I think the "shamblers" properly represent the walkers they want. However I will agree that they're not as bitey as they once were. Like when Rick had his hands full of walker outside the fences. If this were Season 1, one of them would have taken a bite of him.

 

Eh, you got to kind of understand that TWD zombies are not like the other living-dead in different movies/shows/games. They are pretty stupid, and pretty slow moving. It's only really a problem if you get surrounded by a large group of them. They don't carry the ability to think and go "I know, I'll just break the window". They lack a lot to any problem solving skills. And I also think they are becoming dumber as they lose muscle memory (How I explain to myself that Morgan's wife knew what house she lived in and how to turn door knobs)

 

It's just my theory, and a unsupported one at that. Thanks though :Grin:

 

Well keep in mind animals can be very smart and have unbelievable problem solving skills. They are not just brain dead beings with nothing but basic instincts.

 

I'm thinking that the writers in the early segments had the walkers doing things they shouldn't have been able to do. So, perhaps the writers are now making the walkers more in line with what Jenner said in the CDC--they only have a functioning brain stem. If I was in a ZA, that's what I would want--zombies that can't climb, turn door knobs, use rocks to break windows, etc. I wouldn't want my zombies to be very smart.

 

Eh, well in that case I think they do try to that extent. They might not even be strong enough to break a car window. Their muscles are decomposing after all.

 

I wouldn't say that they're less aggressive, but maybe less intelligent.

At the start of season 1, Morgan's wife tried turning the doorknob on the house, and when Rick met up with Glenn and Andrea in Atlanta, the walkers outside were using objects to try to smash through the door. They still have that uncontrollable hunger for flesh, and they still attack to kill, but they no longer have the basic intelligence they previously had, for whatever reason.

 

Wasn't there a zombie in season one that tried to break down a glass door with a rock?

 

I don't know, I think the bridge walkers were pretty aggressive, they were surrounding the car and one was climbing into the car to get the woman and baby....huum

 

Maybe they had more energy back then because they ate more? Now they're weak and don't have the energy cause their not consuming as much.

My unofficial zombie virus theory.

 

I kinda liken the Walking Dead zombies to the 28 Day later zombies, obviously there are huge differences, one group is dead another group is alive and fast as hell. But it's stressed in 28 days that the zombies basically wear themselves out, no food or water and they're basically weakened. I would imagine once you're dead whether this virus reanimates people, they are still dead and the body starts to decay to the point where their limbs are useless kind of like bicycle zombie.