Preppers: how realistic is "The Walking Dead"?
Posted: Sat 03 Oct 2015, 17:15:35
I don't watch any commercial TV except for one show: The Walking Dead, which my son and I like. It is a fantasy based show of course and the zombie apocalypse is total bonkers so I don't expect total realism. But too much fantasy ruins a show too. If, for example, the zombies were to float in the air and turn rainbow colors most viewers would conclude its too much and quit watching. So the best sci-fi is a balance of fantasy and reality. The question is, how much fantasy is too much?
The shows characters are now in year 6, I believe, and things are going too far for me. My biggest complaint is: where the hell do the zombies get the endless energy to stumble for six years without withering into nothing? (this is my PO thinking about energy ruining things )
For the collapse to occur as fast as it did, over 90% of the human population must have died- which leaves less than 10% left as meat to power the remaining zombies. There is not much livestock that would live penned up for 2 years and slow zombies could not catch wild animals. Wandering around 24/7 takes an enormous amount of energy. Now I could pretend events were happening over the course of one year if it were not for the son "Carl" growing from a little boy to a giant teen (big mistake by the producers in my opinion). To see zombies staggering around for 6 years without food is getting to be too much for me.
So, some of you here at PO.com are into survivalism and must know a lot about how time affects food, cars, houses, etc. I have some questions I am hoping you can help me out on. After 5-6 years:
1. would cars still start? (they do on the show)
2. would gasoline still work great? (or not evaporate in tanks?)
3. would bullets and guns still work great?
4. would roads still look smooth like they do on the show?
5. would clothes deteriorate on their own? (they have an endless supply of clothes)
6. would canned food still be good?
7. would houses still be solid protection against hordes?
8. would batteries and light bulbs of all kinds still work?
9. would wiring still work for electricity?
10. would medicine and antibiotics still work? (they regularly raid drug stores)
thanks
The shows characters are now in year 6, I believe, and things are going too far for me. My biggest complaint is: where the hell do the zombies get the endless energy to stumble for six years without withering into nothing? (this is my PO thinking about energy ruining things )
For the collapse to occur as fast as it did, over 90% of the human population must have died- which leaves less than 10% left as meat to power the remaining zombies. There is not much livestock that would live penned up for 2 years and slow zombies could not catch wild animals. Wandering around 24/7 takes an enormous amount of energy. Now I could pretend events were happening over the course of one year if it were not for the son "Carl" growing from a little boy to a giant teen (big mistake by the producers in my opinion). To see zombies staggering around for 6 years without food is getting to be too much for me.
So, some of you here at PO.com are into survivalism and must know a lot about how time affects food, cars, houses, etc. I have some questions I am hoping you can help me out on. After 5-6 years:
1. would cars still start? (they do on the show)
2. would gasoline still work great? (or not evaporate in tanks?)
3. would bullets and guns still work great?
4. would roads still look smooth like they do on the show?
5. would clothes deteriorate on their own? (they have an endless supply of clothes)
6. would canned food still be good?
7. would houses still be solid protection against hordes?
8. would batteries and light bulbs of all kinds still work?
9. would wiring still work for electricity?
10. would medicine and antibiotics still work? (they regularly raid drug stores)
thanks