While it would be amazing to have the whole cast trapped together in a tiny room, Hitchcock and Scully would never have gotten a chance to solve anything, partly from all the people involved and partly because of their longstanding and earned reputation for being useless or worse. I also appreciated that one of the talents they brought to the table was knowledge of Morse code, something that younger members of the precinct are much less likely to know.
(I was recently watching a documentary piece about a formerly forgotten fallout shelter in one of the bottom sections of the Brooklyn Bridge. Though they couldn't get permission to go in, they could peek in through a gap in the chained-together doors. They talked about conditions in a fallout shelter, and I realized that contemporary citizens might prefer death, and only partly from how the only food seen through the gap was concentrated, chemically-preserved, high-carb crackers.)
Three episodes in, Legends of Tomorrow is already showing that its stated mission of ending Vandal Savage's threat is impossible and can only do worse harm. (It would have been hilarious if Savage had been an innocent priest and Hunter's attack was what started him down the villain slope.) I can't make myself care about the Hawkpeople or Hunter's angst, and I'm completely on board with your reimagining of the show.
Hitchcock and Scully would never have gotten a chance to solve anything,
Oh, good point. I hadn't thought of that.
They talked about conditions in a fallout shelter, and I realized that contemporary citizens might prefer death, and only partly from how the only food seen through the gap was concentrated, chemically-preserved, high-carb crackers.
Hee! Isn't most survivalist food like that though? Or has it gotten healthier over the years?
It would have been hilarious if Savage had been an innocent priest and Hunter's attack was what started him down the villain slope.
Hilarious but also GREAT. I really wish they'd done that. As it is, they're never going to defeat him, because then there's no show, so it's always going to be annoying.
For all I know it might've gotten healthier since then because there are a dismaying number of doomsday preppers and militia wingnuts into that stuff, though survivalist food at least has to be long-lasting, which means things in boxes and cans and rules out fresh stuff. Carbs might be useful since they can give you a bit of a mood boost, which would be necessary to live in a closed in space with chemical toilets, fear of what's going on outside, cabin fever, no natural light, no fresh food, no internet.... (And who knows if there are books I'd like, a TV with DVD player and DVDs I'd like.... *g*)
Our version of Legends of Tomorrow would be so much better! In the absence of that, I guess we'll see how deep a hole the plot digs itself into.
(I was recently watching a documentary piece about a formerly forgotten fallout shelter in one of the bottom sections of the Brooklyn Bridge. Though they couldn't get permission to go in, they could peek in through a gap in the chained-together doors. They talked about conditions in a fallout shelter, and I realized that contemporary citizens might prefer death, and only partly from how the only food seen through the gap was concentrated, chemically-preserved, high-carb crackers.)
Three episodes in, Legends of Tomorrow is already showing that its stated mission of ending Vandal Savage's threat is impossible and can only do worse harm. (It would have been hilarious if Savage had been an innocent priest and Hunter's attack was what started him down the villain slope.) I can't make myself care about the Hawkpeople or Hunter's angst, and I'm completely on board with your reimagining of the show.
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Oh, good point. I hadn't thought of that.
They talked about conditions in a fallout shelter, and I realized that contemporary citizens might prefer death, and only partly from how the only food seen through the gap was concentrated, chemically-preserved, high-carb crackers.
Hee! Isn't most survivalist food like that though? Or has it gotten healthier over the years?
It would have been hilarious if Savage had been an innocent priest and Hunter's attack was what started him down the villain slope.
Hilarious but also GREAT. I really wish they'd done that. As it is, they're never going to defeat him, because then there's no show, so it's always going to be annoying.
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Our version of Legends of Tomorrow would be so much better! In the absence of that, I guess we'll see how deep a hole the plot digs itself into.
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Our version of Legends of Tomorrow would be so much better! In the absence of that, I guess we'll see how deep a hole the plot digs itself into.
Agreed. For now, it's a fine show for background noise while I catch up on Tumblr etc.
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