The Walking Dead is an American post-apocalyptic horror television series developed for television by Frank Darabont. It is based on the ongoing comic book series, The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore, and Charlie Adlard. The series stars Andrew Lincoln as Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes who wakes up after being in a coma to find the world inhabited by zombies. He then sets out to find his family and other survivors along the way. ~WikipediaThis is how you could bare-bones describe The Walking Dead TV series. And here is a basic description of the Battlestar Galactic series:
The story arc of Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, a cybernetic race of Cylons launch a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and devastating their populations. Out of a population numbering in the billions, only approximately 50,000 humans survive, most of whom were aboard civilian ships that avoided destruction. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the eponymous Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military capital ship that survived the attack. Under the leadership of Colonial Fleet officer Commander William "Bill" Adama (Olmos) and President Laura Roslin (McDonnell), the Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the small fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as Earth. ~WikipediaThe Walking Dead is currently airing it's second season on AMC and Battlestar Galactica aired from 2004-2009. The Walking Dead was named during the American Film Institute Awards 2010 as one of the top 10 television programs of 2010. Battlestar Galactica has won widespread critical acclaim among many mainstream non-genre publications such as Time magazine.
On the surface, both series are post-apocalyptic survival stories. Pretty basic--the world is destroyed. What happens after? But here's what keeps you watching:
"That's something that's not really addressed in the book. And that's something that we'd like to keep," Mazzara said. "This show is about our characters. And about them trying to stay alive, hold on to their humanity, find a safe place, hopefully rebuild civilization. Just everything's collapsed. So they're under incredible duress. It doesn't feel right that they would have those answers, and even if they did have those answers, what would they do with them?" ~Tim Molloy, The Wrap, on The Walking DeadIt's the people--their stories, their hopes and dreams. Their resiliency and desire to find just a moment of peace in a world torn apart. This is why you watch and what keeps you coming back, no matter how horrific and traumatic the events.
What keeps us going is the hope that tomorrow will somehow be a better day.
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