Obveeus
2/4/2012 11:25:00 AM
"shawn" <nanoflower@gNOTmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:43:37 -0800, Thanatos <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
>>No, then I would have asked how the hell some phenomenon managed to do
>>something that only affected things that are 'modern'.
>
> Probably the easiest way (for aliens) would be to have some sort of
> permanent EMP in place. That would kill most 'modern' technology since
> we tend to have computers in just about everything but it would let
> people and other life forms survive.
Such a permanent EMP effect would not even require aliens, IMO. Earth is
hurling through space, so why not simply have the plotline based upon Earth
entering an area of space where a continuous EMP type effect is passing
through as well? The show doesn't have to explain the origins of the EMP,
it just has to put forth the premise that it exists and will continue to
exist for some indeterminate amount of time (could end tomorrow or could
last 100,000 years).