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hlthe2b

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2. Really? The gore is so campy--the "dead" so very "Hollywood", I can't get worked up.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Mon Mar 12, 2012, 12:35 PM

Mar 2012

I like the show because the premise of survival under such horrific circumstances is really compelling. But, the fear factor is just... NOT, at least for me.

And I, admittedly have a low threshold for heavy violence...

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Do you know anyone who is hooked on the Walking Dead, [View all] hedgehog Mar 2012 OP

WillPitt ... zbdent Mar 2012 #1

Really? The gore is so campy--the "dead" so very "Hollywood", I can't get worked up. hlthe2b Mar 2012 #2

I can sometimes be that way siligut Mar 2012 #3

That doesn't bother me too much. Cruel torture like hamstringing with a razor.... Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #4

Crippling any animal is the cruelest torture siligut Mar 2012 #6

Me. Flaxbee Mar 2012 #5

I loved the scene with pulling the walker out of the well (or at least half of him). Liberal Veteran Mar 2012 #7

My wife has nightmares every sunday about zombies dr.strangelove Mar 2012 #8