Revolution Season 1

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

What happens when all of the worlds electricity goes out ?
This is the premise of NBC’s short lived TV series, Revolution.
I must admit I am a bit biased as I have always had an interest in the subject matter.
The show starts off slowly as we get to know each character and what they did in their previous lives when there was electricity.
All governments around the world have collapsed including the one in the United States being replaced by marauding gangs and semi governments in different regions on the United States.
It is here at the ” Monroe Republic ” that we are introduced to Sebastian Monroe and his ruthless ambition to expand his dictatorship at any cost.
As the story unfolds we learn how and why the power went out and the unforeseen consequences of this and those who were responsible for it.
I highly recommend this TV show for it’s great writing, direction and acting if you enjoy Sci-Fi combined with action and the human psych.

– Cyril J. Martinez

Let me start this review by saying that I enjoyed the Pilot episode enough to purchase a pass on Amazon Instant Video for the entire season. The premise here is pretty simple: through some unknown mechanism, all electrical power becomes inoperative, apparently all over the world. America quickly collapses into near anarchy, with warlords establishing fiefdoms maintained by force and tyranny. The people live at an 18th century level, if that. It is not known why electrical power has stopped working, although there are hints that some technological cause lies at the root of it all.

Naturally, there are some inconsistencies in the pilot. First of all, somehow all the women in this new America all look like gorgeous Hollywood actresses. Well, they are, I guess. One might expect that the people would look more like actual 18th Century pioneers, i.e. wrinkled, not particularly clean, hard-bitten, but no. They all look like they just stepped out of a beauty salon. Well, most of us would rather watch a series full of gorgeous women, I suppose. That’s what this is.

Setting aside the inconsistencies, the pilot has a solid storyline that held my interest and left me wanting more. I am hoping that this series lives up to its potential. RJB.

– Roger J. Buffington

The show has been steadily improving IMHO. At the beginning it seemed like when the lights went out suddenly it was 1870. I am sure it would be easier to build a musket with forge and a lathe but the tech to build a AR-15 is nearly the same. That problem holds true for many of the mechanical things in the show. However the story is well told and I was able to forget about the lack of engineers (really don’t want to go to far with this complaint). I loved that the big reveal came in season one, kudos for not holding out on what caused the power failure. Now the writers are free to go boldly into….. guess we will just have to wait and see but I have high hopes. Not too high but the potential is there.
There is another problem that I feel I must address. I hate it when people give a show or product a bad rating because of shipping failure ect. you know what I mean. There were many problems watching this series. I did not make it through even one episode without having the feed stop for an extended loading period usually multiple times. I restarted more than once, maybe I was impatient but it was very aggravating. I checked multiple times to see if Netflix had this show to no avail. I am not sure what caused this problem. A streaming video I paid a premium above my yearly fee for should work better than this. I feel like I am paying to see shows on my schedule without commercials. I am fine with that but not at all fine with the terrible feed. I hope someone at Amazon video will address this problem before I have to look elsewhere for content.

-R. Ward

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Giancarlo Esposito, Zak Orth, David Lyons
Producers: Athena Wickham, Robert M. Williams Jr.
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: French, Portuguese, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Thai
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number of discs: 5
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Release Date: September 3, 2013
Run Time: 860 minutes

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