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***OFFICIAL 'The Walking Dead' TV Series Thread*** (4 Viewers)

If I'm going out on a run, I'd be damn sure to be wearing two pairs of Levis, flannel, leather jacket and gloves. Some of these guys are running around sleeveless for christ sakes.

 
packersfan said:
I thought the Raining Zombies scene was oustanding. Sometimes you just have to come up with some really insane s**t and go for it. That scene did it. By far the best part of the premiere in my opinion.

I agree TWD isn't on the same level in terms of "quality" as Breaking Bad. The latter could go down as the greatest TV show of all time so it's hardly a slap on TWD if it doesn't measure up. I think TWD is a damn good show and one of the best on TV. It doesn't have to be on the level of Breaking Bad for me to enjoy it as much as I do.
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The special effects alone are better than ive seen in any horror movies that come to mind

 
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Rustoleum said:
No F'ing way that much booze in one place survives a full year into the zombie apocalypse with only a crappy chain link fence stopping the scavengers.

Was really hoping one of the three questions was "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?".
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"What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?"

 
The raining zombie idea was originally a joke in the writer's room. They eventually decided it would be a cool thing to film but it was pretty hokey.

 
Frankly it was about time they dealt with the problem of people dying in the middle of the night. I expected it to be an old person but it was ridiculous that they wouldn't take someone being sick seriously knowing if they die they're going to turn.

Stupid not to sleep with your cell door shut as well, but that wouldn't make for as good of TV now would it?

 
cstu said:
Frankly it was about time they dealt with the problem of people dying in the middle of the night. I expected it to be an old person but it was ridiculous that they wouldn't take someone being sick seriously knowing if they die they're going to turn.

Stupid not to sleep with your cell door shut as well, but that wouldn't make for as good of TV now would it?
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Or at least have a firewatch or two at night. To keep an eye out for the Governor, hordes breaking through the fences, and people dying at night.

 
Why are people talking about why they don't have watches or sleep with the cell doors closed when we haven't seen the aftermath of Harry Potter running amok? We don't know what they do for security at night or much about what they have outside the prison fence at this point, do we?

 
cstu said:
Frankly it was about time they dealt with the problem of people dying in the middle of the night. I expected it to be an old person but it was ridiculous that they wouldn't take someone being sick seriously knowing if they die they're going to turn.

Stupid not to sleep with your cell door shut as well, but that wouldn't make for as good of TV now would it?
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From the very first time they made it to the jail one of my first thoughts was "I'd sleep with my cell door closed in case someone turns during the night".

 
I think the pig and Harry Potter died of some illness that is something that is currently around. They'll never explain it correctly if it is some new zombie airborne virus... how will that figure that out?

Its probably swine flu. And it makes the prison less safe if you're constantly worried about those around you either getting you sick or worse, dying themselves and then reanimating as a zombie behind your lines.

 
Rustoleum said:
No F'ing way that much booze in one place survives a full year into the zombie apocalypse with only a crappy chain link fence stopping the scavengers.

Was really hoping one of the three questions was "What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?".
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I don't know. Is that African or European?

 
Showed bleeding eyes guy at fence twice. Showed Harry Potter dead with bleeding eyes. Pig dies of unknown causes. Pretty obvious there is a nasty virus going around killing people.

Sucks that you not only have to worry about zombies, now you have to worry about some form of fast acting swine flu.

 
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.

 
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.

 
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...

 
A lot of dead animals and dead animal referances...the previews for this season alluded to this a bit as well. I'm guessing the zombies eating the dead animals is whats creating a new strain

 
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
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They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.

And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.

 
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
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They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.

And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
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I thought i heard them say that Todd Bridges was an army medic?

 
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
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They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
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I agree, they should worry about normal health issues. But the show is about human interactions based AROUND a zombie apocalypse. Pick an evil, and stick with it. As long as this new "virus" has something to do with the zombies, then fine.

 
Any kind of illness would be watched like a hawk after the Walker apocalypse, i imagine we will see what kind of precautions they have put in place that failed in the next episode. Whatever Waldo had hit him suddenly, even though he said he wasn't feeling well during storytime,we just chalked it up to him being a pansy.

Something normal like the flu I would bet they would keep people separated out or in the hospital area of the prison, this illness killed Waldo in what looks like less than 24 hours before anyone else noticed he was sick.

 
So its a new flu or virus that makes them a different zombie when the die from it? Or is it a new type of zombie?

 
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Disco Stu said:
Well if it kills you, you turn into a zombie. That's enough of a tie-in for me. :shrug:
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:goodposting: I think people forget that this show isn't just about zombies.

It is a show about how people would survive an Apocalypse, that just so happens to have Zombies in it.

Having to deal with "Real World" viruses/issues after an Apocalypse is something they were bound to cover.. Especially after having Lori die during the birth of their child.

 
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IIRC, when discussing season 4, one of the producers said a new danger emerges, and it is not zombies.. went on to say it was somethign to do with nature, so disease makes sense. :shrug:

 
Psychopav said:
Why are people talking about why they don't have watches or sleep with the cell doors closed when we haven't seen the aftermath of Harry Potter running amok? We don't know what they do for security at night or much about what they have outside the prison fence at this point, do we?
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Gimple insinuated on Talking Dead that hell was going to break loose in the prison.
 
Copeman said:
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
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They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
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I agree, they should worry about normal health issues. But the show is about human interactions based AROUND a zombie apocalypse. Pick an evil, and stick with it. As long as this new "virus" has something to do with the zombies, then fine.
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A virus that makes zombies not so slow? Gives them a mutation where they are a little more difficult to kill?

 
Jules Winnfield said:
Copeman said:
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
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I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
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They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
Click to expand...
I agree, they should worry about normal health issues. But the show is about human interactions based AROUND a zombie apocalypse. Pick an evil, and stick with it. As long as this new "virus" has something to do with the zombies, then fine.
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A virus that makes zombies not so slow? Gives them a mutation where they are a little more difficult to kill?
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Yeah, I could go with that. You?

 
Jules Winnfield said:
Copeman said:
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
Click to expand...
I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
Click to expand...
They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
Click to expand...
I agree, they should worry about normal health issues. But the show is about human interactions based AROUND a zombie apocalypse. Pick an evil, and stick with it. As long as this new "virus" has something to do with the zombies, then fine.
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A virus that makes zombies not so slow? Gives them a mutation where they are a little more difficult to kill?
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how about they evolve to be smarter..

 
Parrothead said:
Jules Winnfield said:
Copeman said:
Disco Stu said:
Copeman said:
jamny said:
Copeman said:
I'd be dissapointed if it turns out to be the swine flu, or a virus, or the common cold. A mutation in the zombie gene or whatever you want to call it...that I can live with.
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Why? Some type of virus would be a likely thing to have to endure in a situation like that. They're practically living in the dark ages at this point.
Click to expand...
I just think a mutation of the zombie gene...or whatever you want to call it, would make for better tv. I mean, if they're gonna have to worry about the swine or bird flu, they need to worry about just about anything health wise, with no doctors/antibiotics, etc...
Click to expand...
They should be worried about normal health issues. That's a very valid and reasonable concern in this situation.And FWIW, I heard Carol greet a doctor early in this episode. I didn't notice who she was talking to (may have been off screen) so I don't know if it was a doctor from Woodbury or somewhere else.

My first thought was adding a real doctor could make Hershel more expendable. But now I think the doctor will be used to diagnose the new health threat.
Click to expand...
I agree, they should worry about normal health issues. But the show is about human interactions based AROUND a zombie apocalypse. Pick an evil, and stick with it. As long as this new "virus" has something to do with the zombies, then fine.
Click to expand...
A virus that makes zombies not so slow? Gives them a mutation where they are a little more difficult to kill?
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how about they evolve to be smarter..
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George Romero did that with one of his more recent Dead films (the one with Dennis Hopper).

 
Interesting read over the past 4-5 pages.

Just don't buy the walkers mutating to the point where they can think and speak - something that requires your death and basically forces you to eat people doesn't seem like it would be condusive to mental functions.

Awesome scenes where the walkers are falling through the ceiling.

LOL at whoever was arguing about the walkers all being on the helicopter when it crashed. That would need to have been one huge ### heli.

The only scenes we saw of Harry Potter toward the end were him feeling sick (I thought it was referring to his aversion to using the knives) and then dying in the shower. Some thought that he should have been quarantined. Kid seemed creepy and wouldn't be surprised if they viewed him as a loner. Therefore, people weren't likely to see him as being on death's doorstep.

I would have been happy if they just did without the whole woman in the woods scenes. Seemed a waste of time.

Traps in the woods. Unless the animal is killed outright, its struggles/cries would be a dinner bell to the walkers. Can't imagine any caught animal not ending up walker food.

 
kentric said:
LOL at whoever was arguing about the walkers all being on the helicopter when it crashed. That would need to have been one huge ### heli.
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That was me, and yes, it was a big heli, the kind that is used to transport heavy materials, including alot of troops. How else would those walkers gotten up there, based on what the show has shown the walkers could do? What else could one believe other than the heli was transporting alot of people when it crashed, and those people that died (now zombies) from the crash got out, and that's where they are?

 
GordonGekko said:
Jobber said:
If I'm going out on a run, I'd be damn sure to be wearing two pairs of Levis, flannel, leather jacket and gloves. Some of these guys are running around sleeveless for christ sakes.
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It wouldn't make very good TV if they always did the smart/practical thing.

Given the number of times we've seen ankle/lower leg bites on the show, it would make a ton of sense to use heavy canvas gaiters, much like were used in WW2 by American Rangers. Flexible enough to move, but the material is tough enough to withstand a human bite. Other vulnerable areas seem to be the forearms and the shoulder/back of the neck. I don't think a full set of armor is needed, but developing forearm bracers would be pretty practical. ( you could also have a dual use as a storage area or place to rig a watch or map on the inner forearm) Inside the compound, weight should be negligible ( you can just ditch it if you have to and it's still available to the community later) so they should be wearing heavy flak jackets and heavy kevlar helmets when dealing with the zombies, esp to consider friendly fire. Any designated driver should be wearing some type of ballistic armor. Hard to escape if you've shot your driver with friendly fire.

The use of skateboard helmets or ProTecs would be very practical, esp in conjunction with heavy duty goggles. They offer no ballistic protection, however they save on head trauma from getting thrown around, falling to the ground, or having things crash on top of you. All of them should be wearing shooting glasses. If you want to infect someone with tainted blood, easiest way to do it is through the membranes in the eye.

Real tactics would get pretty boring on the show pretty fast. Practical movement would be to move in teams of three, using stack concepts for single engagements ( i.e. all three directing their fire on one target) or, in an emergency, three can go back to back and form a small defensive circle and split their fields of fire.

At the prison, clearly the zombies are attracted via sight and sound. They could tarp over the innermost chain link gate, at least giving them some shielding from view. Also, a concept from the comics, using abandoned cars as barriers would be a good way to funnel zombies away from the fencelines.

The trap truck used by the Governor would be interesting to use as well. Structurally reinforce the cab area, then build a couple of gun towers on the roof. Use bait to get zombies onto the ramp and up into the large truck, then lift the ramp by some device on the roof to close it, now they are trapped. Drive them somewhere where you can back the vehicle up, and them open the ramp. Have some inner device used to bulldoze them out. If you can find an embankment, a good 60 foot drop would pretty much shatter the bones in most of the zombies falling.

A more practical living space would be inside a football stadium. They don't have the manpower to effectively defend the prison.
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Why do you still have these keys?

 
Copeman said:
kentric said:
LOL at whoever was arguing about the walkers all being on the helicopter when it crashed. That would need to have been one huge ### heli.
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That was me, and yes, it was a big heli, the kind that is used to transport heavy materials, including alot of troops. How else would those walkers gotten up there, based on what the show has shown the walkers could do? What else could one believe other than the heli was transporting alot of people when it crashed, and those people that died (now zombies) from the crash got out, and that's where they are?
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I explained it twice.

People huddled on top of Sam's Club waiting for rescue...the chopper lands and get's overrun by people and/or zombies...it crashes...zombies get to those on the roof and it's Chomp City.

 
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