Yup, that's my difficulty with it as well. (Not helped by the fact that the villains in the Arkadia group (Pike, Bellamy and Theolonus) just happen to be POC, while the heroes (Abby, Clark, and Kane) just happen to be White, which grated, although they probably did that in the hopes of making it look less cliche? I don't know.)
American Television and Film still relies far too heavily on over-done WWII and Western tropes (ie. settlers vs. innocent savages or white hats vs. Nazis). It's actually my quibble with the film The Revenant. It's been so overdone that it is sliding towards cliche.
I kept hoping during the last episode that Bellamy and Pike would have THAT discussion ie. "And then what? How does this keep us safe in the long run?" or a more snarky response..."Uhm, how's that been working for us so far? Not that great, has it?" (Where's Murphy when you need him?) Or Clark and Bellamy would have had it. Instead, she has it with Lexa, which was not good enough.
And I hunted spoilers to see how long I had to put up with this story arc, which was not working for me, and if it was going the same route as the Finn story did. The Finn story worked, we do not however need a repeat with Bellamy. But according to the spoilers, they are apparently going a different route with it. So, I'm keeping an open mind for now. This show can turn on a dime, as we saw in S1.
There's two story arcs that I'm a little wary of - this one, and the whole Allia/City of Lights arc (that could easily fall into cliche), but I'm keeping an open mind and seeing where it goes. Last season was sooo good. Also, according to the spoilers the emphasis for the rest of the season will be on supplies and food.
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Date: 2016-02-21 09:47 pm (UTC)Yup, that's my difficulty with it as well. (Not helped by the fact that the villains in the Arkadia group (Pike, Bellamy and Theolonus) just happen to be POC, while the heroes (Abby, Clark, and Kane) just happen to be White, which grated, although they probably did that in the hopes of making it look less cliche? I don't know.)
American Television and Film still relies far too heavily on over-done WWII and Western tropes (ie. settlers vs. innocent savages or white hats vs. Nazis). It's actually my quibble with the film The Revenant. It's been so overdone that it is sliding towards cliche.
I kept hoping during the last episode that Bellamy and Pike would have THAT discussion ie. "And then what? How does this keep us safe in the long run?" or a more snarky response..."Uhm, how's that been working for us so far? Not that great, has it?" (Where's Murphy when you need him?) Or Clark and Bellamy would have had it. Instead, she has it with Lexa, which was not good enough.
And I hunted spoilers to see how long I had to put up with this story arc, which was not working for me, and if it was going the same route as the Finn story did. The Finn story worked, we do not however need a repeat with Bellamy. But according to the spoilers, they are apparently going a different route with it. So, I'm keeping an open mind for now. This show can turn on a dime, as we saw in S1.
There's two story arcs that I'm a little wary of - this one, and the whole Allia/City of Lights arc (that could easily fall into cliche), but I'm keeping an open mind and seeing where it goes. Last season was sooo good. Also, according to the spoilers the emphasis for the rest of the season will be on supplies and food.