It would have been far more interesting as a domino flow-on effect from human the human. The blackout was an unnecessary tool, so was the happy, positive energy trust BS to restore it.
shareI think a raccoon crewing on a wire did it.
shareThe movie suggested sun spots which makes the blackout's effects on the radio very likely but no explanation was given because there was none needed; the blackout was just a McGuffin to examine society at its most desperate.
When the stars are the only things we share
Will you be there?
-Benjamin Francis Leftwich
Very well put, Yorick_Brown. The blackout perfectly illustrates the McGuffin concept.
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