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shmogt
I don't get how a bite infects them when they are already infected? If you say it's because the virus is stronger or something in the walkers and it's in the spite or finger nails than why don't they turn when they stab zombies and the blood goes all over them? It's literally all over their faces and eyes yet it's perfectly fine but for some reason a scratch or small cut will turn them. Doesn't make sense to me.
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Exactly what I thought while watching! I think the virus is just stronger. Maybe the virus requires something to trigger it, like a wound/bite. Maybe the survivors are only partially immune, unlike the people that got sick in the first place without bites.
 
You should go buy the shotgun now. You know, just in case.
Ddrizle
I'm currently watching the season 3 webisode 1 Cold Storage. All 4 webisodes are up, pretty good stuff.
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I'm gonna have to check that out. 👍
nk4e
I think Dale's RV is also in game.
Since Kenny decides to leave it alone for the train.
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Well, nice to see you, buddy! I LOVE that RV. Another incentive to get back on the game again. :D:tup:
 
ilikewaffles11
Just started to really get into this show and I LOVE IT. Watched all of season 1 on Netflix yesterday, signed up just to watch it. Saw a few episodes of season 2 but I'll watch it all again. Then season 3 ep 1 I have recorded on the DVR.

I don't know the last time I've seen a TV series I liked as much as this.
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Do you watch breaking bad because it is equally or even better. Every one who watches breaking bad all agrees its amazing.

theotherspongey
Exactly what I thought while watching! I think the virus is just stronger. Maybe the virus requires something to trigger it, like a wound/bite. Maybe the survivors are only partially immune, unlike the people that got sick in the first place without bites.
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They get blood in their eyes and mouth any virus that is in the blood would transfer if it was just stronger. That's why I don't get how a bite is a huge problem since their spit would be same as their blood. I get if the wound is so bad it kills them than they come back but just a bite or scratch should be impossible. Also do you guys watch the talking dead? They said the guys decided that they must cut whatever part of you off if you get bit and all agreed. That's why he was so quick to cut Hershals leg off.
 
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ilikewaffles11
^ No, I don't watch Breaking Bad but I may check it out since I've heard from many others that it's very good.
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Don't listen to him, Breaking Bad sucks. j/k Having said that, it is one of the best TV series I've ever seen. Walking Dead's good, but I don't think it touches Breaking Bad.
 
Watched the first episode of Season 3 last night... Like some others have stated here, it was a pretty epic beginning of the season. Lots of hack and slash action in this one.. :p
 
Good thing i still have episodes from 7 to 13 of second season to watch. I like to gather them all and only then watch them one after another. Just like one big movie, at least 6 episodes at one time so i have to wait for a long brake in season 3 :guilty:

It's thrilling than new season is finally here
 
Yeah what a start.

I also taught the beginning will be slow, introduction style,...

But no, brains, brains everywhere.... Awesome!! :lol:

Ohh my God, the Gas mask Zombie dead was brutally amazing

About the infection:
I share your concerns, though I think that there might be an explanation for that later. I can't imagine storyplot hole like that in a universe developed like Walking dead.

For the scratches, little bites: it's not the wound that kills you it's the fever that will decimate you. Aka end of season 1. Though this still doesn't explain the bood on face, probably swallowed in very small quantities,....


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My guess is also that the newborn will be the first non infected human again. Just like HIV there is a chance the embryo is safe from the infection...
Also I would have cleared the prison in an other manor.
They have the overhand in the prison.
Go get a bait, animal, whatever, and lure the Zombies in one of the blocks and close it, pour some gasoil over them and watch unfold...
Ohh yes the famous rule about not burning Zombies to not spread the virus into the air....
Then there are so many other ways to clear a cell block, arouse them with water, a bit of electricity with a generator found in the prison, ...

No let's go in the dark hallways with no evac plan, not enough light and no body armour,....

Seriously with a bit of basic body proctection, a Zombie can't really harm you on sight.
Lumberjack suit, skate protecion, anti riot headgear, and a bulletproofed vest.

Also what's up with the small knifes, why go that close to a Zed when a baseball bat filled with nails would do the trick 2 feet away from the teeth of a Zed?
 
shmogt
They get blood in their eyes and mouth any virus that is in the blood would transfer if it was just stronger. That's why I don't get how a bite is a huge problem since their spit would be same as their blood. I get if the wound is so bad it kills them than they come back but just a bite or scratch should be impossible. Also do you guys watch the talking dead? They said the guys decided that they must cut whatever part of you off if you get bit and all agreed. That's why he was so quick to cut Hershals leg off.
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It is definitely a big plot hole on how the virus works. I have not read the comics, so I am not sure they addressed it there either. For now, I just take it face value and understand that a zombie bite is very bad news and on the other hand, blood and spit are not so bad. If it continues to be a lingering plot hole though, then it will eventually start to gnaw on my thoughts.
 
If they got infected/turned into a zombie because of the blood splatter, it would be a very short and boring show to watch. They all would of died a long time ago, which doesn't make good TV.
 
About the baby being non infected. Technically if this is a real virus than it wouldn't be in the DNA so a new baby should be fine. However virus' spread through mucus so as soon as that baby is born if anyone coughs or has any tiny bit of mucus on their hand and touches it, it wouldn't have the immune system to fight it and be infected.

One other thing that didn't make sense was how they killed so many zombies with crap weapons. I heard the producers say before that killing a zombie isn't super tough since they are rotting and brittle etc which is why hitting them in the head with pretty much any weapon kills them. They are half dead so I gave that explanation a pass until I saw this latest ep. They were killing zombies with short probably 4" blades. Like the zombies with the riot gear (pretty cool idea). They would lift the helmet up a bit and stab underneath into the jaw and they would die. How can you stab the brain which is 7-8" away from the jar with a 4" blade to the jaw? It should of just stabbed into the mouth and came no where near the brain.

One thing I am wondering a lot about is that new city with lots of people they showed. I wonder if they found an anti virus? This show is getting kinda similar to "I Am Legend" where they fight zombies all the time, constantly looking for help, and eventually find a secured populated city. Will be interesting to see if the virus can survive in cold places since most other virus' can't and if they can cure themselves just like that. So many unanswered questions lol.
 
I understand what you guys mean by having a hole in the plot about how the virus started or works.

but i think we are meant to find out as the actual characters find out, and we are following a bunch of regualr joe's, not doctors and bio fision experts :) this is a zombie series after all, its not a movie, i think we have a lot of time left for stuff like that.
 
Cano
oh dear I cringed a looot when he cut that leg off.
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Yeah same here, that scene was rough. :sick:

S3 Ep1 was so awesome. Whoever came up with idea of Zombies in riot gear deserves a medal.
 
At work we were talking about this same thing last week!!! 💡 Where are all the police and Army guys??? How come we never see them chasing the group or zombie-fied.
BAM!!!!! New season Zobies with riot gear! 👍
 
Ddrizle
I'm thinking Lori & the baby will be next to go, if not next, then sometime this season, but we'll see.
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If she gets ripped apart from the inside by a zombie baby like she was worried about it will be insane. When Hershel got bit I was thinking she would be screwed since he is the doctor but they cut his leg to keep him alive. I am thinking this baby will be important and they will meet that blond girl at that village and Lori will end up staying there to take care of the baby while the others leave.
 
Ddrizle
I'm thinking Lori & the baby will be next to go, if not next, then sometime this season, but we'll see.
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In the comics shes killed by the governor, which is when they leave the prison...but it's probably different.

If we go by comic logic, Carol will be next to go, but it seems unlikely in the show.
 
I just finished season 2, and damn I did not see any of that coming.

Also something that didn't make sense to me was when Rick and Shane go to drop that kid off and Shane uses his knife to kill a zombie but then later uses that knife to cut his hand open. Wouldn't that make him turn?
 
ilikewaffles11
I just finished season 2, and damn I did not see any of that coming.

Also something that didn't make sense to me was when Rick and Shane go to drop that kid off and Shane uses his knife to kill a zombie but then later uses that knife to cut his hand open. Wouldn't that make him turn?
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Read a few comments above I asked many more questions based on things like that. It's best to just go with it because it makes no sense and I'm sure they will never explain it since it's impossible.
 
Hershel shouldn't really survive the next episode because the axe Rick used for 'treating' the leg was probably used to smash zombie heads in and would probably infect the wound anyway.

How bites are fatal in the Walking Dead universe also baffles me because hasn't Kirkman said that the bite really doesn't do anything? It's just at point of death, a person turns.

It's telling about the show's writing when in spite of having the comics as source material, the video game has a better story and acting IMO.

In any case, I'm tired of zombies. It's the Call-of-Duty of survival horror.
 
JediRage
Hershel shouldn't really survive the next episode because the axe Rick used for 'treating' the leg was probably used to smash zombie heads in and would probably infect the wound anyway.

How bites are fatal in the Walking Dead universe also baffles me because hasn't Kirkman said that the bite really doesn't do anything? It's just at point of death, a person turns.

It's telling about the show's writing when in spite of having the comics as source material, the video game has a better story and acting IMO.

In any case, I'm tired of zombies. It's the Call-of-Duty of survival horror.
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The producers on the talking dead said during the winter time, which we didn't see any of they decided to have a bag of medical equipment just in case something goes wrong happens. That Axe was fully sterilized and was brought exclusively to chop people parts off if they got bit. Now that makes sense to stop the spreading but like I mentioned a lot in here all ready why wouldn't the blood turn them when it gets in their eyes not change them? It doesn't make sense but whatever I guess.
 
shmogt
The producers on the talking dead said during the winter time, which we didn't see any of they decided to have a bag of medical equipment just in case something goes wrong happens. That Axe was fully sterilized and was brought exclusively to chop people parts off if they got bit. Now that makes sense to stop the spreading but like I mentioned a lot in here all ready why wouldn't the blood turn them when it gets in their eyes not change them? It doesn't make sense but whatever I guess.
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Oh I didn't see the Talking Dead part after.

Yeah I know what you're saying. Especially with the lack of anti-bacterial soap available post Z-DAY.
 
I believe that this series is not really about the Zombie infection but how the average Joe "could" survive. The game puts out a lot of hints before the TV show does.
 
How old is carl suposed to be this season? I though he was ment to be like 10 or so in seasons 1 and 2, but they hinted a lot at a possible future romance between him and the blonde girl (I can't remember her name) the one who cut her wrists. She seems like she would be much older than he is and it just seemed odd. :lol:
 
I'd like to see more of these....

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I'm pretty sure they won't, but the group should focus on finding more riot shields if they're scared of wearing the gear & helmets.
 
Ok take the infection like this:

Like the ebola virus :

living and having the virus = host (maybe even the survivors could infect a non-infected if there would still be one)

zombies = Virus in full effect = like normal virus + mortal fever + all the decease and infection from a rotting body.
As the story has shown, it seems that the blood alone is without the mortal fever, but scratches would. This leads to the theory that the blood needs to enter the blood circuit in a way to become fully blown.
Thus looking for scratches...

As we all know from the CDC men's wife aka case 0, that it is not the bite, neither the virus that kills you, but the fever that comes with the full blown virus.
After death, the virus keeps putting electronic impulses to the brain = Zombie

I am not sure if this is intended, but when they hack of Hershal's leg look at the flesh's texture after the proper cut and the flesh's texture when the Zed ripps it out...

The bite hole looks already rotten (necro bacterias?), though the cutted flesh wound looks human. Could be a special effect thingy or intentional

after proof reading: it could also be comparable to Aids in a way; HIV and full blown Aids....
 
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