Science fiction? Environmentally related, ala The World Without Us (sort of)? People with bows and arrows ala The Hunger Games?
Oh, I am so down for this when it comes out this Fall.
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Science fiction? Environmentally related, ala The World Without Us (sort of)? People with bows and arrows ala The Hunger Games?
Oh, I am so down for this when it comes out this Fall.
I kinda hope it's not magic. I don't see what's not to buy. Electricity doesn't work anymore, somehow. That would affect cars, too, would it not? Gas might get it to run, but you still need car batteries to start them up.
Then again, science is one of my worst subjects, so I don't know.
Then again, science is one of my worst subjects, so I don't know.
If electricity somehow just stopped working, everywhere, regardless of source, then everyone would die. Electrical impulses control the nervous system.
Weeeell not exactly. Things that interfere with electricity (like magnets) don't interfere with our nervous system.
It's Time Travel.
Yeah, I couldn't think of a simple mechanism that would stop gas engines from running, but would allow guns. A gas engine is just an automatic weapon with a bullet that never leaves the barrel. Presumably mechanical devices like the wheel and lever still work, so as long as one can create an explosion one can create an engine that runs off that explosion.
Still, I long ago invested in industrial strength suspenders of disbelief, so as long as the story is good I'll enjoy it. Until it turns into a prime time soap opera, anyway.
Still, I long ago invested in industrial strength suspenders of disbelief, so as long as the story is good I'll enjoy it. Until it turns into a prime time soap opera, anyway.
Magnets wouldn't stop spark plugs either...
You're both wrong...
It would stop the universe from working, as it's one of the fundamental forces... they don't call them electrons for nothing you know...
Anyone else getting an "Escape from Las Angeles" vibe when it comes to the premise? Are we going to find out it's a bunch of space satellites, and the USB stick that guy holds is the only thing with the codes to turn it off, thus why the ruling government wants him?
figmentPez
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Obviously electricity doesn't work because they're really in purgatory.
I swear, if this is all the work of some Egyptian god that can turn into black smoke or something that isn't explained until two thirds of the way through the last season that only creates more mind-boggling questions than the answers it's meant to, I...
Wait, hang on, what was I talking about again?
Wait, hang on, what was I talking about again?
Anyone know where the music at 1:50 to 2:34 is from? I'd thought it was from Mass Effect because of another trailer for ME3, but I doubt NBC would use game music.
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My prediction? It'll get cancelled after the second season, leaving a helluva lot of questions unanswered and no executive giving a flying fuck about it.
Yes, I'm a little hurt they did that to Jericho.
Yes, I'm a little hurt they did that to Jericho.
I kind of liked the show Fastlane. It was a brazen attempt to make "Fast and the Furious" the TV show, but I liked the chemistry between the two main guys. Also Tiffany Amber Theissen was a pretty cool random cop/boss type character. I think it replaced Firefly at midseason and got cancelled real fast too
THIS A THOUSAND FUCKING TIMES!
We had a thread on this. And I hate the idea of electricity magically vamping out. It's just not fucking possible unless you're in another universe or something.
And if it is that - suddenly the electro-magnetic force of the universe craps out, well, then we won't just all be dead. Everything, and I mean everything will break apart into fundamental particles. Chemistry as we know it would just...stop.
This show looks like someone at NBC watched a little too much Die Hard 4 and Mad Max.
Not the music to which he was referring... But, thanks, because that is great!
I don't give a fuck about science in works of fiction. Fuck all those words, man. I'm going to watch the show and suspend my disbelief.
figmentPez
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I generally don't mind. Take the Avengers for example. None of those dudes could or can exist, but it's fun.
I just can't wrap my mind around wiping out a fundamental force of the universe. The only way I'll bite is if there was a huge solar flare that wiped out the entire electrical grid of the world, and melted the brain of anyone with any knowledge of physics and engineering.
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