The Walking Dead

[Saxon]

*please excuse typos and spelling errors...in major pain, hands not working well, and on a new med that actually makes my typing appear as 'slurred speech'...how crazy is that? hehe.*

[Eric]

For what it's worth, they won an Emmy for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup: http://blogs.amctv.com/the-walking-dead/awards/

What if the little zombie girl was a fresh kill? 

[AdmiralDigby]

I find many complaints about WD to be rather fanboyish .

Then again I guess genre shows have that as a burden .

Maybe it's because I want WD to succeed that I can overlook what to some people are obvious flaws .

I especially like how how basement survivalists will go to great lengths to explain how they'd survive the Zombie Apocalypse while probably being incapable of going a weekend without power ....

[Eric]

I find many complaints about WD to be rather fanboyish .

Suspension of belief begins with accepting the dead are reanimating and have some basic instinct. I mean, History Channel can go around saying the zombie apocalypse could actually happen, but they're talking about diseases that make people act crazy, such as rabies. Unlike WD, they're not considering the dead friggin' rising up and attacking.  When we accept that, pretty much anything goes for how they act or decay.  It might even be argued it's caused them to be able to pinpoint the direction loud noises with high accuracy (whereas mere mortals have to deal with direction and echos).

I think it's a friggin' undead apocalypse, and people wouldn't always act rationally.  Sure, there may be military weapons lying around, but there's friggin' zombies coming my way!  Okay, they may be a few now, but how many are just around the corner?!  Plus, all this has happened in a very short timeline -- a week or two?  It's not like we'd all suddenly become zombie experts.

That's not to say it's a perfect show, as I think we've discussed before.  They may be done with if they have a lot more episodes like the last one w/the well-zombie. I think the series gets enough right to continue watching.

OTOH, maybe that episode wasn't all bad ...
[spoiler]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNJ9qi7-qCY[/spoiler]

I especially like how how basement survivalists will go to great lengths to explain how they'd survive the Zombie Apocalypse while probably being incapable of going a weekend without power ....

[AdmiralDigby]

Plus, all this has happened in a very short timeline -- a week or two?  It's not like we'd all suddenly become zombie experts.


Agreed .

Fans seem to forget these people are what ?
Six weeks into the end of the world ?

I read yesterday on TV Without Pity where on wag claimed "They established last season that getting zombie blood on you is dangerous and have now forgotten that point."

Established ?
How ?
Rick and company thought taking precautions would be prudent but they have not "established" anything .

In fact I think it's normal for anyone to get used to crap after getting over the "grody" factor .
Look at your plumber .
You think he relished getting up to his elbows in other peoples gao se when he/she first started ?
I guarantee that after a fashion it just becomes another "dirty job" .

Same goes for the "Zombie bloodhound" angle .
They hunt by sight and sound .
The smell is obviously something that's very short range .

I did agree with one poster who asked where was the water truck .
'cause I'd have taken that sucker in a heartbeat .




 

[Eric]

Season 2, Episode 5: Chupacabra


One of the better episodes, IMO. 

[spoiler=from this episode]We find out what's in the barn.  Also, zombie Daryl is brilliant.[/spoiler]

[TinkTanker]

Ann wants to get caught up on Grimm. 

[geogal]

They very nearly lost me as a viewer tonight.

[spoiler]Daryl remains awesome.  Loved how they brought Merle back in, and how he gave voice to all of the doubts Daryl has to be having about his place in the group.  As annoying as Carol is, she and Daryl are gold together.[/spoiler]

[Eric]

Fitzpatrick is on the ball this AM:  The Walking Dead 2.05 "Chupacabra" Comic-to-TV Comparison

ETA:  Page 10 has a spoiler for something that goes down in the future.  The comics readers already know about it, but I didn't!

[AdmiralDigby]

Ann wants to get caught up on Grimm. 

We're still watching .
Then again - we are Canadian .