AMC's The Walking Dead

[NDub]

The best kill of the last episode was when Shane killed the female zombie as they were walking back to their vehicles. The girl was one of the producer's daughters who was getting ready to leave for college.

That's the one that slumped over backwards, and folded at the knees, right?

Also, the most disgusting part of the show, for me, was when they chopped up that zombie for his guts. The sounds and the chewed-up insides. Yuck. I swear I could smell what they were smelling.

Re: Michael Rooker (Merle). He'll be back. From the EW.com interview with Robert Kirkman:

EW: The season did leave a lot of questions unanswered. Like what happened to Merle? Michael Rooker has to return at some point, right?
RK: We will definitely see Michael Rooker again.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/12/06/walking-dead-finale-robert-kirkman/

 

[NDub]

She just happened to have the grenade?? In her purse??

It did seem a little convenient. But they made it a point while Rick was in the tank, collecting weapons, to show him grabbing it. It had to show up again somewhere down the line.

 

[Ace]

I honestly can't watch any of those scenes. I just look away and when the squishing sounds stop, it's usually safe to look up.

I have no idea why I watch this show.

Funny. This doesn't bother me that much, but I cannot watch the surgical scenes on Nip Tuck.

 

[MonsterLobster]

She just happened to have the grenade?? In her purse??

It did seem a little convenient. But they made it a point while Rick was in the tank, collecting weapons, to show him grabbing it. It had to show up again somewhere down the line.

I had been patiently waiting to see what they did with that grenade since the second he found it in the tank. There have been about five other times I thought they were going to use it.

 

[Sxysprtswrtr]

I honestly can't watch any of those scenes. I just look away and when the squishing sounds stop, it's usually safe to look up.

I have no idea why I watch this show.

Funny. This doesn't bother me that much, but I cannot watch the surgical scenes on Nip Tuck.

Oh man do I miss Nip/Tuck!!!! Only thing that bugs me about the zombie scenes are when the blood "spatters" on the camera.

Been watching "Walking Dead" and though I like it, I can't say it's addictive. The whole CDC episode felt like a waste of time.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

That's the one that slumped over backwards, and folded at the knees, right?

That is correct.

Also, the most disgusting part of the show, for me, was when they chopped up that zombie for his guts. The sounds and the chewed-up insides. Yuck. I swear I could smell what they were smelling.

I had honestly forgotten about that scene because it was just so freaking gruesome.

 

[Just_An_SID]

The only thing that bothers me is how these things could have taken over the world to begin with. They aren't exactly fast and understanding that it may have taken a week or so for people to figure out that they die and come back to life and can only be killed by being hit in the brain, wouldn't mankind be able to kill them faster than they could come to life?

The flashback at the start of the episode where the National Guard/troops kill the humans in the hospital with automatic weapons and then get over run by zombies seems highly unlikely.

But I do love the show otherwise. Even when they were in the bowels of the CDC, I kept waiting for a Walker to jump out at them.

Can't wait for the next season.

 

[NDub]

I'm not sure we'll ever get the answer as to how the outbreak started and how we got to this point with so many zombies. It seems no matter the answers given, they always fall short of expectations.

I believe Jenner said in the finale that the global outbreak was 60-something days in. Although, an origin or ground zero is never given.

I just started on the book "World War Z," and thus far it has given several accounts of how an outbreak happens. It's fascinating. I'll try to stray from spoilers, but basically you've got smugglers, small pockets in third world countries, people who are sick and leave their country to seek a "cure" or "vaccine" they heard about, gov't sweeps in some countries that cover up the problem. Basically, it devolves. shirt hits the fan. I'm about 80-ish pages in and am loving it. I recommend it. Max Brooks is the author.

 

[Shoeless Joe]

Yeah, the whole shooting of people that didn't seem infected was a bit puzzling.
And why did Shane (is that his name?) seem so panicked trying to get away? Would they have shot him with him visibly wearing his police uni?

 

[NDub]

Yeah, the whole shooting of people that didn't seem infected was a bit puzzling.
And why did Shane (is that his name?) seem so panicked trying to get away? Would they have shot him with him visibly wearing his police uni?

How do we know they weren't infected? They were at the hospital, so I'd guess they were sick. Maybe they had that "fever" Morgan talked about in the first episode. These were probably part preventative measure, part mercy killing.

TrooperBari, care to weigh in?

 

[Armchair_QB]

Yeah, the whole shooting of people that didn't seem infected was a bit puzzling.
And why did Shane (is that his name?) seem so panicked trying to get away? Would they have shot him with him visibly wearing his police uni?

My guess is that with command and control breaking down the strong possibility that medical service was going to become very hard to come by the order came down to shoot those who were ill in order to avoid having to deal with them when they became undead.

That's my guess anyway.

 

[bigpern23]

The only thing that bothers me is how these things could have taken over the world to begin with. They aren't exactly fast and understanding that it may have taken a week or so for people to figure out that they die and come back to life and can only be killed by being hit in the brain, wouldn't mankind be able to kill them faster than they could come to life?

The flashback at the start of the episode where the National Guard/troops kill the humans in the hospital with automatic weapons and then get over run by zombies seems highly unlikely.

But I do love the show otherwise. Even when they were in the bowels of the CDC, I kept waiting for a Walker to jump out at them.

Can't wait for the next season.

Not only would it take people awhile to figure out that "HOLY shirt, PEOPLE ARE RISING FROM THE DEAD," they wouldn't necessarily know that they need to pierce the brain to kill them (I guess you have to assume that the people in worlds infested with zombies were not familiar with the concept of zombies until they actually existed). As noted in 'Zombieland' the careless people who don't "double-tap" the dead are likely to become a meal.

I got a late start on the show, but caught up and and enjoyed it the whole way. The interview I read with Darabont in EW basically made me want to see it. As he put it, the problem with zombie movies is they have to end in 2 hours. With a show like this, you can take the time to develop characters and plotlines and see them through, rather than just having a group of people running from the undead. I like that they can take the show in a lot of directions.