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They made the zombie genre accessible for the most people. I even got my 62 year old mom hooked on the show. What is the business sense of having a show that only hardcore fans will watch? I think it is a great show that balances the needs of "fans" of the comics and the average viewer in a way that just plain works.
Excellent point. My wife hates horror or pretty much anything to do
with zombies. She reluctantly watched it with me one night and hasn't
missed an episode since. Its not a show about zombies, but rather a
show about people who happen to live in around zombies. Dealing with
the walkers becomes one of the easier parts of their lives.
The characters make lots of tactical mistakes. They are ordinary
everyday folk. Most are only alive now because of dumb luck and as we
have already seen; luck eventually runs out.
Comics and television are two very different medium. There is quite a
bit more you can get away with in comics than you can on a network TV
show. I do not expect to see a lone katana wielding zombie huntress
leading a pair of jawless walkers on a leash stroll into frame on the TV
show this season or any season, and I am fine with that. I don't mind
divergence when necessary.