- It's post-apocalyptic.
- It happens down South instead of where we're living (makes it seem more realistic).
- It has better than average quality Zombies.
- It has an excellent cast of characters and even the stereotypical roles are well played by the ensemble cast.
- We care about what happens to the characters, in other words it transcends the gratuitous Zombie killing that often is associated with the genre.
Just when you though it was safe to drive through Atlanta...
Now having said some nice things about the show; we do have a few issues with the Walking Dead; these include:
- Why doesn't AMC allow any other networks to make good television shows?
- How many times will they let Carl Junior go out and endanger the whole group before they realize he's just not worth it? (and isn't there a Hamburger joint call Carl Jr.?)
- Why don't the characters ever bathe?
- Why don't they all own Samurai swords by now?
- Why don't they find their own island - preferably in the Bahamas?
- Why do they let Ricks wife drive?
- Why does Hershel seem to confuse the flu with flesh easting insanity?
Some criticism is warranted.
And we're not the only ones who have issues with the Walking Dead - it has become a cultural phenomenon and has inspired a number of interesting parodies.
This parody is kind of like Walking Dead meets Deliverance....
In previous posts we've tried to uncover why Zombies are so popular in our culture - what is about cannibal corpses that never gets old (besides the fact that they're dead)? Is it that by shooting zombies we can stare death in the face and keep on living, who knows. What we do know for sure is that Season 3 of the Walking Dead is shaping up to be more action packed than the first two seasons combined with lot's of new locations and characters and an endless supply of - Zombies...
