The Walking dead

[CreamyGoodness]

Fair enough. Personally, and perhaps this is just because I am built more for comfort than power, I would want something WAY smaller than a 44, big clip (or at least a 12 shot cylinder, speedloaders ready to roll), almost non-existant recoil. Headshots are... apparently... headshots... who cares if the projectile is small? I want to get the hell out of dodge, hit things running, and not wake up every walker south of the Mason-Dixon.

 

[45_70sharps]

For you shooters out there... I realize I am more frail than Rick is... but something is off. Last time I fired a 44 (10 years ago) I had to fire it two handed to get any sort of accuracy. In fact, one handed it almost dropped out of my hand. Rick has been firing that Crowd Pleaser one handed, walking, and hitting kill shots the whole time.

Perhaps he is just a better shot than I...

I have shot thousands of rounds of 44 mag. one handed.

Due to the weight of the guns, I can easily shoot a 500 smith and wesson with one hand.
I do use two hands with healthy loads in a BFR 45-70 revolver if I want to hit anything though.
The damn thing is so heavy, and it's out of balance with all that weight so I have to use two hands to control it well.

 

[inhousebrew]

how are you supposed to look cool on TV shooting a gun two handed? Unless of course you need two hands to shoot two guns!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

how are you supposed to look cool on TV shooting a gun two handed? Unless of course you need two hands to shoot two guns!

It depends. Looking cool while shooting guns on TV is a fashion of the day thing.

Personally, I'm happy to see the decline of the sideways fist grip. That one truly annoys to poo outa me!

 

[inhousebrew]

Personally, I'm happy to see the decline of the sideways fist grip. That one truly annoys to poo outa me!

Didn't Shane yell at one of the farm boys he was teaching to shoot for doing it that way?

 

[HoppyDaze]

how are you supposed to look cool on TV shooting a gun two handed? Unless of course you need two hands to shoot two guns!

Um, have you seen Bruce Willis shoot?

 

[Airborneguy]

The Bruce Willis one-eyed leaning back sniper handgun pose is classic!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I'm sure most of us geeks saw the Mythbusters episode on shooting styles. Turns out, the best way is the boring old proper way.

 

[Punity]

You can only shoot two handed if you are using Car hood or a bad guy in 80s cop dramas.

 

[JohnnyO]

You can only shoot two handed if you are using Car hood or a bad guy in 80s cop dramas.

hahaha SHOULDERS UP!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

OK, there are a lot of shooting styles out there from the classic to the ridiculous........But the best way to shoot a zombie?

I say point blank, two handed, while uttering "So long Motherf**ker" After which, you wipe off the sword, pull out the bolt and you all go home for a nice hot cup of tea.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Now.....You are a part of the zombie apocalypse. It is a year now, so you understand the nature of the virus. Yo know that the situation in non-reversible, and you have to kill a loved one.
How easy/difficult is it for you?
Personally, If i were the Gov. I would have killed my own zombie daughter months ago. I know this. The person is gone, there is nothing to save. I would even consider it my duty as a loved one. You?

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Now.....You are a part of the zombie apocalypse. It is a year now, so you understand the nature of the virus. Yo know that the situation in non-reversible, and you have to kill a loved one.
How easy/difficult is it for you?
Personally, If i were the Gov. I would have killed my own zombie daughter months ago. I know this. The person is gone, there is nothing to save. I would even consider it my duty as a loved one. You?

As much as this is the part I least enjoy thinking about, I think I would make a pact with whomever else has lost someone... this way I wouldnt have to pull the trigger on mine and they wouldnt have to on theirs.

 

[GrogNerd]

Personally, If i were the Gov. I would have killed my own zombie daughter months ago. I know this. The person is gone, there is nothing to save. I would even consider it my duty as a loved one. You?

any NORMAL person would, but I'm thinking the Gov is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

any NORMAL person would, but I'm thinking the Gov is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

I think we can agree that a happy meal makes nobody happy, no matter how many fries it has. Zombie food!

 

[inhousebrew]

Hmmm, now we are getting into the nitty-gritty emotional/ethical stuff huh? First off they need to go if they turn. That's the bottom line. Now, do I do it or does someone else do it? That's an interesting question. I don't know.

Another moral question to toss in there: do you kill said love person before they turn if you have the opportunity? Or, even worse, if they are getting attacked and you can "save" them do you do it or just let them get eaten? They will turn either way and this voids you of responsibility in a sick sort of way.

 

[Airborneguy]

Easy as hell for me. They're dead, and/or suffering a horrible disease that makes them a major threat to me. There's no way the ensuing body rot would be reversible, so bye bye loved one.

 

[JohnnyO]

As much as this is the part I least enjoy thinking about, I think I would make a pact with whomever else has lost someone... this way I wouldnt have to pull the trigger on mine and they wouldnt have to on theirs.

A la Strangers on a Train or Throw Mama From the Train.

I'm not sure I could do it. I'd like to think I'd be able to, but I'm not sure.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

As much as this is the part I least enjoy thinking about, I think I would make a pact with whomever else has lost someone... this way I wouldnt have to pull the trigger on mine and they wouldnt have to on theirs.

Maybe this makes me weird, I dunno....But I imagine (Keyword is imagine) That this is something I would need to do for myself..... I have no idea why!

After further consideration, it would be an act of love and responsibility. If it were real life though, it would probably be different, but a moot point as I would have pussied out and been one of the first zombies.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Hmmm, now we are getting into the nitty-gritty emotional/ethical stuff huh?

Yeah, nothing brings a thread back on track better than talking about killing your own family. I is wise, and know how the world works.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Easy as hell for me. They're dead, and/or suffering a horrible disease that makes them a major threat to me. There's no way the ensuing body rot would be reversible, so bye bye loved one.

Well, of course that is the correct answer......But Jebus! Try and pull some heart strings at least! LOL

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Look at me making 3 posts in a row! (4 now)

A word of warning. I have done my work for the week. This can only mean I will be getting drunk and posting often......Sorry

 

[CreamyGoodness]

If you immediately put loved one on a funeral pyre, would the flames consume the body before the turn?

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

If you immediately put loved one on a funeral pyre, would the flames consume the body before the turn?

What? You forgot to kill your wife's brain first!?

*******!!

 

[Jukas]

any NORMAL person would, but I'm thinking the Gov is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

At the risk of being "that guy" if you read the novel "rise of the governor" you'll have a better understanding in why he does some of the things he does.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

*grooooaaaan*

 

[HoppyDaze]

I'm thinking the Gov was forced to kill his mom and bang her brain hole.

I should probably get help for the fact that my brain made that thought.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

Over time her ear looked like an over-loved piece of swiss cheese...

 

[GrogNerd]

Hmmm, now we are getting into the nitty-gritty emotional/ethical stuff huh?

that's just it; zombie movies (& TV shows) aren't really about the zombies. If they were, they would be told from the zombies' point of view (except there is a movie coming out next year, called Warm Bodies, that is told from the zombie POV)

sure the zombies are cool and why we watch, but it's all about the examination of Rick vs Shane, Dale vs Shane kind of interactions set against a world where there are no real consequences from your actions. and having to deal with the possibility of having to kill or be killed by something that 2 minutes ago was your daughter

eff that, I'm full of sh*t; it's all about zombies getting their head cut in half by some chick with a katana

 

[Brewkowski]

Personally having to finish somebody off with a mercy kill or shortly after turning is one of those things that can make your skin crawl, like others have said it's not so much the zombie but the affect they've had on society. I think a nice ending to a movie was The Mist. I never ready the book but I stayed up late watching it, overall a so so movie but I thought the ending was pretty rough.
---SPOILER ALERT FOR "THE MIST" MOVIE----

When they're sitting in the car and they only have so many bullets left in the gun and Thomas Jane has to choose between shooting his son to prevent him from dying at the hands of The Mist. The mist is surrounding the car as everyone starts shooting themselves, dad snuffs the son and then gets out of the car to let the mist take care of him, only to find out it was the army coming through to save the day, or something along those lines.