Animals May Prevent Zombie Apocylpse

Found an article that talked about how animals may prevent zombies from getting too out of control.  This basically talks about how there are different species of animals who would devour undead hordes.  There are a lot of carrion eaters out there and a slow moving group of zombies would be great targets for them.  It goes on to describe the different specific animals in different species that would be the biggest threat to zombies.

This article was pretty interesting and it showed me something that I had never really thought about before.  When we see zombie movies you rarely if ever see any animals.  In the Walking Dead there has been some birds, a horse, a deer and not too much more.  This gets me wondering if they could make a zombie movie that incorporates this fact.  They could have animals attacking the zombies in addition to the living then again that would make for a short movie.  

What do you guys think?

Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 3 review

This episode was not as sad as the last one, but it had a good amount of action this time around.  We get some things answered in this episode and some new questions raised as well.

Hunt for Murderer
Leaving off from the last episode the group began to search for who was responsible for setting two members of the group on fire.  Tyreese was pretty confrontational at the beginning of the episode.  I can empathize with him because he had just lost someone he loved.  This seemed to mirror what Rick went through with losing Laurie.  It seemed that Rick was trying to use his previous experience with loss by trying to talk Tyreese down.  It was surprising that both of them came to blows with each other.  This ended with Rick repeatedly hitting Tyreese in the face.  I had almost thought that Rick had gone crazy again with him getting that look in his eyes.  It seems that they are all feeling the strain.

Sickness Spreading
It looked like everyone is starting to get sick.  Sasha has gotten sick as well as Glenn.  The last one surprised me because he is a important character and they are putting him in a precarious position.  I can only hope that they do not kill him off as his relationship with Maggie is getting interesting.  It will be surprising to see who gets sick next.  It looks like Hershel may be next because he has had more contact with the infected people.  If he does then I do not think he would survive at his age and condition.

Carl and Hershel go for a walk
It was interesting seeing the interaction between Carl and Hershel.  It seemed like Hershel was trying to become something of an adviser to Carl.  When they come into contact with the walkers in the woods Hershel told Carl not to shoot them.  This surprised me because they are all like shoot first ask questions later.  It seemed to me like he was trying to teach Carl that he doesn't have to be violent all the time.  This just seemed like a lesson that will be hard to apply in their world.

Voice on Radio
The best part of the episode was at the end where they hear the voice on the radio.  I kind of wonder who the person is?  I have heard some think that it is the Governor but it just does not seem like his style.  He would not try and send out a message to get people to come to him.  He was more likely to kill people rather than bring them to Woodbury.  I think that it is someone we have yet to meet.  I guess we will have to wait until the next episode to find out.

Poll Results for Governor's return

It seems a majority of you think that the Governor will return to the show sometime this season.  I have been hoping we will see a showdown between him and Rick or Michone.

Maybe we will see him attack the prison when they are at their weakest.  This does go with his character in that he does like to hide in the shadows and strike. They have lost a good amount of people so this would be a prime opportunity.

Parody Video of Congressional Zombie Bill

This is video from a while ago in which a actor playing John Haller, who is supposed to be the Republican representative for Philadelphia, talking about the Homeland Terrorism Preparedness Bill.
During discussing this bill there were a few things that Haller said was classified.  One of these things was something dealing with "flesh eating" and then he said classified.  This was when you could tell what exactly he was talking about. He then immediately said something about spewing and escape which just makes this more confusing.  It is a funny video to watch and when I first saw it I thought that it was real.  What do you guys think of it?

Walking Dead Season 4 episode 2 review

This episode was a pretty sad one compared to the previous episode.  Besides that though it was a pretty good episode.  Let's get into some of the more interesting things in this episode.  As I have said before there will be spoilers.

Feeding the Zombies

We still do not know who is feeding the zombies the rats.  At first I thought it was the little girl Lizzy but now I am not so sure.  It was pointed out after the show that the flashlight was held up higher then the little girl could be able to do.  I was hoping we would get an answer when Sasha saw the rats piled up near the fence.  We never got an answer because of the problems with the fence but I feel that at some point we will get an answer.

Cell Block Attack

I felt sorry for that guy that gets killed by Patrick because that was the worst way to go.  I just wondered how nobody heard two walkers stumbling about in the cell block.  Another question that I have is how did so many people turn so fast?  I thought it took a good while for someone to turn and yet how did so many do that in that amount of time?  This all goes back to how nobody heard a thing.  They could not all have been deep sleepers.

Rick's Reluctance

A major part of this episode was Rick's reluctance to taking back the leadership role.  He seems to want to be in the background helping instead of out front.  You could see this when Daryl asks him what they should do about the walkers trying to get through the fence.  Rick seemed to not want to give him a answer and seemed to want someone else to do his job.  I think that he just wanted to start living a more normal life where he is not always making life or death decisions.  He wanted to be with his son and live a calmer existence.  This unfortunately could not happen given the world they live in so he stepped back into his role.  I especially liked him putting his gun belt back on.  I will be curious to see if this issue pops up again somewhere down the line in this season.

Sickness Descends on the Group

We find out that what killed Patrick was not some new strain of the zombie virus but some kind of sickness like pneumonia.  This will be interesting to see because with this disease you have no idea who has it.  Anyone could die suddenly and become a walker.  It looked like some people in the group were already starting to become paranoid of this fact.   This paranoia is probably what lead to the death of Tyreese's girlfriend Karen getting cremated.  They have not said who has done it but I think it was Tyreese's sister Sasha because in the preview we see him confronting her about something.

Michonne's breakdown

I kind of want to know more about Michonne's background due to her reaction to the baby.  It was just so odd the way she acted when she held the baby.  It makes me wonder if something has happened to her in the past.  Hopefully we may get some idea as to what has happened to her in the past.

Zombies invade Mythbusters

Last night's episode of Mythbusters was pretty interesting.  Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, the shows hosts, wanted to see if three myths they selected from zombie lore were true or not.  The first one was whether an axe or a shotgun can kill more zombies.  The second one was whether you can outrun zombies.  The last one was whether a horde of zombies can push through a barricade.  To help them with this they brought on Michael Rooker who plays Merle Dixon on the Walking Dead.

Testing the first myth was the most fun to watch.  They had acquired about a thousand extras to dress up like zombies and come at them like a horde.  Adam had a foam axe with dye in it so he knew which zombies he had killed.  He looked like he was having fun trying to hit all of those zombies.  The most interesting thing to watch was Jamie with his paintball shotgun.  They had made masks for the zombies to wear so they could shoot them in the face.  It looked a lot like those zombie shoots I see all the time.  I don't want to say who won but it was kind of obvious before they even began testing.  

The second myth was not as exciting.  They just had Tori, Kari, and Grant, who are the other people on the show who help test the myths, running past the zombies.  The only thing interesting during that was when they had to come up with ideas to distract the zombies.

The third myth was fun to watch mainly because Michael Rooker was getting back into being Merle.  Throughout the whole show he acted normal but when he stood behind that barricade he just changed.  He even flipped the bird at the zombies through the barricade which was pretty funny.

How would you survive a Zombie Horde?

While watching this new episode of the Walking Dead it got me wondering as to how I would survive in that kind of world?  People that I have talked to all tell me their plans for what they would do.  Some say they would hold out in their houses while others say they would take off to the wilderness.  Movies as well as television have tried to tackle the subject but it would be impossible to predict unless it happened.  I am not saying that something like this could actually happen.  If something like this did then I would be generally surprised.

Have many of you ever thought what you would do if placed inside a situation like the Walking Dead?  Where would you go? Who would you include in your group?  Who would be in charge of your group?

Walking Dead Season 4 Episode 1 review

This new season of the Walking Dead has started out pretty well.  There were some surprises as well as some signs of things to come.  If you have not seen the first episode yet then I suggest that you stop now and go watch it as I will be giving spoilers.  

Prison is Getting Organized

At the end of the last season Rick and the group had acquired the survivors of Woodbury.  It appears that during the time between seasons they have made themselves a community.  Some of the characters in the episode mention a Council ,which we never see in action, who deliberate what has to be done.  Apparently this Council is made up of the members of Rick's original group.  The organization does not just stop at a semi government in that they also have built onto the prison.    In the episode you could see several buildings they had built in the field in front of the prison.  They even built a stable and a pig pen.  You also see Rick attempting to farm the growing garden they had started.  This is where he finds a gun buried in the ground which made no sense to me but maybe we will find out why it was there.

Relationships Changing

During the episode there were some relationships that had either formed off screen or there were hints at something that may form.  Beth apparently had gained her new boyfriend Zack off screen at some point.  That kind of threw me off guard because I did not picture her getting into a relationship.  Glenn and Maggie's showed signs of changing in the episode.   Maggie apparently was thought to be pregnant, which you later find out is false, much to Glenn's happiness.  It seems like he did not want a child to be born in the zombie apocalypse which is similar to Lori's predicament.  Later in the episode Maggie tells Glenn that she is "not afraid of living" which leads me to think she will try to have a child at some point.  There was also a glimmer of a relationship forming between Rick and Michonne.  The way that Rick seemed concerned about her leaving the prison and her being more friendly with Carl makes me think something will develop.

Raining Zombies

During an outing to a big box store the group of Daryl, Michonne, Zack, Sasha, Tyreese, and new guy Bob try to find necessary supplies for the ever expanding group back at the prison.  During the event Bob, who we find out was a medic before all of this,  picks up a wine bottle off the shelf.  During this it seemed like he was going to take it with him but he sets it back down.  This act leads you to believe that he truly does want to earn the trust of the group.  When he sets it back down everything just goes chaotic. Zombies are falling through the ceiling and Zack gets killed.  When they get back to the prison and tell Beth of this loss she just kind of shrugs it off.  This struck me as a little cold but maybe the kids are dealing with the apocalypse better.

Where is the Governor?

There was no sign of the Governor which kind of disappointed me.  He was such a big threat by the end of the last season and now he has disappeared.  At the end of the last season he killed a lot of his people and just took off. Where did he go?  Here is hoping that we see him again at some point this season.

Rick and Clara

When Rick had found Clara stumbling about in the woods it looked like she was a walker.  This is where you find out about Rick's three questions.  As she leads him into the woods it seemed a little fishy.  She never really gave any definite answers.  Then she takes him to her camp and you find out she has a head in the bag. It looked like she was doing what the Governor did with keeping zombie heads.  She then kills herself because she cannot take what she has done.  Rick seemed kind of emotional about it and starts to question what he would be like without his loved ones.

New Strain

The big topic of this episode is the death of Patrick at the end of the episode.  He was not bitten yet he still died and turned.  You also see earlier on a zombie with blood coming out of its eyes which was similar to Patrick's ailment.  Is this something new that can affect the survivors through the air?  They will not only have to watch out for walkers but each other as well.

Zombie Train

You guys ever gone on a zombie shoot?  It is usually when you are supplied with paintball guns or lazer tag guns and shoot people dressed up as zombies.  It seems like it would be a fun experience.

The company Zombie Train says that they give a unique experience where you fire on zombies while moving on a train.  You are given a lazer tag gun and you shoot out a window of the train car.  

The train ride lasts for two hours.  The event will last from now till Nov. 1st.

This looks like it is a cool variant of a zombie shoot.  If you are in the area you should think about giving it a shot.

Michigan Zombie Walk

I found a new zombie walk that will be taking place in Jackson Michigan.  From the looks of it the event will start registration at 4 p.m. and will begin at 5 p.m.  If you want to participate and be a zombie then be there at 1 p.m. to get ready.

The thing that makes this event special is that the proceeds go to the March of Dimes.  

If you want to help out a charity and have a little zombie fun then I suggest you check this out.

Walking Dead Marathon

AMC is going to be doing a marathon of season one, two, and three all this week.  The marathon for season one and two will begin today at 8 p.m. and will lead up to the new premiere.  On Saturday they will show the episodes for season three at 1 p.m. The new season begins Sunday at 9 p.m.

If you have not watched the show and want to get caught up now is the time.

New Zombie Comic from Marvel

Marvel has announced that they will be releasing a new comic series called "Empire of the Dead."  The writer of this comic will be famous director George Romero.

This series will be fifteen issues and will take place in New York.  It will be released in January.

It has been said by Romero that the zombies in the story will be intelligent and not just shambling hordes.

What do you guys think about this?  Any of you comic fans looking forward to this?

New Walking Dead Webisode

It is getting near that time for the new season of the Walking Dead.  Before that happens though AMC has released a new series of webisodes.  This new series is titled as "The Oath".

This series revolves around the two survivors Paul and Karina as they make their way through the zombie infested world.

AMC's previous series of webisodes have given back story to particular events that have happened during the show.  The Torn Apart series told the story of the cut in half zombie that Rick kills in the first episode.

Have any of you watched the past series?