[CaptainJax]

So we did see the helicopter when Rick went to the city on  a horse, it might or might not of been his mind playing tricks, but now it is confirmed that it was really there, but what I think everyone is thinking is, does the noise of the helicopter simply make the zombies curious to check it out?  Or does it have some sort of undetected mechanism that makes the zombies follow it?  Say something that drives the parasite/virus to follow whatever it  is driving them?  

Speculation:   Who do you think is in the helicopter? Bad people?   Good people?  Scientists trying to lure the walkers to come to a certain spot?  Say to migrate up north?   Or somewhere else? If the helicopter was looking for survivors, it would have circled at least a few times over the city, but it flew straight across, indicating that it had no interest of finding survivors and might of been used for a larger group of people, say a scientific research party, or a military group?  Maybe it is @a military helicopter used by the governor, searching for a new home, say.. a prison perhaps?

Do you think it and the people using it will play a  critical in upcoming seasons?

Edited by CaptainJax, 19 March 2012 - 02:26 PM.

[zombiehunter]

Yes the helicopter was real! Not just Ricks imagination.

[Damon Z]

I don't recall any of the Governor's people having the skills to fly a helicopter.

Spoiler

They had trouble driving the tanks in the comics. Flying a helicopter isn't something you just jump in and fly with no training.

I seriously doubt it's the Governor's people.

[CaptainJax]

 Damon Z, on 19 March 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

I don't recall any of the Governor's people having the skills to fly a helicopter.

Spoiler

They had trouble driving the tanks in the comics. Flying a helicopter isn't something you just jump in and fly with no training.

I seriously doubt it's the Governor's people.

It might be another change they make for the TV show, do you think it will have anything to do with Merle?  Or who do you think is in the helicopter?

[icomputergeek]

I live in a city with loud factories and cars going by everyday but I can still hear a helicopter or plane from quite a distance. So how come know one on the farm could hear it? It flew right near the barn, and since there being no noise traffic the sound would be clear as a bell.

[Cobra4B]

 icomputergeek, on 19 March 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

I live in a city with loud factories and cars going by everyday but I can still hear a helicopter or plane from quite a distance. So how come know one on the farm could hear it? It flew right near the barn, and since there being no noise traffic the sound would be clear as a bell.

The helicopter flew over downtown Atlanta and was the catalyst which got the walkers moving. They eventually grew to a herd that just kept on moving. I don't think the helo was anywhere close to the farm.

[zombiemma]

 icomputergeek, on 19 March 2012 - 02:56 PM, said:

I live in a city with loud factories and cars going by everyday but I can still hear a helicopter or plane from quite a distance. So how come know one on the farm could hear it? It flew right near the barn, and since there being no noise traffic the sound would be clear as a bell.

A better question is, why did only Rick hear/see the helicopter in Atlanta back in season one, but not the rest of the gang, who I believe at the time were standing atop that building with Merle. I guess that's a question for the first season threads, though.

[Cobra4B]

Reading more about it I think the helocopter scene was supposed to be the same scene from season 1 to show that the walker herd had been steadily walking/growing ever since then i.e. two seasons.

[Michonne's Sword]

 Cobra4B, on 19 March 2012 - 03:02 PM, said:

The helicopter flew over downtown Atlanta and was the catalyst which got the walkers moving. They eventually grew to a herd that just kept on moving. I don't think the helo was anywhere close to the farm.

This was my assumption too. I don't recall seeing it flying anywhere near the farm.

[Ellis]

I'm pretty sure they are setting this up just like the comic....don't read below if you haven't read the comics....

Spoiler

I am pretty sure the helicopter is going to be what sets up Rick and his group meeting with the Governor for the first time....just like in the comics.  If I am not mistaken it is a television news helicopter.  A few people working at a news station in Atlanta decided to fly the helicopter to get away.  They tried to find a place to land, but ran out of gas.  Rick and company find them after they set up the prison, but see that tracks were leading to the town of Woodbury.

[tex]

I liked Laurie Holden's explanation last night on Talking Dead - the helicopter right now simply represents "hope" nothing more nothing less.

No way of knowing who is in it or what it was doing, but it is proof that SOMEONE else is out there and at least has the resources to fly a helicopter (which is more than our run-out-of-gas group has).

[Cobra4B]

But is this a new instance of the helo flying? Or, is it a flashback to when Rick saw it in Season 1 to illustrate how long the herd has been moving/growing?

[lastman2012]

The people in the helicopter are the 1%ers who are flying around to see how the extermination of the 99%ers is coming along. They are fully inoculated against the virus so unless they go down where the walkers actually are, it's just entertainment for them.

[tWDpain177]

 Cobra4B, on 19 March 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

But is this a new instance of the helo flying? Or, is it a flashback to when Rick saw it in Season 1 to illustrate how long the herd has been moving/growing?

I think that it is a different flight of possibly the same helicopter. I thought that Rick saw the helicopter while he was on the horse and that made him change direction. But the walkers were eating the horse when they saw the helicopter fly by.

[TheAnarchrist]

 tWDpain177, on 19 March 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

I think that it is a different flight of possibly the same helicopter. I thought that Rick saw the helicopter while he was on the horse and that made him change direction. But the walkers were eating the horse when they saw the helicopter fly by.

Watch it again. They were eating a dog. I watched it three times last night.

[tWDpain177]

Okay, if that's true then it might explain the mass of walkers when Rick turned the corner.

BUT...then why would they continue to follow the helicopter when the small group was still in Atlanta trying to escape with Rick and all the noise they kicked up?

I still feel that the helicopter flight was after they all got out of town and back to the quarry. Just my read of the events shown.

[Glenn]

Personally I think that the helicopter scene was just to show how long it took for the walkers to start migrating(note that Glenn actually commented on the herd migrating-just to labour the point).  The passing of time in TWD is another subject worthy of debate.  To be honest I'm not really sure how long its been since the za took hold,  but I don't think its as long, as it seems, as the season doesn't seem to have changed although I live in the UK and I dont know what the seasons are like in that part of the US.

[Crushedknee]

Interesting thing about the copter is I think there might be a lot of fuel still around for it..In airport and helipads..Unlike cars  few people have  access  to airports or the  ability to fly aircraft. Airports can have huge amounts fuel stored and are often feed by direct refinery pipelines.Once thing went to heck they probable shut down civilian flight traffic..You can Scout things from the air and make quick scavenging runs and escape from the roof. A Survival group might do very well  by using a helicopter and being based out of an airport..

[bilb_o]

Is anybody else curious about the helicopter? Where did it come from, where was it headed to, who was in it? I'm actually hoping that it would lead the story into the mystery behind the "infection" but as far as I understand from the comic readers that kind of resolution is not in the story. do you think that the helicopter will have a significance in the TV series? Government agents safe from the "infection" flying to a safe zone etc... Is that too 28 Days later ?

[zoms]

 Cobra4B, on 19 March 2012 - 03:10 PM, said:

Reading more about it I think the helocopter scene was supposed to be the same scene from season 1 to show that the walker herd had been steadily walking/growing ever since then i.e. two seasons.

Indeed I think you're right, I noticed that the walkers that first saw the helicopter were eating what looked like the remains of rick's horse. (turns out it was probably a dog.. should've read the whole thread )  It seems logical too that the distance out of Atlanta that the group covered in vehicles would have taken that long for the ambling walkers.

Edited by zoms, 20 March 2012 - 02:25 AM.

[MidwestCountyChoppas]

No doubt, it's Murdock in the helicopter

Edited by MidwestCountyChoppas, 20 March 2012 - 02:39 AM.

[Mrs. DD]

 zombiemma, on 19 March 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

A better question is, why did only Rick hear/see the helicopter in Atlanta back in season one, but not the rest of the gang, who I believe at the time were standing atop that building with Merle. I guess that's a question for the first season threads, though.

i was just pondering this earlier....maybe they were inside? i remember that when glenn pulls rick inside, they're all in the 'loading' area - except for merle? so maybe merle was on the roof and saw the helo but decided not to tell anyone or got too caught up in his racist tirade?

thoughts?

[ZombieGMX]

No, it was  a flash back and that was the remains of Rick's horse.. Th flashback was utilized to show the size and migration of the herd out of town and towards Herschel's farm.  They might have walked right on by but if you watch again, you will hear the gunshot that kills Zombie Shane and then see the walkers take a hard right turn towards the gunshot. Transcript notes about the show explain it as a flash back to the day Rick rode the horse into down town Atlanta.

[Zprime]

 MidwestCountyChoppas, on 20 March 2012 - 02:39 AM, said:

No doubt, it's Murdock in the helicopter

I hear he's howling mad! (Also nice name drop.)

[Karlsbadeye]

 Ellis, on 19 March 2012 - 04:08 PM, said:

I'm pretty sure they are setting this up just like the comic....don't read below if you haven't read the comics....

Spoiler

I am pretty sure the helicopter is going to be what sets up Rick and his group meeting with the Governor for the first time....just like in the comics.  If I am not mistaken it is a television news helicopter.  A few people working at a news station in Atlanta decided to fly the helicopter to get away.  They tried to find a place to land, but ran out of gas.  Rick and company find them after they set up the prison, but see that tracks were leading to the town of Woodbury.

Spoiler

I loved seeing the helicopter as the catalyst for the zombie herd migrating out of Atlanta and swarming the farm!  However, if the chopper were leaving Atlanta at that time, it wouldn't fit timewise to be the same chopper that leads to Rick's run in with the Govna'!  I think this could work though if it follows along the comic where the news crew had the flight option a couple of times, i.e., they flew out more than once.