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Revolution...review.
Oct. 31st, 2012 12:19 pmWell, I've now watched the first four or five episodes of Revolution. Missed this week's episode due to Hurricane Sandy. (Is it just me or has this become a rather stressful fall?)
Not a great series. Or even a very good one for that matter.
It's clearly patterned after Lost in its narrative structure, but without either the whimsy or creativity of Once Upon a Time. The acting is marginally the same on both, although Once clearly has more money and better special effects. I prefer Once, it doesn't make my brain hurt filling in plot gaps and making sense of the illogical premise and story. Revolution just requires a bit too much suspension of disbelief. Example - Maggie looks pretty damn good for a pretty woman who walked the entire US, by herself, after a massive blackout and during a WAR. How she managed not to get injured or figure out how to defend herself during that period is beyond me. Well, not until it services the story.
Revolution also reminds me of Supernatural in a lot of ways. Although Supernatural is better written and acted and a bit more compelling. Both have similar thematic problems (which I won't bore either of us with since they tend to lead to self-righteous ranting. It's TV. What's the point?). Problems I was able to dismiss in Supernatural and am struggling with here. It also reminds me a lot of Firefly - but Firefly's premise worked better, and Firefly was admittedly better written and acted. Shame. I have a feeling Revolution will last longer than Firefly did.
( vague spoilers )
Not a great series. Or even a very good one for that matter.
It's clearly patterned after Lost in its narrative structure, but without either the whimsy or creativity of Once Upon a Time. The acting is marginally the same on both, although Once clearly has more money and better special effects. I prefer Once, it doesn't make my brain hurt filling in plot gaps and making sense of the illogical premise and story. Revolution just requires a bit too much suspension of disbelief. Example - Maggie looks pretty damn good for a pretty woman who walked the entire US, by herself, after a massive blackout and during a WAR. How she managed not to get injured or figure out how to defend herself during that period is beyond me. Well, not until it services the story.
Revolution also reminds me of Supernatural in a lot of ways. Although Supernatural is better written and acted and a bit more compelling. Both have similar thematic problems (which I won't bore either of us with since they tend to lead to self-righteous ranting. It's TV. What's the point?). Problems I was able to dismiss in Supernatural and am struggling with here. It also reminds me a lot of Firefly - but Firefly's premise worked better, and Firefly was admittedly better written and acted. Shame. I have a feeling Revolution will last longer than Firefly did.
( vague spoilers )