Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
soaps: DOOL - Joy confronts Alex about getting back together with
Stephanie, and gets Alex to admit it though never lets him explain what actually happened, and them kicks him out of her room - it will be
incredibly dumb if the show doesn't have Joy leave town over this... The
new "Sophia" debuts, and this was even rougher than I was expecting -
beyond the new actress clearly being nervous, she has none of the
twinkling malevolence of the old Sophia - I would love to know what
happened with the original actress, Madelyn Kientz, as she was superior
in every way (except for being tiny), and if the show fired her, they're idiots!... Anyway, NuSophia's plan to get a couple to adopt goes up in
smoke (and now they seem to be heading in the direction of Johnny and
Chanel adopting the baby!). Holly commiserates with Doug III, and Tate catches them... Oh, and the hospital is about to go bankrupt, and
Stephanie is trying to prevent that from happening on Kayla's behalf.
Y&R - Mon's ep. Mostly not that interesting. Victor refuses to
accept Kyle, and Claire tries to change his mind. Kyle's son clearly
seems to be conspiring to try to get Kyle and Summer back together.
Sharon continues to act just as crazy as before (IMO), coming over to
Adam's and Chelsea's, pretty much accusing Chelsea of getting back
together with Adam, and gushing in an almost unhinged way about Nick.
GH - Tue's ep. This was decent. After making another public scene, Sahsa throws a drink in Cody's face, and storms out; after that, Felicia talks Cody down. Then Sahsa meets with Jason, and gets him to agree to
not to contradict the "Jason is the father of Sasha's baby" story though
he demands to tell Danny the truth. Danny finds out where Cyrus is, and publicly confronts him about killing Sam, just as Jason arrives to
intervene. Nina tries to convince Willow that Drew is the real problem,
and Nina is just about to admit her affair with Drew at the end of the episode (which means she will surely get interrupted before doing so
next episode).
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
What did you watch?
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
soaps: DOOL - Joy confronts Alex about getting back together with
Stephanie, and gets Alex to admit it though never lets him explain what actually happened, and them kicks him out of her room - it will be
incredibly dumb if the show doesn't have Joy leave town over this... The
new "Sophia" debuts, and this was even rougher than I was expecting -
beyond the new actress clearly being nervous, she has none of the
twinkling malevolence of the old Sophia - I would love to know what
happened with the original actress, Madelyn Kientz, as she was superior
in every way (except for being tiny), and if the show fired her, they're idiots!... Anyway, NuSophia's plan to get a couple to adopt goes up in
smoke (and now they seem to be heading in the direction of Johnny and
Chanel adopting the baby!). Holly commiserates with Doug III, and Tate catches them... Oh, and the hospital is about to go bankrupt, and
Stephanie is trying to prevent that from happening on Kayla's behalf.
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
soaps: DOOL - Joy confronts Alex about getting back together with
Stephanie, and gets Alex to admit it though never lets him explain
what actually happened, and them kicks him out of her room - it will
be incredibly dumb if the show doesn't have Joy leave town over
this... The new "Sophia" debuts, and this was even rougher than I was
expecting - beyond the new actress clearly being nervous, she has none
of the twinkling malevolence of the old Sophia - I would love to know
what happened with the original actress, Madelyn Kientz, as she was
superior in every way (except for being tiny), and if the show fired
her, they're idiots!... Anyway, NuSophia's plan to get a couple to
adopt goes up in smoke (and now they seem to be heading in the
direction of Johnny and Chanel adopting the baby!). Holly commiserates
with Doug III, and Tate catches them... Oh, and the hospital is about
to go bankrupt, and Stephanie is trying to prevent that from happening
on Kayla's behalf.
Something about Seth Burns makes me suspect that he was embezzling. Like
how maybe he wasn't joking about buying a beach house... I could be wrong,
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
soaps: DOOL - Joy confronts Alex about getting back together with
Stephanie, and gets Alex to admit it though never lets him explain
what actually happened, and them kicks him out of her room - it will
be incredibly dumb if the show doesn't have Joy leave town over
this... The new "Sophia" debuts, and this was even rougher than I was
expecting - beyond the new actress clearly being nervous, she has none
of the twinkling malevolence of the old Sophia - I would love to know
what happened with the original actress, Madelyn Kientz, as she was
superior in every way (except for being tiny), and if the show fired
her, they're idiots!... Anyway, NuSophia's plan to get a couple to
adopt goes up in smoke (and now they seem to be heading in the
direction of Johnny and Chanel adopting the baby!). Holly commiserates
with Doug III, and Tate catches them... Oh, and the hospital is about
to go bankrupt, and Stephanie is trying to prevent that from happening
on Kayla's behalf.
Y&R - Mon's ep. Mostly not that interesting. Victor refuses to
accept Kyle, and Claire tries to change his mind. Kyle's son clearly
seems to be conspiring to try to get Kyle and Summer back together.
Sharon continues to act just as crazy as before (IMO), coming over to
Adam's and Chelsea's, pretty much accusing Chelsea of getting back
together with Adam, and gushing in an almost unhinged way about Nick.
GH - Tue's ep. This was decent. After making another public scene,
Sahsa throws a drink in Cody's face, and storms out; after that,
Felicia talks Cody down. Then Sahsa meets with Jason, and gets him to
agree to not to contradict the "Jason is the father of Sasha's baby"
story though he demands to tell Danny the truth. Danny finds out where
Cyrus is, and publicly confronts him about killing Sam, just as Jason
arrives to intervene. Nina tries to convince Willow that Drew is the
real problem, and Nina is just about to admit her affair with Drew at
the end of the episode (which means she will surely get interrupted
before doing so next episode).
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was
on par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
On 2/13/2025 9:04 AM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was
on par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
It's definitely intriguing. They drop a few hints along the way.
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
soaps: DOOL - Joy confronts Alex about getting back together with
Stephanie, and gets Alex to admit it though never lets him explain what actually happened, and them kicks him out of her room - it will be
incredibly dumb if the show doesn't have Joy leave town over this... The
new "Sophia" debuts, and this was even rougher than I was expecting -
beyond the new actress clearly being nervous, she has none of the
twinkling malevolence of the old Sophia - I would love to know what
happened with the original actress, Madelyn Kientz, as she was superior
in every way (except for being tiny), and if the show fired her, they're idiots!... Anyway, NuSophia's plan to get a couple to adopt goes up in
smoke (and now they seem to be heading in the direction of Johnny and
Chanel adopting the baby!). Holly commiserates with Doug III, and Tate catches them... Oh, and the hospital is about to go bankrupt, and
Stephanie is trying to prevent that from happening on Kayla's behalf.
Y&R - Mon's ep. Mostly not that interesting. Victor refuses to
accept Kyle, and Claire tries to change his mind. Kyle's son clearly
seems to be conspiring to try to get Kyle and Summer back together.
Sharon continues to act just as crazy as before (IMO), coming over to
Adam's and Chelsea's, pretty much accusing Chelsea of getting back
together with Adam, and gushing in an almost unhinged way about Nick.
GH - Tue's ep. This was decent. After making another public scene,
Sahsa throws a drink in Cody's face, and storms out; after that, Felicia talks Cody down. Then Sahsa meets with Jason, and gets him to agree to
not to contradict the "Jason is the father of Sasha's baby" story though
he demands to tell Danny the truth. Danny finds out where Cyrus is, and publicly confronts him about killing Sam, just as Jason arrives to
intervene. Nina tries to convince Willow that Drew is the real problem,
and Nina is just about to admit her affair with Drew at the end of the episode (which means she will surely get interrupted before doing so
next episode).
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
Some
Spoilers
Likely
I
Guess...
Ep. #3: "The Architect of Social Well-Being" - Most of this episode
was Brown's Xavier trying to get Sarah Shahi's Dr. Gabriela to explain
her angle, while Garbiela tries to psychologically probe Xavier about
why he was estranged from his late father - in the end, Gabriela trusts Xavier to find out who really killed the President, and warns him about
Billy Pace (as per the President). Meanwhile, it's revealed that
Xavier's buddy Billy Pace and his affair-mate Jane were the ones who
disable the security cameras, ostensibly so they could "play with
President Bradford's stuff", like his video game system - this seems to
clear them of killing the President. (Or does it?...)
Ep. #4: "Agent Billy Pace" - This ep is all about Billy Pace's
backstory (though it's never explicitly explained how he ended up on the President's security detail), and whether he can really be trusted, in
light of Pres. Bradford's warning about him. This does reveal an
important point about the overall "meta" storyline, something I think
several of us suspected. However, the "twist ending" was ruined by the
show's cast listing - when one person is main cast, and the other isn't,
you know exactly how this was going to play out. And, as such, we
probably now know who killed Pres. Bradford, and this episode pretty
clearly lays out the probable "why" as well.
What did you watch?
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon,
but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple
more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2
was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think
that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on >>>> par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
What did you watch?
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on >>>>> par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't intended to last for many seasons.
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on >>>>> par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally
delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't intended to last for many seasons.
On Feb 14, 2025 at 1:16:31 AM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> >wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving
Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on >>>>>> par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally >>>>>> delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't
intended to last for many seasons.
SPOILERS BELOW
I'm having a problem with the outside apocalypse. From the data the president >pulled up on his special iPad, apparently global warming caused the ice sheets >in Greenland and Antarctica to melt enough that the decreased weight on the >earth's crust allowed volcanoes to erupt that had been "plugged" by the weight >of the ice, including a heretofore undiscovered super-volcano under the >Antarctic ice. This then melted all the ice that was left, which inundated the >earth and turned it into Waterworld. We're treated to several shots of just >the tip of the Washington Monument obelisk sticking up above the waves, which >means the world's oceans have risen not just the seven inches that even the >most dire Warmists predict, but over 500 feet.
The problem with that is that even if you melted every bit of ice on the >planet and condensed every drop of water out of the air, there's not enough >water on earth to account for that kind of inundation. So where did all this >extra water come from? And does this mean that in addition to being in a huge >bunker underground, there's a massive ocean above them, too? Where are they >getting their air?
And none of this explains why the team they sent up to explore was talking >about intense levels of radiation. Where did *that* come from? Was there a >nuclear war in addition to a flooding catastrophe? And if so, why is the >Washington Monument still standing?
On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:47:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
On Feb 14, 2025 at 1:16:31 AM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> >> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving >>>>>>> Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally >>>>>>> delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't
intended to last for many seasons.
SPOILERS BELOW
I'm having a problem with the outside apocalypse. From the data the president
pulled up on his special iPad, apparently global warming caused the ice sheets
in Greenland and Antarctica to melt enough that the decreased weight on the >> earth's crust allowed volcanoes to erupt that had been "plugged" by the weight
of the ice, including a heretofore undiscovered super-volcano under the
Antarctic ice. This then melted all the ice that was left, which inundated the
earth and turned it into Waterworld. We're treated to several shots of just >> the tip of the Washington Monument obelisk sticking up above the waves, which
means the world's oceans have risen not just the seven inches that even the >> most dire Warmists predict, but over 500 feet.
So the apparent explosion we saw from the plane in the pilot was
actually a volcano erupting? Okay... Yeah, the rise in the oceans is
crazy.
That said even if all that happened it didn't fit with the shots we
got of the four that went outside and were killed by Billy. That
showed a cold world with radiation which fit with the idea of a
nuclear winter. If that was happening then the ice couldn't have
melted.
The problem with that is that even if you melted every bit of ice on the
planet and condensed every drop of water out of the air, there's not enough >> water on earth to account for that kind of inundation. So where did all this >> extra water come from? And does this mean that in addition to being in a huge
bunker underground, there's a massive ocean above them, too? Where are they >> getting their air?
No, they clearly wouldn't have that problem. Remember they are inside
a mountain. Further we saw the two kids head into their equivalent of
the aerodrome in San Francisco with all the planes in storage. That is clearly just a shelter that opens into the air. So the place was built
into a mountain well above sea level.
(Clearly no one bothered to make it all fit together. The shot of the airplane storage facility clearly suggest the air is fine to breathe
and that there was plenty of sunshine coming through the windows.
Which goes against what the four found with a gloomy cold outside.
Which goes against a world where all of the ice has melted.)
Oh, you ask about where the water came from. There's been talk about
huge pockets of water stored deep underwater. So maybe that water was
freed as the volcanoes erupted and the land settled. lol.
And none of this explains why the team they sent up to explore was talking >> about intense levels of radiation. Where did *that* come from? Was there a >> nuclear war in addition to a flooding catastrophe? And if so, why is the
Washington Monument still standing?
Yeah, what we saw in the pilot from the plane window made me think
there was a nuclear war. As that explosion we saw from the window sure
looked like the effect of a nuclear explosion.
On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:47:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
On Feb 14, 2025 at 1:16:31 AM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> >> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving >>>>>>> Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on
par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally >>>>>>> delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't
intended to last for many seasons.
SPOILERS BELOW
I'm having a problem with the outside apocalypse. From the data the president
pulled up on his special iPad, apparently global warming caused the ice
sheets
in Greenland and Antarctica to melt enough that the decreased weight on the >> earth's crust allowed volcanoes to erupt that had been "plugged" by the
weight
of the ice, including a heretofore undiscovered super-volcano under the
Antarctic ice. This then melted all the ice that was left, which inundated >> the
earth and turned it into Waterworld. We're treated to several shots of just >> the tip of the Washington Monument obelisk sticking up above the waves, which
means the world's oceans have risen not just the seven inches that even the >> most dire Warmists predict, but over 500 feet.
So the apparent explosion we saw from the plane in the pilot was
actually a volcano erupting? Okay... Yeah, the rise in the oceans is
crazy.
That said even if all that happened it didn't fit with the shots we
got of the four that went outside and were killed by Billy. That
showed a cold world with radiation which fit with the idea of a
nuclear winter. If that was happening then the ice couldn't have
melted.
The problem with that is that even if you melted every bit of ice on the
planet and condensed every drop of water out of the air, there's not enough >> water on earth to account for that kind of inundation. So where did all this >> extra water come from? And does this mean that in addition to being in a huge
bunker underground, there's a massive ocean above them, too? Where are they >> getting their air?
No, they clearly wouldn't have that problem. Remember they are inside
a mountain. Further we saw the two kids head into their equivalent of
the aerodrome in San Francisco with all the planes in storage. That is clearly just a shelter that opens into the air.
So the place was built
into a mountain well above sea level.
(Clearly no one bothered to make it all fit together. The shot of the airplane storage facility clearly suggest the air is fine to breathe
and that there was plenty of sunshine coming through the windows.
Which goes against what the four found with a gloomy cold outside.
Which goes against a world where all of the ice has melted.)
Oh, you ask about where the water came from. There's been talk about
huge pockets of water stored deep underwater. So maybe that water was
freed as the volcanoes erupted and the land settled. lol.
And none of this explains why the team they sent up to explore was talking >> about intense levels of radiation. Where did *that* come from? Was there a >> nuclear war in addition to a flooding catastrophe? And if so, why is the
Washington Monument still standing?
Yeah, what we saw in the pilot from the plane window made me think
there was a nuclear war. As that explosion we saw from the window sure
looked like the effect of a nuclear explosion.
On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:47:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:
On Feb 14, 2025 at 1:16:31 AM PST, "shawn" <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> >> wrote:
On Thu, 13 Feb 2025 21:32:50 -0800, suzeeq <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 6:23 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
On 2/13/2025 7:40 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
Yesterday, I worked in the morning, and ran errands in the afternoon, >>>>>>> but still had enough time to get through soaps, and to binge a couple >>>>>>> more episodes of "Paradise":
Paradise (Hulu) - Ep's #3 & #4. Reddit was all saying how "episode #2 >>>>>>> was a letdown, but episode #3 was so much better", but I don't think >>>>>>> that was true at all - the best part about episode #3 was giving >>>>>>> Sterling K. Brown a chance to shine; but otherwise, I thought it was on >>>>>>> par with ep #2. But episode #4 I thought was much better, finally >>>>>>> delivering some answers.
snip.
So this is a show worth watching?
No
Maybe not for you, but it might be for Arthur.
I've been enjoying the show. Sure, there are holes in the plot but
overall it's been an enjoyable ride. It also helps that the show isn't
intended to last for many seasons.
SPOILERS BELOW
I'm having a problem with the outside apocalypse. From the data the president
pulled up on his special iPad, apparently global warming caused the ice sheets
in Greenland and Antarctica to melt enough that the decreased weight on the >> earth's crust allowed volcanoes to erupt that had been "plugged" by the weight
of the ice, including a heretofore undiscovered super-volcano under the
Antarctic ice. This then melted all the ice that was left, which inundated the
earth and turned it into Waterworld. We're treated to several shots of just >> the tip of the Washington Monument obelisk sticking up above the waves, which
means the world's oceans have risen not just the seven inches that even the >> most dire Warmists predict, but over 500 feet.
So the apparent explosion we saw from the plane in the pilot was
actually a volcano erupting? Okay... Yeah, the rise in the oceans is
crazy.
That said even if all that happened it didn't fit with the shots we
got of the four that went outside and were killed by Billy. That
showed a cold world with radiation which fit with the idea of a
nuclear winter. If that was happening then the ice couldn't have
melted.
The problem with that is that even if you melted every bit of ice on the
planet and condensed every drop of water out of the air, there's not enough >> water on earth to account for that kind of inundation. So where did all this >> extra water come from? And does this mean that in addition to being in a huge
bunker underground, there's a massive ocean above them, too? Where are they >> getting their air?
No, they clearly wouldn't have that problem. Remember they are inside
a mountain. Further we saw the two kids head into their equivalent of
the aerodrome in San Francisco with all the planes in storage. That is clearly just a shelter that opens into the air. So the place was built
into a mountain well above sea level.
(Clearly no one bothered to make it all fit together. The shot of the airplane storage facility clearly suggest the air is fine to breathe
and that there was plenty of sunshine coming through the windows.
Which goes against what the four found with a gloomy cold outside.
Which goes against a world where all of the ice has melted.)
Oh, you ask about where the water came from. There's been talk about
huge pockets of water stored deep underwater. So maybe that water was
freed as the volcanoes erupted and the land settled. lol.
And none of this explains why the team they sent up to explore was talking >> about intense levels of radiation. Where did *that* come from? Was there a >> nuclear war in addition to a flooding catastrophe? And if so, why is the
Washington Monument still standing?
Yeah, what we saw in the pilot from the plane window made me think
there was a nuclear war. As that explosion we saw from the window sure
looked like the effect of a nuclear explosion.
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