The Walking Dead...

[Baileyneverfailey]

Zombie fiction is not rooted 100% in realistic premises. Surprise, surprise.

 

[zrinkill]

Zombie fiction is not rooted 100% in realistic premises. Surprise, surprise.

:laugh2:

Yup ...... its like complaining spongebob can start fires underwater.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

Zombie fiction is not rooted 100% in realistic premises. Surprise, surprise.

obviously, but the show suffers if they deviate too much from common sense reality. Up to this point I thought they did a good job of keeping it real.

Its one thing to suspend reality and accept the premise of the zombie Apocalypse. decades of ridiculous Hollywood gun play has allowed me to overlook the silly way they depict guns operate, but pet zombies jumped the shark for me.

 

[zrinkill]

removing arms and mandible would not stop them from trying to get at you. zombies are strong enough to pull down a horse as we witnessed in a previous episode, yet this women has two attached by leashes, and they sit their all docile

In the comic they made it clear that they tried to attack her for weeks ..... then fell into a "trancelike" state after they could not.

They sorta "got used to her" and became catatonic.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

In the comic they made it clear that they tried to attack her for weeks ..... then fell into a "trancelike" state after they could not.

They sorta "got used to her" and became catatonic.

yes, that was explained to me. They would do better to introduce some intravenous injection that produced the harmless zombie pets.

or they can continue down the cartoonish superhuman fonzie that is able to jump sharks at will, train the undead, and so on.

 

[zrinkill]

or they can continue down the cartoonish superhuman fonzie that is able to jump sharks at will, train the undead, and so on.

I am sorry the zombie show is getting too far-fetched for you .... but it is staying in line with the very successful 9 year old comic series.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

I am sorry the zombie show is getting too far-fetched for you .... but it is staying in line with the very successful 9 year old comic series.

It has deviated enough to make me hope for more deviations.

Take Merle for example.

 

[zrinkill]

It has deviated enough

There is a reason Kirkman took complete control and replaced season ones director.

If you do not like the comic ..... I suggest you find something else to watch .....because it is gonna be much closer to the original from here on out than last year.

 

[EGTuna]

There is a reason Kirkman took complete control and replaced season ones director.

If you do not like the comic ..... I suggest you find something else to watch .....because it is gonna be much closer to the original from here on out than last year.

Kirkman didn't replace original showrunner Frank Darabount. Glenn Mazzara did. However, Mazzara is going to keep it closer to the comic and not have nearly as much "Time on the Farm" that Darabount did.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

There is a reason Kirkman took complete control and replaced season ones director.

If you do not like the comic ..... I suggest you find something else to watch .....because it is gonna be much closer to the original from here on out than last year.

naa, I'll continue to point out the stupid things in the plot.

everyone else can focus on the unlimited rounds of ammo, I have bigger fish to fry

 

[Danny White]

yes, that was explained to me. They would do better to introduce some intravenous injection that produced the harmless zombie pets.

or they can continue down the cartoonish superhuman fonzie that is able to jump sharks at will, train the undead, and so on.

You must have hated the end of Shaun of the Dead.

 

[iceberg]

You must have hated the end of Shaun of the Dead.

it's one thing to do it tongue and cheek. it's another to try and go for realism and then pull a comic book stunt.

regardless of the direction this goes, at this point that doesn't make any sense.

 

[Eric_Boyer]

You must have hated the end of Shaun of the Dead.

that was a dark comedy, completely different rules govern my critique.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Michonne was always going to happen. Aside from Rick she is the most popular character in the comics.

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

I'm sure they're going to give a justification for the zombies being docile. The fact that they didn't give it in the cliffhanger was on purpose. They want people to be like whoa, who is this ninja with zombie pets and how did she do that?

Either way, you're the first person I've seen who's even worried about it. :laugh2:

 

[CliffnDallas]

She needs to wave her hand at Andrea and say...These are Not the Zombies, you are looking for.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

yes, that was explained to me. They would do better to introduce some intravenous injection that produced the harmless zombie pets.

or they can continue down the cartoonish superhuman fonzie that is able to jump sharks at will, train the undead, and so on.

You probably aren't a regular watcher of Zombie cinema.

But a big premise in Romero's "Day of the Dead" was that it was believed (and later proven true) that the Z's in Romero's films could be "schooled".

And if you recall in the first episode of "The Walking Dead", the guy's wife would return night after night to the house she passed away in... And she had enough where-with-all to try turning the door knob.

So...

Could armless, jawless walkers learn after a couple weeks of trying that the person they were trying to eat, couldn't be eaten and just sorta give-up?

Yeah, I could buy that.

 

[iceberg]

I'm sure they're going to give a justification for the zombies being docile. The fact that they didn't give it in the cliffhanger was on purpose. They want people to be like whoa, who is this ninja with zombie pets and how did she do that?

Either way, you're the first person I've seen who's even worried about it. :laugh2:

well i'm not worried about it but i thought it was out of place. we went from trying to tell a real story to comic book in one flash of a scene. HOWEVER, that's what cliffhangers do. make you wonder and talk about the show.

i'd say "mission accomplished" then. they came back and hit on why sophie was in the barn so they intentionally left us wondering.

in all, some major changes happened quickly and i'm still sorting it out.

but i am in the "zombies, please bite lori next" club.

 

[Danny White]

If anybody wants to read the Graphic Novel...

Here's a link to all of them :

http://www.polvoestelar.com.mx.nyud.net/babilonia/Comics y Manga/Walking Dead, The/

Wow, I just finished all the ones posted there.

Some GREAT plot-lines in store for us for at least 3 more seasons!!!

Thanks so much for sharing that link!

 

[Idgit]

Whatever. This show rocks. It'll be hard to buy docile zombies until the first episode of next season, when the plot moves on to more gore and more zombie situations.

I don't understand the criticism of season 2's farm setting. I liked this last season quite a bit better than season 1. There's a lot to be said for creating a haven where the characters can feel safe and then blowing it up. And it left plenty of time for character development. They did that, too, with the CDC, but while they were safe there, it didn't have the comfortable old-world we-can-build-a-life-here quality. And the bad CGI when they blew it up was really unsatisfying there at the end of the season.