With the
realization that network television has to appeal to the common
denominator, I still had a small hope that the writers would “borrower”
from the works of say William R. Forstchen (One Second After), David
Crawford (Lights Out) or even S. M. Stirling (Novel of Change Series).
Unfortunately, what was actually produced was the aforementioned “Hot
Mess!”

1.) While we don’t know the cause, I can’t imagine that an event
strong enough to take down everything electric and combustion engines
and solar powered devices and batteries and make modern firearms
useless, would not cause the lights to go out in a synchronized format?
For example, how was it that when the Matheson household went dark, the
power across the street didn’t go till they walked out on their balcony?
Same thing with the car lights going off when Miles broke down

2.) In that apparently the “event” also caused modern firearms to
become ineffective (by virtue of the fact that most of the militia are
either carrying muskets or cross bows and there is no conceivable way to
claim scarcity after only 15-years), yet somehow the Captain of the
militia has a functioning “45?” Perhaps this will be explained at some
point in future episodes, though it is a glaring inconsistency

3.) Nice orderly crops growing, everyone appearing to be well fed with a brief moderators comment that “millions had die!”

4.) Security. While there was evidence of a feeble looking wooden
fence/gate surrounding the living area, it didn’t appear that the crops
were protected (no evidence of patrols) and there didn’t seem too much
thought given to creating a defensible perimeter. It was alluded to that
they were “under the protection” of the Monroe Militia, though that
didn’t seem to include armed guards

5.) On the 2nd night out on their trip to Chicago, they make camp
inside a plane, which is both highly visible and has a fair amount of
open area surrounding it, yet they don’t feel that it is necessary to
post a watch? This is despite the constant warnings re: thieves, bandits
et al

6.) We are supposed to believe that an attractive woman living by
herself in a structure with no security features and with only a double
barreled shot gun (another inconsistency) to protect herself, had not
fallen victim to a predator?

I do understand that a TV serialized version of the road would
likely be too morose for the mainstream, however, choosing to go with a
combined concept of SyFy (a la Stirling) and an TEOTWAWKI scenario (a la
Forstchen et al) is ambitious enough. Unfortunately, Revolution is rife
with glaring omissions on both sides of the equations’ for reason that I
can only guess are either a sacrifice for production or poor research.

I like the heavy set former Google millionaire that had “$80-million
in the bank” when the lights went out and Charlie with her barely
covering midriff shirts and nice “bounce” when she walks is attractive
enough. Also, there was one pretty good (if not realistic) action
sequence. I just down believe that it is enough to hold true fans of the
dueling genres and whether there will be enough casual interest for the
series to last a full year.
With the
realization that network television has to appeal to the common
denominator, I still had a small hope that the writers would “borrower”
from the works of say William R. Forstchen (One Second After), David
Crawford (Lights Out) or even S. M. Stirling (Novel of Change Series).
Unfortunately, what was actually produced was the aforementioned “Hot
Mess!”

1.) While we don’t know the cause, I can’t imagine that an event
strong enough to take down everything electric and combustion engines
and solar powered devices and batteries and make modern firearms
useless, would not cause the lights to go out in a synchronized format?
For example, how was it that when the Matheson household went dark, the
power across the street didn’t go till they walked out on their balcony?
Same thing with the car lights going off when Miles broke down

2.) In that apparently the “event” also caused modern firearms to
become ineffective (by virtue of the fact that most of the militia are
either carrying muskets or cross bows and there is no conceivable way to
claim scarcity after only 15-years), yet somehow the Captain of the
militia has a functioning “45?” Perhaps this will be explained at some
point in future episodes, though it is a glaring inconsistency

3.) Nice orderly crops growing, everyone appearing to be well fed with a brief moderators comment that “millions had die!”

4.) Security. While there was evidence of a feeble looking wooden
fence/gate surrounding the living area, it didn’t appear that the crops
were protected (no evidence of patrols) and there didn’t seem too much
thought given to creating a defensible perimeter. It was alluded to that
they were “under the protection” of the Monroe Militia, though that
didn’t seem to include armed guards

5.) On the 2nd night out on their trip to Chicago, they make camp
inside a plane, which is both highly visible and has a fair amount of
open area surrounding it, yet they don’t feel that it is necessary to
post a watch? This is despite the constant warnings re: thieves, bandits
et al

6.) We are supposed to believe that an attractive woman living by
herself in a structure with no security features and with only a double
barreled shot gun (another inconsistency) to protect herself, had not
fallen victim to a predator?

I do understand that a TV serialized version of the road would
likely be too morose for the mainstream, however, choosing to go with a
combined concept of SyFy (a la Stirling) and an TEOTWAWKI scenario (a la
Forstchen et al) is ambitious enough. Unfortunately, Revolution is rife
with glaring omissions on both sides of the equations’ for reason that I
can only guess are either a sacrifice for production or poor research.

I like the heavy set former Google millionaire that had “$80-million
in the bank” when the lights went out and Charlie with her barely
covering midriff shirts and nice “bounce” when she walks is attractive
enough. Also, there was one pretty good (if not realistic) action
sequence. I just down believe that it is enough to hold true fans of the
dueling genres and whether there will be enough casual interest for the
series to last a full year.
With the
realization that network television has to appeal to the common
denominator, I still had a small hope that the writers would “borrower”
from the works of say William R. Forstchen (One Second After), David
Crawford (Lights Out) or even S. M. Stirling (Novel of Change Series).
Unfortunately, what was actually produced was the aforementioned “Hot
Mess!”

1.) While we don’t know the cause, I can’t imagine that an event
strong enough to take down everything electric and combustion engines
and solar powered devices and batteries and make modern firearms
useless, would not cause the lights to go out in a synchronized format?
For example, how was it that when the Matheson household went dark, the
power across the street didn’t go till they walked out on their balcony?
Same thing with the car lights going off when Miles broke down

2.) In that apparently the “event” also caused modern firearms to
become ineffective (by virtue of the fact that most of the militia are
either carrying muskets or cross bows and there is no conceivable way to
claim scarcity after only 15-years), yet somehow the Captain of the
militia has a functioning “45?” Perhaps this will be explained at some
point in future episodes, though it is a glaring inconsistency

3.) Nice orderly crops growing, everyone appearing to be well fed with a brief moderators comment that “millions had die!”

4.) Security. While there was evidence of a feeble looking wooden
fence/gate surrounding the living area, it didn’t appear that the crops
were protected (no evidence of patrols) and there didn’t seem too much
thought given to creating a defensible perimeter. It was alluded to that
they were “under the protection” of the Monroe Militia, though that
didn’t seem to include armed guards

5.) On the 2nd night out on their trip to Chicago, they make camp
inside a plane, which is both highly visible and has a fair amount of
open area surrounding it, yet they don’t feel that it is necessary to
post a watch? This is despite the constant warnings re: thieves, bandits
et al

6.) We are supposed to believe that an attractive woman living by
herself in a structure with no security features and with only a double
barreled shot gun (another inconsistency) to protect herself, had not
fallen victim to a predator?

I do understand that a TV serialized version of the road would
likely be too morose for the mainstream, however, choosing to go with a
combined concept of SyFy (a la Stirling) and an TEOTWAWKI scenario (a la
Forstchen et al) is ambitious enough. Unfortunately, Revolution is rife
with glaring omissions on both sides of the equations’ for reason that I
can only guess are either a sacrifice for production or poor research.

I like the heavy set former Google millionaire that had “$80-million
in the bank” when the lights went out and Charlie with her barely
covering midriff shirts and nice “bounce” when she walks is attractive
enough. Also, there was one pretty good (if not realistic) action
sequence. I just down believe that it is enough to hold true fans of the
dueling genres and whether there will be enough casual interest for the
series to last a full year.