It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
Jumped in the comments to say I found Lucille to be vital to Negan’s character from his introduction, specifically the barbed wire. The barbed wire serves to keep the person on the other side of it from grabbing it defensively to protect themselves or disarm. But we all know Walkers don’t engage in that way; from its introduction, it suggests he spends his time brutalizing living survivors, not Walkers.
In fact, if used on walkers, all that the barbed wire would likely mean is that it would be much more likely to become snagged in any clothing that the walker may have, possibly entangling it and making it difficult to use for follow up swings on that walker, or others.
Imagine meeting an alpha male like Rick grimes then finding out there was another guy that literally tried to steal his wife and family . It would be like meeting Brock lesner then he tells you a story about the guy that bullied him in his home town . Haha
@@dakotatotten5355shane and Lori BOTH thought rick was dead. Plus Judith is Shane’s kid which rick and Lori both wouldn’t let Shane father. Which is insane knowing that rick and Lori both know that Judith his Shane’s daughter
It's funny because in the comics, you have a bit where Lori is laughing at the prison where she says, "I just can't take it seriously when calling them 'zombies'."
How I understand the bites in TWD is as follows: A bite doesn’t spread the infection, everyone already has the virus. The bite is essentially the final nail in the coffin, bringing on symptoms that eventually result in death
Yeah. I've heard it explained as: The bite doesn't cause the infection, but causes the ACTIVE virus to enter the system, rather than the dormant version we all have in us. That or, y'know, bitten/scratched by a rotting corpse which is likely carrying awful amounts of germs. But the first one makes sense with how uniform the symptoms after a bite are. The second one would be a toss-up as to what symptoms you experience and wouldn't necessarily be fatal unless it was a 100% fatal infection.
I think the bite causes an infection which through traveling in the blood causes death . Kind of like how a rusty nail the wound won’t cause you to bleed out but if untreated the infection traveling through the blood stream will cause you to have chills a fever and can’t cause heart problems,brain swelling and lock up your nervous system . I think you dye to the fever or infection and then turn because we are all carriers
@@pelicanofpunishment6 I figured it was like tetanus you dye from the fever and infection in your blood . Breathing issues heart issues brain swelling etc not from the puncture from the nail in your foot . Kinda like we all have had cavities 🦷 and that won’t kill you but if it gets into your blood steam it can cause heart attacks and high spikes fevers . That’s what kills you not the cavity it’s self
I always looked at it as 2 viruses. 1 is a quickly killing flu type virus that spreads through bodily fluids. The other is an airborne virus that brings you back from the dead.
Ive been an unstable viewer of the channel for about a year now the voices are getting louder, and watching your editing skills grow is pretty cool to see! Great video. the voices are telling me to type this
It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
Steel sling shot balls are referred to as 'bullets' in old warfare and could dent or hole metal armor or helmets, like they had archers, they had 'slingers'.
Sling shots can break bones so why not in a world where you can push a 6 inch x 2 inch thick knife through a skull with out even swinging it you just put the tip and push 😂😂😂😂
Barbed wire wrap around a bat would definitely make a difference, its like a combination of blunt force trauma with puncture ability from the wire and the drag effect of wire dragging along skin would tear it open.
It would also likely result in the barbed wire becoming snagged in the clothing of the target more often and slowing down follow up swings. its actually a pretty bad idea. Notice that no weapons looking like it seem to have been in common use for any military throughout history.
@@daverobson3084Not sure, seems like the weapon could be placed in a similar category of melee weapons as spiked clubs and maces/morningstars which have seen significant usage during medieval times by poorer infantry. Functionally there isn't that much difference between a bat wrapped in barbed wire and a mace other than a mace being weighted to increase the crush factor of the blows.
@@TMJBunny There actually is. The mace has straight spikes, that point at right angles to the shaft of the weapon. A bat wrapped in barbed wire has twisted spikes jutting out at many different angles, increasing the chance of becoming entangled in clothing( Ever crossed a barbed wire fence? The barbs point in 3-4 directions, depending on the type). Wrapping it around a bat, as opposed to stringing it between two posts, means the barbs point at various, more or less random, angles.
Great video, I would love it if you'd make a video about all the callbacks in TWD. Like when Glenn said "We don't burn our dead, we bury them." in S1 and Gregory saying "We don't bury our dead, we burn them" to Glenn's grave in Hilltop in S7.
Bro, your analysis of this show is the best I've ever seen and it's mind blowing. I thoroughly enjoy your content and i damn near break my phone screen and finger clicking on your videos when i see a new upload lol. People who have abandoned this show completely would definitely become a fan all over again due to your deep dive, theories, recaps and overall awesome explanations of the show in it's entirety. I've talked too much already. I'm basically saying you're amazing brother🤗🤗🤗. Much respect.
Absolutely respect how you've turned your love of The Walking Dead into way to create content for others. I wish I had that sort of ingenuity and creativity.
I like to think Shane is like the original concept for the zombies map Tranzit. It had amazing ideas but it was to much for its time😂😂. But for real this was a good video, I enjoyed how you explored everything from the weapons and viability over time to the CRM and Variants. Also webisodes one of which I liked was “red machete” also the games which I gotta shout out my boy Lee🙌🙌🙌.
Shane was the shows best villain because not only was he right but he didnt have any crazy ideas like the governor or Alpha. he was just trying to keep himself and the ones he cared about alive. He is in my opinion the best written villain ever,
@daverobson3084 All right, so that was inexcusable, but a lot of his actions could be seen as him trying to do what he thought was right to keep him and his loved ones alive. But also that's just my personal opinion.
@@daverobson3084see you’re taking things out of context… Shane was drunk and strung up on feelings he didn’t make the decision with a good head he was under the influence of feelings and alcohol. He never tried to ra Lori cmon na. Sure it’s not okay in ANY scenario but there’s context that people love to leave out to make Shane seem so horrible
@@daverobson3084you really tried to pull one instance and explain it out of context to try and make Shane seem like he wasn’t tryna keep people alive and safe Despite the whole thing with Lori he was right about everything and tried to help his group. And yo put the nail in the coffin Lori admitted to putting rick and Shane at odds and admitted to doing Shane dirty at every turn. She admits that she doesn’t even know who’s baby ur is. Then admits that what they had before rick came wasn’t one sided and was real.
A slingshot could kill a living human being, let alone a decayed walker. I collect guns, bows and stuff like that including 2 slingshots cuz why not. They’re far more powerful than you’d think , especially if you haven’t used a high quality one.
@@mistasomen i mean like as in someone could get one, underestimate the power of it, and get someone or themself hurt yk lol and im sure its probably happened before
Crazy to see how far you've come I've been watching since the video on how Rick became worse than Shane video and it's insane to see 100k love everything that's come out and am looking forward to more
Damn this was an absolute BANGER I’ve been watching u over a year now and so happy to see you hit 100k don’t know how you don’t have more keep up the good work love u man
He didn't, and revolver speed loaders are not very common in many areas. Semi autos would still be faster, with the added benefit that its easier to slip a few snare magazines into your jean pockets than to do so with speed loaders. Its heavy( though that somehow doesn't seem to stop the tiny Judith from one handed firing it to bullseye moving walkers in the skull at over a hundred feet ). Low magazine capacity( six rounds vs the typical 10-12-15 for semi autos). .357 ammo not as common as 9mm, .38, .32, or 12 g shotgun rounds. Sure, you can use .38 in most .357 pistols, but, then, why not use a .38 pistol. All of those calibers are perfectly effective on walkers. If you are trying to intimidate a human( or blow a fist sized exit wound out their back) it gets top points. On the up side, revolvers are typically easier to maintain than semi autos, and, in a reality like they live in, being easier to maintain is a plus.
No it’s dumb that a police officer would use the colt vs a Glock in real life that would have been his issued firearm. Kirkmen only did that to give him his own gun. But in real Life it wouldn’t make any sense. Also a Glock is very light weight and the most reliable pistol in real life. It’s why most military forces and police use it.
How come none of the Walkers ever seem to be devoured down to a skeleton? What makes them stop feeding on any given human turned Walker before that occurs? There's no apparent reason Walkers would stop feeding on a human victim at their moment of death because Walkers have also been known to feed on humans & animals that were already dead.
This was originally planned to be Lori's death in the show she was supposed to be picked clean in a matter of hours by the fat walker , but they deemed it too much for audiences so I guess it's inferred that the walker ate the bones too before Rick killed it.
I really want to make a fan anthologies series following a group of survivors through their journey in this universe. I'd want to set it here in Arkansas and call it "TWD Diamond State"
I think you're under-estimating the power of a slingshot with steel bearings as ammo lol. Slings used to be a weapon of war used against living people wearing armor, and ammo is virtually everywhere. Also the Barbed wire on Lucille is for brutality and shock value on his victims, not necessarily because it makes it more deadly
It really is amazing that Rick kept his moral code after everything they went through. Herschel was such a gift to him. Rick did learn that Shane was right about the world but he never came close to being a villain. He never went out of his way to kill anyone that did pose a threat to him and his family. Not even when he went after the saviors. People love pretending that Rick and Negan were equally bad but that’s people trying to feel good about liking a tyrant.
would you watch the first 3 seasons of Fear? it's a common consensus that the first 3 seasons are amazing, and it's basically a separate show from seasons 4 onwards
Great TWD content I definitely appreciate long format material. I listen all day at work and usually have a playlist with bunch of your stuff on repeat to help sleep as I do have a squirrel brain.
I love your channel!! The Walking Dead has gotten me through many surgeries and I haven’t been disappointed yet. It’s always interesting to hear your views on the show. I also love The Talking Dead. Your summary is always spot-on and your videos of the show and flashbacks are so appreciated!! Thanks so much! It’s like having another favorite series for me.
That was absolutely amazing! I loved the format and you really do have the best videos on TWD! You absolutely nail it every single video! Thank you so much for all your hard work on this! I really cannot get enough of your content! I work in film and your skills are so impressive! They keep getting better and better! ❤❤❤
whisperers are the best villains by far, and actually there is an answer for the variants, angela kang has said that the variants are regional, so during the final part of s11 they had just entered into ohio
Shane’s shotgun makes the most sense. Extremely versatile. You can hunt squirrel with bird shot or a deer with a slug. Also people. And you can reload a shells with stuff other than lead if need be lol
Other up sides. 1-Buckshot spread makes head shots more likely. 2-Plentiful ammo( shotguns are everywhere). 3-Relatively easy to maintain. 4-You can blow out locks with it with relative ease. 5-Powerful. Even if you just hit a walker( or anyone else) in the leg, you very likely take the leg off/ make it useless. On the other hand, they are loud as hell and have low ammo capacity.
Great video, as usual. It doesn't matter how much I already know, or how many times I've re-watched, I always enjoy listening to your analysis and opinions and revisiting all the episodes you cover. I'd say yes to more field guides for sure -- they could dig into more specific themes, places, connections, and characters. I'd watch them all. Thank you for all your work.
47:23 wasnt it confirmed that A means after bitten and B means before bitten? It would make sense that all A‘s become test subjects and B‘s go into that centre for reformation
7:37 you got me good thrifty. i thought i finally found something you said incorrect, wondering "what about crm? surely he couldnt have forgot that" low and behold you had a plan for it. your script quality has increased so much dude
Even though I've played through all the tt games, watched the whole show and I'm very deep into the comics, this was still a fun watch. I love the first two seasons of Telltale's TWD with all my heart (s3 sucked and michonne and TFS were pretty solid) and Id be ecstatic to see any content on those or maybe even the comics, also Id 100% love watching a Cloverfield-guide 😂🔥
Dude....fkin bravo!!! I love that you showed the medieval elements in later seasons. I keep seeing people saying "the show got terrible after season _" but they never made it past the time jump. I personally believe thats where the real stories lie. The adapting more so than the fighting. Bonus if it's multiple years after the fall
Fantastic video, and i am someone who has watched the main series and read the books many times. To condense it all down into a less than hour long video is awesome.
I don’t usually comment on yt videos but i want you to know that I appreciate you doing all these TWD related videos. They’re very informative and it helped me, a new fan, understand the show! I just started and finished the TWD main show last year, and since I lived outside the US, no one in my circle understand my love for this show but since i found your channel, it gives me chance to interact with other ppl who likes the same show and have different views. Thank you for doing all of this ❤️
This was truly amazing and informative. Really helped me get excited for Feb 25th. I can’t wait for The Ones Who Live, I can feel in my heart a fire and a passion for this show that I truly haven’t felt since Rick left. The Walking Dead is BACK!!!
Great video, so much detail. I'm getting hyped for TWD Destinies and this definitely got me thinking about a few different early season character choices
Absolutely fantastic video! So well put together. I can’t entirely remember if you have or not but have you ever done ranking videos? Seasons/episodes/characters etc
just when i thought my day couldnt get any better, thrifty uploads an hour long video 😩💕 and congrats on 100k!!! thats an amazing accomplishment thats been a long time coming with great content like yours
The weapons thing always gets me. I'm a moderately enthusiastic firearms hobbyist and i have 1-2k rounds of ammo and around ten firearms. There are more serious enthusiasts all around me who own ten times that much, and i live in blue city on the West Coast. Im sure Georgia has a modern militaries' worth of ammo stored up and completely lootable.
10:42 There are actually things such as hunting slingshots that can do an alarming amount of damage. Granted the one she carried doesn't look like a traditional one, its not impossible for it to be a goods zombie killing weapon.
The scale of the universe and even events within the main TV is very big! Beth and Tyreese die before the group even leave Georgia, and a full season before Jesus and the Hilltop are introduced.
damn. i’m loving this! but i don’t know if i wanna continue watching this because you’re making me want to watch it again! i quit when they brought glen back. but i did watch negan’s introduction.
I feel like I could write a 500 page dissertation on Shane Walsh, I don't feel that way about any of the other villains in the show. As much as I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan, I feel as though the weighted his first few episodes so heavily, that he was never a believable villain. Shane, however, was right on almost everything he said or did. He was a dick about it. But he was still right. He was so realistic, and grounded.
I don't know if he touches on this in the video, I haven't watched fully yet.. edit, he totally covers this lol But a comparison to how Shane was with Lori, and how Rick is with Jessie would be a great topic. Everyone always hates on Shane for that particular thing, and it makes sense from an outside perspective. Not many seem to notice that Rick was doing the same thing with Jessie, to the point of schwacking her husband if I recall. They're not so different in the end.
@12:26 wow for some reason this really struck me with just how integral Morgan really was from just a single episode of season 1. Morgan’s choice to save Rick (in an attempt to set a good example for his son) made an impact on the show that would span 11 seasons and change countless characters lives. Just wow 🥹
id have to argue against the point of ricks python, revolvers, bolt action, lever action, pump and all those types of guns are actually BETTER if you consider long term, semi auto and full auto firearms require MUCH more work on them, especially if they break because of the tiny parts and unique designs for them(consider the gas piston and gas tube on an AK), single action weapons are far easier to maintain and replace parts for
They did show that Survivors looted places like Military armories to get those higher grade weapons. My issue was always that you probably wouldn't find the type of ammo needed for those guns while looting a gun shop. So either they were looting every base they came across or they could only use it for a short period.
The millitary uses 556 and 308 for rifles 9mm and occasionally 45 for pistols and sub machine guns these rounds are available in any gun shop in America. Honestly Rick's python would be the hardest gun on the show to consistently find rounds for as 38 and 357(it will shoot either) are not used by police departments or military.
I think a lot of people give ricks group a lot of crap for taking over Alexandria and later the commonwealth (not that you did in this video). I think that it’s actually quite a profound message there. In this world we live in a society and someone is going to choose the rules that govern that society. The difference between us and Rick is that Rick can leave those societies. But no he chooses to stay in those communities and be the one who makes the rules. That’s what it means to be a man, that’s what it means to be Rick Grimes
It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
well there is a crossover series planned by scott gimple in the near future to end all the spinoffs and it will be like an ACTUAL conclusion to the walking dead
The barbed wire on Neegan's bat would actually probably just make it more likely to become entangled in an opponents clothing, meaning it would get snagged and be difficult to recover much more than a regular, unmodified , baseball bat.
A well made Speer is nothing to scoff at in the apocalypse. One with a sharp metal blade would be so useful. A) you can stab walkers whilst keeping a distance of a few feet which greatly reduces chances of getting bit. B)can be thrown so it is also a long distance weapon. C) your going to be walking a lot and a spear makes a good hiking stick. It can also be a walking stick if injured. D) you can use it to barricade a door in an emergency by slipping it through the handles. E) can be used for hunting. F) can be used to fish G) looks cool H) can be turned into a support beam. I) not to difficult for a blacksmith to make and dosent take to much material. It obviously has flaws and would be useless against a horde but pretty much every weapon is useless against a giant horde. I would say a spear is one of the best picks for basic survival as well as the apocalypse.
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It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
Truly amazing work he put into it for sure. Nobody I've seen thus far has ever come close.
I Agree Guys 🤝
Never played the games. Now I’m gonna for sure 👍
Thanks Thrifty !!!
Jumped in the comments to say I found Lucille to be vital to Negan’s character from his introduction, specifically the barbed wire. The barbed wire serves to keep the person on the other side of it from grabbing it defensively to protect themselves or disarm. But we all know Walkers don’t engage in that way; from its introduction, it suggests he spends his time brutalizing living survivors, not Walkers.
Huh. I never thought of that. Neat. Good thinking my man.
In fact, if used on walkers, all that the barbed wire would likely mean is that it would be much more likely to become snagged in any clothing that the walker may have, possibly entangling it and making it difficult to use for follow up swings on that walker, or others.
"Shane was Rick's best friend turned lover for Rick's wife Lori". Well that was a WILD first half of that sentence.
Made me spit out my coffee when I heard it 😂
Imagine meeting an alpha male like Rick grimes then finding out there was another guy that literally tried to steal his wife and family . It would be like meeting Brock lesner then he tells you a story about the guy that bullied him in his home town . Haha
@@dakotatotten5355shane and Lori BOTH thought rick was dead. Plus Judith is Shane’s kid which rick and Lori both wouldn’t let Shane father. Which is insane knowing that rick and Lori both know that Judith his Shane’s daughter
“The token… comic relief character” …my dude almost risked it all
I was looking for this comment 😂😂
It's funny because in the comics, you have a bit where Lori is laughing at the prison where she says, "I just can't take it seriously when calling them 'zombies'."
How I understand the bites in TWD is as follows:
A bite doesn’t spread the infection, everyone already has the virus. The bite is essentially the final nail in the coffin, bringing on symptoms that eventually result in death
Yeah. I've heard it explained as: The bite doesn't cause the infection, but causes the ACTIVE virus to enter the system, rather than the dormant version we all have in us. That or, y'know, bitten/scratched by a rotting corpse which is likely carrying awful amounts of germs. But the first one makes sense with how uniform the symptoms after a bite are. The second one would be a toss-up as to what symptoms you experience and wouldn't necessarily be fatal unless it was a 100% fatal infection.
I think the bite causes an infection which through traveling in the blood causes death . Kind of like how a rusty nail the wound won’t cause you to bleed out but if untreated the infection traveling through the blood stream will cause you to have chills a fever and can’t cause heart problems,brain swelling and lock up your nervous system . I think you dye to the fever or infection and then turn because we are all carriers
@@pelicanofpunishment6 I figured it was like tetanus you dye from the fever and infection in your blood . Breathing issues heart issues brain swelling etc not from the puncture from the nail in your foot . Kinda like we all have had cavities 🦷 and that won’t kill you but if it gets into your blood steam it can cause heart attacks and high spikes fevers . That’s what kills you not the cavity it’s self
This explanation makes the saviors putting the walker blood on their weapons make more sense.
I always looked at it as 2 viruses. 1 is a quickly killing flu type virus that spreads through bodily fluids. The other is an airborne virus that brings you back from the dead.
- Have I watched every piece of media on TWDU? Yes.
- Will I watch this 1 hour video even though I won't get any new info? YES.
same bro.
I’ve been a stable viewer of the channel for about a year now, and watching your editing skills grow is pretty cool to see! Great video!
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Ive been an unstable viewer of the channel for about a year now the voices are getting louder, and watching your editing skills grow is pretty cool to see! Great video. the voices are telling me to type this
@@AIec.I've been unstable for years now
I love his videos even if I disagree with some things
It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
I think that Kelly's slingshot would work. We see that the skulls and brains are mushy enough to be stomped.
a slingshot is deadly even to regular humans I'm pretty sure, I mean it's a rock being flung at super high speeds
Steel sling shot balls are referred to as 'bullets' in old warfare and could dent or hole metal armor or helmets, like they had archers, they had 'slingers'.
Sling shots can break bones so why not in a world where you can push a 6 inch x 2 inch thick knife through a skull with out even swinging it you just put the tip and push 😂😂😂😂
Barbed wire wrap around a bat would definitely make a difference, its like a combination of blunt force trauma with puncture ability from the wire and the drag effect of wire dragging along skin would tear it open.
It's a great meele weapon because also it's so light considering
It would also likely result in the barbed wire becoming snagged in the clothing of the target more often and slowing down follow up swings.
its actually a pretty bad idea.
Notice that no weapons looking like it seem to have been in common use for any military throughout history.
@@daverobson3084Not sure, seems like the weapon could be placed in a similar category of melee weapons as spiked clubs and maces/morningstars which have seen significant usage during medieval times by poorer infantry. Functionally there isn't that much difference between a bat wrapped in barbed wire and a mace other than a mace being weighted to increase the crush factor of the blows.
@@TMJBunny There actually is. The mace has straight spikes, that point at right angles to the shaft of the weapon. A bat wrapped in barbed wire has twisted spikes jutting out at many different angles, increasing the chance of becoming entangled in clothing( Ever crossed a barbed wire fence? The barbs point in 3-4 directions, depending on the type). Wrapping it around a bat, as opposed to stringing it between two posts, means the barbs point at various, more or less random, angles.
Great video, I would love it if you'd make a video about all the callbacks in TWD. Like when Glenn said "We don't burn our dead, we bury them." in S1
and Gregory saying "We don't bury our dead, we burn them" to Glenn's grave in Hilltop in S7.
As soon as he said "Rick was never seen again" I got a "The ones who live" ad
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Bro, your analysis of this show is the best I've ever seen and it's mind blowing. I thoroughly enjoy your content and i damn near break my phone screen and finger clicking on your videos when i see a new upload lol. People who have abandoned this show completely would definitely become a fan all over again due to your deep dive, theories, recaps and overall awesome explanations of the show in it's entirety. I've talked too much already. I'm basically saying you're amazing brother🤗🤗🤗. Much respect.
Appreciate it my man!
@@thethriftytypewriter Yes sir 🤗
Absolutely respect how you've turned your love of The Walking Dead into way to create content for others. I wish I had that sort of ingenuity and creativity.
I’ve needed this video for awhile because I have no idea how the stories of each show tie into each other thank you for this
I like to think Shane is like the original concept for the zombies map Tranzit. It had amazing ideas but it was to much for its time😂😂. But for real this was a good video, I enjoyed how you explored everything from the weapons and viability over time to the CRM and Variants. Also webisodes one of which I liked was “red machete” also the games which I gotta shout out my boy Lee🙌🙌🙌.
Id love to see a series focused on the creation, rise and fall of terminus
“Shane was Rick’s best friend turned lover” you had my attention for a second there lmao
Shane was the shows best villain because not only was he right but he didnt have any crazy ideas like the governor or Alpha. he was just trying to keep himself and the ones he cared about alive. He is in my opinion the best written villain ever,
How does attempted rape result in keeping oneself, or other that they care about, alive?
@daverobson3084 All right, so that was inexcusable, but a lot of his actions could be seen as him trying to do what he thought was right to keep him and his loved ones alive. But also that's just my personal opinion.
@@daverobson3084see you’re taking things out of context… Shane was drunk and strung up on feelings he didn’t make the decision with a good head he was under the influence of feelings and alcohol. He never tried to ra Lori cmon na. Sure it’s not okay in ANY scenario but there’s context that people love to leave out to make Shane seem so horrible
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@@daverobson3084you really tried to pull one instance and explain it out of context to try and make Shane seem like he wasn’t tryna keep people alive and safe Despite the whole thing with Lori he was right about everything and tried to help his group. And yo put the nail in the coffin Lori admitted to putting rick and Shane at odds and admitted to doing Shane dirty at every turn. She admits that she doesn’t even know who’s baby ur is. Then admits that what they had before rick came wasn’t one sided and was real.
I really appreciate what you do for The Walking Dead community man and taking you’re time creating, researching TWD show 💯🧟♂️
Z nation Field guide when?
A slingshot could kill a living human being, let alone a decayed walker. I collect guns, bows and stuff like that including 2 slingshots cuz why not. They’re far more powerful than you’d think , especially if you haven’t used a high quality one.
also, when outdoors, you practically got unlimited ammo. bend down, grab rock, reload.
I was gonna comment ab this lol i didnt realize there were people who dont know how powerful slingshots can be its a little concerning 😅
@@PastelPinkArtsy concerning? No really life essential knowledge is in my daily life. Although it would give our business meetings a bit of a kick...
@@mistasomen i mean like as in someone could get one, underestimate the power of it, and get someone or themself hurt yk lol and im sure its probably happened before
Crazy to see how far you've come I've been watching since the video on how Rick became worse than Shane video and it's insane to see 100k love everything that's come out and am looking forward to more
Me watching the rules chapter: “Stop pretending like you know the way ahead, like you know the roolz. There are no rules out here man, we’re laussst.”
Yeah
Damn this was an absolute BANGER I’ve been watching u over a year now and so happy to see you hit 100k don’t know how you don’t have more keep up the good work love u man
Most revolvers are pretty quick to load, granted you have a speed loader, which Rick would most likely have access to a few of them.
He didn't, and revolver speed loaders are not very common in many areas.
Semi autos would still be faster, with the added benefit that its easier to slip a few snare magazines into your jean pockets than to do so with speed loaders.
Its heavy( though that somehow doesn't seem to stop the tiny Judith from one handed firing it to bullseye moving walkers in the skull at over a hundred feet ).
Low magazine capacity( six rounds vs the typical 10-12-15 for semi autos).
.357 ammo not as common as 9mm, .38, .32, or 12 g shotgun rounds.
Sure, you can use .38 in most .357 pistols, but, then, why not use a .38 pistol.
All of those calibers are perfectly effective on walkers.
If you are trying to intimidate a human( or blow a fist sized exit wound out their back) it gets top points.
On the up side, revolvers are typically easier to maintain than semi autos, and, in a reality like they live in, being easier to maintain is a plus.
No it’s dumb that a police officer would use the colt vs a Glock in real life that would have been his issued firearm. Kirkmen only did that to give him his own gun. But in real
Life it wouldn’t make any sense.
Also a Glock is very light weight and the most reliable pistol in real life. It’s why most military forces and police use it.
How come none of the Walkers ever seem to be devoured down to a skeleton? What makes them stop feeding on any given human turned Walker before that occurs? There's no apparent reason Walkers would stop feeding on a human victim at their moment of death because Walkers have also been known to feed on humans & animals that were already dead.
This was originally planned to be Lori's death in the show she was supposed to be picked clean in a matter of hours by the fat walker , but they deemed it too much for audiences so I guess it's inferred that the walker ate the bones too before Rick killed it.
i literally knew everything in here and more yet i watched it anyway,congrats on 100k well deserved and great video!
I know almost everything about this show but I still love watching videos like this. Love seeing your channel grow man, you're a big inspiration!
I never thought of Rick being like Shane in regards to how he treats Jessie in S5, until now. Appreciate that detail
I loved the field guide. Your content is always amazing but you went above and beyond with this one. I can't wait to see what you do next 😊😊
Honestly, I REALLY enjoy this format. I hope you can continue making them.. I am sure it's a TON of work, but you did a great job
Nice video!! This is definitely the FIELD GUIDE to the Walking Dead. A lot of thought went into this and it shows. Much love to your channel!!
Also I've been wanting a channel like yours for so long thank goodness we finally have a dedicated fan making quality content, makes me so happy
I really want to make a fan anthologies series following a group of survivors through their journey in this universe. I'd want to set it here in Arkansas and call it "TWD Diamond State"
I think you're under-estimating the power of a slingshot with steel bearings as ammo lol. Slings used to be a weapon of war used against living people wearing armor, and ammo is virtually everywhere. Also the Barbed wire on Lucille is for brutality and shock value on his victims, not necessarily because it makes it more deadly
It really is amazing that Rick kept his moral code after everything they went through. Herschel was such a gift to him. Rick did learn that Shane was right about the world but he never came close to being a villain. He never went out of his way to kill anyone that did pose a threat to him and his family. Not even when he went after the saviors. People love pretending that Rick and Negan were equally bad but that’s people trying to feel good about liking a tyrant.
Rick became like his brother Shane in the way of "doing whatever it takes to keep the group alive"
Blown away by the quality and quantity of this field guide. If I didn't have a knowledge TWDU I do now great job 👍
would you watch the first 3 seasons of Fear? it's a common consensus that the first 3 seasons are amazing, and it's basically a separate show from seasons 4 onwards
To be fair Season 6 of Fear was good so you know Ian and Andrew had little to no involvement
Who are Ian and Andrew
@@dookieburrito9196 the fear showrunners
Great TWD content I definitely appreciate long format material. I listen all day at work and usually have a playlist with bunch of your stuff on repeat to help sleep as I do have a squirrel brain.
I love your channel!! The Walking Dead has gotten me through many surgeries and I haven’t been disappointed yet. It’s always interesting to hear your views on the show. I also love The Talking Dead. Your summary is always spot-on and your videos of the show and flashbacks are so appreciated!! Thanks so much! It’s like having another favorite series for me.
Shane's shotgun isn't really anything special being a benelli nova or supernova with a collapsible stock. It's kinda expensive but also civilian legal
The ridiculous Mac 10 is an homage to snake Plisken’s gun from escape from NY
39:55 hahaha Madison, FRANK and Alicia lmao that's hilarious
That was absolutely amazing! I loved the format and you really do have the best videos on TWD! You absolutely nail it every single video! Thank you so much for all your hard work on this! I really cannot get enough of your content! I work in film and your skills are so impressive! They keep getting better and better! ❤❤❤
whisperers are the best villains by far, and actually there is an answer for the variants, angela kang has said that the variants are regional, so during the final part of s11 they had just entered into ohio
Your videos really brighten my day! Love whatever you have to say! Keep up The good work ☺️
Excellent video. You hit the nail on the head when you showed that graph of when people stopped watching because I was definitely one of those people.
21:00 “Shane was Rick’s best friend turned lover……for Rick’s wife Laurie” 😂🤣☠️ I spit my coffee out when I heard that… Not the TWD I remembered hahah😂
This should have a million views this was so good very well done
Shane’s shotgun makes the most sense. Extremely versatile. You can hunt squirrel with bird shot or a deer with a slug. Also people. And you can reload a shells with stuff other than lead if need be lol
Other up sides.
1-Buckshot spread makes head shots more likely.
2-Plentiful ammo( shotguns are everywhere).
3-Relatively easy to maintain.
4-You can blow out locks with it with relative ease.
5-Powerful. Even if you just hit a walker( or anyone else) in the leg, you very likely take the leg off/ make it useless.
On the other hand, they are loud as hell and have low ammo capacity.
Great video, as usual. It doesn't matter how much I already know, or how many times I've re-watched, I always enjoy listening to your analysis and opinions and revisiting all the episodes you cover. I'd say yes to more field guides for sure -- they could dig into more specific themes, places, connections, and characters. I'd watch them all. Thank you for all your work.
47:23 wasnt it confirmed that A means after bitten and B means before bitten? It would make sense that all A‘s become test subjects and B‘s go into that centre for reformation
This video needs more views and likes! The mosr detailed video on the walking dead franchise that ive ever seen.
Seeing this uploaded just made my day!! I cannot wait to watch this!! You rock, Thrifty!!!
They didnt WALK all the way to Alexandria they had that RV and drove at least as far as DC as it showed them driving by the Capital building.
Great analysis on the rick grimes from season 5 comparison to season 2 of Shane 👏🏾👏🏾 masterclass I been trying to say that to ppl for yrs
7:37 you got me good thrifty. i thought i finally found something you said incorrect, wondering "what about crm? surely he couldnt have forgot that" low and behold you had a plan for it. your script quality has increased so much dude
Even though I've played through all the tt games, watched the whole show and I'm very deep into the comics, this was still a fun watch. I love the first two seasons of Telltale's TWD with all my heart (s3 sucked and michonne and TFS were pretty solid) and Id be ecstatic to see any content on those or maybe even the comics, also Id 100% love watching a Cloverfield-guide 😂🔥
season 3 was great
Thank you for keeping up with Twd content as a day one fan sometimes I come back to the older seasons just to appreciate them
I will never watch TWD, because there is a certain magic about watching you talking about a show I never saw, and I love it
Great work!! I know it is a bit late, but I do love this deep summary/description/guide. Keep it up!!!
Dude....fkin bravo!!! I love that you showed the medieval elements in later seasons. I keep seeing people saying "the show got terrible after season _" but they never made it past the time jump. I personally believe thats where the real stories lie. The adapting more so than the fighting. Bonus if it's multiple years after the fall
Fantastic video, and i am someone who has watched the main series and read the books many times. To condense it all down into a less than hour long video is awesome.
I don’t usually comment on yt videos but i want you to know that I appreciate you doing all these TWD related videos. They’re very informative and it helped me, a new fan, understand the show! I just started and finished the TWD main show last year, and since I lived outside the US, no one in my circle understand my love for this show but since i found your channel, it gives me chance to interact with other ppl who likes the same show and have different views. Thank you for doing all of this ❤️
When is the Daryl dixon review?
I just recently started watching twd again and begsn watching your videos this could not have came at a better time 😂😂😂
This was truly amazing and informative. Really helped me get excited for Feb 25th. I can’t wait for The Ones Who Live, I can feel in my heart a fire and a passion for this show that I truly haven’t felt since Rick left. The Walking Dead is BACK!!!
Great video, so much detail. I'm getting hyped for TWD Destinies and this definitely got me thinking about a few different early season character choices
You seriously have some of the best Walking Dead content on TH-cam.
Great parallel between Rick and Shane. I never thought about that!! Genius!
Absolutely fantastic video! So well put together. I can’t entirely remember if you have or not but have you ever done ranking videos? Seasons/episodes/characters etc
just when i thought my day couldnt get any better, thrifty uploads an hour long video 😩💕
and congrats on 100k!!! thats an amazing accomplishment thats been a long time coming with great content like yours
Greatly enjoyed this! I love zombie/survival stories but often find I’m too squeamish to watch the actual content. This was a big help!
The weapons thing always gets me. I'm a moderately enthusiastic firearms hobbyist and i have 1-2k rounds of ammo and around ten firearms. There are more serious enthusiasts all around me who own ten times that much, and i live in blue city on the West Coast. Im sure Georgia has a modern militaries' worth of ammo stored up and completely lootable.
10:42 There are actually things such as hunting slingshots that can do an alarming amount of damage. Granted the one she carried doesn't look like a traditional one, its not impossible for it to be a goods zombie killing weapon.
This is FANTASTIC! A TRUE DIE HARD “THE WALKING DEAD” BELIEVER. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I was only gonna watch the first 2 chapters but I changed my mind I’m watching the whole thing
The scale of the universe and even events within the main TV is very big! Beth and Tyreese die before the group even leave Georgia, and a full season before Jesus and the Hilltop are introduced.
damn. i’m loving this! but i don’t know if i wanna continue watching this because you’re making me want to watch it again! i quit when they brought glen back. but i did watch negan’s introduction.
I feel like I could write a 500 page dissertation on Shane Walsh, I don't feel that way about any of the other villains in the show. As much as I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan, I feel as though the weighted his first few episodes so heavily, that he was never a believable villain. Shane, however, was right on almost everything he said or did. He was a dick about it. But he was still right. He was so realistic, and grounded.
I don't know if he touches on this in the video, I haven't watched fully yet.. edit, he totally covers this lol
But a comparison to how Shane was with Lori, and how Rick is with Jessie would be a great topic.
Everyone always hates on Shane for that particular thing, and it makes sense from an outside perspective. Not many seem to notice that Rick was doing the same thing with Jessie, to the point of schwacking her husband if I recall.
They're not so different in the end.
@12:26 wow for some reason this really struck me with just how integral Morgan really was from just a single episode of season 1.
Morgan’s choice to save Rick (in an attempt to set a good example for his son) made an impact on the show that would span 11 seasons and change countless characters lives.
Just wow 🥹
The "space rifle" Darryl uses in that clip you showed as an example of less common weapons seems to just be a 9mm SMG, most likely a modified MP5.
id have to argue against the point of ricks python, revolvers, bolt action, lever action, pump and all those types of guns are actually BETTER if you consider long term, semi auto and full auto firearms require MUCH more work on them, especially if they break because of the tiny parts and unique designs for them(consider the gas piston and gas tube on an AK), single action weapons are far easier to maintain and replace parts for
They did show that Survivors looted places like Military armories to get those higher grade weapons. My issue was always that you probably wouldn't find the type of ammo needed for those guns while looting a gun shop. So either they were looting every base they came across or they could only use it for a short period.
The millitary uses 556 and 308 for rifles 9mm and occasionally 45 for pistols and sub machine guns these rounds are available in any gun shop in America. Honestly Rick's python would be the hardest gun on the show to consistently find rounds for as 38 and 357(it will shoot either) are not used by police departments or military.
11:36 honesty, i only see this group being named ‘Ricks Group’ because he took on main control throughout season 1 before people started dying off
Why do I get more entertainment watching video essays on a show than watching the actual show.. and don’t get me wrong, I loved this show.
I think a lot of people give ricks group a lot of crap for taking over Alexandria and later the commonwealth (not that you did in this video). I think that it’s actually quite a profound message there. In this world we live in a society and someone is going to choose the rules that govern that society. The difference between us and Rick is that Rick can leave those societies. But no he chooses to stay in those communities and be the one who makes the rules. That’s what it means to be a man, that’s what it means to be Rick Grimes
well said
It's always made me laugh the debate over A and B. It's honestly pretty simple. A means "After bite" and B means "Before bitten". When Jadis has both Neegan and Gabe tied up and is getting ready to trade them to the CRM she tells them they are As. And if you remember when they are tied up she is about to force a tied up walker to bite them, making them an A (after bitten). Which also falls in line with As being tested on because once they are bitten that's when they have experiments done on them. Then with Rick she keeps telling them he is an A cause she was planning on doing that trick where she ties him up and has a walker bite him, but then that doesn't happen so she tells the CRM she has a B to trade (Before bitten), but he is strong... so there you go everyone, that is the definition of an A and a B. It's funny to me how many people havent figure that out when I figured that out literally within 1 episode of when the terms were first mentioned. I have even posted this fact on videos like this for the last 5 years or so, and people still don't understand lol.
Just got my lunch in! And was looking for a video to watch! Thrifty has blessed me 🙏
well there is a crossover series planned by scott gimple in the near future to end all the spinoffs and it will be like an ACTUAL conclusion to the walking dead
Thanks for all the work you put into this. Very well done.😊
The barbed wire on Neegan's bat would actually probably just make it more likely to become entangled in an opponents clothing, meaning it would get snagged and be difficult to recover much more than a regular, unmodified , baseball bat.
Had to side eye this video after you said Michonne abandoned her kids,like she left her in some woods and webt on a vacation
Just subscribed last night after binging your videos. Can’t wait to watch this channel grow.
A well made Speer is nothing to scoff at in the apocalypse. One with a sharp metal blade would be so useful.
A) you can stab walkers whilst keeping a distance of a few feet which greatly reduces chances of getting bit.
B)can be thrown so it is also a long distance weapon.
C) your going to be walking a lot and a spear makes a good hiking stick. It can also be a walking stick if injured.
D) you can use it to barricade a door in an emergency by slipping it through the handles.
E) can be used for hunting.
F) can be used to fish
G) looks cool
H) can be turned into a support beam.
I) not to difficult for a blacksmith to make and dosent take to much material.
It obviously has flaws and would be useless against a horde but pretty much every weapon is useless against a giant horde. I would say a spear is one of the best picks for basic survival as well as the apocalypse.
I love your content man!!!
Your love for season 6 mirrors mine! You appreciate the fine things of the universe. You’re the best twd content creator I’ve ever seen and I’ve been watching twd content since season 4! Good stuff!!!!
Father Gabriel in Season 5 vs Season 11 is one of the all time great glow ups, also Eugene now that I think about it.
“The survivors don’t have a concrete name”
Rick and the piss patrol😂 is my personal favorite
A Watchguide for the order would be nice