Walking Dead Season 5 - Spoilers will be cannibalised

[type-r]

I quite liked the slow pacing for a change. Don't know if that's because I have become used to the pacing of Better Call Saul

Definitely building up to a climax of some sort - the calm before the inevitable sh!t storm.

[FourWheelDrift]

hornetrider said:

Alive but didn't feature.

He's in the post-yesterday's-episode sneak peak of the next episode, no spoilers, just a small clip from next week:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SInZALsDIw

She should just shoot him in the head and say the Walkers got him. He wouldn't be missed.

[TTmonkey]

I've lost respect for Carol.

She should have strangled that kid, and thrown his lifeless corpse down a well or something.

[smithyithy]

TTmonkey said:

I've lost respect for Carol.

She should have strangled that kid, and thrown his lifeless corpse down a well or something.

Was expecting her to smack him over the head and stuff him in that freezer chest she got the chocolate from

[chris watton]

"Walking Dead spin-off series commissioned for two seasons"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/the-...

[papercup]

chris watton said:

"Walking Dead spin-off series commissioned for two seasons"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/the-...

I really don't get the need for another one. What's this, The Walking Dead New York? The Walking Dead Miami?

They should just spend the budget making this one better.

[lady topaz]

Not seen Monday's episode yet but just a general observation.

Is it just me or are the undead getting slower and scarcer? Are they running out of steam?

I would be miffed if the whole thing just descended to human survival against other humans. The dead do give the occasional relief to the tedium.

Also, why, if they are dead, are the zombies not riddled with maggots and surrounded by a halo of flies.

And whilst I'm at it why are the undead almost entirely the same age group with the same dress sense? Apart from plot inclusions, very few children undead and all clothed the same..

I know, I'm over thinking this.

[Halb]

Undead secrete some sort of chemical that keeps flies away?

Kids and OAPs less of a fight, so would get eaten quickly, mid-aged strugglers more chance to get away/fight/get bit and run.

[Sheets Tabuer]

Bearing in mind this is america where are the humongous fat bd zombies?

[FourWheelDrift]

Child actors are really expensive.

[Bullett]

TTmonkey said:

I've lost respect for Carol.

She's ballsed up.
Not, not killing the kid.
Not taking the guns.
Taking the Chocolate.

[otolith]

Looks like the group have been so fked up by their experiences that they are starting to look like the bad guys.

[SBDJ]

Nicely placed street name!

[Spanna]

otolith said:

Looks like the group have been so fked up by their experiences that they are starting to look like the bad guys.

Disagree, the Alexandrians are so far removed from the reality that they're vulnerable. The group are expressing their awareness of surroundings and other people.

[smithyithy]

lady topaz said:

Not seen Monday's episode yet but just a general observation.

Is it just me or are the undead getting slower and scarcer? Are they running out of steam?

I would be miffed if the whole thing just descended to human survival against other humans. The dead do give the occasional relief to the tedium.

Also, why, if they are dead, are the zombies not riddled with maggots and surrounded by a halo of flies.

And whilst I'm at it why are the undead almost entirely the same age group with the same dress sense? Apart from plot inclusions, very few children undead and all clothed the same..

I know, I'm over thinking this.

A lot of stuff like this has bugged me about TWD, so I've just ignored it.

Like early on when they were the CDC explaining how the walkers 'work', I though okay so it's kinda realistic in the way that they have a scientific explanation for it, nothing supernatural or implausible.

But now like 2 - 3 years the walkers have managed to stay fed, their bodies are in one piece, they haven't really decayed. I mean even after that length of time, surely their shoes would've worn through, their feet would've worn and broken up and they wouldn't be 'walking' at all?

I know, there's no point in over-thinking it

[hornetrider]

smithyithy said:

A lot of stuff like this has bugged me about TWD, so I've just ignored it.

Like early on when they were the CDC explaining how the walkers 'work', I though okay so it's kinda realistic in the way that they have a scientific explanation for it, nothing supernatural or implausible.

But now like 2 - 3 years the walkers have managed to stay fed, their bodies are in one piece, they haven't really decayed. I mean even after that length of time, surely their shoes would've worn through, their feet would've worn and broken up and they wouldn't be 'walking' at all?

I know, there's no point in over-thinking it

Who says the walkers we see now have been walking for three years? They could have been some ordinary folks who succumbed to a walker last week/month or whatever.

[smithyithy]

hornetrider said:

Who says the walkers we see now have been walking for three years? They could have been some ordinary folks who succumbed to a walker last week/month or whatever.

True, I guess it's hard to tell as they're in such rural locations, but it seems that for arguments sake 90% of the population are gone by now, at least. That's a hell of a lot of walkers.. They've either buggered off or all rotted away.

But there's still a lot of holes (pun intended) in the fictional anatomy of the walkers, so I tend to just not think about it now

[Digitalize]

Don't forget you don't need to be bitten, just die, everyone's infected.

Walkers also survive underwater.

[FourWheelDrift]

smithyithy said:

A lot of stuff like this has bugged me about TWD, so I've just ignored it.

Like early on when they were the CDC explaining how the walkers 'work', I though okay so it's kinda realistic in the way that they have a scientific explanation for it, nothing supernatural or implausible.

But now like 2 - 3 years the walkers have managed to stay fed, their bodies are in one piece, they haven't really decayed. I mean even after that length of time, surely their shoes would've worn through, their feet would've worn and broken up and they wouldn't be 'walking' at all?

I know, there's no point in over-thinking it

I did post a link ages ago showing images from series 1, 2, 3 and 4 showing how more decayed they were getting but as mentioned added to this will always be new fresher victims.

Here's some on here - http://uproxx.com/tv/2014/07/new-production-photos...

Series 1


Series 2


Series 3


Series 4

[Halb]

The cold might also help preserve vast swathes of walkers, they basically slow down/shut down in winter.