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12929964, I see that realism is important to you in shows about about
Posted by Mgmt, Tue Nov-17-15 06:31 AM
Zombies

>The conventional wisdom holds that, in the face of an
>existential crisis, humanity would put its petty differences
>aside and band together. It's a fairly common trope in alien
>invasion films, but I'm not sure that would hold true in the
>zombie apocalypse.
>
>Maybe, it would be living vs dead in the early days, but by
>the time the dead rule the world and the living are fighting
>over the scraps, I have a hard time believing the old
>tribalism wouldn't be back and stronger than ever. The Walking
>Dead depicts humanity at its worse, but somehow that doesn't
>include racism? People are cannibalistic, raper
>and...colorblind? Nah, B. Not buying it.