Fear the Walking Dead

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Keith:

Nice review! In general, what do you think of the new series?


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Thanks Mark! Overall, I like it. It is a different beast than The Walking Dead, but I am a public health/preparedness guy and I am always fascinated with how systems fail. I like the direction it is going.
 

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5 more days!!!

I like the new series; can't wait for Season 2.

Excellent reviews, Keith!
 

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My reviews of the last four episodes are up. Thanks for the patience. I have been busy doing "stuff and thangs" in real life, but I am now up to date. Links to all four reviews are posted below to prevent having to scroll through the blog:


Episode 613: The Same Boat - http://couchpotatoprepper.blogspot.com/2016/04/preparedness-review-of-walking-dead.html

Episode 614: Twice As Far - http://couchpotatoprepper.blogspot.com/2016/04/preparedness-review-of-walking-dead_7.html

Episode 615: East - http://couchpotatoprepper.blogspot.com/2016/04/preparedness-review-of-walking-dead_94.html

Episode 616: Last Day On Earth - http://couchpotatoprepper.blogspot.com/2016/04/preparedness-review-of-walking-dead_80.html

Hope you enjoy them!
 

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Negan has basically set up a feudal system. He is the lord, and the Saviors are his vassals. The peasants, or other colonies of survivors, work the land and feed the vassals and the lord. His New World Order is really the Old World Order. It's what Europe defaulted to after the fall of Roman civilization.

Like I said in my review, Rick is probably the biggest threat Negan has faced. Team Rick is well-armed, combat-proven, and utterly ruthless when confronted. The Saviors were totally unaware of Alexandria, and were taken by surprise when Rick attacked and wiped out an outpost of 30-40 people, plus hunted and killed the survivors, plus the recon team sent to retrieve the survivors. Add to that their motorcycle recon team was turned into a bloody smear on the pavement, and that even when they killed Denise they lost 4-5 guys and yet another road recon team to Carol, and you can see why Negan is concerned.

So he put his own recon teams out, and I am sure they have seen Alexandrian vehicles driving to Hilltop, so he knows they are working together. They have also done a close recon on Alexandria's perimeter (the Saviors int he truck identified Carol as being from there because the car and knew exactly where it was located). Negan put together this major effort to get Alexandria under his thumb because they are a threat. Right now Negan has numbers and organization, but if Rick can find other settlements being coerced by Negan and get them to work together ... then the game is up for Negan. His own people have to be whispering about the boogeymen from Alexandria. That speech he gave in the final episode was as much for the Saviors as it was for Team Rick.

It's not just about getting Alexandria's stuff. It's about stopping an insurgency before it begins.
 
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