morningsong said:

According to the very short official trailer they're going in the "its a virus" direction. But I do want to know what took place when it started. I did noticed that in the beginning episodes of TWD the zombies could run and turn doorknobs not shuffle along and scrape at things like they do now.

them mofos is probbly just weaker now cuz they been out of food for so long now...and when folks turn they usually get shot with the swiftness. ha ha

butt yeah your right.

its kinda odd aint it?

also...those skulls ..so soft..so easy to smash em...

butt remember in season 1 that old dude in his RV said somethign about his bones feeling like glass..

I have to watch some old season 1 episodes now I never really thought about them being slower now.

Shot or completely eaten up. I agree that over times they slow down. That's why I'm wondering if in the beginnings it was different with a fully healthy pop so it spread faster.


Simple decay. I highly doubt the bones are getting a daily source of calcium, lots of vita d maybe but I think they get brittle over time skulls included.

morningsong said:

According to the very short official trailer they're going in the "its a virus" direction. But I do want to know what took place when it started. I did noticed that in the beginning episodes of TWD the zombies could run and turn doorknobs not shuffle along and scrape at things like they do now.

From what i've read it seems the zombie outbreak is simultaneous to a worldwide new type of flu epidemics that kills enough people that zombies are too many for the survivors to fight 'em back. This would provide a realistic xplaination as to why we're unable to stop zombies from taking over (in the real world and without a flu, they simply wouldn't), but I don't think the flu virus itself is causing the zombie mutation, it's more like two things unfortunately happening at the same time. Hard to say for sure at this point, though, so we'll see, but if the flu itself was causing the zombie mutation they'd likely have been mentions of it in the main show, because people would be aware of it.