Revolution was the very first show I got goosebumps-excited for at upfronts back in May, so I couldn't wait to watch last night. The drama, in case you hadn't heard, is about the earth 15 years after a blackout that wiped out all electricity forever.

Coupla things to just be straight up about: I'm a sucker for anything with a giant world-overturning concept like that, and an even bigger sucker for any show or movie that shows cities overgrown in the future, with, like, little deer running across Broadway and what not. (Only good part of I Am Legend, right?)

Anyway: the Revolution pilot moved. It covered a lot of ground--things got resolved that I thought, at the outset of the episode, would take all of season one. So I guess JJ Abrams and Jon Favreau have a lot of adventures in store for us. My main thoughts...

I really like Charlie.
Tracy Spiridakos is perfect--not overly-dramatic, just getting #*&^$ done.

Hey, this guy!
Zak Orth! I had no idea he was in this, providing a little much-needed comic relief. You've seen him in a ton of things but might remember him best from Down to You (if you, like me, are really into movies where lots of things can be resolved by Julia Stiles sketching Freddie Prinze, Jr. on a paperback cover.)

A lot of people have been commenting that Revolution is Lost meets The Hunger Games, and those people are right.
Weird unregulated universe, check. Archery, check. Tight Gale-like henleys, check.

I have no idea where it's going.
Like I said: so many things popped up and shook out last night, I really don't know what's going to happen next, or how those supercool USB drives will figure into it. I can't remember the last time I watched a pilot and had so little clue as to what episode two would look like. Hopefully, that's a good thing.

Overall grade: B+, for being the perfect sci-fi indulgence. In other words:

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I got deer stuck in my head after that comment. Whee!

What did you think of Revolution?

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