I call bullshit on The Walking Dead tonight: 3-4-2012
There’s several things in this episode tonight that just fly in the face of anything that makes any sense; I call bullshit on:
-The idea that Hershel would give a family heirloom to some guy that is just boning his daughter; they’re not married.
-The fact that somehow that zombie found its way to the farm.
-That it snuck up on Dale without making a sound.
-That it somehow left the cow, fresh meat, just laying there, to take a ninja position, lying in wait for Dale.
-That it was strong enough to rip open his guts like that; these things have nothing but brittle bones.
-That Carl didn’t shoot it in the first place when he had the chance.
-That Carl could be gone that long and neither of his parents question where he was.
-That they haven’t adopted a buddy system by now.
-That T-Dog, as usual, has precisely ZERO to say.
Rick and Lori have to be the worst parents ever, and I don’t understand how Carol could not be constantly insisting that they use the buddy system, which any mother of a small child would know, and which Rick and Shane already use their damn selves.
March 5, 2012 at 6:17 AM
All good points! The whole thing with Carl was incredibly annoying. They ought take that hat right off of him. It’s an inappropriate symbol of the “man” he’s certainly not. Also, the group made such a big deal about how dangerous it would be to let that guy go, but in the meantime they are walking around like they are “safe as houses” on Hershel’s farm. I agree with you, much of this didn’t make sense!
March 11, 2012 at 11:49 PM
The Walking Dead. I realize its Science Fiction, but the moral propaganda it pushes is even more unrealistic than the prospect of flesh craving corpses. Killing the most realistic character I think was a bad mistake. Why the Undying love for Rick? Who voted him into power? Is it more moral to do anyhting in your power to protect the ones you love, or constantlyt run off every chance you get to get your “hero” fix? I don’t really understand the thinking of the writers on this show, or a lot of the fans. Wheres Dave Navarro to call shenanigans after an episode like this. Best guest on “Talking Dead” so far. Its the end of the world, not farming with zombies.
March 12, 2012 at 12:19 AM
Exactly right, I don’t quite understand it either. Rick was the senior officer, so I guess he became the de facto leader.
Rick is noble, but he’s stupid.
March 20, 2013 at 10:06 PM
I would say the the showed has jumped the shark. “The Governor”, Really? I suppose the writers will have him some how live on as a thinking zombie as they hint about his daughter…or they will have to dream up a handgun with clips as large as the one he uses because they don’t exist on a standard issue of any make on this planet anyways. As someone stated before, “It’s sci-fi.” However, at least until recently the sub-plots to the show were somewhat realistic. Second and final example, Andrea this week; has she become disabled, retarded, amnesic, or all of those and more? Or were those just attributes to make the viewers care less in the end that she ended up in his chair? Seriously? So she left his pickup and his weapons behind and decided to hoof it to the prison? WTF?
March 21, 2013 at 3:58 AM
Yes, it was such lazy writing until it’s beyond belief.