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scottri said:
Found it hard to watch since I work in IT and the whole thing was sooo far fetched/unrealistic it was stupid. I'll give it another try though....
I've tried watching the first two episodes.The first was impossibly bad. The second episode is no better. I had low hopes for this show, and it didn't meet them.
Dear All,
watched this. Preposterous but charming. Only the finale with passenger jet letting down a cable to a car driving underneath suspended my disbelief suspension.
It also got the fluid baddie out of Terminator 2, cool.
The waitress is rather hot too
regards,
Jet
watched this. Preposterous but charming. Only the finale with passenger jet letting down a cable to a car driving underneath suspended my disbelief suspension.
It also got the fluid baddie out of Terminator 2, cool.
The waitress is rather hot too
regards,
Jet
Edited by jet_noise on Friday 24th October 09:26
I'm usually happy to let things go for the sake of a good story but this was pushing the limits !
- New load of Air traffic control SW corrupts.
- Oh no ! Disaster, people are going to die
- Let's find some bloke who has an IQ of 197 to sort this out
- Right -found him. What do you suggest ?
- Mmmm , let me think. I know ! Get the backup disk out and go back to previous version of software
- Genius !!!
- Stuff with aeroplanes, wireless connections in cafes, Ferraris etc.
- Phew, sorted.
- Geek gets bird
Is this what goes through an IT guy's imagination when the latest Windows SW update doesn't load properly on someone's PC ?
I'll be watching next week
- New load of Air traffic control SW corrupts.
- Oh no ! Disaster, people are going to die
- Let's find some bloke who has an IQ of 197 to sort this out
- Right -found him. What do you suggest ?
- Mmmm , let me think. I know ! Get the backup disk out and go back to previous version of software
- Genius !!!
- Stuff with aeroplanes, wireless connections in cafes, Ferraris etc.
- Phew, sorted.
- Geek gets bird
Is this what goes through an IT guy's imagination when the latest Windows SW update doesn't load properly on someone's PC ?
I'll be watching next week
After the second episode, the thing annoying me the most is how the genius was apparently from Eire according to the flashback sequences, but even back then he seemed to have an American accent. I can get why he might have developed one after living there for a while, but not why he already had one. Perhaps that's a running 'secret' that will get revealed in the last episode. Or casting someone who can't do an Irish accent.
Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 3rd November 10:53
Based on a real person apparently Walter O'Brien, who did grow up in Ireland, though I doubt the storylines are!
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(TV_series...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion_(TV_series...
Yes, though last weeks episode did seem to be basically dramatising loading a software update.
Lots to dislike about this (acting, scripts, characters from central casting, cheesiness, moral messages, usual techy rubbish) but I still find myself having to watch it. A bit like a more modern version of 'Bugs'.
Lots to dislike about this (acting, scripts, characters from central casting, cheesiness, moral messages, usual techy rubbish) but I still find myself having to watch it. A bit like a more modern version of 'Bugs'.
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