The 100
I've taken a break from my X-Files rewatch to do some streaming on Amazon Prime instead, I've been feeling like I've really not been getting enough use out of it considering the cost of it. (This is why I don't have Netflix lol, I always just end up stressing myself out over am I watching enough to make use of my subscription!) I've just finished the first season of The 100 now
So far my favourite characters would probably be Bellamy, Raven, and Abby. Octavia was one of my early favourites as well, but then she seemed to fade out somewhat in the second half of the year, I ended up getting more into Raven's character instead. Oh and umm the leader of the grounders whose name I've forgotten now, she was another fav of mine that seemed pretty interesting. Least favourite would definitely be Jasper, he was all right at first, but then I found him very annoying when he got really full of himself and was pushing Monty away. And for all the screentime and focus he got as a main lead, Finn didn't do much for me one way or the other quite honestly. The actor didn't seem very charismatic, especially compared to the actor playing Bellamy, so I was surprised at how much the show kept pushing Finn as a focus
I was also surprised that Kelly Hu's character disappeared after the pilot had billed her as a regular, does anyone know the reason for that?
I didn't really get into the Finn and Clark relationship, it seemed a bit forced with how heavily they were pushing it from the beginning. Also it really changed my view of Finn when we found out that he was still involved with Raven when he went to Earth, even though he gave off the vibe of being free and single from the moment he got to Earth wtf, yet somehow the show wanted to portray him sympathetically when Raven turns up and he's put in an awkward position?? He pretty clearly WAS cheating on Raven with an unsuspecting Clarke, as when Raven turned up they were clearly still together and there was no indication that they had split up or had discussed not being exclusive, but the show never seemed to want to actually portray him as leading both girls on, even though I don't know what else you would call it? Yeah he didn't know Raven was coming to Earth, but he sure didn't waste any time on finding women to hit on from the moment he landed urgh.
And I wasn't really sure what to make of Octavia and Lincolm, I wanted to like them more than I did as the actors did have good chemistry, but it just seemed very underdeveloped to me? I didn't understand why Octavia was sooo convinced that the poison affecting her as well would be what would cause him to break, what reason did she have to think that he was THAT dedicated to her already when IMO it wasn't even really that clear at the time that he did save her. I mean yeah he picked her up and seemed to have a soft spot for her, but then he chained her up in a cave while she was freaking out, I didn't see much evidence for Octavia's conviction that he simply couldn't let her get hurt? Obviously she was right at the end, but it still all seemed a bit rushed to me, the writers could have spend more time on what drew them to one another in the first place
I found myself caring the most about Bellamy and Octivia's sibling bond actually when it come to the relationships on the show, I'm always here for those ~us against the world~ kind of sibling dynamics and the flashbacks with the two of them were very sweet. (Although Octivia's existence does raise the question of why her parents would have had another kid when they knew it would mean raising her in secret under floorboards for her entire childhood?)
And finally I was disappointed that they killed Wells off as early as he did after he seemed to be set up as one of the main characters in the beginning, I suppose that they deliberately set it up that way for a surprising twist, but I thought they could have done more with his character. It seemed like he got really unfairly targeted because of his father being the Chancellor. Well Charlotte outright gives that as the reason for why she killed him, and even with her being a young kid, her reasoning behind it being that he reminds her of his father seemed like an exceptionally fucked-up motive to give her. And I felt like that came into it a lot with the way that Clarke treated Wells as well? I could understand her feeling sad and disappointed that her friend betrayed her trust and mistakenly confided in his father, therefore we're not friends any more, but she really seemed to have it out for Wells in a pretty harsh way which made me think that she was another person sub-consciously blaming him for his father's actions and taking it out on Wells :(
At the moment I'm not sure if I'm going to watch the second season or not. I liked that The 100 only had 13 episodes, so it was pretty quick-paced and easy to get into with some good twists, but sometimes it felt like the character moments were a bit lacking? I just never got really invested in the show tbh, so can't see it being a big fandom for me. I'll think about watching the second season when Amazon Prime puts it up, but at the moment I have no plans to go looking for it to watch right away or anything. It has put me in the mood for another post-apocalyptic show though, I'm really tempted to have a Dark Angel re-watch now!
So far my favourite characters would probably be Bellamy, Raven, and Abby. Octavia was one of my early favourites as well, but then she seemed to fade out somewhat in the second half of the year, I ended up getting more into Raven's character instead. Oh and umm the leader of the grounders whose name I've forgotten now, she was another fav of mine that seemed pretty interesting. Least favourite would definitely be Jasper, he was all right at first, but then I found him very annoying when he got really full of himself and was pushing Monty away. And for all the screentime and focus he got as a main lead, Finn didn't do much for me one way or the other quite honestly. The actor didn't seem very charismatic, especially compared to the actor playing Bellamy, so I was surprised at how much the show kept pushing Finn as a focus
I was also surprised that Kelly Hu's character disappeared after the pilot had billed her as a regular, does anyone know the reason for that?
I didn't really get into the Finn and Clark relationship, it seemed a bit forced with how heavily they were pushing it from the beginning. Also it really changed my view of Finn when we found out that he was still involved with Raven when he went to Earth, even though he gave off the vibe of being free and single from the moment he got to Earth wtf, yet somehow the show wanted to portray him sympathetically when Raven turns up and he's put in an awkward position?? He pretty clearly WAS cheating on Raven with an unsuspecting Clarke, as when Raven turned up they were clearly still together and there was no indication that they had split up or had discussed not being exclusive, but the show never seemed to want to actually portray him as leading both girls on, even though I don't know what else you would call it? Yeah he didn't know Raven was coming to Earth, but he sure didn't waste any time on finding women to hit on from the moment he landed urgh.
And I wasn't really sure what to make of Octavia and Lincolm, I wanted to like them more than I did as the actors did have good chemistry, but it just seemed very underdeveloped to me? I didn't understand why Octavia was sooo convinced that the poison affecting her as well would be what would cause him to break, what reason did she have to think that he was THAT dedicated to her already when IMO it wasn't even really that clear at the time that he did save her. I mean yeah he picked her up and seemed to have a soft spot for her, but then he chained her up in a cave while she was freaking out, I didn't see much evidence for Octavia's conviction that he simply couldn't let her get hurt? Obviously she was right at the end, but it still all seemed a bit rushed to me, the writers could have spend more time on what drew them to one another in the first place
I found myself caring the most about Bellamy and Octivia's sibling bond actually when it come to the relationships on the show, I'm always here for those ~us against the world~ kind of sibling dynamics and the flashbacks with the two of them were very sweet. (Although Octivia's existence does raise the question of why her parents would have had another kid when they knew it would mean raising her in secret under floorboards for her entire childhood?)
And finally I was disappointed that they killed Wells off as early as he did after he seemed to be set up as one of the main characters in the beginning, I suppose that they deliberately set it up that way for a surprising twist, but I thought they could have done more with his character. It seemed like he got really unfairly targeted because of his father being the Chancellor. Well Charlotte outright gives that as the reason for why she killed him, and even with her being a young kid, her reasoning behind it being that he reminds her of his father seemed like an exceptionally fucked-up motive to give her. And I felt like that came into it a lot with the way that Clarke treated Wells as well? I could understand her feeling sad and disappointed that her friend betrayed her trust and mistakenly confided in his father, therefore we're not friends any more, but she really seemed to have it out for Wells in a pretty harsh way which made me think that she was another person sub-consciously blaming him for his father's actions and taking it out on Wells :(
At the moment I'm not sure if I'm going to watch the second season or not. I liked that The 100 only had 13 episodes, so it was pretty quick-paced and easy to get into with some good twists, but sometimes it felt like the character moments were a bit lacking? I just never got really invested in the show tbh, so can't see it being a big fandom for me. I'll think about watching the second season when Amazon Prime puts it up, but at the moment I have no plans to go looking for it to watch right away or anything. It has put me in the mood for another post-apocalyptic show though, I'm really tempted to have a Dark Angel re-watch now!