The 100

I started watching this because had nothing to do. First impression, low budget acting and mediocre scripters. But surprisingly, I got hooked. This show is actually good!

Now we do need to warn the nerdy, let's hang bugs Bunny for being historically inaccurate type of listener. A TV show is supposed to give you a break from reality so everything in it doesn't have to be perfect. This is a show, a make believe world made to entertain people. It does not have to be scientifically accurate to be good! Television shows are stories, not the real world, get over it for Pete's sake!

First couple of episodes will leave you with a weird feeling of watching a teen drama poorly written. But trust me, it gets better and becomes quickly interesting. Gives me the impression that the whole getting to earth episodes were not written by the same person. As soon as that passage is behind you, the show gets really interesting. Got me hooked!

The reason why I'm writing this review is because I see so many negative ones. True, the first few episodes were odd, and had their problems, but the following episodes cleared things up a lot, and also developed the whole thing. This show didn't start out too well. Some concepts were odd. Like the technological inconsistencies. However, as you learn more about the Ark, it becomes obvious that the resource situation is hard. Make-up. Well, most shows suffer from everyone having make-up, when they shouldn't. It's a TV thing. What is important is the story. What I like about it is how the teens on Earth are still teens. They have their love life and general angst, but they are also trying to be adults. Sometimes it's almost "Lord of the Flies", but then the characters stiffen their spine and make the hard choices. In a way, it's like a study of society and people. Though times sometimes bring out the worst or the best in people. With all the hormones coursing through their young bodies, it's even worse. One thing is for sure with this show. It's not boring.

Seasons 1-4 were phenomenal. Seasons 5-6 weren't as good, but still really solid seasons with some fantastic episodes. Season 7 started out great with its first two episodes & a few other gems, but for the most part was downright horrendous. The 100's final season ruined the entire show arguably more than Game of Thrones' 8th season did for itself. It's as though everything that made The 100 what it was for the first 6 seasons got thrown out of the window in favor of spiteful, terrible writing. What was once my favorite show has no rewatchability after Season 7.

The 100 in plot, story, and production is a great show, it's new and has continuing potential to go anywhere it wants. However the flaws in characters have really put it off scale to be a 8/10 to 10/10. As a watcher so many characters don't keep personalities, they flip flop extremely. One day they are enemies and the next they are holding hands. While disaster may bring humans together, it doesn't do it consistently and especially on a regular basis. It really irks me how dramatically and without any context relationships changed. Especially Abby and Kane throughout the entire show. It's like every few episodes they do a reset and forget about the entire rest of the episodes that built on their personality. Its distracting and its disappointing from such a great show. People don't change their minds and entire relationships with people based on a episode, I would understand maybe working towards a season that they finally came together but the flip flopping and lack of any consistent character development is sad.

This show has wonderful potential, and it uses most of it.

I understand why some people give it 10/10. If you like to be shocked and can disregard logical thinking you will enjoy this. Characters always choose the worst option which results in the most catastrophic and shocking way. 6 years old can make better decisions than characters in this series. But definitely give it try. You might be able to enjoy it.