Thread by @emilygrubert

Me and my electricity buddies are all set up for #TheCurrentWar with @S_HastingsSimon, you, and our other people buddies starting at 8 MT. Press play in 5 minutes to watch together in real time!

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Annnnnnnd.....play! #TheCurrentWar

Movie starting off bold, reminding us when you could still see that many stars #TheCurrentWar

I think so far this movie isn’t doing my least fave trope of making up the female characters (*cough* Chernobyl) #TheCurrentWar

Omg apparently Edison actually did call his kids Dot and Dash

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Ha ha ha yep distributed power plants and buried lines sure would have been terrible

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Too close to home

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I realize this is extremely not the point but I want Edison’s US lightbulb map

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Did Tesla really just too-cheap-to-meter Niagara

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Overall: is this a “good” movie? Eh. The vitally important event of electrification is too big to be a “good” movie. It succeeds partly bc there were some interpersonal beefs at play, but you never have the urgency, tension, and hero that we expect.

I actually think it’s good they didn’t overplay the hero narrative enough to get it there. Doesn’t make the process less important. And, good reminder that while work is accretive — some infra decisions matter forever.

Pleasure watching with you!
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