I've been watching Walking Dead. Granted, I have not seen them all, and only watch them when the husband does. However, there are a few insanities that I can't help but point out.
First of all, if you have not seen the show, let me summarize the ENTIRE series.
People get infected with some sort of virus. The side effects of said virus are: turning into a zombie, craving human flesh, walking with a limp, "Summer" teeth (summer here summer there), patchy baldness, hives, heartburn, psoriasis, bleeding of the gums, diarrhea, swelling of the feet or hands, low sex drive...well you get the idea.
I would love to say that those of the lucky few human beings that haven't been zombiefied, ban together to preserve humanity, but honey, that just ain't the case. They DO seem to end up in the same spot which is some farm located in Georgia at the corner of "Can we keep her Pa?" and "You got a purty mouth."
However, NONE of them stay together. Someone is constantly walking off to be alone with their thoughts. REALLY? You are an endangered species with blood thirsty zombies always wandering around in the woods and you wander off alone?!? Did you forget, you're the food? When said idiot does end up becoming a Scooby snack, I love how there is always a gun shot heard by the group at the farm (because they had to make sure ole dude had a fighting chance), and they send ONE person out to investigate. They obviously didn't get the memo about safety in numbers.
Then, there is this kid named Carl who's age is 10 to 12 years old. His father is the "leader" of this rag tag group of survivors and his mother had an affair with some other guy in the group and is carrying his child. So if the fact that zombies are trying to kill him hasn't fucked this kid up, his dysfunctional family will. Carl's parents seem to not give a shit about him, because they never know where he is or what he is doing on a farm surrounded by zombies. When the zombies do show up, they are always telling this kid to stay in the house and he NEVER does. I believe that if he were mine, I would've either duck taped this kid to the bed or chained him up somewhere. Kid needs Ritalin. Good thing they let Carl walk around with a gun on his hip, Lord knows he's gonna need it to protect himself.
All of these people are either living in the farmhouse or camping in a FIELD next to the house. Did they set up a defensive perimeter and post roving patrols to ensure the safety of their loved ones? Hell no. They didn't even dig a moat. I mean its a farm! Dude must have some barbed wire and fencing in the barn. Oh that's right...they can't get into the barn because crazy Farmer John has packed it with zombies plum full to the rafters because he believes God can cure them. Even though the survival of the human race is in jeopardy, racist Farmer John has an issue with his daughter having a relationship with the Asian-American man, camping out at the farm. So if the writers painting Farmer John as a God fearing hillbilly wasn't enough, lets make him a racist as well. Because apparently...all of us southerners are that way.
The last episode of season 2 was quite humorous. The farm was attacked by a horde of roaming zombies. Apparently zombies are like birds and migrate south for the winter. Three or four of the main characters get eaten, which you knew was going to happen and damned if they didn't burn down the barn. The rest of them speed off in vehicles, leaving one chick behind, not knowing if she is still alive or not. I guess that was the hook for season 3...I have no idea what the hell else it could be. All survivors rendezvous at some car parked on a freeway packed full of abandoned cars. Now logic would dictate that since all Wal-Marts and 7-11's are now out of business due to lack of employees, that one would more than likely scavenge all of the abandoned cars for any supplies and syphon any gas for the vehicles they now travel in. Oh hell no! They even stopped and had a 15 minute conversation about how they need to keep on living for their future or some shit! Well they speed off. Of course...SURPRISE SURPRISE...they run out of gas and are now stranded at some ruins that look like they have been left over from the war of 1812 where after they hear walking through the woods, have another 15 minute conversation about some moral dilemma the leader had with killing a guy. Did they quiet down and make like holes in the ground to avoid detection by potential zombie attack...again OH HELL NO, they had a damn bonfire blazing and were yelling at each other like an episode of Jerry Springer.
Then it ended. Damn! Now I gotta wait until next season to see what happens.
