The eye-rolling is painful. Absolutely every single word, action, door, dial, sign and light completely wrong.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
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Ginger - Sep 15, 2008 3:52:24 pm PDT #4655 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2008 3:54:55 pm PDT #4656 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Absolutely every single word, action, door, dial, sign and light completely wrong.
I'm not sure how easily you can research a nuclear power plant anymore without raising some serious questions. That said, this is a pretty weak episode, especially after last week.
askye - Sep 15, 2008 4:01:06 pm PDT #4657 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
yeah and what was written in blood on the door.
It was a huge let down. I mean it would be hard to top last week but still this was a huge drop off in quality.
quester - Sep 15, 2008 4:02:18 pm PDT #4658 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I looked away and missed who the liquid chick had been.
askye - Sep 15, 2008 4:12:21 pm PDT #4659 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
liquid chick had been the spokes guy saying his company with the fancy automated computer system was taking over the plant.
Tom Scola - Sep 15, 2008 4:14:49 pm PDT #4660 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
At least the Middleman did a name-check when they ripped off from Silkwood.
Vortex - Sep 15, 2008 4:21:09 pm PDT #4661 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
She had been a black guy who was president of a corporation that's going to automate control rooms of power plants.
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2008 4:29:29 pm PDT #4662 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
yeah and what was written in blood on the door.
I'm pretty sure one word was the company that Shirley-as-corporate-guy mentioned in his speech.
Vortex - Sep 15, 2008 4:34:39 pm PDT #4663 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I kinda liked the way that Sarah took down the guard, only thing I liked about the ep, actually.
was the blood stuff written by the guy who came in and died? I wonder if he died because he had some sort of artificial heart or something that didn't "travel" well.
Ginger - Sep 15, 2008 4:35:41 pm PDT #4664 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Most U.S. nuclear plants still have a fair number of analog controls, because it can take the NRC a decade to certify a new control system. They're like NASA with its ancient mainframes. You'd not only have to have technology from robots from the future; they'd also have to be able to overcome NRC bureaucracy. The second is less likely than robots from the future.
There are any number of personal accounts of tours of power plants on the web. Also, things like procedure-based operating aren't secret. Here's just a tiny example. Every action goes something like this:
Operator A reads from procedure: Turn dial to X.
Operator B says: I am turning dial to X.
Operator A says: I see you are turning dial to X.