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The 100: Ye Who Enter Here (2016)
More Questions
I keep hoping. I have written several of these reviews; each one hoping desperately that this series will become what I think it can be; and now I am disappointed again.
1. Alisha's character is awful. I get the dynamic that she was a person who her own people would have killed; but she can't see that they betrayed an ally. Wouldn't her 'Warrior Code' that she picked up in mere hours say 'to the victor goes the spoils' when it comes to the mountain? Nope. Bad writing. Bad. Bad.
2. Clark's mother (that seems to be the depth of her character) is out of place. I can't put my finger on exactly what is wrong, but there she is, very awkward.
3. Clark. The Clark show. Writers... I get it. She's a lesbian. Girl power is an overwhelming theme here. Extravagant hairstyles after the apocalypse.
4. Is being dirty a chic part of Grounder society? Funny thing. There don't seem to be any farmers so is this just a stereotype thing?
5. The 30 minute long song in a poorly made up language was horrible. Where exactly was this siren? Next to the elevator? In the 'throne room'?
6. DUMBEST MOMENTS. The infiltrator has shot after shot of him going through pointless (completely) rituals, preparing him for his mission of... wait for it... PUSHING FOUR BUTTONS.
I do understand that this is a show not suited for a deep thinker; however it would be nice to see a little depth in the writing. Visually speaking, the show is okay. Costuming is tired; there is no evolution from the Mad Max 80's video look. The acting is not bad; I believe Marie Avgeropoulos is doing a really good job with really bad material. Ricky Whittle is simply a prop. It's a CW thing. Clark is truly unlikable; unlike Marie, I believe that it is more than cheesy writing; it is that they have here as some prop for societal change of perceptions. The problem is that their endless desire for this is greater than the story and the character.
All this and I keep watching. What is wrong with me?
The 100: Wanheda: Part 2 (2016)
How bad can it get?
You know, I keep wanting the show to get better. I really thought it was going to be good; but last night I was offended.
1. No cotton, the under the floor girl has gone native... (Inject the writing for 13 year olds.) Amongst her clothing of the locals, she wears a g-string fashion underwear.
Point 1: Writers, are you this desperate?
Point 2: Screw plot.
Point 3: The strap was so out of place that even 'Vikings' would seem
equally strange.
Point 4: Marie Avgeropoulos has done a lot with her character; time the
writers did the same.
The 100: Wanheda: Part 1 (2016)
Decline
This episode takes place 3 months after the end of season 2. Where season 2 reverted the series back to "Dawson's Creek Meets the Apocalypse", Season 3 starts with the writers saying 'we can take it down some more.' The show has now developed the intellectual writing of Hart of Dixie.
Now, Clark's character is into gratuitous lesbian sex. Wow, we used to have plot, now we only have titillation. One reviewer posted how the first words on Earth was 'We're back, bitches.', unfortunately we haven't gotten better.
New questions....
1) Violent Femmes? That's all that survived? Add it up on piano is just miserable. So... Did only one album make it through?
2) I want THOSE tires. No vulcanization plants but we now have tires.
3) How many languages did Clark 'pick up' during her 3 month 'alone time'.
4) Why would the Sky People care about the Grounders think about the mountain?
5) Floor girl writing is a mess. She's dating a card-board cutout with a six pack and has developed into an angsty teenager with a sword who phases in and out of deep understanding of the warrior code.
6) Murphy. To those writing the series, please stop the weak attempt of esoteric writing.
7) Ice people. Riding around on a horse with a beacon. Bad, bad, bad writing.
8) To the actor playing Jasper. The writers really hate you.