Not sure how many folks got a chance to watch the premiere/pilot of NBC's new series Revolution Monday night, but I thought I'd toss out my take on it.
Revolution comes off to me as an allegory for the Peak Oil concept. All electric, and seemingly combustion and steam powered devices suddenly stop working. The big difference I see between a Peak Oil discussion and how they've shown Revolution so far is that with Peak Oil it's more of a frog in water brought to a boil vs a sudden cataclysm (well, maybe not the right word, but you get the idea.)
One character makes a statement about the laws of physics being suspended to help explain the plot device. I guess this statement sorta explains what's going on, but it's a pretty awkward far reaching premise.
Some good actors in the cast so far, some that spawned a lot of my initial interest in the show:
Elizabeth Mitchell - played one of Jack's on again off again romantic interests in Lost
Billy Burk - I guess will have the draw of playing Bella's dad in the Twilight series.
Giancarlo Esposito - I'm a huge fan of from his work in Breaking Bad
Delivery so far has been kinda iffy. I'd most certainly like to nominate the costume designers for Razzies off of setting in a dystopian future event with the collapse of society, that all actors would have clean un-frayed clothing. I've got several other gripes, but I won't keep bemoaning the production.
Take away is I'll probably keep watching it, but I won't be preaching the message that people need to watch this show.
2 comments:
The show was OK. I'll watch it while it's on, as I'm sure it will go the way of Terra Nova. I blame reality TV for this.
Still question as to how the Central Government could have broken down so quickly. You would think the chain of command would remain intact. Look forward to seeing how they explain some of the questions that are bound to arise.
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So as reluctant as I am to be a defender of how it's been presented so far. A breakdown of all power, and communications mediums outside of foot or horse driven couriers would be a big problem.
The incident seems to be roughly present day (didn't pay attention to that detail), but the main story line is 15 years later. That'd be a rough 15 years to go through the complete disruption of power, transportation, water, and food distribution. This is compounded by regional power bases trying to establish themselves, restore order, and fend off attacks from organized and unorganized forces for access to water resources, food production, and various basic resources that are still viable.
I get some of the potential premise of a mega electro magnetic pulse causing havoc, but you'd really have to mess significantly with physics to take away a basic internal combustion engine and options that should be available under steam power. *shrug*
Thanks for reading and posting btw.
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