Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.231.46.205-20151112031449/@comment-98.231.46.205-20151112083644

Those who were not caught by Reapers would be even more qualified ot be the Commander. A Commander is not going to become qualified by hiding in the villages. And spiritual selection? What a load of horse pucky. That was simply an excuse to have women as the leaders of the Outlanders. There were 12 tribes, some with male leaders. They would not have followed a young girl who has little to no combat experience, or at least not much compared to some of the older men. The respected strength, thus they would have chosen leaders that had proven this, not some silly "spiritual selection." One more thing that is immersion breaking. And yes, at one point, all of the leaders were women. Even if a man was more of a leader in the books, the main, recognizable leaders have been Clarke and her mom, Anya and Lexa, with Indra being much more of a leader than Tristan or any other man in the Outlander Army, at least in presentation. They are about to lose me over this. The only truly strong male is Bellamy, but he has sat in Clarke's shadow. Lincoln let me down by failing when he was needed most. Jaha is not all there mentally. The other Chancellor has been off and on, and conveniently exited the role as leader paving the way for an all female group of leaders.

If they want to keep me as a viewer, need more realism. Where are all of the adults that were worth a damn on the ARK? So far, they all seem to be worthless except for Clarke's mother. Her best quality being the best healer. Her leadership was suspect. I would like to see her give the job back to the guy who gave it to her, but then have him be a much better leader than he was before. Give me a storng mostly unflawed grown man to immerse me into the story.

Where are the adult scientists and engineers? Why are the only people on the planet with a high IQ, the kids? The ARK would have been filled with geniuses. And, during those 97 years, learning would have been a prime way of passing the time. The majority of the adults seem like ordinary common folks with average IQs. Not one time have we seen those adults do anything truly memorable. It's actually NEWS that they are adding another adult to the cast for next season. That should clarify that there is a problem in the focus on the show.

It's like all shows these days follow some ridiculous formula. Make as many women be the leaders as possible. Make any male leaders deeply flawed. Make the strongest warriors be women. I mean come on, even Battlestar Gallactica was following this script. The 5 best Viper pilots were all women. Really? The best President was a woman. The Admiral was a woman. The male leaders were deeply flawed. The best Cylons were women. Hollywood has a love affair with protraying women as far better fighters than they are. As one friend put it, they are in love with Flying Roundhouse Kick Girl. They are on a mission to make being a girlie girl about the same level as being a prostitute. Other parts of the playbook being used seems to be things such as a strong focus on kids being the geniuses and the parents being a second thought. One final thing that bothers me is that NOTHING ever goes to plan. They literally never have an easy day. They can't just walk into another ARK camp and find a bunch of people doing well, load them up and take them back to the other ARK with little to no troubles. Or heay, how about one of the ARK sections landing near an Army base, and them finding a bunch of concrete buildings that they can use to start a community. The point I'm getting at here is that everything is predictable. I knew the generators wouldn't blow without a hick-up. I knew the transmitter wouldn't blow the bomb when Clarke pushed the button. It's literally just predictable that no matter what is planned, it just isn't going to work out that way. That's boring. The key is to find a good middle ground. Spring those mishaps on us when we aren't expecting them. When you overdo it, we aren't surprised, or shocked or excited when it happens. You want those moments to create tension, not frustration.