Speculation about what survival would be like in the event of a zombie apocalypse has created a gold mine of entertainment in the form of books, movies and television shows.
In the world of the popular show “The Walking Dead,” a group of survivors deal with the trials and tribulations of keeping themselves alive in a world full of hungry, relentless zombies, which they refer to in the show as “walkers.”
With most of the world now filled with walkers stumbling around hungry for the closest human, ingenuity is the name of the game to stay alive.
The thrill of watching the characters barely avoid getting eaten by zombies and the drama that goes on between the characters combine to create a great show.
The show incorporates a plot twist here and there to help it become extremely popular in its three seasons.
Although the show is fictional, it does a good job of suggesting what humans’ chances would be if overrun by flesh-eating tireless zombies (even though those odds are slim to none). Some people can’t help but speculate how our modern day industrial world will come to a crumbling end.
Whether it’s by a zombie creating and spreading a disease or a giant meteoroid bound to the hit the earth, assuming we don’t blow ourselves up, someone will indefinitely come up with more theories about the end of the world.
I can’t help but wonder if these shows such as “The Walking Dead” and movies like “I am Legend,” “The Day After Tomorrow” and “2012” have any more meaning than giving the masses entertainment.
Are these movies and shows a way for the creators to look into how people see the current state of our industrial world and then lead into foreshadowing of how we all speculate the world may end?
The idea of the world ending comes at an interesting time with all the theories that surround the Mayan prophecy, which according to their calendar, indicates that the world will be ending Dec. 21.
Many have worked to debunk this prophecy and have come up with evidence, which leads many to believe we are safe for now.
People who are religious have their own beliefs and theories about how this world will end, but it doesn’t change the trend. Many people fear the unknown and try to make up for it by theorizing about it.
Because no one knows for sure what the world is going to be like when it ends, and for those who believe that it will be no more come Dec. 21, it provides a challenging question, what would you do with your time left?
As college students, most of us have yet to experience many life milestones.
So speculating that we only have a month and half to live, do we keep going to school and keep to our daily routines or should we start crossing items off of our bucket lists?
