{"id":82348,"date":"2015-12-07T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T01:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=82348"},"modified":"2015-11-26T14:10:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T14:10:56","slug":"fear-the-walking-dead-season-1-blu-ray-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/reviews\/fear-the-walking-dead-season-1-blu-ray-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Fear The Walking Dead Season 1 Blu-ray review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Walking Dead<\/b><\/span><\/em><span class=\"s2\"> is a cultural phenomenon. What is more of a talking point though, is the question of what catapulted the show straight into the stratosphere. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">The prime suspects are the stellar acting performances and slow-burning plot lines. <em><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong> <\/em>is blockbuster writing condensed for a TV audience, and cabin fever on a grand scale. It\u2019s easy to see why <em><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em> is so popular: it caters to the masses with a simple premise and powerful drama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><em><strong> Fear The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em>, however, is a totally different beast. A companion show for the original, <em><strong>Fear<\/strong><\/em> isn\u2019t designed to twist and turn with huge personalities throwing curve-balls into the plot every few hours. It uses the backbone of its parent show to show a world before the Walkers were commonplace, with an all-new cast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> Competing with a goliath of the small screen is always a tricky task though, even if you share writers between the two projects: just ask <em><strong>Better Call Saul<\/strong><\/em> or <em><strong>Torchwood<\/strong><\/em>. When <em><strong>Fear<\/strong><\/em> begins, it feels somewhat empty; this is a mirror of such a beloved show without the characters we love. It starts off with a similarly smouldering tone, but it soon evolves into its own thing as it unfolds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> Fear is more intense than its fright-filled parent show though. Kim Dickens carries the show fairly well, and the actual discovery of the Walkers is as chilling as anything in <em><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em>. The problem comes that we already know the outcome. It feels predictable, lethargic and lacking excitement, but its main flaw is that it doesn\u2019t stand alone as an original enough show on its own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"> That\u2019s not to say <em><strong>Fear<\/strong><\/em> is unwatchable; it\u2019s entertaining enough, just in a different way. It\u2019s intended as an extension of<em><strong> The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/em>, and unfortunately that\u2019s all it might end up being remembered for. It\u2019s a good look at another side of a well-known universe, and it\u2019s nice to connect some dots, but it\u2019s just not as charismatic.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinoff Fear The Walking Dead moves to LA for more undead antics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":82353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[2617,8],"tags":[4401],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/fear-the-walking-dead-school-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82348"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}