Does it "scientifically" make things like steam power and levers stop working too?
I'm just, uh, just feeling kinda... truthsome right now. And, uh... life's just too damn short for ifs and maybes.
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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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Matt the Bruins fan - May 22, 2012 5:34:09 am PDT #20252 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
sumi - May 22, 2012 5:50:46 am PDT #20253 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Yes, Tim Guinee.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 6:07:03 am PDT #20254 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Apparently gunpowder still works.
I love Tim Guinee so much and have for a long time, but his name is like mist to me. In fact I thought I guessed "Tim" because he'd been on a Tim show. Quite surprised to be right.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 6:17:23 am PDT #20255 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Does it "scientifically" make things like steam power and levers stop working too?
::handwaves madly::
This is a show designed by and for people who are scientific illiterates. HAVE WE FOUGHT AND DIED IN VAIN?
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 6:19:08 am PDT #20256 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not going to say that it's designed by scientific illiterates, but just that they clearly don't care.
Consuela - May 22, 2012 6:22:14 am PDT #20257 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
They may not be scientific illiterates, but they're doing a really good impression of it.
§ ita § - May 22, 2012 6:26:01 am PDT #20258 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
As far as I can tell, enough of the errors we pick apart are shortcuts, or things they decided to sacrifice for the sake of a story that I'm not going to say they don't know basically what they're doing.
Or, heaven knows, errors they perpetuate because it's a stylistic expectation--I've heard people say they know planes don't drop out of the sky, but that they're feeding the misconception because too many people get disappointed if they just come down realistically.
It's that whole "sound in space" thing.
-t - May 22, 2012 6:41:56 am PDT #20259 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm enjoying reading y'all complaining about the premise, but when it comes right down to it I will probably be able to suspend enough disbelief to enjoy Revolution quite a bit.
I am so much more a part of the problem than a part of the solution. So much.
Dana - May 22, 2012 6:43:51 am PDT #20260 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I enjoy being part of the problem.
Ginger - May 22, 2012 6:50:56 am PDT #20261 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I will probably watch Revolution, because I'm a sucker for the post-apocalyptic. The settings are so obviously Atlanta that I expect I'll be entertained by their pretending they are elsewhere.
I also expect to yell a lot.
Yeah, at least SM Stirling just called it magic.
Yes, and his idea was exceedingly stupid.