If you want to know what polishing a turd looks like, tune into Revolution each week. The premise is ridiculous and the delivery is… well… they try, bless their souls. I want to like Revolution. Sometimes, I’ve even taken on the role as a Revolution defender… or maybe a Revolution apologist because I like some of the actors.
As far as the premise, I still don’t understand how there can be a world where there is a persistent force that prevents electricity from happening. It makes NO sense. Even when explained to hell on the show, I just can’t activate the ability to suspend my disbelief. There are some extremely likable actors working on this project. In fact, I like everyone but there is something about how the show is pulled together that makes it seem like it needs to be on UPN circa 1996 in the 10 p.m. slot.
For whatever reason, I am still watching this show. It isn’t getting any more interesting and I have to force myself to watch it. I feel like I the cast and crew work so hard that I could at least watch their attempt at trying to entertain me. It has been announced that Revolution is going on an extended hiatus similar to what happen to V and I expect the same result- cancellation. NBC seems to think that Revolution is so compelling that the viewers will wait. A week later they admitted Revolution might lose some viewers. For the actors sake I hope they still have a job. For my sake, kill me now.
Revolution airs 10/9c on NBC. It airs for free on nbc.com and Hulu.
[Update] The meeting with Miles and Monroe was pretty good. They sure did make us wait for it.
This show does not click with me at all. The only appeal early on was Elizabeth Mitchell, and they didn’t use her enough. None of the characters are likable. The ex-Google guy is somewhat relatable, but I lost some respect for him when he left his hot wife because he didn’t know how to defend her and help her survive, but then he spent the next *15 years*…not learning any new skills. (!?!?!)
The train episode… What a train wreck. As if that lame bomb would have been powerful enough to blow up the train. It might have cracked the furnace/boiler in the engine. At worst, it might have derailed the train, which is probably the only way it could have killed anyone.
I watched about 1.5 episodes after that, but that’s about all I could endure. If you’re still sticking with it, you’re a better person than I am.
Better person. I think not. I just like to hate-watch. :)