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Post by Ripley on Sept 21, 2015 12:21:38 GMT -5
"...Kirkman explained to Vulture that The Walking Dead fans looking for the over-the-top violence and gruesome zombie special effects they’ve come to know and love may be in for a bit of a disappointment with Fear the Walking Dead. Love and family, not guts and gore, are the focus here. Kirkman says that the relationship between the protagonists Madison (Kim Dickens) and Travis (Cliff Curtis) is the core of the show: All the intricacies and struggles that come from that family dynamic, and setting it against the fall of civilization in the face of the zombie apocalypse, just makes things that much more interesting. That’s one of the many things that allows these two shows to exist together without any kind of overlap. One of the things I’m really excited about is these are two characters that are very much in love. Too often, cable television shows deal with the breakdown in relationships and infidelity and people not getting along and people getting torn apart. This is a show that’s pretty much about two people that are a team, first and foremost — they back each other up, they respect each other, they love each other... ...Kirkman believes that will make the violence on the show more disturbing; the shambling nightmares in Fear the Walking Dead will have fresh, humanoid faces. But he concedes that the spin-off will have an emphasis on “paranoia and psychological drama...” Full text
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