Jason Rothenberg

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'''Jason Rothenberg''' is the Executive Producer and Lead Writer for the series.

==The 100 Facts==
Rothenberg has live-tweeted the following facts about ''[[The 100]]'' while the episodes are airing. 

* [[Earth Skills]] is a mandatory course taught on the Ark. Goal being to pass survival skills down from gen to gen. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448880132388712448 10:52 AM - 26 Mar 2014]

* Three generations of exposure to solar radiation in space provides some immunity for the 100 once on the ground. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448894604826263553 11:49 AM - 26 Mar 2014]

* Population of the Ark in the pilot? <del>2094</del> <ins>2658</ins>.<ref>2,658 = 2,237 at the end of "[[Contents Under Pressure]]" + 320 Culled + 102 sent to Earth.</ref> Subtract 101 after 5 minutes. How low will it go? —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448898250985062400 12:04 PM - 26 Mar 2014]

* On the Ark, the last generation from the ground are known as [[The Grounders (the Ark)|The Grounders]]. It's our Greatest Generation. All dead. Or are they? —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448901165086810112 12:15 PM - 26 Mar 2014]

* The ship that brought the 100 to the ground is known as an 'Exodus Ship'. Part of 'Project Exodus'. There are no others. Yet. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448922532763009024 1:40 PM - 26 Mar 2014]

* The Ark is made up of the space stations of [[12 Nations]] PLUS thousands of satellites harvested from space over the years. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/448937826827005952 2:41 PM - 26 Mar 2014]

* One good thing about living on the Ark: No earthquakes. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/449761776800784385 9:15 PM - 28 Mar 2014]
** but the pizza's better on the Ark. Made from [[wikipedia:Soylent Green|Soylent Green]]. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/449763785285181440 9:23 PM - 28 Mar 2014]

* On the Ark, technology stopped advancing after the bombs. All brain power turned toward keeping the human race alive in space. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/450309224237510656 9:31 AM - 30 Mar 2014]

* All satellites have long since stopped working. Most have been harvested for parts by the Ark. This is why they're Earth blind. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/450309998216613888 9:34 AM - 30 Mar 2014]

* Took us a while to decide which sport they'd watch here. As the Ark is formed from many nations, international soccer felt right. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/451570175658041345 12:01 AM - 3 Apr 2014]

* When people die on the Ark, all their belongings get redistributed to the population. Nothing goes to waste. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/451570828522438656 12:04 AM - 3 Apr 2014]

* [[Agro Station]]. They make moonshine. And grow the soy that goes into the Ark diet. It's also where Jasper and Monty grew stuff. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/451576919591366656 12:28 AM - 3 Apr 2014]

* [[Lindsey Morgan]] introduces us to the seedier sections of the Ark. [[Nygel]]’s a woman who knows how to get things. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454065606543699968 9:17 PM - 9 Apr 2014]

* Look closely at [[The Grounders (the Ark)|that book]]. It’s a list of everyone who’s ever lived on the Ark, starting with the last generation of Grounders. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454069972080136192 9:34 PM - 9 Apr 2014]

* Religion on the Ark has shifted to reflect the idea of “going home.” Very Earth-centric. The ground = heaven. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454070034483003392 9:35 PM - 9 Apr 2014]

* Believers each donate part of their daily allotment of water to keep the tree, a small remnant of Earth, alive. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454070479171489793 9:36 PM - 9 Apr 2014]

* Kane has left his mother’s church, but does he still believe? —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454115441133117440 12:35 AM - 10 Apr 2014]

* The Hundred was the name of the project designed to send the prisoners to Earth. Not dependent on # of kids left. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/454119048184209408 12:49 AM - 10 Apr 2014]

* There are no more dropships. Earth wasn't supposed to be survivable for 100 years. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/456603763361337344 9:23 PM - 16 Apr 2014]

* Shooting stars don’t look the same on the Ark. There’d be no streaking light from the atmosphere. Nothing to wish on. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/456645120809377792 12:07 AM - 17 Apr 2014]

* As the world was ending, a lucky few escaped to the 12 space stations on ships like this. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/457160835844947968 10:16 AM - 18 Apr 2014]
** The [[wikipedia:SpaceX|SpaceX]] [[wikipedia:Falcon 9|Falcon 9]] rocket is on its launch pad, poised for launch at 3:25p ET today to [[wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. — [[Wikipedia:NASA]] [https://twitter.com/NASA/status/457138862632861697 8:49 AM - 18 Apr 2014]

* When a normal citizen dies on the Ark, they are symbolically “returned to Earth.” This is what it looks like with 320 bodies. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/459136670072188928 9:08 PM - 23 Apr 2014]

* Last-minute signature for @WilliamShatner from @clarkinlarkin! PS: There may be an Easter Egg in this photo. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/459399651037167617/photo/1 2:33 PM - 24 Apr 2014]
** PS... It's a whiskey bottle.
** It was brought up by an astronaut, never opened & now passes from Chancellor to Chancellor to be opened on Earth.

* @IWashington The Brazilian flag is on the Ark, Mr. Chancellor. We see it clearly at a key key moment in the finale. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/459718462852448256 11:39 AM - 25 Apr 2014]
** Yes, it is. And in 2 different places!! We saw it :D —The 100 Brasil [https://twitter.com/The100Brasil/status/459721224310882304/photo/1 11:50 AM - 25 Apr 2014]

* THIS IS AMAZING! Whoever made it, I think I love you! - United Ark Federation PSA: http://youtu.be/F3W9TQRtRkE —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/459787833549393920 4:15 PM - 25 Apr 2014]

* Wouldn't the 320 sacrificed on the Ark have remained in orbit when floated?
** Yes, for a while, unless they were propelled into the atmosphere. There's a bit of fiction in our science fiction. —[https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV/status/459857811929694209 8:53 PM - 25 Apr 2014]

== External links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1003202/ Jason Rothenberg] on IMDb
* [https://twitter.com/JRothenbergTV Confirmed Twitter account]
* ''[[wikipedia:Body Politic (TV pilot)|Body Politic]]'' at Wikipedia

== References ==
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