Able bodied people or not the Governor has automatic weapons he got from the guardsmen. They also have a wall. Rick's people have pistols.

Rick crew has a tactical advantage though, the element of surprise and a person with fairly in depth knowledge of the town, it's perimeter and security, and the people inside.

The governor's men took out a military squad with little manpower with the ambush tactic...

Not sure if this is a spoiler or not but it appears they are adding a 3rd black character to the cast. Tyrese




http://badassdigest.com/2012/11/20/c...-walking-dead/


TV's The Walking Dead has played very fast and loose with its source material; in the original comics, for instance, Shane died much earlier. There is no Daryl in the comics. The Governor is very different in the comics. And so far the TV series has not featured one of the comics' most popular characters - Tyreese (yeah, that's how Robert Kirkman spells it). For a while people thought T-Dog might be Tyreese, but fans were relieved to discover that character had no relation.

In the comic Tyreese joins the group fairly early on, and he's got a good attitude and helpful nature that makes him one of the more likable folks around. He's an ex-NFL player, probably because he's black and that's just how this shit goes in popular culture, and he has a daughter. There's a lot of stuff that happens to Tyreese in the prison that has, obviously, not occured in the show. Since he's not in the show.

Until now! The next major character added to The Walking Dead is Tyreese, bringing the show back up to three black characters - surely some kind of genre program record. And unlike previous casting on The Walking Dead, this one fills me with hope: Chad Coleman is playing the role. The Wire fans know Coleman as Cutty, the ex-con boxer trying to live straight in the latter half of the series. Cutty is one of the most human, decent and lovable characters in the series. A lot of that comes from Coleman, who has a soft center underneath his impressive physical exterior. Perfect for Tyreese, in my opinion.

If the show is smart they'll keep Tyreese around for a while. They can still do some of his more interesting storylines, but I think Coleman is too good an actor to just shuffle out of the story after a handful of episodes. Here's hoping

Pretty sweet news...

I need to catch up on the comics

I didn't see the amputation as a means to stop the bleeding. Anyone that is bitten isn't killed by the virus they are killed by the fever that follows a bite from a walker.

Just like a bite from a human, I am assuming that there are all kinds of bacteria in a walkers mouth. When bitten (much like human bites), it causes infection, which causes a fever.

They cut off the source of infection and fever to keep Hershel alive. Then tied him up in the event he died from blood loss and turned.

I think everyone except Lprechaun agrees that the bites kill people. He said they amputated his leg to stop his bleeding.

Huh? Interesting. I'll have to re-watch that.

I just look at the bite like a snake bite. It poisons your blood and you die. Then you reanimate.

Ok reviewed it. Didn't get to re-watch it, but it seems pretty universal that they cut off the leg to keep the bite from killing him. Just like what happened to Jim in the first season. He was bit in the chest, it didn't cause him to bleed out, but he developed that nasty fever before he told them to leave him on the side of the road. They amputated the leg to prevent the fever from coming on and killing Hershel.

Exactly.

I never said you cant die from the bites, I said you dont turn just because you got bit, or got some guts on you. If that were the case than EVERYONE would already be dead, blood in their eyes, in their mouth, etc.
Just because you get bit doesnt mean you die. The fever kills you.
Look through how it works I cant explain it any better

If you ALREADY are infected which Rick clearly tells everyone at the end of season 2 than what would a bite do other than give you an infection?

You only reanimate when you DIE. Rather it be from loss of blood, natural causes, infectious disease etc.

To prove the point Jim was never shown to turn while with the group, he was left to die because at the time they didnt realize once you DID die you turn and didnt want to shoot him.

If you're bit or scratched you get the fever that kills you. Yes the fever causes the death, but the bite causes the fever A to B to C. Its just easier to go A to C.

But I guess I see where you're coming from. We have yet to see a person, that was bit, change into a zombie. So you can argue this stance, but I don't think it will hold for long.