Category Archives: The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead: “18 Miles Out” Raises Suicide Awareness

February 28th, 2012 | Posted in suicide, The Walking Dead, zombie

Sunday night’s episode of The Walking Dead titled “18 Miles Out” saw conflict among group members come to a head, with a brawl between Rick and Shane as the best illustration of the tensions that run throughout the group. But it would be a mistake to focus on such issues of drama and positive soap […]

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The Walking Dead Continues to Wrestle with Darabont’s Ethical Concerns

December 1st, 2011 | Posted in horror, social commentary, The Walking Dead

After Frank Darabont’s unexpected and sudden departure from The Walking Dead at the beginning of production for Season 2 many fans wondered and worried whether the quality of the writing for the program would be compromised. Although some have expressed concerns about the allegedly slow pacing of this season in contrast with the first (a […]

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The Walking Dead, Albert Camus, and the Fundamental Question of Philosophy

October 30th, 2011 | Posted in The Walking Dead, zombie

Last week The Walking Dead intersected with religion in wrestling the big questions of life in the face of apocalypse and life as the seemingly absurd. Tonight, with the episode “Save the Last One,” it not only raised questions about God’s existence,but also perfectly illustrated an existential question from twentieth century philosopher Albert Camus. In […]

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The Walking Dead Goes to Church: The Search for the Divine in “What Lies Ahead”

October 19th, 2011 | Posted in The Walking Dead, theological reflection, zombie, zombie Jesus

Last Sunday night AMC aired the premiere episode for season 2 of The Walking Dead. In the process the series set new records: The 90-minute episode drew 7.3 million total viewers, becoming the strongest telecast for any drama in basic cable history among two key demos. The zombie drama based on Robert Kirkman’s long-running comics […]

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The Walking Dead: Beware of Product Placement

April 16th, 2011 | Posted in The Walking Dead, zombie

An item from the mail online in the UK caught my attention as it describes the understandably negative reaction when an ad agency put an advertisement for The Walking Dead on the side of The co-Operative Funeralcare building. The article quotes someone from a nearby hospice saying the following: Mrs Jones said grieving families could […]

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Religion Dispatches: Toward a Zombie Theology

December 9th, 2010 | Posted in The Walking Dead, theological reflection, theology, zombie

My latest entry at Religion Dispatches, this time for their blog, is now available. In includes some thoughts related to the final episode of the AMC series The Walking Dead, in a post titled “Toward a Zombie Theology.” The piece connects zombies, theology, and neuroscience. After discussing the episode titled “TS-19,” and mentioning its Christian […]

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Entertainment Weekly: The Walking Dead “Best New Show on TV”

November 29th, 2010 | Posted in horror, The Walking Dead, zombie

I recently came across a magazine that devoted its cover to their assertion that AMC’s The Walking Dead is “The Best New Show on TV.” Surprisingly, this claim and appreciation for a zombie horror show was not found on the cover of Fangoria, Horror Hound, or Famous Monsters of Filmland, but instead on Entertainment Weekly […]

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Reflections on The Walking Dead

November 5th, 2010 | Posted in graphic novels, horror, The Walking Dead, zombie

The television series The Walking Dead premiered last Sunday, Halloween night, and I thought before the second episode this weekend I’d share a few reflections. Given my interests and the social venues and media circles I travel in it was difficult not to become aware of this series. AMC did a masterful job of tapping […]

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