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The Walking Dead Discussion Thread: Season 8 Episode 9 [mid-season premiere tonight]
N/A | February 25, 2018 | N/A

Posted on 02/25/2018 3:10:18 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction



TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: carlsdead; conspiracy; thewalkingdead; twd
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To: Salamander

Whoops ... Sorry.

On the other hand, we have known his demise since last fall — gotta be one of, if not the longest goodbye on a TV seies.


81 posted on 02/25/2018 7:46:30 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: Vince Ferrer
The good old days when men knew how to handle that pesky gas issue.


82 posted on 02/25/2018 7:52:58 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Or move to the breadbasket midwest where crops are plentiful and forests that hide walkers are few.

Hell, even Mississippi, where you could see them coming a mile away.


83 posted on 02/25/2018 7:54:58 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: CedarDave

Meh.

I kinda don’t care, over much, really.

Book Coral was a bloodless badass.

The *instant* TV Coral started spouting the Muzzie’s kumbaya crap, I wanted him bit.

:D


84 posted on 02/25/2018 7:57:00 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: lizma2

WHERE THE HELL IS MAGGIE’S BABY???

Is she carrying an elephant or what?


85 posted on 02/25/2018 7:59:26 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Little House With the Zombie? Learn how to make butter and cheese, etc?

Paint... Dry...


86 posted on 02/25/2018 8:07:37 PM PST by RedMonqey ("You don't tug on Superman's cape...You don't spit into the wind...")
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To: Vince Ferrer

Dang, I was addicted to Little House on the Prairie when I was a kid.

I agree. I would like to see them more practical by now.

There is so much lost wisdom from the past. (i.e. the Romans used honey on wounds to keep them germ free. Modern day studies showed it work well.)

Got “the Walking Dead Cookbook” for Christmas. If anyone wants Carol’s acorn and beet cookie recipe, let me know.


87 posted on 02/25/2018 8:21:05 PM PST by lizma2
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To: Salamander

My pregnancy’s seemed to go on forever....


88 posted on 02/25/2018 8:24:39 PM PST by lizma2
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To: RedMonqey
Paint... Dry...

If done wrong, yeah it would be dull. But a good way to fight off other groups is to be the group that has their act together, not just the most violent one. If they had butter and cheese, they could get more groups on their side by offering to trade.

Build a canal between the kingdom and Alexandria. When the fuel runs out, they can still trade with horse drawn barges. Set up another community on Chesapeake Bay, which is not far from Alexandria. There they can learn how to sail, and trade along the coast. Build towers to send morse code signals to the different settlements.

The interesting thing is that it would be sort of a re-boot of the history of the American colonies.

89 posted on 02/25/2018 8:44:52 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: lizma2

But 3 years??

:D


90 posted on 02/25/2018 8:55:04 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: lizma2

At least Daryl made deer and not possum.

Because you know that’s what all us hillbillies eat.


91 posted on 02/25/2018 8:56:43 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Vince Ferrer

What kills me is that apparently, there are no Walmarts or KMarts in all of GA or VA.

KMart employees actually wear shirts that say “Your One-Stop Zombie Apocalypse Store”.

No one has thought to run a skidder through a herd of walkers, ever?

A snow plow?

A honkin’ big construction dozer?

There are no chainsaws left, anywhere?


92 posted on 02/25/2018 9:01:26 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: lizma2

The *one* thing that rankles me most is that NO ONE seems to have died wearing colorful clothing.

All the walkers are dressed in grays and browns.

It’s like an Official Undead Uniform they all donned right before they snuffed it.

/waiting to see a Gay Pride walker prance/stumble by


93 posted on 02/25/2018 9:05:48 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: Vince Ferrer

Actually you are right but when I read it I envisioned Michonne, Daryl and Rick huddled in a circle, rhythmically pumping the butter churns while the others shelled corn(by hand). Then the announcer description of next week’s episode: Neegan plots a basket weaving while Rick contemplates a sowing Bees.

HeeHeeHee!

It would be all beseen, done in the background or as goals to be accomplished but to dramatize it have the group gather the needed items to accomplish it.

And you’re right, in the real world libraries would be more important than guns as the basics of rebuilding a civilization, even a pared back one with limited goals, starts with a scavenger hunt of knowledge. I could see whole battles depending on who is in control of the last remaining/ best libraries. The National library and the Patent office would be key sources.

To your point of digging a canal. I’d rather relocate to a river or existing canals(Erie?) There are plenty still serviceable even today.

And gas would be used up or gone “stale”
Horses may not be an option as zombies would eat then when harnassed to the barge.

But even if they weren’t, why re-invent the wheel?

Use steam!(Steam was King back in the industrial age) And most average intelligence people(once educated) can understand and used steam powered engines.

Lots of boilers around heating homes and buildings that can be repurposed to use wood or even coal(West Virginia)

Metal workers would be in demand as they were back in the 19th century and recreate riverboats and river traffic between communities.

That’s how I would set about my community if I were Neegan/Rick.


94 posted on 02/25/2018 9:44:39 PM PST by RedMonqey ("You don't tug on Superman's cape...You don't spit into the wind...")
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To: Salamander
No one has thought to run a skidder through a herd of walkers, ever?

A snow plow?


Fuel would be, should be scarce, if non-existent and these things would be great... at the beginning. Remember seeing tanks with m-60 machine guns standing idle?

Ran out of fuel!

Lugging around a Chainsaw will break your back. And if you have ever used a chainsaw you know you will be covered in ...sawdust at the end of the day.

Now imagine....blood bits of zombie flesh.

Yucccck!
95 posted on 02/25/2018 9:52:42 PM PST by RedMonqey ("You don't tug on Superman's cape...You don't spit into the wind...")
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To: chris37

Lol!


96 posted on 02/25/2018 10:00:39 PM PST by avenir ("But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine."--Paul to Titus)
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To: Salamander
All the walkers are dressed in grays and browns.

The zombies have been literally left out in the rain.

Rain, sun, dirt bleaches out colors pretty well over time. I can't image what offal and intestinal contents will do to "zombie fashion wear"

As for the chainsaw as a weapon, need to get medieval..literally.

Raid the hardware stores for axes, shovels and hoes(not those kind of hos)

Armies of the 1000 to the age of gunpowder used the kind of impliments commonly found in the garden isles. Pickaxes, bill hooks, poleaxes, spears and not to mention mauls, sledge hammers(a bit hard to swing after a while) pitchforks..etc.

If you are lucky to be near a museum, raid it for actual broadswords, shields(light armour) ,chairmail(may get hot, though), war hammers and daggers would arm a formidable raiding party. Best of all they are re-usable.

Michonne had the right idea but not the right weapon. Katanas are great..if you can keep them sharp but will dull quickly after a few chops on fresh zombie skulls. Better a good broadsword. Not as graceful but more durable even when dull, it delivers a more blunt edge than actual slice. Not that the zombie would notice.
97 posted on 02/25/2018 10:18:58 PM PST by RedMonqey ("You don't tug on Superman's cape...You don't spit into the wind...")
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To: RedMonqey

She needs a Damascus steel katana.

I like machetes.

I have two that are like razors.

She does, however, carry my favorite weapon on the show.

You can run out of bullets or bolts but you never run out of blade.

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

You keep distance, you insert and withdraw.

Simple.

A nice chrome-moly or stainless steel rod sharpened to a point would work as well.

Or a Fairbairn-Sykes...just because they’re sexy as hell.

:)


98 posted on 02/25/2018 10:29:25 PM PST by Salamander (And Ezekiel Smiles Again....)
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To: RedMonqey
In one of my other whining posts about the Walking Dead, way back when they were in the prison, I wanted them to start working on a steam engine, because they had those railroad tracks next to the prison. That would be a long term goal to get a working railroad before the original people, the ones who were born back when things worked, died off. They could spread out farms and towns along the tracks.

The main thing would be to have a functioning society by the next generation, so that they don't just sink into a dark age lasting thousands of years. If they could make a steam engine, they can settle at the 1800 technology level, and maybe make a reasonably quick comeback in a couple hundred years. But as they are heading in the show, they are fighting each other and heading back to the stone age.

If I was going to move the group, it would be to Chesapeake Bay, so that I could take over a marina and make a living from the ocean. You could spread out settlements all along the coast using boats, and rebuild the country more easily.

But if I stayed inland, I'd still go with the canals before I tried to build a steam engine. They are super low tech, and even with the low population of Alexandria, the Kingdom, and Hilltop, they could get built. You really only need digging tools, wood, rope, and horses and you're in business. Rivers are fine, if you only want to go down hill. Going up hill before steam power was really difficult. And that's another reason why I think it would be fun to see the show do these things. The problems and solutions are real, and they've been encountered before. It would be like watching the second colonization of the New World.

99 posted on 02/25/2018 10:58:32 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: silent_jonny

It did sound like Chandler Riggs singing. Not sure if it’s him, though.


100 posted on 02/25/2018 11:20:42 PM PST by ConjunctionJunction
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