wildadragon t1_j0xet9y wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:04 AM

Why? EMPs are still a thing, giant solar flare destroying the world's electrical grid, aliens, if its Sci-Fi all they need is their imagination.

spookinky987 t1_j0xgph5 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:19 AM

A Carrington event would wipe out any culture that didn't prepare for it, basically anyplace that ignores the warnings will be sent to the agrarian age, ripe for invasion.

redditwithafork t1_j121tlm wrote on December 21, 2022 at 2:22 AM

And the worst part is, it's SO easy to shield against an EMP, that we're going to deserve every ounce of it when it finally does happen to us.

It's especially "easy" if we were to start at the highest levels of infrastructure and work our way down to hand held radios and small consumer electronics.

But.. like with covid and every other catastrophe.. we do NOTHING until we're IN the shit, then it's a mad dash to hash together a program haphazardly after the fact, and use the event as an excuse to point fingers and blame the other political party for the lack of planning and botched response.

spookinky987 t1_j12ops8 wrote on December 21, 2022 at 5:44 AM

And an ample opportunity for kickbacks and graft by those in charge.

Producedinchina OP t1_j0xgy4d wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:21 AM

You’re not wrong. I just think that these types of films will have a very different look as society adapts. Just look at how this scenario would’ve looked even 30 years ago before the technology era really took off.

wildadragon t1_j0xh8xn wrote on December 20, 2022 at 3:23 AM

They'll look differently because they need to think of new ways to cause the power to stop especially since they used the previous methods many times.

So they won't be a thing of the past in fact more advanced. I mean how many times did the Enterprise on Star Trek lose power running off of dilithium crystals

davidfavel t1_j0yeaj0 wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:31 AM

You forget how screwed they were when the probe seaching for whales messed up the sky.

SCP-Agent-Arad t1_j0yckjp wrote on December 20, 2022 at 9:06 AM

The effect of EMPs are fairly dramatized by movies, and that can continue into the future no matter how advanced we get.

rixtil41 t1_j0xwoix wrote on December 20, 2022 at 5:44 AM

We can although not easily protect ourselves from solar flares. I guess what op is saying is that it will be less relatable to the real world.