The Walking Dead Comparison Essay
Compare & Contrast Essay
Victoria Riley
COMM/155
February 25, 2012
Dr. Jackie E. Smalls
Compare & Contrast Essay The zombie apocalypse is coming, The Walking Dead series and Resident Evil movies have played into the public’s fear of turning into the living dead. Over the past 20 years the horror genre of movies and television has exceptionally rose in popularity. Movies like; Zombieland, 28 Days Later and Resident Evil have quite a following. “Television has started recently following this trend as well, by airing shows like The Walking Dead.”³ Television has filled a wide gap by filling the horror genre that was so absent in television. The reason these series have grown so vastly in a short amount of time is …show more content…
They are both set in a post-apocalyptic situation, where the characters must survive the onset of zombies or walkers. The Walking Dead has not yet discussed what causes the infection or reason for the walkers. Whereas, the Resident Evil series goes into excessive detail about the virus and zombies. While both entertainment series have a great deal in common, there are more differences. The Walking Dead is a new series; it premiered last year in 2011. The first Resident Evil movie premiered in 2002. The Walking Dead is a television series and Resident Evil is a movie series. The heroes differ in sex and while The Walking Dead has walkers, it stays insipidly normal - there are no super humans or mutated monsters like in the Resident Evil …show more content…
Daryl Dixon is one of the Atlanta Camp survivors. He is often volatile and will quickly resort to violence in threatening situations. An experienced tracker and hunter, he is deadly accurate with a crossbow and has taken a prominent role in safeguarding the members of his group. Sophia is a little girl about Carl’s age. Her father was abusive and killed by walkers. She is chased by a walker then lost. The group searches for until, in the last episode she is found with other walkers and shot. After finding Sophia and having to shoot her, the personalities of some characters change. Rick loses hope in humanity, Shane wants to lead the group and Daryl separates from the
Victoria Riley
COMM/155
February 25, 2012
Dr. Jackie E. Smalls
Compare & Contrast Essay The zombie apocalypse is coming, The Walking Dead series and Resident Evil movies have played into the public’s fear of turning into the living dead. Over the past 20 years the horror genre of movies and television has exceptionally rose in popularity. Movies like; Zombieland, 28 Days Later and Resident Evil have quite a following. “Television has started recently following this trend as well, by airing shows like The Walking Dead.”³ Television has filled a wide gap by filling the horror genre that was so absent in television. The reason these series have grown so vastly in a short amount of time is …show more content…
They are both set in a post-apocalyptic situation, where the characters must survive the onset of zombies or walkers. The Walking Dead has not yet discussed what causes the infection or reason for the walkers. Whereas, the Resident Evil series goes into excessive detail about the virus and zombies. While both entertainment series have a great deal in common, there are more differences. The Walking Dead is a new series; it premiered last year in 2011. The first Resident Evil movie premiered in 2002. The Walking Dead is a television series and Resident Evil is a movie series. The heroes differ in sex and while The Walking Dead has walkers, it stays insipidly normal - there are no super humans or mutated monsters like in the Resident Evil …show more content…
Daryl Dixon is one of the Atlanta Camp survivors. He is often volatile and will quickly resort to violence in threatening situations. An experienced tracker and hunter, he is deadly accurate with a crossbow and has taken a prominent role in safeguarding the members of his group. Sophia is a little girl about Carl’s age. Her father was abusive and killed by walkers. She is chased by a walker then lost. The group searches for until, in the last episode she is found with other walkers and shot. After finding Sophia and having to shoot her, the personalities of some characters change. Rick loses hope in humanity, Shane wants to lead the group and Daryl separates from the