Errors in "The Walking Dead" television show. What did you notice?

[dou44]

all they need now is the dead army zombies trying to use m16's or m60's

[Guest RiseMechanical]

It would be nice to see someone make good use of them.

[Troutburger]

I like the show just how it is. In a panic someone in the group would run towards the familiar vehicle just on instinct and adrenalin . In the same panic several of the group would follow the person running toward the familiar vehicle without question. I see how the herd mentality could get them past an M1 and into a shoddy RV.

[DRM]

I thought the ones int he open top vehicles (Jeep, Samuri) were the funniest. I mean - seriously? I'm not saying grab a tank or hummer to drive, but at least something where you aren't TOTALLY EXPOSED would be a decent choice.

[Defender]

I think the show is great. I am not bad mouthing the show. I'm actually impressed with it. It looks like they have spared no expense. I'm just comparing what real people would do in a situation versus Hollyweird people in situations. Hollyweird, and the tv crowd, are so out of touch with the average person it amazes me. Do people really live like the Kardashians or like Jersey Shore?

Lets put the, "its not real" part to rest... I, and I'm assume most others, do not believe there will ever be zombies. Zombies are a representation of an overrunning force. Lets use liberals like an example, they follow a ideology blindly and without thinking (like stupid walking zombies). Trying to convert others into their ideology (zombies biting people and turning them into zombies). Once bitten, you become a zombie (stupid walking zombies walking around trying to bite people). No matter how much factual information you show a liberal, they still will not convert back to reality (trying to cure a zombie). They walk away in a huff and say YOU'RE STUPID (cure fails). They stay in that stupid liberal mindset until they die (shotgun to the forehead). The show is just an exageration of this.

John

[mikadosoft]

That is great!!! I thought it was an original thought, but apparently I'm about 50 years too late.

John

[Supranforever]

I gotta tell ya, I love the show and I thought one of the funnier parts was when Rick was in the store when the lady has the gun and he tells her that red means it's ready to fire hahaha. Thought the plot was planned out decent, I wouldve definitely grabbed some guns and mags myself too, even if I was in a hurry, especially if I had a handgun and lost my huge bag of guns on my way in. M16's would be my best friend in that kind of situation, **** a bunch of zombies, grenades and even launchers would be readily available in a situation like that at a refugee center I would imagine yes?

[mikadosoft]

I agree about the herd mentality. I've never been so scared that I totally loose my mind, but then again, I've never been chased by the undead. As for finding grenades and launchers, I bet there be stuff we've never seen before laying all over the ground. I have some pretty interesting stuff with my very limited budget. I'm know there are some wealthy folks (but not liberal) that are crazier (more concerned) than me. They gotta have some even better stuff. I'd love to find a Barrett .50 or a F/A M14 in the clutches of a dead person. I was a TOW (tube launched, optically sighted, wire guided missile) gunner in the Army (early 90's). When I was getting out of the Army, they were comming out with a new weapon called the Mk19.

Its a machine gun that shoots gernades. They were going to be deployed with TOW units as protection against ground troops. It can fire 60 rounds per minute over 2000 meters (that's over a mile). They, like the TOW, mount on a Hummer. That's what I would be looking for. I'd love to have one of those for the chaos.

John

Edited February 14, 2011 by mikadosoft

[walton6467]

Remember, NONE of these people are trained survivalists. And at the beginning of the show, no one is aware this is widespread. They all think the "authorities" are going to show up to restore order at any minute. None of these people wants to admit that society is GONE.

[Supranforever]

I don't know if that's the case at all, I distinctly remember(I have all episodes on my iPhone) a couple of the women saying that this really is it, there are no other people coming and such. However, I did see rifles laying on the ground when they were approaching the CDC building in Atlanta.

Can't wait till it starts coming back on.

[mikadosoft]

I also have copies of the episodes. There is a part, where they are all sitting around a campfire and they are discussing the old guy winding his watch. One of the women says "Unless I've missed the signs. The world seems to have come to an end." They are well aware of the situation in the show. Whoever wrote the show (or group of people) is/are not trained survivalists. They are probably Hollyweird types that live in there perfect pink bubble thinking of dancing candy canes and gumdrop fairies. I love the show but hope they will seek the advice from someone with a bit more of a survivalist’s mindset for next season.

What I'd like to see is someone like us, okay me... I want him to be just a regular guy before the zombie apocalypse, but someone that prepared for something like this prior. Someone that was thought of as a little weird prior to the situation, but ultimately proven right. Someone that once the zombie apocalypse started, recognized the situation and found a defensible position, fortified it, and continued to upgrade it, and his lot, until he was virtually impenetrable. Someone that did pick up that loose weapon or spare magazine and because of it, is living in a mansion on a hill away from everything. Oh yeah, I'd like that person to have a harem of adoring beautiful women that he has saved from the zombie hoards too!!!

John

Edited March 3, 2011 by mikadosoft

[JAB]

I don't know, as none of the survivors are trained survivalists (or even folks who do it as a hobby), there is no reason to expect that the show would need a trained survivalist to tell them what ordinary, run of the mill folks who seem to have largely been office workers, etc. before the outbreak would do. Rick and Shane are familiar with the use of basic, small arms such as they would have used as small town deputies (from what I can tell, they weren't SWAT team member - and it didn't seem like their town even had a SWAT team - so there is no reason to believe they are trained in the use of 'paramilitary' weapons and tactics.) They are more like deputies in some place like Loudon or Roane County than members of LAPD SWAT or some such. The Darryl character seems a little more savvy about fending for oneself outside of civilization but I doubt he has any formal training or preparations and is far from an expert.

As for all the guns, cool vehicles, etc. they would be nice to have and I am the first to wonder why the 'alone and outnumbered' good guy in your basic action movie just leaves all that cool stuff laying around as he kills the bad guys off. That said, in this case those weapons and vehicles didn't do diddly-squat to save their former owners, who were trained to use them, from being overrun by zombies. If the former owners had been able to use that equipment to save themselves then those weapons/vehicles wouldn't be just sitting around abandoned in the first place. In fact, it could well be that when the time to 'retreat' came, lugging all that stuff around slowed them down and got them killed. Therefore, I don't know how much difference such weapons and vehicles would make to these folks when some of them don't even know how to take a pistol off safe.

Also, if I am in a 'driving for my life' situation as they were when leaving the CDC, I'm jumping into the vehicle with which I am most familiar (and to which I have keys.) I'm not wasting time trying to become familiar with a totally unfamiliar vehicle (and, in the case of a military type vehicle, one that might not be all that easy to drive) when I've got about thirty seconds to get the heck out of Dodge or get blown to smithereens.

Edited March 3, 2011 by JAB

[Supranforever]

Jab, you make some very valid points. I like the idea of the m16/ar15 and nade' launchers and such, however like you said you have to familiarize yourself with new weapons and new vehicles. I still think one assualt rifle and a couple mags couldn't hurt though. Still, I beleive its one of the best zombie show/movies I've seen period, I could see slot of people being like they are, clueless and living day to day trying to survive.