Fear the Walking Dead

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND COLLAPSING BRIDGES, LONG EXHAUSTING WALKS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE … AND CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT Now it may surprise you learn that public relations is still a thing in the zaombie apocalypse. That’s not so much because the undead are spruiking the marginal benefits of being eaten by them Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND SOLAR PANELS, CATS WITH BEHAVIOURAL ISSUES AND THE PATH OF TRUE LOVE NOT RUNNING SMOOTH Is there anything more creepy than someone you know, you just know, is inherently evil and up to the kind of no good that hardcore narratives are made of, acting like Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND OILY ZOMBIES, REGRET AND LOSS AND SOCIOPATHS ON HORSEBACK … “Oh, the humanity!” First uttered by reporter “Herb” Morrison as he watched in horror as the Hindenburg burned on 6 May, 1937, taking 36 lives with it, this expression is normally associated with lamentation and sadness. Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … THE PRESENCE OF GOD, JEWISH ZOMBIES AND CHEESY DOORMATS FULL OF EXISTENTIAL LONGING … If there’s one thing the zombie apocalypse is short of – okay there’s a lot of things it’s lacking but bear with me here for the purposes of a killer opening sentence – Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … ARBOREAL ART GALLERIES, FISH FRYING AND UNPUBLISHED AUTHORS KILLING FOR AN AUDIENCE … Is art dead in the zombie apocalypse? You’d have every reason to think so since let’s face it, there’s barely enough time to stay alive, let alone do some tasteful painting or film people Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND JELLY BEANS … AND REMOTE CONTROL CARS … AND STARLIT NIGHTS THAT AREN’T BUT ARE IN ALL THE RIGHT, LIEE-ENDING WAYS … Shopping in the zombie apocalypse is never a good idea. More specifically, shopping in the apocalypse at a mall in the zombie apocalypse a Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND EXPLODING ZOMBIES, BAD MUSTARD AND HIGHLY-DECORATIVE, INSPIRATIONAL TREE ART … You know what the zombie apocalypse needs far more of, well besides less of the undead? Pad Thai, of course! Granted, this may not be the first thing that springs to mind in a world crying Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … RADIOACTIVE CLOUDS, LOVE SWEET LOVE AND BUSTED VENDING MACHINES RIPE FOR THE TAKING … It is a rare thing indeed to watch an hour of apocalyptic television – and by that I mean TV of an apocalyptic nature, not reality TV whose sheer banal awfulness signals the Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … RADIOACTIVE ZOMBIES AND SCARED KIDS AND HOPE DYING … AND NOT … We all like to think of ourselves as good people right? Cross at the lights. Give old ladies our seat on the train. Stand up to demented racists with orange hair (no one in particular; Continue Reading

SPOILERS AHEAD … AND A LITTLE KINDNESS WHICH GOES A LONG WAY … AND REALLY, *REALLY*, CLOSE-UP ZOMBIES … Goddamit but Fear the Walking Dead has made kindness muscular and sexy! That’s quite a feat and not simply because kindness is usually the preserve of Care Bears, Hallmark cards and Continue Reading