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I series linked this show, fully expecting to be bailing on it within about 4-5 episodes.
The trailers looked shiny and zap, but the 'beautiful young things' cast allied to the heavy riffs on Lord Of The Flies via Hunger Games and modern BSG made me think this would tail off pretty quickly for me.
With 3 more episodes to watch (of series one), I now find myself fully engaged in the characters and situations and will be quite sad to see it end (although thankfully a series 2 is coming very soon).
It's certainly not without it's faults, but has taken enough left turns so far to keep me coming back for more.
The politics aboard the space station (containing the remaining human race after the earth became devastated by war) and the tensions on earth (between the 100 delinquents dropped - to their deaths? - in the hope of finding the planet able to support life again), has fascinated and intrigued me in equal measure. The 'sudden death' aspect (NO ONE is safe in this series) also adds to the suspense.
The music - I need to justify the thread on this side  - by three people I've never heard of (Liz Phair, Evan Frankfort and Marc Dauer) has been mainly in the modern groove template (generally, add suspense and atmosphere but stay away from themes and emotion) although there was one beautiful moment that stood out (and had me replaying the scene a few times to re-listen), a shimmering, ethereal track underscoring a scene wherein a character who had been hidden away for years aboard the station (an illegally born child) viewed the earth for the first time from a portal on the station. Very lovely.
Okay, anyone else watching this show?
Whaddya think?
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Hope you like it Thor.
Around episode 2 or 3, I was touch and go whether to continue with it or not, but I'm VERY glad I did now.
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I watched the final episode of series 1 last night.
SPOILERS AHEAD !!!!!
Looks like the Mountain Men are the 'higher-ups' survivors of the war, who holed up in those bunkers that exist during those situations.
All nice and clean and sterile.
I wonder what they have in store for our 'teenage shenanigers' and if Finn and Bellamy survived the drop ship blast (they shouldn't have, as evidenced by the remains of the other Grounders nearby, but I'm sure we will see them next time).
Series 2 restarts in the USA (or is it Canada?) at the end of October, but I will probably wait for it to resume on E4 in the UK around January time. I try to avoid the web-share world if/when I can.
Good to see 3 of us getting into this series.
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Isn't it a given/shame/sad nowadays that, in a lot of shows, if there are any sad/emotional/uplifting moments in a series, the producers generally go with a emo/indie/rock song instead of score music.
All the score gets to do is drone and clang along to the tension and suspense sequences.
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Well I just tried out this show and despite multiple turn-offs in the first few episodes, stuff in episodes 3 and 4 has totally hooked me, just like clockwork judging from this thread. Very excited to continue the show now.
Personally I find the scoring quite effective though admittedly there are few standout thematic moments or anything. I too wish there were fewer songs used at times, but I honestly wouldn't say it's a poorly scored show.
Yavar
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You might want to go back to the show, Kev, judging from the IMDb episode ratings. The first six episodes of season 3 are very highly rated, but then at episode 7 there is indeed a sharp drop (from an 8.5 to a 5.9!) and that season doesn't seem to ever fully recover. BUT seasons 4 & 5 look to be even higher rated on average than the previous height of season 2! So they must've worked out the kinks that appeared.
Yavar
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Was there a distinct drop-off in quality during the second half of season 3, in your estimation?
Yavar
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Well Kev, if I make it to the end I'll let you know if you're missing anything particularly amazing. 
Yavar
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