sabotabby | Walking Dead

People kept telling me that I should see The Walking Dead, so I torrented it and watched it, then showed it to

captainmushroom to see if I missed anything. The following reflect various people's opinions, though I didn't really keep track of who said what. We have only seen the one episode.

- Zombie with bunny slippers!

- Who is that guy? I hope he dies first.

- Unfortunately, he is in the credits.

- Hey cool, it's the opening scene from 28 Days Later. (ETA: Minus Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Cillian Murphy's pretty, pretty eyes.)

- "DON'T OPEN, DEAD INSIDE" got some laughs from everyone.

- Why didn't the sheriff get eaten? Because he had no brainwaves? Did the other guy survive just because he had no brain?

- This is really boring for a show about zombies.

- Hey cool, it's The Road.

- *snicker* Yes, the CDC will totally help.

- The sheriff has not realized that he is in a zombie show yet. We demand a better protagonist.

- If it were a zombie apocalypse and I were a sheriff, I probably wouldn't take a shower and put on my uniform. Because if you get bitten and zombified, you'd then be a theme zombie.

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captainmushroom suggests Village People zombies for Halloween.

- There was some debate about the house with the couple who'd blown out their brains and written in blood, "God Help Us." Did one of them blow the other's brains out, write that, and then blow his or her own brains out? Could they have not just used paint or something? Any way you think about it, it's highly abnormal behaviour, even during a zombie apocalypse.

- Surprise, it's the sheriff's wife and the annoying partner. And they're making out! Tents are not private.

- The sheriff shows a picture of his family.

zingerella: "In case the audience is completely stupid."

captainmushroom: "Wait, why is everyone walking so slowly?"

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sabotabby is just annoyed that the wife has such poor taste in men. Both of the lead guys are misogynist jerks with unappealing faces.

- Horsie!

- Is he going to propose to the horsie?

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sabotabby spoils it for everyone by mentioning that the horse is not in the credits.

- That's why he needed the uniform. To ride the horse.

- Hey, you think it might be a sign that you should not go to Atlanta when it looks like everyone died trying to get out of Atlanta?

- The call for a more genre-savvy protagonist is reiterated.

- Zombie!Goth! Are we sure we're not in Seattle? Or is that Brad Dourif in Lord of the Rings?

- Yum! Horsie!

- Yay, it's a tank! And a close-up on Zombie!Goth.

- Boo, nothing blows up.

We came up with several theories as to whom the voice on the tank radio belongs. There's someone in the helicopter, and there could be someone in one of the buildings, but we all agreed that it was best if the voice came from Goth!Zombie.

Which then begs the question: Outside of a comedy (Shaun of the Dead, Zombieland), is it possible to just dress up like a zombie, shamble around, and not get your brains eaten? We all agreed that unless a zombie's primary means of detecting brains was visual, this would not work. Since zombies are in the process of putrefying, it makes much more sense for them to detect delicious, living brains by smell.

Therefore, as we agreed that the voice came from Goth!Zombie, we decided that in order to blend in, he rolled around in zombie guts to disguise his own smell.

Also, what happens if a zombie eats a drunk person? Can zombies get drunk? Is there some way this could be scientifically tested?

sabotabby: "How can you tell the difference between zombie Atlanta and regular Atlanta?"

zingerella: "There's less traffic."

captainmushroom: "They're not eating fast food?"

sabotabby: "Well, the horse..."

Please to be spoiling this TV show for me so that I won't need to watch the rest.

We also watched the season premiere of Human Target, which, while it did not have things blowing up, had all kinds of awesome, much better characters, and to everyone's vast amusement, seems to have decided to make Chi McBride carry pie in every scene. Thank you, show!