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Vigo:

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--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on November 19, 2011, 01:28:21 pm ---Following the Romero tradition, you will never know the cause of the outbreak (I prefer it that way). Anyone who points to Romero movies saying the cause are actually pointing to speculation within the movies, not the actual cause.

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I suppose Im on the fence on this one. I think part of the creativity in the Zombie genre comes from saying how the outbreak actually happened. Typically its a disease yadda yadda, but I at least would like a montage on what happened, how the military reacted, etc. I dunno, I dont like how stuff "just happens". Thats part of the reason why I didnt like that Children of Men movie...They never explained why the women couldnt have children. It kind of lessens the impact of the tone of the movie if they just state things that the whole movie revolves around.

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I am in the camp that there should be at least something. It is kinda dumb that they don't know and don't even bother asking around. It would be cool if they at least heard different rumors wherever they went, or if the origin was slowly unfolded as the series progresses. I kinda wish there was more plot unveiled when they were at the CDC.



--- Quote from: Mikezilla on November 21, 2011, 12:01:34 pm ---That blonde chick is freaking annoying, I hope she gets eaten soon.

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Haha, I wish she just fried herself at the CDC. I hope she gets better as a character, but she has just been nothing but annoying up to this point. I just try to brace myself for her weekly tantrum.

Ginsu Victim:

--- Quote from: Vigo on November 21, 2011, 12:44:33 pm ---It is kinda dumb that they don't know and don't even bother asking around.
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Which I'm sure the group discussed during the period of Rick's coma....which we didn't see.


--- Quote ---It would be cool if they at least heard different rumors wherever they went
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If they follow the comic, it'll happen.

Dartful Dodger:
Saturday was a Walking Dead marathon for me.

It looks like they're getting back to the comic. Too bad, I was starting to like the new Shane and I liked not knowing what's next.

Although Daryl didn't go nuts like he did when he got lost in the comics. Without the other bits, cutting off the ears and being crazed when he got back to the farm didn’t even make sense.

Ginsu Victim:
Darryl isn't in the comic.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on November 21, 2011, 01:40:55 pm ---Saturday was a Walking Dead marathon for me.

It looks like they're getting back to the comic. Too bad, I was starting to like the new Shane and I liked not knowing what's next.

Although Daryl didn't go nuts like he did when he got lost in the comics. Without the other bits, cutting off the ears and being crazed when he got back to the farm didn’t even make sense.

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Are you confused or something because Daryl isn't in the comics.  Well at least not yet, I think they finally stuck him in the tale-end of issue 91

He cut off the ears as trophies to prove his dominance over his enemies.  It's a very ancient and almost instinctual tradition.
He was crazed because he was in extreme pain and probably suffering from an infection and a decent amount of blood loss.

Just like in the comics, Shane was a first class a-hole from the very first appearance.  How anyone could like that POS is beyond me.  I'm not sure how you couldn't see every single solitary thing he's done thus far miles ahead of time.  The character on the show is a cliche villian with minutes of fore-shadowing prior to every action and that's why he needs to go.

I'm not condeming you for your opinion at all, I just find it extremely frustrating that I can predict the general plot of every single solitary show I've ever watched and yet lots of others get to be suprised by the plot twists.  It is NOT FUN to be such an expert of the tropes and cliches of film and television.... I can spot a bad plot point, bad acting or poor character development a mile away.  It's why I'm so hard on tv shows and films.

As for the whole zombie origin thing, just hope that we NEVER find out.  Why?  Well in any series or movie when they discover the cause of the disaster you are officially thrown into the third act and it's just a matter of time before the show is over.  

On a purely personal note I think it's good for the survivors to seek answers and to even find some obsure bits of info or such and even have story lines built around seeking the truth, but they should never find any real answers.   The reason is simple... that bit of mystery leaves things for the viewer to wonder and for the writers to explore and exploit that mystery.  Once all the answers are known nothing interesting can be done anymore without it feeling pointless.

I will point out this though:

1.  Rick got that tidbit of info just before they left the CDC
2.  Judging by the last episode, we can assume that the info was NOT about his wife being pregnant.

So I would say that Rick knows a little about the plague but he's withholding the info because at this point it is useless to the group and would hurt morale.

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