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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

I read all that as @paisley1's bunker is way nicer than the silo. But I should've known that already since they obviously don't have internet access or tv streams

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

paisley1 wrote:

1x3 - the pacing/sense of urgency and intrigue never let up, really well done, although...

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A steam turbine??  And they don't know where the steam is coming from?  And there's no shut off, or return line, or e-vent?  Really??  Pressure is a real issue with hermetically sealed chambers.  How do they deal with temperature control and not all boil to death with a heat creating steam generator underneath of them?  Turbines have to be maintained regularly, like once a year, not once every thousand years awkwardly for 30 minutes by guess and by golly, lolz!  You'd need a press brake to bend that fin back into place, but you wouldn't want to (they didn't really show how they "fixed" it, lolz), because it would just break again, you'd need to completely replace that fin with a new one, as they're carefully engineered and balanced, which requires LOTS of time and sophisticated machinery.

Also, if they can build a silo, why wouldn't they have RTG's or other advanced modular generators (ZPM's, lolz) that have no moving parts and require little maintenance on every floor for full backup and redundant power?   Half the Silo should be supplies to fix the silo and replace what you know is going to break.

Also also, her body would melt from the steam inside that compartment, lolz, and in reality do nothing.

Also also also, they kill off characters like Game of Thrones in this show. Who's next?  Rebecca's mom?  Any glimmer of hope and joy and they take it away.  Ridiculous.

...I thought of all of that while watching 1x3, and yet I still enjoyed it. wink

Why no elevator in the Silo?  Cardio?

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Hah, was thinking the same while watching. I guess it could be a very very deep "hardened" hole where they redirect some ground water to, and it heats/boils up creating steam. And since they have no clue how the steam is made, they should not know about any way to close off the ground water. I dont think there could be any other "realistic" explanation no? Seems unlikely its nuclear fission or fusion creating the steam.

As for the repair and cooling, all i can say is lol.
I also thought being on the deepest lvl must be deadly to say the least, just think about all the shit that can be dropped from up high and with 10 000 people living upwards, seems like a recipe for disaster. Not to mention, how does the plumbing work? And yes, strange there is no elevators, or any talk about they have existed, would be perfect to add while the mayor and acting sheriff were going down if they didnt work anymore.

There was also some intriguing details on the video feed, when they shut down the power. Almost as if there were 3 filters.

A good thing i can easily ignore those details while watching and still enjoy the show.

Edit: Spoiler tags!

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

Moze wrote:
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Hah, was thinking the same while watching. I guess it could be a very very deep "hardened" hole where they redirect some ground water to, and it heats/boils up creating steam. And since they have no clue how the steam is made, they should not know about any way to close off the ground water. I dont think there could be any other "realistic" explanation no? Seems unlikely its nuclear fission or fusion creating the steam.

As for the repair and cooling, all i can say is lol.
I also thought being on the deepest lvl must be deadly to say the least, just think about all the shit that can be dropped from up high and with 10 000 people living upwards, seems like a recipe for disaster. Not to mention, how does the plumbing work? And yes, strange there is no elevators, or any talk about they have existed, would be perfect to add while the mayor and acting sheriff were going down if they didnt work anymore.

There was also some intriguing details on the video feed, when they shut down the power. Almost as if there were 3 filters.

A good thing i can easily ignore those details while watching and still enjoy the show.

You should probably use spoiler tags, like I've done above.

When it comes to the Silo's mechanical:

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The steam is most likely geothermal, what's ridiculous is that they can't control the steam and they're using a turbine to create power, all of which emits so much heat it would turn the silo into an oven and fry everyone if there's no shut off or e-vent, especially if there's a malfunction.

Waste is probably connected to the farming levels, pumped up and pumped down.  I saw cows on one level, I can't imagine the smell in there, it must reek, unless, "insert special technology" and it can be explained away.

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

paisley1 wrote:
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The steam is most likely geothermal, what's ridiculous is that they can't control the steam and they're using a turbine to create power, all of which emits so much heat it would turn the silo into an oven and fry everyone if there's no shut off or e-vent, especially if there's a malfunction.

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The whole thing doesn't make any sense at all.... so, if the turbine is driven by the hot steam coming from below fed into the containment chamber of the turbine-shaft.... what does happen if you open the enclosure? Right, all steam will rush out into the surrounding room, steam cooking all those engineers and the turbine will stop spinning anyway as the blades stall immediately.

And yeah, the builders of the structure planned for every eventuality but not putting in a pressure relief valve into a stream drive generator assembly? Or if not that.... they could just open the valve a tiny bit and also open the hatch Juliette used to enter the stream chamber... that would have vented the steam into the open space. Problem gone.

Also, "straiten" a badly damaged and bend turbine blade? Seriously? Even touching it after it ran for weeks glowing hot... those gloves must have been really well made...

Next to the idiocy, that they build a huge bunker and power it with one big ass generator instead of a series of smaller independent and redundant systems. Do not have any spare parts like a new blade?

Moze wrote:
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There was also some intriguing details on the video feed, when they shut down the power. Almost as if there were 3 filters.

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I really hoped they would show the "real" world for a split second when the processing/filter engine stops and some inhabitants would have noticed. That could have been a good option to make the whole "generator repair" relevant for the story... the way they used it, was a waste of an opportunity and not really that engaging doing anything useful to the story. Maybe positioning Juliette as a "hero"-character. Which is a bit too on the nose for my liking.

Ok, Ep3 added at least some decent "action" into the mix. But I found Ep1 and Ep2 tremendously boring and as said in the spoiler section above, Ep3 doesn't really helped me to really care what is going on. Not that bad as to drop it right away, will give it Ep4 and maybe Ep5 to turn me around. But I am not that optimistic I won't drop it mid-season for good.

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

So do we suppose the ep 4

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note was intentionally illegible? I taught college kids for years and thought I was just short of a pharmacist on being able to decipher handwriting but I'm not sure. I finally decided it was 'flowers' and figure it had something to do with the window image.

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

mrverene wrote:

So do we suppose the ep 4

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note was intentionally illegible? I taught college kids for years and thought I was just short of a pharmacist on being able to decipher handwriting but I'm not sure. I finally decided it was 'flowers' and figure it had something to do with the window image.

It says:

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Double the flowers in front of the mirror

DRM "manages access" in the same way that Prison "manages freedom".
http://xkcd.com/488/

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

That was what I determined. When I googled for confirmation there were other thoughts, a couple of which weren't actually words and none of which made sense big_smile

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

1x5 Still enjoying the show!

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After the screen projection error when shutting down the generator, now the outside "lights" being visible at night... Love it. smile

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Re: Silo [Drama, Sci-Fi]

Lol! Re: The engineering comments above. I also picked it to pieces, much to wifey's annoyance!.

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They didn't re-fit the covers before powering it back up. Super-heated steam would have filled the Silo, vapourising everyone in there smile

Still, interesting so far.