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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 18, 2012, 12:43 pm
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Revolution isn't bad, but it wasn't particularly entertaining
for the bulk of the episode. It's not until the final 2 minutes
did it succeed in hooking me in. I'm going to go out on a limb
and say that the person on the other end of the computer that
was typing back is Charlie's "dead" mother played by Elizabeth
Mitchell. Anyway, up till the final 2 minutes, the episode
played kinda like The Hunger Games
HTML http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/the-hunger-games-(2012)-1316/msg12043/#msg12043<br
/>with the young cast, neither one of the main characters did I
find all that interesting. The dude with the beard, aka the
Teacher was by far the most interesting when we learn a little
about his past. As for the series, there is a lot of potential
here and I will be sticking with it for the time being. Anytime
you get a chance to watch Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad
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/>you take it. He is awesome in everything he does.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Mac Date: September 24, 2012, 10:42 pm
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Ep 2
Bored to death. The characters are not interesting, the story
lacks tension, therefore grabbing any kind attention from me.
I may give this a try next week, but am not holding anything to
close. I don't have time to watch ho-hum drama.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 25, 2012, 10:50 am
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Added Episode 2: Chained Heat
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 25, 2012, 10:55 am
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Revolution right now is falling into the same pattern that
plagued Falling Skies for me. In both cases, they paced the
episode for something "big" to happen near the end and in both
cases, they have yet to really deliver. The first episode they
did enough to hook me in. In Chained Heat....nothing. They also
need to ramp up the tension of constantly being in peril. The
fact that they are able to just wander around the wilderness,
yakking away doesn't make me ever feel they are in danger. For
the most part, this was a dull episode and I'm not feeling it
with the main character. She has zero personality.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Mac Date: September 25, 2012, 11:18 am
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I've read reviews about slamming the science behind the show.
All the plot holes. And if I had a boat load of time, I guess I
would get into the mix of it, but in reality, that's just one
little aspect of the show
For me, it's the characters. Not even remotely memorable. As
someone who said, it's kind of a mix between the Twilight Saga
and Lost. What little I did see of Twilight, yea, the characters
are pretty watered down. Tweens probably love this show.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: September 25, 2012, 11:28 am
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Well, the same thing can be said about The Hunger Games. It
really is the same formula. But for me, what made Games fun to
watch, in spite of its initial flaws is that they had Jennifer
Lawrence. She made it watchable. The lead actress in Revolution
is a bore with no charm whatsoever, which makes all the flaws
all the more apparent. I will stick with the show a little while
longer because I do think this is the expected 'growing pains'
for a new series and I'm willing to cut them some slack till
they find their groove.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 2, 2012, 2:14 pm
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Added Episode 3: No Quarter
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 2, 2012, 3:32 pm
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Not a perfect episode, but definitely much improved over the
first two, that much I can attest to. Miles is definitely the
hook that they need to start building around. Pretty big reveal
when we find out that he is actually the 2nd in Command of the
Militia. We also get to see the "birth" of the Militia as well
toward the end. We also finally get to see what the necklace is
and what it does. From what I gather, it's a self generating
power source that can turn on electronic devices within earshot.
As for the girl. Really not sure what she is bringing to the
table or even what he role is in the series other than to remind
Miles that her brother has been kidnapped. The two characters
that the writers have placed as the face of the series are the
two weakest in my book. The series still needs some work, but
this episode was encouraging. Also, adding Mark Pellegrino was a
huge step in the right direction. He is best known as Jacob from
Lost.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Mac Date: October 2, 2012, 8:29 pm
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This needs so much more bang. It caught my eye with the
execution and ambush. Not to say it needs violence. It needs
more conflict.
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Re: Revolution (Season 1 - 2012)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 2, 2012, 9:33 pm
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It needs more conflict.
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What Mac said.
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