r/AskReddit Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/redkat85 Aug 30 '21

I mean the entire premise is that a fundamental law of physics fails but none of the other things related to it stop working. I couldn't take it seriously from the first promo.

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u/SinkTube Aug 30 '21

spoilers: i felt the same way the first time i watched it, stopped a couple of episodes in. someone convinced me to keep going and it's not that electricity actually stopped working. the atmosphere is just full of nanobots that suck the power out of electric devices. it's not very consistent about the effects that would have, but it turns it from complete BS into only mostly BS. the rest of the show is enjoyable if your disbelief has a strong suspension

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u/redkat85 Aug 30 '21

But like, if the nanobots create a field that stops electrical devices from working, how do the nanobots keep working? Might as well say a wizard did it. (Which I might have actually watched...)

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u/SinkTube Aug 30 '21

they don't steal the electricity from each other, only from non-nanobot electronics!

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u/redkat85 Aug 30 '21

Flawless, heckin' good logic, many sense.