Revolution, Episode 1. First Impressions [UK]

Revolution is the new series airing on Sky 1, produced by the one and only J.J. Abrams. For those of you who don't know what the concept it, I believe it was a large solar flare which caused all electrical products to stop, dead in their tracks. Opening up the show we are given the perspective of the main protagonists at the start of when everything when tits up. Planes drop from the sky, cars cease to run and roll to a halt, computers crash and the lights flicker off. Can you imagine it? All of the power gone?, no internet, no TV, no cars...NOTHING...

Anyway, as I write this, I'm watching it gradually. Character development and violence has already developed and we are only 30 minutes in. However, everything seems to be moving rather rapidly. We have no chance to understand the background behind the event and how our protagonists have worked together to cultivate their own little village. However we move incredibly quickly to a city

(Chicago) without so much as one deep story between the travellers. We see fight scenes that are extremely over the top to the point of ridiculousness and we have characters that are a little boring.

Set pieces are gorgeous and very well refined. CGI helps to blend these and make them far more realistic. It's easy to see that this sort of thing would develop if all electricity was to disappear. This is true to some extent but when they have a church submerged in water, it gets a little confusing to imagine how that actually happened in the first place. Reviewing the sound is difficult as it varies from TV to TV but there are tiny noises that give the rooms atmosphere and sometimes you have an aggressive buzz that can be quite irritating.

At the end of this episode, we find out who the big bad boss is which is a bit of a downer as it could have really gripped people if they simply dropped small hints to real you in for the next few episodes. Finally to wrap this review up, I feel nothing towards the characters. The female protagonist is extremely annoying, her brother is also a huge pain in the ass. The rest are also much the same, their given roles are fairly poor and most of the acting leaves little to be desired.

All in all, I agree with the 6.5 rating on IMDB as mine is in that sort of area too.
I understand it is a little jumbled but it has been written as I watch it and make judgements throughout!, Don't forget it is the first of the series, it may get better!