Walking Dead, SC-Fi Genre

The Walking Dead achieved what few T.V. shows and even movies achieved in the Sci-Fi, which was creating a relatable story, even through nearly all the story revolves around fictional content. I had to write a paper in an English class of mine last year about a genre, of which I wrote about Sci-Fi, and how very little video based media was able to appeal to a broad audience in this genre. Many people have “trouble” watching movies and T.V. shows of the genre because they cannot relate to the content. The word relate strikes confusion to most when we are talking about pure fictional media, but when go further into the production of a T.V show like The Walking Dead. One of the most important aspects of a T.V. show or movie is emotional appeal, which directly correlates with reliability. The characters in The Walking Dead have many conflicts. In the first season, it’s the conflict of accepting current reality. Even the characters in the show were confused to why there was a zombie apocalypse; they believed it was a fairy tale idea. In the second season, it’s the conflict of man vs. man and man vs. self. The characters seem to struggle more if the trust of their fellow humans rather than the zombies threatening them. This idea of reliability and emotional appeal in The Walking Dead can be confusing to most, sense we are talking about a fictional genre. However, if we think deeper into the content of the movie, it is easier to see that it’s not really the zombies we have come accustom to in the show, it’s the struggles between the characters. Building off what I said approve, this “reliability” The Walking Dead has achieved, allows the audience to imagine themselves in the characters shoes. It sparks the audience’s imagination and creates a sense of “What would I do if I was him/her?” With that question in mind, the audience is then able to almost accept the reality of the movie and they believe that something like this is real, that it could happen. Posted By. Tyler Tillinghast