Well, we called it *something *for those 3+ weeks, not just “that thing with the planes in NY.”
But not everybody called it the same thing. A consensus was reached because there was mass communication. Improbable as the swift fall of civilization in TWD may seem, it’s canon that it occurred, and without mass communication, there’d be no way to achieve that communication.
These guys have been to the CDC. If they can’t say “outbreak” they’re morons.
My point in this discussion isn’t necessarily that there is no consensus on what the different groups call the event, although I think there is validity in that. I the outbreak did not take down society in 30i minutes. It took weeks. Just look at the military camp outside the hospital that Rock woke up in. That took days, not weeks, to be set up.
But even in their small groups, no one manes the event. It’s just referred to as something like "before things went to hell’"or the like. Just seems odd to me. Humans tend to name events. If I say 9-11 everyone knows I’m referring to the terror attacks. If I say the Holocaust, everyone gets it. Petal Harbor, on and on, etc. so why don’t our TWD peeps refer to the Outbreak?
In a few hours we’ll either know what Alexandria is about, or at least have a better idea.
Me, too. What I hope for is probably too psychologically complex for this show, but: I don’t think Deanna need be another smiling devil, planning to eat or enslave newcomers. I think she’s a worried mother.
Her son Aiden (aka Frat Boy aka ROTC Boy) is plainly a disaster for her community–getting people killed, getting people exiled, and generally creating misery. He has neither leadership skills nor basic smarts nor common decency. But in the world they live in, there’s *no one *who can convince him that his way is NOT the right way.
The probably-too-psychologically-complex way this could go: Deanna, and Aaron too, have been desperately hoping to bring in some smart, decent survivors–survivors who could potentially get through to Aiden. Maybe they could convince him of the error of his ways, but at the very least they could, perhaps, neutralize him–lock him up; disable him; even kill him. Deanna can’t kill her son or order his death. But she knows that something has to change.
This theory about what could happen probably lacks the melodrama and simple-outlines, black-and-white outrageousness that the show has run on. So it’s not all that likely to be the way things go.
But The Walking Dead has always had the potential to be a genuine, in-depth look at leadership and how leadership issues play out in extreme situations. It would be nice if they’d go there.
It’s kind of depressing to think about. Even if the Alexandrians turn out to be nice, Rick’s group can’t stay at a nice safe place for long, so either the town has to go, or something has to happen to make Rick’s group leave. Could the two groups separate amicably?
Why not, moving the plot along?
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Well, I assume the story is all about surviving in perpetually dangerous situations. Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing the guys be able to relax and maybe have some different stories, but I don’t think the writers are going to let these guys relax for long.
What is the overarching plot anyway? Find a cure? Restore civilization? Just walk off into the sunset, doing the same ol’?
Sell another comic book.
Carol and the kid were the highlight this week.
I’m concerned that they are starting what appears to be humanizing Darryl. Norman Reedus has been on the show a long time and has become a popular actor. He may be itching to accept new opportunities. Which bodes bad for a season-ending farewell to a main character.
Gulp. Chris Hardwick just announced that Norman Reedus was going to be a guest on the season finale of “Talking…”. Not looking good.
Well, I noticed the reappearance to the most dangerous of all zombies…
The Floor Zombie, or the “Flombie” as we call it. Seems to be the one which sits silently under the obvious pile of rubble/table until the standard time of two minutes after clearing a room. Then strikes, out fast and bites an ankle/leg…
I think one got Hershels leg, and they seemed plentiful in the Prison… I guess only the main stars survive an attempted chomp from these unusually silent and stealthy creatures.
He has three major movies in the can, so he does a lot of film work on his down time from WD. I don’t think he would ask to be let out of such a good deal. I don’t see Daryl being killed off just yet either.