In my research for articles relating to my gun control topic, I was forced to widen my search to general weapons use in zombie movies. Because of this I found a really awesome website that highlights every death in The Walking Dead by character who killed the zombie, method of the killing as well as what season it occurred in. The article was linked in another article which was arguing that the message of gun control in The Walking Dead takes a very moderate stance. I found this rather interesting considering the amount of violence and importance placed on weapons in the first season. The characters of Andrea and Shane value their guns over most other things. I can see how they are made to be the "bad guys" that the viewers are meant to dislike, but what I don't understand is how the author of the article believes that portraying these characters as the gun toting radicals is a moderate stance.
Graphic Stopping the Dead - the zombie kill break down
This brings me to an even more interesting website that I found: The Internet Movie Firearms Database (IMFD). This website is set up like Wikipedia, but all of the entries are list and graphics of all the weapons used in a certain movie. While I am not going to be able to turn it in for my annotated bibliography, I find that it will be rather useful for my essay's argument. It was amusing to see only 5 weapons were shown in an entire zombie movie, while other zombie movies that I looked up (such as Zombieland) gave me carpal tunnel from all the scrolling.
Good luck to everyone else on their papers. I hope that y'all are not having as difficult of a time finding sources as I am.
For some reason it seems like everyone is having a difficult time coming up with reputable sources. Something you may want to look into is TED talks. The site occasionally has obscure topics that could possibly relate to your essay, but almost positive they'll have something on gun control. Isn't it amazing the amount of time that people take to publish/write information on things like weapons and deaths in The Walking Dead? It must take so much time and dedication to come up with stuff like this, and I'm so thankful for the people that do - so we can use it for essays! Best luck with your paper. I bet you'll have a ton of material to work with; hopefully you can find reputable sources.
ReplyDeleteI love sites like the IMFD! There's also one for cars! Fun fact, I drive the same minivan as the Simpsons!
ReplyDeleteI really like that you found this website meghan! I think its hilarious that austin drives the same minivan as the simpsons lol. I have had a rough week as well, Writing the paper for some reason is really difficult for me. I know my argument/question but i do not seem to know how to get my words across... ugh. Im in for an interesting weekend
ReplyDeleteAs Laura said, it is quite difficult to find reputable sources. Unfortunately, I'm having the same trouble myself. Also, thank you for telling us about IMFD, I'm going to look it up since as I said, I'm having trouble finding reputable sources. Good luck with your paper!
ReplyDeleteI am also having some trouble finding sources for my paper. I think this is partially because I'm not exactly sure what to type into the search engine besides "Warm I am also having some trouble finding sources for my paper. I think this is partially because I'm not exactly sure what to type into the search engine besides "Warm Bodies", reviews, or interviews. I want to find something that relates to the social aspects of my paper, but I haven’t yet figured out a way to type it so that the information and articles that pop up are actually related to my topic. I did find a magazine that I thought was interesting. It’s called The Daily Dead. It’s a pretty interesting sight. It might be helpful for someone so here's the site: http://dailydead.com/ (It's not a link, sorry. I couldn't figure out how to do that in a comment).
ReplyDeleteThe stuff about The Walking Dead is fascinating also, because I agree with you, Meghan, I don’t think they are moderately portraying these characters in that way either.
Folks: none of you who are struggling to find sources have come to talk to me about how to do it! That's what office hours are for! Don't struggle alone. I know how to do this stuff, okay?
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