[Mr.Misery]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before but I had to bring it based on last nights episode.

If I was in this world I think I'd be a little more careful about getting the zombie blood on me. Between Rick getting it all over this face , granted he really didn't have a choice. (I would have still squeezed my mouth closed when stabbing them) And Shane slicing his hand and them stabbing them in the head. All these actions seems to be taking a BIG risk with infection.

Remember in the first episode when Rick goes out with Morgan. He had a clear mask covering his whole face and something to cover his clothes too I think I recall.

Even the way Andrea picked up the zombie arm. I know that was to should how much she changed and is becoming disconnected but come on safety first.  

I'm not a "germ" person in real life, but if there is a ZA you can bet I'm gonna have boxes of plastic gloves and be a little more careful about the blood and puss from the dead.

I know I'm nit picking, sorry. After I saw Rick with his mouth WIDE open as he was spilling blood an brains I had to post this.

[LookieDrew]

I love the show.


But the blood and guts (Infection) platform is really weak. The writing is great generally, but this seems weak.
Agreed 100%

[Kyle]

I agree 100% as well! If scratches cause the Walker infection then cutting your hand and then stabbing a zombie with that same bloody hand is insane!  There was no reason for Rick or Shane to slice their hands to get the walkers closer.  The walkers are going to come up to you and come after you anyway.....

[Mr.Misery]

Kyle, on 27 February 2012 - 04:30 PM, said:

I agree 100% as well! If scratches cause the Walker infection then cutting your hand and then stabbing a zombie with that same bloody hand is insane!  There was no reason for Rick or Shane to slice their hands to get the walkers closer.  The walkers are going to come up to you and come after you anyway.....

My 11 year old son said the same thing last night. It's not like zombies didn't see them, they were headed to the gate already.

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That whole fence stabbing brought back memories of the fence stabbing at the Prison

[Mr.Misery]

In 28 Days Later 1 tiny drop of blood gets in the guys eye and he turns.

I KNOW IT"S NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE, I'm just using the example.

[DerpinaKitty]

Mr.Misery, on 27 February 2012 - 04:43 PM, said:

In 28 Days Later 1 tiny drop of blood gets in the guys eye and he turns.

I KNOW IT"S NOT A ZOMBIE MOVIE, I'm just using the example.

That was a sad scene in that movie, but it's true.
I think this will all lead up to Jenner's whisper

[Charlotte]

That's not the worst of it!  Shane actually stabs the walker at the fence then cuts himself with that same knife on the bus!  Guess he'll be turning soon.  But too many fans love Shane for them to kill him that way.  So we just have to suspend belief.  

And just my 2 cents but why on earth would you let your 11 year old watch this show, Mr. Misery?  Scares the crap out of me!  No way in hell I'd let my kids watch it!

[Mr.Misery]

Charlotte, on 27 February 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

That's not the worst of it!  Shane actually stabs the walker at the fence then cuts himself with that same knife on the bus!  Guess he'll be turning soon.  But too many fans love Shane for them to kill him that way.  So we just have to suspend belief.  

And just my 2 cents but why on earth would you let your 11 year old watch this show, Mr. Misery?  Scares the crap out of me!  No way in hell I'd let my kids watch it!

He's a smart kid, he knows it's not real. He enjoys watching the behind the scenes stuff and how they do the effects. I grew up watching horror at a young age. Saw Dawn, Nightmare on Elm St. when I was 6-7.
I watch it with him and explain anything he needs to know. He gets all A's in school and is a very polite young man. I think it's wrong if a parent lets their kids watch things like this alone.

That being said most of the kids at his school watch it. I don't believe in hiding things from him. He hears curse words but understands it's not the nice way to speak or the way kids should speak.

[Charlotte]

Its cool, I wasn't trying to criticize!  I was just saying that this show make me so jumpy sometimes that I can't imagine my girls watching it!  Your son sounds like a great kid.

[Mr.Misery]

Charlotte, on 27 February 2012 - 05:13 PM, said:

Its cool, I wasn't trying to criticize!  I was just saying that this show make me so jumpy sometimes that I can't imagine my girls watching it!  Your son sounds like a great kid.

The only thing he hates is "boos". A quick pop up.

Sorry if I came off too strong.

I think it's a lil different with girls. My god-daughter could not handle this show.  

[tewkewl]

Charlotte, on 27 February 2012 - 04:56 PM, said:

That's not the worst of it!  Shane actually stabs the walker at the fence then cuts himself with that same knife on the bus!  Guess he'll be turning soon.  But too many fans love Shane for them to kill him that way.  So we just have to suspend belief.  

And just my 2 cents but why on earth would you let your 11 year old watch this show, Mr. Misery?  Scares the crap out of me!  No way in hell I'd let my kids watch it!

My beef with the bus stabbing is that the zeds didn't bit shanes hand... which was OUTSIDE the bus for a few seconds after he stabbed each zombie!  it doesn't make sense.

[beatrixkiddo]

My 11 year old watches as well as do most of his classmates and neighbor boys his age.  He is very mature for his age as well and loves the technical aspect of the making of the zombies and special effects.  My cousin's daughters are the same age and no way could they watch - they are scared by Harry Potter!  As a parent you definitely have to take the individual child into consideration - my boys get their love of sci fi and horror from me - I started reading Stephen King at 11

I have to agree on the blood issue - maybe Rick is NOT careful because of something Jenner told him?  Hopefully that mystery will be solved soon and I believe that the popular theory on the whisper is the right one.

[ImRickGrimesBitch]

There are too many loop holes to throw around.......

Such as:

The main delivery device for infection, that leads to fever and death, could only be zombie bite.  

Maybe the infection is not spread by blood and guts.....there is no blood flow......so it wouldn't be as dangerous as previously thought.  

The infection has now went airborne, or waterborne, etc...however these variations are dormant until death.....

[sunonmars]

There is something more to this blood smearing, there has to be, its just too prominent and the walkers going nuts over the blood, is it what is basically attracting them, the smell/taste of fresh blood.

[WhiteMousse]

It's true; the show is not very practical in that regard.  Ultimately we must concede that this is a show, and that there are some liberties that are going to be taken simply because abiding by every single protocol, no matter how much sense it makes, isn't really fun.  

The gun usage and line of fire issues are above all most troubling to me, however.  I guess that's what I get for watching The Shield, which is immaculate.

[Walker Bait]

My 5 year old daughter walks in.

"Are you watching Walking Dead?"

"Yes."

*She walks away.*

Magic.

[Glenn]

As the walkers are rotting corpses,  even without the "virus" I am pretty sure that any kind of contact with blood and fluid would make you pretty ill.  Also, does anyone recall Daryl's encounter with the zombies in the woods and how he wears their ears as a necklace?-Not the most safe of practices.

I  do suspect  that everyone is already infected and will reanimate on death regardless of the cause.   I also like the idea that Rick is immune-maybe the timing of his being shot and ending up in a coma is key here. If Rick is immune then the paternity of the unborn baby could be even more significant.

[wolfefire]

sunonmars, on 27 February 2012 - 06:50 PM, said:

There is something more to this blood smearing, there has to be, its just too prominent and the walkers going nuts over the blood, is it what is basically attracting them, the smell/taste of fresh blood.

I was thinking the same thing about the blood smearing. Maybe we are looking at how people are infected wrong. We know people are infected with bites and maybe even scratches (if someone can confirm this that would be great) but we seen Shane reuse his knife without being infected. That kinda throws a wrench in the mix. What if it is in the saliva only and not the blood. I'm just trying to come up with a different way of being infected then what has been said so far. Of course, it could just be an over sight on the writers.

Edited by wolfefire, 27 February 2012 - 09:01 PM.

[journeynsolace]

Mr.Misery, on 27 February 2012 - 05:04 PM, said:

He's a smart kid, he knows it's not real. He enjoys watching the behind  the scenes stuff and how they do the effects. I grew up watching horror  at a young age. Saw Dawn, Nightmare on Elm St. when I was 6-7.
I watch it with him and explain anything he needs to know. He gets all  A's in school and is a very polite young man. I think it's wrong if a  parent lets their kids watch things like this alone.

I grew up the same way. Some of my fondest memories are watching horror movies at a VERY young age with my dad. A lot of those were the 1950s/1960s movies though, but I remember first seeing Night of the Living Dead with him and I couldn't have been more than six or seven. He let my brother and I watch any movie we wanted from the video store in the 80s when I was only in upper elementary and middle school. He didn't really watch those with us, so my older brother would "protect" me (i.e., terrorize me to make the movies and trying to go to sleep that night just that much worse).

[journeynsolace]

Glenn, on 27 February 2012 - 08:42 PM, said:

As the walkers are rotting corpses,  even without the "virus" I am pretty sure that any kind of contact with blood and fluid would make you pretty ill.  Also, does anyone recall Daryl's encounter with the zombies in the woods and how he wears their ears as a necklace?-Not the most safe of practices.

I'm waiting for the outbreak of typhus or cholera.

I really hate the whole well zombie debacle. Really... you're going to drink that water even if you get that zombie out?

I also hated the zombie autopsy. How exactly do they have digestive systems as rotting corpses? Can Daryl start tracking them by their droppings? "Nope, don't go that way. Look at all the zombie crap. Let's go left."

Yes, I know we've just got to accept that it's a show, but I would love for more consistency within the rules established BY the show.

[ZombieAmber]

wolfefire, on 27 February 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

I was thinking the same thing about the blood smearing. Maybe we are looking at how people are infected wrong. We know people are infected with bites and maybe even scratches (if someone can confirm this that would be great) but we seen Shane reuse his knife without being infected. That kinda throws a wrench in the mix. What if it is in the saliva only and not the blood. I'm just trying to come up with a different way of being infected then what has been said so far. Of course, it could just be an over sight on the writers.

Shane didn't die. I think the whole "turning" thing is contingent upon death. He probably already has whatever the zeds had, but he hasn't died yet, therefore, it hasn't activated.

Infected and turning while alive seems to be a 28 Days Later thing, which is a different concept.

[jenna2008]

I grew up watching all the classics....I found a copy of my uncle's NOTLD video when I was 5 and watched it....been a horror fan since that day lol. This is why I let my kids watch it too.
My daughter's 15 and she HATES anything with blood lol but my 12 year old son has been watching my collection of horror vids/dvds since he was 6.
I walked into the room and he was watching Nightmare on Elm Street (the original). I started to laugh and pointed to the screen saying omg, look at how fake that looks! He started laughing too and since then whenever he watches something from my collection he's always rolling his eyes and laughing 'cuz it looks so fake'.
The point is to make them understand that what they are watching is fake.