Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26247132-20160223183610/@comment-27885062-20160228192344

Skyzy I do love your assessments thus far.. there are too many inconsistencies and implausibilities for me to take this show seriously anymore. 'I want to believe'.. but in this case, I just can't....

One more comment about Roan.. if Zach wasn't committed to the show in the first place, then why write him in in such a crucial role?? This is just one Big missed opportunity because this plot thread had potential and now it will never be realized. The fight between Roan and Lexa and its plot twist was a cool element but it will only be a wasted effort if Roan doesn't become a more prominent character in the series. Zach: you're better off sticking with Black Sails. At least that's a show with a strong future!

Some other misgivings about this show that I posted elsewhere, but now wish to repost here to your list:

For one, Clarke's decision to kill off the mountain people.. the old and rehashed "us or them" ideology.. if Clarke really believed in starting fresh and abandoning the 'old ways', she could have tried harder to find an alternative solution.. and in this case, it wasn't hard at all. She had the power to reverse the ventilation system. So logic has it she had the power to return it back to its original state. SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO KILL THE MOUNTAIN PEOPLE, she just had to cripple them! Turn off the ventilation until they couldn't help themselves, and then turn it back on again once everything was clearly in their control. She had access to all the cameras so she could observe their state.. anyway, this is just one case of the simple one dimensional thinking of the series writers to conveniently end one plot thread and start another..

A second bone of contention.. Pike's draconian agenda to eradicate all grounders.. sure he went through hard times and lost a bunch to the grounders but it doesn't take much to understand that they're not all alike. there's good and evil in all of us.. the grounders are human just like Pike. He was a teacher for god sake! He should have known better. His actions make no sense. He obliterates an army sent to protect them. If he had doubts, a sensible man would have awaited the outcome of the peace coalition negotiations. Okay even so.. he might have acted out of lack of knowledge of what was happening in Lexa's nest, but that certainly wasn't the case when he chose to exterminate innocent villagers. And now as you stated they had knowledge of Lexa's change in stance regarding "Blood must not have blood". Wouldn't this give Pike and others enough reason to doubt their actions?? But everyone blindly follows his vendetta cause despite the evidence to the contrary. Quite ridiculous IMHO.. I wouldn't want to live under that kind of stupid leadership.. nor should they!

And then the 'City of Lights' plot thread.. an AI program gone wild.. and seeking an upgrade.. in a 13th pod left behind on earth a century before. Of course ~after all this time~ it's still going to be functional! Right! ..exposed to the elements and the grounders and god knows what else.. Don't get me started on that one!! It just makes me laugh so hard.... and to think Murphy is the only sane person of the entire bunch! that's just not saying much about the quality of the writing of this show I'm afraid.

and.. the election.. very bad timing, and just another poorly executed plot-twist device.

and yeah.. who the HELL is Gina? i've already forgotten... *just a little bit of sarcasm* ;)