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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCWuEjXcZfo quote:The series is set 97 years after a devastating nuclear war. The only survivors were residents of space stations orbiting the earth. The space stations banded together to form a massive one called "The Ark". Resources are scarce and all crimes are punishable by death. 100 juvenile residents, convicted of what would have been relatively minor crimes and misdemeanors on pre-war Earth, are now considered "expendable" and are sent on a mission to test if Earth's surface has become habitable again. Ever wanted to see the cast of a generic pretty people doing dumb things CW shows be brutally murdered by nature, mutants and each others in a post-nuclear war environment? That's the show for you! If you missed the pilot, it's available on the CW's website. General reaction seems to be that the show's premise has a lot of potentials but the first episode was dragged down by just how dumb these kids are and the fact they are treating it like a weekend camping instead of landing on a post-apocalyptic hellhole where survival is all but guaranteed. The preview for the upcoming season looks like it could be really good if they don't manage to screw this up. The show also managed to do better than any other CW show this season in terms of ratings. Not just this season, in fact, but their record audience for a premiere since 2010. This is getting renewed for sure unless there is a massive drop in audience. quote:The CW’s new sci-fi drama The 100 got off to a solid start on Wednesday night, delivering more premiere viewers than any new CW show this season. The future-shock series, about a group of young troublemakers sent down to a radioactive and uninhabited Earth, opened to 2.6 million viewers and a 0.9 among adults 18-49. That performance built upon slightly its Arrow lead-in and greatly improved upon the average performance of The Tomorrow People in this time period (where it averages a 0.5 demo rating), though tied its series premiere in the demo. Main Cast and Crew The Ark Counselor Kane Councilwoman Dr. Griffin Councilor Jaha The 100 Clarke Griffin Finn Griffin Octvia Bellamy Upcoming episodes 2 - Earth Skills March 26, 2014 3 - Earth Kills April 2, 2014 4 - Murphy's Law April 9, 2014 5 - Twilight's Last Gleaming April 16, 2014 6 - His Sister's Keeper April 23, 2014 Twee as Fuck fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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When the girl escaped from the giant eel with a tiny scratch on her leg I knew this was going to be Terra Nova 2.0
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# ? Mar 22, 2014 23:27 |
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So was this any good at all? I DVR'd it but I'm skeptical that it's worth the time that I could be using doing other things like playing browser games or watching Agents of SHIELD or staring at the wall.
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# ? Mar 22, 2014 23:37 |
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Just to move my complaining over here from the chat thread: And is the plan seriously that the smaller group is going to actually bring food back? That's stupid. Unless there's a VTOL cargo plane at the facility, there's no way they can bring enough food back to last a worthwhile length of time for the whole group. They should've just said "Fine, we're going to the facility and staying there. Anyone who wants to come and have a definite meal instead of trying to be hunter/gatherers can follow us." Also, since the origins of the Ark are supposed to be multinational, I don't get why the didn't just let Cusick be Scottish. Then they could at least point to one person and say "See! Not everyone in the future is American/Canadian!" Lycus fucked around with this message at 23:54 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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CODChimera posted:When the girl escaped from the giant eel with a tiny scratch on her leg I knew this was going to be Terra Nova 2.0 Yeah I thought she was gone, but she ended up with a tiny scratch. I thought the guy who jumped after her would die, but nope and I was just rolling my eyes so hard Then he took a massive spear to the chest and all is well XboxPants posted:So was this any good at all? I DVR'd it but I'm skeptical that it's worth the time that I could be using doing other things like playing browser games or watching Agents of SHIELD or staring at the wall. I'd say it's worth watching. Half of it was really crap, the rest alternated between ok to good enough. The only reason I'm watching at least three other episodes is because the previews for the rest of the season looked fantastic.
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# ? Mar 22, 2014 23:45 |
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Twee as gently caress posted:If you missed the pilot, it's available on the CW's website. General reaction seems to be that the show's premise has a lot of potentials but the first episode was dragged down by just how dumb these kids are and the fact they are treating it like a weekend camping instead of landing on a post-apocalyptic hellhole where survival is all but guaranteed.
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Pierson posted:That sucks. Does the action cut between stuff happening on the ground and stuff happening in space or is it all ground and the space-stuff in that trailer just a money-shot to sucker people in? A whole bunch of multi-national spaceships bolted together trying to keep a tenuous peace while making sure the vacumn doesn't kill them all is a series I'd watch, Lord of the Beverly Hillflies less so.
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# ? Mar 22, 2014 23:53 |
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Lycus posted:Just to move my complaining over here from the chat thread: These people threw themselves in a dark river after they just saw a mutated deer with two faces. Three of them removed their security harness after they had already entered atmosphere to float around in zero gravity. Honestly the fact that about 97 of them are still alive instead of about 12 is a miracle. quote:Also, since the origins of the Ark are supposed to be multinational, I don't get why the didn't just let Cusick be Scottish. Then they could at least point to one person and say "See! Not everyone in the future American/Canadian!" Scottish accent would have been way too hard to understand for your average CW viewer. Pierson posted:That sucks. Does the action cut between stuff happening on the ground and stuff happening in space or is it all ground and the space-stuff in that trailer just a money-shot to sucker people in? A whole bunch of multi-national spaceships bolted together trying to keep a tenuous peace while making sure the vacumn doesn't kill them all is a series I'd watch, Lord of the Beverly Hillflies less so. Pilot was about 50/50 and there seems to be big poo poo brewing up in space. I mean like the rest of human civilization is living there aside from those dumb kids so they can't exactly drop them and just concentrate on the I'd still say it's worth watching as long as you're not superbusy, especially for the 'coming this season' trailer Lycus posted:It cuts back and forth, but what you get from the station scenes isn't as interesting as what you're expecting/describing. True, but the fact that a purge has to begin soon means it's probably gonna get real interesting real soon.
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Lycus posted:Just to move my complaining over here from the chat thread: It seems like a century on a space station would be plenty of time for accents to homogenize. It only makes sense that English speaking North American is the default accent because it is a North American English language show. At least this way we are spared dozens of iterations of terrible fake Scottish accents to go along with Cusick's real one, as entertaining as that would be from a certain point of view. And, yes, I think the plan was to bring back enough dry goods for a couple days, to tide them over and as proof that Mount Whatever is the place to be. Divvied up between the smaller group that wouldn't be too too bad assuming at least a portion is freeze-dried. Joke's on them if it's all canned.
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XboxPants posted:So was this any good at all? For me it was unbearable but I don't think I exactly fit into the show's target demographic. The premise was just way too rushed, to the point where it was actually unnerving. It was like watching "Previously On..." to a TV show I had never seen. Then the kids started acting like they were in some DTV Twilight/Hunger Games knockoff. It was already bad enough but when "Radioactive" started playing I immediately had to shut it off.
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Lolly Poopdeck posted:For me it was unbearable but I don't think I exactly fit into the show's target demographic. The premise was just way too rushed, to the point where it was actually unnerving. It was like watching "Previously On..." to a TV show I had never seen. Then the kids started acting like they were in some DTV Twilight/Hunger Games knockoff. It was already bad enough but when "Radioactive" started playing I immediately had to shut it off. The CW is almost exclusively for teenage girls. And guys that like stuff that teenage girls like. I'd be surprised if Radioactive wasn't played and the show had nothing to do with teenage relationships. Smallville had one of their oldest casts and even that was more about relationships than superman fighting whoever.
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# ? Mar 23, 2014 19:47 |
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pilot was... so so. the little leg scratch after giant supereel just made me eyeroll super hard. on the other hand cw is doing good work with their other shows and it is an interesting premise. they also seem to be dealing with some potentially interesting plot points re governance and stuff and hint that it might be more than just a dumb teen drama, at least based on the preview, so I suppose it's worth sticking with a few episodes at least.
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# ? Mar 24, 2014 03:07 |
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In the future beautiful white people are not seen as a valuable resource.
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# ? Mar 24, 2014 03:38 |
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I'm disappointed that the intro didn't rhyme. They were so close to one. "I was born in space, never felt the sun on my face. Or breathed real air, my skin so fair. Four score on this ark, but we dyin', that's dark." Drops Mic.
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# ? Mar 27, 2014 23:46 |
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much better than the pilot. definitely still a teen drama but felt a lot more grounded.
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# ? Mar 28, 2014 03:42 |
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Yeah, I liked that even considering the circumstances, several of the teen characters made smart, rational decisions. Still a lot of really stupid "There are no rules!" and "I'm following you, even though I should be starving" ridiculousness, but thankfully that's confined to several idiots.
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# ? Mar 28, 2014 03:49 |
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Watching this now and it's...OK. Not great. Typical teenybopper stuff, but the space parts are interesting. At this point I'll watch hoping that it'll get a Revolution style retool and focus away from
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# ? Mar 29, 2014 02:06 |
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I'm weirded out by how the protagonist sounds (i.e. her voice) exactly like Nina Dobrev.
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# ? Apr 1, 2014 20:02 |
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10 minutes in & i have decided this show is worse than helix.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 02:31 |
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Iseeyouseemeseeyou posted:10 minutes in & i have decided this show is worse than helix. Yeah and it's not really getting any better.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 02:44 |
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Another interesting premise wasted. Goddamnit.
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# ? Apr 2, 2014 23:07 |
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Lot of lens flare and blown out white levels in the past.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 02:24 |
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So now it's suddenly a bottle episode.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 02:27 |
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Not expecting to actually see the knife go into his neck.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 02:47 |
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Oh right, she was fooling around with that guy.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 02:48 |
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Dag yo, didn't expect that ending.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 03:01 |
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It'll be interesting to see as the season goes if they're going to keep up with the actual character deaths.
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kdrudy posted:Dag yo, didn't expect that ending. Haha, that was pretty unexpected.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 04:25 |
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Shakugan posted:I'm weirded out by how the protagonist sounds (i.e. her voice) exactly like Nina Dobrev. holy poo poo. she does. it's surreal.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 04:41 |
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I'm sad you guys don't like this show cause I think it's really good
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 12:28 |
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I think this show is definitely salvageable. Priority number one is killing off/reducing the role of that blonde chick. She is unutterably dull and I lose interest any time she's on screen. The B plot between the large hispanic(?) guy and the little girl was far more interesting to me. Also the psychopath from continuum could be a cool side character. So far I haven't managed to work up the interest to bother learning anyone's name but I'll keep watching because I really think there is a decent show hidden under the dreck. Ending was really good! edit: Funniest part of the show is the dude who got impaled with a giant fuckoff spear surviving. WTF is in that seaweed? Wolverine's blood? Bright Future fucked around with this message at 13:34 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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Gotta say. That ending made this series a lot more interesting to me. I was pretty much going to stop watching the show after the second episode, but then I decided to give it another go. I guess I'm glad I did because now I'm kind of invested in seeing where our budding murder machine goes. Her little monologue at the end there made me think, "Oh yeah, Ok, HEEEREEE WE GOOOOOO!" Also, the poster make a lot more sense now. Commandante fucked around with this message at 14:13 on Apr 3, 2014 |
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So what are we down to now, the 94? 2 in the pilot, 4 this episode? Glad that things are seeming a bit more tough going now. Jericho had a problem like that early on, where it took half the first season to really seem like they were living in a new world without any necessities.
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I am really enjoying this show - I can't believe they killed off Wells just like that. I mean, he and Clark did get their big talk and she's not mad at him anymore, but even after the neck stab I was figuring someone was going to appear and save him. NOPE. Charlotte is messed up, but then, with her background? I'm not surprised she took Bellamy's advice literally. I hope they figure out it was her (but not before getting rid of the douchebag from Continuum). I thought it was interesting that all the Ark scenes this episode were flashbacks. I guess fixing a hundred + year old space ship or whatever it is Finn's girlfriend and Clark's mom are doing isn't that interesting to watch.
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# ? Apr 3, 2014 17:28 |
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poo poo! People are actually dying?
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# ? Apr 4, 2014 03:31 |
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Charlotte is pretty creepy.. cool how she uses the same technique as Clarke to kill though, coz of course she watched that happen. She had to know it would do the trick. Kinda had an feeling Wells was gonna die as soon as he and Clarke made up, that's just TV..
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# ? Apr 4, 2014 14:09 |
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Ela posted:Charlotte is pretty creepy.. cool how she uses the same technique as Clarke to kill though, coz of course she watched that happen. She had to know it would do the trick. I was getting Lizzie on Walking Dead vibes...yet another creepy blonde little girl serial killer. This episode was a lot better. Pretty ballsy killing off a major character like that. You're getting the idea nobody is safe, which is good. They are making some really strong story choices. If they'd just balance out with more Ark scenes so it was like half and half and get deeper into the mystery of the "Grounders" that were left behind and what kind of civilization is left, it could be a great show. I mean poo poo, between Henry Ian Cusick and Alessandro Juliani you've got some great actors up there...use them! I'm definitely giving this more of a shot.
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# ? Apr 5, 2014 00:25 |
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Easily the strongest episode of the three we've seen. I did not expect that ending though, god drat. I was surprised that the two made up so quickly, but I didn't expect that. This is a show on the CW, and it killed off two people in this episode who were each part of obvious love triangles before they were milked into the ground. That's pretty much untrod ground for the CW.
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Astroman posted:This episode was a lot better. So much. I procrastinated watching it, as I had procrastinated watching the 2nd, because teen drama - who does that interest but teenagers? The first two were written by the same person, the third one by a duo of two other people (Wikipedia has the details), so that could be part of the explanation. Wouldn't they strip death-sentenced people naked before dropping them out? I have no idea why/how they are clothed in modern garb, but I'm sure their kind of economy would love to save a pair of jeans and a matching top. Shakugan posted:Easily the strongest episode of the three we've seen. I did not expect that ending though, god drat. I was surprised that the two made up so quickly, but I didn't expect that. This is a show on the CW, and it killed off two people in this episode who were each part of obvious love triangles before they were milked into the ground. That's pretty much untrod ground for the CW. It truly felt like we were in LOST territory with the Wells' unexpected death. Meanwhile, elsewhere(s) on the Internet, people are screaming, "B... but they've killed the only black character who had lines! I'M SO OUT!" Wells' father warmly thanks them for having watched the show so closely. I had given it 5 episodes before deciding, now I'm sold because that episode, despite being unrealistic on some points (seaweed found inland, anybody?) showed that the story and characters are finding their footing in a promising way. But with sci-fi and fantasy shows, the viewer has to give some leeway and learn to suspend disbelief more often than in "normal" shows. If you accept that a whole pointed-ears race does exist, that so many good looking people survived that horrible crash and could be lifted up by a cloud of smoke, that other planets are indeed inhabited with crazy creatures and that you can actually fly on a broom, what else is not going to be unlike what we live and experience as sheer humans on Earth? It goes with the theme. Bring the inland seaweed and guy who probably had a bad case of lung punctures getting miraculously cured with it, I'm in.
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The 100: I was born in space. I never felt the sun on my face TheChad posted:I think this show is definitely salvageable. Priority number one is killing off/reducing the role of that blonde chick.
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