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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
If you describe it like that, yes.
However, would you go in those same woods if you knew they were just off the highway where zombies had been roaming en masse?
Would you feel as comfortable in those woods if you happened upon a zombie hanging in a tree with its legs chewed off?
Generally I'm a person who gets very, very afraid during scary movies. I'm easily submersed in film, and I empathize very easily with developed characters, whether I like them or not.
All of that is killed for me when I see people acting in bizarre and what are to me, nonsensical actions. For instance, running up the stairs in a slasher movie. The best fear is the one developed from terror despite your best efforts, and the relentlessness of zombies is all about that.
The only real moment the series has generated for me in that way is when they end up at the CDC. That made sense, and was much scarrier when you thought that, even though they made what was probably the correct decision, it STILL could be their downfall.
Setting yourself up to be ambushed by zombies, and subsequently being ambushed by zombies isn't terribly scary to me. The fact that even as someone who easily empathizes with onscreen characters can't connect with these ones leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
A crossbow? Really? I get that they are badass, quieter than a gun and translate well in comics, but the idea of walking around with a crossbow as your primary weapon during the zombiepocalypse is nutty. You'd be better off with a regular bow.
Things like that take me out of it. I watch the show now to see how they'll inevitably kill him off during a scene where he either runs out of bolts or can't reload them in time.
/rant
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Well, I think the obvious thing is - we just don't know.
I'm not sure about you, but I'd be pretty fing useless at actually making a bow. It would be inaccurate as all hell, with crooked arrows and a poor frame.
Also, if you haven't used a bow before... archery is a tough skill to master. Using a bow takes some skill - crossbows on the other hand are so simple to use, just load, aim and fire.
In medieval times, even though crossbows had a slower rate of fire than normal bows, one of the reasons they were so common was because any idiot could use one easily with little training.