I finished watching this week's episode of The 100 a little bit ago and once again, I found myself questioning the time frame of the whole damned show. In the whole scheme of things, I just sort of lay my own time frame over the action and I can watch it without too much puzzling.
See, here's the thing. Premise #1 is that the earth has been devastated by a nuclear type storm, supposedly annhilating all life and rendering it unlivable for another 100 years. Yet... YET... we have life on the planet surface my friends! Societies, rather primitive, yes... with a ton of customs, some of which hold whispers of customs we would know and they have all new languages with a few familiar words. I'm not an anthropologist or whatever scientist would study these types of things, but 100 years and such a huge, huge change? I can't buy it.
Premise #2 - after tonight's show where we learn that it's been 5 1/2 months since the 100 kids were sent down to the planet. They've sure had a helluva lot of adventures in that time. And then there's Octavia, who may have been the one paying the most attention in 'survival class' back on the ark, who is now Miss Jungle Survival thanks to her time with Lincoln and his people. Let's call that happening in 5 months. Again... having a hard time buying it. And Clarke becoming so hunting proficient in that same length of time? It all happens too fast. Too damned fast.
There are, of course, other little niggling timing things that make me scratch my head, but these are the two biggies.
Time frame's not the only thing that bugs me, BTW. Clarke's latest outfit bugs me. I call it her Wawanesa outfit. It does her no favours at all, I don't even think it looks cool. I think it looks like something made to hide a pregnancy. Is the actress pregnant in real life? *pause to check google* Couldn't find anything. I still say her face has taken on that gentle roundness pregnant women get and then... that awful outfit. I looked, but couldn't find even one full length pic.
Anyway, for all that, I enjoy the show. And for a change? Nobody important died tonight. :)
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