By Nicole Ignell

Staff Writer

Over spring break, I had the opportunity to completely geek out and go to the sets of one of the most popular, captivating and nail-biting shows on television, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” in Atlanta.

For those of you that do not watch “The Walking Dead”, stop reading this and go watch it now. For the rest of the sane population, “The Walking Dead” is a show about the zombie apocalypse that follows a group of Southerners that face the normal challenges of the post-apocalyptic world and they get chased around by brain-eating people.

While on my trip, I visited the iconic geek locations such as Morgan’s House, Downtown Atlanta, Rick’s House, the Quarry and the Centers for Disease Control.

What was different with these sets compared to others was the fact that these were actually peoples homes, real work-filled buildings and real cities full of people. The realism of the show presented itself with how many people really did occupy the streets, parks and buildings. I felt engulfed into the world of the walking dead. It seemed as though the locations were untouched and Morgan (a characeter who loses his family to zombies) had just gone through the emotional breakdown about his wife becoming an undead flesh-eating walker.
An aspect that may draw viewers to the show is fact that our world is much like the zombie apocalypse. This show is all about beings that only consume and consume, and that what is in front of them is never satisfactory. Maybe this idea is crazy, or maybe the television industry has actually shown the world its true colors.