Misery is such a great pop song, never understand hate for this
Drone Bomb Me literally one of the best works this year, I mean video alone >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
drone bomb me is AWESOME, but i also kinda feel like the subject matter is treated in such an insensitive and somewhat juvenile way ??? but it's REALLY good at the same time
m true. Basically my thots on the whole album tbh.
This is one my of favourite shows, and whilst it was really entertaining and had some really great highs it just felt kinda lacking I found the premiere double-opener pretty underwhelming, but assumed it would improve, but it just... didn't really. Watch The Thrones was a nice episode, but all the surrounding episodes felt pretty empty. And Lexa was clearly going to die, not just from the spoilers we had but also the really obvious foreshadowing to the point that there was just no tension at all as it was a foregone conclusion. And the reaction to her death actually really put me off of the show's fandom, lesbians getting killed isn't as big of a trope as they made out and this show actually has great LGBT representation so they were really extra over it. There's also the fact that episode marked the turning point where the season really started improving, it didn't deserve the crap that it got.
The worse part of the season was the mess that was Bellamy's whole story arc. I could MAYBE see Pike and all of the people on Farm Station thinking that Grounders were dicks and being shook, but would they really be okay with doing a literal genocide of them? The whole 'Pike takeover' thing was so rushed, I just did not buy it. And why the hell would Bellamy be fine with it. Gina was a waste of space and an offence to my intelligence, but even her death would not inspire him to kill his friends and go against his sister like that. It was WRONG. Delete it. And Octavia's messy reactions weren't much better. Particularly at the end when she kept trying to kill Pike (rip), it was just out of character. Indra was able to put it past her because they needed each other, and yet Octavia couldn't because Lincoln? I call their crap.
The season had some great moments, sure. Monty killing his mum (twice!), the whole ALIE thing (the space flashbacks >), Lexa's death (don't @ me I was crying), Raven's exorcism episode was like a more demonic version of the Lincoln torture one from Season 1, but the finale as a whole was one of the best they've ever done. The sadness and regret on everyone's faces after they stopped being brainwashed but they were too far between. There was too much random filler to care all that much. The slasher episode with Emerson was cute and all, but even his logic was too flawed to justify it, even in this random show. What was the whole point of the Boat People. They could have deleted that episode and NOTHING would have been missed. And they were really inconsistent with their ballsiness this season. It's supposedly fine to show Kane being crucified and Abby hanging herself in front of Clarke, and yet they can't let Jasper commit suicide? That entire scene was so useless cut short. He did nothing all season, and when he seemed to be becoming more bearable he'd actually betrayed them. Hope he dies xoxo
The only consistent on this show anymore is Murphy. I LOVE him. I hated him so much in Season 1, but he's such a lovable villain, invented antiheroism. His acting with Emori was so adorable and actually quite realistic, I am here for him replacing Bellamy as the main male character tbh. I hope he becomes driver of the main story, rather than just an entertaining sideshow next time. I also hope S4 is the last, the story's kinda played out and even Clarke can't stop the apocalypse we've been promised.
One of the songs is gonna be on my worst and one on my best!
Misery made me think the album was gonna be WAY worse than it was. So I appreciate it for that.
Moth To A Flame is such a great song. I love that whole album so much. DNCE was a nice surprise. Drone Bomb Me and I Need A Forest Fire are nice as well.
Great review for The 100! I agree with most of what you said especially on Bellamy's character assassination and that particular death. The reactions were a lil too much because it was obviously going to happen...I just didn't like how the scene played out personally but the episode is like my fave of the series lol.
The creators were trying too hard to achieve what they just got right with the second half of S1 and S2 (amaaazing season, idk what @K$Ellie is saying!) and it made S3 a forced doom and gloom mess. But the showrunner is very aware so I think the next season will be a return to form..the few great episodes during S3 give me hope.
I LOVE The 100. Thank GOD my fave is still alive (Nyko)
This season was really different but I loved it!
It was gory as hell and we lost some great characters tho!
Season 3 was pretty great for me
Forest Fire!!! ****ing incredible song from a ****ing incredible artist. I was playing with the analog synth Bon Iver used during his verse earlier today