Author Topic: New TV Show: Revolution (Read 12542 times)

zxcvbob · « **Reply #75 on:** October 07, 2012, 11:31:22 PM »

When do the Amish notice that something is wrong? This is their chance to totally take over...

ArfinGreebly · « **Reply #76 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:09:22 AM »

The Amish figure it out when everyone from miles in every direction starts showing up pleading to be taught in the old ways.

Out in this neck of the woods, it would be the Mennonites (technically, the non-Amish Mennonites, since the Amish are a splinter Mennonite culture, as I remember it).

In any case, when the power goes, their first indication might be when they rode into town and found that the general store was dark and the pay phone on the corner no longer worked. However, I'm guessing a distressed population of "them English" would have already showed up begging for guidance.

That would frankly be kind of cool.

Except for the inevitable hordes of armed looters thing . . .

(BTW, up here, the Mennonites actually use electricity, so they'd know it was time to go to fallback systems pretty early on.)

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #77 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:35:05 AM »

Quote from: Ned Hamford on October 07, 2012, 07:50:15 PM

I just watched the first 3 episodes with my gf... who is greatly amused by my rants. I've had to pause the tv a few times for the lengthier ones...

Sooo, at what point are they going to show, rather than just tell, us why Monroe's militia is the bad guys? That ex-claim's investigator seemed to gives folks every possible chance. I've not seen or heard anything especially heinous or otherwise terrible. The daughter did make one statement about her father not stopping armed men from taking the village's women, but that wasn't linked to MM and had never come up before; it doesn't really seem to fit their MO at all either.

I do love the American system, but frankly, tech is down, that is a lot of overhead to support. Scale it up with the infrastructure; those rebels are just terrorists.

I've got to go get me one of those M pins...

Did you not see the parts where they kill people who have guns?

zxcvbob · « **Reply #78 on:** October 08, 2012, 01:01:33 AM »

Quote from: monkeyfistful on October 08, 2012, 12:35:05 AM

Did you not see the parts where they kill people who have guns?

I did see most of the pilot. When the "militia" came to the village and the kid threatened them with a crossbow and the old man had a rifle or shotgun, they screwed up bigtime. Snipe the guy in charge (the black guy who was doing all the talking), preferably from behind cover so they don't see where it comes from. Don't monologue about it first, just shoot. I was almost yelling at the TV.

Better yet, wait til you get a chance to shoot him in the back while they are out on the road. (Shoot him in the back?? That's not The Cowboy Wayâ„¢!) When you are outnumbered and outgunned, fighting fair is for suckers. We could learn a thing or three from the Afghans.

gunsmith · « **Reply #79 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:30:48 AM »

The reason I keep watching the show is the bad guys are in favor of gun control.

Ned Hamford · « **Reply #80 on:** October 08, 2012, 10:04:35 AM »

Quote from: Monkey's Fist Is Full on October 08, 2012, 12:35:05 AM

Did you not see the parts where they kill people who have guns?

I did see the part where the fellow planned to confiscate and let bygones be bygones despite finding both guns and a 'rebel' flag.

But hey, in a land where there is an extremely active terrorist organization with strong grass roots support; what is a fledgling restorer of order to do?

makattak · « **Reply #81 on:** October 08, 2012, 11:10:06 AM »

Quote from: zxcvbob on October 08, 2012, 01:01:33 AM

I did see most of the pilot. When the "militia" came to the village and the kid threatened them with a crossbow and the old man had a rifle or shotgun, they screwed up bigtime. Snipe the guy in charge (the black guy who was doing all the talking), preferably from behind cover so they don't see where it comes from. Don't monologue about it first, just shoot. I was almost yelling at the TV.

Better yet, wait til you get a chance to shoot him in the back while they are out on the road. (Shoot him in the back?? That's not The Cowboy Way™!) When you are outnumbered and outgunned, fighting fair is for suckers. We could learn a thing or three from the Afghans.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #82 on:** October 08, 2012, 11:39:57 AM »

Quote from: makattak on October 08, 2012, 11:10:06 AM

If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck.

Win. Especially in post-apocolyptic world.

Harold Tuttle · « **Reply #83 on:** October 08, 2012, 11:53:46 AM »

one might wonder how many 50 bmg M2s are in Amish Haylofts

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #84 on:** October 15, 2012, 07:45:06 PM »

There's rumored to be a train in an upcoming episode. And by rumored, I mean there is a preview which explains that the protagonists must stop a steam-engined train in order to save baby brother.

K Frame · « **Reply #85 on:** October 15, 2012, 08:02:31 PM »

"one might wonder how many 50 bmg M2s are in Amish Haylofts"

Very few, actually.

They're in the backs of the buggies.

HankB · « **Reply #86 on:** October 16, 2012, 08:32:06 AM »

Quote from: zxcvbob on October 08, 2012, 01:01:33 AM

. . . Better yet, wait til you get a chance to shoot him in the back while they are out on the road. (Shoot him in the back?? That's not The Cowboy Wayâ„¢!) When you are outnumbered and outgunned, fighting fair is for suckers. We could learn a thing or three from the Afghans.

I was thinking more along the lines of Mel Gibson's big scene from The Patriot . . . "Aim small, miss small."

There are a lot of movies - and I do mean a LOT of movies - where problems could be solved by following two basic rules: 1) Kill the enemy leader first; 2) Just shut up and shoot. (Works for both good guys and bad guys.)

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #87 on:** October 17, 2012, 01:01:27 AM »

"I'm looking for a biography of Joe Biden."

seeker_two · « **Reply #88 on:** October 17, 2012, 07:28:12 AM »

Quote from: HankB on October 16, 2012, 08:32:06 AM

There are a lot of movies - and I do mean a LOT of movies - where problems could be solved by following two basic rules: 1) Kill the enemy leader first; 2) Just shut up and shoot. (Works for both good guys and bad guys.)

This.....times eleventy....

just Warren · « **Reply #89 on:** October 17, 2012, 11:37:55 AM »

Hell yeah! Sex in the City would have been over in 20 seconds into the first episode.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #90 on:** October 20, 2012, 09:50:49 PM »

Civilization wouldn't have fallen as far as depicted.
There are still quite a few of these monsters out there working.

seeker_two · « **Reply #91 on:** October 20, 2012, 10:58:34 PM »

Just watched the first episode....now watching the second....I'm not sure I can kill off enough brain cells to actually enjoy this....maybe it will get better once they kill the precocious girl & her buddies off.....

My plan in this situation....find out who the potential warlords are and kill off the first two....the third one will steer clear....

Ben · « **Reply #92 on:** October 20, 2012, 11:04:34 PM »

Quote from: seeker_two on October 20, 2012, 10:58:34 PM

My plan in this situation....find out who the potential warlords are and kill off the first two....the third one will steer clear....

A good rule of thumb: Anytime you're confronted by multiple bad guys, shoot the mouthy one first. :)

Boomhauer · « **Reply #93 on:** October 20, 2012, 11:09:01 PM »

Quote

There's rumored to be a train in an upcoming episode. And by rumored, I mean there is a preview which explains that the protagonists must stop a steam-engined train in order to save baby brother.

Stopping a train is fairly easy if you can get to the railline ahead of it's passage.

Quote

My plan in this situation....find out who the potential warlords are and kill off the first two....the third one will steer clear....

Install yourself as the warlord and rule with an iron fist...

Stetson · « **Reply #94 on:** October 20, 2012, 11:10:11 PM »

I'd like to see RevDisks multi-part story made into a TV series. Its a little more believable.

seeker_two · « **Reply #95 on:** October 20, 2012, 11:13:38 PM »

Quote from: Avenger29 on October 20, 2012, 11:09:01 PM

Install yourself as the warlord and rule with an iron fist...

Heck no!.....I might be one of the first two.....

News:

Author Topic: New TV Show: Revolution (Read 12542 times)