18th June 2012, 8:28 PM
I don't buy the idea that something "sparking discussion" saves it from the "suck" file. That said, I don't think it sucks. I also don't think that them being "rebels who the ESTABLISHMENT wants to shut down" saves that plot point at all. I caught all of that and filed it all under "typical cliche pseudo science hero" file.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)