I feel like even back then TWD was seen as a refreshing take on a tired concept. I wouldn’t call that “peak” zombie, though I have no idea what the actual era of “peak” zombie would even be, 2007? no clue.
Maybe I’m wrong. How I remember it is it was born out of that time and kicked the end of that time down the road a bit. Remember TWD had spin offs (maybe just one?) and copy cats and adaptations and so on. But yeah it’s almost 15 years old now, so it’s relatively old for a show.
I think it’s to show that the characters don’t know what zombies are so when they have to learn the same tired tropes that most zombie mythos regurgitates it makes sense to the audience.
Zombies aren’t cool anymore, so renaming is an attempt at making them interesting.
Mechs are cool af, but just calling them mechs makes it boring.
Zombies were being renamed at their peak. Look at the walking dead.
The walking dead is not peak zombie. It might be peak soap opera.
I didn’t mean it like that. What I meant was the walking dead existed in the time period of peak zombie.
I feel like even back then TWD was seen as a refreshing take on a tired concept. I wouldn’t call that “peak” zombie, though I have no idea what the actual era of “peak” zombie would even be, 2007? no clue.
You’re probably right, I think I’m biased and/or misremembering because I wasn’t a fan of the genre until a little later on.
It’s that old? Dang.
Maybe I’m wrong. How I remember it is it was born out of that time and kicked the end of that time down the road a bit. Remember TWD had spin offs (maybe just one?) and copy cats and adaptations and so on. But yeah it’s almost 15 years old now, so it’s relatively old for a show.
Oh wow, yeah that sounds pretty close to the right time.
I think it’s to show that the characters don’t know what zombies are so when they have to learn the same tired tropes that most zombie mythos regurgitates it makes sense to the audience.