital but I think that's rapidly becoming a non-issue, really. I disagree (rather strongly, actually) that TWD has any sort of special visual feel to it; its cinematography tends to be as dull and uninspired as anything on tv. There are exceptions, some memorable flourishes, but out of five seasons, one could count them on the fingers of one hand and probably have some digits to spare. The series (which, btw, has been at least partially shot on digital since the second season) employs none of the greater capabilities of film that would justify the much greater expense of using it. It's really just another bad, wasteful budgetary decision undertaken because Frank Darabont wasn't entirely comfortable with digital.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-36454136876890745532015-09-23T17:48:13.018-04:002015-09-23T17:48:13.018-04:00This doesnt have a lot to do with this specific ep...This doesnt have a lot to do with this specific episode.<br />The original series is filmed in 16mm and FTWD is filmed digitally. I feel thats the most dissapointing part about this whole thing.<br />Walking dead has a certain visual feel to it, even when it has stupid episodes at least it looks and feels special.<br />FTWD has a totally diffrent feel to it almost a diffrent reality and maybe thats because it looks just like any other show out there sonce everything is filmed digitally these days.<br />Whats your opinion about film vs digital.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-53305695846626250172015-09-22T21:28:45.939-04:002015-09-22T21:28:45.939-04:00This series has rapidly turned into an unwatchable...This series has rapidly turned into an unwatchable load of crap. Nothing remotely interesting happens, people make idiotic decisions and fail to communicate (even a basic grunt occasionally can mean carry loads of meaning) leading to completely foreseeable problems. It's TWD all over again. What's worse is that the longer this goes on the harder it is to believe what happens at the start of TWD season 1. Which already had massive insurmountable problems: seriously, how long can you go without water and how long does a fluid dip last, a comatose patient would have died within a week.HPWBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134105454128315918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-70097421258579119812015-09-21T18:29:33.534-04:002015-09-21T18:29:33.534-04:00I don't know how many will get the JAWS refere...I don't know how many will get the JAWS reference but it seemed a pretty obvious one to make. I don't think you liked the ep any more than I though. Beyond the idea and that idea being, for a change, consistent with the premise, I don't have much nice to say about it.cinemarchaeologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507603255666191405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-45756958071796565622015-09-21T09:19:28.913-04:002015-09-21T09:19:28.913-04:00You definitely win this week. Great article. Ext...You definitely win this week. Great article. Extra points for the Jaws reference.<br /><br />I think I liked the episode less than you did. I suppose a day in the life of the safe zone could have been interesting. But the execution is so far off that I was frustrated for the entire episode. As you have pointed out repeatedly, the show goes very far out of its way not to tell the story we were promised. That's never been more true than this episode.lebeauhttp://lebeauleblog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-36394501752364717822015-09-21T01:30:44.965-04:002015-09-21T01:30:44.965-04:00I am not a robot...stop asking!I am not a robot...stop asking!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-70143742860354964932015-09-21T01:29:18.706-04:002015-09-21T01:29:18.706-04:00Ok. One other thing.
This the 4th episode.and not...Ok. One other thing.<br /><br />This the 4th episode.and not once has a zombie eviscerated someone on screen.<br />They better be saving all the insanity of zombie kills for the last episodes. Thats the only hope this show has. Like are they saving all the budget for a massive zombie attack of hundreds of zombies against a dozen or so people as they fight their way out of the city.<br />That is the only acceptable thing after these lackluster episodes..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-585323794423400780.post-6162742555724426242015-09-21T00:53:30.864-04:002015-09-21T00:53:30.864-04:00besides getting advertising dollars, i dont unders...besides getting advertising dollars, i dont understand the point of this spin off. They have worked extremely hard to avoid any hint of a zombie apocalypse. This episode pretty much nullified the first several episodes. I hate that we didn't see the military clear the city blocks, set up the safe area etc.. that would have been a far more entertaining series premiere. Darnnit this show is so horrible, it is the easiest premise in TV history to to have---"the outbreak of zombies and the fall of mankind", how could they mess it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com