The Walking Dead Thread

[TimBuktu]

Saw a clip with some forrest ninja online. What's up with the forrest ninja?

[Kon Darp]

Spoiler:  

So zombies have the mental capacity to recognize the fact that their fellow zombies have been mutilated and to try to avoid a similar fate? Even though they routinely walk in the direction of people firing shotguns that are blowing the heads off the all the zombies around them? What the risen Christ?

This isn't a spoiler, since I haven't read the comics and this is just using "logic" already presented in the show:

Zombies go by two things, mostly: smell and sound. We've seen them moved by things they see, but they'll usually just amble towards it to investigate before going apeshit. Chaining up Zombies and walking around with them accomplishes stealth in two ways:

She was covered in clothes from head to toe, including leggings and a thick hood that might even cover her face. This keeps her smell to a minimum. Next, the Zombies make a hell of a lot more noise than she does, and Zombies don't care about noises made by other dead things.

If a Zombie comes across her little trio, he would A: not be able to recognize her as prey and B: attribute any noise from her direction to other Zombies. Why investigate more dead stuff?

So, no, it has nothing to do with intimidation. This show is retarded enough as it is, you don't need to start making assumptions so that it's worse.

[jkwall]

Honest to god, if Andrea died I was going to have to give up. She is the closest thing this show has to a likable character anymore. I miss Dale. Where is the Dale spinoff?

[slothborn]

I miss Dale. Where is the Dale spinoff?

I hope they run into zombie Dale and he is just aimlessly pounding on the front of a broken-down RV.

[crlygrl]

I think Andrea is as bad as Lori.

[Weinerslave]

This isn't a spoiler, since I haven't read the comics and this is just using "logic" already presented in the show:

Zombies go by two things, mostly: smell and sound. We've seen them moved by things they see, but they'll usually just amble towards it to investigate before going apeshit. Chaining up Zombies and walking around with them accomplishes stealth in two ways:

She was covered in clothes from head to toe, including leggings and a thick hood that might even cover her face. This keeps her smell to a minimum. Next, the Zombies make a hell of a lot more noise than she does, and Zombies don't care about noises made by other dead things.

If a Zombie comes across her little trio, he would A: not be able to recognize her as prey and B: attribute any noise from her direction to other Zombies. Why investigate more dead stuff?

So, no, it has nothing to do with intimidation. This show is retarded enough as it is, you don't need to start making assumptions so that it's worse.

Slothborn said it was for intimidation, and he's read the comics, so I was going off of that. This does make more sense. I'm still putting my money on "looks cool" as chief justification.

[slothborn]

Slothborn said it was for intimidation, and he's read the comics, so I was going off of that. This does make more sense. I'm still putting my money on "looks cool" as chief justification.

Spoiler:  

The Wikia quote said they acted as a deterrent, but I said "I think the logic was that she would blend in with them? Similar to how they smeared zombie goo on themselves." So I meant more the smell. Not intimidation. But the sound/grouping aspect for camo makes sense, too. I have only read about the first 30 of the 90+ comic books, though. And I read those first 30 before the show even started, I think. I'm planning on reading through them all during the show's hiatus.

[slothborn]

I think Andrea is as bad as Lori.

Andrea is my least favorite character. I mean, she basically let a teenage girl try to kill herself, because that's the best way to deal with suicide apparently? Not to mention she's always at odds with everyone. Then again, Daryl Dixon is my favorite character and he's at odds with a lot of people, too. So maybe I'm just a sexist. Or maybe I'd like Andrea if she rode a motorcycle and shot arrows at zombies and squirrels.

[jkwall]

As a person Andrea is a total dick but as a character she's at least consistent.

[AnnE]

This would have been better to post while the show was still airing and maybe it's already been done (too lazy to look) but it made me laugh today.

http://getoutofherecarl.tumblr.com/

[Americas Team]

AnnE that is great. It is always a good time for a Carl joke.

Last night we had one of the writers for The Walking Dead, Charles Eglee. He is currently working on Kirkman's new show Thief of Thieves and Brian Bendis's Powers.

Ben, the host, did a non-audience recording with other Walking Dead writers today. Since it was not live at NerdMelt theater I did not hear it. He did ask a question about character development, and the use of flashbacks, that was based on a conversation we had Sunday. I'm excited to hear the response. I'm sure it will be "That is a dumb idea and the person who came up with it is probably half way through a Scrubs spec script that he'll never finish." (I'm not. I never got past the outline of my Scrubs spec script. I did pick a cool Elliot Smith song for the end of the episode though.)

I'll let you guys know when it plops.

[Americas Team]

NERDIST WRITERS PANEL: "THE WALKING DEAD" SEASON TWO IN REVIEW

Showrunner Glen Mazzara and writers Scott Gimple and Angela Kang talk about their take on the AMC series’ second season, characters’ goals both immediate and emotional, audience expectations, hot zombie action, and some choice tidbits about season three!

http://www.nerdist.com/2012/05/nerdi...two-in-review/

[ImAScooby]

[simpgeek]

I thought this one was pretty sweet. Lots of great zombie deaths, Rick pulling the helmet off was fun. Nothing super objectionable from the brain trust, although it seemed like getting into the prison yard would have been a good opportunity to save ammunition; the brain poke method was working.

[funkyrhino]

I hope T-Dog gets his own sitcom after this is over. Either that or a music/comedy hour like they used to do in the 70's

[simpgeek]

Oh, the owl thing was stupid, those things would not be worth the effort of plucking to get essentially no meat. Also, it was adorable.

[Bryan_]

He said it didn't hit the spot. They're scavengers, taking whatever they can get. Except dog food. FUCK DOG FOOD.

[simpgeek]

My point is you could save the energy of plucking a bird that has like 50g of meat on it. Also, it was adorable.

[pixel revolt]

WORST SHOW.

[simpgeek]

PR, I'm really sorry I expected you to be able to read the context clues of my posts. I'll never overestimate you again, fuckin moron.