The would have been better to show herbal treatments for Asthma; honey, apples and ginger, licorice root...guess that would piss off the drug companies.
guess that would piss off the drug companies.
It would also probably cheese off those who decided to use the herbal remedies, and ended up in an asthma crisis. We created drugs because the herbal remedies are often insufficient.
It would have been even better if they'd shown the entirely mechanical treatment that gets many asthmatics through an attack when medication isn't available - restricting airflow. A major part of the difficulty in an asthma attack is, essentially, a fluid dynamics problem. If you can restrict airflow at intake (by having the asthmatic breath through a straw or the barrel of a pen, or even just pursing their lips) you can smooth airflow in the lungs, making breathing much easier.
It would also probably cheese off those who decided to use the herbal remedies, and ended up in an asthma crisis. We created drugs because the herbal remedies are often insufficient.
On the latter, breathing through a tube sounds counter-intuitive.
You're barely getting enough air during an attack, restricting the intake further would be intimidating to the patient.
I've never heard of it, but if you say there's some physics reason why it can work, I'll keep that in mind in the even of another attack. I've beeen asthma free for over 20 years, knock on wood.
Guns were made by hand far before electricity was commonly used in manufacturing. Heck, automatic guns date back to the Civil War.
If they're using front-loading guns, lack of powder can't be an issue (because those are highly inefficient).
And from the look of all the brand new, high quality swords, metalworking must still be a prime business. I can understand that "civilians" wouldn't have access to all this, but surely the capability still exists.
On a related note, why is the leader of the largest militia living in a canvas tent?
Where are the simple, non-electric motors?
Where did nerd-guy store his ACDC t-shirt so that it would be in perfect condition 15 years later?
Why is the main character wearing a midriff shirt, and where does she buy her (plainly visible) modern shaping bras?
Looking past all that stuff, I can am capable of enjoying a good story even if it's in a bad setting. But this, so far, has not been that story. The plot is not particularly interesting, innovative, or unpredictable.
I'm not really invested in any of the characters, and I sure as heck am not invested in yet another TV show with a mysterious premise that shows little hope of the mystery ever being revealed.
So maybe...
Season 1: Get on our feat, learn the players, and that there may be a way to turn the power back on.
Season 2: Quest to turn the power back on. Hunt McGuffins, perform magic ritual, etc, all while fending off the various players.
Season 3: Begin dealing with having power back on.