It's on Hulu (the pilot's actually been available for the last week or two). So far, I appreciate that What Happened is vaguely described enough so I am not forced to decide how plausible I find it. I'll need another episode or two to decide if I like it, I think...
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Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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-t - Sep 18, 2012 8:08:52 am PDT #21133 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
sj - Sep 18, 2012 4:14:56 pm PDT #21134 of 30001
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I missed it entirely -- Monday night is a goddam trainwreck of programming for me & the roommate.
Yeah, me too. I'll keep watching it if they keep it available on demand, but if they pull it, I'll probably be watching Castle and DVRing Hawaii Five 0.
Tom Scola - Sep 18, 2012 4:20:53 pm PDT #21135 of 30001
hwæt
I didn't think it was awful, I just know that the more I watch it, the more annoyed I'll get by the bad science. If guns can work, why not diesel engines? What about steam engines?
§ ita § - Sep 18, 2012 4:30:34 pm PDT #21136 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Because satellites?
No, I haven't seen it. And I'm not spoilt. But I'm seeing lots of hopeful speculation--people trying to find explanations that mean they don't have to hate the show like they did based on the first descriptions.
Dana - Sep 18, 2012 6:18:51 pm PDT #21137 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Oh, man, I just watched "Pond Life." I want an Ood butler!
sumi - Sep 18, 2012 7:14:13 pm PDT #21138 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Tahmoh Penikett has been cast on Arrow.
Consuela - Sep 18, 2012 7:14:40 pm PDT #21139 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
But I'm seeing lots of hopeful speculation--people trying to find explanations that mean they don't have to hate the show like they did based on the first descriptions.
I think I'm more likely to hate it because of other stupidities. Like the low-rise leather pants and the blonde's infeasibly perfect curls. All the men but the geek seem to have access to really good razors, nobody's teeth have rotted out, and Eric Kripke has been bingeing on The Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings and Jericho (down to the suspiciously-informed black person with an internet connection). Oh, and Twilight, since that Nate fella is a dead ringer for the werewolf kid.
I liked the visuals, but... well, I guess we'll see. At least there are more women doing things already than we got in the entire first two seasons of Falling Skies.
... I would forgive a lot if they were to cast Lennie James, though!
Calli - Sep 19, 2012 1:25:38 am PDT #21140 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
nobody's teeth have rotted out,
They probably have less access to sugar, which might help with this.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 19, 2012 5:19:22 am PDT #21141 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
Does whatever knocked out electricity also transmute all the baking soda in the world into something people couldn't brush their teeth with?
Consuela - Sep 19, 2012 7:25:26 am PDT #21142 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Does whatever knocked out electricity also transmute all the baking soda in the world into something people couldn't brush their teeth with?
True, but I bet dentists are thinner on the ground. And anesthesia. And x-rays, and anti-biotics, etc.
If you have good genes and brush your teeth and floss regularly, you're probably mostly okay for a while. But there's nobody around to repair a cracked or broken tooth, no orthodontists to straighten the kids' teeth, no one to effectively kill the pain of doing what little dentistry can be done. No flouride in the water. The likely diet of whole grains and vegetables is harder on the teeth than ours is. And anyone unlucky enough to inherit bad teeth is going to be in bad shape.
That said, I don't really expect any television show to acknowledge the myriad medical & logistical problems of a post-apocalyptic scenario--it's too unattractive and too much work. They're just looking at the romantic aspects of ruined cities and rebuilding civilization.
I still think the leather low-rise pants are ludicrous: why on earth are all the clothes the exact same fashions we are wearing today? Even after half the planet dies off, fashions change.