John Sears | December 6, 2018
The trailer for the Walking Dead’s next half-season is out, and as expected, the Zombie-co-existing Whisperers are the officially designated Next Enemy. Obviously a disappointing turn of events, Zombie Rights-wise. There will no doubt be a lot of blood, and ichor, spilled, and a lot of extremely morally dubious choices made by the alleged heroes [...]
John Sears | November 30, 2018
Well, they finally did it (or did they?). AMC’s flagship show promoting Undead Intolerance has boldly moved into the future. The subjective future of their characters anyway. Several years after Rick-not-quite-perished detonating a perfectly good bridge just because Zombies wanted to use it, we see the post-apocalyptic communities still huddling behind their walls, still hoarding [...]
John Sears | April 17, 2018
Well, as predicted, TWD did not give us Zombie Carl. It also didn’t give us an escape from Negan’s endless chattery. Instead there was another half season of scheming, double-crosses, triple-crosses… if our math is right, the finale had a quintuple cross at the end. Like nesting dolls made of treachery. So there was a [...]
John Sears | December 19, 2017
We were uneasy about this latest season of The Walking Dead here on the ZRC blog, as mentioned in a post last summer, and so far, our suspicions have been handily borne out. But the show should really be rebranded ‘The Talking Negan’ by now. Good grief. We never thought we’d say this here at [...]
John Sears | November 15, 2017
Now that the third season of ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 3 is over, the ZRC has been giving some thoughts to this spinoff. Naturally, we are still opposed. From the title on down, it is still hardly a nuanced portrayal of the Differently Animated, even as Season 3 proved determined to delve into complicated [...]
John Sears | July 15, 2017
(Walkers…welcome? We hope so!) On a recent West Coast outing, the Zombie Rights Campaign staff had time for a short detour to the Zombee Donuts and Bakeshop, located in Fullerton, California. As the name suggests, and the website confirms, this is a bakery, focused on donuts and similar pastries, with a decidedly Undead theme. As [...]
John Sears | June 7, 2017
The final episode of ‘Dead Set’ begins with a hastily-averted sniping tragedy and the happy reunion of Riq and Kelly. Aww. I guess. But can happiness possibly last with such a dysfunctional cast? (Note: this is a very spoiler heavy analysis, so only read further if you dare)
John Sears | May 22, 2017
Is reality television good for you? Can it even get you killed? Well…
John Sears | May 15, 2017
Looting, violence and angry self-destructive behavior, all that and more on the next episode of ‘Dead Set’! (Also essentially every Zombie Apocalypse story ever. More below the cut).
John Sears | May 8, 2017
Episode 2 opens with Kelly’s boyfriend Riq being thrust into the alleged Zombie apocalypse (the ZRC strongly disputes this traditional framing). Also, dealing with mass transit during a significant social upheaval. More below the cut.