How did they keep the cars in proper working order for the 4,000 years they were asleep? Wouldn't the fan belt and gas tank corrode? If so, there aren't any fan belt manufacturers who can make new ones. Also they drive a lot so they need gas, but I didn't see any oil wells. I'd also think that bullets that they buried in 2015 and dug up 4000 years later might not be as effective. Did smith and Wesson survive?
shareI know. Just like Night's The Village. You have to suspend disbelief.
shareMaybe every time CJ woke up, he would work/make repairs to the vehicles.
Do you think they just buried bullets in the ground? I'm sure they had a storage area inside the facility for all the ammo.
They only slept 2000 years, but if you can accept that they kept people alive that long, what's your problem with inanimate objects? Just take it as an all-or-none belief suspension and enjoy the ride.
(I will admit we were surprised to see sapiens stumbling out of the mountain, rubbing the sleep out of their eyes after such a long period of time. We thought we ate the last of them back in the year 3030-something.)
It was actually a silly question since the entire premise is illogical, but I didn't think I'd have to actually explain that
shareThe condition of the cars doesn't bother me, but my only question regarding working cars (unless suddenly they're electric) is, where's the gas to keep the cars running? Are they back to using moonshine or something similar?
EMOTICONS ARE BACK! YAY!
Leave a car untouched for 10 years and watch the deterioration. Now try 2000 years. Stupid wayward falls
shareApparently its explained in the books how the machinery were somehow sealed and preserved for that duration as well.
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Wonder why the book's explanation didn't make it to the show. I guess they needed that screen time to show the distressing faces of Matt Dillon
sharehow did they keep EVERYTHING in proper condition for that long time?
shareGood science fiction may require you to suspend disbelief in a few things but not in everything. For example you can accept faster than light travel but machinery will still break down, people will still behave like people, etc. This show requires suspension of disbelief in everything, from waking people up into an orwellian police state and expecting them to just accept it without question to making teenagers get pregnant in the middle of a food shortage to functioning 2,000 year old cars.
shareGood science fiction may require you to suspend disbelief in a few things but not in everything. For example you can accept faster than light travel but machinery will still break down, people will still behave like people, etc. This show requires suspension of disbelief in everything, from waking people up into an orwellian police state and expecting them to just accept it without question to making teenagers get pregnant in the middle of a food shortage to functioning 2,000 year old cars.
The massive storage place was vacuum. It is a Sci-Fi show, any unrealistic explanation is accepted.
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