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>> Also, as I mentioned, millions of films seem to assume that an EMP only
>> affects devices which are turned on. (E.g., War of the Worlds, only one
>> working car because it wasn't turned on. WTF? Then again... War of the
>> Worlds. WTF?)
>
> Well, IIRC, it was never explicitly stated that an EMP was responsible for that.
No. Just that the power went out and everybody's car except our hero
stopped working due to an ignition fault.
> I quite enjoyed that film actually. Very little attempt to explain anything,
> which is the best way to do SF, and definitely the best way to do first-person
> drama.
Well, each to their own. All it seemed to be able is "hey, humanity
sucks, maybe Earth would be better off without us".
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