Anyone Watching "Walking Dead" on AMC?

[irishog77]

She's itchin for it.

I bet it's shaved.

HMMMM you bring up a qood question, do the chicks in the zombie apocalypse still go brazilian or do they go au naturel

I don't even wanna think about it...as I'm sure they're all full of stank and gnarly growths in the nether region at this point in their lives. Probably need to borrow one of Hershel's sling blades hanging up in a barn to mow that fur down as well.

 

[tadman95]

So, two people die and in short order they both pop up as zombies. No bites, no scratches. Any theories?

 

[RubberSoul]

So, two people die and in short order they both pop up as zombies. No bites, no scratches. Any theories?

The doctor whispered that everybody becomes a zombie when they die now, bitten or not.

It was brilliant the way they had Shane turn into one. He had become a 'monster' figuratively and then became one literally. Both 'Shane' and the monster died twice, literally and figuratively.

 

[returnofthemack]

Is that from the comics? If so, I wish you had prefaced that with a giant "SPOILER ALERT".

 

[returnofthemack]

I think the second half of season 2 has more than made up for the lackluster first half. I'm in the process of trying to forget what RubberSoul said, so I guess Shane must have been scratched...dammit I can't think of anything else now.

 

[gkIrish]

In reference to Rubbersoul's theory/spoiler, I'm skeptical. If that is what the doctor whispered then why would Rick not have told anyone and/or been so confused when they found the walker without any bites. It's not the type of information you keep a secret

 

[returnofthemack]

That's true, but I think he would keep it a secret to keep up hope for the others. Regardless, how could Randall have come back from the dead if not for that? For Shane, he could have turned because Rick's killed other zombies with the knife. But Shane snapped Randall's neck, without any struggle, and we know walkers didn't get to Randall's corpse (no bite marks).

 

[gkIrish]

That's true, but I think he would keep it a secret to keep up hope for the others. Regardless, how could Randall have come back from the dead if not for that? For Shane, he could have turned because Rick's killed other zombies with the knife. But Shane snapped Randall's neck, without any struggle, and we know walkers didn't get to Randall's corpse (no bite marks).

I'm not saying the dead don't become zombies. I'm saying I don't think that's what the doctor whispered

 

[returnofthemack]

I'm not saying the dead don't become zombies. I'm saying I don't think that's what the doctor whispered

Oh ok. I misunderstood. But yeah, that's pretty much the only explanation.

 

[Veer option]

S***s getting real.

 

[IrishNJ89]

I think everyone is "infected" and when you pass you become a zombie, bitten or not.

 

[irishog77]

Carl's a helluva shot-- literal moments after the boy sees his dad kill his own best friend and the boy's surrogate father, dead center of the head to Shane, inches away from his father, 30-50 feet away, at night and in the dark.

He's at the top of my list.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

I think everyone is "infected" and when you pass you become a zombie, bitten or not.

Exactly. The test subjects CDC were not all bitten or manually infected. The doc figured out that everyone carries the virus, (if that is what it is.)

The surprise with the guards is that they were killed in the first place, by humans obviously, not by zombies, the fact that they didn't become zombies by bites was secondary to Rick.

However, finding the prisoner yesterday, Glenn and Daryl may not have known what to think. The guards were a forshadowing of the situation with the prisoner. Though they may not have known what to think, Glen and Daryl knew that Shane was lying.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Carl's a helluva shot-- literal moments after the boy sees his dad kill his own best friend and the boy's surrogate father, dead center of the head to Shane, inches away from his father, 30-50 feet away, at night and in the dark.

He's at the top of my list.

That is okay. Rick got the drop on Shane. That was the begining of the need to suspend incredulity.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

The doctor whispered that everybody becomes a zombie when they die now, bitten or not.

It was brilliant the way they had Shane turn into one. He had become a 'monster' figuratively and then became one literally. Both 'Shane' and the monster died twice, literally and figuratively.

I think that this was RS's hypothesis. He stated it with conviction (first para). The second is a really good opinion about the story.

Good point R_Soul!

 

[goldandblue]

With the death of Shane, the group is in dire need of someone that can kick some ***. Shane probably killed more zombies than anyone in the group...

Rick - he can hold his own. No worries here.
Darryl - Bad *** survivalist
Glen - If it wasn't for his smarts and the rest of the group he would have already been eaten.
T-Dog - Is he even a contributor?
Andrea - Picking up the zombie shooting fairly well but I don't think I would depend on her in a high pressure situation
Lori - Has she even touched a gun?
Carl - It's a wonder he didn't blow his dads head off and get eaten by the zombiefied Shane....
Carol - Classify her with Lori

Is there any possiblity of a new addition to the Group? What about the black guy and his kid from season one? The group needs someone else that can handle their own with the zombies.

 

[IrishMoore1]

Someone posted this on the amc walking dead forum: [SPOILER ALERT]

In the first season we saw a strange phenomenon occur with Jim. Before the attack on the camp he went a little crazy and began to dig graves and claimed he had a dream or a feeling that compelled him to do so. To me it alluded to some kind of psychic vision that he had. He seemed to only mention it to the group and not push the issue out of fear that he would be labeled insane by the others.

Here in the second season, in last nights episode, I again find that we're seeing another paranormal occurrence. When Rick stabs Shane and Shane dies we get to see "inside of Shane's mind" for a moment. He slips off into the darkness of death and slowly we see what is the equivalent of a "re-boot" of his brain. To me, it almost seemed that the flashes of horror was Shane joining a collective thought. Perhaps the reason the Walkers travel in hoards and feed in a frenzy with more and more showing up for "dinner" is because they all see through each other.

Shane's visions before reanimation were not memories of past encounters but more like a signal from other feeding Walkers. The walking dead could very well be caused by a virus, but I think it's implied that there is more at work here than just an infection. The whole mystery could be more "Biblical" in nature.

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Someone posted this on the amc walking dead forum: [SPOILER ALERT]

Three interesting points, all worthy of discussion.

I really like the concept of all the walkers seeing "psychically" through each others eyes. Could Jim's preminition have been caused by by the "virus?" And could that be a story line in the future; surviving humans mutate by developing a psychic awareness of the walkers? Other powers? The ability to see other humans?

 

[RubberSoul]

As long as the brain is intact, the virus will cease to be dormant and become active when a person dies.

I don't like the collective psychic conciousness idea. The Borg is one thing but there is no intelligence with these zombies.

Stephen King wrote a short story about zombies and in it, it was discovered that aliens were reanimating the dead from our orbit to attack us. It was pretty interesting and i would recommend it to zombie fans. i forget in which collection it is in.


Edit: Here it is. Home Delivery (short story) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Home Delivery was excelent! Wish King sometimes kept more to that writing style.

 

[returnofthemack]

Apparently we're going to find out what Jenner said by the end of the finale next week. There's an interview on IGN I thought you guys might like: The Walking Dead: Cataclysm! - Comics Feature at IGN

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Nice. That was the other thing that bothered me, Lori's conversation with Shane. Do you feel that was the catalyst to prompt Shane to action?

 

[russ455]

Lori start this up again and should be put outside as walker bait.

 

[bert2834]

Lori start this up again and should be put outside as walker bait.

This

 

[tadman95]

This

Double this!

 

[IrishMoore1]

Nice. That was the other thing that bothered me, Lori's conversation with Shane. Do you feel that was the catalyst to prompt Shane to action?

Yeah she totally contradicts herself. Before she said the baby was not his, and it belongs to Rick no matter what. And now she tells him she doesn't know whose baby it is? On top of that, she apologizes to Shane for treating him like garbage because he told her that Rick was dead, and thus making it okay to sleep with him?

She should have just stfu but no, she had to open her whore mouth to imply the baby could be his. Hearing this, he immediately wants to kill Randall to keep "his" baby safe and on the way he realizes, hey I should kill Rick too. Why the hell not. He believes Rick can't protect Carl and Lori, and Rick is just in the way of him being with Lori.

His conversation with Lori basically convinced him there's a chance he could get with Lori again if Rick is out of the picture.

 

[Irish4Life09]

Yeah she totally contradicts herself. Before she said the baby was not his, and it belongs to Rick no matter what. And now she tells him she doesn't know whose baby it is? On top of that, she apologizes to Shane for treating him like garbage because he told her that Rick was dead, and thus making it okay to sleep with him?

She should have just stfu but no, she had to open her whore mouth to imply the baby could be his. Hearing this, he immediately wants to kill Randall to keep "his" baby safe and on the way he realizes, hey I should kill Rick too. Why the hell not. He believes Rick can't protect Carl and Lori, and Rick is just in the way of him being with Lori.

His conversation with Lori basically convinced him there's a chance he could get with Lori again if Rick is out of the picture.

+1

 

[johnnykillz]

This is disturbing.

I hate Shane had to die.

This zombie affair is about to turn hostile: what a hoard!

This may signal the end of the farm.

 

[johnnykillz]

So the "disease."

It's in all of them now, from the fat girl in the well?

Or are the ones like Shane partially going insane already due to it?

Herschel has to be the next to go trying to save his farm. And his semi catatonic daughter.

Glen and his girl make it away, along with all the originals besides the shaved head girl. I see her perishing.

And when is TDog gonna step up?

 

[Bogtrotter07]

Wow, that's interesting Johnny, what you've said really makes sense. From the interview, all we know (for sure) is that the son makes it out.

What do you think the chances are that Lori said what she did to bait Shane? Maybe she and Rick dreamed it up to test and see whether he was okay or not, after the Dale episode? Boy that would make a hot spit out of it!