For a decade already, Rick Grimes and company have been battling zombies and living people (with zombie-ish attitudes) actively, keeping us entertained through the years. There is absolutely no doubt that The Walking Dead is one of the most successful and profitable TV shows ever.
But for all the fame and media frenzy it’s getting, there are aspects of it that I consider to be extremely off-putting. Let’s tackle them bit by bit.
1. They always seem to find the right size for their clothes.
When you live in an apocalyptic world, resources are limited and are brought to extreme scarcity. Given that thought, clothing, the second most important commodity of all, should be hard to find too. Of course, there are department stores that just lie around with no guards and salesclerks.
But even with that, I can’t refrain myself from asking these questions, why do Rick and his crew always seem to find the right-fitting jeans and the right body-hugging shirts and jackets for their bodies?
You could argue that, “Well, they just do!” But how? If their time is mostly spent on finding food and water, how could they ever find time to find the clothes that fit them well? You haven’t seen anyone on the show wear oversized or undersized clothing, have you?
Well, there could be, but only on the rarest of occasions. That, I’m pretty sure of.
2. They don’t lose weight even when food is scarce.
Let’s set aside clothes, since they're just second most important. Let’s talk about food, because that’s what survival is mainly all about. Let’s jump right into the question, why is Rick still hunky and beefy looking when he has barely time to eat properly, let alone consume enough protein?
Before you get the notion that I have this “Anti-Rick Mantra” deep within me, let me talk about Daryl then. He is a bit leaner than his first in command, but why are his arms still bulgy and muscular that they can easily rip open any super-strong zombie literally?
Then there’s Michonne. How come she still has that sexily rounded butt though she tirelessly slices and dices the living hell out of those poor hungry zombies? Don’t get me wrong, Michonne is one of the sexiest creatures to ever come out of primetime TV. I’m glad she is still shown as one the most attractive elements in the show. But come on, where does she get the calories needed to still remain as hot as that?
3. They don’t get sick even with the stench and goo lying around.
We’ve seen it a gazillion times already, they shoot, stab, kick, and sometimes, punch a horde of zombies to subdue the latter. As they do so, blood, liquefied flesh, and all sorts of imaginable goo fly right into their faces. And for that, another question is begged to be asked, why do they don’t get sick on that daily gig?
As far as we know, viruses and illness microbes continue to be alive as long as an active host is still, well, active. If zombies are still actively strolling, and biting, and eating people, is it wrong to think that the viruses, or microscopic organisms that make them sick when they were still alive, can still infect others?
Of course, you will just react by saying, “The zombie virus within them, it’s very contagious still!” But how about other illnesses? Like TB, STD, Hepa, and others? Don’t some of those zombies have them?
Another major thing is the stench. Dear God, I mean dear people, can you imagine how stinky the environment could get if there are lots of walking, dead, or semi-dead people thriving and dying around? If the environment is foul-smelling to the extreme, shouldn’t Rick (Rick again, should it always be Rick?) and company lose the appetite to eat, if there’s anything to eat at all?
If the stench is present to the extreme, and goo occurs in abundance, and appetite is easily gone, then the existence of disease should be a default. But hurray! The people within TWD is still heavenly healthy!
4. Zombies still have super-strong jaws and teeth.
Let us be reminded, biting off stiff meat requires 2 main factors: having strong jaws and having strong teeth. Zombies are walking cabinets of decaying flesh, it should go without saying that the bones and whatever hard component that comprise their bodies should be weakening as well.
But when they bite off any human body part that they can get their hands on, how come those body parts easily get ripped off? “Well, they’re zombies, that’s what they do!” you might blurt out. But how? Try biting off a piece of raw fish, or a freshly sliced pork, I’d guarantee that you’d have extreme difficulty doing that, and your jaws and teeth are not even that rotten!
Many characters, including the not-too tough Glenn Rhee, (There, it’s not Rick anymore) have shown great ease in ripping open a zombie body part. That is so, because the undead has weaker body compositions.
But if zombie bodies are decaying like that, shouldn’t the muscles and bones that hold their jaws and teeth be very fragile too? How can they still effortlessly bite human meats and gorge on them?
5. Zombies decay quickly, but then stop decaying at all.
When someone on the show dies, they decay quickly, as what’s evident on their instantly-changing eyeballs, and their darkening gums even though they haven’t started eating people yet. But the tricky part is, how can they still walk and crawl continually for many months or years, if the rate in which their bodies rot is really that fast?
It can really make us think that the writers and showrunners have this “they think it’s cool” idea that zombies should decay quickly in seconds, but halt that process for extended periods. It is the best reason that even though Rick and company relentlessly kill undead creatures daily as a habit…
6. Zombies never decrease, even though there are only very few humans left to eat.
Speaking of Rick…
7. Why does he has lots of gray strands on his beard, but no gray at all on his hair?
That’s just so, freaking strange.
Before we part ways, here’s one thing that feels so right about The Walking Dead – it keeps me get attached to the belief, that zombies matter more than vampires, especially those that glitter like diamonds when they are exposed to sunlight. Wait a minute, the dude is now becoming The Batman, and for that, I’m celebrating!
Also, I don’t mean to enrage TWD fans here, this is my way of saying that like you, I greatly, dearly, and religiously, love the show even after ten years, and will most likely still be in love with the show even when Rick…
8. Decides to dye his beard the way he does with his bushy scalp hair.
Those are the eight things that are hugely wrong with the show. Wait a minute, did Item no.8 happen already?
