"The Walking Dead" on AMC HD - Page 103

Originally Posted by rdclark 

We really don't know anything about zombie metabolism in TWD universe. A walker eating an entire corpse has simply never been shown, and still hasn't. Maybe their digestive process can rapidly break down and liquefy organic matter. Maybe something else that's precisely as possible as dead people reanimating as zombies.
As Johnny Carson said, "Buy the premise, buy the bit." True in comedy, true in post-apocalyptic zombie horror.

Originally Posted by daryl zero 

Regardless whether Carol is alive or not, T-Dog saved several others by closing the gate and preventing the group from being overrun. That's when he got bitten and that makes his death heroic. They made a point of having Glen and Herschel discuss that when Glen came up to him after digging the grave. Glen noted that had T-Dog not shut the gate, Maggie may not have made it.

Originally Posted by gwsat 

Despite there having been way too many zombies, I'll be around for the rest of the season.

Originally Posted by gwsat 

Despite there having been way too many zombies, I'll be around for the rest of the season.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

I'd say that back in those days, the midwife was prepared for that type of possibility .. with the tools, such as they were, readily available .. the delivering on the floor of a filthy prison room, with no water, no even semi-clean cloth, no way to stitch up the cut, an obvious very jagged knife cut, Lori going into shock .. I'm just saying that, although anything is possible, survival under those circumstances seems to me to be very, very slim ..

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

Between keeping things sterile, making soft foods for later without a blender and not having a wailing baby attract walkers, feeding the kid formula is easy.

Originally Posted by Joseph 

I can assure you that you are in a very distinct minority regarding the walkers. There would be weeping and knashing of teeth in Walking Dead land if there were not a weekly fix of walkers. In previous seasons the episodes with few/no walkers, the conversation would invariably be that the budget for the show was too low, and the walkers were being sacrificed on the budget alter. The maker of the walker f/x (Greg Nicotero) has as many fans in WD land as any of the actors (he also directed the Lori death episode). Remember, it's a genre show, and those fans are some of the most intense.

Originally Posted by HDMe2 


You're still thinking too modern... c-sections are several thousand years old... WAY way before any kind of modern techniques... and of course, someone had to do the first one! The point is... while it isn't optimal, it is far from a death sentence by default. People way less experienced in way worse environments with way lesser available tools were able to perform such surgeries with success.
Again, with modern thinking yes... but sterile is a relatively modern thing in the scheme of human survival... and by no means required. Yes, we all like sterile things... but people survived and thrived long before modern conventions. The animal kingdom still survives to this day.
They still have alcohol, and fire... so sterile is an easy thing to accomplish really... and soft foods? Use rocks if you don't still have eating utensils... and worse comes to worse... pre-chew food for your baby like other species do... so really, not much of an issue really.
I think some people (not you) get too hung up on the lack of modern conveniences and think people couldn't possibly survive without modern stuff... forgetting that most of human history existed without modern stuff and we wouldn't be here if that stuff didn't work!

Originally Posted by gwsat 

My problem with all the zombies is that they create a jarring dissonance in the arc of the story of the still living. The zombies are mindless stooges used, it seems to me, as a device for equally mindless blood, gore, and chases. In stark contrast, the human stories are subtle, smart, and often very sad. I have hated to see that diluted by the excessive use of, to put it gently, the much dumber and shallower zombie stuff. I thought all of that was much better handled in Season 1. In other words, where is Frank Darabont when we need him?

Originally Posted by gwsat 

My problem with all the zombies is that they create a jarring dissonance in the arc of the story of the still living. The zombies are mindless stooges used, it seems to me, as a device for equally mindless blood, gore, and chases. In stark contrast, the human stories are subtle, smart, and often very sad. I have hated to see that diluted by the excessive use of, to put it gently, the much dumber and shallower zombie stuff. I thought all of that was much better handled in Season 1. In other words, where is Frank Darabont when we need him?

Originally Posted by gwsat 

I respect the opinion shared by several posters here that The Walking Dead can't have too many zombies. I agree that without zombies, the show's central premise, the increasingly desperate fight to survive by the uninfected humans, couldn't exist. My criticism goes to there being too many zombies and too many mindless bloody fights and chases, which take time away from what to me makes the show so engaging. I thought Darabont got it right in the first season but others, including many posters here, thought there should be more zombies. The showrunners agreed so Darabont left and we got more zombies.
Despite my distaste for the frequent dumbing down of the show with zombie mayhem, I can't remember ever seeing a more moving scene in any television show than Rick's meltdown after seeing his daughter and realizing that Lori was gone. Strong, strong stuff!

Originally Posted by lobosrul 

But I agree, its the characters that keep me tuning in. The zombies are a sort of catalyst to keep them going.

Originally Posted by slowbiscuit 

No, they provide constant tension and the plot revolves around how to survive with them. I can't see how there can be too many zombies in this show.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

The question, for me anyway, has for some time been .. "Is the title describing the Walkers or the remaining humans .. ""

Originally Posted by gwsat 

I respect the opinion shared by several posters here that The Walking Dead can't have too many zombies. I agree that without zombies, the show's central premise, the increasingly desperate fight to survive by the uninfected humans, couldn't exist. My criticism goes to there being too many zombies and too many mindless bloody fights and chases, which take time away from what to me makes the show so engaging. I thought Darabont got it right in the first season but others, including many posters here, thought there should be more zombies. The showrunners agreed so Darabont left and we got more zombies.
Despite my distaste for the frequent dumbing down of the show with zombie mayhem, I can't remember ever seeing a more moving scene in any television show than Rick's meltdown after seeing his daughter and realizing that Lori was gone. Strong, strong stuff!

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

The question, for me anyway, has for some time been .. "Is the title describing the Walkers or the remaining humans .. ""

Originally Posted by gwsat 

Good point! Although the surviving humans have not been immediately affected by the virus, they are nevertheless losing their humanity. Watching's Shane's descent into barbarism was chilling. We do not yet know enough about the Governor's backstory to assess what kind of a guy he was before the apocalypse, but it's a good bet he was a whole lot less monstrous then than he is now. Even do-gooder Rick seems to be headed down a bad road these days.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

My speculation on the Gov .. frustrated low level bureaucrat finally granted his lifelong dream to dominate ..

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

The question, for me anyway, has for some time been .. "Is the title describing the Walkers or the remaining humans .. ""

Originally Posted by FreeBaGeL 

I agree, which is why season 2 is probably my favorite season, even though for most people it's considered far and away the weakest.
Not that it's a big deal to me, as it's still my favorite show on right now. I liked it better the way it was in season 2, but this is still great as well.

Originally Posted by slowbiscuit 

The first half of S2 or the second half? If you really liked life on the farm in the first half, you are definitely in the minority.
This season has been amazing just because of the shock factor, I'd put it right behind S1 overall.

Originally Posted by slowbiscuit 

That was interesting (the three graves) given that they never confirmed Carol was dead. All we heard was Daryl saying she didn't make it when T-Dog went down, but we never saw the body.
So who's in the other two graves? Lori was dissolved and I can't see them digging graves for the rest of the prison crowd. All that leaves is T-Dog.