The popularity of the zombie-apocalypse eludes me.
The popularity of the zombie-apocalypse eludes me.
Schlichter is dead on.
“Modern liberalism is an unfortunate byproduct of civilization. The fact that our lives are not largely devoted to hunting and gathering food and fighting off marauders who would rape, enslave, and/or kill us, allows a large segment of our society to forget that this is the natural state of man.”
I really don’t like seeing disgusting things, so I don’t spend my free time looking at that stuff. However, there’s a point here. Read City of God by Augustine for further details.
It's a good example on what could happen if there was an EMP attack or some catastrophic event like that. Survival of the fitness.
So far the characters on FTWD are the polar opposites of the TWD crew. I keep waiting for the FTWD people to begin to face reality and man up and for the worthless teens to grow up.
As it stands now i’m rooting for the FTWD zombies.
Shows that demonstrate the end of the world while keeping the “Sex and the City + Dawson’s Creek” attitudes are ridiculous. If the people on both Walking Deadn and Fear the Walking Dead acted way they do on the show, they’d have been dead a dozen times over.
So far, I find nothing appealing about any of the main characters. Each episode finds me wishing they’d meet their demise. The remaining episodes of this season better pick it up, or I won’t stick around for the next season.
“People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”
-George Orwell
FTWD is off to a piss poor start.
At times have to claim “Filial Supremacy”.
Ruben Blades is way cool, hope they don’t kill him off too quickly.
They killed off all the black folks already.
What’s up with that?
FYI
Fear is a big snoozer. It’s just a boring soap opera. Lots of liberal talk and virtually no action. Also boring unlikeable characters. I still haven’t learned anyone’s name on the show and wouldn’t miss any character for 5 seconds if they became zombie bait next episode.
The writer echoes my feelings on this show: the wimpy liberals who put their trust in the God of government will be spectacularly unprepared if the SHTF. The only characters who have any common sense are the hispanic family who know how to use fire arms and don’t trust the government. It’s still a great show though.
I maintain that Fallout New Vegas is a perfect political analogy.
It is nothing less than a modern day fable and warning of everything we are seeing today.
Why did the zombies cancel their hockey game?
Because there was a face off in the corner.
It's not about zombies. It's about surviving in a world where all the comforts you have known are gone and in order to survive, you have to make hard choices; who to save, who not to save, and who you have to kill. It's also about understanding that every person you encounter are also trying to make the same hard choices.
That's what makes the show so compelling. The zombies are merely a tool to get us there. Zombies could be anyone. It's actually easier on the show where the zombies have become merely a nuisance. In a real zombie apocalypse, the zombies will be armed and move a lot faster.
FTWD ping
I’ve made the argument that the biggest contributor to moral decay (modern liberalism) was the discovery of penicillin. The fact that syphilis, gonorrhea, etc. could be resolved with a simple pill meant that the consequences of promiscuous sex was vastly reduced.
The “new” AIDS scare in the ‘80’s, that you could die from catching something from sex, was a shock to a new generation - even though this had been the norm historically.
So in general I agree with the premise. Our technologically advanced world allows people to not only ignore historical realities of life but to actually argue for lifestyles that are completely opposite and claim there’s nothing wrong with it. While the consequences of poor moral behavior can be managed by our society it doesn’t mean the traditional moral principles aren’t valid or should not be encouraged - we may need to revert to such moral traditions if society were to fall apart (natural disaster, war, etc.) , so we must not forget. That said, the “new morality” that these people want to embrace is not consequence free (as they want to believe), the consequences just manifest in different ways - broken families, fatherless children, high crime, drug use, murder, etc.. They’re all downstream consequences of our sexual morality. So even with our technological and medical marvels we’re still bound to the realities of the human existence, liberals just want to live in denial. As they say, “if it feels good it can’t be that bad”. It’s just an excuse to embrace their human desires while making an excuse as to why it is now ok, arrogantly reveling in their perceived Godlike enlightenment.
...narcissism, probably the greatest failing of the human condition. It is no wonder they reject Christ, he exposes them. They’d rather shout down truth so they don’t have to hear it. It is the only way to uphold the perception of “being a good person” while living as they do.
FTWD is bleeeeech
TWD on the other hand is interesting...has nothing to do with zombies just like Star Trek really wasn’t about space. They are character studies
I loved the scene where the old Hispanic dude mumbles to himself about the curly hair guy being weak when he stopped the blonde from hammering Susan the zombie.
Susan then almost kills her husband when he returns home which is what the blonde was worried about.
Yep. It is about get tough or die a soft mushy lefty zombie treat.
The only character on the show that I care about is the truck.
I initially thought The Walking dead was a really good series. then it just turned into recycled stories after the first 1 1/2 seasons and I lost interest. People are rabid about it though and I've had a few tell me it is a way for them to visualize a catastrophic collapse and learn how to deal with it.
Now, I think we all know that this isn't much of a realistic learning tool for survival, but I guess a lot of people don't get that. the point is that I think a lot of people are secretly interested in surviving a catastrophe plagued with occupying enemies.
At any rate, it doesn't do it for me like Breaking Bad did. I can get hooked on a show, but it's rare. BB kept me itching every week because just when you thought things couldn't possibly get worse, they did and the script was fresh every week. the zombie thing ran it's course for me after 1 season