I know I had this stuck within the middle of another post about shows starting this year, but I was just reading a Pilot preview and thought that it gives some more info etc than what we originally knew, and from the sound of it, CW are moving away from the high school feel and more towards series sci fi.. although granted, this show did bring about the Vitamin D debate in the other thread...
STARRING AND CREATED BY: The 100 has a two-sided cast; half are familiar adult faces and half are somewhat newcomer youngsters. You should recognize Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Page Turco (Person of Interest), and Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy). As for the hot teens, you'll get acquainted with Eliza Taylor (Australia's Neighbours), Marie Avgeropoulos (Cult), and Thomas McDonnell (Suburgatory). The series is based on the first book of an upcoming novel series from author Kass Morgan. Jason Rothenberg is executive-producing and handling the adaptation
THE GIST: The whole series is set in the near(ish) future. Humans couldn't stand each other and waged full-on nuclear war. Earth's surface got blown to bits, rendering it uninhabitable. To keep the species alive, everybody left the planet for a massive space station called the Ark, where they lived under a pretty strict Draconian mini-government that had a no-tolerance policy against unruly teenage behavior. So when it came time to give living on Earth another shot, the powers-that-be decided to send 100 teenage delinquents down to the surface to determine whether the air was breathable and the mutant animals were friendly. The pilot covers their departure from the Ark, and from there, the series has an upstairs/downstairs feel as we follow the power struggle among adults on Ark and the unsupervised teens trying to survive on post-apocalyptic Earth.
SNAP JUDGMENT: Thank you, The Hunger Games, for making it okay to kill teens! The 100 has a surprisingly brutal and survivalist feel to it, continuing The CW's shift away from high-school hookups and toward legitimate science-fiction. The influences are clear: You'll see familiar notes from Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Lord of the Flies, and that's a good thing. The side-by-side duality of the Ark's bleakness and Earth's lushness provides a great foundation for a fascinating premise that asks all sorts of great sci-fi questions. Yes, there are sexy young actors stripping to their skivvies and starting love triangles, but they're additions to the overall story and not the focus. I was very impressed with the pilot; it's fun.
I know I had this stuck within the middle of another post about shows starting this year, but I was just reading a Pilot preview and thought that it gives some more info etc than what we originally knew, and from the sound of it, CW are moving away from the high school feel and more towards series sci fi.. although granted, this show did bring about the Vitamin D debate in the other thread...
STARRING AND CREATED BY: The 100 has a two-sided cast; half are familiar adult faces and half are somewhat newcomer youngsters. You should recognize Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Page Turco (Person of Interest), and Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy). As for the hot teens, you'll get acquainted with Eliza Taylor (Australia's Neighbours), Marie Avgeropoulos (Cult), and Thomas McDonnell (Suburgatory). The series is based on the first book of an upcoming novel series from author Kass Morgan. Jason Rothenberg is executive-producing and handling the adaptation
THE GIST: The whole series is set in the near(ish) future. Humans couldn't stand each other and waged full-on nuclear war. Earth's surface got blown to bits, rendering it uninhabitable. To keep the species alive, everybody left the planet for a massive space station called the Ark, where they lived under a pretty strict Draconian mini-government that had a no-tolerance policy against unruly teenage behavior. So when it came time to give living on Earth another shot, the powers-that-be decided to send 100 teenage delinquents down to the surface to determine whether the air was breathable and the mutant animals were friendly. The pilot covers their departure from the Ark, and from there, the series has an upstairs/downstairs feel as we follow the power struggle among adults on Ark and the unsupervised teens trying to survive on post-apocalyptic Earth.
SNAP JUDGMENT: Thank you, The Hunger Games, for making it okay to kill teens! The 100 has a surprisingly brutal and survivalist feel to it, continuing The CW's shift away from high-school hookups and toward legitimate science-fiction. The influences are clear: You'll see familiar notes from Lost, Battlestar Galactica, and Lord of the Flies, and that's a good thing. The side-by-side duality of the Ark's bleakness and Earth's lushness provides a great foundation for a fascinating premise that asks all sorts of great sci-fi questions. Yes, there are sexy young actors stripping to their skivvies and starting love triangles, but they're additions to the overall story and not the focus. I was very impressed with the pilot; it's fun.