Well said, my friend, well said! I would like to thank you for being the most fair-minded reviewer I have seen with Revolution!
I came across this interesting link where Eric Kripke talks about the first season. Beware of spoilers and tl;dr.
Eric Kripke admits that the first season has a lot of flaws in it, and that he has no one to blame but himself for that.
- He thought that season 1 would be about the search for Danny Matheson and that's it. He was trying to imitate what he did with Supernatural, but it backfired when he realized nobody was buying it. So he had to retool the show and fast halfway through the season.
- If the writing felt haphazard, that's because it was. Kripke more or less says that he was Writing By The Seat Of Your Pants. That's not a bad thing, but the downside was that it created a number of Plot Holes.
- Oh, and Kripke has made it clear that the power will be turned off again and it will stay off, which will maintain the premise. The cities Philadelphia and Atlanta will be blown up. Three months will go by and Team Matheson will settle in a town. In other words, it will be able to focus on the characters, their relationships and world-building. After all, Sebastian Monroe is still a villain and the protagonists are still struggling to figure out how to be a family. In short, a lot of storylines have not been wrapped up by a long shot.
By the way, Kripke is bringing in his old friend and fellow Supernatural writer, Ben Edlund to help him out. I choose to be hopeful that the second season will be better than the first. <Applause>
Oh, Equestria, we stand on guard for thee!
Oh no, Mrs. Neville didn't get spared after all! (Well, that depends on where she was at in the finale, which wasn't made all that clear.) Best thing about that link: the whole bit about THEY ARE NOT AMERICA. Jericho 2.0, here we come!
I wanted to like the show. I really really did. The writers, the directors, the cast, the story...everything was fantastic. Then Mitchel came on board. I can't stand her acting. The way her lip quivers with suppressed emotion, always on the verge of some sort of "I'm so sad I can't help but smile" ploy for sympathy smile. She killed the show for me, I just could not force myself through the scenes she was in. The kids were great, and they felt like brother and sister. She did not have any sort of connection to them that I could see, even if you argue that how could she have a connection when she's been gone so long, it still doesn't ring true. Imagine if someone like Lena Headey had played the role instead. She's believable as a mother with a complicated relalationship with her offspring
Black is Order, White is Chaos.
I think Spiridalos' acting has improved measurably and since Danny died his acting is better than it was too.
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One of the best thrill rides around.
Ever since it was first announced, RVN has received more than a substantial Hatedom, with said anti-fen being particularly prone to criticizing its premise, its writing, its acting, etc. Here I present counter-points to those arguments:
And besides, when the show is created by Eric Kripke and produced by Jon Favreau and JJ Abrams (plus the rest of the Bad Robot production posse), well, you really can't go wrong here.
RVN goes highly recommended, and as long as you remember to lose yourself in the action and conspiracy (while still paying attention to anything and everything), no doubt it'll become one of your favorites.