The Walking Dead tv series

[Pulsar_t]

I want some science-fictiony stuff in TWD. They touched on the subject in the first season and then it's all failed farming experiments ever since.

[stickem]

I've also come to the conclusion that Michonne needs to be better with her sword and start slicing through the skull more, and less of just lopping heads off. We know that chopping their head off doesn't kill them (though it certainly makes them less mobile), but some day in the future when some unknown entity stops mowing the grass everywhere during the apocalypse, you're going to have a bunch of zombie head ankle biters in tall grass you're walking through.

[TSTR]

I've also come to the conclusion that Michonne needs to be better with her sword and start slicing through the skull more, and less of just lopping heads off. We know that chopping their head off doesn't kill them (though it certainly makes them less mobile), but some day in the future when some unknown entity stops mowing the grass everywhere during the apocalypse, you're going to have a bunch of zombie head ankle biters in tall grass you're walking through.

Momma used to just chase 'em off with a broom.

[stickem]

Bush hog would be better, lol.

[Luke]

I think post-zombie, slicing off the head "kills" them.

Oh who knows?

[TSTR]

Yeah, I don't think it works that way in the WD universe. You actually have to destroy the brain.

[stickem]

Yeah head stays alive for a time. Crazy scientist from woodbury said after awhile they would starve.

[Forlorn Drifter]

Yeah head stays alive for a time. Crazy scientist from woodbury said after awhile they would starve.

I call bull. I don't know for sure, but I don't think that makes sense in universe or otherwise. Haven't we seen zombies with their guts hanging out walking around? Kinda defeats that theory. And wouldn't they starve in general if they didn't get fed?

[stickem]

Yeah head stays alive for a time. Crazy scientist from woodbury said after awhile they would starve.

I call bull. I don't know for sure, but I don't think that makes sense in universe or otherwise. Haven't we seen zombies with their guts hanging out walking around? Kinda defeats that theory. And wouldn't they starve in general if they didn't get fed?

They covered it in Woodbury when the weird scientist guy looked at michonnes walkers. By removing their jaw they lost the desire to eat. He even specifically calls that out. Wasn't supossed to happen instantly like sunday, and that it is possible for zombies to starve to death (although at a much slower rate).

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[Gamerforlife]

Dead creatures starving to death...yeah, that makes sense

Like I said, nothing makes sense with zombies, which is why I don't try overthinking these things anymore. For me, it's the stories about these characters and how they deal with these horrors and hardships that's more interesting to me.

Honestly, zombies are probably the silliest creatures in the horror genre. I actually prefer the whole, rabid, feral human zombies from 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, little more realistic than dead things coming to life and somehow functioning even though it's scientifically impossible.

Personally, if I wrote a zombie comic book or TV show, I'd go with a more supernaturally based world than a Sci Fi one. Much easier to explain zombies through magic than real world science. It's creepier too, especially if you ever heard real life tales of voodoo practicioners bringing back the dead on TV documentaries. Whether one believes those stories or not, they're damn creepy