Ever since that was revealed to be a lie the show has floundered aimlessly in a repetitive and predictable loop. Turns out, having a purpose and working toward some semblance of an ending is actually quite helpful when it comes to creating a compelling narrative. Oh well. This is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by clicking here. More From Forbes.
The writer of the comic of The Walking Dead and longtime producer of the AMC TV show said the zombie outbreak occurred because of a "space spore" when asked on Twitter, which is likely another homage to the godfather of the zombie-horror genre George A.
In his classic film Night of the Living Dead , scientists speculated the creation of zombies could have been caused by a space prove to Venus bringing back radiation with unintended effects. Another tie to the extraterrestrial: when pitching The Walking Dead to Image Comics executives, Kirkman had to lie by claiming the apocalypse was caused by space aliens using zombies to weaken the world's infrastructure before invading.
According to a laser sword-wielding Michonne, an unknown alien civilization caused the dead to come back to life and attack humans, with the survivors being turned into a slave race to harvest water the aliens used as currency. That seems like a very J. But how many times has a character in The Walking Dead covered themselves in zombie guts to escape detection?
Surely if the undead were so damn filthy, being smothered in gore would have a much higher mortality rate. Instead, the only character to become seriously ill from the "zombie camouflage" tactic is Gabriel , whose infection was treated by antibiotics. Admittedly, he was left blinded in one eye by the experience, but Gabriel's illness behaved like a more a regular infection instead of an inherently fatal zombie bite, even though they should've been essentially the same.
The Walking Dead might argue that bite infections are much more serious that a bit of zombie gut finding its way into the bloodstream, but this theory is contradicted by the Saviors in season 8. Ever the sadist, Negan attacks Rick's people with weapons dipped in walker entrails and succeeds in killing several protagonists, most notably Tobin from Alexandria. In addition to covering themselves in zombie guts, The Walking Dead has shown characters sliced with blades recently used on zombies, people being splattered in blood while bashing a zombie's head in, and Shane getting zombie saliva in an open wound.
If a zombie bite was so infectious as to boast a near-flawless mortality rate, Gabriel and many more characters should've died long ago. Moreover, bites from zombies who only recently turned would be relatively harmless. A zombie that has been undead for a few seconds wouldn't have a mouth full of bacteria and gunk, so their bite shouldn't be much different from that of a living person. Alas, in The Walking Dead , newbie bites are as fatal as those from dyed-in-the-wool walkers.
Robert Kirkman assures fans that Walking Dead characters do not die from the zombie virus because the virus is inside of them already, but this isn't how anyone acts on-screen.
Paranoia is a key tenet of The Walking Dead - any time someone returns after narrowly escaping the undead, they're rigorously examined for bites and scratches.
If a bite is discovered, then the person's fate is sealed - they're as good as dead. This contradicts The Walking Dead 's zombie infection rules. Zombie victims are treated like those who suffer deadly snake bites - a poisonous substance has been transferred to them and there's no cure. But if these bites only cause death through fever, infection and blood loss, characters in The Walking Dead should surely be acting very differently.
Why be so paranoid checking for potential bites when a particularly bad cold or a nasty case of the runs can also be deadly. Oddly enough, the audience never see Rick and Daryl checking strangers for any signs of diarrhea. Also strange is how bitten characters are almost immediately doomed with zero chance of survival. The Walking Dead relies on the premise that medical care is hard to come by in the apocalypse.
Those zombie bite fevers might have been treatable back when the world was intact, but out in the open with no doctors or antibiotics, a simple infection is always fatal. That premise works well enough in the early seasons, but the closer The Walking Dead gets to rebuilding civilization, the more the inconsistency is highlighted.
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