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hlthe2b

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3. Yeah... I've watched it from the first--amazed that it appealed to me becaus of the SyFi nature, but

Reply to FarPoint (Original post)

Sat Sep 9, 2017, 03:08 PM

Sep 2017

it has strong character development, focusing on the human side of survival and how one adapts in such catastrophic conditions. Unlike the movies and countless other treatments of this kind of material, it is not horrendously "kitschy" and it isn't so hard to "buy in" to the story line. Well acted too.

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On Netflix... Watched for first time all seasons of Walking Dead... [View all] FarPoint Sep 2017 OP

Read the graphic novel it's based on. Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2017 #1

Thanks...Is this a combination of the comic books? FarPoint Sep 2017 #2

Yeah... I've watched it from the first--amazed that it appealed to me becaus of the SyFi nature, but hlthe2b Sep 2017 #3

Exactly.... FarPoint Sep 2017 #4

I like watching it as a collection... FarPoint Sep 2017 #5

Probably... I certainly think it does with Game of Thrones but then I never read those books. hlthe2b Sep 2017 #7

I put it in my Favorite Box... FarPoint Sep 2017 #9

My favorite! Bayard Sep 2017 #6

I'm not going to watch the spin off... FarPoint Sep 2017 #8

The first episode of the spin off is amazing, you'll love it! bettyellen Sep 2017 #11

Will the thread be here on DU? FarPoint Sep 2017 #12

Yes- in the lounge. Usually Jeff starts it the afternoon, and it gets busy bettyellen Sep 2017 #13

Well... FarPoint Sep 2017 #15

Looking forward to it! bettyellen Sep 2017 #17

I'm not as enamored by "Fear the Walking Dead" either hlthe2b Sep 2017 #10

When they killed Glenn Bayard Sep 2017 #18

I haven't seen any of the game of thrones shows but SonofDonald Sep 2017 #14

Excellent analysis... FarPoint Sep 2017 #16