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[A] strongly acted thriller, which seems to add another intense dimension weekly.
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A refreshingly taut and well-executed futuristic sci-fi series about a group of 100 jailed juvenile delinquents who are banished from an orbiting space-station colony and sent to live on Earth--97 years after a nuclear apocalypse.
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The 100 is better than it has to be, a little more exciting and surprising and intense.
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What is surprising is that the series, an adaptation of the Kass Morgan novel, is well conceived, cleverly plotted, and quite exciting.
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The 100 offers up a well-conceived society on the Ark that brims with conflict and moral dilemmas that’s paired with the unexpected discoveries of frontier exploration on Earth.
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This one has promise because it’s not formulaic. I have no idea where it’s headed, which is kind of nice for a change.
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Rothenberg and company are sneaking in a surprisingly sophisticated look at a world filled with want.
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The 100 ends up being sci-fi fun for all ages--with a spine tingle or two also within these realms of possibilities.
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It gets better, digs deeper and reaches farther than anyone might have predicted.
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It's some solid CW cheese. [21 Mar 2014, p.58]
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At first, it seems like your typical show from the CW, overstuffed with bushy-haired teens in a sci-fi situation. But after a while the series, based on a book by Kass Morgan, reveals influences ranging from “Lord of the Flies” to “Battlestar Galactica,” with more than a few hints of “The Hunger Games,” “Lost” and “1984” tossed in.
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The 100 is imaginative, surprising and fun--Lost for kids. [24 Mar 2014, p.39]
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A high-concept guilty pleasure that comes as a bit of a creative relief after a dreary season of derivative spin-offs, reboots and retreads.
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Yes, it's a CW series, but one that poses enough lifeboat-ethics issues to keep a freshman philosophy class busy for months.
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Even with some shaky performances, there’s enough happening--including a few genuine surprises in the first half-dozen episodes--to sustain interest.
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The good news is this modest show already has a number of things in its favor: Its pace is bracing, the choices are difficult and the danger the characters face is real.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 437 out of 652
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Mixed: 65 out of 652
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Negative: 150 out of 652
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