The Walking Dead Discussion Thread: Season 8 Episode 9 [mid-season premiere tonight]

N/A | February 25, 2018 | N/A

[Salamander]

Yup.

I was far more aggrieved by Shiva’s death.

[Vermont Lt]

Watching the star become emasculated in the middle of a war is probably not a ratings winner. Maybe in France. But not here.

[JoeProBono]

Not to worry.

"See what The Walking Dead's tiger Shiva looks like in real life – hint: she's blue

There's a trampoline involved, too."

http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-walking-dead/news/a825424/the-walking-dead-tiger-shiva-lreal-life-blue-lycra/

[al_c]

And then there were 3 ...

[ConjunctionJunction]

That Bright Eyes singer sounds a bit like Chandler Riggs to me.

[PROCON]

Die already Carl and stop using so much makeup.

Aha! So the show's producers did introduce cross-dressing into the plot.

Now we just need a transgender he/she/it and then the required diversity quota is met.

[greeneyes]

I’d like that recipe. We have tons of acorns, and Hubby grows beets every year, which I usually pickle.

[Salamander]

Yeah, I’d read about that.

I wonder if the blue guy was also chained and laying at Ezekiel’s feet, all those times.

[Salamander]

Frankly, a crazy bastard in a blue leotard jumping out on you is scarier than a tiger.

[greeneyes]

That’s right. It would be the “snake” story all over again, like the one that Trump read at Cpac. The woman asked why, and the snake said silly woman you knew I was a snake.

[greeneyes]

IIRC, Alexandria was set up with solar and other stuff to be a self sustainable environment.

[JoeProBono]

Or worse - 3 crazy blue guys

[RedMonqey]

Honestly, for sheer practicality, a decent pike makes the most sense.

I thought about converting a garden hoe by heating the shank of it, bend it straight, then modify and sharpen the blade as a type of polearm for swinging down or pushing through their skulls.

It would be light, easy to carry and utilize, lots laying about and most important, quiet.

Machetes, the modern day variant of a short sword, very good option and easily available in a post Apocalypse world. Wonder why these aren't used more in the Walking Dead.

While guns are quick and efficient, they also are loud and you constantly searching for ammo. Something that is dangerous when a horde of zombies is drawn to you and you just wasted your last round.

Improvised medieval weapons was (relatively)quiet and any able bodied person can be taught to use and maintain these.

One last thought that bothered me almost from the start. Motorcycles.

Daryl's bike(actually his brother's) stopped making sense when you realize the sound will draw every available biter for literal miles away. The sound of those full throated mufflers would carry far even in heavy traffic. Now, with literally no other sounds made but what you and nature makes, why act like a brass band when silence is your best defense? And walking? Why, do zombies chew the tires off every available bicycle around?

I like the Walking Dead but sometimes it's writers need to get out of their cubicles and loft apartments and experience life without it's mordern comforts.

[RedMonqey]

I truly can’t imagine why women like him.

Me!Me!Me!(raised hand.)

Because he is masculinity in the raw, unpackaged and unprocessed. No unnatural additives needed. Unlike the canned males the media promotes as men who primp and shave their body hair to look like a preteen girls.

He is manhood as it used to be before Madison Avenue and political correctness mated to create the Mordern male who cannot change the tires on his own car but will cry at the chick movie you want to share with him and he will in turn and will share his mascara with you.

Daryl is the man you need, whether in this Apocolyptic world or the real one.

[RedMonqey]

Oh, great comment.

Uh, no it is not.

Only if you expect the zombies to like like they just walked out of the local mall after they bought their cloths right off the rack.

Think.

These zombies have been wandering outside..in the elements...with their bodies deteriorating... every since they became...get this ...zombies.

Would you have them dressed as if some backstage costumer like the old westerns mass produced the same vest, slacks, belt and cowboy hat that differs slightly from one to the other?

One thing I cannot find fault in the WD is the way the zombies look.

[RedMonqey]

And why no molotov cocktails? A little fire would take care of most of their problems.

Maybe because"there would be very little usable gasoline left."

(snicker, snicker)Sorry!

[Salamander]

Like the hoe idea but the brittleness of the typical ash handles concerns me.

Need a good carbon fiber variant, which would be lighter and stronger and less likely to crack suddenly, at the worst possible time.

And the motorcycle is part of the “avenging angel” thing DD has going on.

I agree, it’s utter madness, practically speaking.

Faced with an oncoming herd of walkers, I would much prefer to be *in* my Magnum than *on* my Harley.

But there is small maneuverability bonus to the bike, especially since he ditched the Triumph chopper and switched to the hillbilly homemade metric bike.

But again...~mythos~.

/now pondering the strength of a professional grade javelin

[Salamander]

Nah.

Those guys are just too adorable.

[Salamander]

Hells to the yeah.

:)

/dude would never dream of soaking himself in that sissy “body spray” crap they’re pimping to “men” now, either. just raw, sweaty testosterone. :D

[Salamander]

Most of them still have their shoes on.

Explain that.

:D