Walking Dead Season Two

[zombiehorror]

Shane took Rick out into the middle of the woods with the intent to kill him but in reality they are still well in view of the farm? Last but not least exactly where did Carl come from in that last scene?

As your previous statement indicates Shane and Rick were in plain view of the farm (Why, I don't know?!) and Carl came from the farm's direction; No one ever keeps an eye on that kid.

[Moonshadow]

Yes, it makes no sense within the story that Shane would bring Rick from dense woods to a clearing in view from the farmhouse. I think that was done for two reasons: one, so Carl could reasonably be in the scene (he saw them from the farmhouse), and two, so the two men could square off with no trees, etc obscuring the camera's view of them.

[Mike Scott]

So, who's dying tomorrow? Assuming it's only one regular, I think Hershel gets it. He may have been set up when he gave his approval of Maggie and Glenn. Make sure that's out of the way before he's zombie food.

[Unknown Primate]

Well, in Moonshadow's (and my) world, 8 feet & 400 lbs. of Frankenstein Monster would arrive and kick zombie ass!

[Jethro]

Peculiar how the  Walkers hear the shot Carl fires to kill Shane, however they didn't cut to their reaction when Shane fired his gun when Rick knifes him and it was only a minute or two earlier.  Maybe they did hear the first shot and just didn't want to show them reacting to it.  Apparently the only person who heard the first shot was Carl, no one else came out of the house to investigate, it appears.  Still get a kick out of Rick packing that revolver with a six inch barrel and level zero retention holster he has and also carried on duty.  That went out in the 80's.  Still can't help but watch but I'd like the venue to change back to residential area again.

[Jethro]

"The Walking Dead" just "jumped the shark" in my opinion with the samari sword swinging hooded comic book looking hero.
Fantastic episode ruined by this character and her two armless/jawless walkers.

[Anton Phibes]

She's a fan favorite...in the comics. In the show---you might be right, it may come across as silly. The two zombies in tow arent body guards or anything if that helps. its her dead boyfriend and his buddy. .Unless they tread carefully they could change the show into a mess. They still shouldn't have killed Dale either..... heartless fiends.

[Moonshadow]

"The Walking Dead" just "jumped the shark" in my opinion with the samari sword swinging hooded comic book looking hero.
Fantastic episode ruined by this character and her two armless/jawless walkers.

Well, all I can say is give it a chance. That character became a major player in the comic.


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Generally enjoyed the episode, especially Rick's meltdown, but thought the characters who were killed were kind of obvious choices. I guess after Dale and Shane, they didn't want to off any more of the actual speaking characters. Although how T-Dog made the cut I'm not sure. But if he's going to stick around, I hope they actually DO something with him next season.

[Anton Phibes]

Well, all I can say is give it a chance. That character became a major player in the comic.


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Generally enjoyed the episode, especially Rick's meltdown, but thought the characters who were killed were kind of obvious choices. I guess after Dale and Shane, they didn't want to off any more of the actual speaking characters. Although how T-Dog made the cut I'm not sure. But if he's going to stick around, I hope they actually DO something with him next season.

His moment to shine will be when Merle catches up with him.

[Moonshadow]

His moment to shine will be when Merle catches up with him.

Yeah, I was thinking that might be the only reason he didn't get eaten tonight!

[Sean]

I enjoy the series and will continue watching it... some observations:

Lori is a net loss.
1)  She can't keep her eyes on Carl (what's with the nonsense: 'Carl was supposed to stay upstairs' line?  WATCH HIM, already!!)...
2)  What's with the disgust aimed at Rick after learning Carl 'finished' Shane... (a) Shane was trying to KILL Rick as a living person, then as an undead zombie, (b) Carl was in position to do this because YOU, Whore-ee Lori, weren't WATCHING HIM... AGAIN!!

Sophia's mom has had a judo chop to the throat coming for a while now.
1)  She sat in the camper while her daughter was lost, as search party after search party risked life and limb looking
2)  She tells RICK to 'do something'?

The zombies in this series display peculiar behavior that often seems incongruous to what the producers typically suggest their nature is.
1)  Why aren't all of the dead bodies who aren't zombies picked clean BY THE ZOMBIES.  They seem to exist just to eat flesh, cow, dog, human, etc------why are there ANY leftovers?  You'll see 15 of them descend upon a human-------and yet there are leftovers?
2)  At times they seem smart, picking up cues like 'a gunshot = a person to eat, so lets go eat him' and at other times they just seem so mindlessly stupid.
3)  I understand the hooded figure is part of the comic that has her towing 2 zombies with their arms cut off and lower jaws removed------but why aren't they STILL trying to eat her?  Why are THOSE 2 zombies NOT midless machines with the sole goal of eating flesh?  I guess that will be explained to some degree in season 3... or perhaps not.  I know the arm removal and jaw removal makes it WAAAY harder to eat something------but eating flesh is ALL THEY DO.  I'd assume constant, pathetic attempts by them to devour the person towing them.

[zombiehorror]

When Rick was discussing with Carl about having to go on regardless of whether Lori showed up or not, Carl gets miffed and walks away; I immediately asked/told my wife, "Why would Rick let that kid wander off again?  He brings nothing but trouble, he'll probably show back up 10min later with a whole hoard of walkers chasing him!", luckily he just walked to the front of a car and sat on the hood!

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Jimmy....I know Jimmy who?......had the dumbest death!  Why didn't he drive away?  Did the RV stale?  It just seemed like they never did have anything to do with his character so they didn't put much effort behind him being munched!

1)  Why aren't all of the dead bodies who aren't zombies picked clean BY THE ZOMBIES.  They seem to exist just to eat flesh, cow, dog, human, etc------why are there ANY leftovers?  You'll see 15 of them descend upon a human-------and yet there are leftovers?

That is just a staple of the zombie genre, often times characters that are taken down by huge groups of zombies return later on as zombies with only a few wounds, when in reality they should be reduced to a pile of bones or be ripped apart in seconds!!  Johnny (NOTLD) is probably the first example of this returning-zombiefied character that should have been a human buffet instead of the walking dead.  And the logic of zombie smarts is another aspect of the zombie genre that makes little to no sense; You can again go back to NOTLD and wonder why the cemetery zombie bothers to chase Barbara when he already has a perfectly suitable-immobile meal right in front of him?  If all they care about is feasting then he shouldn't have bothered with her.  The cemetery zombie was also smart enough to stop his attack, find a rock and use it to smash the car's passenger window but none of the other "zombies" in the film seem that advanced!?

I was wondering about the whole "carriers of the contagion" aspect; in the Walking Dead; If all humans are carriers then shouldn't they be able to survive a non-fatal bite from a walker without eventually becoming a walker themselves?!  I'm not sure if this show in particular has disobeyed that logic or not!?  I was trying to think of any examples in The Walking Dead of people being bitten and then turning themselves, like Roger does in Dawn of the Dead.

[Sean]

That is just a staple of the zombie genre, often times characters that are taken down by huge groups of zombies return later on as zombies with only a few wounds, when in reality they should be reduced to a pile of bones or be ripped apart in seconds!!  Johnny (NOTLD) is probably the first example of this returning-zombiefied character that should have been a human buffet instead of the walking dead.

Good point.

And the logic of zombie smarts is another aspect of the zombie genre that makes little to no sense; You can again go back to NOTLD and wonder why the cemetery zombie bothers to chase Barbara when he already has a perfectly suitable-immobile meal right in front of him?  If all they care about is feasting then he shouldn't have bothered with her.

Agree.

The cemetery zombie was also smart enough to stop his attack, find a rock and use it to smash the car's passenger window but none of the other "zombies" in the film seem that advanced!?


And then, of course, the cemetery zombie who was bright enough to use the rock to smash the car window is seen in front of the house aimlessly stumbling within a 2-square foot space with no apparent goal.

[Sean]

I was wondering about the whole "carriers of the contagion" aspect; in the Walking Dead; If all humans are carriers then shouldn't they be able to survive a non-fatal bite from a walker without eventually becoming a walker themselves?!  I'm not sure if this show in particular has disobeyed that logic or not!?  I was trying to think of any examples in The Walking Dead of people being bitten and then turning themselves, like Roger does in Dawn of the Dead.

Yeah.  What triggers the virus from it's dormant state?  Saliva?  Stress?  Death?  All of the above?

[Unknown Primate]

Great posts, everybody - you've been readin' my mind!  Of course, it's a short read  .