That's fine, but I can't help but occasionally wonder WTF is going on and it is baffling if the characters aren't doing the same. So when things happen like the little sister wanting to kill herself it'd certainly help to have her express specific doubts or curiousity about whether there is anything out there beyond what's in front of their noses.
Well I think the comics take the same approach, so I wouldn’t expect that part to be different. But sure I can see them wondering. And I think Rick has expessed that, at least during the first season. And Andrea/Amy talked about Florida in that one episode (Vatos). Until they hit the CDC and found out it was world wide, so I guess they assume it’s pretty much like they are everywhere. Mostly though I think they are at this point trying to survive day to day. I guess you might expect it more from residents of Woodbury since they have returned to more normalcy.
Its way easier in different genres, but 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy had its characters move across an apocalyptic landscape in search of life/sustenance and although virtually every turn yielded grey nothing-ness, their search convinced you they were trying and provided the necessary exposition that there was likely nothing else out there. I knew not to bother to see that movie, could make an equally engrossing TV show though.
I think I saw that movie. It wasn’t bad. I would think it would be tougher in this scenario though to do a lot of traveling, especially walking. It wasn’t like half, ¾ of the population was wiped out, it was turned into killing animals roaming the country. Gotta figure 350 mil people in the US, there are some survivors, but obviously not many, a few million? Bunch must have gotten put down by the military, bunch eaten, but still must be 100+ million out there wandering around.
Speaking of which, one of my problems is it’s been a year, I would figure more overgrowth, more animals (deer, wild dogs, etc.) would be prevalent. IDK, maybe the walkers are keeping the animal population in control????
So even though Atlanta is sacked, it is reasonable to expect a character to occasionally mutter some wonder about the country & rest of the world, ie "Are there zombies in Japan? With their density they must be screwed!" Also occasional hairbrained idle talk to freaking drive as far as they can in hopes of finding refuge. Or since they mentioned Stone Mountain last episode, maybe during guard-tower post-coital pillow talk Glen suggests leaving the prison and driving into the Smoky Mountains = less populated = less zombies. They can use all the arguments you are about to shoot at me to dismiss this as crazy talk,
Well some arguments, at least for Team Prison, it’s gonna be pretty hard to leave the prison with a baby. And they’ve discussed that. 3-4 hour zombie alarm. (by the way I doubt the baby survives the Gov/Rick “war”) Also the further out you go, the less supplies you have too. Not too bad if you are a hunter with 1 or 2 mouths to feed, but with a whole group, makes it tougher. And they’ve already established, living on your own isn’t good (see Morgan), need to be in a group (see Michonne).
They did have some people (Nebraska episode) that had people traveling. Those two Rick shot in the bar where from NJ and had tried for DC but where now in GA. They seemed to think it was pretty much the same everywhere. You can keep looking, but if you find a refuge, hold onto it. The Farm, The Prison, Woodbury.
Later in the comics they do try for DC and then a couple other places, so I don’t expect them to stay at the prison too long. Maybe into next season. But something will get them out.
but it'd help establish the survivor brains aren't just zombie lit.
I think part of the overall theme is that they aren’t that much different. In the comics Rick has an iconic line, which they haven’t used yet in the show…yet. He says of the survivors, “We are the Walking Dead”. The title of the show isn't meant to describe the zombies, it's meant to describe the survivors.
