Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-27819070-20170519064544/@comment-27819070-20170520083200

If I'm making suggestions they're going to be long, since I really think you need to watch these shows and will enjoy them. With that said, lets start with my other favorite, and the longest suggestion ;)

Cannot stress enough what I'm about to say. If you have not yet watched AMC's Into the Badlands... watch it now!!! It is contested only by The 100 in my mind. Into the Badlands is original, exciting, has great characters, great setting, great design, and above all... the best fight choreography on TV. I wasn't sure whether or not to give it a try at first, but I watched the premier when it aired and it was great... and its only kept getting better! Heck, now I run the Twitter fan page for my favorite character (The Widow) and love the show. Interestingly, I noticed that a huge number of the people following my fan page are also vocal fans of The 100 ( easily identifiable by their profile picture and names having some relations to grounders, Lexa, Raven, or Arkadia ;) ). If you're a fan of The 100 (which of course you are if you're here) then it's worth checking out Into the Badlands. Season 1, which is only six episodes, is available on Netflix US and Canada, and season 2 can be found on AMC (I hear there is a marathon coming up on Sunday) and on the AMC app. Find a way to watch it and then watch it!!! It's a choice you won't regret!

For people who don't yet know what the shows about, or who want more information before deciding, I'll write a description for you below...

Into the Badlands is set about 500 years in the future after an apocalyptic event destroyed modern civilization. After the apocalypse, the world was in chaos and survivors massacred each other in wars and skirmishes. At some point, 7 people took on the title of Baron and trained there own armies of elite melee soldiers they called clippers. People rushed to the Barons for protection and order, but that protection became servitude as the Barons built a harsh and strict new society. They banned guns, brought back slavery, heralded a return to sexism, and imposed tyrannical and unquestioned rule over their lands. With this however, the new system began to bring society and civilization back to life. Each Baron controls a Key resource, examples being Oil, Mining, Agriculture and "Cogs" (slaves). Dependence on trading these resources has kept the Barons at reluctant peace, and kept the system stable. This is the world our characters are found in at the beginning of the Premier.

Our main character, Sunny, is Regent (essentially military leader) for Baron Quinn, the Badlands most powerful Baron with the largest clipper force. Sunny is the best clipper in the Badlands, and a loyal warrior, but he is also conflicted. Sunny is in love (forbidden for clippers), and aspires to a future life of peace and family, leading him into a state of self reflection. Baron Quinn is a brutal, tyrannical, and harsh ruler, demanding total and unquestioning loyalty from her subjects. He is also, however, cautious of conflict, with deteriorating in health, and with a scheming son he considered unworthy as an heir. Quinn is a radicalizer for his men, and despite his brute tactics he's quite sophisticated. He will do anything to maintain His power, and his image. His main rival, and biggest threat, is Baron Minerva (AKA The Widow). The Widow is the Badlands newest Baron, having taken the spot from her husband, who she killed for abusing her and her adoptive daughter. Minerva is an outcast among the other Barons, largely due to her hardline idealism. Minerva hates slavery, discrimination against women, the sex trade, abuse, and the tyrannical rule of the other Barons. She is intent on burning the whole rotten system to the ground, and building her own free, equal, and safe Badlands. She has grand plans for conquest of the Badlands, so she can implent her reforms. This puts her on a collision course with Quinn and the other Barons who want to maintain the status quo, and who will fight to maintain the system. Minerva is calculating, skilled, confident, and ruthless in perusing her idealistic goals, which mean the world to her. Minerva's rise to power, and her plans for a new system, have put her in a "cold war" like standof with Quinn, and both of the aforementioned Barons are on shaky ground with their counterparts. With that stage set at the beginning of the Premiere, the Badlands is just waiting for a small spark to bring on the flames of total war. Besides the "big three" characters above, the show provides the perspective of those ranging from the privileged Barons and their families to the cogs and newcomers at the bottom of societies ladder.

This show seriously deserves more viewers, as it's excellent characters, setting, fight choreography, and design make a show you don't want to miss out on. Do yourself a favor, while your waiting for The 100 to come back, find a way to watch this show and watch it :)