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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FoxWander" data-source="post: 5388317" data-attributes="member: 1356">Yes, this is the main thing that ultimately bugs me about most zombie stuff (movies/shows/whatever).  I can suspend my disbelief enough to accept that most of these things are setup in worlds that don't have zombie movies. I.e.- before the outbreak happens nobody has ever thought of or, obviously, dealt with zombies before. So there's no 'zombie survival guide' in these scenarios, and certainly no zombie fans (like us) who have contemplated, or even roleplayed, how to deal with a zombie outbreak.  I can accept that this unrealistic idea is necessary for the complete unrealism of actual zombies to work as a story. But, despite this lack of foreknowledge or planning, most survivors in these flicks never LEARN how to deal with the situation they're in!  In TWD these people have had weeks to get over their shellshock, accept the situation, and make meaningful effective plans and counter-measures.  Or at least attempt to do so.  But they don't.  As pointed out- they're out in the open with just a line of noisemakers (right at the edge of camp no less) and a SINGLE lookout for warning. And they've blocked most of their visibility so that lookout is barely effective. As Klaus mentioned, they've got the quarry on one side BUT they're so far away from it that it's actually just another front to watch.  And...Well, I'm sure I (we) could pick the show apart this way in typical "nerd-rage" fashion ad nauseum, but I don't want to do that.  I really LIKE the show and I'll be tuning in every week (well, DVRing every week) for as long as it last.  BUT- I'd enjoy it (or ANY zombie flick) so much more if they could just deal with the situation :realistically: using characters that actually think about what they're doing and plan intelligently based on the capabilities of the enemy (zombies)- AND do all this WITHOUT injecting unnecessary drama for drama's sake!  The situation will provide all the drama a show could need without inventing more AND without giving your characters dramatic-stupidity just to ratchet up the tension.  The comic managed to do this (in it's own way), but every week the show seems to veer slightly more away from this ideal.</blockquote>

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