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WALKING DEAD Season 4, Sunday 10-13-13
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I'm thinkin' terminus is the cannibals from the comics. Short run storyline on the way to meet Jesus...
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I think Beth was "takeout" for Terminus. I'm thinking that Terminus has been there a while, I think from back in season two when they heard radio calls from them(?). As time has progressed, their ploy to lure people in isn't bringing in enough fresh meat, so they have started setting traps for people. Things like the house where the zombies were obviously led to Daryl and Beth, where they were set up with the thought it was a harmless place and the dog was just a stray. It wasn't. It was part of the trap. Whoever was in the car that took Beth was controlling the dog, and led the zombies there. Therefore, Beth was zombie-apocolypse "takeout."
I like this possibility. In WWZ, the ones the zombies didn't attack weren't "immune." They were already "dead," suffering from a terminal illness. They weren't "fresh meat." In your scenario, completely different. It has been done in one or two books I've read, but never addressed on TV or movie, that I recall.
Sloppy. They're getting just sloppy. He wouldn't even have to permanently dye it. There are washable dyes, I think, that could be applied on a daily basis. No, just sloppy. Kinda like Daryl with the TGLB in his pocket back at the clubhouse, with an empty sheath hanging there. And the sights missing from weapons? I mean, I guess it is somewhat plausible a sight could get broken, over time, and not immediately replaceable. But I've also seen one or two shots where the rifle plainly had folding sights, and they were folded, while the shooter apparently was targeting zombies using "the Force."
Plausible? Yeah, I suppose. But the least likely, IMO. I just hope that wasn't her being grilled when our adventurous heroes blindly walked into the trap.
OY! COM'ON! Spoiler alert!
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Terminus was also the end of a railroad line that ended in present day Atlanta. I still think it is a red flag but I will admit I am being influenced by it looking too good to be true, by the unlocked gates, lack of lookouts, etc. and the totally obliviousness of the group despite all their experience.
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spoiler Alert!!!
After thinkin' a bit more about it, I'm 100% sure Terminus IS the cannibals from the comic. The end scene, from next week's episode that shows Rick covered in blood is straight out of that story.
After thinkin' a bit more about it, I'm 100% sure Terminus IS the cannibals from the comic. The end scene, from next week's episode that shows Rick covered in blood is straight out of that story.
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...cut a leg, cauterise..... Keep people alive while taking pieces off. Fresh meat, no refrigeration needed....
Nope! Fresh kill.
Kill a person. Drive a long skewer through the eye and into the brain so they don't come back, cook the meat immediately, cook it thoroughly, serve and enjoy!
Mmmm.... Just like grand-ma used to make.
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So there is on guy who supposedly has the answers. They have stated that they have lost people already trying to get him to Washington. Seems to me that the answer to the worst epidemic to hit the world would be something that would be told to everyone in the group so if the dorky scientist doesnt make it someone else would be able to save the world. Why is it a secret?
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And here is a question that Jerry brought up the other day. Who is mowing all the lawns? Everytime they find a cemetery or a house in the woods the lawn is well kept.
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....cause that scientist is a BS artist ........
Anytime they say "Top Secret", it translates as: "We were working on the virus to weaponize it so that our soldiers would be safe while their dead came back to life and killed the enemy's soldiers in the enemy's backyard. But we screwed up, and the virus got out into the general population. So now I'm the only guy smart enough to perfect the anti-virus we've been working on in Washington."
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I think he is just a nerd that could not defend himself and came up with a lie to get people to watch after him.
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But he is smart enough to control the sergeant and his little group.
Yup!........ And what might THAT little group be hiding ???
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Yes, the writers are running low on ideas. Sort of like if Gilligan's Island had run to Season 12.
You beat me to it, 'Terminus' was the original name for Atlanta, the first major city built solely because of a railroad line.
I agree they're getting sloppy (wigs, rifle sights folded down) but that's not new. One of my dissatisfactions in TWD is that it's done by Hollywood types with no real experience of (and maybe a distaste for) camping, hunting, and roughing it generally.
And it shows in most episodes. One reason the show stayed in the prison so long is the crew must have liked the familiarity of shooting 'indoors' in closed sets of one room at a time. It's not dependent on the weather, you can air condition it, lights & cables don't get dusty/muddy, etc.
Cannibals would be a big problem in any major TEOTWAWKI breakdown. But humans are big meat, like hogs, and even without virus infection issues, big meat spoils fast in a hot climate. A 160 lb human carcass would mostly go to waste unless you have a BIG crowd, 50 people or more, and a lot of that is organ meat. Unless we're very sick or very frail, we are tricky to hunt and dangerous when cornered. Cannibalism is a short term solution to protein shortage but not much of a long term success plan. Just sayin'.
Best cannibal scenario in any movie so far: the older couple in the remote farmhouse in BOOK OF ELI. Offering refuge and hospitality, then eating their guests.
You beat me to it, 'Terminus' was the original name for Atlanta, the first major city built solely because of a railroad line.
I agree they're getting sloppy (wigs, rifle sights folded down) but that's not new. One of my dissatisfactions in TWD is that it's done by Hollywood types with no real experience of (and maybe a distaste for) camping, hunting, and roughing it generally.
And it shows in most episodes. One reason the show stayed in the prison so long is the crew must have liked the familiarity of shooting 'indoors' in closed sets of one room at a time. It's not dependent on the weather, you can air condition it, lights & cables don't get dusty/muddy, etc.
Cannibals would be a big problem in any major TEOTWAWKI breakdown. But humans are big meat, like hogs, and even without virus infection issues, big meat spoils fast in a hot climate. A 160 lb human carcass would mostly go to waste unless you have a BIG crowd, 50 people or more, and a lot of that is organ meat. Unless we're very sick or very frail, we are tricky to hunt and dangerous when cornered. Cannibalism is a short term solution to protein shortage but not much of a long term success plan. Just sayin'.
Best cannibal scenario in any movie so far: the older couple in the remote farmhouse in BOOK OF ELI. Offering refuge and hospitality, then eating their guests.
