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  • @Swell-Films
    @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +19

    If you’d like to see more from this series check out the playlist I’ve created!
    ua-cam.com/play/PLQB5cDYF5YoM25m_7z64rnsLD1bezj5ur.html&si=yqiuQ_K_kqQ_JlEs

    • @mmabri
      @mmabri 3 місяці тому

      I haven't see you do a video on the Wolves (people with the W's carved on their foreheads). Perhaps you can do one on them.

    • @Minimilesy
      @Minimilesy 3 місяці тому

      I believe the people what was sat in the car what it looked like they been shot in their head. I believe that they have because the windows are missing in both vehicles to believe that they’ve been shot out and with the vehicles being flipped over, I believe that happened because people were starting to freak out and trying to flee before the dead got to them, what caused them to panic. And I believe that the girl was attacked at night as you said was in her pyjamas or the parents dragged her away from there home trying to flee and didn’t pack no clothes so they left with the clothes that they were wearing on their backs just my thoughts

    • @Glitch_in_the_Matrix
      @Glitch_in_the_Matrix 8 днів тому

      Variant Walkers or Darabount Walkers?

  • @justafanofnerdculture7602
    @justafanofnerdculture7602 3 місяці тому +354

    The gas station scene was the perfect way to begin the Walking Dead. It set the tone for the entire show.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +23

      Agreed 100%

    • @cameronhermann9400
      @cameronhermann9400 3 місяці тому +11

      Oh yeah. A beautiful example of Show Me Don’t Tell Me

    • @jaimevalencia6271
      @jaimevalencia6271 3 місяці тому +12

      Yeah to bad after season 6 they didn’t give much thought about this type of stuff till that one episode where Rick and michonee go to the carnival

  • @Conmacks
    @Conmacks 3 місяці тому +260

    the beginning of the zombie apocalypse is something i wish the walking dead did more exploring of, anyway that’s why we have ty swell

    • @coraldiamond1922
      @coraldiamond1922 3 місяці тому +6

      It was briefly explored in Fear but then that quickly continued with the characters it had established.

    • @dom1nation465
      @dom1nation465 3 місяці тому +8

      @@coraldiamond1922 their biggest mistake bringing then back honestly once it became morgan show it went down nick was one of the most intresting characters in the entire verse yet they made morgan main character

    • @imrancassim1439
      @imrancassim1439 3 місяці тому +3

      ​@@coraldiamond1922 FTWD could've focused on different characters each season and how they handled the first few days of the Outbreak.

    • @thetrashman3994
      @thetrashman3994 2 місяці тому +2

      what i like about twd is how it puts you in Rick's shoes, only showing the viewer what is shown to Rick so it gave the viewer the same feeling of confusion and fear Rick is feeling

    • @clementinemarsh476
      @clementinemarsh476 2 місяці тому +1

      i agree! i always love seeing the downfall, it sounds like frank darabont planned on exploring the beginning of the zombie apocalypse more (since he planned on starting season 2 with the story of the solider in the tank) but it didn’t end up happening for budget reasons i think? the biggest mistake AMC made was firing him

  • @mycklaflonscamping1398
    @mycklaflonscamping1398 3 місяці тому +254

    The little girl walker is called Summer, she has a whole lore
    story on her own. Her parents got bit she just ended up like Sophia. All alone. She is in the Facebook The Walking Dead game.
    Summer is at the gas station camp with her father and mother.
    She brought with her a stuffed lion doll, but her mother forgot to pack her teddy.
    She greatly misses her dog, who her mother says was taken by her Uncle Jesse. Yet it is highly likely that the dog was killed by walkers.
    She begins to become very compulsive, and begins talking to her stuffed animals.
    Her mother gives her some hope, saying they can have ice cream once they get to Atlanta.
    They were supposed to meet her Uncle Jesse, but he is found dead later on. At one point, her mother goes missing / killed. Her father searches for her and sadly doesn’t make it back either.
    After her parents die, camp members extend their condolences to her.
    Summer manages to outlive her mother, father, and uncle after their deaths.
    Summer starts becoming socially withdrawn, and then runs away.
    She is attacked by 2 walkers and it is assumed that this is how she was infected.

    • @BlamoFilmz
      @BlamoFilmz 3 місяці тому +5

      is that even canon?

    • @ryszakowy
      @ryszakowy 3 місяці тому +15

      @@BlamoFilmz mash X to doubt heavily

    • @mycklaflonscamping1398
      @mycklaflonscamping1398 3 місяці тому +25

      @@BlamoFilmz for the backstory i suppose it is in this case

    • @edaingonzalez7179
      @edaingonzalez7179 3 місяці тому +3

      Is the game still up?

    • @The_Time_Change
      @The_Time_Change 3 місяці тому +20

      Imagine, damn... Somehow getting away with a chewed up jaw/face... Ouch 😢

  • @harryvass9018
    @harryvass9018 3 місяці тому +132

    I honestly wish they kept the zombies keeping their echoes of there former personality's it was just a lot more creepy and sad that way. when they become dumb mindless zombies that guilt of "Oh hey this used to be a person I'm killing" is totally gone and walkers are basically nothing but monsters by season 4 or 5

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +21

      Agreed. These zombies were haunting

    • @emilyphillips5239
      @emilyphillips5239 3 місяці тому +2

      cost more money than people going “aaahhhhHHHUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuugffghhhh”

    • @gamer47e17
      @gamer47e17 2 місяці тому +5

      Oh agreed, I think it would have been an amazing twist if it were revealed that somewhere, deep down inside, the walker is stilll that person, just unable to fight off these new, savage instincts.

    • @pastelkass
      @pastelkass 24 дні тому +2

      AMC replaced a lot of the core people who made season 1 right before season 2 started production and cut the budget in half. I think that's partly to blame for the shift in direction.

    • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
      @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 20 днів тому

      @@pastelkassthey should have went through the whole series, and in S10, we find out that aspirin is the curative.

  • @buddyman7941
    @buddyman7941 3 місяці тому +134

    What i really like is how in rick spinoff he meets the girl among walkers that turns out to be actually alive. It almost makes me feels like it mirrors that exact scene

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +34

      Oh geez I can’t believe I never made that connection. That’s definitely what they were going for, great observation.

    • @cameronhermann9400
      @cameronhermann9400 3 місяці тому +4

      Which spinoff?

    • @Ginko_Sakata
      @Ginko_Sakata 3 місяці тому +4

      The ones who live

  • @mqfii8992
    @mqfii8992 3 місяці тому +120

    The zombies In the he cars could also be car crashes victims.
    The one In the background has the airbags of their car open. So it's likely a collision which resulted In head trauma strong enough to kill them, but not enough to destroy the brain.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +21

      Good observation

    • @40intrepid
      @40intrepid 3 місяці тому +5

      Exactly, how do you swing a bat or a club on someone sitting in a car?

    • @Toxic1ner
      @Toxic1ner 2 місяці тому +3

      Theu the window jackazz​@@40intrepid

    • @40intrepid
      @40intrepid 2 місяці тому

      @@Toxic1ner Not easy to do f*cktard.

  • @SeekingElysium
    @SeekingElysium 3 місяці тому +147

    I think they should do a season 2 of Tales, and each episode be based off of these hinted stories you’ve been covering. That way we could get deeper lore for the universe

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +37

      I’m honestly shocked that wasn’t their initial plan. Fans would have seriously loved that

    • @allycatgreeneyes7704
      @allycatgreeneyes7704 3 місяці тому +3

      I wanted more of Tales too.

    • @scottdavis3553
      @scottdavis3553 3 місяці тому +1

      Was thinking the same thing then saw your comment

    • @edbeals1793
      @edbeals1793 3 місяці тому +10

      I thought it would be great to tell the stories of all the walkers the groups encounter in the series and how they got to be walkers. The walker in the well on hershells farm... the burned melted walkers in downtown Atlanta... etc. It would be just about endless storytelling set in the universe.

    • @cameronhermann9400
      @cameronhermann9400 3 місяці тому +1

      @@edbeals1793 good idea. The tank walker in episode one as well would be interesting and too see the downfall of the city wrote Rick rode into town

  • @chetisanhart3457
    @chetisanhart3457 3 місяці тому +70

    It is reasonable to beleive that gas station was the scene of many events before Rick got there. Layers of evidence can confuse a crime scene.
    The little girl might have died miles away, three days earlier, etc.

  • @lisaowen6103
    @lisaowen6103 3 місяці тому +66

    I think the writers of the TV show wanted to keep the door open for the dead to have a memory of who they once were. Morgan's wife also had that too. When she tried it use the door knob.

    • @insideoutsideupsidedown2218
      @insideoutsideupsidedown2218 20 днів тому +2

      That conflicts with what the doctor said at the CDC about the “you” being gone.

    • @Vampire_Slayer28
      @Vampire_Slayer28 2 дні тому +2

      It was confirmed the first show runner wanted to do that, that's why they can use tools in the first episode but not any others, like the one in the purple shirt that uses a brick to break a window and get into the building the survivors were in, but someone higher up disagreed with it and the shortener decided to leave- the next show runner kept them closer to how they act in the comic

  • @garbagebanditdayz819
    @garbagebanditdayz819 2 місяці тому +7

    The early days of the apocalypse is so fascinating to me, those little bits of reminders that various survivors come across just adds to the fascination.

  • @RoadWarrior_John
    @RoadWarrior_John 3 місяці тому +28

    I would assume that not every car was out of fuel, and some survivors likely low on fuel just pretended to have no gas. Hoping to use it to flee when things got bad (not accounting for the other cars blocking them in), and to not have it stolen when they left their vehicle unattended. At some point I'm sure someone figured this out and started checking everyone's tanks, with the goal to fill up a vehicle or two to be sent out to get help or supplies. Everyone being desperate at this point lead to infighting over who got to go in the fuelled up vehicle. Most likely the few who were armed, forced their way aboard that vehicle (Think that scene in War of the World with the minivan) and took off with it and any supplies they could take. This left those left behind completely defenceless, who likely fled on foot when enough of the dead showed up to overwhelm them.

    • @silentecho92able
      @silentecho92able 3 місяці тому +1

      It would be interesting to see everyone was on the same boat, only for the cracks to form, all around and all hell broke loss. As everyone starts fighting everyone for what little supplies there is as the dead comes closer like a noose around the neck.

  • @novawildpaw3732
    @novawildpaw3732 3 місяці тому +159

    the momment you see Ty Swell uploads: DROP EVERYTHING!!! AND GET THE POPCORN!!!!

  • @Tyler_Evans0411
    @Tyler_Evans0411 3 місяці тому +14

    the real sad part of this clip is diesel being only $2.99/gallon

  • @GustavoHeinlein
    @GustavoHeinlein 3 місяці тому +10

    Darabont hinted, in his idea for the show, that the 'Walkers' would retain some memory/instinct of their former lives, or at least an emotional anchor to where they met their end.
    For the girl Summer to be the only free roaming zombie around is odd. Apart from a few zombies, there are no corpses or half eaten human carcasses anywhere. The dead people in their vehicles, zombies in the cars were likely trapped as zombies. Zombies not being that adept at opening doors. I think they are reanimated suicides.
    Let us give the show runners the benefit of the doubt, and they took the time and creative energy to truly think this through.
    Note how most of the car doors are closed. So, people were not in them when the event/catastrophe occurred. Which hints at no sudden rush or panic. People left their vehicles willingly, but locked them. Maybe hoping to return one day.
    There is rubbish strewn about, but his could be the work of looters coming much later, also have you seen a festival site once everybody has left?
    There is an interesting scene where Rick finds a deserted farm house, it seems neat and tidy, but the owner (presumably the owner) has committed suicide. His wife is also dead, either shot as a human or shot once she turned, we don't know.
    I don't think there was a horde attack or a military assault.
    I think it is more benign and actually more horrifying. I think people began arriving, they set up camp because they had nowhere else to go, or thought maybe it would all go away and so wanted to be close to their homes so as to return once the military got everything under control.
    But, as the days unfolded, more people came to the gas station with ever more dreadful stories of Walkers, chaos and the military rumoured to be committing atrocities. The camp began to run out of food and essentials, news from the city was chaos - their vehicles were dead weight. I think people just abandoned the camp, in small groups, dribs and drabs.
    So as the camp population dwindled, some survivors might have committed suicide in their cars, too bereft to continue into the unknown and too petrified to return to the cities.
    A few families with children might have remained, simply dumbfounded and naively praying the military would soon clean it all up. But over time mum and dad would know that things were not going to get better and suicides would happen nightly. The dead reanimating as Walkers, this would have caused some panic, but it would have only been one or two - however it would have convinced more people to abandon the gas station.
    Maybe one night, after a discussion. Mum and dad can't risk the chance of Summer being devoured by zombies, they can't take her with them, she's too small, vulnerable, and the idea of their baby being eaten alive is too much. So unable to feed and protect Summer, her parents gave Summer a heavy dose of sleeping medicine/pills, basically an overdose, sending Summer to sleep, peacefully.
    Mum and dad then leave the gas station that night. Looking for...anywhere...far away.
    Summer reanimates the next day; that wound on her face could have been from another survivor hitting her with a melee weapon - I don't think she was bitten by a zombie. If a zombie got her, bit her on the face, then she'd be devoured. So Zombie Summer remains at the camp, because that was the last place she saw her mum and dad.

  • @purpleranger5987
    @purpleranger5987 3 місяці тому +18

    The one mystery in TWD that can’t be explained is how the military wasn’t able to kill the walkers. Even if they missed the brain shooting at them with a belt fed browning .50 Cal would destroy their limb/body so much they’d be incapable of doing anything. That’s what makes the show so frustrating. Any soldier even the worst non combat unit could kill them. Local police stations would be able to handle this issue just as easily in the US. Not to mention just any gun owner. Having a few hundred rounds in the calibers you use is also extremely common.

    • @silentecho92able
      @silentecho92able 3 місяці тому +5

      That is true ever watch the end of the movie Night of the Living Dead (1968) Where only a small band of Soldier, police, and town militia could easily cordoned off and eliminate Zombies like they shooting ducks in Duckhunt. The Walkers aren't to similar from the Zombies in that movie.
      I would understand the military being taken by surprised in the first week or two. But they would have reorganized in no time and work with law enforcement and Armed citizen groups, and would have dealt with the Walkers in less then a month. They aren't dealing with the 28 days later infected or Dawn of the Dead (2004) zombies that moves so fast and over run positions easily. They are dealing with a horde the moves at the speed of a Drunk man.

    • @rudydesi
      @rudydesi 2 місяці тому

      You figured they use a flame thrower

    • @rudydesi
      @rudydesi 2 місяці тому +1

      Maybe the smart walkers got involved

    • @odst_735
      @odst_735 2 місяці тому

      @@silentecho92ableyeah, unless it was a massive super spreader event there’s no way the Military got so easily overwhelmed

  • @otgomario
    @otgomario 3 місяці тому +69

    Dude, honestly, you got me watching the walking dead. I stopped watching after Rick left, and I stopped fear after season 2 but I saw that Netflix dropped fear and the DD show, so I might have to pick up where I left off.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +12

      Highly recommend watching fear to the end of season 3, up to that point is considered the classic era, and everything past season 4 is considered the reboot era

    • @GraveyardMaiden
      @GraveyardMaiden 3 місяці тому +2

      Dude RN I'm watching the DD show, they're definitely getting really creative with the walkers and post apocalypse setting

    • @justafanofnerdculture7602
      @justafanofnerdculture7602 3 місяці тому

      ​@@Swell-Films I agree wholeheartedly.

  • @boqndimitrov8693
    @boqndimitrov8693 3 місяці тому +33

    for me, the most mysterious thing is the moment when the dead child stopped and picked up the toy from the ground. a normal zombie wouldn't do it, but one of the "special", smarter monsters - yes.

    • @SvendleBerries
      @SvendleBerries 3 місяці тому +14

      Most zombies in the first season retained some memory and intelligence. I wish they'd have kept that throughout the show instead of reintroducing it at the very end as if it were a new thing.

    • @Pancakes4everyone42
      @Pancakes4everyone42 3 місяці тому +6

      ​@@SvendleBerriesYeah that bugged me how rushed it was. But also how no one in universe noted how they were like the early zombies

  • @bridgethammond7
    @bridgethammond7 3 місяці тому +10

    As others have mentioned, I think if they did a spin-off or prequel limited series featuring locations and walkers we saw in the earlier seasons of TWD that would’ve been a FAR better route if AMC intended to create a multiverse for TWD. It would give us so much lore as well as a fresh perspective without feeling too far removed from the original story like World Beyond. I would’ve loved to see the events leading up to say, the Bicycle Walker, the first Walker Rick ever puts down. Or perhaps when Morgan and his family find a house to hold up in while his wife was sick. Love these videos!!!

    • @darwinism8181
      @darwinism8181 Місяць тому +1

      There's a webisode about her named Torn Apart that's pretty good

    • @austinhorrorcreator4982
      @austinhorrorcreator4982 26 днів тому

      The webisodes helped fill in some of the details about key characters and some of the undead. Most were very popular.
      I suspect that is what led to the limited series.

  • @fazsum41
    @fazsum41 3 місяці тому +28

    I personally suspect that camp at the fuel stop was post military fall of Atlanta. These survivors were camped out at the fuel station with the lack of fuel for all the cars but some walkers got into the camp and took some lives, the survivors then proceeded to leave in a hurry and panic which causes the truck accident with the other vehicles. I suspect this because despite the deleted scene the little girl is the only walker there and you see no other bodies besides the 2 dead in the cars… to leads me to believe anyone else that died there had turned and already wondered off wile the girl was trapped ALIVE though bitten/sick and turned long after the rest of the walkers wondered off as the little girl decomp state looks more recent to me

    • @thefoilcollector9392
      @thefoilcollector9392 3 місяці тому +3

      Summer ran away after her parents died/dissapear and somewhere along the way she turned.

  • @sanguiniusonvacation1803
    @sanguiniusonvacation1803 3 місяці тому +30

    If Adventure Time taught me anything, nothing happy ever happens at a post apocalyptic gas station

  • @ChuckleFuks
    @ChuckleFuks 3 місяці тому +7

    Idk why but I really love how the first walker we ever see is a child, Most zombie movies/shows don’t really show children as zombies. The fact Rick in this scene is actually looking for his own child it adds something so haunting it, really sets the atmosphere of this world is insanely cruel and even children aren’t safe including Carl

  • @StairChicken
    @StairChicken 3 місяці тому +5

    Just on the head wound walker from the deleted scene. I believe an earlier idea is that it's the brainstem that needs to be destroyed rather than anywhere in the brain. Dr Brenner demonstrates a human turning and it's hind-brain that is activated at reanimation, and the frontal lobe (the "human" part) is just vestigial. So the head wound here actually aligns with earlier concepts of Darabont's walkers

  • @caorosco83
    @caorosco83 3 місяці тому +3

    With people having camped out, they probably thought the lack of fuel was temporary. They may have also felt they were safe in numbers and that they would be home in a few days or weeks. It's possible a small heard attacked the camp, or since this was early on they weren't all aware of the bites, or that people can turn after dying of natural causes.

  • @yacookieboi9271
    @yacookieboi9271 3 місяці тому +3

    I remember there used to be a facebook game called The walking dead social game around 2012. It was later renamed to something else but it was cancelled some time after that, but i remember it started out with a character creator that you could create and be part of Shane’s original group. The story was that the group (Shane, Lori, Carl and others)were trying to reach Atlanta and setting up camps along the way, now this gas station was one of them and the little girl was part of the group too. I think later the camp was overrun by walkers and the little girl was left behind. Your video somehow reminded me of that, great video btw keep it going !!

  • @devriestown
    @devriestown 3 місяці тому +2

    I seriously enjoy environmental storytelling.
    This series ROCKS 🤝👍🏻🤝

  • @JimmyDean_1861
    @JimmyDean_1861 3 місяці тому +12

    I love this series keep it up

  • @moteroargentino7944
    @moteroargentino7944 3 місяці тому +9

    Yet another example that in times of crisis, you avoid people and the places more likely to draw crowds. Mob mentality and wolves in sheep's clothing are very dangerous. Stay put, or go out with a plan.

  • @beebtv
    @beebtv 3 місяці тому +8

    The zombie girl obviously didn't appear to be a long time undead creature. I believe she was very recently reanimated, possibly just hours b4 Rick showed up, and that's why she retained enough of her old memory to pick up the stuffed animal.
    Additionally those bunny slippers appear to be very easy to slip off anyone's feet let alone a zombie, thus I doubt she was killed and reanimated a very long time b4 Rick arrived.

    • @silentecho92able
      @silentecho92able 3 місяці тому

      My guess is those are either some very tight Slippers, or Rick just arrived probably say 6-8 hours after she turned and she just slowly walks around the place.

    • @Rhiannawasherex
      @Rhiannawasherex 2 дні тому

      She looks already rotten so I’d say she’s probably been dead a few days before.

  • @aurathedraak7909
    @aurathedraak7909 3 місяці тому +9

    I believe those people in the cars, either got sick had a health issue, or just died of hunger or whatever and then people with blunt objects trying to kill these before they came alive at the end but didn't kill him all the way, and since you're talking about the first season why not talk about Rick being in the hospital when when it all went downhill, doctor's military Shane all that stuff I would love to hear that story

  • @alejandroherrera7502
    @alejandroherrera7502 3 місяці тому +10

    Hope we can have the Atlanta and hospital story telling
    Also I have a question during season 1 of FEAR it is said that’s the military abandoned safe zones, how ever in Atlanta when Rick arrives at Atlanta it seems that the military did a stand off there are tanks helicopters etc.. so why they never left? Also during season 1 flashback you can hear gun fire and tank fire while bombing Atlanta why the military protect the WHOLE CITY unlike the Californian national guard who made safe zones and fall back before bombing?

    • @GraveyardMaiden
      @GraveyardMaiden 3 місяці тому

      You have to remember they started the bombings after the military decided the safe zones weren't going to work, and purge them in an attempt to stop the plague

    • @kazzatron.
      @kazzatron. 3 місяці тому +3

      Well, Atlanta is pretty small in terms of size compared to LA making it a substantial reason for LA to be napalmed first in my opinion due to having a much larger scale of area. Also, Cali NG followed orders from the U.S Military (basically merging Cali NG into chain of command in the U.S Army), and at 9:00 PM ADT Operation Cobalt was initiated, following Atlanta to be next, with Philadelphia. So while LA is being bombed with Napalm my speculation is that Georgia NG along with U.S Marines were having a standoff with the undead while evacuation orders by the state governors (as well as martial law, Georgia among the 11 states) had civilians attempt to get to refugee camps, as the one in Atlanta was overrun hence why GA NG, U.S Marines were attempting to clear the horde before they got caught in the Napalm. Some survivors weren't as lucky as Frank Darabont mentioned that the interstates leaving through Atlanta where grid locked and flooded with abandoned vehicles, and I doubt to be honest that Law Enforcement + Military didn't block of the entry to Atlanta as we seen in Blaire & Gina's episode of Tales Of The Walking Dead.

  • @gabrielpretto5235
    @gabrielpretto5235 3 місяці тому +4

    My dumbass always thought this scene was before Rick got shot and I was so confused in my first watching.

  • @marritimehistory5946
    @marritimehistory5946 3 місяці тому +1

    Hey Ty Swell. Great Content Keep Up The Great Work. I Enjoy Watching As The Sun Comes Up Every Morning. I Have 2 TWD Season 11 Ideas. 1 The Alden As A Walker Scene. It Looks Like An Attack Happened And Alden Died From His Injuries After Fighting Off A Solo Attack Which Is Why The Doors Unblocked But Not Opened And Theres No Evidence Of A Hoard. Just One Other Similarly Fresh Walker To Alden. And 2. The Mansion Daryl And Rosita Broke Into For Sebastion Milton. It Looks Like Early On People Tried To Survive Even Having Solar Power Which Eventually Drew The Herd At Some Point. Even Tho I Do Think The Generator Ran For Months Or Even Years Of Autonomous Activity Following The Deaths Or Departure Or Both Of All Remainning Residents With The Generator Coming Back On Periodically Keeping A Large Herd Nearby Plus Previous Commonwealth Attempts To Retrieve The Money Previously.

  • @empressink_
    @empressink_ 3 місяці тому +1

    Literally the best TWD channel, hands down.

  • @kingdevin_
    @kingdevin_ 3 місяці тому +2

    This is a good theory! I didn't pay much attention to this gas station much besides Rick putting down Summer which is very sad that the first walker we saw was of a child (which proves no one is safe anymore) if I was in a situation like this, I would most definitely be terrified. I liked the idea of walkers retaining a bit of who they once were no matter how small shows how trapped they really are but I enjoyed tye video!

  • @kencole73
    @kencole73 3 місяці тому

    Great research! Hands down one of my favorite channels on UA-cam! Thanks for what you're doing!

  • @MannixMcNabb
    @MannixMcNabb 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for putting together such thoughts! When I look at the evidence you present and the way you present it, your theory is definitely plausible!!

  • @cameronhermann9400
    @cameronhermann9400 3 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant theory. The stealing of food definitely took at least a day, since Andrea’s sister took hours to turn from a bite. Would take longer for people who just died from blunt force

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +1

      Shane turned in seconds so

    • @cameronhermann9400
      @cameronhermann9400 3 місяці тому

      @@Swell-Films true, but I think that may partly be because he lived longer with the Zombie virus becoming more spread out and seeping into his body ready to activate upon death

  • @Z38_US
    @Z38_US 3 місяці тому +4

    The "2" above the "no gas" sign to the right is slightly off center which really annoys me 10:45

  • @CoquetteCygnet
    @CoquetteCygnet 3 місяці тому +1

    Did not expect this to be covered on the channel but I’m glad it was! great work 👍

  • @BrandonB.Comics
    @BrandonB.Comics 3 місяці тому +1

    Love these videos also I would love to see you cover the saviors arc in the comics.

  • @Cosmic_God_Particals
    @Cosmic_God_Particals 3 місяці тому +4

    Man the one that always gets me wondering is when Darrell and Beth found the Walker in the back of a trunk bound and gagged. Like wtf is the story there

  • @kimberlyweaver1285
    @kimberlyweaver1285 3 місяці тому +3

    💚thank you! Best opening in TV history!!!

  • @Steven-le5oc
    @Steven-le5oc 3 місяці тому

    Havent even started yet.
    Excellent video as usual im sure.

  • @Mr_Chili05
    @Mr_Chili05 3 місяці тому

    Best twd channel on UA-cam your videos are always bangers

  • @dragonballradiant2744
    @dragonballradiant2744 3 місяці тому +3

    If you get a chance, could you explain the Greenville facility? From the ones who live. And Dusty Gulch. From fear, The Walking Dead, season five. Yeah, your explanation makes the most sense to me. But I also we, see what happened in the season two opener. My guess is that. Eventually, somebody died of heat stroke. And came back and started attacking others. Not everybody knew, you need to attack the brain. Only some knew. But couldn’t relay that information to the others fast enough. Either just being a new arrival. Or stumbling onto a already chaotic scene. When I say we already see what happens. I mean if you hang around on the highway for to long. We see something eventually catches up with you. We’ve seen it three times in the series. I’m going to assume that’s what happened here. But I’m more inclined to stand with my first explanation. Somebody died of heat stroke. Early in the apocalypse, before anyone knew what to do.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +2

      Both great suggestions I’ll definitely look into them! And that’s a really interesting theory, I mentioned heat being a factor in the survivors rolling down the windows but I hadn’t considered the heat to have been the killer all along, I think that’s entirely possible and actually just as scary.

  • @Foxatemysushi
    @Foxatemysushi 3 місяці тому +6

    You should do a video based off the convience store in Abrahams backstory episode in season 5.

  • @v1v1d1ty
    @v1v1d1ty 3 місяці тому

    awesome video! i was always very interested in the gas station scene, very cool to see someone talk in-depth about it.

  • @draggonsgate
    @draggonsgate 3 місяці тому +1

    New Swell vid! (happy dance!!!) The body "thing" also showed up again on the highway... I think they were trying to figure out the ins and outs of walkers as the series progressed. O kinda like the idea of muscle memory for walkers as they were newly turned... maybe not rock tossing, fence climbing ones... but door knob rattling, picking up teddy bears ones... Maybe there were folks killed in the accident, they turned and attacked the camp? The bodies we see were bitten and put down while everyone else scattered?

  • @hpfan2007
    @hpfan2007 3 місяці тому

    OH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!! Still my favorite opening scene!!

  • @manofaction1807
    @manofaction1807 3 місяці тому +2

    What your doing is a Frank Darabont Addition to TWD, and was his standard for others to follow. He made the scene and environment part of the story almost as another actor. You can see it in all of his movies, and especially in Shawshank, and The Mist.

  • @MoldycheeseJr
    @MoldycheeseJr 3 місяці тому +1

    Dude thank you so much! I’ve always wanted to see this place explained

  • @HasAlwaysTheHighground
    @HasAlwaysTheHighground 3 місяці тому

    Damn an Another Banger👏 i recently rewatched Season 1 again & thats one of the Parts of the Season i remember the Most

  • @theoppwhoshallnotbenamed3550
    @theoppwhoshallnotbenamed3550 3 місяці тому +2

    I highly doubt that survivors early on knew to use cars to block the walkers. Judging by how close this gas station was to Atlanta I think there was just genuinely that many people attempting to get gas and got crowded in (likely on monument day or the day before). The lack of walker attack evidence could have been people killing in the night and fleeing with their stuff knowing what was to come.

  • @blisswinters2527
    @blisswinters2527 2 місяці тому

    It's absolutely wild going back and seeing how powerful S1 walkers were, by time I reached the end of the series I'd completely forgot that we'd previously seen walkers who could grab things etc

  • @briesthoughts2261
    @briesthoughts2261 3 місяці тому

    Love your videos!! 👏👏👏

  • @cufhy
    @cufhy 3 місяці тому

    Love your vids bro especially these type keep making more thank you.

  • @neotheresa
    @neotheresa 3 місяці тому

    Getting the notif for this while at therapy was a horrible experience. I wanted to watch it THAT SECOND

  • @kj2369
    @kj2369 3 місяці тому

    Love this series. I don't know if you've covered it, but id love to see an exploration of what happened at the high school that Shane and Otis go to in season 2

  • @pikik100
    @pikik100 3 місяці тому +1

    From the way the cars are placed, one could assume that they were placed as a form of barrier to prevent the dead from getting in. This is further reinforced by the sight of tents and other cars inside of the perimeter serving as beds or camping sites.

  • @AceChalice65461
    @AceChalice65461 3 місяці тому

    This is another banger of a video. Nice one Ty!

  • @nyphmguts
    @nyphmguts 3 місяці тому +1

    i feel sad seeing summer because something ive noticed is theres no other walkers aside from the ones in the cars or maybe theres more but they dont get alerted to ricks bullets so id say not which makes me believe that summers parents abandoned her before or after she was bitten leaving her to die and wander the graveyard of cars alone as a corpse. :(

  • @ismaelgingles9409
    @ismaelgingles9409 2 місяці тому +1

    Nice video 😊

  • @Christian_H3rnand3z
    @Christian_H3rnand3z 3 місяці тому

    Out of pure chance, I got to see the very first episode of "The Walking Dead." Throughout the gas station scene, I just thought to myself, "isn't this environmental story telling?????" I'm glad you got to this scene eventually!👍

  • @crackedhammer4612
    @crackedhammer4612 3 місяці тому +1

    Love the Enivronmental Storytelling series

  • @Papillon234
    @Papillon234 3 місяці тому

    Love your creativity

  • @rodrigolionelgonzalez194
    @rodrigolionelgonzalez194 3 місяці тому +5

    What happend out side the cdc?? What happend out side the high school in season 2? What happend to the military base where the walker were "sleeping"?

  • @lastnightslipstick
    @lastnightslipstick 3 місяці тому

    Fabulous! Loving these Environmental Videos & Vintage Clips of Rick😍❤️‍🔥
    You are a true Artist, Thank You‼️
    🙌💎📽️🧟‍♀️🩸🖤

  • @justsomedudeyouknow8372
    @justsomedudeyouknow8372 3 місяці тому

    I've always thought that a good idea for a temporary shelter or reprieve from the chaos would have been to take the cars and form a square or circle with about 30or 40 feet of space for people to camp and survive, and then take larger taller vehicles and trucks/semi's and form another circle or square perimeter around that and about 20 or 40 feet out. That way you couldn't be seen by walkers outside the perimeter, the trucks would be better at blocking sound, and the smaller cars circle/square inside would protect from any that might accidentally get through the first perimeter. At least give people time to figure an attack or escape plan.
    Basically a grid on the inside for living, a square around that for protection, and another square around that for sight blockage, sound barrier, and a second layer of protection.
    Have 4-6 people on the outer perimeter keeping an eye out, with 4-6 people on the inner perimeter as middlemen for communication between the outer and inner "rings".
    Could probably stay there for up to month or so depending on supplies.

  • @Bonnie-h3x
    @Bonnie-h3x 9 днів тому

    The full SDCC trailer for season 1 actually shows a lot of unused shots of events that happened after the little girl scene.
    It even includes a shot of Rick sprinting out of the area with Walkers chasing behind him.
    My theory is the Walkers would've been alerted by the sound of Rick shooting the little girl, and would proceed to all come out of the cars and pursue Rick before he runs back to his car and drives off

  • @KingJaymo2k11
    @KingJaymo2k11 3 місяці тому +13

    I use to work a mile down the road from this gas station

    • @daniellewillis2767
      @daniellewillis2767 3 місяці тому +2

      Did you watch any of the shoot or run into actors/ zombies on break in town?

    • @edbeals1793
      @edbeals1793 3 місяці тому +1

      Sooo...you know what happened then, right?

    • @KingJaymo2k11
      @KingJaymo2k11 3 місяці тому +1

      @@daniellewillis2767 they shut down the road for a few days so no

    • @KingJaymo2k11
      @KingJaymo2k11 3 місяці тому +4

      @@edbeals1793 no…also the building where Merle was left on, the corner of it use to be a Bank of America…I use to cash my paychecks there from 2000-2002…they made it a department store for the second episode but it use to be a bank

    • @daniellewillis2767
      @daniellewillis2767 3 місяці тому +1

      @@KingJaymo2k11 damn....anyone cool show up in town?

  • @damianmando-vx7qy
    @damianmando-vx7qy 3 місяці тому +2

    Vid idea: Breaking down twd comic timeline (games, governor novels, ext.) I just think it would be unique as I've never seen someone do it before 😁(video was FIRE, btw)

    • @tayy000
      @tayy000 3 місяці тому +1

      Korotos mystery shack has a playlist comparing comics to tv and Goth zombie covered issues 1-4 x

    • @damianmando-vx7qy
      @damianmando-vx7qy 3 місяці тому +1

      @@tayy000 ohh thank you ill look into it

  • @MatthewKenny-vm9vz
    @MatthewKenny-vm9vz 3 місяці тому

    I love these little stories.. keep it going

  • @BonesyTucson
    @BonesyTucson 3 місяці тому

    Oooooh I can tell this one will be good. I always thought the way the series started, this particular scenario.. was really effective in so many ways.

  • @gunnerhamershock3633
    @gunnerhamershock3633 3 місяці тому

    Oh yaa ive been waiting for this one thank u so much

  • @swimcalgal
    @swimcalgal 3 місяці тому +1

    Did anyone notice the knives in the tree trunk? Easy to grab

  • @vxnilla_aesthetics6930
    @vxnilla_aesthetics6930 3 місяці тому

    My second day of school tdy wasnt good this helped sm omds tuank god for ur vids

  • @aaronpasetti
    @aaronpasetti 3 місяці тому +1

    HOLY CRAP TODAY EVEN GOT BETTER THANK YOU TY SWELL AND I GOT TO WATCH BO6 BETA!!! I feel like when the world was ending everyone was getting gas and trying to steal other people gas which would be true but the cars on fire could’ve been a big accident because one we see a truck and another truck flip over even a couple of cars but I feel like some walkers were attacking each people or maybe there was a walker in that burnt truck that crashed into the cars but once again we will never know but Rick was investigating and trying to figure out what happened. I loved the gas station scene and every single time I rewatch the show I remember what they say! Fun fact that gas station came back in season 8 and the little girl was the exact one from season 1! Great job on the video and do you think you could do Rick police station???

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks for watching man! And I can definitely look into it and see if there’s enough evidence to make a video!

    • @aaronpasetti
      @aaronpasetti 3 місяці тому

      @@Swell-Films your welcome and it’s my pleasure! Take the time you need.

    • @Real.384
      @Real.384 3 місяці тому

      U didnt get to play bo6 beta its not out yet​@aaronpasetti

    • @aaronpasetti
      @aaronpasetti 3 місяці тому

      @@Real.384 I meant to say to watch

  • @Minimilesy
    @Minimilesy 3 місяці тому +1

    I believe the people what was sat in the car what it looked like they been shot in their head. I believe that they have because the windows are missing in both vehicles to believe that they’ve been shot out and with the vehicles being flipped over, I believe that happened because people were starting to freak out and trying to flee before the dead got to them, what caused them to panic. And I believe that the girl was attacked at night as you said was in her pyjamas or the parents dragged her away from there home trying to flee and didn’t pack no clothes so they left with the clothes that they were wearing on their backs just my thoughts

  • @TB-sp9jy
    @TB-sp9jy 3 місяці тому

    I'm happy to be a subscriber. This is great content ❤

  • @RomarioArreola
    @RomarioArreola 3 місяці тому +10

    i sometimes wonder how would 2024 cars would last in the Walking dead like Tesla BYD and other electric and fuel ⛽️ cars of 2024 I kinda wish that the Walking Dead took place in 2024 instead of 2010 it would be interesting how society would react to the walker apocalypse now that social media is now more widespread than it was in 2010 imagine someone on a highway capturing a walker in woods or in a highway with a dash cam or on TikTok Snapchat Stream or imagine how would politicians would react to the apocalypse

    • @kill-w2o
      @kill-w2o 3 місяці тому +8

      That poor walker would surely end up on an IG account as some kind of exotic pet of some influencer. 😂😂😂 "My daily routine with my walker " 💅

    • @Man_Aslume
      @Man_Aslume 3 місяці тому +2

      Someone would make a meme about it and then everyone would know

    • @jasperpage4215
      @jasperpage4215 2 місяці тому +2

      If social media like that was around when the walking dead outbreak started, then i think that the news of it wouldve spread like… wildfire? Hah im so funny

    • @RomarioArreola
      @RomarioArreola 2 місяці тому

      @@jasperpage4215 I honestly never liked the 2010 setting the apocalypse and the story should have been set in 2012 or 2016 or 2023

    • @RomarioArreola
      @RomarioArreola 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Man_Aslume probably on 4chan or Reddit since it 4chan and twitter was so popular in 2010

  • @Fenris77
    @Fenris77 3 місяці тому

    That reffugee camp may actually not have been overwhelmed by a wandering horde of walkers but someone or even a small number of people may have succumbed and turned as this might have been early enough that people still did not understand that if you die by any other means than massive cerebral damage you WILL rise as a walking dead.

  • @waynecopeland4253
    @waynecopeland4253 2 місяці тому +1

    How about the zombies that walked when Rick divers away

  • @swan177
    @swan177 3 місяці тому

    OMGG you should do the building where noah and carol and daryl met, it had like the tents in the hallway and the shut doors… i think it would be cool

  • @JoeSmith-os7zn
    @JoeSmith-os7zn 3 місяці тому

    An idea I have for one, though it maybe a short video is about an obscure location .
    It is the farm that Rick and Morgan chased a kingdom soldier down to in S6 EP15.
    They have to take out the walkers there and if you notice, all the walkers are fresh. Bloodied and damaged but notably not decayed at all.
    It is 2 years into the apocalypse at this point, so most walkers have decayed, so any fresh ones means people who have died recently.
    So by analyzing them, and the damage they have sustained, maybe you can find a story to be told here.

  • @grandadmiralzaarin4962
    @grandadmiralzaarin4962 3 місяці тому +1

    Will you explore the houseboat in the pond Rick and Co had to visit looking for supplies while under Negan's thumb? Specifically because of the sign posts, the boat with bullet holes and the taunting notes from the one set up in it made me wonder what ultimately led to that downfall.

  • @travislogan1482
    @travislogan1482 3 місяці тому +1

    The ones in the cars make me think the were sleeping in there. They each heard noise (the attack?), poked their heads out the windows to see what was going and got a baseball bat to the skull.

  • @AJadedLizard
    @AJadedLizard 3 місяці тому +1

    I know you're focused on the TV show, but I'd be interested in seeing you talk about some of the environments in the games, especially Crawford.

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому +1

      I definitely plan to in the future!

    • @AJadedLizard
      @AJadedLizard 3 місяці тому

      @@Swell-Films Oh, looking forward to that.

  • @ThePointAfterPod
    @ThePointAfterPod 3 місяці тому

    AS SOON AS I SEE THESE VIDS ITS AN AUOTMATIC WATCH

  • @dorianptero3255
    @dorianptero3255 3 місяці тому +1

    I think you should do the warehouse with the zombie soldiers from season 11 or 12 the ones that got woken up by daryl from the drop of blood

  • @jackOldham-ob3pf
    @jackOldham-ob3pf 2 місяці тому

    I think this is spott on!

  • @paulroberts6889
    @paulroberts6889 3 місяці тому

    Surely those who were first to arrive would’ve found petrol or gas still available in the station (petrol I’m British) once the storage tanks were empty they’d have either siphoned off any abandoned vehicles or just taken the vehicles if there was any petrol left in the car.

  • @aversivebark32
    @aversivebark32 3 місяці тому +1

    I have a question. Are you going to do any videos on those old walking dead webisodes?

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому

      Yup I do have plans to cover them eventually

  • @noranradmusic
    @noranradmusic 3 місяці тому +3

    Damn thought i’d be the first comment 😂 these environment storytelling vids had me in a headlock for the past week. Keep up the great work my boy

    • @Swell-Films
      @Swell-Films  3 місяці тому

      Haha love to hear it. Thanks for watching!

  • @turtlemonkey3
    @turtlemonkey3 3 місяці тому

    Thanks for the content!

  • @darkangel_1978
    @darkangel_1978 3 місяці тому

    Fun fact: in real life, that gas station isn't that big. My family and I took a trip to Senoia, and that was one of the sites we checked out. It was all about the angles. I've done two different tours and it was cool checking out where a lot of different scenes were shot. We've been to Woodbury and walked about 4 blocks to the Alexandria Safe Zone. Talking to a security guard from the safe zone, she mentioned that they used to do tours inside, but people were either spoiling things, or stealing things, so they stopped doing it. And the homes at the safe zone, were mostly occupied by actual families.

  • @pinckney1897
    @pinckney1897 3 місяці тому

    The zombies from the first season also would just sit in random cars. This is seen when Rick goes to Atlanta. It's likely they crashed causing the head wounds and turned in the car. When they did not have any food around them they went dormant.

  • @Man_Aslume
    @Man_Aslume 3 місяці тому +1

    If you want gas, just go to Taco Bell

  • @Magdalene777
    @Magdalene777 Місяць тому +1

    I wonder if the gas in the cars was siphoned. Also I wonder if this was a nod to Dawn of the Dead the remake and also the original Night of the Living Dead.

  • @leozinho7362
    @leozinho7362 3 місяці тому

    The black lady on the car was bitten. Look at her neck, she has a bite there. I think that she was really killed by walkers like Ron Anderson in Alexandria, but maybe she was stopped mid death by someone that killed the walker or walkers eating her. And the bodies on the car are like some kind of funeral of the survivors. Maybe the scene was similar to the attack on the camp in 1st season