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[roxy]

Dear friends,

Can someone explain Revolution to me?
Thanks.

roxy

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[(Anonymous)]

And this concept is why I never watched the show. I mean, don't get me wrong, I like me some rubber science, but this goes past rubber straight to Science!Fail. 1) How did whatever stopped the electricity stop batteries? An EMP won't do it. It'll fry battery-powered electronics, but batteries that aren't hooked to anything are just a little can of chemical reaction. And even if it could miraculously kill all existing batteries, you can make new ones out of produce and scrap metal. The Babylonians made them out of crockery and wine! Which brings me to 2) assuming a phenomenon that stops chemical reactions from producing electricity, WHY ISN'T EVERYBODY DEAD? I mean, not to put too fine a point on it, but the human brain? Pretty much one big chemical reaction producing electricity. Every other animal brain in the world? Same deal. If the McGuffin kills batteries, it should kill us, and the whole show should just be plants and microbes. And 3) a flash drive will save us all from the thing that took the electricity. A flash drive. That needs a computer to work. A computer that needs electricity to work. Logic, you fail! *sigh*

--Jessica

[jackien1968.livejournal.com]

The show is inane and idiotic and the season one finale turned me off permanently, BUT (1) an explanation is given mid-season-one which has nothing to do with stopping chemical reactions and which does not involve damaging the batteries themselves in any way, (2) is a huge assumption and a mistaken one and again the McGuffin doesn't harm the batteries themselves and I'm guessing doesn't invade nerve fibers, and (3) the flash drives themselves locally override the McGuffin and were designed ahead of time by the people who designed the McGuffin and the smallness of their range is a major plot point.

BUT BUT the McGuffin should have eliminated all possibility of any 2 computers powered* by any 2 override flash drives being able to communicate with each other across distances EVER. (*well, not precisely "powered" by them but to explain would be to explicitly spoiler everything)

Tracy Spiridakos is hotter than hell, Charlie Matheson is a kickass young female protagonist, and Miles Matheson is kickass and morally ambiguous. Nonetheless I'm ditching on season 2 because the last scene of s1 pissed me off that badly with the stupid and it wasn't even tech logic fail, it was logic logic fail.

Jackie

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

And there you have it! :)