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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 9 2010, 06:45 AM (208 Views) | |
| Luke's Dad | Aug 9 2010, 06:45 AM Post #1 |
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I finally got around to start watching these last night OnDemand. What a farce. They would have been dead in 15 minutes in a real apocalyptic environment. Still, the wood gassifier was kind of cool. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 9 2010, 07:02 AM Post #2 |
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Yeah, I gave it about 8 minutes. |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 9 2010, 07:22 AM Post #3 |
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Well, part of the problem is that they are all (at least on Season 1) engineers, contractors, machinists, a solar panel technician and installer, a physician, a nurse, and martial arts instructors. This was the subset of "average americans" they went for. Uhm, ok. As a result, their priorities were fairly laughable. Ok, water filter, food, and shelter. Ok, got it, that's a no-brainer. Making sure that a toilet would still work by running water through it? Ok, but that still would have been a little further down my list for immediate needs. But next most important for them was hooking up a battery system for lights? Then creating a generator to recharge the batteries? Once you're a little more secure, aware of your surroundings, have some defenses built up, and are a little more stocked on food and necessities, then you can start worrying about rebuilding. Otherwise, you're doing nothing but advertising yourselves to bandits and marauders. The priorities were way out of whack. Even then, they spent 3 days building this bizarre wood gassifier generator, when they had everything they needed to build a manual crank generator and could have had it going within a few hours. Again, while the wood gasifier was pretty cool (and will be something I'll keep in mind for Z-Day. it was a complete waste of time and resources for that moment. |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 9 2010, 07:47 AM Post #4 |
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I agree entirely. Security for the individual, then security for the group and THEN we can start talking about going up Maslow's Hierarchy. You don't start revitalizing your freaking sewer system when you still have your ass hanging out for any bandit who might come across your group. |
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| Kincaid | Aug 9 2010, 08:24 AM Post #5 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Is this some kind of reality show or is it just a sci-fi thing? |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 9 2010, 09:00 AM Post #6 |
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Reality show. 10 people representing a crossection of America (yeah, right) must survive in an apocalyptic environment/scenario following a fictional viral epidemic. |
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| Kincaid | Aug 9 2010, 09:06 AM Post #7 |
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Would be interesting then if they had some reality show marauders come in and bust their chops. Right before a flushing toilet I'd be looking for a Shelby Mustang (j/k - more like a deisel truck) and then I'd head out to some gun stores. Did any of them do that? Edited by Kincaid, Aug 9 2010, 09:09 AM.
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 9 2010, 09:10 AM Post #8 |
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They do... It's on Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/colony/colony-central/ They are on Season 2, now, but I'm watching the first season OnDemand, and that is what I'm referencing. Edited by Luke's Dad, Aug 9 2010, 09:11 AM.
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| Kincaid | Aug 9 2010, 09:47 AM Post #9 |
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I may just have to check it out. I remember once hearing about it but I don't think I've ever seen it on the cable guide. So, anyone in their group that is homeless, a clerk at the dollar store or a whiny teen? |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 9 2010, 09:49 AM Post #10 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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It does bring to mind a question - do you WANT to live in a post-apocalyptic world? If so, why? |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Kincaid | Aug 9 2010, 09:52 AM Post #11 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Well, the daily grind would be much more interesting and energizing for me. |
| Kincaid - disgusted Republican Partisan since 2006. | |
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| Aqua Letifer | Aug 9 2010, 10:13 AM Post #12 |
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Uh huh. It'd be a lot easier to see that each day means something, that's for sure. |
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 9 2010, 10:38 AM Post #13 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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No piano. No car. No good food. No toilet paper. No internetz. No fun. |
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| Luke's Dad | Aug 9 2010, 11:16 AM Post #14 |
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Piano? There's lots of pianos! Just learn how to tune. Heck, you can finally have that Bechstein you've wanted! Car? I'm planning on several post-apocalyptic vehicles. And now that I know about the wood gassifier, I'm all set to go. TP? You'll find TP. If you run out, there'll be plenty nice soft absorbent materials to scavenge. No internetz? Well, no more lolcats will be rough, but otherwise, eh. I've lived 3/4 of my life happily without internet, I can get by just fine if it went away. No fun? TP, Cars, and the internet have all been around for only the past 100 years or so. Life wasn't fun before that? Edited by Luke's Dad, Aug 9 2010, 11:17 AM.
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| Mikhailoh | Aug 9 2010, 11:22 AM Post #15 |
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No. It was, by and large, nasty, brutish and short. |
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| KlavierBauer | Aug 9 2010, 11:26 AM Post #16 |
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Manual crank generators are already abundant, and attached to the front of many jeeps. ![]() How quickly people forget that motors and generators are the same thing. LsD - You, AL, and I will be ok if we can just find each other post apocalypse. |
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