5 Things The Walking Dead Season 5 Needs To Do To Maintain Momentum
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Focus On The Characters Rather Than The Action/Zombies
Zombies, on their own, are boring. They’ve been done, to death, and there’s very little to do with them that that is in any way original. That doesn’t mean they don’t have a place, or that they can’t be used well, but they work best in the background, as part of the landscape, as a larger, looming threat whose presence colors everything else. Think of it as a character like Thanos in the Marvel Universe, he doesn’t need to be in every last scene in order to impact the action; his presence is always felt by the characters and has an effect on every decision they make. What is really interesting, and what is going to keep you engaged, is how the characters, collectively as well as on an individual level, react and respond to this threat and this transformed world. Human on human conflict is much more interesting—you already know how the walkers are going to respond, but their presence can and should serve to heighten that tension, giving every situation, every choice, every encounter an increased level of intensity and importance because the consequences are now so dire. They’re best as an escalating factor, not as the primary focus.
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