The 100 (Capsule Discussion)
Yesterday I binge watched the entire first season of The 100 on Netflix. The short synopsis is about 100 years after a nuclear war happens, several thousand survivors are on a space station they call The Ark. Comprised of multiple other stations all linked together, this is a tenuous society. There is a sort of ruling council led by The Chancellor, with The Guard as the enforcement arm. The main notable aspects of the culture there is that one child only per family and a harsh punishment schedule for any infraction. Any infraction over the age of 18 means the guilty person is ejected into space. Under 18 they are locked away until they turn 18 at which time it is decided if they are executed or not.
Outside of those two elements, pretty standard seeming life in space on a space platform rotating about the planet Earth. The people on the station have no idea what the situation is on the planet. They have some serious engineering issues dealing with life support they are working around and against, and in the light of those decide to send a disposable expedition to the Earth to test the viability of the planet. The people in charge on the station do not seem to have any telescopes, remote devices they could use, nothing like that so they put together a drop ship and load 100 prisoners (all children under the age of 18) and send them on a 1 way, with no radio, trip to the planet. Each child is outfitted with a telemetry armband sending back vital signs, but no way to talk to them.
Once the drop ship lands, with only 2 casualties the show moves to following the politics in space as well as the brutal politics on the planet while the children work to survive, find food and water, and deal with hostile forces on the planet.
Season 1 ran for 13 Episodes and once I was done watching them all I found it was a series on The CW in 2014. Looks like Season 2 is already done and so I will be finding it on Netflix or online somewhere before Season 3 starts up in 2016.
There are lots of good points to the show. Some pretty decent acting, really nice exterior scenes, good interior space station sets, and only a few massive plot holes (like how the survivors on the Earth speak perfect English and why no radio sent down, and no means to scout the planet surface remotely). Looks like it is based on a trilogy written by Kass Morgan.
It is worth watching to get some good ideas for a post apoc setting or to crib in some ideas for a near future type game. Overall it was worth watching and I am looking forward to getting caught up with Season 2 then onto Season 3.
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