My grandson loves that show. When he and his sister came over a few weeks ago he logged into his Netflix account and he and I watched, over the week, an entire season.
I’m a big science fiction fan, but this show was painful to watch. To be fair, it was what I notice in a lot of modern TV shows. They are nothing but slick versions 1960’s soap operas. i.e. they string you along.
In one episode, it really did get interesting. A lot of stuff was happening and a breakneck pace and it was cool. Then, as the credits rolled, I said, “I’ll bet that was the last show of the season and they had to wrap it up. Sure enough. ;)
Two things kill these shows for me:
1. They are trying to eat as much time as possible without a lot of plot unfolding. And that is because...
2. They’re making it up as they go along.
I first experienced this phenomenon when my daughter loaned me a DVD box set of the remake of Battlestar Galactica. I got through 3/4 of a season and just got tired of being strung along. I’d rather waste the time reading a book.
The 100 is a guilty pleasure for me.
I like how no matter how hard they try to overcome their problems, they just keep digging themselves deeper into a hole.
It’s probably already been done but if not, “Octavia com Skaikru” would make an awesome manga comic series.
I enjoyed the remake of Battlestar Galactica, but even as a fan, there were quite a few episodes which seemed to advance only the drama between characters without driving the plot forward.
Over 5 years they did 73 episodes which is quite a bit. I’d like to watch it again, but that’s a lot of material to have to go through. Someone should identify the critical plot episodes and publish that sequence, so people wanting to enjoy the plot can move along without having to view the fluff.
It’s like the writers are surprised that the story sold and they’ll be paid for more; “ Wow! This is great!... um, we better write some more and keep it going”.
I got into Game of Thrones early on and didn’t want to wait to find out what comes next. Got all the books and discovered, “They are nothing but slick versions 1960’s soap operas. i.e. they string you along.” A lot going on and yet, basically, nothing.
The made for TV versions are cinematically very engaging but, it turns out that the book is NOT any better.
Agree on BG: well done, but haphazard.