Earlier this summer I reported on two genre shows I was enjoying, and mentioned three other shows to be discussed later. Summer is now coming to a close, I would like to report on one of those I did not discuss earlier, The 100. Technically it is not a summer show; I am simply watching the reruns which I did not see during the regular season. Still, I’d like to give my reactions.
The 100 is the story of a world so contaminated that people fled to a space station and have been living there for three generations. But now the resources are running out and the leaders are in a quandary as to what to do. One solution was to send a hundred juvenile delinquents to the surface to see if the Earth is now survivable. (Nice, huh?) This is the story of those 100 kids, plus the people still left on the station.
For various reasons, the space station has lost contact with the people on the surface and are trying to find other ways to solve their problem (none of which are particularly humanitarian). Meanwhile, the people on the surface have their own problems, including some early leadership difficulties, similar to those in The Lord of the Flies, as well as some violent encounters with people already on the surface, people the kids have labelled “grounders”.
At first I had some problems with this series, growing pains, perhaps, and wasn’t sure I was going to continue watching it. But now it has me intrigued. For all their troubles, internal fighting, and indecision about the right course of action, the kids seem to be making it work. The adults, however, are all over the place. I’m surprised they managed to last as long as they have. I would, in fact, be happiest if they never made it to the ground, and the kids reinvented the human race. They’re certainly a lot smarter than their parents.
As for the series, I will definitely be watching the new season when it starts up in the fall. Let the 100 prevail!