dgavin
21-September-2006, 09:35 PM
Anyone else catch the Pilot of Jerihco last night on CBS?
Overall I like the show so far, with a few excpetions they seem to have got a good cast and script going. Looking forward to next weeks show.
However I spotted some good and bad science in it, related to nuclear wepons.
In the first scene where the kid hiding on a roof spots the mushroom cloud from Kansas City on the horizon.
The Good: No immediate sound of the Explosion, the movie depicted Jerihco being some 170 miles from KC, would take some time for it to reach. I liked the build up to that scene also, there was none.
It was a perfect example of how a stealth attack would happen, and they didn't spoil it by having the music growing more ominus as the minutes counted down to the scene. One minute life is normal, and the next you are watching the mushrooms sprouting on the horizon. :clap:
The Bad: Even at 170 miles the initial bright nulcear flash would of been noticed, probably lighting up the town as if a huge flash bulb had been set off, or close lightning had happend. They showed some flashes later from more didstant explosions. And then later on some normal lightning.
The Ugly: The EMP from the weapons knock out the electronics long before the shock wave would get to anyone. There was a scene where someone was leaving a phone message, said "What the ___ is that?" then hear the Explosion along with a "Oh my God no!" then the phone cuts off. In truth the Phone would of cut off at about the Wha..in the first word.
Overall I like the show so far, with a few excpetions they seem to have got a good cast and script going. Looking forward to next weeks show.
However I spotted some good and bad science in it, related to nuclear wepons.
In the first scene where the kid hiding on a roof spots the mushroom cloud from Kansas City on the horizon.
The Good: No immediate sound of the Explosion, the movie depicted Jerihco being some 170 miles from KC, would take some time for it to reach. I liked the build up to that scene also, there was none.
It was a perfect example of how a stealth attack would happen, and they didn't spoil it by having the music growing more ominus as the minutes counted down to the scene. One minute life is normal, and the next you are watching the mushrooms sprouting on the horizon. :clap:
The Bad: Even at 170 miles the initial bright nulcear flash would of been noticed, probably lighting up the town as if a huge flash bulb had been set off, or close lightning had happend. They showed some flashes later from more didstant explosions. And then later on some normal lightning.
The Ugly: The EMP from the weapons knock out the electronics long before the shock wave would get to anyone. There was a scene where someone was leaving a phone message, said "What the ___ is that?" then hear the Explosion along with a "Oh my God no!" then the phone cuts off. In truth the Phone would of cut off at about the Wha..in the first word.