Talk:Monty Green/@comment-26247132-20150620211348

I'm a tech geek and the one thing I hate about most TV shows is they usually have only one token geek who is completely unrealistically a genius in all things and I've rarely been able to find them relatable. What most people (including TV show writers) don't seem to understand is that just because you know software doesn't mean you know hardware and just because you know software doesn't mean you're automatically a programmer/hacker. This show, however, gives us Wick (an engineer), Raven (a mechanic), and Monty, whom I probably relate to the most (career-wise).

You know what I really appreciate about Monty's character? That he fried the wristbands. Before Raven (the hardware guru) landed, Monty tried his best to establish communication with the Ark, but since that wasn't his expertise, he failed! Same with Wick: he made a brace for Raven but it wasn't as good as the one Raven could make for herself. Not because she's awesome (because she is), but because that's what she is good at and what they're not. It's those nuances they show of the geek culture that make me really happy for semi-accurate representation.*


 * Semi-accurate because after all, Monty was able to quickly hack into Mount Weather's computer system which most certainly had completely foreign programs and OS than what he was probably used to on the Ark. On a smaller scale for comparison, it's like a lifelong Mac user trying to use Windows for the first time or vis versa: there's a learning curve.