Zombies 101

After the pain of last night, we decided to go with zombie comedies tonight and despite some misgivings and questionable reviews, both entries were pretty enjoyable.

For shits and giggles, we decided to have a Trejo Tuesday Two-fer and check out Danny Trejo's recent forays into the zombie apocalypse.

Ultimately, what we have here is a solid attempt at crafting a serious film about a serious situation.

This is all about Daryl, and Denise's amazing speech about strength, courage, and love is lost to the shock value of making sure Daryl suffers for the weakness of sympathy.

Instead of sacrificing her life, she ends up sacrificing more of her humanity to keep Maggie from doing the same.

The people in charge of The Walking Dead are not subtle with the ways they plant suggestions that a character is going to die soon.

Apocalyptic politics apparently translates most clearly as the "walking up to the biggest inmate on the first day of incarceration and trying to kill them."

Plus, as readers of the comics know, Jesus is coming to The Walking Dead.

I was a little wary of this movie at first. Pride and Prejudice is one of the classics and I really didn’t want to see it ruined by a pop culture fad.

The Walking Dead has now spent two episodes out of five squandering the good will they established after the extremely strong season opener.

What makes The Walking Dead so engaging is watching that struggle to redefine humanity and find the balance between compassion and pragmatism.

The Walking Dead hasn't been this blatantly cheesy in years.

Packed to the gills with action and character moments, The Walking Dead "JSS" was one of the best in the series' history.

And if you didn't tear up when Maggie (Lauren Cohan) shared with Tara (Alanna Masterson) the truth about what Nicholas had done, then you're missing out on the real heart of The Walking Dead.

Fear the Walking Dead is solid on all fronts. But it's a show about mass-murderers surviving at the expense of others.

Although sharing creators and set in the same universe as The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead is its own show with its own unique perspectives.

The National Guard is now the bad guy. Torture is justified. And paranoia is truth.

Exploring that gray area between keeping people safe and keeping them prisoner is going to be fertile ground for Fear the Walking Dead.

Watching Fear the Walking Dead makes plain the problem Rick had being dropped into that world without actually watching it happen.

Many modern writers and filmmakers have used the zombie as a blank slate onto which they can project pointed observations of society's ills.