I have always contemplated what makes George Romero’ s
classic Zombie Films replay value so high and why the Walking Dead is such a
great T.V Series that always leaves you in suspense wanting more. The answer is
Neorealism...
If you can recall from my previous post of what is
Neorealism is, basically it’s the happy ending that never happens. Or in other words...an Open Ended Plot/ Open
ended Story. Watch the movie “The Bicycle
Thief”.
First off, the Walking Dead T.V. series starts off with Rick
Grimes going into a coma (Conflict #1). He
wakes from the coma to find that the world has turned to shit with a bunch of
puss heads walking around eating the flesh of the living (or what’s left of the living)(#1 Overall
Conflict that will never be resolved which is the open ended plot). He then seeks out to find his wife and son (Conflict
#2). I hope this clarifies what I mean about the open ended plots because its
finals week and I’m not about to explain it all.
So, to some up what makes this show so awesome is that it
keeps the viewer wondering what’s going to happen next. Will they live? Who’s going
to die next? Will they find their happy
paradise free of zombies? Will humanity ever be the same? I can go on forever,
but this is the just of what makes the show so awesome.
The Walking Dead returns in February. Happy Valentine’s Day
to me!
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