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TV show cited as coming out during the zombie craze of the early 2010s, though mentioned as having less cultural capital than Game of Thrones or Breaking Bad

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"And it was really scary because my wife actually died 10 years ago in a tragic boating accident and so when I saw her standing there I was like oh my god that must be a ghost or even a phantom because if she is dead she can't be standing there unless she is a zombie which is even scarier because she"
"Why were people so obsessed with zombies 2010-2013ish? Nobody was talking about HIV, Anthrax, or Ebola really. No Cold War scares. I get The Walking Dead show came out around then but Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad had way more cultural capital."
Why tf were zombies THAT popular in the early 2010's? · u/SecretWasianMan · ↑105 · 2025-10-29
"I love action movies and like survival and combat centric media, especially historical or post-apocalyptic settings. I'm absolutely not a cinephile and I have never claimed to have good taste, but stuff like The Northman, Top Gun, Die Hard, Gladiator, and the first few seasons of TWD are totally up "
Being a fan of action movies and a female is ruining my life · u/Well-Welcome · ↑42 · 2026-02-06
"reread The Walking Dead the other week (anybody who was dissatisfied with the AMC show after a few seasons in, I'd recommend reading it even if you hate comics just to see how badly they butchered the potential of the show, because it really could've been something special) and as awful as a concept"
"They strike me as similar to the guys in 2012 that talked about how they'd survive a zombie apocalypse, only that tied into the popularity of The Walking Dead."
Esoteric posers · u/fire_suc_on_me · ↑28 · 2024-05-19
"reread The Walking Dead the other week (anybody who was dissatisfied with the AMC show after a few seasons in, I'd recommend reading it even if you hate comics just to see how badly they butchered the potential of the show, because it really could've been something special)"
"They strike me as similar to the guys in 2012 that talked about how they'd survive a zombie apocalypse, only that tied into the popularity of The Walking Dead."
Esoteric posers · u/fire_suc_on_me · ↑28 · 2024-05-19
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