Anyone Watching "Revolution" (NBC)?

[FREEBIRD]

http://www.nbc.com/revolution/

"Revolution" premiered last night---anybody watch? What did you think?

[Gitche Gumee Kid]

Ya. The hero uncle turns out to have mastered sword fighting skills aplenty since the "change".
I'll give it another week or two of look/see.

GGK

[Willow]

I watched it. A little silly but better than nothing. I thought it was funny that their clothes still look like cheap walmart.

Willow

[GhostTiger]

Hulu had it for previewing, the full pilot episode. I liked it. Have been trying to figure out how nothing works now. Is it some kind of interference field or something? Will keep watching it.

[Shinmen Takezo]

Seems like a boiler plate NBC style show--destined again to be cancelled in the first season.
Nothing special.

[nomifyle]

seemed promising.

Judy

[Brutus]

I thought it was kind of dumb.

The big 15 year lapse between the lights going out and the main story starting seemed stupid to me. Yeah, there will probably be lots of flashbacks about how they got to the point 15 years later, but I think it would've been much better just starting straight off telling the story of how things degenerated and what people did to learn and adapt.

I also thought it was kind of dumb that even after a span as long as 15 years even the bad guys had been reduced to muzzle-loading rifles/muskets. Hell, even FIFTY years after an event like that there would still be ammo and reloading supplies to be found. And if modern manufactured weapons and ammo are in such short supply, how come modern manufactured bows, crossbows, and arrows/bolts are still so plentiful? Hell, there's not near as much of that stuff available now as there is guns and ammo.

And that whole tease with the amulet-looking thing being some kind of energy device pushes it too far off into woo-woo land.

I'll probably watch another episode or two and see what develops.

[Kathy in FL]

A little disappointed that they seemed to have things so relatively easy. They have idealized things to a large degree just like people do for most of the pioneer movies. Sigh. I'll watch it for entertainment but you can tell that the show was written by a DGI wannabe type desk jocky and not by anyone that really looked into reality of the lifestyle.

[FREEBIRD]

I got a bit nit-picky:

---asthma inhalers work 15 years later? Who knew?
---how do they keep their clothes so clean?
---apparently barber skills haven't slipped.
---drinking water from any-old-where doesn't cause illness?

The main character, Charlie, seems picked right out of "Hunger Games", the brother, Danny, has guts but we'll see; the nerdy Aaron actually looks like he might prove interesting (backstory & whatnot, but why is he such a chunkster when everyone else is lean?), and the herbalist seems to have more brains than anyone.

What will keep me watching, however, is wanting to know who's out there communicating with the "algebra teacher" in the attic....

[BertaBurtonLake]

Hubby and I watched it last night and noticed lots of little things that were 'off', including the big gate made of woven branches at the entrance to the village but NO wall around. I LMAO when the militia came through the gate then later the daughter just ran straight into the village from a side street.

[shane]

I like anything that might help wake up people to get prepped, like showing
the way everything can suddenly go from normal to dark in the beginning.

Unfortunately, most everything after that had so many holes it detracted
and eroded a lot of any of that initial credibility and urgency to prep, IMO.

- Shane

[sssarawolf]

Watching it on the net, hubby had Denver football game on. To much makeup, clothes are to fashionable and new. The teen girl takes over give me a break. And the dad dies from a shoulder wound. So far I am not impressed. Skipping 15 yrs where all the information on how they survived is frustrating.

[Brutus]

A little disappointed that they seemed to have things so relatively easy. They have idealized things to a large degree just like people do for most of the pioneer movies. Sigh. I'll watch it for entertainment but you can tell that the show was written by a DGI wannabe type desk jocky and not by anyone that really looked into reality of the lifestyle.

Yeah, I thought it was a little too "cute" how their cul-de-sac had been converted into the the village commons. It struck me a little too much like one of those renaissance faires that people put on.

[dl769]

I thought it was kind of dumb.

The big 15 year lapse between the lights going out and the main story starting seemed stupid to me. Yeah, there will probably be lots of flashbacks about how they got to the point 15 years later, but I think it would've been much better just starting straight off telling the story of how things degenerated and what people did to learn and adapt.

^^^This^^^

I'm getting tired of the flashback style in some shows, I prefer to see it from start to finish. By the end of the episode, I think my wife was sick of me complaining that everyone looked too well groomed . I'll watch a couple more, but I don't think it's going to last more than a season.

[dogmanan]

Well it's better then watching all the pushing the gay shows that are on now days.

[UselessEater2]

Though I didn’t watch “Revolution,” based on the reviews I read, I don’t think it’ll be as good as “Lost” or “Jericho.”

However, I watched ABC’s new show, “Last Resort” last night and thought that it was pretty good.

Here’s a link to the commercial free opening episode: http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/fall-tv/ex...061122041.html

[Hognutz]

Well it's better then watching all the pushing the gay shows that are on now days.

BINGO! We have a winner! THUMBS UP FOR YOU!

[Hognutz]

I hear the womerns hair was superb. They must have found a stash of hair care products!

[tiger13]

Watching it on the net, hubby had Denver football game on. To much makeup, clothes are to fashionable and new. The teen girl takes over give me a break. And the dad dies from a shoulder wound. So far I am not impressed. Skipping 15 yrs where all the information on how they survived is frustrating.

Well, it looked like they were using a form of British Brunswick musket, so it would be somewhere in about .70 caliber, shooting either a belted round ball or a plain patched ball. (if in real life) the resulting wound damage would have been fatal with destruction of surrounding bone, tissue and massive blood loss. In the Civil war, wounds to arms and legs would result in amputations several inches above the actual wound because of the shattering of the bones, ANY body hits were generally considered mortal, as the parts could not be cut off. I have many original era muskets, and the size of the ball they throw is impressive, anyone that lives in Northern NC that would like to stop in and shoot a piece of history is welcome to give it a go some time, you would be impressed what our ancestors stood up against.

[skoaldiak]

Nobody wants to comment on the arrow that sent one attacker flying or the shotgun blast that sent another guy flying?
When milita boy saved the girl on plane, arrow didnt go through attacker into her.
Does the mystery person on the other end of the magic usb disk have power on all the time and sitting at the station 24/7?
Does that mystery person have to keep pushing a certain set of numbers to keep the world from imploding?
Was that a dial-up modem I heard? Satellite connection? Dish outside?
Couple other things but I watched it last week on web and can't remember.

I know some of these could possibly be explained but I'm just playing negative nancy here.

[tiger13]

This show does not look to be anywhere near as good as Jericho was. I do not see it lasting past the first season, IF that long, but it IS better than ALL the gay crap popping up! you cant turn on the TV now without having to see it, on everything, shows, reality shows, seems it is required at least one token player, ....

[CRodgers]

Makes me wonder if it will suffer the same fate as Jericho.

[Sefus]

Everything is way too clean. And the story... well its dumb. I can turn my brain off and enjoy scifi or whatever but it is so unrealistically interwoven with non correlating themes and actions (the musket militia, sword fighting white guy...) Ill be surprised if it makes it a full season. Ill be more surprised if I watch the second episode.

-Sefus

[Seeker]

Yeah, I thought it was a little too "cute" how their cul-de-sac had been converted into the the village commons. It struck me a little too much like one of those renaissance faires that people put on.

Didn't it though! I nearly expected a lute player in the background. I tried to stay with it, but lost interest after about the first 15 minutes. There was more going on here. OTOH, The Last Resort sounds promising - starts 9/27.

[Smoke]

I'm watching it knowing that it is television and for entertainment purposes only...it is not a reality show!!! Sit back and enjoy, if you pick it apart, just think about Star Wars and Indiana Jones...great shows, but once again ENTERTAINMMENT not LIFE..

[foreverkeeps]

I want Skeet and Jericho back!

Will watch Revolution with on demand tonight. 10pm is too late for us.

[Seeker]

I want Skeet and Jericho back!

AND HAWKINS!!!!!

[Grantbo]

Saw it: people and cloths were WAY too clean.

The fence around the houses looked totally inadequate, and don't get me started on the gate since there was none. What the point? I think a wall of stacked dead cars would've been more realistic.

The residents didn't seem to have an action plan when under attack. If they've survived 15 years its not likely they're sheeple so this didn't make sense.

Only a couple of muskets? I would imagine smokeless center fires to be much more widely available. Blackpowder for those less fortunate should be the norm--homemades.

The sword fight where 1 kills 25; ya right.

The female held up her crossbow while that guy hit it will all his might about 4-5 times--it didn't break?

Patooie.

[DannyBoy]

Well, I was going to try and find it on the web, but you guys have made is sound like it is not worth the trouble... sounds like it really is a piece of poo... oh well.

Dan

[toxic avenger]

anyone else amazed at how overgrown everything got in 15 years? O'hare Int'l Airport tarmac looking like the amazon? I have been at industrial sites and resorts that have been abandoned closer to 25 or 30 years that didnt have anywhere near a quarter of the decay and overgrowth as everything did in the episode.

...and evidently we are all wasting our time with water filters and purification / sarcasm off

even my wife said she is surprised to not see a single AR or AK...intentional perhaps, like a subliminal message that even when the world goes to he!!, those evil weapons still don't have a place, I guess.

...better than American idol, though

[My Adonai]

Well it's better then watching all the pushing the gay shows that are on now days.

You got that right! We haven't watched any of these, but my 16 year old son quips "I DON'T think so!" every time we see an ad pushing "The New Normal". Good for him!

[CGTech]

Looks like a merger of Hunger Games and Dies The Fire...

[TerryK]

Just finished watching it. Not that good. This show is going to be all about personalities with very little paid to what happened.
All they are doing is putting a regular series in a scify background.

I also watched Last Resort. That was pretty good. http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/fall-tv/

[KMR58]

What I found quite interesting is that during commercial break the blurb for the 11 o'clock news came on. Both anchors were sitting there with a 5 gallon pail of survival supplies (like you buy at Costco). They were going to do a segment on survival. Since I taped the show I watched it today so didn't get a chance to tape the news segment.

[paul d]

Yes, definitely way too well fed and way too well dressed for only 15 years passed collapse. Those kinda real world prep/survival things will bug me more than the usual inconsistencies of a show. But, it had me for the hour.

[Siskiyoumom]

Thanks for the link for the Last Resort. Two thumbs up.

Two thumbs down on the Revolution.

[LtPiper]

I think the thing that blew my mind the most was that nobody in 15 years though HEY I can make a STEAM POWERED whatever. I mean WTF it was only 50 years ago we were still using steam power to run the railroads.

[TCPatriot]

Was this show a repeat? I have seen it before.

[Dennis Olson]

Anyone stop to think that this show is deliberate on the part of TPTB to quell the rising unease of the sheeple? Something like, "See, it's really not that bad. No need to panic."


Just sayin....

[cimarron]

I found the garden in the Prius rather amusing...