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[Derwin0]

Fear the Walking Dead is ahead of Walking Dead. Well, at least it was when it started. I looked at the timeline here to try and see how they'd make it work but I don't watch FTWD so I wouldn't be able to make any sense of it. Morgan would have to have headed west from the GA region after he, Duane, and Rick met and then separated. Then, we're to believe he went back east and found Rick's group ? Or did he go west after Rick, Carl, and Michonne found him in his small-town 'home' ? Again, he is supposed to have done that and then returned east ? I just don't see how they make it work without holes in the "story".

How? Fear the Walking Dead came out 5 years after Walking Dead, and started right at the zombie apolcalypse whereas Walking Dead skipped the start and opened with Rick coming out of his coma which was a good bit of time after the start.

So Fear has to be at least 5 years behind Walking Dead. That's if we went by real time. TV time though, Walking Dead started at a later point (Rick's coma), where Fear starts at the beginning. Plus Walking Dead has had a couple time jumps of a few months or more. So I can't see how Fear could possibly be ahead. I think you misread the timeline you posted, as it shows Walking Dead being at least 2 years ahead of Fear.

Unless of course the Morgan that's in Fear will be the Morgan just after the premiere episode, and thus will be before he came back to the show. That's the only way I see it working, even then I see the same holes you see.

 

[Hall]

Fear the Walking Dead is based on the very beginning of the outbreak. Walking Dead starts 2-3 months after the outbreak started. When the shows started on TV has zero relevance

It's a bull**** premise, this "cross-over". Morgan was only missing for relatively short periods (in TV time). Hell, Walking Dead is currently only ~2 years after the outbreak (according to the timeline at the Walking Dead Wiki). Maybe Morgan heads to Texas "now", after the fight with Jesus.

 

[Derwin0]

Fear the Walking Dead is based on the very beginning of the outbreak. Walking Dead starts 2-3 months after the outbreak started. When the shows started on TV has zero relevance

It's a bull**** premise, this "cross-over". Morgan was only missing for relatively short periods (in TV time). Hell, Walking Dead is currently only ~2 years after the outbreak (according to the timeline at the Walking Dead Wiki). Maybe Morgan heads to Texas "now", after the fight with Jesus.

I agree, I can't see any reasonable reason for Morgan to be in Texas (then or now) in order to show up on Fear.

I also don't see any reason why the cast of Fear will be in Texas, unless they join (or are forced to join) the bad guys from the end of last season (who's leader is joining the cast full time) *that show is a mess*.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

Oh no, not Carl*


*Saying this in my best Rick Grimes impression

Edit: I THOUGHT he got bit one or two episodes back. It's like trying to figure out when Ophelia got bit in FTWD.

 

[Hall]

Edit: I THOUGHT he got bit one or two episodes back.

He did - when he and Siddiq were 'attacked' by walkers.

 

[norman881]

He did - when he and Siddiq were 'attacked' by walkers.

I heard a podcast with one of the writers that said the first 8 episodes only span 1 day.

 

[mackie99]

The mid-season finale was too damn dark. It was hard to follow. But I agree...poor Carl. I'm gonna have to watch it again.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

The mid-season finale was too damn dark. It was hard to follow. But I agree...poor Carl. I'm gonna have to watch it again.

It was an episode in search of a Deus ex Machina. Carl was willing to buy time for the rest of Alexandria's people to escape because he knew that he was a goner anyway.

 

[Bodo Fenrirsson]

What's interesting is that Rick cannot blame Negan for Carl's (upcoming) death, which will no doubt play into how long/how many seasons Negan remains on the show(unless Jeffrey Dean Morgan has plans to do something else in his career).

 

[Ronnie-]

Poor carl? Ive been waiting on that little ******* to die since season one. lol

 

[mackie99]

How? Fear the Walking Dead came out 5 years after Walking Dead, and started right at the zombie apolcalypse whereas Walking Dead skipped the start and opened with Rick coming out of his coma which was a good bit of time after the start.

So Fear has to be at least 5 years behind Walking Dead. That's if we went by real time. TV time though, Walking Dead started at a later point (Rick's coma), where Fear starts at the beginning. Plus Walking Dead has had a couple time jumps of a few months or more. So I can't see how Fear could possibly be ahead. I think you misread the timeline you posted, as it shows Walking Dead being at least 2 years ahead of Fear.

Unless of course the Morgan that's in Fear will be the Morgan just after the premiere episode, and thus will be before he came back to the show. That's the only way I see it working, even then I see the same holes you see.

According to this...The Waking Dead starts 60 days after the outbreak. Don't know how accurate it is. But it makes sense.

Season 1

If we discount the flashback sequences, the very first episode, suitably titled "Days Gone Bye," starts on Day +60 after the initial outbreak.

One day later, Rick scores his first zombie kill with a baseball bat, while he also meets Glenn and the other survivors. It also took Lori at least 61 days to get over the loss of her husband, as we see her having a woodland romp with Shane also on this day.

Awkwardly, this the same day Rick's finally re-united with his family.

Season 1 ends on Day +65, meaning the whole thing took less than a week.

 

[Sean Mota]

This whole season one of the worst... this feud with negan is overkilled. Move on...

 

[Scherrman]

This whole season one of the worst... this feud with negan is overkilled. Move on...

I completely agree. You can’t have an entire half season devoted to a few days. Crappy writing and took a whole half season to go almost nowhere.

 

[Hall]

I heard a podcast with one of the writers that said the first 8 episodes only span 1 day.

(1) day ? No way..... 2, 3, or 4 days is more likely.

 

[Scherrman]

This article explains how I feel about this show now.
There's Only One Way To Save 'The Walking Dead' Now, And It Isn't Pretty

 

[Derwin0]

Oh no, not Carl*

LOL, someone I know posted those exact words late Sunday night. You should have seen the posts light up about "Spoilers" on Monday morning from those that didn't watch it yet.

 

[Derwin0]

I completely agree. You can’t have an entire half season devoted to a few days. Crappy writing and took a whole half season to go almost nowhere.

They're kinda limited in how fast they can go. The comic is really only 1 major story ahead of them, only just now wrapping up the arc that comes after Negan.

 

[Derwin0]

fyi, for those curious why Alexandria was burned to the ground. It's because of GA State Law. State Law does not allow a municipality to enter into any agreement that binds a city to longer than 1 election cycle. The deal with Senoia to allow the variance to put up the wall is about to expire, and people in the neighborhood don't like it.

I've driven by it several times, and it does look pretty crappy.

 

[cosmo_kramer]

It's said online that the season 7 timeline was 19 days, so a few days for the first half of season 8 makes sense. Probably explains why Maggie isn't showing more.

But why has Judith gotten so big?

 

[Derwin0]

But why has Judith gotten so big?

Easier to work with when they get that age. That's why almost all TV babies have the quick growth "spurt" at that age.