DrZoidberg
Contributor
Walking Dead season 4 & 5
Not quite done with season 5 yet... but getting there. Well... what can I say... my hat off to them for keeping me entertained this long. And as usual sci-fi and horror are always best at progressive themes. I love how Carol, the insecure beaten and abused wife from season one has risen to take the lead of the group, while the hard-as-nails leader Rick loses it, and can't really keep his shit together. It happens so gradually that it's believable. That is brilliant TV!
But what the Walking Dead does is that they suck up every zombie movie or story ever made before and incorporate it into the show. I doubt there's a single bit of the Walking Dead that's genuinely creative. It's 100% pure expropriation. I really don't mind at all. I see it as a hommage to the zombie genre in general and I love it when I can spot where they stole each thing from. I love zombie movies... and horror in general.
I did think they rushed the Terminus story. We did't get to know Terminus well enough. But that's a minor complaint.
Good stuff
Not quite done with season 5 yet... but getting there. Well... what can I say... my hat off to them for keeping me entertained this long. And as usual sci-fi and horror are always best at progressive themes. I love how Carol, the insecure beaten and abused wife from season one has risen to take the lead of the group, while the hard-as-nails leader Rick loses it, and can't really keep his shit together. It happens so gradually that it's believable. That is brilliant TV!
But what the Walking Dead does is that they suck up every zombie movie or story ever made before and incorporate it into the show. I doubt there's a single bit of the Walking Dead that's genuinely creative. It's 100% pure expropriation. I really don't mind at all. I see it as a hommage to the zombie genre in general and I love it when I can spot where they stole each thing from. I love zombie movies... and horror in general.
I did think they rushed the Terminus story. We did't get to know Terminus well enough. But that's a minor complaint.
Good stuff