The Walking Dead Season 3... SUNDAY NIGHT!

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motsm

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either the zombies are getting weaker or lazier, or the writers are.
They have fought countless walkers and are experienced enough to kill them now without getting bit. They have shown this as a constant progression throughout the series, and you'd have to write off the many other scenes from this season where they casually kill zombies in close quarters without all that much of a concern.
 

waterjug

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well see now I'm glad I stopped watching 3 episodes ago...sounds awful. Why are you guys/ladies that dislike it still subjecting yourselves to this show? It's obviously not going to go back to what it was Season 1. There's NO potential for it; the budget has been slashed too much, the show runners have been run-off, the writers are lazy. It is what it is, if you don't like it, stop watching like I did.
 

Newbian

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well see now I'm glad I stopped watching 3 episodes ago...sounds awful. Why are you guys/ladies that dislike it still subjecting yourselves to this show? It's obviously not going to go back to what it was Season 1. There's NO potential for it; the budget has been slashed too much, the show runners have been run-off, the writers are lazy. It is what it is, if you don't like it, stop watching like I did.

What else is there to watch on Sundays?
 

Skel

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well see now I'm glad I stopped watching 3 episodes ago...sounds awful. Why are you guys/ladies that dislike it still subjecting yourselves to this show? It's obviously not going to go back to what it was Season 1. There's NO potential for it; the budget has been slashed too much, the show runners have been run-off, the writers are lazy. It is what it is, if you don't like it, stop watching like I did.

I'd stop watching but the rest of my house wants to see how it turns out, so I keep watching it with them. More importantly, if I stopped watching then I wouldn't be able to keep commenting here, and I'd miss everyone.
 

rockyct

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I'd stop watching but the rest of my house wants to see how it turns out, so I keep watching it with them. More importantly, if I stopped watching then I wouldn't be able to keep commenting here, and I'd miss everyone.
I think the core of the show itself is still very good, but the issue is their budget. They have to have a lot of these filler episodes so that they can pay for the big scenes. Andrea running through the forest was just filler. I watched season 2 over a two week period and I thought it was a good season, but only because the filler doesn't matter when you can watch it in one big stretch (and boy there was a lot of filler). The pressure right now is that many of my friends are watching it every week and that's why I watch it every week. If my friends weren't watching, I'd just wait until it comes out on blu-ray this summer.
 

Kev

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They have fought countless walkers and are experienced enough to kill them now without getting bit. They have shown this as a constant progression throughout the series, and you'd have to write off the many other scenes from this season where they casually kill zombies in close quarters without all that much of a concern.

The zombies in this show are pathetic and non-threatening. There was a scene a few episodes ago where they just drove past a bunch of them outside the prison with a motorcycle and a car and none even reacted.
 

Train

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The zombies in this show are pathetic and non-threatening. There was a scene a few episodes ago where they just drove past a bunch of them outside the prison with a motorcycle and a car and none even reacted.

Making them like the zombies in 28 days/weeks later would be awesome. They could run in dead sprints, really got your pulse jumping. Those movies were great.

Walking Dead zombies are irritatingly inconsistent. They can rip apart a horse with their bare hands, but are weak in hand to hand. Except when they need to be strong, then they can push down doors. They can lunge at you and rip your jugular with thier teeth, except when that wouldn't work for the writers. Then they are stiff and slow.
 
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TheAdvocate

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The zombies in this show are pathetic and non-threatening. There was a scene a few episodes ago where they just drove past a bunch of them outside the prison with a motorcycle and a car and none even reacted.

That's what bugs me the most. It isn't just about their experience killing these things - the zombies used to be much nastier - almost like rabid animals. Compare and contrast how those acted with any of the supply runs they did in the first two seasons. Shane and Rick couldn't deal with them. Shane had to hide in that bus...
 

rockyct

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Yup, i mentioned that many episodes ago. They would run, throw shit, climb, apparently move doorknobs, all sorts of scary stuff. Now...nothing.
I actually wouldn't have an issue if they were getting weaker now as it has been something like two years since everything went down. They've said that each season, they age them a little bit more. They are supposed to be rotting, right? I'm not surprised if they don't move as fast. If walkers are in a closed room, it does make sense for them to be almost "asleep" because they've been locked in a room devoid of stimulation for a long time now.

The problem is that the abilities do vary in each episode. However, I think it's just one of those things that you have to let go.
 

drquest

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I actually wouldn't have an issue if they were getting weaker now as it has been something like two years since everything went down. They've said that each season, they age them a little bit more. They are supposed to be rotting, right? I'm not surprised if they don't move as fast. If walkers are in a closed room, it does make sense for them to be almost "asleep" because they've been locked in a room devoid of stimulation for a long time now.

The problem is that the abilities do vary in each episode. However, I think it's just one of those things that you have to let go.

The thing that bugs me, is how quiet they are and that they are capable of sneaking up on people. Andrea had no idea she had walkers around her in the woods???
 

purbeast0

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The thing that bugs me, is how quiet they are and that they are capable of sneaking up on people. Andrea had no idea she had walkers around her in the woods???

or how bout how she kept running into things in the warehouse and making noises, yet zombies could move around undetected and sneak up on her more than once.

NINJA ZOMBIES I TELL YA!
 

American Gunner

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I think I am doing it wrong, because I just watch the show for the entertainment I get out of it, not to come to a thread and bitch about every little detail. Thank goodness I can start and be a vet by the end of the season.
 
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