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Originally Posted by Spartan01
El ESS A, that is a very good point you made about not tipping our hand. So to you sir I say Touche.
However, if the idea of a zombie pandemic is not highly realistic, then why is there a Zombie Survival guide on the CDC's website? Seriously, this exists.
(before the whole board lights up to explain this issue to me, I say to you: It's called sarcasm, look it up)
Skooter: I understand what you are saying, you are describing the hydrostatic shock associated with terminal ballistics, and you are correct, however I was talking about stab/bashings etc. Consistently, any stab to the head kills (rekills?) the zombie, and a knife would not produce hydrostatic shock. A baseball bat will produce concussive force, but again very very little in the way of hydrostatic shock.
I admit it, maybe I have a problem, after YEARS of tactical training, it just snaps me right out of my suspension of disbelief.
I really lost it a few seasons back when Shane opened the barn and out stuble about 10-15 zombies, and Shane, who has tac training is unloading on the zombies with a shotgun, and not scoring headshots. I feel that this issue has more to do with the fact that Kirkman is a $hitty writer.
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I don't know, on a normal healthy human head I'm sure you're right about the knives and baseball bats not producing enough hydrostatic shock. But if we're talking about an imaginary scenario where people that turn into zombies have to have a very particular region of their brain damaged to effectively de-animate them, you could just as easily assume that the amount of decomposition the zombie has gone through could impact just how severe of a blow is needed to do the trick. And at the same time, it would probably be difficult (from a story-telling perspective) to illustrate how one head injury would "kill" a zombie when another one wouldn't. It would just get too tedious. So, they take some liberties so that they can focus on the real plot of the show, which really has nothing to do with zombies at all if you think about it.
And who ever said Shane had tactical training? He and Rick were both Sherriff's of a small rural town. Who knows how much training they had.
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Originally Posted by el ess A
It's called "fiction". This means it was thought up at the whim of whoever wrote it. If it does or does not fall into the realm of reality, it's no big deal either way. I'm sure it was by accident.
I get that the inaccuracies can bother some folks. It doesn't get to me that much. Sometimes I'll notice a little inaccuracy of the continuity. Like perhaps this shot from last season's episode where the pre-patch but still one-eyed Gov attacked the prison...any wonder the Governor probably missed? 
Thing is, I love the show. I love my Camaros. Is either perfect? No. But I'll take in both, warts and all. |
That photo is hilarious. Their technical advisor probably
when he saw that he wasn't included that particular day of shooting (pun intended)