The Walking Dead came back this week after its winter hiatus and drew nearly 16 million viewers, even more than the Olympics that night in the 18-49 demographic.
I was among those 16 million viewers, and I’ve watched the show loyally through all four of its seasons. But I wouldn’t really call myself a fan.
I don’t hate-watch the show, exactly (I can’t find the time to hate-watch anything when there are so many good shows I’ve yet to see). I watch it because it does just enough right to make up for the things is does wrong.
The show’s saving grace is its premise. How do the survivors carry on in a world overrun by zombies, battling not just the undead but the unscrupulous living competing for resources and shelter? It’s a show not about the apocalypse itself but how you get by when the apocalypse is over.
That’s a fascinating scenario, and the show (drawing heavily from its graphic novel source material) has done a good job of setting up conflicts and dilemmas that make you wonder how you’d behave under the same circumstances.
The dialogue is clunky as hell, though, and most of the characters are annoying. The Walking Dead has had a high death toll over the years, including several main characters, and I’ve yet to be bothered by any of their exits. With about three exceptions, I’d be happy to see any of the principal cast members devoured by a zombie.
But my curiosity about what will happen next, plus some impressive cinematography and visual effects, keep me coming back.
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I didn’t really know the premise of this show beyond the fact that it was a zombie show, which, in and of itself, doesn’t do much for me. However, I am at least a bit intrigued by what you describe, though probably not enough to actually watch the show.
One of my constant refrains about any type of apocalyptic movie is that it ends right at the point where I am most intrigued, namely how does life exactly work in the days, weeks, months and years after the history -altering event. In some ways, “Revolution” capitalized on that premise, but it was ultimately as much about solving the mystery of what happened (in that case to Eart’s power) as it was about the practicalities of post-tragedy existence. My neediness craves all the wonky political, social, economic and practical details of day to day post-apocalyptic life. Perhaps there aren’t enough of us out there to make that type of show a hit.😄