I've been watching this show since it premiered on Halloween many years ago.
Now it's hard not to watch the Walking Dead and not think about what you would do in a zombie apocalypse scenario, but that's not exactly what I'm here to bitch about.
I'm bitching about one small thing. A thing that actually drives me nuts.
We know that the zombie bites give the victim a horrible fever that kills them within a day or 2. We also know that supplies are scarce, and that loud noises like guns draw the attention of other zombies. So we see a lot of people using different weapons on the show. But I'm here to say that almost all of them are idiots. Here's why...
THE NEVER MAKE AND USE SPEARS!!
Fuck me. A spear. A weapon that's been around since the stone age. It's perfect. You can make a spear out of a stick, with a reasonable range of up to 10ft. If I were Rick, I would have everyone equipped with long spears. A zombie approaches, you stick it in the head with your spear from a safe distance away, and you're safe. If it somehow manages to get past the spear, then use your close range weapon like a knife, machete, or whatever. Shields wouldn't hurt either. And you can make them out of a trash can lid.
But spears!!! Everyone should have a spear! We see a guy with a bow staff, but he's too stupid to sharpen an end of it or attach a knife to it.
Seriously, this has been driving me nuts for so long. Every fucking person in a zombie apocalypse should have spear of some kind...
Let's not get into how everyone should be wearing better protection. I understand Georgia is hot but we see characters running into known zombie zones in short sleeves and sleeveless shirts equipped with a pocket knives facing zombies. Anyone that stupid deserves to get bit. It drives me nuts.
That's my biggest bitch. We haven't seen one person smart enough to use a spear, when everyone should have one as a first go to weapon for dealing with 1 or a small number of walkers.
I had to vent this somewhere... Sorry!
But has anyone else noticed this and been annoyed by it? Hey Walking Dead, take a lesson from Seven Samurai. Equip everyone with spears.
I would be the Eric Lecarde of Walking Dead.