Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25112275-20141218163520/@comment-25869525-20150105022216

CreateElements wrote: Sorry for such a long post. I just had a lot to say. Ignore my ramblings. XD The preconcention that The 100, or for that matter, any show airing on the CW network is "just another teen drama", is probably why I have been aware of this show's existence for just under a month as of the time I'm typing this post (Jan 4th). I am gratified to be to some extent, proven wrong in this.

"Now that they are home, they are faced with making decisions many of them would never make if they didn't have to." Well really, isn't all of actual living just a series of making (and implementing) decisions we wouldn't have made if we had another option?

Like you said, the show is not just about Bellamy & Clarke getting together. If that's all this show was meant to be, they could just set it in a high school and save on the FX and the stunt people.

As far as Doctor Who goes, they don't exactly "kill off" the Doctor. They just came up with a clever way to replace the actor after Hartnell's health issues got in the way of making the show. I'd say for that show, Adric was the only "main" character that got killed off. Maybe you count the Brigadier, but that was only because the actor was no longer alive, and they worked that into a script (a nice touch, I thought; nice way to remember him and his contribution to the show).

Firefly: The killing off of Wash did catch me off guard when I saw the movie the first time. I guess that's what they were going for.

" In a world like the 100 not everyone can survive. People will die." Yes. In a setting like this, it would be unrealistic if people just came through everything unscathed. The peope from the Ark came down to a brutal world, and that has to be reflected. As you said, people will die. And sometimes, we will have to accept that can include characters we like. As far as Finn goes, I liked the character too. I was hoping they'd find a way to keep him alive without it meaning a bloodbath with the grounders. But, that just was not in the cards.

Finally, like you said, this can be a pivotal event for character development. I hope the writers can make something good from it.