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did anyone go through the pc game episodes? looks nice in first sight even though it's animation drawing. but I did not play more than a few minutes yet.
 
I bought seasons one and two recently and am almost done season one. I really like the show. It has me heavily interested. I like the lead. He plays the role in a very (and maybe it's because he sort of looks like him) Viggo Mortenson type of manner.

However, it's so preposterous in many ways.
*Let's go into ATL on horseback after having seen a mile long line of abandoned cars that had tried to leave the city? Considering there's around a million people there and therefore that many potential walkers? On horseback? It seemed like walking into a deathtrap.
*If they get bit, they become walkers but they can shoot a walker at point blank range and have blood get all over them, and that's okay?
*How slowly they respond in certain situations? For instance, in episode three, about 100 walkers come into camp. They finally kill them all. And they wait til the next morning or afternoon (I'd guess at least 12 hours later) to begin goring them to ensure their death? And then letting the one psychic dude who'd been bit ride with them when they finally decide to leave camp?
*And maybe most importantly, since they have vehicles, why didn't they just get the **** out of that region and try to get a safe zone or whatever they called it?

Don't get me wrong. I really like the show. But from a pure common sense, survivalist perspective, it seems stupid at times.

P.S.-I really hope they elaborate on how this disease spread at some point. I'm assuming its' origin is the CDC at this point.

Also, Noah Emmerich is a terrible actor and should never be cast in anything and Michael Rooker being type-cast for the umpteenth million time annoyed me.
 
Gyp Rosetti said:
I bought seasons one and two recently and am almost done season one. I really like the show. It has me heavily interested. I like the lead. He plays the role in a very (and maybe it's because he sort of looks like him) Viggo Mortenson type of manner.

However, it's so preposterous in many ways.
*Let's go into ATL on horseback after having seen a mile long line of abandoned cars that had tried to leave the city? Considering there's around a million people there and therefore that many potential walkers? On horseback? It seemed like walking into a deathtrap.
*If they get bit, they become walkers but they can shoot a walker at point blank range and have blood get all over them, and that's okay?
*How slowly they respond in certain situations? For instance, in episode three, about 100 walkers come into camp. They finally kill them all. And they wait til the next morning or afternoon (I'd guess at least 12 hours later) to begin goring them to ensure their death? And then letting the one psychic dude who'd been bit ride with them when they finally decide to leave camp?
*And maybe most importantly, since they have vehicles, why didn't they just get the **** out of that region and try to get a safe zone or whatever they called it?

Don't get me wrong. I really like the show. But from a pure common sense, survivalist perspective, it seems stupid at times.

P.S.-I really hope they elaborate on how this disease spread at some point. I'm assuming its' origin is the CDC at this point.

Also, Noah Emmerich is a terrible actor and should never be cast in anything and Michael Rooker being type-cast for the umpteenth million time annoyed me.
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Its not a thinking mans show, but it is entertaining.
 
Hartsock said:
Its not a thinking mans show, but it is entertaining.
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That is the truth. I would forage constantly and take as much as I could all the time. I'd take all the medicine, gas, ammo and firearms I came across.

Like the scenes where they raided the pharmacy and they gradded 1-2 meds. I'd clear that place out. Clothes, spices, food, ammo, meds, camping gear, shoes, gas...
 
Stoked said:
That is the truth. I would forage constantly and take as much as I could all the time. I'd take all the medicine, gas, ammo and firearms I came across.

Like the scenes where they raided the pharmacy and they gradded 1-2 meds. I'd clear that place out. Clothes, spices, food, ammo, meds, camping gear, shoes, gas...
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Gyp Rosetti said:
Also, I know little about guns. How tough is it to get silencers? I'd get a ****load of silencers.
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One thing I have noticed about Zombie books/movies/shows is that they never use sound as a defense mechanism. Stick things out in the open that make noise in the wind in a direction away from you or that is somehow to your advantage. Such as over the edge of a cliff or large ravine.
 
Gyp Rosetti said:
Also, I know little about guns. How tough is it to get silencers? I'd get a ****load of silencers.
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I've heard that you can use a potato as a silencer. Wonder if that is true. Also a silencer does not truly silence the gun. It decreases the volume sure but I think people would be surprised at how quiet a non working world would be.

No cars, planes, air conditioners, heaters, engnes. All the background ambient noise we have today would be gone. It would be one of those "to quiet" moments and would take a while to get used to.
 
On the 4th or so episode of season two. Maybe episode five. Was Daryl born again or something? He goes from a hill-billy, loose cannon bent on finding his brother to a very chill dude, quoting Civil War history, never even mentioning his brother. Sort of dumb though I like this new Daryl more.
 
Gyp Rosetti said:
On the 4th or so episode of season two. Maybe episode five. Was Daryl born again or something? He goes from a hill-billy, loose cannon bent on finding his brother to a very chill dude, quoting Civil War history, never even mentioning his brother. Sort of dumb though I like this new Daryl more.
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This basically sums up my feelings on Daryl. I had that same WTF moment, but he continues to be one of the best characters on the show.
 
Just found the last episode I watched, the one where Shane goes crazy, kills the one walker, they're corralling in on a choker to prove his point, sort of dumb at the end. After killing the one, he lets all the ones from the barn free and pretty much everyone starts shooting them all. Heck, the cute chick the Asian is banging even gave the nod of approval to go shooting.

Dumb. These semi-wild inconsistencies in character are silly. They could have written that/choreographed it more intelligently. imo.

That said, I REALLY like the show.

Does anyone else who's watched to where I am think that as much as Shane's an *******, and he's a monumental one who I can't wait to die, his beliefs on survival seem much more sensible and pragmatic than anyone else's? That old dude needed to just shoot him in the woods when he had the chance.

Also, what day is this and I've heard no one say they're going to scour the local gun stores for guns and ammo, grocery stores for canned food, or hardware stores for containers to use to fill gas? Like Stoked said, Survival 101.
 
Jesus, has anyone noticed how foreign peeps are the only cool tough guys left? I looked it up and sure enough, Andrew Lincoln is British. I think Banshee looks cool and bingo, the guy is from New Zealand. Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Russell Crowe, Eric Bana, Michael Fassbender, Hugh Jackman, Daniel Craig, Henry Cavill, the terrible actor who plays Thor. These guys have that sort of rugged, Old West manliness that is totally void in American actors.

And please spare me the Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Tom Cruise, Leo BS. Americans have become so freakin' soft and we need to start producing some badasses again. I swear, once I reproduce, I'm gonna beat my kid if he even looks at me funny, keep him in the basement if he even turns on a video game, wake his *** up at 5am (a half hour earlier than Russel Wilson's dad made him get up) to workout every morning, and feed him steak three meals a day. If he's been a good boy and gets to eat.
 
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Ugh. I hate Andrea. She and Shane are made for each other and need to just die. She just has that look too. You know what I mean. Like that hot chick we've all been out on a date with look where we couldn't wait for the date to end because she was both selfish, neurotic and annoying.
 
YB85 said:
I enjoy "The Walking Dead", but I don't strongly recommend it. I do STRONGLY recommend Breaking Bad. Like you, I loved "The Wire". I put "Breaking Bad" right there with it. Get into the second season and you're hooked.
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****, I'm glad I'm going back into this thread. I don't think I'm working this summer. CRAZY working out. European vacation. Tons of quality tv/movies.
 
Going back, I see people's complaints about it getting too boring or drawn out. I never feel that. I like the drama. The unraveling of emotions. However, I think the show's biggest issue, or at least one of them, is its' lack of a hook. In other words, what are we waiting for? For them to get to Fort Benning? I almost think it would have been better if Rick had never found his wife and kid. If the show was a journey to them. Then again, I've never read the source material and obviously that wouldn't be faithful to it. But yeah, that or having the entire show be Rick trying to eventually go back and save the black dude and his kid from the first couple episodes, who he made a promise to (how many people has he made promises to by the way), would be nice. Some strong, humanity-based hook.
 
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