'Revolution' on NBC - Page 14

Originally Posted by archiguy 

The medallions that the magic USB flash drive fit into had a sort of alien look - like they would have been a prop on a Stargate series. So maybe this is alien tech that got misappropriated by a dastardly conspiricy of some sort. And, if alien, that neatly gets around all the "crazy physics" issues..

Originally Posted by archiguy 

The medallions that the magic USB flash drive fit into had a sort of alien look - like they would have been a prop on a Stargate series. So maybe this is alien tech that got misappropriated by a dastardly conspiricy of some sort. And, if alien, that neatly gets around all the "crazy physics" issues that seem to have some others' panties all wadded up. It's a McGuffin of course, but what would a genre show be without them? Just roll with it.

Originally Posted by replayrob 

Wow- if they go the Alien route- I'm out too! We don't need another Falling Skies.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

I'm going to assume one of two things:
1) The writers are going to simply ignore the ramifications of such a thing. Even with what happened in Japan, there are still likely plenty of people that don't understand you can't just have the power shut off at a Nuclear power plant and not have really bad things happen.
2) They'll address it somehow to have people that are involved in this vast conspiracy of taking our power from us will have also been involved with either a) shutting down the plants safely or b) are running them within some sort of protective bubble since the power for the lady's computer at the end had to come from somewhere besides loading up on a lot of beans.
I've never hunted before, but if faced with starvation, I'd likely be out there biting me some lion flank and whatever else I could pounce on.

Originally Posted by tokerblue 


- Not everyone has the skill to hunt wild animals. Look at the number of people that actually hunt compared to the ones who have never done so.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 


I've never hunted before, but if faced with starvation, I'd likely be out there biting me some lion flank and whatever else I could pounce on.

Originally Posted by WilliamR 

Electricity doesn't work anymore, they could try all they wanted to rebuild it, but it will not work as electricity cannot be generated anymore (at least that is what I got from everything they said in 40 some odd minutes).

There are ways (chemically) to produce ice or more precisely "freezing" temperatures (don't ask me how ... not a chemist ) without the need for electricity. It's considered "impractical" in the modern age.

Then again, I might have seen it in a movie somewhere ...

Originally Posted by oink 

With 6 billion+ humans on this planet, it wouldn't take much skill to speak of.
DESPERATION would be the ticket, particularly with the billions upon billions of firearms out there.
Hell, I had 23 deer off my back deck this morning

Originally Posted by jandron 

My 'educated' guess (as the father of a TV writer) is that you won't see many of these kinds of details addressed because for the writers the premise is just that, a premise; a set up for a character-driven adventure story. They won't get bogged down in technical ramifications because that won't be important to them. These are not engineers coming up with these scenarios, they are liberal arts majors.

Originally Posted by jandron 

My 'educated' guess (as the father of a TV writer) is that you won't see many of these kinds of details addressed because for the writers the premise is just that, a premise; a set up for a character-driven adventure story. They won't get bogged down in technical ramifications because that won't be important to them. These are not engineers coming up with these scenarios, they are liberal arts majors.

Originally Posted by lonwolf615 

Exactly, and very well stated. Some just refuse to get it though, and keep trying to change the show into something its not. All I'm interested in is good storytelling and characters I can care what happens to. The pilot didn't fully succeed at that but came close enough that I'll give it a few more chances.

Originally Posted by jandron 


My 'educated' guess (as the father of a TV writer) is that you won't see many of these kinds of details addressed because for the writers the premise is just that, a premise; a set up for a character-driven adventure story. They won't get bogged down in technical ramifications because that won't be important to them. These are not engineers coming up with these scenarios, they are liberal arts majors.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

In fact, you can use steam power to make ice. It sounds counterintuitive, but heat can make things very cold.

Originally Posted by archiguy 

The black lady (Grace) at the end must have known the father (Danny), and maybe his brother Miles, and is somehow involved. For me, this conspiracy angle - the overall mythological arc - is all I'm really interested in. All the swordplay, romantic teen angst, stock characters, etc. that are designed to appeal to a mass audience are just the required flotsam floating around an interesting concept. I actually enjoyed the pilot for what it is and am in for the long haul.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

Even barring that, there's plenty of stuff people would be willing to eat if they become desperate enough: Pigeons, rats, frogs, snails....you know, French food. Man's best friend would be likely to become man's next meal.

What really surprises me is the complete lack of bicycles. You'd think they'd be everywhere. Lots of people already have them and places like Target, Kmart and Walmart seem well stocked with them, so there ought to be a lot out there. Unlike with cars, a well maintained bike will last indefinately and tires go far longer with them especially the ones with road treads.

Originally Posted by 73shark 

My first thought was after watching was Terra Nova meets Falling Skies.

Originally Posted by mphtrilogy 

I also think massive nuclear fallout from proper electricty to allow for cooling of the existing plant cores and previous stored plutonium waste that also requires colling that it would be incredibly devastating to all human, animal and plant life that it should be borderline zombie land.
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Originally Posted by mphtrilogy 

My guess would be it is some sort of transmission freqeuncy that interrupts electrical current flow.

Originally Posted by Berk32 

And what's powering that transmission in the first place?

Originally Posted by CPanther95 

A flux capacitor.

Originally Posted by CPanther95 

A flux capacitor.

Originally Posted by keenan 

Well, that's obvious!
It was underneath the desk where the computer was.

Originally Posted by mphtrilogy 

My guess would be it is some sort of transmission freqeuncy that interrupts electrical current flow. The amulet generates a sort of wifi cloud that clears the frequency in that area and allows for electricity to exist in the cone of silence as it were. How it explains an internet connection, where central office telephone equipment has failed is beyond me though. As I also imagine that any of the satellites have dropped from the sky as well or ceased working, unless the freqeuncy block only pertains to the local atmosphere..., I am sure all routers have failed in the central offices and wifi repeaters etc and microwave signals etc.. would also have to fail without electricty unless the amulets range is such that it can clear those massive hurdles as well.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

he's the self-claimed great observer we know as the insurance salesman.

Originally Posted by Kevin_Wadsworth 

BTW, anyone betting that the mom is still alive?

Originally Posted by Tom Imp 

That is unless this show is going to keep using flashbacks.

Originally Posted by mphtrilogy 

My guess would be it is some sort of transmission frequency that interrupts electrical current flow.

Originally Posted by NetworkTV 

The problem is, the characters kind of suck.
They aren't well written, they do silly things and even the action was kind of lame.
The fact is, they could just simply blow off the tech aspect at the 15 years later mark and not bother with the stuff implied in the last scene if they really wanted to focus on the "human drama". Instead, we have yet another attempt at drama that gets overshadowed by an overreaching premise.
My take on this concept though is that we have tons of "human dramas" out there that don't have a scifi base to them (and having a world without electricity except when you have a mysterious little device that can make it come back is a scifi premise). Why does this one have to be yet another? At least they opted out of having a little kid to muck up the works like the did with Terra Nova. The rest of the characters, though, seem to be taken out of the same handbook for apocalyptic family dramas. They even seem to have a protective fence around their community that people can get into and out of with little trouble.
Even if that's how it's going to be, it would be nice to see them "coping with the loss of technology" by attempting to rebuild what they had before through alternate means. It's a natural human tendancy to want to make life easier for ourselves and we come up with devices to do that for us. Instead, we seem to have a group of people that opted to never progress beyond medieval times.

Originally Posted by Kevin_Wadsworth 

insurance adjuster - different animal.
BTW, anyone betting that the mom is still alive?

Originally Posted by humbug2 

It just seems to becoming extinct.