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Originally Posted by Zyphoid
Feed did a good job explaining the hunger. They zombies needed flesh to convert into more of the virus to spread.
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I've always thought of zombie hunger as nothing more than the ID taking over. As humans, at our most base level, we eat, excrete, sleep and die. Zombies don't appear to sleep. They'll have no control over their bowels. They're already dead. That leaves nothing but hunger. Edit: It's the last rudimentary desire: Consume.|
Originally Posted by Zyphoid
Feed did a good job explaining the hunger. They zombies needed flesh to convert into more of the virus to spread.
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The virus business is touched on in a nice way in the written series. I don't want to give it away here, though.
Be well, people of CoH.
I've always felt that zombies feed not for nutrition, but because the only thing in their barely-working (thanks to the infection) brains is the most basic instinct, to eat. That same brain doesn't realize that they no longer NEED to eat, too. This action leads to another very basic instinct as well, to reproduce. Thankfully through passing on the infection, rather than "bumping zombie uglies"...
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Bill Z beat me to the instinct thing...
As a HUGE fan of the comic - I get the issues every month - I have to give this series my own 2 thumbs up and any other dried zombie thumbs I can collect as well. Brilliant! It sticks very close to the comic, with but a few added/slightly changed scenes that weren't needed in the comic but help move the story along on TV.
Got my DVR set to series record, and I won't miss a second if I can help it. My wife isn't a zombie-movie fan, and even she liked the show.
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Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I've always thought of zombie hunger as nothing more than the ID taking over. As humans, at our most base level, we eat, excrete, sleep and die. Zombies don't appear to sleep. They'll have no control over their bowels. They're already dead. That leaves nothing but hunger. Edit: It's the last rudimentary desire: Consume.
The virus business is touched on in a nice way in the written series. I don't want to give it away here, though. |
Granted none of the zombies trigger that desire.
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This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Zombies saying "Touch my tra la la!" would be MUCH scarier than zombies saying "Braaaaaiiiins!"
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Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Granted none of the zombies trigger that desire.
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Bias against Kirkman aisde, I thought the pilot was okay. Not going to go out of my way to watch the show, but if I ever remember it's on I'll watch it again.
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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That's only required for a species' continued existence. The dead don't care about that.|
Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Did you deliberately omit the 4th thing we "must" do which is #1 on many of our lists?
Granted none of the zombies trigger that desire. |
Edit: Side thought about that: Get yourself into a situation someday when you are literally starving to death... nookie won't be on your mind.
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Late on posting my thoughts, but I loved it. I don't recall them being aware of usable objects, such as a door knob. I guess I am fine with that level of "intelligence." Can't wait for the crazier stuff that happens later on! 
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Yeah but by that same reasoning if you are suffocating then lunch won't be on your mind either. |
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
That's only required for a species' continued existence. The dead don't care about that.
Edit: Side thought about that: Get yourself into a situation someday when you are literally starving to death... nookie won't be on your mind. |
Heck, right now I am not anywhere close to starvation and pizza keeps coming into my mind.
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I felt her use of the doorknob was special as was her method of looking around to really create doubt in her husband's mind about shooting her. |
Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
Late on posting my thoughts, but I loved it. I don't recall them being aware of usable objects, such as a door knob. I guess I am fine with that level of "intelligence." Can't wait for the crazier stuff that happens later on!
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For me it raised the question "how much of her prior life did she mentally have any access to?"
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This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
I have to say the production value and cinetography was the best I've ever seen in a TV Pilot. I hope they can keep it up in the series prior. I loved the comic series, and so far its sticking fairly close to it with few changes. After such awesomeness, I look forward to shows to come.
High production value, well paced script (I assume that owes a lot to the source - never read the graphic novel myself), some excellent directing, and if the lead holds that level of acting throughout then this is a a winner.
Really enjoyed watching it, and my wife (who usually avoids zombie flicks) sat through the entire thing, which is noteworthy.
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That was a sticking point for me, as well. I chalk it up to ignorance more than anything else. This reaction from viewers is a great example of how audiences generally only buy into one unbelievable item and anything else cracks open the willing suspension of disbelief. Obviously this varies by person as some people just let it go and others demand attention to the littlest details. Generally most people will accept the big whopper (aliens have invaded, zombies are real, Arnold Schwarzenegger can act) but find little errors annoying.|
Originally Posted by Defenestrator
The IV drip doesn't run on electricity, so whenever the bag runs out, it's out. No more nutrition. The human body can only survive for a few days without water. Even with possible explanations, I still have an overall problem with how this was presented.
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As I've just recently been in the hospital, I'm familiar with the current IV machines like the one shown -- they run on electricity, but they have a battery backup that will last a day or so, according to the nurse who had to adjust mine. In Walking Dead the electricity in the hospital was not completely out (which I attributed to visual aesthetics) so that may be an out for some people to hang their hats on. I wasn't paying attention to the bag, but it was probably 1,000 ml. IV machines can regulate how quickly the fluid drips. A person can survive on as little as 500 ml per day (as has been done by people at sea) but he was in a coma in an undemanding environment, so he could probably do with a lot less.
So... big bag, slow drip, electricity lasts for quite some time to power the device.... plus, you know, it's a TV show about zombies.
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And when you consider the whole scenario was handled much better in "28 Days Later," I have an even bigger problem with it. I see what they're trying to do. We're seeing and learning things through the protagonist. I'm okay with that. They could have just set it all up better. If this is their only real misstep, I'll be okay with the rest of the series. |
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Factoid: the lead actor is British. Last year I counted that fully 60% of American television lead actors are either from the UK or Australia/NZ. Dang immigrants stealin' our jobs!|
Originally Posted by Chyll
if the lead holds that level of acting throughout then this is a a winner.
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Are these guys all born with the ability to do other accents?
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It is funny that I notice real quick when an American actor is trying to do a foreign accent but not the reverse. Though with a few people I will notice certain words are harder for them to say. I notice this with Sarah from Chuck a lot, but House is pretty DARN good at hiding his accent!
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I am seriously stoked. It has been done so well and I am chomping at the brain for some more! Plus, it has Lennie James in it! |
Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Yeaaaa.... I won't be missing a single episode. Strange being excited about something on tv again.
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Originally Posted by Ironik
Factoid: the lead actor is British. Last year I counted that fully 60% of American television lead actors are either from the UK or Australia/NZ. Dang immigrants stealin' our jobs!
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It's really quite amazing how many TV shows have actors from the Empire. There are hardly any Americans at all in the lead roles of True Blood or The Wire, even the characters who are supposed to be American.|
Originally Posted by PowerStream
It is funny that I notice real quick when an American actor is trying to do a foreign accent but not the reverse. Though with a few people I will notice certain words are harder for them to say. I notice this with Sarah from Chuck a lot, but House is pretty DARN good at hiding his accent!
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In Are You Being Served? the "American uncle from Dallas" had a hilariously bad US accent. Pronouncing "ceremony" as "sear-a-minny," heh.
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House is pretty DARN good at hiding his accent!
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It could be that the hospital had it's own power generator that was able to run for an extended amount of time due to lessened drain.
Also, hospitals have backup generators in case the power goes out to keep those on life support going.
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The police station would of had one also. Also if it had a gravity fed water supply (still pretty common in the south), then it would have worked.
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As soon as I saw the hand reach for the teddy bear, I knew where they were going, but it still surprised me. I didn't think they'd actually show it. Excellent opening sequence, gave it a real sense of seriousness and dedication.|
Originally Posted by Mindscythe
The director is a Romero fan, and it shows. I was also impressed at the lack of punch-pulling with both the blood and kinetics involved in the gunplay. The first shooting in the series was brutal in oh-so-many wonderful ways... I guess I was surprised to see as much as I did, given that it's on TV and all.
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Anyone know how many episodes there are in this season.
the first of many many more seasons I hope.
Six eps this season, though I've heard they already greenlit a second season.
The monitor/IV/etc may have shut off recently enough to keep him somewhat hydrated. *shrug* He did need water badly when he got up, of course.
Military? They're not seeing him walking. They see him inert in bed, so... not a threat. (And later they're probably too busy shooting to care.) The zombies? With whatever state he was in, he probably just didn't look like "food." Being (essentially) comatose, he wouldn't have made any noise or done anything to attract their attention. (And wasn't the door closed anyway?)
I see what they're trying to do. We're seeing and learning things through the protagonist. I'm okay with that. They could have just set it all up better.
If this is their only real misstep, I'll be okay with the rest of the series.
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