The Wildfire Virus (The Walking Dead Explored)

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[@CoolUsernameUSA]

Plague Inc. when you infect the whole world first and then start evolving symptoms

[@IIDEADBIRDII]

How underrated this comment truly is

[@nicetrythief8347]

II D3ADB1RD II so true

[@nothitler6157]

Jose Padilla 😏

[@Argacyan]

ain't nobody reach greenland or madagascar otherwise

[@lazydonkey3617]

Yup

[@cornjobb]

the virus also causes you to dress in bland earthtones, with shirt layering in men and maxi skirts in women. chilling....

[@IsabelleDavis554]

Wot

[@uncletaylorify]

LOL...well in the zombie apocalypse the last thing you want to do is wear bright colors and stand out and be seen lol

[@Captianmex1C0]

@@uncletaylorify yes but most people died within the first few weeks, furries must have been some where

[@reeceeboy7762]

XD

[@nonanonajcnxjxkllkkckxnxjx3406]

Alatina Thucklemuggin غةات له هغهععهعللحل ام ت يا ناغغ له ع له خغفعغع به هبيقبا ل لا اهل شقق عيباع سبب نل سبب تات يا تت أن ا لا نخاللننا

[@khymaaren]

What is scary about this premise is that, since everyone is infected, you can never get rid of it. Even if you smashed the head of the last walker in, it's enough to have one person die of a heart attack unsupervised to get it going again.

[@mogznwaz]

Unless some people develop an immunity then eventually the zombie virus will die and leave a human population resistant to it. Evolution at work.

[@khymaaren]

@@mogznwaz If it was a scientifically possible situation, I guess you are right. Case in point: against every virus that ever infected humans, there are those, however small in number, that are naturally immune. At least as far as I know. But, if it is so in this case, we should have seen examples of that in the show by now. And a key factor that differentiates this zombie-virus from real viruses is that it doesn't cause symptoms and only affects the body when the body is dead and incapable of producing antibodies anymore. But, since this scenario is based more in fantasy than in science, a heavy coat of plot-armour will take care of maintaining a high level of threat.

[@Edward-Not-Elric]

My main question is, does the virus continue to infect people or was it a wave of infection? For instance, if someone gives birth 5 years later, is the baby infected because of the mother? Is the baby infected because of the air? Is it even infected at all? I really hope the writer gives away the origin of the virus before he croaks.

[@khymaaren]

@@Edward-Not-Elric I'm guessing that the origin of the virus will remain a mystery. At least, I hope so. I think we have come a long way by now for it to matter. I assume that babies born after the initial wave of infection are just as much subjects to the virus as anyone. The wave subsided only because there was no-one left to infect.

[@ChoJun69]

@@Edward-Not-Elric Zombies are kind of a background thing in both the show and comics(afaik) and it's more about surviving the real monsters that lived before the "apocalypse" and are still there adapting to the new world. IMHO author kind of solidified the zombie "problem" in the show with the CDC and Dr. Jenner on "how everyone is already infected" and kind of there's' that, so i highly doubt if author gonna bother with the virus anymore, unless there's some mutation years later that changes the people born after the apocalypse(judith, other kids).

[@VVMCMD]

The virus has also turned the human skull soft as watermelons...

[@victorbruant389]

Yeah this annoys me too, they do not even need to try very hard, just slowly put an knife through their heads

[@zxgetxbodiedxzatlsclan6617]

Wurschtl Burschtl I think their reasoning is decomposition, however the human skeleton decays insanely slow so, yes they should have to put effort. Like when Sasha used the marksman rifle to take a chunk out of a zombies head in s5 ep13

[@babyseed5124]

zxGETxBODIEDxz ATLS CLAN it could be that after years of shambling around and falling over there skulls are all but completely broken

[@Abraksas112]

Not sure to which show or movie it was but I once seen an explanation for the soft skulls. Quite some time ago though so I can't remember anything other than there being an explanation.

[@fergonzaleznavarro8090]

@@Abraksas112 very helpful

[@meinlpurealloychina227]

If they really want to make the show interesting, the survivors need a GOAL. Like finding the origins of the virus and trying to cure it. Standing around, talking, finding a new home, abandoning it, and repeating is not a goal.

[@moistslippers9726]

Why am I like this? Help, I think one of the show creators *wanted* to do that. And guess what AMC did to them. They fired him

[@iHuzza]

Mango Strangler I mean, they also fired Frank Darabont for him complaining about 2x the amount of episodes and a significantly reduced budget for season 2., which he was apparently supposed to make work without question. With that in mind, it's very easy to see the drop in quality post season 1.

[@meinlpurealloychina227]

Mango Strangler and now Scott gimple is in charge of the whole franchise now. WE ARE FUCK

[@zebimicio5204]

I have to disagree with that. We have wayy to many survival zombie shows that put some convenient expert in a quest to find a cure (WWZ). Having some random ol strangers to find a cure eventhough they barely know what the virus is is just bad storyline.

[@iHuzza]

Aiman Imran bear in mind that's just one, overused plotline that's used in the Zombie horror genre a lot. There are tonnes of other good plotlines to use, instead of the endless wandering and mediocre drama that TWD seems to rely upon. It's basically a Soap Opera with more violence and grimy stuff

[@CorneliusBogfrollupFitzgerald]

AMC: “season one was amazing. It’s our most popular show! We want season 2 to have 24 episodes. Also we’re cutting your budget in half. Director: ...no AMC: your fired

[@hhnoyeet342]

@@imbacilesque fringed

[@weavercs4014]

@Michael Lally s9 was great tbh. And season 10 e1 was pretty fuckin good

[@plantetante]

@Michael Lally s7 was meh,s8 sucked so i quit watching but i decided to watch s9 last week and it was actually pretty good! i feel like the show is being revived.

[@lordwhisper8628]

You're

[@Spartan168]

Gruagach. Eire and those that can’t teach, teach gym.

[@skidward2960]

*Dont dead open inside*

[@dumbr2098]

Don't open, dead inside.

[@AndyRew]

dead open inside don't

[@222_tx]

Dead dont inside open

[@abellapa4513]

Thats a classic

[@firewarrior5828]

Inside open, don't dead

[@aaz1010]

The zombies stopped being “smarter” (rocks, doorknob), because the director was fired.

[@FaZaFurhod]

Teddy bear

[@peterwaring-zc5es]

Alexander Von No it was Frank Darabont

[@reillyferreira-renold3023]

No because the zombies at the start had their past selves more intact. It was explained

[@aaz1010]

Grilled Butter thats how it was explained but it was really because two different directors had different visions for the zombies. The change was just said to be that in order to make the transition be more seamless

[@hopelessromantic4843]

@@TheTillmanSneakerReview what do you mean had a bit of remorse?

[@MrNoobi-ns4kh]

Man gets eaten alive and intestines ripped out Me: ... Horse gets surrounded and eaten alive Me: NOO

[@sidneyritchie9376]

Same smh 🙄

[@redraven9566]

@@soldiersaint6753 ofc you show no feelings to animals

[@luked1727]

RedRaven 956 you show no feelings to humans

[@redraven9566]

@@luked1727 I know at least ain't bad as the Germans to the jews.

[@ronaldreaganthegoat3828]

Same dude

[@razorian100]

You mean, season 1 which was the real zombie apocalypse series, all the rest was just a pile of soap opera

[@amadeus2030]

In the beginning they knew what they were doing. Season 2 was all right. However, it went to shit from there. In my opinion this should have been the kind of TV series that is all in one to two seasons.

[@itsRN4L]

Ts-19 and wildfire were the best episodes

[@ghoullovinbutch]

Soap Opera (ft. Zombies!)

[@jasonmiller7703]

@@itsRN4L i agree with you and never forget the first episode was the best beginning ever

[@machinegun9039]

Did you watch rest of the seasons?

[@simohayho8622]

Zombie virus: *waits patiently for years for the guy to die* Guy: *shoots himself in the head* Virus: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@bradyberry2777]

wow, yet another idiot ruining great reddit memes

[@jakeroberts7575]

@@bradyberry2777 How is it ruined?

[@gh0stlvls322]

@@bradyberry2777 do I hear a salt shaker? Anyone else hear that? I swear I can. .

[@rustyshackleford9276]

@@bradyberry2777 >reddit meme >great

[@crispylizard8295]

Every other zombie virus: Yes

[@vincentx915]

Slow walking zombies are easy to kill and avoid. But in this world. What really kills you, is yourself.

[@Kieran2502]

Inspirational

[@Siegbert85]

9 seaons in and they still haven't seem to develop situational awareness. Still getting surprised by zombies attacking you from the sides.

[@markkuuss]

Other fellow humans most lethal species

[@LavLightKnight]

I have never watched an episode but I am confused as to how the world collapsed. The US has a military plan for fighting zombies and these aren’t even the difficult running zombies or magic zombies

[@nharris2938]

@@LavLightKnight everyone is infected. That means the government and military too.

[@ipodsandtea8981]

“Everyone in the world was already infected” Me: *someone’s* been playing Plague Inc

[@jojoa5868]

😂

[@jimboonie9885]

2010 crap technology

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

There are real world viruses that very nearly everyone carries. Nearly everyone has herpes. No one cares since it has evolved to inflict nearly no symptoms. The new scary viruses are the un-evolved. HIV is probably not even 100 years old. Ebola is probably newer still. Killing a host quickly with horrific symptoms leads to rapid eradication. Wildfire would need to be airborne and infect with little to no symptoms. But then why would it provoke a cytokine storm in a zombie bite? The writers can’t have it both ways. Then there’s the physics of reanimating dead bodies.

[@anonymousrex5207]

Always love how a random pack of survivors can somehow manage to construct a stronghold of some kind to hold off the zombies, yet military bases and bunkers (some of the most fortified installations on the planet) have somehow managed to fall during the zombie onslaught. Totally makes sense.

[@identitymatrix]

Experience makes the difference.

[@kaisimmons504]

People in the walking dead universe didn’t know what zombies are because it wasn’t thought of, and believe it or not there’s actually a plan made for zombies in real life.

[@buchan448]

@@kaisimmons504 aye con plan 8888 or something ?

[@kaisimmons504]

@@buchan448 yes

[@konstantinospsa3392]

@@kaisimmons504 still,the military with its unbelievably strong weapons and means of mass destruction would absolutely demolish all the zombies, especially the tighly packed,slow moving mindless hordes

[@nikola7132]

Zombies are decaying, but still it's muscles are capable of biting and tearing apart body parts?💁

[@wyattguilliams2621]

Not taking a shower or cleaning yourself for long periods of time can make you look like you're decaying but you're not well not completely as you're still alive

[@Siegbert85]

Realistically speaking they shouldn't be able to move at all after a couple of months. The muscles would just tear if they tried to move. Also, how the fuck do their eyes and smell still work? I thought the brain functions ceased.

[@simohayho8622]

Human jaws are pretty strong!

[@lymie9155]

@@Siegbert85 Some brain functions still remain.

[@g.koch.]

@@Siegbert85 especially if there are no nose or eyes left..hearing in some cases also.

[@marci5559]

The zombies so would eventually rot COMPLETELY. Flesh falling off the bones, 'til there's just skeletons left.

[@joshuaparsons887]

What I've never got, is why don't they just wait for them to just rot into skeletons?

[@allbottledup9513]

Sad man disciple That’s always been my thought. Realistically the zombies would eventually fall apart before their brain finally decomposed.

[@veridiumundaunted7978]

It wouldn't even take a year for them to decompose since they just fucking walk around everywhere

[@elliQaz]

Logically yes. I mean I'm quite sure that most survivors managed to avoid the walkers for at least 4 months, so no energy source for the walkers...

[@chariotrequiem8547]

so eventually all that would remain of humanity would be sans cosplayers?

[@marineduard6901]

possibly the most docile and easiest virus to suvive . its like a breeze compared to the necromorphs or reaper virus , or the solanum ,or the cordyceps . But anyway ,nice freaking video man , if you havent done it ,i suggest the flare virus from maze runer next .

[@filmcomicsexplained]

I'd have to agree with that! it is the most docile compared to most of the other virus types! thanks marin :)

[@professorsolo6484]

Marin Eduard Agreed but it’s probably the hardest to beat in the long term because everyone is affected by it

[@magnuserror9305]

Vivir Vivir Cas9 would put an end to it very quickly. From what we know of the virus we could cure it at most in just 10 year tops. Id say just 2 years max.

[@CryptCurse]

What you have to watch out for is the numbers of them

[@LucanoGaming]

Depends on which version of the Solanum... Book version is basically the Night of the Living Dead zombies' virus.

[@stephaniesheep1147]

3:43 I started laughing solely for the fact that the walker is just looking at Glenn like "you're dead too?"

[@neiloconnor7776]

Haha

[@milfhunterkakyoin8784]

Stephanie Sheep lol...

[@The_Custos]

Et tu Glenn?

[@joetrump2983]

well he is now

[@nillos9281]

@@joetrump2983 rest in peace glenn 😢

[@daiszaib]

This kind of virus pretty much means that there will be no way to restore humanity, since everyone is infected. That’s crazy. Love your videos!

[@pietandersen6120]

daiszaib _ Well you could, you just have to shoot every dead body in the head.

[@chrislucasinc1131]

More less what Andersen said, life can back to normal but means having to headshot anyone who has died from old age to disease etc

[@baneofbanes]

FeudalJapan That is if there even is a cure.

[@baneofbanes]

Chrislucasinc Just hope survivors don’t build any late settlements in the future.

[@redduck9393]

I think I read somewhere that children/infants born after the world went to shit aren't infected, meaning someone like Judith won't reanimate when they die

[@MrRickkramer]

You would think the survivors would have bite resistant clothing and wouldn’t be walking around bare armed. The amount of skin exposure is just ridiculous. Also why don’t they cover themselves in zombie guts more often to avoid detection. It’s all become such a drag, they’ve should have ended it long ago regardless of the comic books.

[@m1khaels0berano56]

@USSF - United States Space Force oh ho 1 round with the right gun could take out more than one zombie

[@valterfara5027]

In Fear The Walking Dead, they cover themselves in guts every time. Zombies are the least of worries because of how slow they are, but humans falling to insanity is their worst enemy. Most of the protagonists are unlikable, and they show that humans had a bigger role in making civilization fall more than the zombies.

[@doctorfuckmen]

People really need to understand the difference between good story telling and realism. This show is a fictional drama show. It’s hard to have drama with zombies if everyone is in full body ballistic gear and there’s no risk of infection. It’s how you get the sense of dread and fear that drives the show. If you had everyone geared head to toe with fully automatic rifles then what’s the point of having zombies if they provide no horror? It would get boring if there was no danger with combatting the dead EVERY single episode.

[@lapplandkun9273]

@@doctorfuckmen that means sacrificing logic and intelligence I guess.

[@youtubehandle-u2l]

The show is in Atlanta dog they get hot but that’s for when they were in the city

[@matts.7667]

Anyone remember the fact ricks wife cheats on him with his best friend who LITERALLY left him for dead.

[@samuelweiss4256]

Matt S. didn’t Shane make sure he was locked safely in the room. In my opinion Lori was a snob...

[@masterofrecipe8092]

Shane couldn't take Rick because he didn't know if removing him from the machines would kill him so instead he blocked off the room with a bed so nothing would go inside. Also Lori thought Rick was dead so probably to fuck at some point.

[@kommoo3366]

Also the military was massacring the people in the hospital so Shane had to get out quick and block the door otherwise they both would've died.

[@ramO-jp8tp]

SomeRandomDude12345 yes, plus you’re not gonna run around trying to carry a 200 lbs man, what happens once there’s too many of them? Or something startled you? You drop that 200 lbs dead weight and there’s no way you’re gonna pick it back up with a horde looking at you. Shane did what he could. Lori on the other hand...

[@j.r.2674]

Matt S. Shane actually did one of the best options you could in that situation. Lori is the one at fault in reality, Shane did everything he could in the best way he could.

[@mauktheogre4477]

It's interesting to note how the walkers can growl despite not having air in there lungs.

[@jakebocek2949]

THANK YOU. This is my biggest pet peeves with all zombie media. I honestly think it would be scarier if they don't make any noise anyway. They'd be able to sneak up on you much more easily.

[@naughtysims30]

It seems even with the growling they are somehow still able to sneak up on people. I never understood how we as the audience can hear the loud breathing or whatever they do, but the person on the screen never heard it until the Walker is right on them. It just doesn't make sense.

[@identitymatrix]

@@jakebocek2949 Like a Creeper. 😂

[@Tribrid-zv3nq]

​@@jakebocek2949 well then ur missing the point of zombies all your life

[@TomAlan-v7o]

@@naughtysims30 Shooting guns damages your hearing if you're not wearing ear protection. If you can't hear that well, it's easy for someone to sneak up on you.

[@charlespoole7520]

The virus also apparently ignores biology and keeps zombies mobile and upright with virtually zero muscle mass intact. Gotta love reanimated skeletons. 🤣

[@romella_karmey]

Because just like all the other sci-fi or fiction stories, they are all BS.

[@mr.voidout4739]

Animation~muscles~blood~water/nutrients

[@jimboonie9885]

Humans are tasty

[@nightigal]

And the law of thermal dynamics

[@FirstArchon]

they also ignore thermodynamics and have them mobile and upright without any energy input lol

[@Diego-zu9jm]

The KZbin algorithm has a funny sense of humor.

[@Komyeta]

Lol

[@dcorica79]

It does

[@sodiumz7161]

when we all thought it would blow over in a few months

[@itselizauwu]

Covid was 4 years ago… where has the time gone??

[@ashknoecklein]

What sucked me into the series was the fact that it was a series. I'm a huge Romero fan, but feature films really can only tell a very short story about zombies. The grueling reality of survival was ripe for exploration here.

[@sooperpork391]

The Romero series was explained, except in Dawn (barely). In Night it's caused by a radioactive satellite, Dawn nothing useful explained, while Day explains there anatomy like brain power and stuff.

[@jameslyddall]

weehawk I utterly loved the first few series but noticed the change after season 2. Shame as it started so strongly.

[@thewingedpotato6463]

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[@idipped2521]

But then you sit cuz of zombies

[@yaruyaru]

Um, ok. If you wanted anybody to give a fuck about your existential crisis, here's a sole response. After 5 years, of course.

[@Omegawerewolfx]

Rick didn't struggle to find his family in the comic, it happened in the first 8 pages.

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

Just because it's short for us because of the number of panels doesn't mean the character himself didn't struggle or take a long time doing it. It'd be like if you skimmed through the Harry Potter series in a night and then said Harry barely had time to feel anything.

[@Sayakira]

Every Comment is liked...

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thats a keen observation.

[@junocurry]

I think he is just acknowledging that he's seen their comments

[@matheustran8009]

But not every Comment is like by Film comics explained

[@kwasibrew8072]

Yep, including yours

[@kwasibrew8072]

I doubt mine,though.

[@albertcontreras2965]

You scienced the shit out of this vid. The graphic novels are amazing, compared to the tv show. The Tv show is not nearly as good!

[@Shadow-kd2wu]

Albert Contreras why does everyone needs to bring up the compare view it's walking dead all of it you could of just said great video and amazing explaining but you went further 😒

[@FlyTrapSmokingACiggy]

Shows not as good

[@billrich9722]

I don’t know how much “science” is behind the idea that “everybody has it lol.” That just seems like a lazy excuse to not deal with it.

[@jeffreyvauxhall3260]

the show lost its appeal to me last year can't even bring myself to watch it again

[@mamba6369]

The show was good until they left Terminus. It had so much wasted potential

[@MrMario4president]

...But it isn't a virus! The pathogen is of an unknown type according to the CDC episode.

[@ste9281]

Seeing how it’s able to quickly infect the whole world in a few months and everyone is infected, surmises it is a virus as they can spread much quicker than any other pathogen

[@mattnar3865]

@Michelino Guarda Nothing about that scene implied Jenner believes that, he was just saying it to agree with Carol.

[@khymaaren]

@Michelino Guarda One thing is for sure: it is fantasy.

[@vvmakovv2689]

Its probably a kind of prion or viroid

[@nougatz6206]

Space spore

[@olivia.martin]

Can you do an analysis on the virus from Train to Busan? (I already asked this on your previous video because I love your content and I’m desperate heh heh)

[@xjamesx7047]

I'm pretty sure that the virus in Train to Busan is similar to 'World War Z' alittle bit, except that the Z's are blind in the dark.

[@bizbizzybee7054]

James Ferraris Did you know that the orgin of the worldwarz Virus Was in Korea Thats Why Train to busan is The ExcAtly Like world war z Because the orgin is in China and china is connected to korea

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Hey oliviia, yes of course! Its on the list already, thanks :)

[@bizbizzybee7054]

FilmComicsExplained I have a Question Does Train to Busan and world war z Are the same disease

[@xugh1283]

Biz ZleU no I doubt it is and if it was that would just be Stupid. Because In the animated prequel Seoul Station it was shown that a homeless man started the outbreak

[@xjamesx7047]

What i really want for TWD to be great, is that i wanna know how this so called "Wildfire" was made. I just wanted to see a *prequel* of it. How it all went down in the first place FTWD is an okay example on what does it looks like before, and the point is i want some scientists working on something with some soldiers too. But there is alot of theories on how it started like it was made into a Biological Weapon,Act of God,Aliens planted a parasite on Earth and etc. Goddamn it! there's alot of'em, but there can be only ONE that can answer all of our questions! *XD*

[@Epicjaimevalencia]

James Ferraris they arent going to answer it ever not in the comics atleast.cause the creator robert said its to dumb

[@Sheed96]

I personally believe it's an act of god

[@lenyo6371]

James Ferraris While Robert Kirkman has already said that he'll never reveal the cause, I'm going to go with Wildfire being a natural virus. Like the pest and the Spanish flu, but even more devestating because of its longterm effects (not just death, but zombification).

[@ComradeConCarne]

For those who don't know: Robert Kirkman, while trying to get the comics adapted to a tv series, was forced to give an answer of how the virus started to AMC if he wanted to get the show up and running at all. They wanted to explore what caused it. He told them "Aliens", especially because EVERY person in the world was infected at the exact same time. Consider it like how crop-duster planes dust their crops with pesticides. Of course he was lying, because once the show was green-lit he refused to give an explanation (the series was only ever about what happens after the outbreak) and simply followed the comics very closely for the first few seasons. The show ended up being such a hit that AMC simply didn't care that Kirkman lied to them, because money and ratings.

[@phillipwells7383]

According to some, Jesse & Walter's meth did it (true theory story lol)

[@jonathanjohnson7743]

AMC drove this show into the dirt

[@osvaldwulf9960]

First two seasons were great. The rest if it sucks.

[@warlick752]

My personal theory about why the bite killed you despite the virus already being airborne was that their mouth was filled with harm fell bacteria like that of a komodo dragons, although if that were the case survivors could stop the bacteria by bleaching the wound immediately or just taking really strong anti biotics.

[@RoyaCanadianInfantry]

christopher warlick Indeed what we should say over and over, but people cannot understand that such strong anti-biotics aren't in unlimited supply and even then there is a big probability of death.

[@insertname1667]

RoyaCanadianInfantry yeah I never understood why people seem to think that being bitten by a corpse wouldn't introduce something nasty and fatal into your bloodstream E. Coli or some other nasty virus that can be found in rotting corpses.

[@MrSgtkarl]

christopher warlick. Both which are hard to come by well maybe not bleach

[@kruleworld]

I still think it was a major goof that a bite turned them into walkers, even though they are already infected.

[@twilightcerberus]

A more mutated strain of the virus can always overwrite an older strain of the virus

[@TheRobbyVerse]

Keep up the good work

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Zambie!

[@lucienArindelDomingo]

The show has really gone to shit

[@TBakedBean]

It would be OK if it was actually going somewhere

[@bryant7542]

I miss the good old days with the show. I got bored after Negan showed up even though he's an amazing character. It's just so bland now. I liked season 1, the farm and prison parts with the governor. Everything after that was kinda meh except for the horde attack in Alexandria.

[@lucienArindelDomingo]

They need to go back in the road

[@Thunderbird_Dyes]

Same, it’s just a drama show in the bushes now :( nobody is even threatened by walkers anymore, they’re just an annoyance to the characters at this point lmao.

[@ShadowsMentor]

Colton Pelletier yeah, it's not like anybody important just died from one or anything

[@ringhillzta]

Its sad that the series has gone to shit now. i used to love it but the last season was really bad i think.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Yes I agree Kita. The first season is the best.

[@ringhillzta]

Yeah, The CDC episode when they drive away at the end 'Bob Dylan Tomorrow is a long time plays' 10/10 episode, Best moment in the show lol.

[@TavernBloomers]

Season 7 was bad ye but I think it’s getting better in season 8

[@randomdude4669]

Only The Best Of Pandas ehh i still think its gonna go nowhere even with carl being "bitten"

[@ColbyValdivia]

season 4 and 5 were my favorites

[@aliteralmosquito.7450]

Huh, the highway that rick (I think that was rick) with the horse was the exact same highway as shown on season 1 of tell tales of TWD with Lee. (All hail Lee)

[@jojoa5868]

Lee is the best

[@j.r.2674]

Lee is another great.

[@lapplandkun9273]

actually, its different. The walking dead of the video game universe is based off of the comic by Robert kirkman. Or I could be wrong, I never read the comic so I don't know.

[@eder7468]

@@lapplandkun9273 all video games that dont have the tv only characters in them are based in the comic universe.

[@dadarkknight8643]

@@lapplandkun9273 ties into both

[@danielsgrunge]

TWD was so good 😭

[@Gattaii]

was*

[@Logantor]

IS

[@JakobatHeart]

was*

[@JakobatHeart]

RO*

[@Logantor]

Sorry white run guard, I used to be an adventurer like you until I took an ar... FUS RO DAH

[@thatsnodildo1974]

This virus ain't got shit on the Rage Virus

[@t.k.326]

Thats Nodildo Lol you're right

[@RebelOfTheNorm242]

The difference is the rage virus isn't an undead virus. The infected can still die of starvation. But as far as offense...the ragers are quite the foe

[@phillipwells7383]

Bc their zombies can run..... fast

[@peenpapi4993]

Rage virus is fake af

[@treyartson6788]

Also the using a rock or turning a doorknob was a concept of Frank Durabount and then AMC screwed him and it went a different path than he wanted in Season 1 & half way through Season 2 until his split from the show. A lengthy legal battle ensued that lasted until about a year & a half ago.

[@ThatKindOfGuy]

They are called Walkers but they look more like Power Walkers or Joggers

[@dmc2834]

they're called that cause in the Walking Dead they don't know the term 'zombie'

[@MoskHotel]

In the original comics, the term, zombies, was still used, but not as common as the term, roamers, which was the most common zombie name for the walkers. In one of the issues during the prison arc, Tyreese told Rick that calling the roamers “zombies” was too ridiculous.

[@jondoo9213]

I feel as if you would be really good at writing research papers

[@toxicsbarrel8547]

Don’t open dead inside Walker: no don’t listen to the sign Walker2: let us out I’m thirsty I need soda Rick: lets just have a look around

[@TheGhostReaper]

The amount of work you put into your videos is amazing you definetly earned my sub

[@socialmedia4637]

*Noob question here -* Assuming a walker doesn't breathe due to lack of lung power from, well, being dead, how is a walker able to smell if it can't breathe in scents?

[@ANite-vx1vk]

Well they should still be able to inhale/exhale. It's more of a series of muscle contractions than a general organ function to be honest. Your nose still picks up on the smells when you breath. It isn't something complex like the brain firing off or your stomach digesting. (I think it was hinted at that the stomach doesn't digest food anymore. Season 2 when Darryl gutted that walker?) As long as they can still walk they are able to move the muscles you need to inhale/exhale. Considering everything needs to breath one way or another the Walker brain is probably still making it breath on reflex. Plus they groan and hiss, so they have to be able to breathe for that. They don't get anything from breathing, but can still do it.

[@Dalton_Boardman2000]

@@ANite-vx1vk that's some pretty sound logic. They still breath air but the virtue of being dead means they don't need oxygen to keep existing (or walking).

[@nihalanshu]

i have an answer for that ..... 'convinence'

[@hanzy-6657]

Ik this whole show is not realistic, but you don’t need to breathe to pick up a scent. A stray wind can just blow a scent into the nose’s chemical receptors. Especially if it’s a strong scent (aka human BO).

[@yuupers4327]

That n the fact that a) some walkers have no fuckin nose b) some literally dont have lungs c) you can’t take the puny receptors in our living nose and overclock them like a fuckin cpu. They’d smell the same shit, if they could smell, which most could not, and they wouldn’t be able to distinguish anything until they were point blank up close.

[@vincent_8817]

Throughout the whole show only one person has been scratched

[@mrbruh2689]

Yea it was the prisoner in season 3

[@skyreven8565]

dale was scratched too

[@peterwaring-zc5es]

hey its sky no he was disemboweled by the walker that Carl saw in the forest back in season 2

[@identitymatrix]

We dont know if you die being scratched. I guess no.

[@sirwilliam6268]

Great vid as usual. You should talk about the Dredge from Titan A.E.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

I'll add it to the list Tyler, thanks :)

[@kruleworld]

My theory is that the reason they hunt the humans with such ferocity is that some humans used some Drej for a power source, killing the alien in the process. This enraged them, and they undertook genocide in response. I'm also disappointed that two people in this thread misspelt the main alien's name.

[@sirwilliam6268]

Evil Ash i had a feeling i misspelled the name just was too lazy to check

[@John-nb1ri]

Cool video. I like the way you present every video. You deserve more likes and subscribers

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks John!

[@joshuajaraczewski9371]

John Potato people don't like smart stuff like this. That's why

[@binderstonkeyes7172]

And you deserve more likes good sir

[@Red_N_Bleu]

Please do an explained on the very old British film the crawling eye. The monsters are weird and you may have a challenge trying to explain the crawling eyes. Also dubbed (terror on the Trollenburg)

[@-w-1870]

Watching a new video from you is the best way to start the day! Thank you☺

[@filmcomicsexplained]

great to hear Caitlyn!

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

I love how in the show we see the differences in the walkers decomposition. In the begginning, their blood is still kind of wet (on the outside). In the recent seasons, they are more dry and skeletal. Nice touch.

[@RoboLobster3000]

Me and my gang of slow moving decaying bois taking out military bases

[@NurseAmamiya]

I would assume the military has storm trooper aiming. There's just no other way the military would get overrun in just weeks or months into a zombie apocalypse.

[@Cod597]

Looks like my work is being postponed by 6 minutes 38 seconds..

[@og_3rd_st_saint_gat]

plz could you do a video on the virus in z nation also if you watch who is your favorite character in z nation mine is addy cause she's 😍

[@theminecraftryno]

austin manor yes please

[@zoidberg6709]

I love that show

[@boinkohh8394]

Yes

[@awol105]

The virus makes no sense at all its a really badly produced show

[@itsyaboidaniel2919]

Looks like Fluffy doesn't understand Rick and Morty humor lmao

[@Ventraintale]

The zombies aren’t that scary anymore in TWD they need to fix that with some new type of zombie or just including more screnes like the door knob one

[@bryceteixeira4236]

Robert kirman said the main focus won't be walkers as time goes on

[@theilluminati7287]

A youtuber by the name of Zombie Survival Labs came up with a theory that there was 2 viruses. The first is the zombie virus that reanimates you once you die. When the walker bites you, it infects you with the second virus, which just kills you, allowing the first to reanimate you

[@VanishingNomad]

Komodo dragons get meat trapped in their teeth. The meat rots. When they bite something, that rotted meat infects the animal they bite. that animal dies not to long after form the blood infection. Walkers are essentially rotted meat. Their bite kills the same way.

[@kazzatron.]

@@VanishingNomad Bactria in their mouths causes the death, since they rot.

[@Man_Aslume]

I'm still waiting for him to upload after his live stream

[@Wi-Fi-El]

I've been watching TWD for ten years, and I never knew what the virus was called. I always referred to it as the Walker virus

[@antionettekidd9749]

Me too.

[@edwardlivingston9651]

"This isn't a democracy" "we vote" *dale face* Me: *confused pikachu face*

[@mightytaco123]

I hate some of the characters in this movie. It’s like this show is slowly turning into an Asian Kung fu movie. We already have 2 fucking ninjas. The bad ass characters are getting lame now, Everytime One pops up in like “yeah whatever... go stand over there with all the other bad asses

[@jollygoodfellow3957]

After about 3 years of relentless survival of the fittest, yeah, the martially skilled will be abundant among the survivors.

[@mightytaco123]

JollyGoodFellow the whole point of martial arts is to incapacitate a living being. As you can see these zombies don’t care if you break and arm or leg they would keep coming no matter what. The only useful martial art would be the grappling ones to escape a zombies grasp but then again once one zombie grips you then all of them will. Another thing. You can say it’d be useful on other enemy tribes, but martial arts are pretty much useless when everyone in the show has a fucking gun.

[@mightytaco123]

JollyGoodFellow the only practical lame ass on the show would be fucking female Afro samurai. because having a sharp melee would is very practical for piecing skulls And tiger man is especially lame

[@mystery785]

Don't forget king Ezekiel... Looks like TWD is turning into the midevile age

[@phoenixamaku5551]

Yaaa but when rick said that, we all know that he killed the kid:P

[@mandypiercy527]

The Virus in the Stand that wiped out nearly everyone. The only ones who survived were immune. I think a few I'm the survivors developed gifts, but it wasn't really explained why. It's a book by Steven (Stefan?) King and was made into a miniseries on Syfi.

[@Zandralily]

Its Stephen King and it became a miniseries in the 90s on a non cable tv station I think it was CBS not Syfy

[@NeilCWCampbell]

Act of God though

[@Ki_Adi_Mundi]

Yeah those old "miniseries" were basically large movies split into 3 or 4 parts. They're essentially what an HBO show is today but way more condensed and usually well structured.

[@professorsolo6484]

Very interesting ! Quit the shit show years ago but the lore always has me intrigued ! Awesome vid as usual

[@daniel7767]

Vivir Vivir prepare for salty fanboys

[@darrellng7617]

how do they follow through the latest seasons anyway..can't even stay awake at episode 6 of the 1st season.

[@reignmack]

good choice it only gets worse but the fear spinnoff has its moments

[@Beowulf0510]

After about the 4th or 5th season I slowly stopped watching. Its not even about the emotional part anymore. Nor is it really even about zombies at this point. Its basically just a post apocalyptic war show with zombies here and there now.

[@jameslyddall]

Kendall all the sets are pretty samey now as well. Tends to get a bit stale after a while. After Shane died I pretty much got bored of the writing.

[@desync7613]

Since you've been making zombie analysis, can you do the dying light virus please? Thanks xoxo

[@CJJT02]

ItsyaBoiHeals yeah I’d love to know more about the volatiles!

[@desync7613]

drjeff fischer I know right. they are scary and interesting af!

[@oshura2506]

ItsyaBoiHeals facts though that was an awesome game.

[@desync7613]

Steven Patrick Yup everything about it is Awesome.

[@Elementalism]

Why if you already have the virus would your immune system react to the virus when bit?

[@30cal23]

Different strain perhaps? Airbourne only works when you die your system can handle that but the contact (bite) strain would be introduced directly to bloodstream so very quick movement to infect everything and once it's past the bloodbrain barrier you are screwed, hershal got bit and was saved because you can amputate a leg you can't amputate your neck or torso

[@Danny_Ko]

Maybe its like HIV and AIDS, it sits in your body until it Can take over. The video shows the bite having a reproductive effect, maybe that causes the infection to activate

[@dupstepgaming5495]

Can you do another theory on TWD and why this franchise isnt dead yet?

[@alexyin7536]

Cararr from subnautica

[@filmcomicsexplained]

its already on the list mate, thanks :)

[@TrayCaddyyy]

It’s amazing that Rick has kept his pistol for all these years and keeps finding ammo for it too.

[@Markus-dh8sm]

TrayCaddyyy ammo for a .44 isn’t that rare, especially considering most people’s first choice for a weapon wouldn’t be a .44

[@twinkthatloveslotrtrilogy7676]

He wasnt using that gun so often

[@JoJ0estar]

Left4Dead infection next please. Great content as usual.

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

Jay Wizzle YASSSSSS!

[@admiralbriggs997]

@@obiwaankenobi4460 dude wow such gaming already explained it

[@hive1219]

It would cool to see you talk about the flare virus from the Maze Runner series *

[@filmcomicsexplained]

yeh its on the list, thanks :)

[@whatthepfpsays4234]

A fan asked the developer kirkman what the source of the virus is and he said it was actually a space fungus.

[@MoskHotel]

Mason Williams Space Fungus? As in, the infection was alien? Did he explain how it spread? Did it come from a meteor?

[@whatthepfpsays4234]

@@MoskHotel bruh this post was a month ago who cares.

[@mortimerbalbriggan9766]

@@whatthepfpsays4234 he does

[@adolfgaming1761]

The Virus from Dead Rising (Video Game)

[@bryonayres]

its not a virus man, its a parasitic wasp.

[@tydyman2003]

mendy-biased wait really I haven't really delved into the lore of Dead Rising at all

[@sii-gul5852]

Keep up the good work watched every virus and disease explored video sinced you started the series great job man looking forward for the next video

[@filmcomicsexplained]

thanks strilla!

[@sii-gul5852]

FilmComicsExplained no problem man

[@AstonishingRed]

Right now theres someone stockpiling massive amounts of guns in their home in preparation for the events of this very fictional story. The walking dead makes for some good TV but I do think that some are taking the whole zombie thing waaaaayy too seriously.

[@thetechlibrarian]

When the government transfer zombie outbreak they’re using zombies as an allegory for hungry desperate people

[@30cal23]

Actually a 28 days later scenario is much more likely because it's rabies and evola all it takes is some evil group/govt to make it say the CCP of China or a bio terrorist cell the walking dead situation however you are right that's just not happening

[@kem276]

A 'zombie' like virus is theoretically possible. If rabies, ebola, or something like that evolved, or somehow infected humans, a zombie apocalypse could happen. Now, people wouldn't actually be dead, they could be perfectly healthy one day, and the next, be crazy.

[@AstonishingRed]

A Random User I’m not a scientist or a prophet, but I can assure you with 100% certainty that will never ever happen.

[@kem276]

@@AstonishingRed There is ready a virus that does EXACTLY what 'Wildfire' does. I believe it is in ants, where a plant or something pretty much kills them, re-animates the body, and has control over the ant. If something like this happened to humans, it would be pretty bad. Besides, there is a lot of corruption in today's society, so if somebody dedicated their life to creating a virus with a zombie like status, then... well..... yeah

[@Itachi-nc8wf]

Alright we understand that the walkers are hungry all the time and eat flesh but where exactly do they dump their shit?

[@DarkShadow-681]

I loved the detailed information! The funny thing is that i never knew that the virus was called Wildfire :D

[@bryonayres]

its not.

[@bryonayres]

Wildfire is the state of emergency that was declared by the CDC after the disease went global. He just called it wildfire because thats the closest it has to a name.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

yeh it was either wildfire virus or walker virus, and I thought wildfire sounded so much better!

[@bryonayres]

you are welcome, ive been thinking of doing lore vids too man xD we should collab sometime @filmcomicsexplained

[@DarkShadow-681]

Either way, the name is cool :D

[@killernat1234]

Can anyone remember when the walking dead was good, I stopped watching during season 7, and with the fact that Carl and rick are now dead ruins it for me, with only carol and Daryl being the only characters still in the show from the beginning

[@jimbojimbo7103]

Carl dying was 8 seasons to late, couldn't stand him, aslong as Carol is alive the show is still worth watching.

[@thekiller7994]

Rick isn’t dead

[@AustinTexas6thStreet]

I went from it being my favorite show to completely losing interest and the very last episode I even bothered seeing was when Carl died

[@frankieschickenwings]

Do the cranks from maze runner

[@marineduard6901]

bruh i suggested maze runner as well,guess great minds think alike

[@aidandahl7794]

The Walking Dead is one of the few shows I have been watching since the 1st season, it just feels so much different from just binging a show with the same amount of seasons.

[@whyyoubullyme2316]

I feel like I'm the only one that really enjoyed every season and isn't hating on everything past the first seasons.

[@whyyoubullyme2316]

@Snowy Melody so true lol

[@Dirty_Dan205]

Awesome awesome awesome awesome. So glad you covered this.

[@mystery785]

Master Diddlez awesome Skyrim pfp, I'm a fan of TES

[@Dirty_Dan205]

9,999,999M views me too man. LOVE the Elder Scrolls.

[@darkblaede2358]

Another great video as always FilmComicsExplained keep up the great work

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Buddy!

[@darkblaede2358]

No problem and also can you do the Harran Virus in the game Dying Light for one of your videos please

[@samsamsamsamsamanilla5281]

Any attempt to explain zombies scientifically is a dismissive hand wave, you might as well go with the magic explanation. I still love the genre though❤

[@megansimplystitch]

I can't watch TWD tv show. Its really gone downhill during the last few years. But the comic books were awesome. The art style & story kept me coming back for each subsequent book.

[@alexgodinez5035]

Do the Dying Light virus!

[@apollo6024]

If surrounded, go prone and crawl fast. They dont have the reaction time to reach down and nom you.

[@zintosion]

May i request about exploring The Flare next from maze runner?

[@filmcomicsexplained]

its already on the list mate, thanks :)

[@kingjosiah855]

I was literally gonna type this before I saw your comment

[@cyanide4225]

FilmComicsExplained The book or movie version?

[@siimkivisild2251]

The walkers should all be decomposed skeletoms.

[@filmcomicsexplained]

They have a reduced rate of decomposition compared to humans but will of course eventually wither to nothing!

[@ryanmorley8211]

Yeah that was always my biggest complaint about the show. No way those zombies still walking around and functioning. They would be mush after a couple weeks.

[@handoftheking3901]

It's hard to believe the walking dead was amazing when it was actually about zombies

[@Shadow_Wolfe]

Will you be updating this in the future? SPOILER I'm not too into the show however I seen someone talk about the TV show showing it started in France and there being new variants which it showed a hint of one.

[@SirPhoenixofSoCal]

Where did they film this documentary!? Hope its contained, looks scary as shit

[@Kira-mf3lz]

it's a show...

[@Kira-mf3lz]

based off comics....

[@SirPhoenixofSoCal]

Kira i love reading comments from ppl who dont understand people are joking😂 just dont expect me to r/woooosh cuz thats cringe

[@Kira-mf3lz]

@@SirPhoenixofSoCal OH THEYRE JOKING

[@taliawtf6944]

It was a good shot then they got a meh show runner and the "woke" writers who have no clue how to write a good character or story arc. Oh well nothing lasts forever I suppose.

[@leeeverett6711]

The Virus began on September 8 2010

[@charlesferdinand422]

A great show before that incompetent fucking hack Glen Mazzara killed it (pun intended). Then again, it was always a shitty premise plagiarized from 28 Days Later (a guy wakes up from a coma to found the world overrun by zombies) and even Danny Boyle writer and director of 28 Days Later said so directly that the shithead Kirkman stole his idea; so we'll never find out how the virus or zombies work even if Kirman promised us to tell us in the end because for that to happen it would require Kirman to have a brain of his own so he's much like the zombies he stole from Danny Boyle and now he just recycles the same subplots of the characters finding new homes and getting into conflicts with ever more exotic villains while he kills characters to move the plot along and adding random irrational shit such as that dubious Abraham-Sasha romance or how Carl keeps getting shot or how they remain trapped within the same geographical region moving in fucking circles.

[@MrMedukneusha]

5:31 The infamous "zombie" needing a drink of water.

[@lordwhisper8628]

??

[@kewltony]

Left in the background guy bring a water bottle to his face

[@samstone8876]

You deserve so many more subs

[@filmcomicsexplained]

Thanks Sam!

[@obiwaankenobi4460]

Sadly, for some reason he's not well known. I don't know how, because my God, is he awesome.

[@FarikoWishless]

The craziest part about this is how they sneak up on everybody somehow 😂. Even in crinkling autumn leaves people get surprised by groaning gasping corpses that should smell like shit. Even if this happened and we somehow couldn't gun down the mobs in a few months logically the virus shouldn't be able to even lift the body the decay that seems to take hold pretty quickly as most walkers look so sunken cheeked mere hours after being bitten. It doesn't make sense that they can walk see hear or even make noise as all those things that govern these senses and abilities it should've decayed to the point of being useless even if the virus itself still thrived in a decayed body.

[@bigsmoke53]

You should do an episode covering the flu that was seen in season 4. That was a good storyline in TWD.

[@daverobson3084]

Kirkman's capability explanation is b.s. Newly turned walkers later in the series are no more capable than ones that have been turned for years and never display anything near the mental or physical capabilities of the early ones from the series. Sorry Kkirkman.

[@thoseraccoons]

Ok, but did anyone notice that most walkers were running in that horse scene but normally they are slow?