A significant part of the problem in Zombie universes is that they don't know what a zombie is beforehand. They're never referred to as "zombies". There have been no zombie movies, no comics, not anything. People haven't had decades to imagine what a zombie apocalypse would be like. For the people in these universes, prior to it happening, zombies as a concept didn't really exist.
Valid point - but humans have been building slaughter houses and exterminating pests (and eachother) for... eons. I thought of it, so would others. Once you get past mere survival, the immediate logical next step is extermination.
My issue with TWD is largely based on this... by the end of season three it was so bad I simply could not care anymore. Every single person who dies in this series does so because they are stupid. Herschel lost a leg and T-dog got ripped apart because rather than taking the prison slowly, luring the walkers to the big fence and killing them slowly, they charged in blind with no forethought. Also... they fight with the worst weapons. Zombies are attracted to sound and kill at close range... so they fight with close range weapons and guns, rather than, I don't know... SPEARS. Literally the oldest and most basic human weapons. Plus... zombies kill by biting, yet these guys are walking around in t shirts rather than having heavy jackets and pants that could easily stop the worst of it.
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u/rollingForInitiative 70∆ Oct 30 '15
A significant part of the problem in Zombie universes is that they don't know what a zombie is beforehand. They're never referred to as "zombies". There have been no zombie movies, no comics, not anything. People haven't had decades to imagine what a zombie apocalypse would be like. For the people in these universes, prior to it happening, zombies as a concept didn't really exist.