7 years ago
1
Where “The Walking Dead” Goes Wrong With Zombies
Rick Grimes is cornered. A walker shuffles toward him, thoughtless yet eager for flesh. Sweat drips through Grimes’ thick beard, grown in the hundreds of fearful days and nights since the dead started to roam the earth. He quickly reaches for his knife—a weapon he never used in his days as a cop—and sinks it straight into the ghoul’s forehead. This isn’t any specific scene from AMC’s The Walking Dead. It fits the bill for many of them. But is the human skull—zombified or not—really weak enough to yield to a knife?
Continue Reading http://nautil.us
Join the Discussion
I was sure the author had a completely different point to make at the start of the article and was a bit disappointed that they didn't make it, ohh well. The whole decay, rot and strength of the human scull stuff doesn't bother me as much as the fact that zombies in the show aren't terrifying anymore more, they are used as mere tools. I think at the moment, I prefer the direction of Fear the Walking Dead more than anything, they seem to have gotten the concept of a Zombie show down tight.