Can the show take the humour?
Maybe turning it into a spoof of itself would be the best (or, perhaps, only?) way to make it entertaining?
Flames wouldn't be eternal if they actually consumed anything.
Lilah ,'Not Fade Away'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 09, 2013 1:54:26 pm PDT #22746 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
Laga - Jun 10, 2013 12:50:45 am PDT #22747 of 30001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Hmm I had given up on Revolution. Are you guys saying Edlund is going to be writing?
Jessica - Jun 10, 2013 5:06:59 am PDT #22748 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I wound up mainlining Revolution on Hulu, and really digging it. It's still dumb, but I like it. You just have to assume they're in an alternate universe where electricity works the way they say it does.
Pix - Jun 10, 2013 5:38:26 am PDT #22749 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
I really enjoy Revolution. I hand wave the science.
Tom Scola - Jun 10, 2013 5:40:45 am PDT #22750 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Revolution lost me. I just couldn't care enough about any of the characters.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 10, 2013 6:01:38 am PDT #22751 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
The physics-defying future where nothing technological works except curling irons, fashion manufacturing, and the tools necessary for cosmetic dentistry work lost me before I had a chance to get to know any of the characters.
Theodosia - Jun 10, 2013 8:24:37 am PDT #22752 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I'm in the Scola camp, alas.
§ ita § - Jun 10, 2013 8:31:53 am PDT #22753 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The big draw in the Kripke show I do love is character, and I have enough TV shows being watched that if no one stood out in my first watch then it's not similar lightning in a bottle to his last go round and I'm with Scola and Theo--initially no one to hang on to, too many other shows higher on the list and I didn't check again.
Dana - Jun 10, 2013 8:38:47 am PDT #22754 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I haven't yet caught up on everything that's aired since the hiatus, but I did love Miles. Mostly because he was always right.
Jessica - Jun 10, 2013 8:39:15 am PDT #22755 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Hm, I don't know if there's any one character on Revolution I'm completely invested in. (They can stop trying to make Miles v Monroe happen any day now. We get it, they have a history, and don't really want to kill each other. MOVING ON PLS.) I mainly like the worldbuilding, terrible science aside - the post-apocalyptic AU North America it's built is pretty fascinating.
(I'm a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic AU North America. Hell, it's the only reason I read Thirteen even though the actual plot had me bored silly about 15 pages in.)