# Walking Dead Spin Off Now has a Title... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151 "2015-03-27T20:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/81 "2015-08-23T15:19:47Z")
The new show starts tonight. I’ll watch it I guess. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/82 "2015-08-23T15:25:25Z")
So much hype! Makes me nervous, but I’ve set a series recording on my DVR. Keeping my fingers crossed that this is good, even if the not as good as the hype (which would be amazing). ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/83 "2015-08-23T15:51:15Z")
I heard a review on NPR the other day, and the reviewer mentioned that an annoying aspect of the is that it builds tension by (once again) having people not tell others something that normal humans would mention in conversation. I have enough of those types of shows now. I’m going to pass on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/84 "2015-08-23T16:20:16Z")
Most of the reviews I have heard or read said the show sufferers because the characters have very rational reactions to the events around them but because we the audience know better it just makes them all look dumb. Still going to watch though. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/85 "2015-08-23T16:32:34Z")
The pics of the zombies in this show do not look dead or decayed, they look like people with white glazed eyes and blood and gore around the mouth. How the hell did so many people get bitten initially? I don’t care if if you are a sick person or a zombie, you’d think people would run or beat off anyone coming at them like that. “Don’t worry dear she just has super ebola, let her nibble your face!” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/86 "2015-08-23T17:04:53Z")
Whatever the first cause, many people were affected at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/87 "2015-08-23T17:41:26Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Most of the reviews I have heard or read said the show sufferers because the characters have very rational reactions to the events around them but because we the audience know better it just makes them all look dumb. Still going to watch though. The reviews I read make that sound like one of the pluses. 🙂 > [@grude](#): > > The pics of the zombies in this show do not look dead or decayed, they look like people with white glazed eyes and blood and gore around the mouth. > > How the hell did so many people get bitten initially? I don’t care if if you are a sick person or a zombie, you’d think people would run or beat off anyone coming at them like that. > > “Don’t worry dear she just has super ebola, let her nibble your face!” I’m going to spoiler this because it’s part of _The Walking Dead_: Everyone is infected with the zombie disease. Whoever dies, they always resurrect as a zombie. You don’t need to get bitten, although that’s what people thought early on. And the longer they’re in that state, the more decomposed they look. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/88 "2015-08-23T18:19:45Z")
The trailer makes it seem like the initial outbreak was something like influenza. I’d suspect that the virus kills millions of people on its own, with bites as a secondary vector. And once society crumbles and LA stops getting running water, you’ll have 20 million dead people four days later. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/89 "2015-08-23T18:36:20Z")
> [@grude](#): > > The pics of the zombies in this show do not look dead or decayed, they look like people with white glazed eyes and blood and gore around the mouth. > > How the hell did so many people get bitten initially? I don’t care if if you are a sick person or a zombie, you’d think people would run or beat off anyone coming at them like that. > > “Don’t worry dear she just has super ebola, let her nibble your face!” You don’t need to be bit. However it happened, anyone who dies for any reason would rise and start attacking. I suspect this means hospitals would be the worst place to be and at the same time a place where many people will go for help which would spread things quickly. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/90 "2015-08-23T19:00:44Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > The trailer makes it seem like the initial outbreak was something like influenza. I’d suspect that the virus kills millions of people on its own, with bites as a secondary vector. And once society crumbles and LA stops getting running water, you’ll have 20 million dead people four days later. Emphasis added. The way things are going, that should happen sometime this year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/91 "2015-08-23T19:04:37Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > You don’t need to be bit. However it happened, anyone who dies for any reason would rise and start attacking. A very good plot device, because it explains why there are apparently no safe areas anywhere. The virus spread, with out symptoms, so a group that thought is t was safe by isolation and defended against all walkers, would be brought down from within, as soon as anyone died for any reason. It makes the zombie threat much worse than any of the old fashioned zombie movies. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/92 "2015-08-23T19:17:06Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > You don’t need to be bit. However it happened, anyone who dies for any reason would rise and start attacking. I suspect this means hospitals would be the worst place to be and at the same time a place where many people will go for help which would spread things quickly. I know that, and there will be very unlucky people caught unaware at first or mobbed eventually. I just can’t see people so clueless as to keep letting it happen though, sick or not. People would catch on FAST if we’re being rational. I almost think for it to make sense the “zombie disease” or even an unrelated virulent flu virus kills a lot of people very quickly all over, not the whole thing starting with some natural death who rises and goes from there. Excellent point about LA not being survivable without water and the power grid though, hmm wonder if this was on purpose(it being picked for the location). ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/93 "2015-08-23T19:24:24Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Excellent point about LA not being survivable without water No place is survivable with out water. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/94 "2015-08-23T19:27:16Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > No place is survivable with out water. Little Rock in on the Arkansas River. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/95 "2015-08-23T19:34:09Z")
I admit I didn’t watch but a few minutes of TWD simply because I didn’t catch it at the beginning and wasn’t sure where to start. The parts I saw were _interesting_ but since I didn’t know the characters it was hard to follow. So here’s my question: if I never watched the original, will I be able to make sense of FOTWD if I start now? I like “virus” stories at least the pilot looks intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/96 "2015-08-23T19:45:48Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > No place is survivable with out water. Places it rains regularly are, put some tarps on roof or barrels or buckets in gutter downspouts etc. ---
**Author:** ![Critical1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/97 "2015-08-23T19:49:46Z")
The best thing about the spin off, they are under no obligation to use any of the silly assed comic book plots. So if they can pull together some decent writers this show actually has potential. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/98 "2015-08-23T19:54:17Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > So if they can pull together some decent writers this show actually has potential. We can only hope and pray … ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/99 "2015-08-23T19:57:37Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Places it rains regularly are, If it rains regularly, then there is water. Sort of how the Los Angeles River has water in it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151/100 "2015-08-23T20:07:18Z")
> [@Critical1](#): > > So if they can pull together some decent writers this show actually has potential. Good luck with that. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walking-dead-spin-off-now-has-a-title/716151.md?page=6)