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The Road: Where the Walking Dead Go on Vacation 29915 Views
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Funny; we always feel like zombies after a weekend at Disneyland, too. Running from ride to ride from eight to midnight can really wear you down.
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- 00:06
the road
- 00:07
where the walking dead: go on vacation a la Shmoop
- 00:10
zombies have been popping up all over the place lately
- 00:14
okay put the shotgun down
- 00:18
we didn't mean that they're actually clawing their way out of their graves
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- 00:21
we're talking about their overwhelming presence
- 00:25
in pop culture. Could I have your autograph?
- 00:29
you can't turn around without bumping into a movie TV show video game or book
- 00:35
filled with
- 00:36
blood thirsty undead Cormac McCarthy's
- 00:40
the road has all the characteristics of a literary
- 00:43
Walking Dead, but is it really just another zombie story?
- 00:49
let's get out our zombie story check list shall we
- 00:54
We're lost in a post-apocalyptic world, check
- 01:00
our heroes are on the run
- 01:05
check
- 01:07
Plus they're on the US Highway System
- 01:10
which can be a nightmare with or without zombies
- 01:13
Yo, I'm driving here. Check
- 01:16
continuing down the checklist Cannibalistic foes drooling for human
- 01:21
flesh like it's chocolate covered bacon
- 01:23
Check any chance of escape? Nope
- 01:28
ok so that's actually a check too
- 01:31
we defintly seem to be on track for a trip to Zombieland
- 01:35
Aww shucks
- 01:40
How about direct confrontation with the undead
- 01:45
heres just one box we can't check unfortunately
- 01:50
an infectious agent that causes the living to be afraid of turning into a
- 01:53
walking corpse
- 01:54
nope we don't have that either
- 01:57
An oblique ending with no hope for survival
- 02:03
uh oh no more bullets! Also no
- 02:07
after all there is some hope here, good guys come out of the woodwork and rescue
- 02:11
the boy
- 02:11
The man dies
- 02:17
but you can still read the ending is a testament to hope in humanity
- 02:22
whatever the road is we knno it isn't the yellow brick one
- 02:24
there are any emerald city's or happy munchkins here although at this point we
- 02:29
wouldn't be surprised to encounter a
- 02:31
canabalistic dwarf. We represent the cannibal guild
- 02:35
So what is the road?
- 02:38
is that your run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic cannibal infested
- 02:41
nightmare?
- 02:43
or because we never confront the zombies and aren't in danger
- 02:46
of being infected, does it not quite fit the bill? Shmoop amongst yourselves
- 02:50
Hold on to your Braaaainns
- 02:55
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