THE WALKING DEAD: WORLD BEYOND SERIES REVIEW

The Walking Dead continues its unceasing shamble across television with the first season of its new limited series World Beyond. The story primarily follows Iris (Aliyah Royale) and her adopted sister Hope (Alexa Mansour), two teenage girls living in a community founded within a Nebraska University. Things seem to be peaceful initially as the community is part of an alliance with a West Coast based power called the Civic Republic, who at least claim to have their best interests at heart. However, things change when the girls get a message from their father Leo (Joe Holt) who sends a fax message for help from New York. This inspires the girls to go on a quest, along with their friends Silas (Hal Cumpston) and Elton (Nicolas Cantu), to find their father and save him. Justin, Dogget, T.C., and Jena have made their own little four person team to journey through this season of television. Did all of them make it until the end? Did they lose their humanity in the process? Listen to find out our thoughts on whether The Walking Dead deserves to live again or if it should be put back into the ground.

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CREATED BY: Scott M. Gimple, Matthew Negrete

STARRING: Aliyah Royale, Alexa Mansour, Hal Cumpston, Nicolas Cantu, Nico Tortorella, Annet Mahendru, Julia Ormond, Joe Holt, Christina Marie Karis, Christina Brucato, Natalie Gold, Ted Sutherland, Al Calderon, Scott Adsit, Jelani Alladin

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Justin Zarian (Screener Squad, Eye on the Prize, Breakfast Pub, Assistant Site Manager)

Justin’s fate as a movie fanatic was written in the stars when his birth forced his parents to cancel their planned Oscar viewing party. While growing up in California, he was often seen in front of the television watching and re-watching Star Wars, Jurassic Park, classic Disney movies and a steady stream of animated shows. This eventually led to a B.A. in Film at Brigham Young University and an Outstanding Student Teacher Award for displaying a level of film knowledge so insane that even his fellow film students couldn’t compete. He received his M.A. from Syracuse University and is currently pursuing a teaching certificate, but still volunteers at One of Us every so often for the fun of it. His hobbies include non-stop film conversations, wondering how Mass Effect 3’s ending went so wrong, espousing the joys of shooting guns (but not hunting, as he’s quick to note), writing the next great American television show in his head, and anything else entertainment related. You can find him on Facebook once in a blue moon.

 

 

Jena Perry (Screener Squad)

Jena Perry. Aka Luna. Aka Dion. Aka Memori. Aka Dog whisperer. Aka whiskey connoisseur. As you can see, depending on when you met this Oakland, California native, you have experienced a completely different person, each time. After finally deciding on a 13+year career choice as a Videographer and Radio Personality, Jena balances her time between pursuing her Doctorate in Philosophy, providing insightful and funny critiques on films and Television, raising her daughter and dog in Ohio, and constantly fighting off the existential dread that is being a dope black woman in America in the 20th century.

 

 

T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)

T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago,