Reanimated Podcast

Out of the Ashes and On the Inside were both Nicotero-directed episodes this week on the podcast and one of them was extra horrific. We’re not sold on the Commonwealth and we’re generally feeling a lot of deja vu about some of the arcs our characters are going through.

In Hunted and Rendition, Reanimated revels in its death pool success rate and gets to know the new neighbors, the Reapers. Come along and ride on a fantastic voyage.

Heey, we’re back with The Walking Dead prime in its final season. Listen along with Reanimated’s H.A. and Stuart as we bravely spelunk into the metro.

It was Blood Red Sky this week on the podcast. This Netflix original had Reanimated wishing we’d taken the voucher when they overbooked the flight, because nobody was getting out of this trip “ok.” Sure, it wasn’t perfect, but Blood Red Sky took some liberties with well-trodden plan-based thriller formulae and we kinda liked that!

Jam packed episode for our 299th this time on Reanimated! First we tackled What if … Zombies? which was the latest in Disney+’s multiversal musings, then we hit up Ashin of the North for some Jurchens, Joseon and Zombies in medieval Korea AND we did it all with a little help from our friend Kyle who joined H.A. and Stuart for the discussion.

Reanimated returns after some time away to finish up the last two episodes of Black Summer season 2. What a triumph! Not perfect by any means, but a very solid zombie show that we would happily recommend to all fans (except perhaps for fans of Z-Nation who really thought this show was going to be a prequel in spirit as well as in name.) We cover a sliver of news and then dig in, come with!

Black Summer takes a turn in episode 5 by introducing some (a lot of) dialog, and does it well! Reanimated sits down to enjoy a double dip and a Braithwaite's brew.

Between the nail-biting tension of Card Game and the frenzied mayhem of Cold War, the third and fourth episodes of Black Summer’s second season are just dynamite. Reanimated plows ahead with its recap/reviews of Black Summer this week!

It’s time to revel in Black Summer season 2 on Reanimated - so get comfy on your chaise lounge, with your mai tai and then plunge with us into the frigid arctic scenery with some familiar characters.

After a lengthy absence, Reanimated finally put Season 6 of FTWD to bed in this podcast. Reanimated remains skeptical of these showrunners’ ability to restore its faith in the show, but there are a few areas of potential in Season 7. At this point the loss of faith in the show is deep and dark.

We hit up Slither this week while we wait for the last two episodes of FTWD to be released. We dug this movie!

Army of the Dead lived up to Reanimated's expectations of the project - a dazzling spectacle that was a little weak in the story but had plenty of eye candy and ridiculous bread crumbs left behind by Zack Snyder to keep us laughing and enjoying it.

Not entirely sure what Fear can do to get back on our good side after such an underwhelming run in Season 6. Keith Carradine is a highlight in E13, but the story is mediocre.

Fear the Walking Dead started to claw its way back from a handful of bad episodes in the post-John Dorie era with “The Holding,” only to sink to new lows with “In Dreams.” Do people legitimately enjoy episodes of television that lean this heavily on dream sequences?

Reanimated digs deep to find Grace. No not her, inner peace. This show tries our patience but Ruben Blades is a treasure.

"Things Left to Do" only managed to leave a bad taste in Reanimated's collective mouths.

Strong start to the second half of season 6! Lots of spoilers in this podcast recap, so caveat emptor

Negan goes through several hair iterations and some beard dye in the actual season ender for S10 of TWD prime. Additionally, Reanimated addresses our own rosey-by-comparison review of the previous episode “Diverged”, the question of the Walking Dead’s timeline that is raised in this season finale and the enjoyable presence of a very unexpected cast member in the episode. All that and more!

Carol and Daryl work out some of their issues in this exploration of their terrible, horrible, very bad no good days.

The extended season is going four for four so far with the addition of “Splinter” which puts Princess in the hot seat and actor Paola Lázaro brings the heat!

Episode 18 of this season is One More which more or less serves as a vehicle to highlight how great two regular cast members are (but who get nowhere near enough credit or time on screen). Seth Gilliam and Ross Marquand put up great performances here and get to play against Robert Patrick to great effect! Awesome episode, listen on for our spoiler-full recap.

Daryl and Carol have some long-overdue discussions in this episode of The Walking Dead and we see how Daryl was living not his best life out in the woods for a few years after Rick’s disappearance. Also we get a sneak peak into how Daryl courts women in the zombocalypse by throwing fish at their front door from 20 feet away. Pretty sweet honestly.

Exit Humanity blew our minds this week by making its two hour runtime feel like much, much longer! Its savings graces came in the form of the beautiful locations, occasionally good cinematography and music.

It’s been a few, but we’re back this week with a recap/review of Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula. We also briefly talk over Deadlocked, which we had recorded but in the grand tradition of our podcast, we lost the audio, adding to our lengthy absence. Listen on!