I hope this show won't be used to launch love triangles and petty pretty people with problems while completely ignoring the plot and purpose of the characters being on Earth in the first place. And as someone on IM Db pointed out that it should be the most ethnically diverse show on CW, only there are doubts this will even happen.
People are comparing it to LOST and Hunger Games, I don't get that impression but my closest comparison would be to The Walking Dead sans the walking dead part. The focus being on surviving and the lives of people trying to live together in an chaotic setting.
eta If the main Ark only has so many months of oxygen and supplies, then this series better not stretch past three season because that would be ridiculous.
edited 20th Mar '14 7:07:25 PM by Bunai
It's been a going concern for 97 years. It is not running off a supply depot, but is a mostly closed ecosystem, it is currently having problems with the systems that make that work. So, basically, they need enough time to fix things, or an exit strategy.
I have a theory about that exit strategy : There is no way the station authorities have /any/ doubts about the exact level of radiation on earth. It is too easy to measure and predict. I think they preformed a medical intervention on the convicts to make them more resistant to radiation. And the effectiveness of that trick is what is being tested - that is why they have medical monitoring bracelets but no geigercounters. They *want* the kids to walk into every radiation hotspot they come across to see if they are as immune to it as intended. Heck, they probably dropped them in the hottest spot on the map.
edited 21st Mar '14 12:36:29 PM by izeintime
Not bad. Some issues when it comes to the exposition dumps but aside from that Its an ok start to the series. I like the idea and hope they do it justice. Some love triangles are to be expected (it is a CW show) but as long as its a subordinate to the main story of survival and who will rule the new earth I'm ok with it.
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Also they were all raised on the Ark so they probably didn't really care about learning about other species on Earth they might have learned about some but not experts. The families that are on the Ark were already there before the Nuclear war that wiped out the rest of the life on Earth or so they thought.
I'd say that Charlotte killing Wells counts as a Wham Moment wouldn't you? Interesting that it, kind of, sprung from a rare moment of decency on Bellamy's part.
And Octavia
edited 3rd Apr '14 7:01:34 AM by tricksterson
Trump delenda estI liked that they killed off what looked to be a major character. I will grant that a Love Dodecahedron between him, Clarke, Finn, Raven and maybe even bellamy would have been interesting though. And at least he didn't die first. I also liked that between him, Atom and Charlotte this has become an Anyone Can Die show. Probably because I'm rooting for the Grounders though.
Trump delenda estIt is just me or was the last episode really good? I never knew where it was going, and it always subverted my expectations ( like how men and women volunteered for death once they understood how dangerous the situation was, and that the Arc didn't see the rockets before the culling). That scene with the beret was heart-wrenching.
I like how our main protagonist has her priorities straight (odd on a CW show about a attractive teenage girl), in spite of her romance. I also like how competent and likeable her 'rival' is, and her love interest.
That being said, I'm still not happy with what happened to Wells. I mean, he was bound to die eventually—his situation was to precarious to avoid it—but he was solely defined in relation to the MC. I also don't like the sister being continuously relegated to Damsel in Distress or her brother continually messing things up. Question: does he know about the situation on the arc until this episode? If so, it makes him so much worse.
All in all, I may be giving this episode more credit than it's due. It's a remarkable improvement over the last one, at least.
This was pretty darn good, all around, excepting that Bellamy continues to be a threat to the entire species and petty at the same time.
Clarke being drama free about her love life is making me like her a whole lot. If this show is going to have threesomes, can she have them with Raven and Finn instead of whatever was happening with Bellamy? Because she deserves it a heck of a lot more than he does, and her every interaction with either of them is making me ship it. OT3.
The people of the ark not rioting, but quietly sacrificing was perfect- and the sacrifice was necessary, signal from the ground or not - They do not have any way to send enough people down quickly enough to make a difference.. Uhm.. "until the void gives us back our dead.." are they going to freeze them?
The little girl going blind was adorable. Fantastic job. .. eh, it wasn't adorable that she was going blind. The character was adorable, and the best child actor I can recall seeing, well, ever.
edited 17th Apr '14 12:05:06 PM by izeintime
Is Bellamy the brother? If so, I don't think the show is really setting him and Clarke up. They have completely different values, and Clarke would never forgive him once she finds out the signal was too late and over a hundred people died. Then again, I've missed an episode or two, so who knows.
Agree 100% about the OT3. Everyone would be happy and keep their integrity. It's perfect!
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Yay! Renewed discussion (and renewed show)!
I gotta' say, this show has really surprised me. It never goes the way I expect it, the romance serve to develop character, and moral/ethical differences dominate the drama (such as with the last episode).
Speaking of the last episode, did skinny guy hallucinate the guards in the trees, or were they actually there? Also, anyone else find is squicky that Octavia is so enamored with Lincoln when he had previously tied her up and traumatized her, despite being perfectly able to communicate? What exactly were his plans then, anyway?
Also, it seems I was wrong about Bellamy/Clarke, but I'm not too upset. There growing relationship feels very natural.
edited 15th May '14 3:46:53 PM by RandomaNama
After the fight started weren't there people shooting arrows at them from the trees?
I'm disappointed in the Grounders horses. I was hoping for fire breathing carnivorous unicorns.
On the other hand their leader, if looks are anything to go by, is a vampire so there's that.
Unless the Goth look is still around. Which would indicate a more terrifying dystopia than any of us ever imagined.
Trump delenda estYes, the leader of the Grounders, Soren. She's a princess in every role, I tell you.
How about that ending though? It blew my mind. I didn't think they'd go their what with all of the drama they set up between Diana and Jaha.
To quote the great American philosopher, Sweet Brown, "Ain't nobody got time fo' dat."

Okay, so this debuted tonight. Without getting spoilery, I liked it. I especially like that the villains aren't Obviously Evil Complete Monsters. One is basically a Knight Templar who thinks he's doing what's necessary to save humanity, the other has a major league Freudian Excuse and may not even turn out to be evil in the long run. What we've seen so far of Earth is cool as well.
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