[BRK]

The interesting thing about “Fear the Walking Dead” so far is that while the story is based in present America, no one seems to have any knowledge about zombies, except maybe one nerdy kid. I think if I were to see dead people walking and eating folks, I would recognize them instantly as zombies.

[mmichaels1970]

See. Now that’s a great point. Thought never crossed my mind.

[Junk Silver]

“no one seems to have any knowledge about zombies....”

I’ve watched almost every episode of “The Walking Dead”. I don’t believe the word “zombie” has ever been uttered in that series. Different factions will have different names for them ,but as far as I recall no character has ever used the word “zombie”.

[BigCinBigD]

“The interesting thing about “Fear the Walking Dead” so far is that while the story is based in present America, no one seems to have any knowledge about zombies, except maybe one nerdy kid. I think if I were to see dead people walking and eating folks, I would recognize them instantly as zombies.”

I read somewhere the excuse for that is in the world of the shows. “Zombies” were never invented. Thus the names Walkers and Biters.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Creator Robert Kirkman has previously said that The Walking Dead universe is an alternate reality where there were no George Romero-type zombie movies, so the characters have no frame of reference with what they are seeing.

[needmorePaine]

Well, it makes sense that in all of these zombie shows/movies/books the world would have no knowledge of zombie outbreaks. That is a big part of creating the sense of terror. If zombies started attacking in a world saturated with zombie media, people would probably react differently.

[ConjunctionJunction]

Here's an article about how the people in the world of The Walking Dead have no prior knowledge of zombies (no George Romero movies, etc.):

http://www.thewrap.com/why-walking-dead-walkers-are-called-walkers-and-an-episode-3-preview-video/

[Hot Tabasco]

I think if I were to see dead people walking and eating folks, I would recognize them instantly as zombies.

In a nutshell, that was explained many seasons ago. In this imaginary world, the term "zombie" does not exist and that's why the characters of TWD had to learn how to kill them by destroying their brains and refer to them as "Walkers" instead of "Zombies".

And if you are a follower of TWD, each separate group that is encountered has their own terminology for those walking dead..........

[Jmouse007]

BINGO! Give that man a Cupie Doll! This is the biggest flaw in "Fear the Walking Dead" that I noted right off the bat. It is like the ENTIRE population of Los Angeles, centrally located near the movie capital of the world has never seen a single zombie movie going all the way back to 1968's classic "Night of the Living Dead". The premise of the TV show is therefore, utterly ridiculous. You have dead people reanimated from the dead, impervious to ALL forms of "kill shots" EXCEPT TO THE HEAD, E A T I N G P E O P L E and I N F E C T I N G E V E R Y O N E T H E Y B I T E, and nobody in the entire story has a clue! Not one of the main or piriferal characters says: "say, these guys are DEAD, they are impervious to bullets except to the head, they are maniacally eating and infecting everyone they can get their cold dead hands and teeth on... they must be ZOMBIES, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" No, everyone is like "duh, they are dead, they are unkillable except to the head, they are attacking, eating and infecting everyone alive they can get a hold of... what can the possibly mean?" "We haven't got a clue, what should we do?" "Let's protest the mean old police and athorities for shooting these poor, sick, wildly rabid DEAD people so many times! "Even though they are DEAD and trying to eat all of us, maybe grandma and Johnny are just sick and we need to nurse them back to health by treating them with aspirin!" Yeah, that's the ticket; take them to the doctor and give them aspirine.

The utter cluelessness of virtually the ENTIRE population of Los Angeles, all government officials along with the CDC and EVERY character in the show is so off putting it ruins the story because it goes beyond the suspension of reality and belief!

It would be amazing if some random 13 year old kid who reads graphic novels, comic books or watches cult classic zombie movies steps up to the camera addresses the "authorities" or any of the main characters and says: "I know exactly what is going on... the dead have been reanimated, they are ZOMBIES, they KILL, EAT and INFECT THE LIVING AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN KILL THEM IS BY DESTROYING THEIR BRAINS OR CUTTING THE HEADS OFF, oh and one more thing... they can't be treated or cured; they must be destroyed." It would be so refreshing, but that would be too easy, instead we will be forced to watch everyone uselessly flail around for weeks, acting totally oblivious to what is happening until they, like simple minded children SLOWLY begin to "figure out what is going on" = "2 + 2 = 5, opps I mean 2 + 2 = 4... the maniacally, rabid people are DEAD... the maniacally, rabid, dead people are attacking, killing, eating and infecting the living... the maniacally, rabid, dead killing/infecting "people" are BAD... we must run, hide and defend ourselves from the maniacally, rabid, killing/infecting dead "people"... the only way we can kill the maniacally, rabid, dead killing/infecting "people" is to inflict a mortal wound to their heads... duh, I think that's water we need to do!"

Oh, one more thing; under absolutely no circumstances is anyone on the show to use the forbidden word "Zombie".