Walking dead season 2 tonight

[K Frame]

Yeah, we're pondering real life scenarios and impacts, here. 

[TommyGunn]

That fact escaped my attention.

[K Frame]

ORLY?

 

[Jamisjockey]

Yea, that would be a plot saving move indeed.

I find it hard to buy the fact that Zombie scent becomes so much more acute (for blood).
Unless they are developing millions more scent receptors in their nose, it ain't happening.

Makes good TV, though.

Long term zombification requires suspension of belief.

[K Frame]

Who is "zoey."

Its a familiar reference, but I'm just not coming up with it.

[SADShooter]

Firefly warrior woman.

[Perd Hapley]

Firefly warrior woman.

No, her name is Zoe. Means life. In the Greek.

[grampster]

Shut up Mabs.

Now you've gone and done it, Fistsful.

[SADShooter]

No, her name is Zoe. Means life. In the Greek.

How is my response incorrect in context? 

[Viking]

Yea, that would be a plot saving move indeed.

I find it hard to buy the fact that Zombie scent becomes so much more acute (for blood).
Unless they are developing millions more scent receptors in their nose, it ain't happening.

Makes good TV, though.

Could be that their senses, what's left of them, are simply focused on a few things that represents "living humans". Fresh blood, smoke, gun shots, music, laughter, engines...

[Jamie B]

Nothing, but nothing, beats the Rosie O'Donnell / Burt Reynolds scenes from Dawn of the Dead!.  

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42DM_OcX1Gc

[Ned Hamford]

Several months into the Zombie Apocalypse and this band of survivors is yet to rediscover pointy stick technology.  Sure knifing them in the head saves ammo, but that gets your hand really close to the zombie mouth and the post stabby spray of surely infectious zombie blood.  Pointy stick... And come on, arrows... They see Dale doing it... are they that dense?  A much better option. 

I also think there should be a general de-zombification effort.  See a zombie, go stab it with the pointy stick.  That is a zombie that won't be wandering into camp later.  Less zombies, less zombie mobs, less zombie surprises. 

And the whole cutting yourself to lay a spot of blood as zombie focus... Aside from the whole open cuts, zombie blood, infection problem... What about regular infections?  I hope the scenes of them then putting on neosporin and band aids was just cut for time constraint reasons. 

And anyone else think headphones at full blast is a bit cruel and torturery?  And then despite the kid having his ears assaulted, for their Important Talk, they step out of the car and walk off a good distance.  Drama rules in this zombie dystopia. 

[K Frame]

I've said other places that if I were in some sort of situation like this, my preferred close in weapon would be a Japanese Katana or Naginata. Relatively silent, effective, and an arms reach kind of weapon.

Firearm choice?

Easy. A .22. Something like a Ruger 10/22 with a bunch of high-cap magazines. Relatively quiet, which is a huge benefit, when the zombies are drawn by sound, not much kick so very fast recovery time, fairly easy to suppress by do it yourself means, and will do more than enough damage to the brain to stop a zombie.

[CNYCacher]

I've said other places that if I were in some sort of situation like this, my preferred close in weapon would be a Japanese Katana or Naginata. Relatively silent, effective, and an arms reach kind of weapon.

Firearm choice?

Easy. A .22. Something like a Ruger 10/22 with a bunch of high-cap magazines. Relatively quiet, which is a huge benefit, when the zombies are drawn by sound, not much kick so very fast recovery time, fairly easy to suppress by do it yourself means, and will do more than enough damage to the brain to stop a zombie.

Careful, I've heard the swords can tend to get stuck in skulls.

[gunsmith]

I've tried watching that show.  It's really sort of boring and stupid.  All the characters do is whine and argue and once in awhile a rotting corpse staggers by.

Just sayin'

The gun handling is a bit better then other shows that prominently feature guns, when shot on WD zombies and people simply fall down - not fly through the air, a particularly good example was shooting zombie Sophie.

[K Frame]

"swords can get stuck in skulls"

I'll take my chances with a katana over what those ass clowns were using in last week's show.

[Jamie B]

"swords can get stuck in skulls"

I'll take my chances with a katana over what those ass clowns were using in last week's show.

What!? You don't like those tiny little pocket knives? 

[K Frame]

Given how easily the knives were going through some of the thickest parts of the skull, I think the show should be renamed "The Walking Cantaloupes."

As for swords and skulls, The Bride showed us just how easily her katana would take the top off Oh Ren Ishi's skull, so I'm not worried in the least.

[SADShooter]

Thrust to face via proper longsword. End of problem.

[CNYCacher]

As for swords and skulls, The Bride showed us just how easily her katana would take the top off Oh Ren Ishi's skull, so I'm not worried in the least.

I almost reminded you that Kill Bill is fictional and you shouldn't take from a fictional scene potentially life-or-death information about the effectiveness of weaponry . . . and then I remembered that we are talking about killing zombies.

So yeah, go on with the katana, should work well.

[K Frame]

Thrust to face via proper longsword. End of problem.

I think were I doing that I'd want a rapier and go for the eyes.

[SADShooter]

I think were I doing that I'd want a rapier and go for the eyes.

Readily achievable with longsword, in fact really my intended statement, with the added benefit of two cutting edges and better cutting power. That said, the rapier is a formidable weapon.

[K Frame]

I'd be worried about the relative size of point/blade vs penetrating power of the long sword.

Something like a star point rapier is well known for being able to punch through fairly heavy bone like ribs and the sternum.

[Jamisjockey]

Sharpened to a fine point. 

[Perd Hapley]

How is my response incorrect in context?  

Because Ben said Zoey. Surely, no APS moderator could misspell Zoe's name without being fired, right? He must have been thinking of someone else.