{"id":10952,"date":"2015-12-09T23:30:37","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=10952"},"modified":"2015-12-09T23:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:31:27","slug":"review-fearthewalkingdead-s1-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/12\/review-fearthewalkingdead-s1-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Fear the Walking Dead: The Complete First Season BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d<\/strong> doesn\u2019t have much to offer over its parent show but the performances by the likes of Cliff Curtis and Kim Dickens aren\u2019t bad even when their characters act like utter dumb-asses. Perhaps the second season it\u2019ll hit its stride but as of now, I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s really reason for it being.<\/p>\n

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“Fear the Walking Dead”: The Complete First Season<\/span>
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\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Horror
\nAnchor Bay | NR \u2013 291 min. \u2013 $49.99 | December 1, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Various
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Charlie Adlard & Tony Moore (graphic novels); Dave Erickson & Robert Kirkman (developed by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Ruben Blades, Lorenzo James Henrie, Mercedes Mason<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>NA
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n** Click Here to Purchase “Fear the Walking Dead”: Season 1 on Blu-ray from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n

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THE MOVIE<\/strong> \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Season Synopsis: <\/strong>Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark (KIM DICKENS) and English teacher Travis Manawa (CLIFF CURTIS) have managed to assemble. The everyday pressure of blending two families while dealing with resentful, escapist, and strung out children takes a back seat when society begins to break down. A forced evolution, a necessary survival of the fittest takes hold, and our dysfunctional family must either reinvent themselves or embrace their darker histories.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>In this day and age, it was inevitable that AMC\u2019s hit series \u201cThe Walking Dead\u201d would get a spin-off and so we get \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d<\/strong> which promised to see, from what I read anyway, how the outbreak began and the early days of the infection. And while this does present the first days of it, this is basically \u201cTWD\u201d with a new cast and different setting but the same meandering plotlines and characters who, at the least in the first few episodes, were real dumb asses in their decision making even when taking into consideration the situation at hand.<\/p>\n

But despite its problems, I still found the show to be watchable enough thanks to a fine cast headlined by Cliff Curtis and Kim Dickens. No, there\u2019s no real reason for this show to exist as it\u2019s just a cash grab for AMC, much in the same way \u201cCSI: Miami\u201d and \u201cCSI: NY\u201d were for CBS and those shows, as enjoyable as they were all things considered, watered down its parent series and I fear, no pun intended, the same thing could happen here. On the plus side, this first season is only six episodes so it\u2019s perfect for binge viewing in one or two days, so it at least has that going for it…<\/p>\n

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  1. Pilot<\/li>\n
  2. So Close, Yet So Far<\/li>\n
  3. The Dog<\/li>\n
  4. Not Fade Away<\/li>\n
  5. Cobalt<\/li>\n
  6. The Good Man<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 1.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    The 2-disc set is housed in a standard slim case and comes with a title embossed slip cover<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    There aren\u2019t much in terms of features save for A Look at the Series (4:11; HD)<\/u><\/strong> and Inside the Characters of \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d (2:55; HD)<\/u><\/strong> featurettes which delve into the spin-off but are limited.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    The 1080p high-definition transfer (MPEG-4 AVC codec) for \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d<\/strong> looks good with sharp detail levels throughout while colors generally are muted in keeping with incoming apocalyptic landscape though there are splashes of colors early on and in the season finale on the shoreline. It\u2019s a clean looking transfer free of artifacts and aliasing but it\u2019s nothing that has that certain pop and instead is in keeping with how it aired on AMC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    AUDIO \u2013 4.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

    Each episode comes with a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track providing for crisp and clear dialogue levels and there is some decent depth when the zombies eventually attack but outside of that, it\u2019s a limited aural experience. That said, it\u2019s a solid track and certainly better compared with the DD 5.1 output on television.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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    Overall, \u201cFear the Walking Dead\u201d<\/strong> doesn\u2019t have much to offer over its parent show but the performances by the likes of Cliff Curtis and Kim Dickens aren\u2019t bad even when their characters act like utter dumb-asses. Perhaps the second season it\u2019ll hit its stride but as of now, I\u2019m not sure there\u2019s really reason for it being other than that the original is a bona fide hit going several seasons strong. The Blu-ray release is limited in features but the video and audio transfers aren\u2019t bad.<\/p>\n

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    Published: <\/strong>12\/09\/2015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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    Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
    \nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n