"The Walking Dead" developed by Frank Darabont and AMC - Part 6

[the dmg]

I was finally able to watch the first two episodes of Season 3, and this show continues to deliver.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Well, I've had close to a dozen head injuries/concussions since I was a kid and I've been in plenty fights over the years and I just know. Skulls are basically as hard as concrete. It's the closest thing in the natural world to compare them to. It's just a thought, I'm not really complaining about it. I do have the uncanny ability to suspend disbelief and just accept works of fiction for what they are. It's just something that's always irked me a bit cuz as I've said, they're as hard as ****ing concrete.

Well, keep in mind that most of these Zombies have been rotting for close to a year now. Their bones aren't going to be as strong as a normal healthy human.

 

[the dmg]

When did being scratched by the undead in zombie movies trend begin? Was it from Synder's remake?

 

[squeekness]

I have no idea. Seems like it's always been that way to me.

 

[the dmg]

I have no idea. Seems like it's always been that way to me.

Maybe. I haven't watched a Romero "Dead" movie in a while, but I only recall bites or death turning people. I've always considered it similar to rabies.

 

[Infinity9999x]

When did being scratched by the undead in zombie movies trend begin? Was it from Synder's remake?

Scratches in TWD actually don't turn you into Zombies, it's any sort of fluid transfer I believe. That's why the big black guy was screwed in the last episode, the zombie scratched him with exposed bone since it ripped it's own hand off, so it would have gotten fluids into his wound.

 

[squeekness]

You'd think with all the blood spatter that people get in the face, that would be a problem too.

 

[iamlegend]

You'd think with all the blood spatter that people get in the face, that would be a problem too.

The whole thing is actually kind of weird, really, seeing as how EVERYONE carries the disease.

 

[squeekness]

For true, but maybe there is some kind of blood to blood chemical reaction that speeds up the process.

 

[the dmg]

Scratches in TWD actually don't turn you into Zombies, it's any sort of fluid transfer I believe. That's why the big black guy was screwed in the last episode, the zombie scratched him with exposed bone since it ripped it's own hand off, so it would have gotten fluids into his wound.

I know that. Like the previous posters said, they get blood spatter in their face, Rick and Glen covered themselves in walker goop, and Darryl definitely seems to be using his bolts to hunt animals (he didn't change his bolt when he killed the owl), which has no effect on the group.

 

[squeekness]

I think maybe we're not supposed to be noticing. Thre really hasn't been any explanations for these exceptions.

 

[the dmg]

I think maybe we're not supposed to be noticing. Thre really hasn't been any explanations for these exceptions.

Well, I'm not looking for an explanation or anything like that. I just never liked the idea of scratches causing someone to turn, which has been a relatively new thing for the genre that I recall.

 

[RetroNaz]

It would be better if the show had changed it to death being the only cause of becoming a zombie.
If a zombie rips the living shreds off you and you die, let the transformation begin.
A scratch or bite shouldn't cause the disease to kick in, given they all have it anyway - plus it was kind of explained how it worked in S1.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I think maybe we're not supposed to be noticing. Thre really hasn't been any explanations for these exceptions.

Yeah, I mean, honestly, if you think too hard about the concept of zombies it starts to fall apart. Even if corpses somehow di re-animate, they'd all be decayed to the point of uselessness in a few months at most.

 

[RetroNaz]

Plus they'd die of hunger pretty quickly.
They'd also have wild animals to worry about, who would pretty much be free to do whatever the heck they wanted without the usual human controls in place.
I'd love to see a random bear attack or something on the show just to throw out the concept that there are all sorts of dangers out there now.

 

[S. Grundy]

It would be better if the show had changed it to death being the only cause of becoming a zombie.
If a zombie rips the living shreds off you and you die, let the transformation begin.
A scratch or bite shouldn't cause the disease to kick in, given they all have it anyway - plus it was kind of explained how it worked in S1.

The bite causes an infection, and the fever is what eventually kills you.

 

[RetroNaz]

Okay, that makes more sense.

 

[James]

Plus they'd die of hunger pretty quickly.

I don't think zombies can die of hunger...? I mean, I know we're talking fiction so it depends what's written, but I've never seen any zombie story where they can die from anything short of massive head trauma.

 

[RetroNaz]

Why do they eat then?

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, I mean, honestly, if you think too hard about the concept of zombies it starts to fall apart. Even if corpses somehow di re-animate, they'd all be decayed to the point of uselessness in a few months at most.

True. I thought Rick had postulated that many would die over the winter. That doesn't seem to have happened, or not on the scale that he had hoped for.

 

[ShredderX]

Plus they'd die of hunger pretty quickly.
They'd also have wild animals to worry about, who would pretty much be free to do whatever the heck they wanted without the usual human controls in place.
I'd love to see a random bear attack or something on the show just to throw out the concept that there are all sorts of dangers out there now.

LOL !! I remember reading on Cracked.com, on the topic of " How a Zombie Apocalypse would fail in the real world ", and it said zombies would be eaten be wild animals and insects.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I don't know if anyone here has spent any time in the Deep South, but it really doesn't get very cold there. Snow is rare. People freak out when they see snowflakes.

Usually it's more like a really long autumn.

Now in say New York, a lot of walkers might have been frozen into zombicles.

 

[ShredderX]

I don't know if anyone here has spent any time in the Deep South, but it really doesn't get very cold there. Snow is rare. People freak out when they see snowflakes.

Usually it's more like a really long autumn.

Now in say New York, a lot of walkers might have been frozen into zombicles.

Depends on where in the deep south you live. Atlanta gets snowfall on the regular, sometimes it;s light, sometimes its heavy.

 

[Thundercrack85]

LOL !! I remember reading on Cracked.com, on the topic of " How a Zombie Apocalypse would fail in the real world ", and it said zombies would be eaten be wild animals and insects.

I think that could be a cool effect, to have zombies with insects crawling / flying around them.

But that'd be for a big budget film.

The thing is, if animals can't get zombiefied, and there aren't any humans doing routine maintenance, they would overtake the world, zombies or no.

Atlanta for example would be completely overtaken by kudzu in like a year. Whole city covered in the stuff.

 

[Thundercrack85]

Depends on where in the deep south you live. Atlanta gets snowfall on the regular, sometimes it;s light, sometimes its heavy.

I am kind of wondering where they are at this point. They're still in Georgia.

My point is though, that it's (by most standards), overall, a pretty mild winter.