anyone watching revolution?

doc trinidad · Nov 14, 2012

I have been watching revolution and they really use a lot of knives and swords in this show anyone else been checking it out? mainly interested in what knives anyone may have spotted not on opinions of the show itself.

Maprik · Nov 14, 2012

Nope. Watched the first 10 minutes and lost interest...

Kai Winters · Nov 14, 2012

Apocalypse soap opera...characters are so stupid I root for the bad guys...silly arse show.

Ken44 · Nov 14, 2012

Didn't notice any knives I was familiar with. Gave up on the show after about 4 episodes. Girl that played Charlie was pretty hot though.

ghostpoo · Nov 14, 2012

The show is pretty goo di enjoy it on Monday nights

Curtis_Lowe · Nov 14, 2012

The swords on the show look goofy. It kinda threw me off watching the show. Mark 1 trench knife handles with sword blades.

four_shore · Nov 14, 2012

cool concept but poorly executed.

i watched under protest...

Acetylene · Nov 14, 2012

^ Agreed. Awesome concept, Charlie is hot as a firecracker and it is very poorly executed.

res1cue · Nov 15, 2012

four_shore said:
cool concept but poorly executed.

i watched under protest...

that's how I feel too. Most knives I have caught a glimpse of have been Rambo-style fantasy knives.

I wonder where they find all the muskets to use??

marcinek · Nov 15, 2012

Nonsense premise. Electricity stopped working? What?!? What about the electro-chemical reactions in our bodies that keep us alive? What happened to those? More you think about it, the less sense it makes. I can't get past the premise.

And it needs some zombies.

loonybin · Nov 15, 2012

marcinek said:
Nonsense premise. Electricity stopped working? What?!? What about the electro-chemical reactions in our bodies that keep us alive?

Man-made electricity, such as batteries, generators, power plants, etc., not netural electro-chemical reactions which would be too weak to power a car/tank/radio/etc.

Basically the world acts like a giant EMP wiped out all electrical objects, but didn't actually damage them. Some unknown power source in a tiny pendant can power things back up (such as a lighthouse generator) for a brief few seconds, and these may be the key to "turn the power back on."

Too much is glossed over such as:

why folks can't grab some magnets, copper wire, and make a generator to power a few light bulbs for the home
why haven't folks brought back steam power, yet the bad guys have a fully functional steam train...
wind powered electricity? Hello?? Talk about the perfect opportunity to get that going. The materials are there already so you would not have needed to manufacture it.
Muskets are the gun of the day, yet even before we had electricity we had repeating rifles and reloadable cartridges, so why not now (granted in smaller quantities)?

Yeah, the premise is ridiculous. Still some nicely choreographed sword fight scenes, and it's definitely a telling statement on why the 2A is so important.

And it needs some zombies.

AMEN!

marcinek · Nov 15, 2012

loonybin said:
Too much is glossed over such as:

why folks can't grab some magnets, copper wire, and make a generator to power a few light bulbs for the home

why haven't folks brought back steam power, yet the bad guys have a fully functional steam train...

wind powered electricity? Hello?? Talk about the perfect opportunity to get that going. The materials are there already so you would not have needed to manufacture it.

Muskets are the gun of the day, yet even before we had electricity we had repeating rifles and reloadable cartridges, so why not now (granted in smaller quantities)?

Strong agree on all your bullets! I can't watch that show for a couple minutes without asking myself exactly those questions!

marcinek · Nov 15, 2012

loonybin said:
Man-made electricity, such as batteries, generators, power plants, etc., not netural electro-chemical reactions which would be too weak to power a car/tank/radio/etc.

I guess I wondered if electricity stopped...wouldn't that neutral electro-chemical stuff stop too? Or is it just "man-made" electricity that has somehow stopped?

Gah! Thinking about silly show too much! Hurting brain! Must stop!

Boats · Nov 15, 2012

The "scientific" premise of the show would appear to require a global, satellite transmitted electrical dampening field, one fictionally "signatured" to artificial electrical fields. Premise is stupid.

The necklace would then be a neutralizer.

All of the swordplay is dumb. As no one wears effective armor, why are people making or using such slow blades as they depict? 1) the combat skills of the actors are low. 2) cheaper props.

Final complaint. The self contained brass cartridge predates electrical factories. Why treat the tech of keeping modern-ish firearms running as some sort of moon shot effort? The furthest firearms regression should be to the pre-semiautomatic era to account for inconsistent ammo. Therefore the flintlocks appearing are ridiculous.