tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post3872332272250121729..comments2024-03-28T23:03:57.917-04:00Comments on Doux Reviews: The 100: AnacondaBillie Douxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17141769005175631213noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-47298120598697374562020-07-22T04:19:57.011-04:002020-07-22T04:19:57.011-04:00Great review Billie!
I had forgotten they were do...Great review Billie!<br /><br />I had forgotten they were doing a backdoor pilot this season, but watching it reminded me of that fact plus a feeling of "no thanks"! It was a great 100 episode, fabulous to get such an important flashback this late in the game showing how everything is tied together, but honestly I'm not interested in these other crews for a new series. Watch these people devolve into the scary vicious Grounders we met in season one? Or the followers of the psycopath on Bardo evolve into this emontionless society without individuals? Meh! Wrap up the show well, and when I feel like diving back into that world I'll just rewatch The 100. ;)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-66782243223907663442020-07-16T06:21:47.943-04:002020-07-16T06:21:47.943-04:00Loved this episode. The 100 rarely forgets its pas...Loved this episode. The 100 rarely forgets its past, this is why I keep coming back to the show. I'm not sure if I love it as a pilot. I don't know if I can watch something that'll get destroyed at the end. Like reading a book where I sort of know the ending...Sjusjunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05992791197321317099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13727952.post-7424975252611206632020-07-12T19:28:08.698-04:002020-07-12T19:28:08.698-04:00I didn't realize this was intended as a pilot....I didn't realize this was intended as a pilot. And while I'm not sure I'm that interested in the concept as a show, I really enjoyed it as an episode of The 100, because it provided so much background on the origin of the Grounders. I like that the Shepherd and the Anomaly are tying back to Becca and the "origin story" of The 100. And yes, I loved the origin of the language. I remember being puzzled by the Grounders having their own language because nowhere near enough time had passed for something like that to happen organically. <br /><br />As to why it's either/or, Billie, you don't see it because you're thinking like a rational person rather than a crazy one. Bill is a megalomaniac who brooks no competition. If there's an alternative to the path he chooses, not everyone will follow him. You're right, of course, that the episode might have worked a little better if they hadn't made Callie's father so over the top.<br /><br />Watching this episode also reminded me one of the reasons I had trouble getting into Twelve Monkeys (the TV show, not the movie which i loved). The protagonist seemed to me to be following the crazy person rather than the practical one, like choosing Bill over Callie.<br /><br />magrittenoreply@blogger.com