Tales of the Walking Dead

You can see a good amount of reviewers posted after 2 episodes and were disappointed that the shorts had zero relation to the original TWD. I am a anthology junkie and have loved zombies since my grandmother allowed me to watch George A Romero's original when I was 8. Here, I felt the zombie world would be a great setting that would provide endless opportunity to create original anthology content. And sporadic stories directly related to TWD was a great idea to keep us connected. The later worked out. They did really well showing how Alpha became Alpha. As with a lot of anthologies, individual episodes often have different producers and directors. The production quality of episode 3 made me more so feel like I was watching TWD. In regards to the original content, they need to step it up. If Tales From the Crypt could put out quality engaging content for the better part of 7 years, these writers should be able to put out something more gripping for 2 episodes. No disrespect to Terry Crewes. He his great in certain comedy and action hero settings. But his role as a drama lead was not convincing. Imho, the acting was quite lacking. The second episode was a little better. At first I was disappointed in how they strayed from TWD's real world setting to a sci-fi capable world. But than I remembered it is an anthology series and anything can happen...... in The Twilight zone. Do do do do, do do do do.

Its not unwatchable, nothing like that. However it does not add much value to TWD universe. If you see it as a standalone thing, and not a piece of the puzzle, it doesnt stand.

After all the attempts, I have a feeling that the next really good content would have to fast forward untill new fully developed (and yet promitive) societies have emerged, a completely new setting with new opportunities for plots, drama and action. As long as its characters vs other characters in the setting dominated by walkers, I am afraid we have seen it all already.

Checked it out because of Terry Crews, 1st episode was decent and funny, the 2nd episode was average, and reminded me of the Russian doll tv show.

I would give Episode 1 a 7 star, i liked the preppers premise.

Episode 2 - i could care less for, didnt find it interesting or funny, which is what they were going for. Hopefully it gets better. 4-5 stars max. Some scenes didnt make sense.

Episode 3 - looking forward to Alpha and Lydia.

This series is *very* hit and miss. Some episodes are genuinely quite good (episodes 3 and 5 specifically) while others are campy, silly, or just come off as some kind of fan fiction. It's nice to see The Walking Dead universe get a little bit creative and experimental - the most recent couple of seasons of the main show have had a handful of brilliantly experimental episodes even if, overall, the show hasn't been great - but here, every episode plays with the "rules" of the Walking Dead universe in ways the other shows wouldn't dare. This can be fun to see sometimes (episode 5's pseudo-noir mystery is an example that works, while episode 2's Groundhog Day time-bending does not) , but it can also come off as schlocky horror camp akin to something like Tales from the Crypt but without the tongue in cheek comedy vibe.

All in all, I'd say this is worth a watch if you're a fan of The Walking Dead - but don't get your hopes up thinking this will be anything great.

This is kinda fun . I'm somewhat enjoying the episodes . I was the most excited for the alpha episode but first ones are decent too . The 2nd episode reminds me of Happy Death Day . Not great but one time watchable for the walking dead fans . Alpha backstory was great.