The Walking Dead.......... They are Coming!!!

“Either they come for us or we go for them.......one way or the other. If we need to survive, they need to die.”

We started watching the “The Walking Dead” series a couple of years back and I have been hooked to it since then. It’s not wrong to think what if, how do we know what’s gonna happen to our civilization in the coming years. As the cities are expanding and bursting with people everywhere in the world. I think nature will truly take care of this one way or the other to maintain a balance.

There is something original about this series and the story line is epic because you can not predict what will happen next. It is not about living, it’s all about survival. It is about the transformations one goes through his/her life to survive. Are we less than any animal when it comes to survival? I don’t think so; we may call ourselves a social animal. But when it comes to survival we kill the predators or our own just to make sure we are safe. It’s amazing what a person can do when it comes to his survival. I guess like all other animals we have the same strong survival instincts. After all it is all about living.

Obviously it is very hard to let go of your loved ones, but how long will you weep and mourn. Suck it up and rub some dirt on it, because life isn’t fair. You are lucky to be alive, but if you want to live you need to know how to survive. I am always sitting at the edge of my seat, jumping and getting worried as the zombies march towards them. The whole series is a nerve wreck and a chill runs down my spine when someone gets in to trouble.

I am so addicted to this series that wherever I go, I would look for exits and think what will I do if there is a zombie attack. Be it a shopping mall, my apartment, office, movie theatre or a late night drive back home. And living in a metropolitan city does not help at all because there are always so many people around and it would be so difficult to get away.

My weirdest of thoughts have been that Indian zombies would look so UNCOOL. Imagine, we will have Sardar Zombies in North India and excessive gold clad zombies draped in sarees in the South. How gross is that gonna look? So my feeling is that we should never have a zombie attack as we will definitely make the ugliest of zombies. I guess I had let my imagination run too wild for a while.

I would trouble Vivek all the time with my analysis, over analysis and predictions of the series. But sad for me, he would not participate and rather say don’t think too much you will know in the new episode “IT’S JUST A SERIES”. What do you mean?  It’s just a series, at times I feel like I am part of that group. I have been there in good and bad times, have cried over their losses, and slept with one eye open to make sure they are safe.

To be honest, it is very well done narrative that I have seen till date. The story engages you, you relate to all the characters, obvious you love some and hate some. My personal favorite is Daryl – not only for his good looks and cross bow, but his hunting skills. He is exactly the kind of guy you want to be on your side. Followed by Michome, I so love her Katana (Japanese sword), attitude and that she isn’t afraid to kick anyone’s ass. And obviously the iconic Carol, it is by far the most impressive character transformation I have ever read or seen in a fiction. It is just unbelievable that in Season 1 - she was so weak and meek that she never raised her voice even when she had an abusive husband. And now she is the one who secretly kills two members of the group and burns them to prevent the disease from spreading, and then when left abandoned she tries to save the whole group by blowing off Terminus or how she tricks the wolves. We always tend to ignore the inner strengths we all have till they reach a limit and then boom. It surely is commendable to see how circumstances can change you or shape you for the better or the worse.

The makers of the series have done a wonderful job. From the characters, sets, zombies everything looks so real and believable.  The story is unpredictable and anything can happen, because if the living do not pay attention, the dead will come for them. So many lives lost: Dayle, Hershel, Andrea, Tyresse, Beth, Naoh and many more but I miss them for sure, as one way or the other they had a significant role in survival of the rest

I always wait eagerly for the new season or the next episode of Walking Dead. There are going to be so many things to deal with in the new episodes to come escape from zombiethon, wolf, Carol/Morgan spat, and obvious Negan………. I am so excited. Hoping the new episodes are going to blow your mind like the others and may we have strength to bear the pain of losing someone we love dearly. Let the adventure begin!