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[jeremx]

Oh and if Krista likes the walking dead - I recommend rhiannon frater series called 'as the world dies' zombie trilogy. If she can't find I'll lend her my copies to read if she's interested.

ok cool. i'll let her know. (or maybe i won't.. keep that zombie crap outta my house. ;-P )

[joe.distort]

oh.. and the reason i even started typing this was to say that when i started the first episode last night i kept asking her how the zombies came about.. why, where, when, etc.. and she was like, "you don't know. just deal with it." nooooooooooooooo

hahaha, these days most of my favorite fiction isnt about the origin of things. im more interesed in jumping into a story. why do you need to know where they came from? WD isnt REALLY about the zombies anyway. its about the people.

[jeremx]

why do you need to know where they came from? WD isnt REALLY about the zombies anyway. its about the people.

i don't know. there's probably a part of me that looks to debunk the way it happened to make myself feel better about real-world scenarios. ha.. either that or i just hate not knowing something. like when movies end with some unresolved issue that you're supposed to use your imagination for. i hate that shit. maybe the same reason if there's some garbled lyric in a song or something vague and someone asks what it means and the songwriter says, "it means whatever you want it to mean." no. what did it mean when it was put on paper? yes, a lot of times i want things wrapped up with a nice little bow for me. i am aware of how boring this is to a lot of people.

essentially i tend to overthink shit. i'd spend nearly the entire first episode trying to figure out how it happened, how it could have been prevented, blah blah blah.. i get the "its about the people" part because that's what fascinates me about post-apocalyptic scenarios in the first place. what happens to people when shit breaks down. but in the end, that's one of the reasons i don't tend to watch this kind of stuff. i know people suck. and would turn on each other in a second. i don't always need to see reminders of that in my free time. but the ol lady wants to watch it so i probably will. and i'll probably annoy her with all my "that's bullshit! i woulda done ______ instead!" comments.

[differently biotic]

I love post apocalyptic scenerios because I think it's super interesting to think about what I would do to survive; because I'm a person who will fight tooth and nail to survive anything. RAGE. hahaha

I love zombie apocolypse because of my irrational fear of zombies - how would I survive a world where I'm someone's food source, yet not someone like in The Road - but something! something that never rests! something that feels no pain! ack! And they are everywhere and there isn't any time of the day you are safe to relax! You always have to think about all of that AND how you are going to eat, drink and find a safe place to sleep ... and also think about other living people who will do you and yours harm.

[Katie]

I agree completely with that, that's why the whole zombie thing sucks me in, my rational brain says it will never happen but my irrational brain is screaming at me that it will.

[Coward Crutch]

shane was awful rapey in the finale. Probably wasn't the best idea to get shit housed an hour after getting let into the lab. Talk about bad guests, sheesh....

[differently biotic]

Spoiler

them getting drunk - stupid! what a waste of time. If they asked the right questions when they first got there instead of drinking all that wine and such they could have built up supplies and gotten the eff out long before it blew up. LORD.

and way to get the audience to hate Shane. Make him all rape-man.

oh and I LOVED when Jenner was all "the world runs off of fossils fuels - how stupid is that!"

[jeremx]

watched ep 1 on friday night and ep 2 last night. pretty decent. i don't know that i could take more than one episode a day though. it's too nerve-wracking. seems like they've kept it pretty honest and real. with the exception of how everyone seems to have a really good head on their shoulders. and how they're not all shitting their pants all the time. maybe that's why they're still alive.. all the pants shitters are dead. who knows? but yeah.. it's pretty good but everyone just seems too clever for real life. or i just hang out with dumbshits. that's a possibility as well.

guess i'll stop reading this thread with all the spoilers now.. lol

[differently biotic]

oops! fixed. sorry jeremi.

I can't wait for next season!!!!

Spoiler

still have the helicopter we haven't heard anymore about!

this show is SO nerve-wracking and I LOVE that!

[jeremx]

oops! fixed. sorry jeremi.

no problem. i'll probably keep reading spoilers anyway until i catch up. ha..

and fyi.. if you quote someone to reply to, it shows the text within the spoiler tag anyway. lol

[MrAwesome]

Spoiler

Carl kills Dumbledore......I mean......Carl kills Shane.

[Katie]

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them getting drunk - stupid! what a waste of time. If they asked the right questions when they first got there instead of drinking all that wine and such they could have built up supplies and gotten the eff out long before it blew up. LORD.

and way to get the audience to hate Shane. Make him all rape-man.

oh and I LOVED when Jenner was all "the world runs off of fossils fuels - how stupid is that!"

Girl I know right? It's the Zombie Apocolypse, quit being so fuckin polite. But I get it they liked it because it was a chance to be comfortable again and sleep well do things that felt human.

[differently biotic]

I can understand eating lots of food and sleeping finally w/o fear of a zombie sneaking up on you... but getting drunk is so stupid! and a complete waste of an opportunity.

[Katie]

Spoiler

I don't blame that lady for staying though, I think that would be what I choose, survive awhile DIAF

Oh Lori is being a total twat, I feel for Shane I don't think he's being rapey I think he is someone who has snapped

[differently biotic]

Spoiler

I would rather put a bullet in my head after being bit then give up while I'm still realtively healthy and have some kind of chance to go on surviving.

RAGE!

Spoiler

I can understand Lori's twatness toward Shane. You know she feels super guilty about being w/ him when she thought Rick was dead. And she's pissed at Shane for leading her to believe he was dead as well. Hello he is kind of rapey. Even when she was willing he seemed way aggressive. Getting down in w/ the dirty while you're in the forest and there are zombies out there that can sneak up on you at any moment (and I know I can't concentrate on my surroundings when I'm getting down like that). Reckless. Talk about danger sex.