Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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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.
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?
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.
Oh, man, I just watched "Pond Life." I want an Ood butler!
Tahmoh Penikett has been cast on Arrow.
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!
nobody's teeth have rotted out,
They probably have less access to sugar, which might help with this.
Does whatever knocked out electricity also transmute all the baking soda in the world into something people couldn't brush their teeth with?
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.
why on earth are all the clothes the exact same fashions we are wearing today?
No electricity = no Lucky magazine?