It’s always sad to learn that an august body harbors hateful prejudice. It might be your local school board, unhappy about allowing a Zombie child to attend, or your local hospital, unwilling to treat the broken arm of a Zombie.

Or it might be the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, which handed out a formerly respectable award to infamous and bloody Anti-Zombie spectacle ‘The Walking Dead’:

On a relaxing Southern California afternoon, amidst the beautiful backdrop of the San Gabriel Mountains, The Castaway set the scene for the 37th Annual Saturn Awards. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films proudly presented the awards to its winners and special award recipients.

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Best TV Presentation: “The Walking Dead”

‘The Walking Dead’ was seriously your idea of the best sci-fi, fantasy or horror show on television last year? You didn’t even TRY to take Zombie feelings into account, did you?

I guess we know where the Academy stands on the issue of Zombie Rights.

For shame, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films. For shame.

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Tags: Academia, Mainstream Media, Movies, Robert Kirkman, Television

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