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Funny; we always feel like zombies after a weekend at Disneyland, too. Running from ride to ride from eight to midnight can really wear you down.

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00:06

the road

00:07

where the walking dead: go on vacation a la Shmoop

00:10

zombies have been popping up all over the place lately

00:14

okay put the shotgun down

00:18

we didn't mean that they're actually clawing their way out of their graves

00:21

we're talking about their overwhelming presence

00:25

in pop culture. Could I have your autograph?

00:29

you can't turn around without bumping into a movie TV show video game or book

00:35

filled with

00:36

blood thirsty undead Cormac McCarthy's

00:40

the road has all the characteristics of a literary

00:43

Walking Dead, but is it really just another zombie story?

00:49

let's get out our zombie story check list shall we

00:54

We're lost in a post-apocalyptic world, check

01:00

our heroes are on the run

01:05

check

01:07

Plus they're on the US Highway System

01:10

which can be a nightmare with or without zombies

01:13

Yo, I'm driving here. Check

01:16

continuing down the checklist Cannibalistic foes drooling for human

01:21

flesh like it's chocolate covered bacon

01:23

Check any chance of escape? Nope

01:28

ok so that's actually a check too

01:31

we defintly seem to be on track for a trip to Zombieland

01:35

Aww shucks

01:40

How about direct confrontation with the undead

01:45

heres just one box we can't check unfortunately

01:50

an infectious agent that causes the living to be afraid of turning into a

01:53

walking corpse

01:54

nope we don't have that either

01:57

An oblique ending with no hope for survival

02:03

uh oh no more bullets! Also no

02:07

after all there is some hope here, good guys come out of the woodwork and rescue

02:11

the boy

02:11

The man dies

02:17

but you can still read the ending is a testament to hope in humanity

02:22

whatever the road is we knno it isn't the yellow brick one

02:24

there are any emerald city's or happy munchkins here although at this point we

02:29

wouldn't be surprised to encounter a

02:31

canabalistic dwarf. We represent the cannibal guild

02:35

So what is the road?

02:38

is that your run-of-the-mill post-apocalyptic cannibal infested

02:41

nightmare?

02:43

or because we never confront the zombies and aren't in danger

02:46

of being infected, does it not quite fit the bill? Shmoop amongst yourselves

02:50

Hold on to your Braaaainns

02:55

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