NBC'S "Revolution": A Rant by Roy

[Rooster Cogburn]

Gran Torino is fiction too, but for some reason the writers decided it should make sense. I guess they don't understand what fiction is either, huh?

Generally speaking, fiction should be as believable and consistent as the subject matter allows. And this is science fiction. It's even set in the real world in the near future. Making the implausible seem plausible is important when the entire concept is a thought experiment about "what would happen if ___". Think about any episode of Star Trek you ever saw. All that babble is just bullshit of course but that's not the point. The point is to establish the rules of the game for the audience's benefit. Robo Cop has to follow the rules of his universe, despite being fictional. And those rules shouldn't be retarded. Robo Cop is as believable and consistent as the subject matter allows. He can't just pull flying pink killer space monkeys out of his ass because "lol it's fiction". Fiction isn't license for retarded and nonsensical writing.

 

[Sarrish]

Here are my many problems with Revolution.

1. It is doing the "Let's drag out why the electricity is out until we lose so many viewers we're going to get canceled."

2. "Bullets are very rare, you can't make them without electricity." (BS) bullets can be made without electricity. It's not as easy as turning on a machine to do it, but it can be done. Don't say primers can't be made without electricity; yes they can. They are using muzzle loaders with primers on the show, not muzzle loading flintlocks.

3. Apparently lightning has no problem working, there was a storm in the episode I watched last night.

4. It keeps jumping back to explain what happened in the past but there is no apparent chronological order to which they do this. Leaving utter confusion in it's wake.

5. The hot mercenary chick has no problem keeping herself squeaky clean at all times and finding makeup.

6. The hot mercenary chick got herself arrested to get onto a work detail to steal a rifle. Please, she would have been sent straight to the soldier's brothel and chained to a bed.

7. They want to get the electricity back on so Monroe can get his weapon systems online and have an advantage over the other military dictatorships that have sprung up. If the electricity comes back on they get their weapon systems back online too and whoever has captured any nukes wins.

I've seen my last show unless I start hearing some better reviews. Bored with the plot, bored with the Hollywood science, bored with the acting.

 

[antidonkey]

There's plenty wrong with this show. Much of which has already been mentioned. On top of all that, I just don't like the main actress. She seems to have this constant look of stupidity on her face and it drives me up the wall. I really don't have any desire to watch it any more but I have friends that want to watch it and they have access to a DVR. That means every time we're all together, it's time to watch Revolution. Luckily, I usually bring beer to help out.

 

[charliep]

Revolution is STUPID. It is probably the stupidest show on television right now. Do not bother watching it. And it is a shame because the general plot concept contains many interesting topics:

a. What happens to society when all sense of law and order disappears?
b. Is our society too dependent on technology?
c. What happens when we as a society give up basic rights like the right to bear arms?
d. Would people just become stupid without electricity?

With respect to the last question, it seems that the authors of this television show are STUPID, even with electricity. Lets see:

1. Not all planes require electricity. Once a jet's engines are lit they are not going to go out until you put them out. A jet would not lose control simply because of an electric failure. All Airbus jets are fly by wire (requiring electricity) but most Boeing jets in service today are hydraulic and would not just fall out of the air. You'd lose radio contact, radar, GPS, interior lighting, electric lighting, but you wouldn't fall out of the sky.

2. Diesel trucks would still run because they need no spark. The would need to be started, but once started they would run until their fuel has run out. Same with Diesel locomotives, Diesel ships, etc. So Maggie should have no problem getting to the UK.

3. In this STUPID television show there are an unlimited supply of candles which these morons light even during the day. How stupid can the writers be? Or how stupid do you think your audience is? 15 years after all electricity stops candles will be in very very short supply. Certainly nobody in their right mind would ever use a candle during the day.

4. Bullets are easy to make. Just save your shell casings and melt new bullets out of lead. Plenty of led things can be melted down for bullets. Like the weights on tires. In fact most roads are covered with lead weights which have fallen off wheels. There will never be a shortage of bullets.

5. Maggie dies of a knife wound which cut an artery. In this STUPID show we have 6 people who have all been surviving without electricity for 15 years and nobody knows how to make a tourniquet? Nobody knows that when you cut yourself you should lay down and elevate the injured area so that blood does not flow out of your body too quickly? Two of the people are military (1 US military, 1 militia). This is basic training which every soldier should get.

6. All sailboats were destroyed making an Atlantic crossing impossible? Not likely!!! STUPID.

7. After 15 years with no electricity there would be no fat kids like the one we are viewing from behind during the first scene of the first episode. Whose son was that? Go on a diet you fat little pig. People get fat from lack of physical labor and from eating processed foods. Without electricity processed foods would disappear very quickly and fat people would disappear fast as well.

And I do not buy for one minute that this show is fiction so it should just be stupid. What kind of fictional world would exist where people forced to survive in the wilderness for 15 years wouldn't learn basic survival instincts? Wait, they have very good survival instincts and they have adapted very well, but they have no idea that somebody bleeding should lie down? Not fiction, STUPID fiction.

It is like this television show was written by a bunch of idiots who have never been camping before and lack basic basic survival knowledge. The incredibly annoying thing to anybody who understands just a little bit of survival rules is the common, basic mistakes made in this movie.

 

[Makelaly]

I just came across your article and have been reading along. I want to express my admiration of your writing skill and ability to make readers read from the beginning to the end.
I would like to read newer posts and to share my thoughts with you.


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