Walking Dead Ep1: Days Gone By

If a Zombie can't drown, doesn't it kind of follow that one could in theory walk across the bottom of the water to get to the island?

Not that I'm sure why he'd want to .

Seems to me that there would be something to be said for an area with a high bluff protecting it - isn't the usual thinking that zombies don't climb well?

Plus,

A zombie can't drown becasue it's already dead however a Zombie still has to obey the law of physics.

Yeah I know many a law is being broken by them being dead and still being up and around but you have to draw the line somewhere.

I doubt they can handle currents and I'd bet the salt water would tear them up. Plus they'd probably sink to the bottom and get crushed by the pressure.

pressure yes, and enough exposure to salt water...but what if we're talking about an island in a lake?

Or one close to shore like a barrier island?

I mean sure dude isn't going to walk to Cuba or anything but you'd have to take such things into consideration when picking your spot.

Plus, if the island is too big then even clearing it of existing zombies is a temporary solution.

I think anyone who puts themselves on an island in a lake deserves to get eaten.

A barrier island is a very bad idea since it is generally close enough to land as it is. Plus a storm comes in there and fucks you up. Growing food would be difficult.

Cuba would actually be an idea location. You could start in Gitmo and work your way east.

Zombies are attracted to noise and fresh meat so you could bait them into traps and such.

Didn't this scenario happen in one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies?

Those weren't zombies, they were the Damned.

Did Shane get bit or was that somebody else??

Nah, Kirkman would never kill off Shane.

Wow! That was fucking awesome! Whoever complains about this show having bad writing or acting needs an arrow to the skull. This is definitely the best damn show on TV.

Watched the first three episodes yesterday. Not bad. Not perfect, but I'm willing to overlook a lot for a decent "zombie survival" story. Haven't seen the newest one yet.

The earrings are driving me fucking nuts. The clothing director needs to be shot. I'm not sayin that two weeks after the apocalypse everyone should be sportin mullets and jr high shoulder pads, but come on.

Nobody else would be washing my clothes, I tell you what.

Well it's obvious that the show is not using the quarry as an actual quarry because I don't think you'd find fish like they did.

Glad the wife beater got it.

The group still hasn't come to terms with reality. You have to have security at the front of the line at all times. Sitting around the camp fire at night and nobody watching. Dumb, just dumb.

What about them?

World has gone to hell but the women folk got to look good even while dying.

Oh and the scene with the Chihuahuas? Priceless.

How could they use it as a quarry? They don't need gravel, granite, and other things you get from a quarry. Also once a quarry has that much water it's generally played out + abandoned anyway.

Abandoned quarries are great fishing, generally speaking. Guarantee any quarry with water in The South will have fish, be it bass, catfish, bluegills, etc.

Now one sore point (no pun intended) was the Latino getting shot with a crossbow. Even without a broadhead (razor sharp wide hunting head) and using a target head, he would be "far from okay" to say the least.
Arrows generally go completely through a deer, so a human? Broken hip, two huge puncture wounds, you get the idea.

Also, when our heroes got jumped by several dudes and at least one armed with a baseball bat, with several very solid hits at that. You are not going to just jump up and "shake it off". Broken ribs, concussion, possibly a broken back at a minimum. I saw a female hit a dude full force with one hit from a bat , and his semi-conscious ass went straight to the emergency room.

Also one of my neighbors (female on female - they must love bats!) hit another neighbor and her ass bled like a stuffed pig. She stabbed her too, but her head was pretty fucked up + bleeding from the bat.

Other than this, the show is great.

And the hacksaw was too dull for metal - they covered that right in the beginning of last night's episode.

Given that they basically ran back to camp I think it's safe to say they are using the quarry shooting location as being the actual location in the show.

I wasn't talking about the characters. They wouldn't use it as a quarry obviously. I was talking about the show using it and pretending it is something other then a quarry.

Which shows that the camp is way too close to the city. They are lucky they don't have thousands of Zombies attacking the camp.

Yeah, I was shocked when they showed the shot from the top of the quarry and you could see Atlanta just about a mile away.

Fuck that! I would have been heading for the rockies at full speed ahead!

I'd stay on the move, digging through society's leftovers as I passed through each town. And I would not join a group.

After five minutes with you I don't think anyone would object to you not joining the group.

That only proves you don't know me. I would be the guy quietly sitting by himself, cleaning his SKS. I just wouldn't put up with wife beaters, little kids, or dumbasses who draw too much zombie attention.

If it's true that the walkers are attracted to gunshots, I'd carry a couple of these for close encounters.





These for when I'm being pusued by a zombie horde and I need to make a quick getaway:





And one of these just to have fun picking off walkers at a distance.

I could see you going all Hudson on a group:

"They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls. Let's book!"

"Come on! Come on! Come and get it, baby! Come on! I don't got all day! Come on! Come on! Come on you bastard! Come on, you too! Oh, you want some of this? Fuck you!"

Okay, haven't seen the latest ep, but just a stupid question that I must ask...

Have these folks never heard of SILENCERS on Guns!?!

Not being a complete gun fanatic (although I am quite handy with both a rifle and pistol), would the average person know where to acquire a silencer? It's not like they sell them at the Bob's gun world.

First off you need to find them. They are probably scarce given the situation. Not like you can go loot a Wal-Mart "suppressor" aisle. (and if Wal-Mart did have such an aisle it is probably already looted)

Then it's not enough to just get the suppressor. You need the proper barrel in order to thread the suppressor on to it.

Then you need subsonic bullets (or regular bullets going at subsonic speeds) because any regular bullet breaking the speed of sound is still going to be heard a long ways off. Probably going to be difficult to get such a bullet unless you make them yourself.

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Watch the second one on you tube. It's awesome.

Of course if you can find the equipment and have someone whose handy they can probably build them.