Tears of Lys Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 They better not leave Carol out of the show for too long. She's one of the more fascinating people in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Agreed. I think Carol may need to take some time to reflect on her readiness to do what needs to be done to survive. Not that I question any of the choices she's made so far. But I think she saw a little too much of herself in Mary at Terminus. If it ever came to a point that eating people was something that needed to be done to survive, would she be willing to do that? Or worse, actually corral people for slaughter? I mean, predatory cannibalism is pretty far along on the desperate survival recourse continuum, but it is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Wolf Smith Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think the Bob, "tainted Meat" thing was great, but it took them 4 years to let 2 Black men on the cast, and as soon as they get a 3rd 1 had to die? Really? For the record, I am a White Southerner ( from real Red neck stock) and I think in this day and age, that you get a new black character, you kill off one you have is really stupid. ETA: Post 3,500 :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulthosian Stark Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I think the Bob, "tainted Meat" thing was great, but it took them 4 years to let 2 Black men on the cast, and as soon as they get a 3rd 1 had to die? Really? For the record, I am a White Southerner ( from real Red neck stock) and I think in this day and age, that you get a new black character, you kill off one you have is really stupid. ETA: Post 3,500 :cheers:Why should that even matter? Why bring race into it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperInTheGrass Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm surprised how quickly the show wrapped up the cannibal storyline. I fully expected it to go on until the mid-season finale, cause this is The Walking Dead after all, not exactly known for getting through things quickly. That said I liked how it concluded (I especially loved the disgusted looks on Glenn, Tara and Tyresse's faces. I felt the same way). I'm looking forward to Beth's episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddington Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Another thing thats bugging me about Eugene. Why Washington D.C? Would the top scientists in biological/chemical weapons research be in the captial, surely they would be closer to the development sites for those things. Which logically would be in the middle of nowhere. I'd guess maybe as advisors or something, but to create the wonder-cure Eugene going to need access to the weapons, which only the truly incompetent would store near the captial city. In the UK i'd be heading to Porton Down (as much middile of nowhere as anyplace in the UK), not london. Surely the US has similar places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Crashing Waves Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 It might just be a storytelling thing. "We need to get to 'Washington'" sounds more important than 'hidden bunker in the middle of nowhere'. Plus seeing the capital completely abandoned and flooded with zombies would be really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyoshi Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Hoping to see a zombie president. With zombie secret service. I just couldn't resist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Crashing Waves Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 A zombie president would be so awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Another thing thats bugging me about Eugene. Why Washington D.C? Would the top scientists in biological/chemical weapons research be in the captial, surely they would be closer to the development sites for those things. Which logically would be in the middle of nowhere. I'd guess maybe as advisors or something, but to create the wonder-cure Eugene going to need access to the weapons, which only the truly incompetent would store near the captial city. In the UK i'd be heading to Porton Down (as much middile of nowhere as anyplace in the UK), not london. Surely the US has similar places. Because of course politicians would approve the existence of the survival bunker in a convenient location so that they could use it to save their own skins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddington Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Because of course politicians would approve the existence of the survival bunker in a convenient location so that they could use it to save their own skins. Oh yeah no doubt about that, so heading to D.C makes sense if you want a bunker to survive in, or whats most like told to go away by the people already living in the bunker. It makes no sense if you want to create a super weapon to kill off zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Oh yeah no doubt about that, so heading to D.C makes sense if you want a bunker to survive in, or whats most like told to go away by the people already living in the bunker. It makes no sense if you want to create a super weapon to kill off zombies. Why? The CDC is right in Atlanta. The Canadian version of the CDC is in downtown Toronto. Why couldn't there be such a facility in the vicinity of DC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theprincethatwasntpromised Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 I'm just excited we will finally get to see what's going on on other parts of the country. I really liked the setting when Rick gets to downtown Atlanta in season one. Since then it seems the grouo has been running through the woods non stop. I'm ready for more urban zombies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddington Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 He mentioned weaponization of diseases, not sure thats something you want to do close to the seat of goverment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalbear Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 You wouldn't have a bio weapon lab in the capital for the same reason you don't have a nuclear weapons cache in the capital. The capital is already a target. You don't want to lose multiple assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 This is a bit like asking why the CIA headquarters is in the capital...when actually it's not literally IN the capital but just relatively nearby. Perhaps it's the same for the bioweapon centre?We do have sites inside and close to London which could perform a similar function, eg Colindale in north London (centre for infection/surveillance for the UK) or places like Pirbright in Surrey (institute of animal health, basically global surveillance of animal viruses). So, yeah, I think it's a realistic enough idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l2 0 5 5 Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Another thing thats bugging me about Eugene. Why Washington D.C? Would the top scientists in biological/chemical weapons research be in the captial, surely they would be closer to the development sites for those things. Which logically would be in the middle of nowhere. I'd guess maybe as advisors or something, but to create the wonder-cure Eugene going to need access to the weapons, which only the truly incompetent would store near the captial city. In the UK i'd be heading to Porton Down (as much middile of nowhere as anyplace in the UK), not london. Surely the US has similar places. With the whole US to work with, why stay in Georgia the whole time? I think a northern, more urban setting could be a cool place for the show to go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S John Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 With the whole US to work with, why stay in Georgia the whole time? I think a northern, more urban setting could be a cool place for the show to go to. I'm interested in it because I did a lot of my growing up in the southern part of Virginia and if they spend a lot of time on the journey to DC then they are going to be in Virginia for some of it. Makes me curious to see how it gets portrayed. There's always a chance though that they get to DC fairly easily and don't spend time with sub-plots along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paddington Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 No problem with them moving out of Georgia and other parts of the US would be more interesting, I am only working through my reasons for thinking Eugene is full shit. An one of those is Washington D.C, it's like something a person overly fond of conspiracy theories would come up with. D.C is the centre of power, where else would the goverment keep its top-secert and illegal weapons. Also I've no idea about biological weapons, but I'd be pretty sure re-engineering one to destroy the undead involves a crap load more than accessing a few terminals and flipping a few switches. An frankly storing them in D.C where an accident has the potential to decaptaite the goverment would be maddness. I'd be more willing to believe him if he said they needed to head to Area 51 or something. As to the survival bunker, that would be an idea I can get behind, however there has been other groups of people surviving in the open. A bunker would most likely already have people surviving in it. If it is a goverment disater shelter, where the top brains in bio-weapons are hiding, it's going to be guarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alia of the knife Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Another thing thats bugging me about Eugene. Why Washington D.C? Would the top scientists in biological/chemical weapons research be in the captial, surely they would be closer to the development sites for those things. Which logically would be in the middle of nowhere. I'd guess maybe as advisors or something, but to create the wonder-cure Eugene going to need access to the weapons, which only the truly incompetent would store near the captial city. In the UK i'd be heading to Porton Down (as much middile of nowhere as anyplace in the UK), not london. Surely the US has similar places. Oh, they do. They just aren't on "the map." And living outside D.C., it would be the LAST place I'd go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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