You make a very interesting point–how will this new show feel different than TWD, especially after the initial frenzy/outbreak passes and the show settles into the new normal for these characters? Or maybe it doesn’t want to feel different. The original has been so successful–maybe people want this one to be nearly identical, different only in location and time frame.

I’m looking forward to seeing this narrative unfold in the coming weeks, and the ways it does and does not emulate TWD.

I enjoyed the slow pace of the first episode (haven’t seen the second yet) and the wry use of conventions that played on TWD knowledge — the scenes of a character walking through a dark space had me at the edge of my seat and amused at the same time; the inter-textual winks of chaos theory and how to build a fire; the traffic jam at the off-ramp, crowded with cars and emergency vehicles. Eerie and unsettling.

The splintered and incoherent family of FTWD echoes the diverse family that is to come on TWD. The zombie apocalypse makes the family stronger and more insular.

Thanks for starting this thread.