Whether it’s the comics, the Telltale games, or the TV show, the whole point of the series isn’t about “zombies killing people”, it’s about human characters making smart and stupid decisions, being selfish and selfless, trying to survive and ultimately remain above water in a world devoid of all luxuries.
I bring this up because of two things that annoy me when people talk about the series: 1. “The series just becomes a soap opera with zombies” and “it’s just another zombie franchise that’s come and gone with the fad”.
The truth is, all of The Walking Dead, right down to even Overkill’s game or Saints and Sinners, has been about the human characters and their interactions with other survivors. The walkers were an initial threat, but after a while it’s inevitable they become second nature. However, it’s like Morgan says in the first episode: “they may not seem like much, one at a time. But in a group, all riled up, you watch your ass.” They still present a clear and imminent danger when they’re in large herds or in groups, and therefore aren’t just an “inconvenience” all the time; they’re a problem that needs to be dealt with accordingly with strategies changing depending on the head count.
If the show was just about the zombies and people killing them instead of how the world would function trying to bring back civilization, we wouldn’t have gotten Season 5 with Terminus or Season 9-10 with The Whisperers. We wouldn’t have even gotten The Governor. And for better and for worse, we’ve gotten these multiple different looks at survival in spades.
People can dislike the franchise until the cows come home, but it’s unarguable that the heart and soul of it (no matter what medium it’s in) is the people and their relationships with the other characters. After all, need I bring up Clementine?
Submitted February 16, 2021 at 06:51AM by WorldLieut8 https://ift.tt/2N8SB3W
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