The Squawking Dead

I have fond memories of the Undead dating back to childhood. Zombies make everything better, right? I can't be the only one who thinks so... Ok, so it's just me...ALRIGHTY then.

My family was behind the curve as far as electronics went. My parents bought our first color television and vcr in 1982. Just about sixteen or seventeen years *after* color TV was widely available. My father didn't hold with those fancy schmancy newfangled color TVs, but the rest of us wore him down.

So anyway, once the vcr was set up my Dad borrowed a bunch of movies from a co-worker who just happened to be a horror movie buff. My Mum and sister were far too squeamish to enjoy so my father and I had a rollicking good time with Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead and every other "Dead" film in that co-workers library. Some dad and daughter bonding, if you will. Other girls went to Father and Daughter dances but we had our zombies! (no it really isn't as sad as it seems, hehe or maybe it is *shrug*). I was a strange little girl, you know?

The man of the house (the m.o.t.h) and I don't watch much television these days, but one show we started watching about a year or so ago was "The Walking Dead" on AMC

http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead

The show started out quite strongly in my opinion and the first season, while flawed, was pretty good. Second season was still watchable but spotty on quality. It seems to me that when fans of the show have to fill in the plot, well, that's just poor writing. Not just minor things but plot holes you could drive a truck into. Completely contrived situations that make me scratch my head and think "the heck?". Perturbs me to no end, but it gives the moth and I something to complain about.

Now I finally come to the point. The last two episodes have killed off two major characters and left some many holes it made my head hurt. Lost guns that mysteriously reappear...folks who wander around at night during the zombie apocalypse and can't hear or smell a "walker" two feet behind them. So, so many things. Goofballs who manage to hit the only walker on the road for miles and flip their car over. Gah! And the writing for so many characters is just dumb.

So, yes...Now you've read this and realize I have just wasted five minutes of your time. Time you'll never get back. That was my nefarious plan all along! Hah! HAHAHAHA! :girlwerewolf:

(seriously, sorry for wasting your time. I had to vent!)