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Originally Posted by jyl
I've gotten to the part (in the pilot) where lady scientist angrily confronts condescending captain about pulling her team off the ice. Its like soap opera acting. Tell me it gets better.
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See post #24... I think.
I watched the pilot. I don't think the technical details and/or logistics are going to stand up to scrutiny, but I'll give it a few more episodes and see how things go... not expecting much, but might be a fun ride if one can just stay focused on a surface level.
Let's hope there aren't going to be zombies.
Not that there's anything wrong with that; I watch The Walking Dead... it's just that I hope this thing stays away from it and also doesn't get too deep into "total breakdown of society" with desperate mobs causing havoc everywhere once the crew gets on land.
Not that there's anything wrong with desperate mobs... it's just that I'm pretty sure they would have to be mowed down in the name of "the greater good" by the crew (USN killing US citizens en masse?), and I don't think I'm in the mood for that sort of thing being portrayed on network TV at the moment.
A coronal mass ejection or terrorist organizaton-delivered EMP disaster is way too possible in the U.S., and our government is too short sighted to do anything about shoring up the grid.
If it happens, things are gonna get ugly fast.
CME effects explained here... 4 pages:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/solar-flare-electronics.htm