Jericho first impresions
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Mistwell
Crusty Old Meatwad
There was no EMP as far as I could see. In fact, one character mentions the power outtage is from the overload on the system once Denver went down. Electronics seem to work fine, they just have no power at the moment. And communications elsewhere seem to be down, but they have local communications.
I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic literature, so I'd love to watch it further. Unfortunately, it is on opposite Bones, for which I already have a habit. Maybe in mid-season reruns...
Btw, EMP is not the only way a nuke can disrupt transmissions. There's a lot of atmospheric ionization in the area of a nuclear blast, and that can generate a whole lot of radio noise.
Btw, EMP is not the only way a nuke can disrupt transmissions. There's a lot of atmospheric ionization in the area of a nuclear blast, and that can generate a whole lot of radio noise.
Brown Jenkin
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Everything I feared from the promo thread earlier was true when I watched it. The acting wasn't bad the the science and scrip had lots to answer for.
It was established in the opening that Jericho is between 150 and 250 from Witchita and much more likely to be in the 150-200 mile range (Road sign driving in said Jericho 47, Witchita 197). This puts Jericho likely close to Witchita than Denver and probably about the same distance from Topeka. A mushroom cloud is seen in the direction of Denver but not anywhere else (And it is unlikely to have been set off in the nothingness between Denver and Kansas). So why is it assumed that they are cut off when there is nothing to the east and the major population centers which are 2-3 hours away by car and less than a tank of gas round trip.
I saw planty of police and Firemen and the Mayor read the disaster plan that said contact the Govenor. The show took place over at least 3-4 hours since the cloud and maybe up to 6. So why wasn't anyone sent to establish contact. Even assuming ALL the police and Firefighters were busy (And given the nature of the overall emergency one should have been pulled off anyway) why didn't the mayor apoint soneone to drive to Topeka or even a state police station to check in as called for in the emergency plan.
I also was disapointed that nobody seemed to have satellite TV service. Power remained on for hours after the cloud and electronics remained working (so no emp in the area) so why didn't anyone watch national news. The "threat" being talked about by the president was aparently terrorism and while I can possibly believe that terrorists could get maybe 6 nukes, I don't see how they could have gotten enough to take out every major city and then some. Sure alot of sattelite stations are uplinked from major cities not all are (ESPN is in Connecticut) and all Networks will have backup power generation so there should be some stations still up and they would be commendeered and used to broadcast news. This is still a good idea because even if the national grid goes down local generators would produce enough power to watch sattelite TV.
So the premise is really hurting me. Lost works in isolating the Losties because it is on a island in the middle of the pacific. Jericho wats to be a isolated community show but it is streching reallity too much for me to buy it.
It was established in the opening that Jericho is between 150 and 250 from Witchita and much more likely to be in the 150-200 mile range (Road sign driving in said Jericho 47, Witchita 197). This puts Jericho likely close to Witchita than Denver and probably about the same distance from Topeka. A mushroom cloud is seen in the direction of Denver but not anywhere else (And it is unlikely to have been set off in the nothingness between Denver and Kansas). So why is it assumed that they are cut off when there is nothing to the east and the major population centers which are 2-3 hours away by car and less than a tank of gas round trip.
I saw planty of police and Firemen and the Mayor read the disaster plan that said contact the Govenor. The show took place over at least 3-4 hours since the cloud and maybe up to 6. So why wasn't anyone sent to establish contact. Even assuming ALL the police and Firefighters were busy (And given the nature of the overall emergency one should have been pulled off anyway) why didn't the mayor apoint soneone to drive to Topeka or even a state police station to check in as called for in the emergency plan.
I also was disapointed that nobody seemed to have satellite TV service. Power remained on for hours after the cloud and electronics remained working (so no emp in the area) so why didn't anyone watch national news. The "threat" being talked about by the president was aparently terrorism and while I can possibly believe that terrorists could get maybe 6 nukes, I don't see how they could have gotten enough to take out every major city and then some. Sure alot of sattelite stations are uplinked from major cities not all are (ESPN is in Connecticut) and all Networks will have backup power generation so there should be some stations still up and they would be commendeered and used to broadcast news. This is still a good idea because even if the national grid goes down local generators would produce enough power to watch sattelite TV.
So the premise is really hurting me. Lost works in isolating the Losties because it is on a island in the middle of the pacific. Jericho wats to be a isolated community show but it is streching reallity too much for me to buy it.
Truth Seeker
Adventurer
Hmmm, this show was kinda short, ran under 39+ minutes without commericals. Usually, the standard would be 42 or 44 minutes, which leads to tell me, that they push for more ad time, on this show.
Despite the all forementioned gripes in this thread. Keep in mind folks, there has been no show to hit the ground perfectly, running. All shows of this nature are in a beta state, until half way through the season. Hopefully they will get it right this year, last shows' crops, were disappointing. And Supernatural was the only survivor.
Despite the all forementioned gripes in this thread. Keep in mind folks, there has been no show to hit the ground perfectly, running. All shows of this nature are in a beta state, until half way through the season. Hopefully they will get it right this year, last shows' crops, were disappointing. And Supernatural was the only survivor.
Darth K'Trava
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Truth Seeker said:
Is it just me or was the majority of ads aimed at women? Hinting that this show was more aimed at females rather than males.
I thought it was fairly good. Don't know how much I can watch of it as anything regarding nuclear attacks just scares the <bleep> out of me. They should still be able to contact others in the country to see what's going on. The government may have gotten whacked unless they were actually in a different location when they had the television footage early on. Not sure if the lead character is supposed to be a likeable guy or not... he still hadn't totally patched stuff up with the parental unit.
Fast Learner
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While I won't argue with the possibility of them driving to check things out, I suspect there's a Topeka geography problem in your guess.Brown Jenkin said:
Coming from Denver towards Wichita, with Wichita 200 miles away from Jericho and not taking the interstate (which he's not), that puts them at about Scott City or Lakin or so, maybe as far south as Ulysses, assuming a reasonably straight line between the two. That puts Topeka at least 275 miles away. Definitely close to Wichita than Denver, though not a lot.
