You do? Huh, I never would’ve guessed that… 
I still love Shane.
[quote]Christine wrote:
I still love Shane.[/quote]
Who do you love?
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
I still love Shane.[/quote]
Who do you love?[/quote]
[/quote]
Are you for sure?
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
I still love Shane.[/quote]
Who do you love?[/quote]
[/quote]
Are you for sure?[/quote]
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
I still love Shane.[/quote]
Who do you love?[/quote]
[/quote]
Are you for sure?[/quote]
[/quote]
Who do you love?
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Christine wrote:
I still love Shane.[/quote]
Who do you love?[/quote]
[/quote]
Are you for sure?[/quote]
[/quote]
Who do you love?[/quote]
That’s my man!
Shanes gay in real life and he is a latent homersexual in the series.
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[/quote]
I’m going to have to defer to the writers on this…
Basically, if this were an actual real world scenario, it would make sense in terms of survival to look and smell and act (a la Guts) like a zombie, especially if you’re going on a supply run. I think this is a no brainer.
In terms of a dramatic show, it makes for a absolutely no real drama and kind of takes the Zombies out of the equation. You do that and you have yourself a bullshit soap opera. I mean lets face it, holding the zombies out of the equation, that’s exactly what you’ve got. I agree with you that it doesn’t make sense, but, because I like zombie lore so much I’m willing to over-look this logical hole for the sake of my Sunday night entertainment…
And here’s what we missed this season thanks to AMC canning Darrabont.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[/quote]
I’m going to have to defer to the writers on this…
Basically, if this were an actual real world scenario, it would make sense in terms of survival to look and smell and act (a la Guts) like a zombie, especially if you’re going on a supply run. I think this is a no brainer.
In terms of a dramatic show, it makes for a absolutely no real drama and kind of takes the Zombies out of the equation. You do that and you have yourself a bullshit soap opera. I mean lets face it, holding the zombies out of the equation, that’s exactly what you’ve got. I agree with you that it doesn’t make sense, but, because I like zombie lore so much I’m willing to over-look this logical hole for the sake of my Sunday night entertainment…[/quote]
I think it is a simple case of the show’s writers not taking it as seriously as the show’s fans. They are going for “All My Zombies” instead of Sci-Fi/Horror. The story is allowed to be unbelievable at parts (zombies), but it has to have internal consistency. So, once zombies stink, and the smell can be used to mask living people it should stay that way. Regrettably, the show seems to jump some of these “rules” from time to time. In fact, I expect to see deus ex machina to be used more and more. I am having issues with how Sophia managed to get in the barn. Was she bitten and turned immediately? Did the fat ass have time to round her up? I expect no answers to these questions. I also expect to never be told what Jenner whispered.
I am still going to watch.
Fuck Lori. Fuck Shane. Go Team Bionic Redneck.
Michonne 2012!
Regards,
Robert A
[quote]Robert A wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[/quote]
I’m going to have to defer to the writers on this…
Basically, if this were an actual real world scenario, it would make sense in terms of survival to look and smell and act (a la Guts) like a zombie, especially if you’re going on a supply run. I think this is a no brainer.
In terms of a dramatic show, it makes for a absolutely no real drama and kind of takes the Zombies out of the equation. You do that and you have yourself a bullshit soap opera. I mean lets face it, holding the zombies out of the equation, that’s exactly what you’ve got. I agree with you that it doesn’t make sense, but, because I like zombie lore so much I’m willing to over-look this logical hole for the sake of my Sunday night entertainment…[/quote]
I think it is a simple case of the show’s writers not taking it as seriously as the show’s fans. They are going for “All My Zombies” instead of Sci-Fi/Horror. The story is allowed to be unbelievable at parts (zombies), but it has to have internal consistency. So, once zombies stink, and the smell can be used to mask living people it should stay that way. Regrettably, the show seems to jump some of these “rules” from time to time. In fact, I expect to see deus ex machina to be used more and more. I am having issues with how Sophia managed to get in the barn. Was she bitten and turned immediately? Did the fat ass have time to round her up? I expect no answers to these questions. I also expect to never be told what Jenner whispered.
I am still going to watch.
Fuck Lori. Fuck Shane. Go Team Bionic Redneck.
Michonne 2012!
Regards,
Robert A[/quote]
Honestly, after having gone through and read the comics, its kinda hard to watch the show.
[quote]Robert A wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[/quote]
I’m going to have to defer to the writers on this…
Basically, if this were an actual real world scenario, it would make sense in terms of survival to look and smell and act (a la Guts) like a zombie, especially if you’re going on a supply run. I think this is a no brainer.
In terms of a dramatic show, it makes for a absolutely no real drama and kind of takes the Zombies out of the equation. You do that and you have yourself a bullshit soap opera. I mean lets face it, holding the zombies out of the equation, that’s exactly what you’ve got. I agree with you that it doesn’t make sense, but, because I like zombie lore so much I’m willing to over-look this logical hole for the sake of my Sunday night entertainment…[/quote]
I think it is a simple case of the show’s writers not taking it as seriously as the show’s fans. They are going for “All My Zombies” instead of Sci-Fi/Horror. The story is allowed to be unbelievable at parts (zombies), but it has to have internal consistency. So, once zombies stink, and the smell can be used to mask living people it should stay that way. Regrettably, the show seems to jump some of these “rules” from time to time. In fact, I expect to see deus ex machina to be used more and more. I am having issues with how Sophia managed to get in the barn. Was she bitten and turned immediately? Did the fat ass have time to round her up? I expect no answers to these questions. I also expect to never be told what Jenner whispered.
I am still going to watch.
Fuck Lori. Fuck Shane. Go Team Bionic Redneck.
Michonne 2012!
Regards,
Robert A[/quote]
I agree to a point. However, and it just might be due to my predisposition to believe that most TV writers are geeks for this shit just as much as we are, I still think a lot of it has to do with the producers and not the writers. They want more conflict which could translate into disregarding certain things (the smell, the deus ex machina effect that I also agree with, etc.) that we as fans have come to expect/believe about zombie lore and the quality and consistency of established rules within a certain franchise (such as Walking Dead TV show).
I’m sure you’re aware that ultimately this is a bottom line business and they aren’t catering to the margin of their viewership that the hardcore fans make up - to make the dough and keep the ratings up they have to produce a compelling series that satisfies the lowest common denominator viewer which just isn’t us 
But they also know or expect they’ll lose only a margin or viewers for disregarding aspects established either in the comics or in previous episodes … I know I’m still going to watch despite the inconsistencies, if only for the hope that the show gets better and to see Shane get his pussy ass eaten
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Robert A wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Can you all imagine what this world with rotting walking bodies smells like?
No zombie movie has ever addressed that.
How can people breathe? Its not like just ignoring bad breath or a fart.[/quote]
I’ve thought of that before … I’ve always wondered how they can be surprised by a zombie … that smell must be overwhelming[/quote]
I think one would most efinitely notice the smell befoe the zombies became visible, especially a giant cluster of tem like the highway scene.
The only explanation I can come up with is that after so long you get used to it. But that doesnt make sense because even when the first wave of zombies arise no one mentions any stench.[/quote]
As far as the highway scene goes, it is plausible that Rick and Co. were upwind from the zombies
Aside from that, I’ve come across dead animals who had been expired at least a week or more and I could smell them a good distance away, I can only imagine what a mobile rotting corpse might smell like.
In the first season when the walker that’s eating the deer Darryl was hunting surprises the kids/camp. I’d imagine they had to have known that stinky motherfucker was somewhere in the vicinity.
They do acknowledge the smell of the zombies ONCE, however. In the Guts episode, where they make the connection that the zombies utilize their sense of smell to distinguish between who’s a Zed and who’s not. They all acknowledge that the Zeds smell horrible, but it’s never a factor in zombie detection again?[/quote]
I asked a question about the guts and scent of the zombies in the other thread which was ignored. Ill ask you sense I have your attention.
If they KNOW they can mask themselves as zombies by covering themselves in the scent. Why did they abandon this method? Shane and Otis would’ve both gone undetected at the school had they sliced up a zombie and rubbed down with it. It seems like a “wet suit” they could use when they have to walk around the streets.
[/quote]
I’m going to have to defer to the writers on this…
Basically, if this were an actual real world scenario, it would make sense in terms of survival to look and smell and act (a la Guts) like a zombie, especially if you’re going on a supply run. I think this is a no brainer.
In terms of a dramatic show, it makes for a absolutely no real drama and kind of takes the Zombies out of the equation. You do that and you have yourself a bullshit soap opera. I mean lets face it, holding the zombies out of the equation, that’s exactly what you’ve got. I agree with you that it doesn’t make sense, but, because I like zombie lore so much I’m willing to over-look this logical hole for the sake of my Sunday night entertainment…[/quote]
I think it is a simple case of the show’s writers not taking it as seriously as the show’s fans. They are going for “All My Zombies” instead of Sci-Fi/Horror. The story is allowed to be unbelievable at parts (zombies), but it has to have internal consistency. So, once zombies stink, and the smell can be used to mask living people it should stay that way. Regrettably, the show seems to jump some of these “rules” from time to time. In fact, I expect to see deus ex machina to be used more and more. I am having issues with how Sophia managed to get in the barn. Was she bitten and turned immediately? Did the fat ass have time to round her up? I expect no answers to these questions. I also expect to never be told what Jenner whispered.
I am still going to watch.
Fuck Lori. Fuck Shane. Go Team Bionic Redneck.
Michonne 2012!
Regards,
Robert A[/quote]
I agree to a point. However, and it just might be due to my predisposition to believe that most TV writers are geeks for this shit just as much as we are, I still think a lot of it has to do with the producers and not the writers. They want more conflict which could translate into disregarding certain things (the smell, the deus ex machina effect that I also agree with, etc.) that we as fans have come to expect/believe about zombie lore and the quality and consistency of established rules within a certain franchise (such as Walking Dead TV show).
I’m sure you’re aware that ultimately this is a bottom line business and they aren’t catering to the margin of their viewership that the hardcore fans make up - to make the dough and keep the ratings up they have to produce a compelling series that satisfies the lowest common denominator viewer which just isn’t us
But they also know or expect they’ll lose only a margin or viewers for disregarding aspects established either in the comics or in previous episodes … I know I’m still going to watch despite the inconsistencies, if only for the hope that the show gets better and to see Shane get his pussy ass eaten[/quote]
You are most likely correct that it is a producers versus writers problem. Everytime I see a zombie, I think ‘that thing must stink’, but I just overlook it (sort of like the actors and writers do).
They have been trying to establish more drama. I think much of that has to do with costs and zombie make-up and special effects. They are still feeling out the show, and I think it has the potential to be canceled at any time, so the writers have to keep it interesting enough to attract enough viewer to make the show profitable.
I don’t envy the job.